Warmachine - Suck it and see!

[gcflash]

Happy New Year! And I hope you all had a great time over the festive period.

I have been discussing with the guys who play Warmachine already about setting up a evening, or two, to demo it for people who would be interested in giving it a shot. For those of you that know nothing about the game it is mostly played as a skirmish sized game revolving round a "warcaster" (think military officer with magical powers) and his personal troops and "warjacks" (think great hulking steam powered robots) if you have ever seen Steamboy with Patrick Stewart and cross it with something like Philip Pullman's "His Dark Materials" you get the idea. But the official web site is the place to go to find out more about Warmachine: privateerpress.com/default.php

As a wee incentive to all those free-be lovers out there I have managed to get my hands on some metal models to give away for those of you who do give it a try on the appointed night. And also if does tickle your fancy I will be arranging some great offers to get you started, as you may or may not be aware I have a fledgling hobby business.

As yet there is no date for this extravaganza but I would like to know who would be interested in joining in, whether it be giving it a go or showing others how to play on the night. For anyone volunteering their services I will arrange some sort compensation for their assistance.

Of course anyone interested in trying a game before this event is organised is more than welcome to give me a shout any night at the club! And I'm sure the other guys would be quite happy to show you the ropes if you asked them nicely.

All comment and suggestions welcomed.

[gcflash]

Ok guys, at this point we are going to try and get the Warmachine "Suck it and see" arranged for Thursday 26th of Feb. This should give us enough time to let people know that it is going ahead and for us to get it all sorted.
We should have 1 or 2 games being played with small forces so that everyone gets to play with their own self contained army in a large brawl situation. Also it should mean that we have a good ratio of instructors to players.
Obviously if you have some Warmachine/Hoards of your own and would like to join in and play then here are the details of the game. It will be 200pts (max) and the game type is mangled metal. Which means your force will consist of 1 Warcaster/lock and the remaining points may only be spent on warjacks/warbeasts.

I hope you will all come along and give it a go!

[GavX]

If I am off might be up for this, finally finished my Crusader (so that is half my 200points )
Edit: Curses, max 200points, teh starter set is 206, so will need to rework it, I am sure I can come up with something though, might even bring that cool warcaster with the flamey stick

[gcflash]

If is not painted don't worry, obviously there is greater kudos for having them painted. The idea was to limit people to their warcaster and 1 heavy jack or a couple of lights that way it should be a frantic metal crushing, meat pounding extravaganza! I think all the starter sets are between 300-315pts so your warcaster and the heavy should be your 200pts (roughly).

[GavX]

hmm, well a crusader and a nasty warcaster comes to 200ish I think, you are making me be dirty now! (My mistake the starter is inded 300ish points, no idea where I got 200 from)
Might be the big guy and a warcaster or try for a cheapo warcaster and a pair of light jacks, either way sounds good, will try my best not to be working on the 26th

[gcflash]

Well there might be time to play both. And there is nothing dirty about it so long as its legal... evil perhaps ;D ... but hopefully not diet coke evil (just 1 calorie, not evil enough).

[gcflash]

Just to let anyone know who has not received an invite from me at the club, about the starter offer I will be doing for anyone wanting to get started with either Warmachine or Hordes. This offer is available to club members and anyone who participates in the suck it and see demo. The offer gives you what you need to get started: any faction box set and the appropriate rule book to go with your box set for only £35.00 (£48.00 rrp). I am taking orders for this offer up untill the week after the event (05/03/09). So please ask me about it if your interested.

[gcflash]

Hi guys

Just a quick reminder that Suck it and See is this Thursday. I hope you will give it a go on the night.

Cheers

Callum