Christmas Wish lists

For all of you in podcast land (and those who are not) we talked about Christmas wish lists in episode 2 of the podcast. 

Happy Christmas from the Resistance....

The basic premise was 

"What should you get on top of the starter set to have a 1000 point army? and how much will it cost me?"


So here are the lists we discussed, and how much they will set you back, in cold hard cash.

Edchopps PHR list. You get a Hades, and who doesn't want a Hades for Christmas?! The extra bits you will need on top of the plastic starter are: 

• Zeus - £12
• Sires - £8
• Triton A1 £12
• Hades £25
• PHR Cards £5

For a grand total (including starter) of..........£97
You also get an extra Zeus, 2 bases of Sirens, Triton, Juno and 2 walkers with options of weapons. the only problem with this list is that you will need the main rulebook and Reconquest: Phase 1 to play it.  

SkullSwords Resistance list, well rounded with good anti-tank and anti-air. Also has 4 units of troops.

The extra things needed are:

• Alexander - £12.50
• Lifthawk - £13
• Freeriders - £10
• Cyclones - £16.50
• Resistance Cards - £8 (more expensive than others due to Feral and Allied)

This comes to £115 including the £55 resin starter. A very reasonable price, and you get helicopters!! You also get 2 bases of Freeriders extra. You also need to know that you will need the main rulebook and Reconquest: Phase 1 to play the Resistance.

My Scourge list, it has prowlers - you might have figured out that Team OB love Prowlers. Also Destroyers; Scourge should never leave home without them. The extra things needed are:

• Desolator -£17.50
• Destroyers - £9
• Prowlers - £9
• Intruder alpha - £10.50
• Intruder beta - £10.50
• Scourge Cards - £5

This comes in at £96.50 including the plastic starter set (you could save £5 if you and a friend brought the 2 player starter set - see the UCM later)

You also get 2 extra bases of Destroyers, an extra Intruder alpha and an Invader. With this list ( like the previous 2, you will need both rule books as Destroyers are in Reconquest: Phase 1.

ZombieStates Shaltari seem a little light at first, but they really pack a punch. The extra things needed are:

• Coyote - £11.50
• Jaguar - £11.50
• Spirit Gates - £10.50
• First Borns - £9
• Shaltari Cards - £5

This is certainly the cheapest at £82.50 including plastic starter, you get 2 extra bases of First Borns, and an extra Eden. This is made even cheaper by needing only the main Rulebook to play. 

We've saved the best till last. My UCM list. This may be slightly biased, but I think this is the most rounded 1000 point army. It shows a great range of what the UCM are about. Although I did slightly cheat by not using the whole starter set (neither did Zombie though for his Shaltari). I dropped the bears so that it would actually save money! The things you need are:

• Kodiak - £11
• Wolverines - £7.50
• Gladius - £11
• Raven A x2 - £21 
• Archangel - £11
• UCM Cards - £5

Coming in at £101.50 including the plastic starter set, you also get an spare Raven, Archangel and 3 bears. This list also only needs the main rulebook to play it.  

As I touched on earlier, you can save an extra £5 on this, by you and a friend purchasing the 2 player starter set, it's not only a £5 saving on the army but also the rule book, tokens, templates, buildings, play mat etc etc.

Anyway, I hope you found this informative. It was fun to create the lists and chat about. 

All the prices are from the Hawk Wargames website and are correct as of Dec 2014