Your first mistake was watching the game. I love the game, but watching somebody else play is boring as as hell. What he should have done is turned on some good music and played one game in the quiet of your own home so you can get the gist of the rules. Then go to the game store and grab a game against different opponents. That's where the fun is. But watching someone else play? Uh.
"They ban any miniature more than a few years old from any
'official' competition (cons, tournaments)- not old rules mind you,
but old lumps of metal that look almost exactly like the new lumps of
metal. "
This is absolutely not true. I play in those "nerd-fests" regularly with old Striking Scorpions, Fire Dragons and Dark Reapers - some because I don't like the new models, some because I just don't want to shell out for the new ones even if they are cooler. I have not been stopped from using them at any tournament, even those played at a GW store. Further, some old figures that don't fit the new versions of the rules have been grandfathered in. I'm thinking here specifically of Guardians with lasguns, which are not legal under the current rules. The figures are still usable - they're just considered to be carrying 'Mk I' shuricats. Warlocks carrying the old force rods are now either carrying Witchblades or Singing Spears - whichever the player wants them to be.
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Your first mistake was watching the game. I love the game, but watching somebody else play is boring as as hell. What he should have done is turned on some good music and played one game in the quiet of your own home so you can get the gist of the rules. Then go to the game store and grab a game against different opponents. That's where the fun is. But watching someone else play? Uh.
"They ban any miniature more than a few years old from any
'official' competition (cons, tournaments)- not old rules mind you,
but old lumps of metal that look almost exactly like the new lumps of
metal. "
This is absolutely not true. I play in those "nerd-fests" regularly with old Striking Scorpions, Fire Dragons and Dark Reapers - some because I don't like the new models, some because I just don't want to shell out for the new ones even if they are cooler. I have not been stopped from using them at any tournament, even those played at a GW store. Further, some old figures that don't fit the new versions of the rules have been grandfathered in. I'm thinking here specifically of Guardians with lasguns, which are not legal under the current rules. The figures are still usable - they're just considered to be carrying 'Mk I' shuricats. Warlocks carrying the old force rods are now either carrying Witchblades or Singing Spears - whichever the player wants them to be.