I think the most legendary starter boxes was the original Hawk wargames Drop zone Commander starter. 2 forces, a city …. literally, paper playmat, all tokens and rulebook. omg. it was so good. I think […]

Three really good GBs again this week. Congrats to the winners.

I agree with you both about the requirements for a starter set. It should have everything needed to get playing the game. Hobby stuff like paint and glue isn’t needed but everything else should be in there. […]

Just realised where I’ve seen Ben’s tee before….on TEMU…for about £4.50

yeah … try buying simple D6’s … unless you’ve collected a lot of dice based boardgames you won’t have those. The odd thing is that you can buy D&D dice sets quite easily these days. It only sucks if you […]

Positive : you get to pick the factions you want.helps reinforce that a game is miniature agnostic… Negative: it gives the false impression of cost; sure the rules are 50, but with 2 factions you get to […]

Aside from the inevitable accidents that glue in a box could cause … there’s never enough. I remember my very first scale model from ages ago (think early ’80’s). that had glue in some sort of plastic tube. The […]

Happy Sunday easily the best two player starter set is Bloodbowl its got everything required

18:44 And I took that personally *blam* *blam**blam*

Happy Sunday…….

It’s the mindset, not the process. Although I do agree that automation does make bad processes easier to implement as the cost of changes is reduced. Same thing applies to 3D printing … that allows for […]

A starter set should give you playing pieces (models and/or standees), rules & start to play (quick or full), terrain, playmat, dice, measuring device, tokens if needed for the game, useful extras like reference […]

How does everyone feel about £50 ish starter box with full hardback rulebook, dice, tokens, cards and card terrain. But no miniatures. Starter Faction boxes as a add on. I think this is the perfect starter, […]

Another great article. I really am glad KOW is getting some ‘screen-time’. If I my offer some ideas for future articles, I think you should address Mantic’s policy shift in building armies w.r.t. lore of […]

Thank you kindly for the Goldly Button! If I ever open one of the myriad starter sets I own, I will let you know what I think about its contents 😂