A New Beginning

Well, just moments ago I ordered all the supplies I will need to begin playing and Demoing Urban War. The War Store had a few 300 Point Force Sets left, even though they are no longer produced. I was able to get the Koralon 300 point set for only 25 Dollars! Thats an insane deal, especially considering that the Koralon set in particular contained most off the faction's strongest units like Phazons, Hydra, and Broodmasters. Urban Mammoth does still produce smaller Strike Forces that are a good base for an army, containing the neccesary basic units as well as a couple of specialized units. With these I was able to assemble enough units to create 300-400 point armies for both the Viridians and Syntha. Because of the great prices on War Store and the fact that there is a flat $6 shipping price for UPS Ground no matter the size, I was also able to grab a couple of boxes of urban mammoths platform terrain. All of this came in at under $200, which I think is a very reasonable price for 3 large armies in a mini game, considering that there are some games you could spend 300 for a single army without even getting the extensive rules books necessary.
Speaking of which, Urban Mammoth does offer hard bound copies of thier rules, which I will probably purchase later on when I have the money for another order, but for now we are forunate that UM offers all rules as a PDF download on thier website for just a couple of dollars. We'll use these for now, printing a coule of copies off of the laser printer at Aaron's job at the university. (Gotta get that tuitions' worth out of 'em)
I'm excited to have the armies on the way, and see things actually begin to move forward. I'll be contacting the local gaming store on tuesday and arranging for a time in the weekly schedule for Urban War Demo time and eventually Open Play or even a league. Whatever day the shipment comes we'll most likely glue the units up and play unpainted out of sheer excitement! Expect our first battle report the next day.

On another note, I am rather excited about the fact that somewhere between 12-20 people stopped in to read the blog. Most of these were most likely from the UM forum, so thanks a ton you guys! :-D
In the next week or so I will be friending up with the other Gaming blogs on Blogger which should help get us plugged into the community. In the meantime, we'd like to hear from those of you who are reading. Whether through comments or email we'd love to hear what you think of the content so far, and what you hope to or would like to see. Plus it'd just be nice to know who's stoping by before we get a traffic counter up. So speak up everyone!