Which miniature wargame that require assembling and painting is the most budget-friendly for new players? By budget-friendly I mean getting all stuff that is needed to play the lowest point-tier for each game like 1000 pts for the Age of Sigmar/40k or 300 pts for the Infinity.
I'm aware that you can just download most of the rulebooks and supplements for free but let's say that someone wants to have a physical copy of the most important books like core rulebook and a faction book if there is one at least.
Skirmish level fantasy game which allows you to use any models you want. Anywhere Between 6 and 50 figures.
Luis Powell
song of blades and heroes
Hunter Carter
The Perry miniatures are top tier and I like the guys.
Games Workshop is very affordable if you know where on ebay and other places to buy
Jonathan Barnes
Listen to this guy.
Are suggesting good games, but Song of Blades and Heroes needs 8-12 figures per side.
James Ramirez
Perry Miniatures with song of blades and heroes.
Also things like Frostgrave and Wyrdwars only require 6-15 minis. I made my warband for 20 pounds.
Jordan Torres
Firstly, generally you shouldn't be buying direct from a gaming company, instead buy from 3rd-party stores for a typical 20-25% off. This is true for all GW stuff, if you decide to go that way, and a lot of other company's stuff will be discounted in 3rd party stores as well.
Having got that out the way, the main GW games probably aren't what you're looking for, honestly. They have start collecting boxes for almost all factions that are good value for starting an army, but those won't get you to 1000 points, so you'll need multiples (for a slightly boring army) or to buy other stuff (which won't be as good value per model). They have a range of specialist games coming out which should be cheaper, but check if there's a scene for those in your local area, a lot of places don't have one.
Actually, that's another important point: you should probably play what other people in your area play. Even if the game isn't necessarily the cheapest or the best, it's better than having a force all painted up and noone to play with.
Michael Allen
>300 pts for the Infinity. >lowest point-tier f Also, GoT starter cames for 150$ with 103 miniatures >that are good value for starting an army Nope, usually it's just HQ+2Troops+dedicated transport/fast attack/flyer >They have a range of specialist games coming out which should be cheaper, Yes giy, buy our officially copypasted BB rules, don't forget to buy all seasons just for 20$
Carter Gonzalez
Malifaux. A full sized crew is like 8 models, whereas the starter sets come with 6.
Julian Johnson
As mentioned, Song of Blades and Heroes
Great little game, you can run a few different scenarios in a couple of hours too.
Ayden Phillips
Infinity.
Matthew Gray
300pts is the competitive-standard point count
150pts is the lowest point-tier. That'll run yah ~$36 US for one army.
Justin King
*for Infinity
Gavin Myers
>don't recommend GW >get accused of le jewish tricks anyway For fuck's sake.
Jeremiah Morgan
>>don't recommend GW \ >They have start collecting boxes for almost all factions that are good value for starting an army, >. Even if the game isn't necessarily the cheapest or the best,
Brody Lee
Warmaster, using some paper, glue, and coardboard.
Joshua Campbell
There. Two 1,000pt. armies which are pretty basic.
If you want to modify the sprites just use Paint or GIMP.
Takes about an hour to cut out the backings, the units, and glue 'em together. Enjoy.
Luke Reyes
Fuck you guys. Why am I only giving you two? Have more.
Andrew Morales
I got two 1250 pt fleets of DropFleet Commander foe $300.
Asher Roberts
Pixel Warmaster is love. Pixel Warmaster is life.
Oliver Thomas
For the Lady, or whatever.
Henry James
Fantasy not your thing? Don't worry-- I've got two from the Warmaster Historical line.
This is a list using the Templar Knights army list.
Wyatt Reed
This is one using the Ottoman Turk list, also from Warmaster Medieval.
I fukken love pixels.
Elijah Murphy
I honestly forget which army list this one was the basis for. Some Islamic state? Fuck if I remember. Similar to the NotOttoman list above.
Cooper Nelson
Price wise infinity, but it is not new player friendly rules wise.
Bolt action on the other hand is pretty good for the amount you pay per miniature wise. 30 guys cost 26 pounds. If you catch discount codes it gets even lower.
Ryan Nguyen
Historical games are the cheapest to get into, and you'll find players pretty-much everywhere. You can generally mix and match miniatures from different manufacturers very easily, allowing you to shop around for the best looking figures at the best prices. You're also more free to try different games since the miniatures are the same whether you're playing SAGA or Hail Caesar. If you can get past it being historical, I'dsuggest giving SAGA a try. It's a simple game to learn but deeply tactical due to the unique battleboards each faction gets. The rulebooks are out in the wild, and you can put together a standard 6pt warband for about 20GBP. The most economical way to go about doing this is to find a friend, and share the cost of buying a pair of plastic regiment boxes. I recently did this with Gripping Beast's plastics. I got three boxes, mixed them up and ended up with 4 full warbands and many reserve troops so I can freely swap out various unit types.
The other really economical game to get into is Infinity, but as other posters have said, it has a steep learning curve, and it needs lots of terrain, which can become a substantial hidden cost unless you're okay with papercraft buildings and such. (of which there are some really good examples out there, to be fair)
Cameron Russell
Best fucking answer
Adam Cooper
This. If you get them cheap you can have all you need to play a competitive full point list for
Josiah Bell
I remember the Battletech starter box being really cheap and you get a fuckton of models.
Blake Morales
it was a good deal when they still printed them, now however it is worth fucking hundreds
Ryan Cook
>miniature wargame >without miniatures This 2bh. You can play a vast number of rulesets with historical miniatures, ww2 and Cold War in 15mm and 6mm can both be played very cheaply, especially given the current competition between companies releasing plastics now. Team Yankee played at 6mm is so cheap it's ridiculous, and it works very well.
Blake Price
If you're interested in fleet-style games, Dropfleet Commander is pretty goddamn cheap.
With two starter packs (which contain the same all-in-one ship class sprues you'd get in their other boxes) you can build a standard tournament-size fleet with piles of leftover bits for kitbashing little corvettes for $96 MSRP. I've also seen pairs of people buying two starter game boxes ($200 total) and splitting the ships by faction, which gives each person the equivalent of two starter fleet boxes AND a rulebook + full set of doodads for setting up a table.
Just check your LGS to see if anyone already plays or is really interested, since the game is stuck in the niche hell of being a British sci-fi wargaming company that isn't GW.
