Starting house and gang for a campaign...

[hreikin]

Okay, I'm thinking that I'll go with the heavy bolter option, as tempting as the autocannon is, its a relaxed campaign I think, and Simon raises a good point about the potential joy killing of using 2 HI weapons in a starting list

id make sure you are getting the same kind of treatment in return

 

[spafe]

Okay I played my first game this year with these guys last night. Thanks to very generous dice rolls my cawdor stomped all over a goliath gang. As it was the first time any of us had played in a long time (I was most recent at last November, then it was a number of years for the others), this session was a learning one, so no long term effects at all. It did however allow me to see the brutalness of the meltagun, flamer and heavy bolter, I'm loving those picks!

My gang is called the Senate, here: http://necromunda.yaktribe.org/gang/view/16894/Senate

I have rolled up 2 settlements, a water still, a workshop (so useful for the heavy bolter!) and a chem pit. With only 3 gangers to start with I'm going to be hurting for credits for a while with no big earners, I really need to keep at least 2 gangers up in order to pay my ratskin, but even if all 3 are up after expenses of hired gun I'll be lucky to have 15 creds left to play with... its goona be tight, seriously hoping the scout turns up a nice money earner soon!

On the subject of the scout, I found him very useful to just chuck up in a high tower and snipe all game, with his Int of 4 and catfall I think he's fairly safe in this role.

Any thoughts on what I should save for first or what areas I should focus on? Also is there ever a reason to go to a chem pit? it earns sooo little it'll hardly ever move you into a higher income bracket?!

 

[hreikin]

Any thoughts on what I should save for first or what areas I should focus on? Also is there ever a reason to go to a chem pit? it earns sooo little it'll hardly ever move you into a higher income bracket?!

personally id save for a backup gun for your leader and then some more gangers if none of the juves have "graduated" im useless at rolling dice, if i need to get a certain number i cant roll it and if i need to avoid numbers i cant avoid em either

RE: the chempit - you get to cause fear if you roll a 1 or a double when collecting income, fear is always good in an opponent

 

[Alobar]

Yeah Chem pit is good purley for the fear...

 

[JimboDeany]

Aye, agreed on the chem pit although my goliaths are in a similar situation where we don't have five gangers and we need the cash to replace the dead....