Re: First go at Second Edition!!

Posted by Legiocustodes on Sep 13, 2011; 12:28pm
URL: http://the-lost-and-the-damned.71.s1.nabble.com/First-go-at-Second-Edition-tp6783970p6787273.html

I hear you about the special characters, I had a look at some of their stats and then made a command decision not to use them! I can see them dominating the whole game!

As to the mechanics question I'm not sure if I'm the best person to answer as this was my first go! Usually I play fifth edition for big battles or rogue trader for smaller 'warband' style games!! Second edition seems to play like the beautiful bastard child of both, using the best bits of each and still adding a little something extra! Now don't get me wrong I like fifth edition for what it is (basically epic in 28mm), but sometimes it a little bit hollow and bland, and like it was created to merely sell loads of toys! In fact with a 1,500 point battle it's easy to flood the board with troops and really theres no need for tactics as wherever your men go they'll be within range of shooting something! On the other hand I love rogue trader, the random goodness of the battles and minute details make it a joy when playing very small skirmishes, but if you start trying to use bigger armies beware, the huge array of sometimes complex and whacky rules can become too much and pretty soon you'll be sitting in the corner of the room rocking back and forth with blood leaking out of your eyes!

Second edition on the other hand allows for mid level skirmishing and does so well! It has taken the best bits of RT (final version) and streamed lined it so that it plays better and does not require you to have 7 publications and numerous out of print White Dwarf magazines to play! However it has also managed to retain it's character and every model still feels like an individual warrior as opposed to a generic wound marker as per later editions!! It seems you can still have cinematic combats in each battle, and I really like the fact that close combat is done on a model to model basis as opposed to the rather dull squad-to-squad rolls that came later!!!