The starter

[SergentTibo]

Ok... I still have'nt try the game but: can someone tell me exactly what you get in a starter set and is it possible to play and have fun with just a starter set.


I thank you in advance for your answer

[TheJudge]

You likely wont get a full fleet of one navy in a starter but rather a mix, like 5 allied and 4 Axis, something like that. You do get dice, maps, and counters plus rulebook.

My advice is to buy a starter and 2-3 boosters and hopefully you should have enough to do 100 point Axis and allies fleets but they might be mixed, Brits/Americans, Germans/Italians but thats ok.

Its a FUN game!

[harrigan]

I did a little reading before getting into WaS (just last week) and decided to purchase two boosters along with the starter. The initial 9 untis really don't give you much to work with, so I was glad I got the boosters -- allowed a friend and I to dive right in. Beware, though: I've since purchased two more boosters from a local shop and four more + some single units online. Dangerous game. :)

Here's a question: what does buying a "case" get you other than 10-12 boosters or however many are included? Are they packaged so that you're sure to get a different "rare" ship in each booster?

[SergentTibo]

How many capital ship?

[harrigan]

I believe mine came with one -- either the USS Princeton or the Ark Royal, I don't recall which.

[Belisarius]

You'll get one rare in each starter and booster. All of the battleships, battlecruisers, heavy cruisers, fleet carriers, and light carriers are rares.

There's no guarantee that you will get a different rare in each booster in a case. It's the luck of the draw.

[gairsy]

I got a case of boosters and got a different rare and different uncommon in each one. Maybe they pack them so there are no repeats of these in a case?
Obviously there were some repeats of commons.

[Capt. Strange]

Here's a question: what does buying a "case" get you other than 10-12 boosters or however many are included? Are they packaged so that you're sure to get a different "rare" ship in each booster?


I have bought 3 cases and haven't gotten duplicate rares in any one case.

[harrigan]

Yeek. So , Capt. Strange, did three cases get you all 64 ships?

(SgtTibo -- sorry to have hijacked this thread... hopefully you're getting the answers you need as well. I'll say this -- the thing I'm most sorely lacking after the base set and four boosters is planes. I've got a pair of battleships, three carriers, several big cruisers, lots of destroyers, a handful of subs, and a smattering of planes. 1 TBD, 3 Vals, 2 Sea Hurricanes and a Kondor.)

[Maine]

I've heard that there are no dupe Rare or Uncommons per case. Since there are only 12 uncommons, a case should give you 1 of every uncommon, and half the rares. With 28 commons left, and 36 commons total, you should get at least 1 of every common.

2 cases, of course, does not guarantee getting every rare, you will probably get 3-5 duplicate rares between cases.

[TheJudge]

Out of 3 cases, 2 starters, and 2-3 extra boosters, ive gotten 1 Kondor so there is not truth to the post above about getting 1 of each uncommon. You SHOULD but you don't. :(