Is Necromunda Right for You? Some Things to Think About Before Starting. 

The thing I most enjoy about Necromunda is having your very agile, very fast assassin champ get hit by a Hail Mary stubgun shot from a fresh-faced juve while on a staircase then fall down not only that set of stairs, but two more because they failed all of their initiative checks, ending up seriously injured at the bottom level where another juve just walks up to them and does a coup de grace. It's the interactions like this, where the terrain isn't just a movement penalty or increase to armor/reduction to the chances of getting hit, but that where you are, where you place your guys matters. There's wind turbines eager to turn a poor ganger into so much chunky salsa, there's vats of goo filled with god knows what, grabby tentacles reaching out from grates in the floor etc. to watch out for. A well put together Necromunda table not only looks damn cool, but is an active part of the game. The most annoying thing though is the prevalence of plasma weapons. It's annoyingly "meta" but just too good to pass up.

When the game first came out in the 90s we took it up and had loads of fun. I still have my Escher gang, Black Orchids. We had scenery we built, some of it to reflect occurrences in the game, such as a Goliath getting buried by rubble when the roof collapsed. A tank car made into some kind of chem tank. Whoever won the game could take it and paint some graffitti on it. Things like that. The game was a blast. Now, with the new miniatures and material, still grand. :) Great game!

I fell down the rabbit hole big time, I have bought every set so far. I’ve not played a game yet as been in lockdown 😓

A very fair & balanced video on the game, pointing out exactly what Necromunda is, well done 👍

Thank you for the help with decision making and for other sources for community and terrain builders. Your battle reports are also inspiring and helpful. Thanks!

love your battle reports and keep having fun

Tired of getting Primaris Lieutenant releases? Necromunda is the game for you, its primaris free and has the scope for Chaos and Genestealer cults too. :-)

Addicted to Necromunda figures and terrain, as well as your channel! Keep up the good work!

Great introduction to the madness that is Necromunda! Bonus, I got a (much appreciated) shout-out! I view NM as something you can run as an almost rpg sort of game - the gangs and members have names and can definitely be fleshed out - if your group has a ref/hivemaster the characters can be involved in adventure hooks/plot points for games so epic that you will talk about them in years to come. Down such a path lies madness. Embrace it. Cheers!

Thanks for the shoutout mate! And good pointers.

Great Video. I've never played Necromunda, but it definitely looks amazing. You deserve more subscribers! Keep up the good work.

Thanks for the relaxed, realistic introduction. Hopefully many of us find the way to this wonderfull game!

Great video! Was planning on making something similar myself...now I'm going to need to come up with something else :) keep knocking out this great content.

Fantastic review! I have been playing GW since 1994 and I am looking at getting back into Necromunda and your review has been very helpful, thank you for all your efforts in putting this together, I just subscribed!

Solid Vid. This makes a great intro to Necromunda as an gaming experience. I hope the paper plates gets the shout out ;) Love the "Jackie Chan'" credits roll. Cheers

Thank you for this video! A friend of mine is hosting a 'learn to play Necromunda' at our local game shop and this convinced me to give it a go. Sharing with another friend who is on the fence as well.

The less free time I have as I get older the more I value my hobby time and especially narrative games because its just epic! 40k is slowly harassing me out of the hobby with the shenanigans of releasing a codex followed by a whole other book for 4 pages of rules that should be in the same frakking book🤣 Hey, have you thought of making a discord so we can keep growing the munda communit & this channel?

Thanks, a really great video. Lots to think about, and enjoyable to watch.

I love your batreps. I have been watching them to get ready for my first N17 campaign. I have not played since N95.

Fantastic vid. Keep it up!

This was really helpful. I played it back I the day and want to recapture some of the old magic. Thanks

keep up the great content, we love it this side of the pond

Looking forward to the next battle report.

Very nices review of the game. I´m starting with the new box, so subbed. Thanks!

Great video and coverage of things to think of 👍

Finally got around to watching this video, and I've certainly found it informative. Love your Necromundan content btw. Things I like about this game. I really like the alternating turn stuff. I've played 40K games where I get tabled in turn 1 or 2 and annihilated by the following turn. Or just play the rest of the game feebly trying to catch-up; and it is not fun. The alternating turn stuff feels really appealing to me, and reminds me a bit of Bolt Action with their system and order dice. (Need to check your Bolt Action content as well) And honestly, I do weep in sorrow we don't have the same level of balance that Bolt Action has with its game. I do think the alternating turn stuff would help balance 40K so much. But that's getting ahead & aside. Don't think I'm going to get into Necromunda any time soon. Missed a chance to try & play a campaign at my local Warhammer store, and they are soon going back to 40K. I'll definitely be doing Aeronautica soon, they have plans to play that after this upcoming 40K campaign. Plus got a mountain of stuff I need to finish painting before I consider getting more models. Love the assembling and building. But yeah. Thank you very much for doing this video, and giving me some stuff to think on. Will definitely be watching more of your content.

Wonderful vid thanks! I think in the future folks shouldn't even call them pros vs cons though, it's really all preference in Necromunda's case. Like for the non-concise rules that are spread out etc...I mean so were some of the greatest RPGs of all time, and I'd have it no other way so as to ensure all the lively and awesome experiences we can get thanks to that approach. Ash Wastes is the perfect example of how epically well they've been able to take advantage of the way the game is set up like that.

I have never played the game but I enjoy listening to the Eye of Horus podcast.

Good informantion

I loved your bloopers at the end you have an awesome sense of humor must be fun to play necromunda with you lol I have just recently started building to rain for the game because I have been watching Eric‘s hobby workshop. I have two big sets made off of his channel and I am almost done with the third. I’ve watched a video on how to play necromunda but I have a question. I’ve been making the buildings but I noticed your table top has a sort of checkerboard pattern to it do you have to have this patterned board to play the game or to keep score? If so is it possible to hand paint one? Thank you for any help

Of all the GW games, I love Necromunda the best, and I have since the very first release in the '90s. In fact I think I've played more games of that than I have of 40k. I have moved away from mainstream 40k but I prefer skirmish-sized games (he says as he opens his third Bolt Action army LOL) and I've been a Goliath player from Day One. If someone were to ask me to recommend one and only one GW game for them to play, Necromunda would be my recommendation without a second thought. The new version is sometimes more complicated than the original, which was based upon 2nd Edition 40k - especially the wound rules can be confusing now. But I think they can be learned as you go,

Thank you for your introduction

Loving your videos mate, really getting into it. Can I please ask. How do you paint your yellow ladders and rails??

If the new start is under $180 aud, that be great, Dark upraising is pretty up there when I'm still building Vahallan 40k army at the same time. I might just get this starter now, can always build up or scratch build extra terrain later.

The tone & quality of this channel is really inspiring me to get back into Necromunda, everything is just right for what i like in my gaming hobbies. Im about the narrative, customisation and model making. GW have always possessed the some best lore and IP from back in the 80s/90s, but have degraded that rich resource for profit, for so long, that i hesitate. I dont know if current GW has improved its ways since i broke free all those years back? I think id like it all better if they seperated rules from lore. Maintain free online living rules sets rather than have it all scattered between so many pay walls etc. Im wondering if this new starter pack rulebook will be an up to date revision with all the changes, erratas etc to date. If so, would be a tempting option to start Necromunda if the price is right.

I just picked up the new ash wastes box this past weekend and i can't wait to see what the Escher get, hopefully giant Phyrr cats they can ride.

Very informative, thanks. Already joining but still good. And I have been around sicne 1st Ed but not really played (much). And not the newer Ed at all. And still helpful.

It is for me but I’m caught I between a rock and a hard place with getting my Death Guard army done and the Be’Lakor broken realms release for AOS. I bough, built and painted both Warcry starter boxes. So I’m full aware and capable of doing Necromunda to its fullest. I need more time to get involved

One con you forgot to mention is Necessary Accessories, namely gang cards. Gang Cards are the primary handicap mechanism for matches between different power/experience level gangs. While the starter sets come with a decent collection, it becomes clear you need the sets dedicated to your gang for the biggest bang for your buck as it were. Unfortunately most are out of print and can go for ridiculous prices on ebay

Sump City radio is awesome but don't forget about the Eye of Horus. They're a bit more foul mouthed but their content is great and their necromunda inspired commercials are hilarious. Haven't listened to the dome runners yet. I'll look them up. I love necromunda. Such a fun setting, universe, and game

Obvious question for many people who might be thinking about getting into Necromunda right now is whether Stargrave might be a better fit for them. It's sitting in the same small-skirmish scifi minis campaign game niche, it's the product of the same guy who designed the immensely successful Frostgrave and Rangers of Sjadowdeep fantasy games, and its dedicated minis are far more modular and less expensive than Necromunda's. Plus it's minis-agnostic so if you already own scifi figs (including Necromunda ones) you can almost certainly use them for Stargrave as well. And the rulebook is about 55% of the cost of Necromunda's, and its complete, where the total package for Necro sprawls over more than half a dozen books at the moment with more coming, and many of their new models are sickeningly expensive Forge World stuff. Stargrave's due out in under three weeks. Going to be interesting to see how fast its player base grows, and how expensive this new Necro core box (and the Cawdor book) winds up being.

Just looking at picking up a copy of the game but with no models. . Would 1 box of 10 fighters be enough for a corpse grinder gang? If the gang could eventually be 20 fighters I would want to paint them all at the same time to keep them looking more uniform so should I buy 2 boxes? . . I like to batch paint units . .

How would you describe your philosophy for building a Munda board? Is every piece separate? Do you have a method of where doors and corridors are? Or do you just kinda get the terrain out and start putting it on the table and let it grow naturally? I’m working on my terrain and building it and painting it is almost less daunting than thinking “we’ll do I glue this floor to this terrain like on the box? Do I keep it separate for customization?”

I need so much more terrain.

The answer is always yes to Necro!

If you're on a budget: you and your friends can buy the models from GW for your favorite gangs (~50$ for 10ish models), make your own terrain with cereal boxes and other bits, and buy the 5$ Gang Wars rulebook from One Page Rules. You do not need fancy terrain or spend hundreds of dollars on gang books and rule books to wargame on a budget!

Me, a complete beginner after ordering Ash Wastes box: maybe I should watch this 🤔

The original Necromunda gang Delaque was the coolest models with their Trenchcoats and the vindacari assassin also

Oh noo, unannounced RU-vidr face reveal :O ...once again, my immersion has been broken by content creator not matching my imagination :D

Me and my group would love to play Necromunda but we can't buy any Zone Mortalis floor tile sets. Hey! GW get to work on some floor tile sets.

Interesting. I like the theme and small scale of Necromunda almost roleplaying fights secnarios and progress. Games Workshop is plain bad at making rules. Unclear, inconsistant, updated part by part not clear about if old ones remains or not.... But after all it is a a minatures game and the models are great looking :)

Interested in this game. So far the biggest concern is the rules. Having them spread so far abroad means I’m unlikely to have all the relevant rules. So - how do I play with someone else? If they claim I can’t do something or that they get to do something extra, I’ll have no choice but to shrug and go “I guess…”. I love the setting and excuse to make lots of homemade terrain. But rules seem… important?

Hi there, thanks for the video, estimated price for you?

3 finished miniatures already finished. Kinda late for regrets haha.

Thinking of making a squat gang any suggestions to help me on my stunted journey?

Does anyone have an educated guess at how much in £ the new starter set will be? I’m quite tempted to pick it up and start necromunda

Can the miniatures be used in 40k

Another Con: Forgeworld. It might not be much of an issue if you're in the UK, but outside the UK it's a real pain in the ass. Very expensive, only available from their website so no 3rd party stores for the most part, and ridiculous shipping unless you feel like spending a lot at once. But a lot of models are only available from them, pretty much all the named characters and alliance retinues. And while some people think that resin models are great, I hate working with resin and wish everything was made with GWs excellent plastic kits.

I'd love to play, but there's just absolutely zero scene where I live

Necromunda is best enjoyed more as a gang RPG than a competitive game. Care for your gang and its fate. And with care, and played with a like-minded people the games become very tactical as a mistake can cost you a ganger or more and unravel a good run of fortune very quickly. No system like it.

For the price of the Necromunda starter (especially the ridiculous amount you spend in books), you could buy yourself *and two of your friends* a Stargrave book and a Stargrave team. Rules are better written and not spread across three books.

My man out here looking like a T'au

Have you seen the Miniature Hobbyist & what he does with sprues??? ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-GPycMlzXVv0.html

I love everything about Necromunda, but I've never played it because GW's prices are a joke.

Budget friendly is relative

To hell with Necromunda or anything else that GW is using to pick people's pockets. Deadzone from Mantic is a way better game without all the GW fanboy BS