Reply To: A Multitude of Horus Heresy Starter Boxes sent to YouTube creators

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Yup, but harken back to the days when a “starter box” from GW cost about £100 (although that’s a few editions ago). The gripe I have with the current box is I have a young (school age) Nephew who “all he wants for his Birthday” is this HH box. Now his parents can’t afford it, and there’s no lower costing entry point for the HH game (atm).

 

It’s fine for us “adults” who may be able to afford such things, but if we remember back to our younger ages we were always able to afford “something” or our parents could buy us the rulebook perhaps as a gift. For the younger gamers it’s a rocky road as GW marketing does extremely well in raising their desire for the latest GW products.

 

But GW have already said that HH games are going to be “bigger” than your standard 40K games (probably the reason why they are selling the heavy and special weapons in boxes of 10 of each type (shame the Missile Launcher and Flamer aren’t in the same box 🙁 ). Perhaps the more rational way might be to use the beakies in your standard 40K games (I dunno).

 

But of late GW has been racking up the prices of these “starter boxes” from under £100 to £200 as standard it seems (as that’s what the market will bear). But in my mind £200 is where I start to take a step back and think “is it really worth it?” (to me). The minis are nice, but GW can’t write a set of rules to save their life (and we all know this). The beauty of the minis can’t overcome the shortcomings of the rules these days (I’ve spent a fortune on Necromunda and seen it go from a rulebook and five? Gang War books (for the full set) to a 17 rulebook opus where the rules as disjointed (and frankly a mess)). But what makes things a bit overwhelming for me is the idea that the HH box is great “value” because customers add up the costs of the product in separate boxes and then see “savings”. Frankly just take a look at what’s in the box (forget the “savings” idea) and think if 50 figures, a tank and a dreadnaught (plus the rules) is worth the £200. If it is to you, then fair do (you’ll enjoy the purchase). All I’m saying is just take a step back from the GW hype train (as the OP was pointing out), grab a cup of tea (and while you are drinking it, just take a look around at what £200 can get you in other miniatures games and “if” it’s a complete gaming/rules system),