Spaaaace Hulk

Post by **Breakdaddy** » Mon Sep 07, 2009 5:27 pm

If you cats are at all interested in boardgaming/wargaming, the new Space Hulk is very fun! Space Marine Terminators vs. GeneStealers:
http://www.boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/54625

I've been playing it as much as possible:

Omote · Post by **Omote** » Mon Sep 07, 2009 5:32 pm

Lookin' good!

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cinderblock · Post by **cinderblock** » Mon Sep 07, 2009 5:56 pm

I would love to get this. I've got an older version but the new one is slick. But a hundred dollar price tag puts it a bit out of my range right now.
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Fat Dragon Games · Post by **Fat Dragon Games** » Mon Sep 07, 2009 7:52 pm

cinderblock wrote:
I would love to get this. I've got an older version but the new one is slick. But a hundred dollar price tag puts it a bit out of my range right now.

I feel your pain dude. The wife told me no way in hell was I shelling out $100 for a game.
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Post by **Breakdaddy** » Mon Sep 07, 2009 8:36 pm

Yeah it's an expensive game, but I've got a few expensive hobbies already, so what's one more?

BLOOD AXE · Post by **BLOOD AXE** » Mon Sep 07, 2009 8:42 pm

Neat game with Games Workshops common flaw....WAY OVER-PRICED.

Post by **Breakdaddy** » Mon Sep 07, 2009 8:54 pm

BLOOD AXE wrote:
Neat game with Games Workshops common flaw....WAY OVER-PRICED.

An argument can be made that much of their product is overpriced, I won't argue that point. I will say that Hulk has the highest quality components of any boardgame in my collection, to include many high quality FFG games like Descent and others. The figs in hulk make the high quality FFG figs look cheap by comparison and the thick cardboard stock of the SH tiles is the best I've ever seen. It is glossy and embossed as well as thick and sturdy. Is 100 bucks too much? Maybe, but with Descent retailing at 90 bucks with lower quality innards I would say the price is about right for what you get. Of course I'd love a discount

Count Zero · Post by **Count Zero** » Mon Sep 07, 2009 10:45 pm

I judge a game by how much enjoyment I get out of it. If you feel you got $100 worth of enjoyment, then it's all good.

Frost · Post by **Frost** » Mon Sep 07, 2009 11:58 pm

About the price of two video games these days, so the price is not unheard of (especially given the price of a Fantasy Flight games).
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Post by **Breakdaddy** » Tue Sep 08, 2009 12:04 am

Count Zero wrote:
I judge a game by how much enjoyment I get out of it. If you feel you got $100 worth of enjoyment, then it's all good.

I bought two copies, so let's hope I get 200 dollars worth of enjoyment

Fat Dragon Games · Post by **Fat Dragon Games** » Tue Sep 08, 2009 12:38 am

Breakdaddy wrote:
I bought two copies, so let's hope I get 200 dollars worth of enjoyment

Giving is its own reward BD. You will know enjoyment like never before when you ship me that extra copy for Christmas.
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Post by **Breakdaddy** » Tue Sep 08, 2009 12:44 am

Fat Dragon Games wrote:
Giving is its own reward BD. You will know enjoyment like never before when you ship me that extra copy for Christmas.

I wouldnt call it "extra". I plan on combining board pieces and squads for a 4 player mega-crawl. I am using tilesystem with all of the new 3rd ed tiles integrated to set up my own scenarios
Tilesystem:
https://dl.getdropbox.com/u/1694147/Til ... Hulk3E.zip

Tile Set for 2 copies of base game:
http://dl.getdropbox.com/u/1694147/Spac ... _2sets.zip

Go0gleplex · Post by **Go0gleplex** » Tue Sep 08, 2009 1:27 am

It certainly looks pretty. The figs look to be pre-painted...or am i wrong?

Seen a few games of the original edition played...looked like fun though involved.
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Omote · Post by **Omote** » Tue Sep 08, 2009 1:52 am

The figs are not prepainted. The bugs are dark blue plastic and the terminator marines are dark red plastic.

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Frost · Post by **Frost** » Tue Sep 08, 2009 2:17 am

You might like this... looks pretty nice: Deep Space Assault Console
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Go0gleplex · Post by **Go0gleplex** » Tue Sep 08, 2009 2:24 am

[quote="Omote"]The figs are not prepainted. The bugs are dark blue plastic and the terminator marines are dark red plastic.

~O[/quote]

Okay...that explains why I was thinking they had really bad paint jobs if they were pre-painted.
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Post by **Breakdaddy** » Tue Sep 08, 2009 2:38 am

Frost wrote:
You might like this... looks pretty nice: Deep Space Assault Console

Yes, very nice

serleran · Post by **serleran** » Tue Sep 08, 2009 3:29 am

I wish they would re-release some of the older stuff, but it is good to see they still know how to make something.
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Sir Ironside · Post by **Sir Ironside** » Tue Sep 08, 2009 3:40 am

Yeah that looks good, very similar to the Starcraft game board that I own, and have never played.
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Post by **finarvyn** » Wed Sep 09, 2009 1:58 am

Fat Dragon Games wrote:
I feel your pain dude. The wife told me no way in hell was I shelling out $100 for a game.

Hmmm. What you need, friend, is a new wife.
I bought a copy of Space Hulk. It's a really heavy box!
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Post by **Breakdaddy** » Wed Sep 09, 2009 8:26 pm

Yeah it's a heavy box indeed. I've been running the first scenario a lot and it's heavily weighted against the marines but I think Ive got a good strategy now. I can win a little over 50 percent of the time as the marines