If you enjoy painting minis you'll have fun with these guys. For example, on the side of Ultramarines, they have three Primaris Intercessors and three Primaris Reivers—strong, powerful, and tough for both ranged and melee attacks. Whilst the full sized hardback is a nice book full of background content the option to have a more conveniently sized rulebook would be nice. Your email address will not be published. I would also argue that a slow ponderous look for the Death Guard is fitting for who and how they are. This category only includes cookies that ensures basic functionalities and security features of the website. It’s got a great system that facilitates fast play while allowing for a certain amount of detail and variety. After viewing product detail pages, look here to find an easy way to navigate back to pages you are interested in. – into aliens. Price: $40 for Starter Set, $75 for Starter Collection. The only thing you need to add to your purchase to initially get started is a pair of clippers or hobby knife otherwise you will need to snap your models off the sprues which is both difficult and risks parts snapping. What makes it even more convenient is that you will find six 6-sided dice and a 6” translucent measuring ruler in the box set! Posted by Michael on Aug 2, 2017 First of all, I really love that Games Workshop is providing a very, very low price starter set that is actually playable out of the box and features push-fit miniatures molded in color. Reviewed in the United States on November 7, 2019. Shop Games Workshop 60010199018" Warhammer 40, 000: First Strike Starter Set Game. 13 product ratings. Prime members enjoy FREE Delivery and exclusive access to music, movies, TV shows, original audio series, and Kindle books. There’s also dice, a ruler, a printed paper 22” X 22” battle mat, and cards printed with the stats for the forces included. The books purpose is just to be the core rules and give new players an entry into playing more large scale 40k. Each is armed with an improvised close combat weapon, with hammers, chains, planks of wood and metal pipes with nails in represented. My only gripe with this set – and it is a very minor gripe – is that you only get transfers to make your Space Marines as Ultra Marines, so if you want to add the guys in this set to an already existing army from another chapter you’re going to have to rummage around in your bits box for old decal sheets. I’ve been creating and painting these for years and this is the firs time I’ve ever seen anything like this. Your email address will not be published. You are paying a little more than the mid Know no Fear box for, in my opinion, a lot more. Fill in your details below or click an icon to log in: You are commenting using your WordPress.com account. These cookies do not store any personal information. The set itself is comprised of four snap fit kits, two for Death Guard and two for Primaris Marines. I also don’t plan on starting a death guard or primaris army any time soon so the small box was a handy kit to pop up. Synopsis. First: you can follow the missions in the booklet, setting up your units and battlefield to start a quest for your army. One being the core rules of the game the other focusing on how to get the most out of your First Strike set. This website uses cookies to improve your experience. Whilst the box terrain and mat isn’t plastic terrain, it does as a lot to the box and is excellent for starting players and getting them more immersed in their game. I seldom use the words ‘cheap’ and ‘Games Workshop’ in the same sentence, but to give the company its due, it does give great value for money. The included miniatures are easy to put together and look great. The miniatures come on four coloured plastic sprues, blue for the Primaris and green for the Death Guard, immediately differentiating them for the newer player even before painting. Should Christians Play Dungeons & Dragons? Not only a good starter set to dip your toe in the pool known as Warhammer 40,000 (WH40K), a good supplement for WH40K Kill Team. Copyright © 2020 | "BFS", "The British Fantasy Society" and "FantasyCon" are trading names of Brit Fantasy Soc Ltd, Registered in England. You can still see all customer reviews for the product. The larger the battle you get into, a bigger battlefield may be required. It also comes with a 2′ x 2′ play mat and the inner box doubles up as a armoured container themed terrain piece once it is flipped.