Warhammer Underworlds has been expanding in popularity and in Warbands! Let’s check out a new way to bring players into the game.
Warhammer Underworlds is a skirmish-style game that pits two Warbands against each other. Players get decks of cards that they use to outwit their opponent and gain more glory. The only way to get cards is through buying expansions and base games.
GW was clever when they did this because it just so happens that there are some cards that go perfectly with certain Warbands in OTHER Warband expansions. They are a business after all and want to make the most money. Unfortunately, this can turn off newer players to the game because they don’t want to sink $100+ dollars in gathering up a card pool. That’s where drafting comes in!
Warhammer Underworlds Drafting
As a way for new players to get into the game and start gathering cards outside of a single Warband, we’d like to try a drafting format. This would probably accomidate anywhere between 4-8 players total. Players would:
- Buy a Warhammer Underworlds Warband of their choice: $30 Or do a blind box pull
- Revmoce all of their faction-specific cards, and stack the universal cards face down in front of them
- Then players would choose one of those universal cards, and pass the rest of their universal card pool to the next person. Repeat the process until everyone has a new pool of universal cards. You may want to break this down into 15 card groups and pass one stack right, then after that stack is depleted, everyone passes left, then back right for the final stack etc.
- Players would need to go through what they drafted and make decks following the normal rules of the game.
- Then, they would build their Warband models and start playing.
In total, it would be a lengthy process. Probably somewhere between one to two hours of drafting and getting set up. Once that’s done, players would be paired up and play their matches just like a normal game!
Stores could even use this method to “kickstart” a sealed league that only uses those factions and decks to start, then allow the bottom tier of player standings to buy new cards packs like the Leaders, or Echoes of Glory about halfway through the league.
The goal is to increase the card selection for new players and introduce them into the game with a bunch of other people. This seems like it’s just the way to do it. Of course, a few veterans of the game would need to be on hand to supply the game boards and dice, but they shouldn’t be hard to come by.
We’ll be trying it at a local gaming shop in the near future. Check back with us to see how it went!
What do you think about the drafting format? Would you be willing to try it? Is this a good way to bring new people into the game? Let us know in the comments of our Facebook Hobby Group.
About the Author: Wesley Floyd
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About Wesley Floyd: Wes has been in the Warhammer hobby since 2015 and joined the Spikey Bits writing team in 2018. He is known for his satirist takes on trending topics and imaginative yet amazingly affordable hobby solutions to painting Warhammer miniatures.
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