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Battleground: Fantasy Warfare looks like it could rule

Started by ghost rat, September 25, 2007, 01:51:19 PM

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ghost rat

September 25, 2007, 01:51:19 PM
Info about it here and here.

Basically, it plays like a minis game, but uses cards instead of miniatures. I haven't played it yet.

Pros:
  • Extremely cheap to get into. I mean, ludicrously. The units are cards, but there's no random element to the distribution. Each army has a Starter Deck ($10-$15, depending on where you get it); if you buy that, you're in. Period. If you buy a similarly-priced Reinforcement Deck, you're done collecting that army and have a much wider range of options to field.
  • Very clean. You keep track of unit damage and standing orders with a dry-erase marker.
  • Each card generally has a large number of units on it, adding to the "feast at Burger King" feel of this game.
  • It looks like it would be fun to play.
  • I can make a Rat Army if I play Undead, which rules.

Cons:
  • Terribly generic name and factions. I spent an afternoon looking it up online and I kept forgetting the name because it was so damn dull. The factions are similarly vanilla: generic humans, generic elves, generic orcs, generic undead, generic dwarves, African tribal humans, lizardmen. Every once in a while you'll see something inspired, like the undead Abomination, but for the most part it's very plain Jane.
  • Chintzy CGI art and very plain-looking packs. Ugh.

My LGS actually had this on hand, but I had never noticed because my eyes slid right off the packaging. Now I MUST FIND someone to play my Rat Deck against.

Has anybody played this?
 
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