I like it.

Games Workshop’s “Battle for Armageddon” setting in a series of amazing multiplatform, turn-based, hex-based games. Warhammer 40,000: Armageddon will make full use of Slitherine's expertise in creating compelling and challenging strategy gaming experiences. The initial game is set during the Second War of Armageddon and players will lead the Imperial forces of the Armageddon Steel Legion and Space Marines®from the Ultramarines, Blood Angels and Salamanders Chapters against Ghazghkull Thraka’s massive Ork Waaagh! invasion through over 30 scenarios, on the hostile terrain of the planet and its gigantic Hive Cities.
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JWW
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I like it.

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I was looking for a lighter (than, say, WITW) game to play when I didn't feel like racking my brain over air directives and amphibious landings. I had played Panzer Corps, and though I liked it, I always felt I was playing a tactical game pretending to be an operational game.

So I picked up Warhammer though I know nothing about the history behind the game universe. It looked like fun.

And it is. It is a very nice tactical game system, not complex, but fun and challenging. I just worked my way through the tutorial campaign, which I understand is supposed to be easy, and am about to embark on a "real" campaign.

And I honestly think the game engine works better as a tactical level system.
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RE: I like it.

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ORIGINAL: JW

So I picked up Warhammer though I know nothing about the history behind the game universe.
Wikipedia has article about that and several other pages worth of it. Massive hardcover rule book covers it in more detail. New ones cost some 60 $/€, but I imagine used old edition rule books would be cheap. Or you could ask one for loan from your friends. Ooh, there's an wiki too.

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RE: I like it.

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Yes, I actually read a couple of the Wikipedia entries about the series last night. I had no idea how much there was. Very interesting.
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RE: I like it.

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I just bought the game. Download in progress...

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I hope I like this one better than I liked Panzer Corps...
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