ok so I'm gonna take the plunge and pick this up and do a 1st game with a buddy

what scenario and/or other preparations do you guys recommend?

4lterego said:

Blood on The Mountain. The User-created scenario that won the contest.

"New Player Scenario 1 - Infantry" ( app.fantasyflightgames.com/cgi-bin/quests/quest.cgi ) is very basic and short, ideal for wargame beginners.

It's followed by "New Player Scenario 2 - Vehicles" ( app.fantasyflightgames.com/cgi-bin/quests/quest.cgi ), which adds vehicules (no one would have guess, wouldn't it ? :-P ).

Just bear in mind that they're conceived to be above all SIMPLE, and may not look too exciting at first sight. But they're short, so you'll soon be able to move on to something funnier. :-)

As 4lterego said, "Blood on the moutain" is fun and greatly designed, allowing for many different situations and actions, but this variety might be confusing to some. "Tiger hunt" is also short and simple, but might mostly be a matter of dice luck.