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[Relic Knights] Anime Wargame
warder808
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So the kickstarter for Relic Knights is finally shipping.
I received my models last week. I was wondering if anyone here has bought this and tried playing any games.
I assembled the starter box and some other parts. I tried playing a game with a friend who didn't look over the rules too much. I have been reading the rule book when I can for the last week. The rules seem pretty good. I think they are better constructed than Infinity.
I like the card drawing mechanic, and I like the Press ability.
But this game definitely needs a fair amount of terrain on the table, and it NEEDS objectives. We tried a match without objectives, and it really doesn't work. I imagine any game without objectives, that has weapons with unlimited range would have the same problem.
Hopefully I'll get more games in next weekend.
I received my models last week. I was wondering if anyone here has bought this and tried playing any games.
I assembled the starter box and some other parts. I tried playing a game with a friend who didn't look over the rules too much. I have been reading the rule book when I can for the last week. The rules seem pretty good. I think they are better constructed than Infinity.
I like the card drawing mechanic, and I like the Press ability.
But this game definitely needs a fair amount of terrain on the table, and it NEEDS objectives. We tried a match without objectives, and it really doesn't work. I imagine any game without objectives, that has weapons with unlimited range would have the same problem.
Hopefully I'll get more games in next weekend.
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I find it amusing that there's so much in there they actually had to split it into two boxes.
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I'm hoping to play more this Thursday, hopefully my buddies have taken more time to read the rules.
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You know, I had forgotten that I had gotten the Battlemat with my order, which explains the second package. I don't think I had really grasped how big a 3'x3' mat would be, but goddamn.
...I can't actually get it out of the tube.
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Totally messed up on the Mate, since apparently I put the exhaust pipes on upside down. Still looks okay, though. Havn't glued the inserts down to the bases yet, though, so I can hit them with a dusting of primer without losing the purple base.
One box down, eighteen to go. *sigh*
EDIT: Fuck you, Swordsworn. Fuck youuuuuuuu. Totally took longer than anything else so far just figuring out what arms went with what.
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The axe is bigger than most minis.
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With how delayed the project and everything was, my expectations wasn't great. But looking through everything I've got, things turned out much better then I expected. The mini's look quite nice, looking forward to putting my Noh together and painting them up.
Steam: Noai
Warframe: Fairwoods
So are there more guys than are visible on the webpage, or what?
Yeah the Relic Knight page is really sparse for something that's officially released tomorrow, I gather Soda Pop was getting their copies of miniatures along side Kickstarter backers from CoolMiniOrNot and couldn't push the date back even more. The release schedule lists with links everything coming out for Relic Knights over the next couple of months. The Soda Pop media page also has cards for everything backers got.
Steam: Noai
Warframe: Fairwoods
I want the Castellan so hard. (The Shattered Sword version of the Diamondback.)
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Yay, opponents!
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E: Missed it in PMAVers' pic, apparently.
I got to play a second game last week. It went much smoother since my opponent familiarized himself with the rules.
This game can be much more chaotic than other mini games Ive played. The alternating activations has a lot to do with this. The army deployment works toward this feeling too. Not that this is a critique, just an observation.
You really need to be aware of your hand and know if the models coming up can use it for a decent activation.
Also Refocusing your hand is a big deal. You may need to do this with a unit or 2 in the beginning so you have enough esper to do anything.
Been debating how I want to do the Black Diamond squad, and I think I'm actually going to paint them up red, khaki, gold, and black instead of the pure-black armor. Came to that conclusion when I was looking at the Diamondback and realized it could cosplay as something else...
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As a follow-up, this week my FLGS got their order in. They got around five of each battle box starter and stuff, and now after setting aside special orders and pre-orders they've got one left of each.
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I may have just got a Knight kill by having Magnus punt the enemy knight into Static's Electroshock AOE via his Electric Burst spell.
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