Re: First go at Second Edition!!

Posted by BobbieTheDamned on Sep 13, 2011; 1:13pm
URL: http://the-lost-and-the-damned.71.s1.nabble.com/First-go-at-Second-Edition-tp6783970p6787436.html

Legiocustodes wrote

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!

Yeah guys like Marneus Calgar and Abbadon will totally dominate unless there's another character to battle against them, hence this edition's nickname of 'herohammer'. It does give some amazing duels amidst battles and really makes them live up to their reputations a lot more than later editions.

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!!!

Yeah that's how I view it, RT with all the expansions and new rules added. Its a little more streamlined though (no silly RPG stats!). I find it plays quite quickly once both players know the rules well and know their armies special rules, though I can still remember day long games in my youth once the armies got bigger. Its definitely more a skirmish game, in fact 2nd edition is essentially still going in the form of Necromunda with only a few extra mechanics to add some flavour and keep the gang members alive longer.