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Void
1.1 Rulebook
As the name
suggests this book is a much cleaned up and polished version of
the original Void rules. Complete with nicely colour co-ordinated
borders for each section of the book and lavished with beautiful
photographs of various void miniatures, it is of course a must have
purchase.
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If you
already own a copy of the original Void release you may be
just a little disappointed however. Yes the text has been
cleaned up, yes there are lavish colour pictures and glossy
pages, but basically it's the same as the last one. The major
letdown being that despite expanding a range of available
miniatures for the armies no additional rules are included
to cover these new up to date releases, for these you have
to download the latest 'Battles with Miniatures' from i-Kore's
website.
In addition
to this oversight Void 1.1 still suffers from the biggest
failing of the original print: no scenarios to play or campaign
suggestions. What you get in the book is a set of rules and
some army lists, which lets face it is all you really need.
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The rules are
simple and to the point, consequently very quick to learn and get
started with. The sequence of play revolves 'turn about' with one
player activating one squad followed by the second player activating
one squad and so on back and forth until all squads have been activated.
This turn arrangement is one of the pivotal rules that makes Void
so much fun to play, you don't get board waiting for the other player
to move all his troops, you don't get wiped out in one turn before
you've even had a turn and you adjust your tactics and game play
style during the course of the turn depending on what your opponent
is trying to do.
No surprises
when I say that overall I like Void 1.1 a lot, a few minor gripes
yes, but overall I have to say that I recommend it.
Battles with
Miniatures
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Battles
with Miniatures is i-Kore's own hobby magazine, initially
intended as a bi-monthly update as to what was going on in
the Universe of Void. It included the latest additions to
the miniatures catalogue, background and flavour text on a
'featured' faction, a battle report and painting tips. Unfortunately
it proved far to costly for them to maintain at this time
so BWM has been shifted from a paper product available along
side the Void 1.1 Rulebook and miniature range to a purely
online digital affair.
Issues
1-4 of BWM are available as hardcopy off the self publications
(while stocks last), BWM 5 is the first wholly online copy
of the magazine and unfortunately has suffered as a result
of its ascension to digital media. Containing as it does only
some background flavouring on VASA and some new troop types
and their associated rules.
All in
all worth a look, they are after all free to download, but
in need of a great deal more time and attention in future
issues.
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