Reply To: Gates of Antares beginner

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Probably the best start would be to build a force based on the Virai starter army here

Virai Army Starter Swarm

Which contains the following:

1x Virai Dronescourge – First Instance
1x Virai Dronescourge – Defender Squad
1x Virai Dronescourge – Weapon drone with flamer array
1x Virai Dronescourge – Secondary Instance command
2x Virai Dronescourge – Constructor squads
1x Virai Dronescourge – Virai STAA probe shard
1x Virai Dronescourge – Tertiary Instance
1x Virai Dronescourge – Scavenger squad

The ONLY thing on this list that’s not being offered on sale is the Scavenger Squad and the Tertiary instance. But with it being 50% off you could perhaps look to get a Weapon Drone with Mag Light Support weapon. Do note however the Virai are a very “up in your face” army, and like the Ghar not the easiest army to begin with. For a first force for BtGoA I’d normally suggest either Freeborn or Algoryn (the metals for these armies are great, but the Algoryn Hazard Armour is again a bit tricky to use).

But at the moment the sale only really has the rank and file troops available for the Virai at the moment. But I see from the last newletter that more offers are coming Friday (so not sure if there’s going to be more kits available on the 50% off sale), so it might be an idea to wait until tomorrow before ordering.

BUT the game is great (especially if you played and loved Rogue Trader back in the day). There’s also 4 or 5 campaign supplements out for it, and the army lists are a free PDF download (however the one for the Virai isn’t out yet, so you need the latest campaign book to access the army list for now….but it WILL be coming).

PS also nearly all the chat and news about the game is on the facebook page (rather on Warlords own forum), not sure why (it just seemed to “evolve” that way). So it might be a good idea to join the group and see what assistance they can offer you 😀

https://en-gb.facebook.com/groups/gatesofantares/