Hey all:

As a former hardcore CCGer (L5R primarily) I love the LCG format. I briefly toyed with getting into AGoT or CoC, but was disappointed that all of the back catalog of cards was still legal, making the barrier to entry a bit tough to get past. I've never been a huge Warhammer fan so I didn't really give this game a second glance, but recently I went through the flash movie tutorial and it has definitely got me interested. After researching and finding I could access the entire cardpool fairly easily I was pretty much sold.

So before I dive in I've got a few quick questions to pose to the community.

I appreciate the fact that the monthly packs have playsets, but it looks like the base set and the Assault of Ulthuan expansion do not. Is it worth picking up 3 copies of either? Are there any must have cards in there that you would want 3 copies of to be competitive?

Does FFG typically release promo's or chase cards for the game you'd have to hunt down?

I looked through the recent Gen Con report and was shocked at the complete dwarf dominance of the tournament. Are all of the factions fairly competitive or does dwarf currently dominate the scene? Are there any complete stinkers?

Thanks for your help!

Connor

Welcome Connor!

To be competetive in Warhammer Invasion, I would certainly suggest Core Set x3. And Assault of Ulthuan x3 if interested in that for the 2 last races. You could get BPs selectively then base on what you like to play.

Dwarves seem to be stronger than others now. Bolt Thrower decks are also strong. General Consensus is that Chaos by itself is the weakest now. There are many deck types in between that are certainly worth playing with, casually at least if not competetively.

The thing about this game (as well as others) is that power shifts kinda quickly. In many of the first regionals, Skaven / DE were wiping the board with everyone. Soon after BT replaced them. then Dwarves. Now rumoured Empire is next (and i'm fueling one w/ DE / undead .

That being said, 2 copies of each item: core set - arcance fire, will get you in a pretty decent place as well. From those sets, I'd say there's only 10 or so cards you'd only have 2 of that you may consider including 3-of in a deck - and most are in the core set: dwarf cannon crew, judgement of verena, rip their heads off, pillage, demolition, burn it down to name a few.

And also: define competetive.

I feel that as more cards come out, there may be some good replacements for some of the "1-ofs" in the core set / ulthuan set. And also, some of these cards that you MUST HAVE 3 OF to be competetive may shift down from that number depending on what the power deck of the season is... (you didn't really need support destruction against skaven / orcy decks....)

This is extremely helpful, thanks!

In the end I ended up grabbing 3x of everything (aside from the new packs with playsets, of course). Coolstuff has it for extremely cheap (and is randomly 2 hours from me, so free 1 day delivery!) and with all of the newer packs having playsets it's just worth doing.

Another random question: are there rules for draft format using the entire pool of cards? I really enjoyed the draft rules in the base set and feel like it's a pretty solid way to learn the game, but I'd want to use all the cards.