Quote Originally Posted by rickyard View Post
Love the game, but my family have finally enjoyed my second choice: Space Hulk. Thay have found it simpler, but exciting, wonderful, quick, awesome, really enjoying. I think they are right, of course it is nothing compared to the whole 40k system, but, Why do we need SO MUCH rules if Space Hulk uses the same minis, the same background, the same termies and it is extremely quickly compared to its greater brother?? of course I don't mean 40k had to be as simple as space hulk, I am only saying that the kind of enjoy feeling when playing SH (NOT having to see the rules, and it is explained in 5 minutes) has never been even similar in 40k. Warhammer 40 k rules are bigger, and the game is a beautiful showcase for my wonderful armies, it is a nice diorama... BUT it is not a great game.
And one other cool thing about Space Hulk is that the complexity of the rules stayed about the same through three editions of the game with the last edition very similar to the first. Space Hulk is a great example to show you can get heaps of tactics in a very simple wargame and you don't need to add more and more special rules to keep people coming back to it.