4th ed allways struck me as the best. 3rd was a huge change and sorely needed. 4th seemed to improve a bit on it.
By the time 5th came along I started noticing changes that where there just too change things up and worse, changes that they very clearly claimed earlier wouldn't make sense.
But yeah, having played 7th(ish) edition lately, the game felled cluncky and counter intuitive. And I don't even want to think about the investment to get my 4 armies running again (rulebook + 4 army books. What are they going for these days
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I'm sure to try out shockforce. I really want to use my mini's again.