I've played Games Workshop games for the past 5 years, currently the game no longer excites me and I would like to take up a new game (because I like to blow money like that).
What brought me to Hordes?
I had been involved in a demo about a year ago at my LGS, The Silver Dragon Square and through their forums I had met up with a guy to see a demo of Warmachine. I liked the mechanics, but the models this guy brought didn't strike my fancy at all so I stopped looking into the game.
Fast-forward to about 3-4 months ago and I began listening to the D6 Generation podcast where the hosts frequently talk about playing Warmachine and Hordes. They did one show dedicated to Warmachine and how it works then they recorded a second show dedicated to Hordes and how it worked. I was very interested.
In the past 2 months or so I have also been trying to get my friend Jeremy involved in miniature gaming. He is hesitant due to the amount of work that goes into fielding an army. So I suggested a skirmish-level game. The options I gave him were 40k, Aeronautica Imperialis, Warmachine and Hordes. He chose AI. Anyways, since then, money has been tight for both of us to be able to make the big purchase from Forgeworld for our AI squadrons, so I've delved into Hordes.
Last weekend (10/18) I got to play in a demo of Hordes, and I'm sold. This week I purchased my first warpack and should have it by 11/2.
Which faction are you going to play? Why?
I am planning to play the Trollbloods because I think their models are great looking and I like the "buffing" type spells they use.
Are you considering any other Hordes factions?
I thought about Circle Orboros because I love the warpwolf model, but the majority of the models didn't interest me. Then I played in the demo last weekend and I love the tricky-nature of Kaya. I may be forced to build a Circle army as well.
What about Warmachine? Any reconsidering of that game?
I like the models of some of the factions, and would consider playing that as well, but currently from what I've read and heard the "metagame" of Warmachine is to play troop heavy. For example after the demo game I played last weekend, I watched the beginnind of a 500 point Warmachine game and one player had only 1 warjack in the entire army. While I think this is competitive currently, I don't think this represents the spirit of the game and I would like to be competitive while still maintining the spirit of the game. That said I would get into Khador and Cryx and Pirates if money and time were no object.
Are you a master painter/modeler/sculpter?
No. Not even close, I'll be following online guides from the likes of the Brush Thralls.
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