Mordheim Or Inquisitor

[Dewbakuk]

The true telling point about Inquisitor was that we played it in 28mm when I worked at GW HQ. 

I liked both games but Mordheim was a simpler game.

[YPU]

It simply goes to show that two good things don’t always go together. The inquisitor makes for interesting campaign play, especially with the campaign books. I don’t particularly care for the system but since dark heresy also uses something similar so I guess they find it a good representation of 40K.

On the other side larger scale 40K minis are an interesting idea from modeling standpoint.

But that doesn’t make it a good mix.

[abhorsen950]

Hmm I still cant decide, down to the fact that its played at my local GW So i could get a few games in, but its at a weird scale and its exspensive models.
Even so it looks like a great system but i dont want to get bogged down in rules.
Therefore Mordheim is looking better but im really no sure.

I think tis going to be Mordheim though!


Steve

[OSHIROmodels]

I think Mordheim is the easier option, you can get as bogged down in it as much as you want, whereas Inqusitor starts quite in depth.

cheers

James

[abhorsen950]

Guys ive just had a big kick in the balls of Gamesworkshop there not selling Mordheim so ill gave to play from pdf which is going to be hard.

So im going to get INQ Aswell

Cheers

Steve

[OSHIROmodels]

I'm sure there'd be a copy on ebay or somewhere.

cheers

James

[Doc Twilight]

Steve -

Some great points here, but one other point to consider when dealing with Inquisitor vs. Mordheim. Inquisitor does (or did, when I had the rulebook) require a Game Master. No such problem with Mordheim. Everybody gets to play, at least in theory:)

-Doc

[Uncle Mike]

I played Mordheim for over 5 years of my life. Solid. At least once a week...every week. I believe this game to be Games Workshop at its best and many of my gaming buddies would agree...Inquisitor, not so much. It is just about everything I DON"T like about gaming.

[dijit]

Another vote for =I= in 28mm, there's loads of models out there, much more converting potential, you can use whatever terrain you have (there's bound to be a medieval world in the 40K galaxy for example), it allows for some great campaign play too.

[abhorsen950]

Well guys it looks like INQ 28 but ill have a nosey on down at mordheim on EBAY

cheers
Steve

[Vinlander]

For my part, I'd go with Inquisitor. There are lots of models out there (and if you're not playing at a GW store you need'nt limit yourself to their models!) and the point has already been made about the avalability of terrain. Its also a very open-ended system in terms of what you can have your models actually doing during the game, very like role-playing with models. You don't actually have to change the ground scale or anything either (I find it looks more sensible with 28's). Check out this site:

http://www.accursedknowledge.0catch.com/inquisitor.htm

These guys have some awesome campaigns/ideas plus a simplified character creation system that isn't quite as prone to building "ubercharacters" as the one in the rulebook is. One piece of advice though:no spazz..er space marines!!! They're VERY powerful and will throw the game off if you allow one in a warband. If you must use one, use ONE and have him take on a warband on his own!

I do like Mordheim, it has great atmosphere but, I just don't think the WFB rules mechanic works very well as a basis for a skirmish game. I'd try using the LOTR rules instead. But that's just me...

[Onebigriver]

One of the things about forums Steve is that no one can agree on anything!

I really think that for now you should download Mordheim. There are so many fantasy miniatures manufacturers out there you'll find it a lot easier to put warbands together quite cheaply. If you do want to do some science fiction then perhaps you should consider downloading Necromunda, and again you can put gangs together quite cheaply using miniatures from EM4, Copplestone, Kallistra among others. The advantage there would be that the buildings you make for Necromunda could also be pressed into service for 28mm Inquisitor at a later point.

[abhorsen950]

Cheers guys and i understand no one can agree but its nice to hear your veiws and i totally forgot about the GM which sucks.
So i was thinking cross INQ (sci-fi) with Mordheim (skirmish) i get Necromunda so its a possibility

What do you guys think of Necro?

Cheers
Steve

[dijit]

If you're willing to vier away from GW you could also try a whole host of other games:-
Mordenheim types - Song of Blades and Heroes
Inquisitor/Necromunda types - Combat Zone or Crimson Dust
(just to really confuse things!)

[Onebigriver]

Necromunda is a good little system, I would go with it rather than non-GW gang war rule sets because you are probably going to find it a lot easier to find players in your age group who have some experience of GW games rather than trying to get them to try new rule sets, at least for now. You might be able to pick a Necromunda boxed set on Ebay, but it won't be cheap and personally I would look at the ranges mentioned above and build your own terrain. A good starting point for terrain projects is Terragenesis. There's a good tutorial for building ruins very quickly out of corrugated cardboard which would furnish a tabletop pretty quickly, and then you can begin to drive your parents mad by collecting interesting rubbish that can be turned into terrain.

http://www.terragenesis.co.uk/infopages/page120.html