Ok, so, I play Games Workshop (henceforth known as GW) games, their two poster-child games being Warhammer Fantasy Battles, and Warhammer 40000.  Each game is fundamentally different, but uses a similar stat-line system, so that one player could start one, and go into the other with only a short primer.  Not that many people play both games, many ( Read more... )

In this case I mean Mech.

As I continue to play in 5th edition 40k, mech seems king.  Much like the armies in the second world war, generals of tabletop armies in 5th edition are starting to realize what mechanization can do for them.  Fortunately for players of '5th edition codexes' GW caught onto this, and gave most troops at least one very ( Read more... )

In 40k, the Orks (greenskins) are a brutal race of space aliens who rampage across worlds and conquer them, Orks don't fight for guns, for money, for land, even for what they believe, orks fight because they were made to fight, and win.

Can the win on the tabletop though?  These are the common posts about the ork army (in order)

"Orks are broken"
" ( Read more... )

This is a wargaming syndrome, though it applies to video games too.  Basically, Forumitis occurs when you go onto a forum to find answers, instead of a straight answer, people on the forum point out the obvious, or they tell you what was true in version 2.0, which would be cool, but we're in 5.4 now, that good old 2.0 advice won't help you.   ( Read more... )

So, I've been reading this novel this week.  I should note that I have read 40k novels before, but this is more of a 30k novel.

Fulgrim follows the story of a primarch.  For those who know nothing about Warhammer's sci-fi universe, I'll say this much, the Primarch's are the sons of the emperor, and are in turn the fathers of whole legions of space ( Read more... )

You know, I play a couple of wargames, I've been to a few tournaments, but one thing bugs me.  There is this growing divide between 'competitive' and 'casual' players...but in reality I think this gulf only exists on the internet.

( This is a small rant about point of view )