Re: Looking for more info about StarGrunt / Here's you chance to lure me away from the Dark Side :-)

www.cygnusx1.info

Hey, here is a site from a fellow with good info on
both SGII and on the Tau. It was the article here on
Tau special ops that sent me from teetering about the
Tau to purchasing them for SGII.
  Eric

--- Jalinth <jalinth@kingston.net> wrote:
> I was at the Canadian GW Games Day in Toronto, and
> discovered that
> Squad-Based Sci-fi Games can be really, really fun.
> I've played a fair
> amount of Warhammer FB with the friend who I went to
> GD with, (He and his
> brother own the minis, rules, and terrain. I go over
> there and play. Works
> great for my very slim wallet), but had never played
> 40k before. It was WAY
> more fun then I figured it would be, but it's also
> WAY to expensive (12
> plastic minis for $40), not to mention it's... very
> cool relationship with
> anything resembling reality. Though I have to admit
> that I really do like
> the Tau. Not only do they look good, they are the
> only faction that is not a
> psychotic declining civilization (plus they have
> Mecha :-).
> 
> I've owned Full Thrust for several years now, and
> have been lurking on the
> list since I got it, so I know GZG makes good games.
> What I want to know is
> how SG plays? I'm looking for a game that lacks
> Chain-Axes and Daemons
> (Especially ones that suddenly appear right in front
> of my troops as they're
> about to escape off the table). If someone(s) could
> post a report or two of
> a game I would appreciate it. Also if I could get a
> basic breakdown on how
> the game plays, I would be VERY happy. I don't have
> a lot of cash (I'm
> starting collage in 6 days, 3 hours and 11 minutes)
> so I want to make sure
> that SGII is the rule set I want before shelling out
> the money and trying to
> sell it to my normal opponents.
> 
> Finally if you could give me a rough cost estimate
> on how much I would need
> to spend for 1 set of the Rules + enough troops for
> 1 side in an equivalent
> of a 500pt 40k game (a small skirmish with 2-3
> squads taking about an hour.
> At least that's how long my first game took, using a
> borrowed copy of the
> rules and neither of us playing 40k before. Though
> we've both played much
> WFB, and many rules are at least similar.)
> 
> Other mini games I've played include Battletech,
> Heavy Gear and bunches of
> RPGs.
> 
> ----------
> 
> Aaron
> 
> 
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> 

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