Flesh eater newb with questions

[Fireymonkeyboy]

Hi all,

The recent MP story kind of hooked me on FEC, and I'm thinking about picking up a small force to try out.  As a total newb to anything Death (I've played WFB on and off for decades, but never a death army), I'm not sure on where to start.  I was looking at the "starter box combo" (Start Collecting + Nightfeast Hunters),   Some questions:

a) is this a viable place to start, and will it give me the core of a playable force (not looking for over-the-top, just reasonably functional)

b) what do I need to watch for when playing FeC?  Strengths, weaknesses?  What are the "need to know" factors?

I'm working my way through the "Let's Chat", but any advice much appreciated.

FMB

[someone2040]

The Start Collecting set is as solid a place as any to start the collection really.

I think the more competitive lists tend to be heavy on Horrors/Flayers and the monsters as opposed to the Ghouls, but overall there's nothing in the set that you wouldn't really want (And I believe it's still cheaper to buy the SC set than to buy a Gheist + Flayer box individually).

The Skirmish boxed set is also a good choice if you want to lean more heavily into Ghouls.

 

But overall it's hard to go wrong with the Start Collecting set given that it has 3 of the 4 kits in the FEC range (The only one not in it being the Finecast Varghulf Courtier).

[Honk]

 

17 hours ago, Fireymonkeyboy said:

 

Hi all

 

Hi back...

welcome to the club of crazy knights and deranged kings. 

Like everybody said, can‘t go wrong with the starting boxes.

The shooting meta is a little bit against us with all our small but very important heros, so you might want to plan a little bit ahead if you go for royal menagerie or deadwatch or horror stampede. I tried to magnetize horror/flayer arms and kinda failed, magnets to small (2x1) and such things.

always take your own terrain to your games, a well placed cottage to hide behind is essential. But I love my 90 ghoul horde...