I Look at Seven 2-Player Wargaming Starter Sets UNDER $100

I show you seven different two-player starter sets for wargaming that I own - under $100.

[Lordbalek]

Yes for solo. Rumbleslam has great starter set.

[televiper]

Battletech: A Game of Armored Combat. This box set is an amazing deal for the price and gives two or more players enough content to play for years.

[JohnDernoncourt]

I absolutely love Snap Ship Tactics. It’s like Xwing combat using ships you build with the included components. Not terribly expensive and they’re about to launch some new models! Such a cool idea. Love the videos, Unc!

[Texas_montantero]

The Star Wars Legion core sets can be found on a sale pretty easily under $100, they come with 2 skirmish sized armies, 2 character commanders, terrain, all the tokens you'll need, and a rule book

[stevo_hobbies]

+1 for Halo Flashpoint! Mantic has a lot of really affordable starter sets for their games!

[SamBalducci]

Solo and Narrative Co-op games, which can be played solo, are two great categories to review. Getting a game with others is not always possible and the soon to be dark, cold, and snowy months will soon be upon us, which makes it more difficult to find an opponent to play against. In the winter I would rather get my folding 4'x4' table out in the living room in front of the fire with an old movie playing in the background and the cat on the nearby chair as referee. The cat gets its own set of foam dice that I chuck along the floor that she loves to chase.

I recently purchased "When Nightmares Come: An Investigative Wargame of Supernatural Horror (Osprey Wargames)" -- I plan to use some miniatures from some of my board games as proxies for the game. Specifically, Cthulhu Death May Die.

[Down_Time_Dad]

Mutant year zero: Zone Wars is an excellent skirmish game, 2 teams of 5 models, rules, battlemap, tokens, rulers and flat pack terrain, and can be found for £45!! The expansion robots and Psionics elevates the experience to 4 players with more terrain and new game modes. well worth a look.

[corver]

The blood & plunder 2 player starter box is such phenomenal value for a really cool game.

[jeronimo]

When Uncle Atom pulled up the Battletech Alpha Strike, I very much literally screamed in excitement. I love Battletech so much, I really hope more people check out the system.

[LevTheRed]

Worth mentioning about the Alpha Strike box: the minis are all usable for Classic BattleTech. Not only that, but two people splitting the Alpha Strike box will each have full armies. Honestly, you could probably split the AS box 3 ways and have playable Classic armies.

Also, 2000 AD is still being published. This week they did a great 2-part arc in 2000 AD and their monthly Megazine and next week (and next month for the Megazine) is the start of an all new run.

[case]

Would absolutely love to see more content on Solo, I'm exclusively a solo gamer for reasons and would absolutely be interested in hearing more in that vein. thanks again for helping me get back into the hobby.

[edgarbryan]

Just got Blkout starter. It’s $120 but good sculpts and tight ruleset. Heard about it because of my Uncle Adam. You and Ash at GMG are still my favorites. Appreciate your contribution to the community.

[xOBulletOx]

Highly rate fallout factions! Like Necromunda without the bloated rules. Introduced my friend to it who's never played a wargame in his life and he picked up all the rules in no time flat! Loads of fun!

[LegendayKillstreak]

Pumped seeing RelicBlade getting more love! 💕

[kothanmalvein]

Not sure if anyone else has mentioned it, but Mantic has some awesome 2 player starter sets for all of their systems. Either Sci-Fi or Fantasy, you can get them for under a 100$ from retailers and they include 2 armies and all the rules needed. Also they have multiple selections of starter sets featuring different factions.

[jimbusher]

Wargames Atlantic currently has a The Last War set with rules, dice, tokens monsters and four different factions for £70 - Last War is a WW1 themed horror skirmish game using the Forbidden Psalm rules set

[towerpower]

I've seen Cyberpunk RED: combat zone going for 89. I bought this game because the artwork caught my attention and so far, it is my game of the year. Not only a good starter set, it's the best introduction to war (skirmish) games. I was able to play this game with my son, wife and my friends that are usually not into wargaming and they had fun. My friend even sked me the other day to play again, that's a first! The way it is designed makes it easy to start playing. The only downside for me was that the models quality is not excellent comming from 40k/killteam. And if some people a not into building models, there is a new variation comming: edgerunners that will come with standees and should be even cheaper I guess(hope).

[rokarege]

Bushido: Risen Sun 2 player starter (2022). It's around $80-90, rulebook, 10 minis, tokens, cards. All models in it are Ronin - can be used in any faction. And yes for solo!

[scottsgameroom]

Hope you have fun with the Alpha Strike box! I really like that CGL is supporting both the classic, crunchier BattleTech and the more streamlined option with Alpha Strike.

[TTdmhBT]

Dead man's hand is a western skirmish game that uses a deck of cards for initiative and effects. It's cool