I've seen a couple copies of the core set on sale in my local game shop and would love to dive in. But how hard is it these days to find all the packs/expansions at normal prices? Since FFG ditched GW license it seems all Warhammer games are becoming collectors pieces and thus drive a high price.
Thanks in advance for the advice.
Posted May 3, 2017, 2:26 PM UTC
I would say:
Honestly I wouldn't bother unless you have someone committed to playing it with you for the long haul. Even then I would suggest looking at other in print games first.
I love conquest but also as someone with many dead card games it's hard to get them played. In conquests case it's no different and the last cycle is virtually impossible to find at a reasonable price. I payed mrsp for most of it to get my 2x set some a little more. I still see eBay listings going up for 40-50 per pack new which is insane to me.
I suppose its always worth it to get the core set and play casually with friends, but obviously one of the draws to LCGs is the prospect of growing your deck. Not a terrible thing though if the core set is well rounded.
On a side note, I wonder if GW has any plans to work on a card game of their own?
If there are any cards you read about and think you need from the 3rd cycle, I can't see anyone having a problem with you printing proxies. The game is unsupported now so official tournaments are a thing of the past, there's no need to go above and beyond to have legit packs, as long as you let your opponents know before you play.
And as to whether its worth starting the game now... do you have people to play against? When the game was in full swing it was incredible for me, I've never gotten into something so much, and loved every minute, but the second FFG pulled out all of my opponents disappeared, and now I get sad every time I look at my cards. There's no point me printing the Apoka cards as there is no-one to play with them.
It depends on where you live. From what I've seen, quite a lot of European stores still have the last cycle in stock, but from what I've heard from Americans, it tends to be harder to find there.
But really, if I were you I'd check a couple of local game stores. After all, what matters is whether the packs are available in your region. Whether someone across the world can buy them is less relevant to you. ;)
Other than that, it's still a terrific game, so if you have someone to play with, go for it!
Not going to lie, pretty hard. You can easily get a few core sets + the 2 deluxe expansions + the first 2 cycles but the real hard one to get is the 3rd cycle which at this point is definitely a collectors piece. It's real unfortunate they didn't print enough of them or at least print as many of them as they did the 1st or 2nd cycle. Back in November I had to struggle to get 2 of the 6 packs in the 3rd cycle, like really struggle. I searched the internet and eventually found a UK site that only charged for $2.50 shipping to the US and charged MSRP.
PS - In all honesty the game works perfectly fine without the 3rd cycle, in many ways the 3rd cycle seems the most incomplete really.