So, what are everyone's first impressions on the game?

I'll just start by saying I hope this game does better than the WarCry did. The concept is entirely different and carries a strong pedigree thenks to the design team, the art design is fresh (a C/LCG where more than half of the card is designated for the art!!!) and it's a LCG, so I think it has a brighter future.

At the same time I hope it doesn't spell pulling the plug on the CoC in the long term, but there's nothing that can be done here, only sells can "decide".

Does anyone else think this should have an option of a multiplayer game? Fluffwise I think having more kingdoms bickering for power would be cool, especially if the game flows as fast as it claims. Things might be more complicated though, will have to see when the rules are out.

For now, I'm quite excited.

I'm also excited. I just hope it is fairly balanced for multi player.

HOWEVER I have concerns with its 'fast pace'. Warhammer battles are never FAST PACED. (lol) But also really... shouldn't it take more than a few turns to take down the capitol of the Empire (altdorf, right?)? ... !

Lucas Blackwolf said:

If the Game of Thrones card game and the listed contents for the Warhammer LCG are any indication, there should be robust multiplayer support (game board, 4 decks by card count, etc. ). I'm a huge Warhammer nut, so between this, Chaos in the Old World, and Rogue Trader (plus my new Fantasy armies!) I'm having a total Wargasm this year. Thanks FFG, you owe me new pants :)

Gorgeous art so far, by the way.

I'm so excited for a WFB LCG, but I am a little dissapointed that they're going with the whole order vs. destruction thing, I want each faction to feel seperate from the others and I'm hoping that will still be accomplished.

I also would've liked to have one of the elven or undead factions as one of the core set factions, here's hoping for faction expansions!

The gameplay sounds like alot of fun too, from what little we know.

FFG why do you have to make awesome games?

Atendarius said:

Yeah I would have to agree, if I had any "concerns" as of now, it's that I would like every race to be fleshed out and feel different. Hopefully this Order VS Destruction model lets you build pure dwarf decks or pure chaos decks. That being said, I can't wait to play this! 

As a side question, should I look at FFG other LCGs? How similiar is this going to be to the other ones? Just wanted to see if I can get a feel for how this game might be played. 

Not very much like any of the other two, if you ask me. But they're both cool games on their own; pick one if it interests you, you shouldn't be disappointed.

Mazinkaiser said:

All LCG's so far have an 'Eric Lang' signature to them. At least, if you look deep enough. I play a lot of Call of Cthulhu and it's pretty awesome, though from what I've seen from Warhammer Invasion, it's going to be another timesink for me.

Yeah, this game looks great, and the gameplay looks intriguing, especially from the product description page.

I wonder how soon after the core set they'll start releasing chapter packs? 

I also wonder if those big capital boards will have any gameplay use with all of the space they take up, or what?

This looks like it could be a very strong game. But I'm wondering if they're going to try tie-ins with Warhammer Online, like the WoW card game did. 

The article mentioned some special "loot" for the people who play WAR.

But since they are not randomly inserted into boosterpacks they'll be easily attainable.

Mig el Pig said:

Oh, I completely missed that the first time, thanks for pointing it out. The good news is, neither of those items are particularly special or enhance gameplay in a significant way, so we won't have to deal with that same mad craze. In addition to the fact that they won't be random, of course.

I don't know how many people who have commented so far have actually played Warhammer Online, but this seems to be fairly well tied in (not that they couldn't break away). The set-up that FFG is describing is exactly how the MMO works: Empire, High Elves, and Dwarves vs. Chaos, Dark Elves, and Orcs. I'm guessing that they will tie in to the MMO which I feel will definitely be a positive.

What I'm really excited to see is a card game designed from the ground up to be an LCG. I think the only thing possibly holding the current other LCG games is just that there isn't really a clearly defined arc per se... after all the LCG was kind of stumbled upon with the Asylum Packs. I know the chapter packs are broken up into arcs, but it's a bit confusing coming in to the middle of it. Between this and L5R I think I've found my card games for awhile.

None of the WoW Loot cards changed much did they?

And BTW taking some from one random stat and adding it to another random stat IS significant... HOWEVER keep in mind WAR: MMO is a MANY vs MANY MMO. Seldom does one man make a HUGE difference. So no. One person swapping some random stat numbers around isn't huge, but it'll be good for that person from time to time.

If I still had my account (might have to resub after gencon!) I'd be happy to use that stat swapping item!

FangsFirst said:

I feel the same way. I was planning to buy the Game of Thrones LCG, but with all the chapters already out, it kind of stopped me. With a brand new LCG out, i feel like i can start fresh.

no matter how many are out if you just buy one a month it would be the same thing as starting from the ground up (dunno where to start, start at the first Chapter pack).

In a year are you going to tell new players to warhammer to wait for the next LCG to start up becuase there are so many chapter packs out?

thats the beauty of LCG. You can go at your own pace. And are not severly hurt by coming in at any other time (take AGoT for example if you picked it up tomorrow and only started with the new cycle of chapter packs, which there are 2 of so far, you would be in a fine position becuase the new chapter pack is taking the game in its direct, just as the previous two did and you can have a couple of solid deck archtypes from one chapter pack cycle).

What i'm wondering is, wether it will be possible to pit Chaos versus Dark Eldar.
If that is possible, pitting Disorder versus another Disorder faction, i'll probably get it.