Warhammer 40,000: Fireteam Review | Board Game Quest

It was again 1987 after I first delved into the 40K universe upon receiving the Warhammer 40,000 Rogue Trader rule e book. My pals and I usually did small scale squad degree encounters that lasted a number of hours. It was primarily as a result of restricted miniatures being out there at first, however new ones had been launched about each month after right here within the states. The White Dwarf journal was one of the best ways to search out out what was coming. Over the subsequent yr we had been in a position to discipline first rate sized Marine, Imperial Guard, Eldar, Ork, and Chaos armies and battle. I do miss these squad degree video games that didn’t take over 6+ hours and broke the financial institution.

This brings us to immediately’s evaluation of Warhammer 40,000: Fireteam from Games Workshop. This squad degree tactical sport makes use of comparable guidelines as Warhammer 40k however employs completely different mechanics making for simplified and sooner gameplay. Warhammer 40,000: Fireteam is for two gamers and performs in about 45 minutes.

Game Overview:

Players might want to decide two issues when first enjoying Warhammer 40,000: Fireteam, which fireteam to play and which mission.

A mission is performed over 3 turning factors and every consists of the next 4 phases:

1. Initiative Phase: participant’s roll off to find out who goes first.
2. Strategy Phase: gamers reveal a Targets of Opportunity card, and whereas that card is lively, if the situations are met that fireteam features the VP on the cardboard. Players will even select 1 of the three strategic ploys from the fireteams Stratagem card for that turning level.
3. Firefight Phase: gamers can solely activate a member of their fireteam as soon as in that turning level and may solely activate one after the other. The participant can use and repeat actions, however all price motion factors (AP) to maneuver, assault, disengage, or wait.
4. End Phase: gamers take away activation and another tokens and as soon as the top section is over the subsequent turning level begins.

Final End Phase: every mission will specify when the mission ends but it surely’s often on the third turning level. Mission victory is set by the overall VPs and ties are thought of attracts usually.

Game Experience:

If you’re acquainted with Games Workshop video games, then it ought to come to no shock that Warhammer 40,000: Fireteam manufacturing values and minis are glorious. You might want to construct these unpainted minis however they’re all push-fit and have superior element as soon as assembled. The rulebook consists of meeting directions in addition to examples of what remaining painted minis can appear like.

I used to be pleasantly stunned to search out out that Warhammer 40,000: Fireteam was as described it’s a quick paced and streamlined skirmish sport. The guidelines are simple to study and grasp and in contrast to a typical 40K sport you’ll not have a whole bunch of factors of items to maneuver, maneuver, and battle so once more this sport could be very easy and quick. The different factor that almost all avid gamers ought to like is that this sport won’t break your financial institution. Most new copies are round $50, and it does embrace 5 house marine and 10 necron minis which once more is a fairly whole lot given the expense of most Games Workshop miniatures.

I have to let readers know one thing that I actually appreciated was Warhammer 40,000: Fireteam comes with miniatures, Stratagem, and Datasheets for the two fireteams I discussed above but in addition consists of data (not miniatures) for 4 different fireteams. Each fireteam has completely different ploys that they will use on the Stratagem playing cards in addition to completely different weapons and gear. If you have already got some 40K minis (or are prepared to proxy) then you possibly can simply check out the opposite 4 fireteams. This provides Warhammer 40,000: Fireteam a pleasant quantity of selection and replay worth that anybody ought to love.

The last item I wished to focus on from Warhammer 40,000: Fireteam was the marketing campaign mechanic. This hyperlinks fast skirmishes into an extended marketing campaign the place victory isn’t determined in only one battle however over the course of many. The victor will achieve Special Issue Wargear in addition to Special Operation playing cards which might be particular to their fireteam. I actually loved the marketing campaign I performed—it uncovered to you a number of missions and new points that the one-off skirmish doesn’t provide you with. Plus, the marketing campaign isn’t too lengthy both, so it took a number of nights and 6 missions to finish it absolutely.

The solely factor holding again Warhammer 40,000: Fireteam from scoring greater for me is the depth of the Targets of Opportunity deck. There are solely 12 included and when you play a number of missions, you’ll seemingly cycle via all of them, and a few are form of smelly to me. So, I discovered that within the deck of 12 playing cards there are perhaps 8-9 I might need to use particularly given the fireteam that I’m utilizing. It’s easy, I need extra of them and perhaps some with 3 VPs as a result of the deck is principally made up of 1, 2, & 4 VP card.

Final Thoughts:

I will probably be trustworthy; I didn’t know what to anticipate from Warhammer 40,000: Fireteam however I ended up being stunned how simple it was to grasp the principles and how briskly paced this skirmish degree sport was. This is one other sport from Games Workshop with glorious manufacturing values however the truth that the bottom sport consists of data to make use of 4 different fireteams was once more stunning. This plus the marketing campaign guidelines provides Warhammer 40,000: Fireteam a pleasant quantity of selection and replay worth. Plus, avid gamers ought to like buying a 40K skirmish sport for about $50 the place different Games Workshop merchandise can simply be nicely over $100+.

My largest subject with Warhammer 40,000: Fireteam is the depth of the Targets of Opportunity deck. There are solely 12 playing cards and a deeper deck with perhaps some 3 VP playing cards added would assist replayability and selection in gameplay. The deck is sweet however might be higher and extra playing cards will reduce the repetition of this skinny deck.

Final Score: 4 Stars – A enjoyable and excellently produced quick paced and reasonably priced skirmish sport that I believe the market wished for years.

Hits:
• Excellent total manufacturing values
• Streamlined & reasonably priced gameplay
• Nice number of squads
• Campaign guidelines

Misses:
• Need extra Targets of Opportunity Cards