JamesR wrote:
You're not really comparing apples to apples IMO with the Legolas comparison. Legolas is a hero bit you need only 1. So $20 for a hero and one box of even the most expensive infantry puts you at $65 USD. The Slave 1 which I would have to have because I'm a huge Fett fan costs $45-50 USD here. That's ridiculous for a model that size.
I agree that to merely enter the game is probably similar price but seeing as I already have my LOTR which is a much better value than X-Wing. I'm not inclined to shell out starter money for ships I don't care about when the ones I do like are $30+ each
Ehm, the Slave-I is $30, right?
http://store.fantasyflightgames.com/pro ... ?SKU=SWX07And no, the price to start is very much dissimilar, as I was stating. A full force including all rules and templates is the price as just the Hobbit rulebook. Add 3 boxes of warriors, a command box, named hero and sourcebook to get a comparison for an actual force.. excluding paints etc. Starting X-Wing is a lot cheaper than starting even LotR, and the mind boggles what a proper WHFB army would cost these days. Aside from TIE Fighter or the new Z-95 Headhunter, each ship is about 1/4th of your army (20-30pts; the big ones 30-50 depending on upgrades).
After being very impressed with the X-Wing mechanism (learned in a single game, tactically interesting for hundreds of games onwards), I quickly purchased well over two fleets, so that new people are easily introduced, and can play many games without having to shell out anything.
I hope Armada will be reasonably similar in that sense: interesting mechanics (looks promising so far), but easy to learn the basics of. Very nice to play with people lacking any experience in wargames or similar.