Legiocustodes Posted April 6, 2015 Share Posted April 6, 2015 Well with it being the Bank Holiday weekend my girlfriend kindly agreed to play a few games of toy soldiers with me. Frankly I couldn't be arsed to set up the scenery for a game of 40k so I thought I'd break out the old classic SPACE HULK which never really gets played as much as it should! I had actually forgotten how much fun this game really is, and how quick it is to play! The feel of the old black and white rulebooks was particularly nostalgic I was particularly pleased that after all these years I have finally finished painting my genestealers and so could play with fully painted forces on both sides! We played through the first three missions from the booklet over the course of the weekend and had an absolutely great time! I let her be the marine player throughout and overall she won every game, but you know what...I had such a great time I didn't really care about winning or losing! What an awesome game! I'll definitely be playing it again in the future! I have done a much fuller battle report with loads more pictures on my blog: http://classicastartes.blogspot.co.uk/2015/04/space-hulk-first-edition-bank-holiday.html Please feel free to stop by and a have a look! Legio Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
spu00sed Posted April 6, 2015 Share Posted April 6, 2015 I love how mission one is a suicide mission. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Legiocustodes Posted April 6, 2015 Author Share Posted April 6, 2015 I know! You'd think they would save that title for the last mission! The old school GW stuff really does make me smile!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Legiocustodes Posted April 13, 2015 Author Share Posted April 13, 2015 Well as an update my girlfriend and I spent the weekend working through the final few missions of the initial Space Hulk Campaign and it was great fun (again) That being said I have to say I feel the middle missions from the initial campaign are exceptionally hard for the Marine player...nigh on impossible in fact! However I reckon that this issue could possibly be re-balanced by using the variant army lists from the Deathwing expansion, assault cannons look like they could be really potent in those dark corridors... As ever there are more photos and further details on my blog: http://classicastartes.blogspot.co.uk/2015/04/space-hulk-epilogue-lots-of-old-school.html Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lachdannan Posted April 18, 2015 Share Posted April 18, 2015 I remember reading through this on your blog. Great stuff and lovely memories. I had to fish all my Space Hulk sets out recently in order to plan the next themed 30k game we are playing. I always forget the striking detail of the illustrations on the tiles. Awesome stuff. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Legiocustodes Posted April 18, 2015 Author Share Posted April 18, 2015 Cheers mate! I'm thinking of using those old termies in my 30k salamanders army! I think I'll use them for the firedrakes variants! You know I was thinking the same thing when I was looking at those board tiles! GW did put so much effort into those playing pieces! Such nostalgia! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Valkyrion Posted April 22, 2015 Share Posted April 22, 2015 Space Hulk came out when I was 6. When I was 6 my brother used to babysit me at weekends and force me to watch horror movies, one of which was Alien. Scared the squits out of me, but not wanting to lose face I told mm brother it was the best thing ever, despite giving me nightmares. The next week he shows up with Space Hulk. 'Just like Alien' he said. 'Yay' I said, crying inside. What a game it was. Happy daze. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Deamon Wolf Posted May 12, 2015 Share Posted May 12, 2015 I was 8 when I got my 1st Ed Space hulk and I absolutely loved it I still love the game today it was what got me into the Hobby now i have all 4 versions of it :) plus the expansions from White dwarf now those were the days when White dwarf was worth getting Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Aeternus Posted May 13, 2015 Share Posted May 13, 2015 I missed out on every edition of space hulk :( had to make do with the digital version...but it just doesn't have the feel. Still waiting for some set to go onto ebay one day, but I might certainly br waiting a while. Nice to see the original is worth getting though, but I have to say those old termies don't actually look that...old (no offence intended). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Machine God Posted May 22, 2015 Share Posted May 22, 2015 I've played it a few times back in the day. What was the version set on the Hive Ship called? That was good too. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Deamon Wolf Posted May 22, 2015 Share Posted May 22, 2015 that was the Genestealer expansion which introduced Libbys in the game :) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rogue Posted May 25, 2015 Share Posted May 25, 2015 The game set on a hive ship was Advanced Space Crusade, which featured teams of scouts taking on tyranid warriors - similar to Space Hulk (modular game board for starters), but different game family. Librarians appeared in the Genestealer supplement for Space Hulk, which also featured more hybrids and new board sections, but was still set in a hulk, not a hive ship - I'm not sure that the stealer/tyranid connection was explicit back then. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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