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Hi everybody :)
I'm not entirely new to wargaming, but I've never played WH40k before. So I have many questions about the game and some tooling around it. I'll start with universal questions in case answers may help some new players too and then I have a couple of questions about the faction I'd like to play. Thank you for reading it and I hope answering some questions :)
- After a Combat Patrol "phase" what do I need to have to play a full Warhammer 40k game? Dices and measuring tape are obvious. But do I need to buy a codex? Do I need to buy a datasheet cards?
- How to unlock information about datasheets and detachment rules in WH40k official app?
- Are there any popular army builder apps or sites? Or we should stick to the official app?
- When I need to specify units for Dedicated Transports? Should it be specified on an army roster list or it could be decided before the game? If it is former, how can I select it in the official app army builder?
- The same question about attaching Characters to Bodyguard units?
Specific questions about Space Wolves:
- New Codex has new Combat Patrol, but I can find this new Combat Patrol as a box to buy neither on the official warhammer.com site, nor on Amazon nor at my local stores. Do I need to buy units separately to play it as a Combat Patrol or it'll come out some time later (when?) or it was already sold out and I missed it completely?
- Previous Combat Patrol has Battle Leader Thoryk in it. Can I pick him outside of Combat Patrol? If I can, than who is he: Lieutenant, Wolf Guard Battle Leader or someone else? I can find him neither in Legendary Proxies Table nor in Legends Field Manual.
@keldzh I’d suggest first getting the Warhammer 40K Introductory Set to see if you actually enjoy the building and painting parts of the hobby. If you decide to go on, decide on whether you are interested in small (approximately 10 infantry models per side) or large (dozens of models, including tanks and monsters etc). If small-scale, get the Kill Team starter set. If large-scale, watch some faction introductions (e.g. Bricky), pick one, and get the combat patrol box for that faction.
Thanks :) Based on my previous experience with Warhammer Fantasy Battles and Warmachine I'm more into large-scale, so Combat Patrol box it is :)
@keldzh Sorry I didn’t realize you had written that page with background, so what I wrote was kind of useless.
@keldzh Anyway, something you might want to consider is getting/building/painting combat patrols for more than one faction one by one, before committing to a faction. If you got your favorite right by just reading, then OK, you got a nice way to introduce friends to the game, as you have opposing forces available. If it turns out your first pick was not your favorite after all, then it’s good you found out early.