What Rob is up to....
On the assembly table: Rezolution Dravani, Dark Age Skarrd. Haven't really touched either in a few weeks. I'd like to try and apply some paint to my Dark Age Skarrd - they are freaky enough that my poor paint jobs might not look too terrible.
Just bought: Some Halo Actionclix - Hunter pack and one 5-model booster. Liking the look of the figures a lot and the rules seem reasonable - my issue with the core clix rules are well known to most of you. Given what a Halo mark I am, I foresee a good number of further purchases made.
Last game played: Warhammer battle reported earlier in the week.
Gaming in the pipeline: Another big (bigger, even) Warhammer battle set for the weekend after Thanksgiving. Want some 40k gaming, still looking for scalps. (John is a wuss and would rather WORK than have his ass beaten again). I have a standing 1000 points Hordes Challenge with Conte.
Wavering support for: The Stampede tourney on October 20th. Was feeling it, but currently the Mercuriality (TM) is leaning me in other directions
Thursday, September 27, 2007
Tuesday, September 18, 2007
Tacticus
Just a short note of jealousy.
I've been reading the site: http://belloflostsouls.blogspot.com/
They offer a lot of good 40k tactical advice, in addition to news and such. Go ahead and take a look; I won't be offended. Just come back here and finish reading this after perusing their site.
Done? Good.
Man, I'm jealous of the tactical articles.
It's not really that easy to write a good tactical article. Far too many times I've read stuff like "make sure you use your Assault Marines in hand-to-hand, or you're not getting much value out of them." REALLY, CAPTAIN OBVIOUS? WHAT WAS YOUR FIRST CLUE? Writing tactics articles for players who actually have a good amount of tactical acumen is certainly more difficult than for 12-year-old dice monkeys who play lists they heard about on the net that "pwn @ll"
So I'm impressed when I read an article that makes me think "Huh. That's a pretty different approach." Or, in the case of a few on Bell of Lost Souls, "Shit, I never would have seen that coming, but forewarned is forearmed..."
I do note that I have a number of new ideas for my Witchhunters thanks to the site. I'll let the reader go figure out what I've stolen from them.
On the other side of the spectrum we have sites like the Privateer Press forums that alternates between really good tactical tips and ones so mind-bendingly bad that the poster deserves to have their junk put into a blender on puree. On film. Then give them a copy of that film for posterity's sake.
(No, I don't feel that's too extreme - sometimes one needs to make a statement.
Our oh-so-many-readers are welcome to post sites that they think do a good job with tactics articles. I'll peruse and any that are deemed stupid will get summarily mocked.
I've been reading the site: http://belloflostsouls.blogspot.com/
They offer a lot of good 40k tactical advice, in addition to news and such. Go ahead and take a look; I won't be offended. Just come back here and finish reading this after perusing their site.
Done? Good.
Man, I'm jealous of the tactical articles.
It's not really that easy to write a good tactical article. Far too many times I've read stuff like "make sure you use your Assault Marines in hand-to-hand, or you're not getting much value out of them." REALLY, CAPTAIN OBVIOUS? WHAT WAS YOUR FIRST CLUE? Writing tactics articles for players who actually have a good amount of tactical acumen is certainly more difficult than for 12-year-old dice monkeys who play lists they heard about on the net that "pwn @ll"
So I'm impressed when I read an article that makes me think "Huh. That's a pretty different approach." Or, in the case of a few on Bell of Lost Souls, "Shit, I never would have seen that coming, but forewarned is forearmed..."
I do note that I have a number of new ideas for my Witchhunters thanks to the site. I'll let the reader go figure out what I've stolen from them.
On the other side of the spectrum we have sites like the Privateer Press forums that alternates between really good tactical tips and ones so mind-bendingly bad that the poster deserves to have their junk put into a blender on puree. On film. Then give them a copy of that film for posterity's sake.
(No, I don't feel that's too extreme - sometimes one needs to make a statement.
Our oh-so-many-readers are welcome to post sites that they think do a good job with tactics articles. I'll peruse and any that are deemed stupid will get summarily mocked.
We all Fall down
Post-Gen Con gaming has been pretty much non-existent at the Gaming Mecca. Reasons for this are myriad but mostly I'd say it's been other things taking priority, like the drywall replacement and painting of my kitchen and family room, etc.
Ah, mundane life.
Anyway I believe the cooling of the air tends to coincide with the upping of gaming time. Once things settle down from the current madness, Thursday night gaming will resume, and weekend gaming will likewise ramp back up to twice a month.
I hope, that is.
What will be on the plate? Well, Warmachine/Hordes still hold my attention. The Apocalypse release for 40k is certainly stoking some fire. Rezolution and Dark Age both hold some mindspace. Even Warhammer is making an appearance, as it tends to do a handful of times during the year.
Ah, mundane life.
Anyway I believe the cooling of the air tends to coincide with the upping of gaming time. Once things settle down from the current madness, Thursday night gaming will resume, and weekend gaming will likewise ramp back up to twice a month.
I hope, that is.
What will be on the plate? Well, Warmachine/Hordes still hold my attention. The Apocalypse release for 40k is certainly stoking some fire. Rezolution and Dark Age both hold some mindspace. Even Warhammer is making an appearance, as it tends to do a handful of times during the year.
Thursday, September 13, 2007
Hordes Stampede! Oct 20th
http://www.privateerpress.com/HORDES/default.php?x=stampede
Grab your shirts guys, time to represent. If we want a sure fire way of winning, I think Ren games will actually have the kit and a low turn out.
Grab your shirts guys, time to represent. If we want a sure fire way of winning, I think Ren games will actually have the kit and a low turn out.
Tuesday, September 11, 2007
Warmachine Challenge
The challenge...
1k of Trollbloods (Me, the one and only)
VS
1k of Circle (Rob, I love lamp)
10 minute turns.
No Proxies.
Caster Kill
Here is what I'm thinking of taking:
Borka Kegslayer w/ Pyg Keg Carrier
Grim Angus
Earthborn Dire Troll
Dire Troll Blitzer
Troll Axer
Troll Impaler
Troll Impaler
Fell Caller
Krielstone Bearer and Stone Scribes (6)
Trollkin Champions
Kriel Warriors
Atlen Ashley
Bog Trog Ambushers
Swamp Gobbers
Now, the problems.. easy. It's a lot for 10 minute turns. BUT, it's not a lot of special tricks so it can go pretty quick with a lot of stuff.
It will slow down when I pop Borka's feat and start slamming everything but that is where I see the slow down. I need to re-read Borka's feat and spells to see if it's Troll models or Warrior models. If it's just models I might switch up a little but right now I think it's a good mix.
I have the Bog Trog and Grim for some nice board control. I might switch something up with scatter gunners since I might be able to force them to bunch up nicely.
And I think I have a good mix of shooting and melee to help balance out getting caught it a mix of feats. I could run into a problem of fury later on but I don't think it will be much of a problem honestly.
1k of Trollbloods (Me, the one and only)
VS
1k of Circle (Rob, I love lamp)
10 minute turns.
No Proxies.
Caster Kill
Here is what I'm thinking of taking:
Borka Kegslayer w/ Pyg Keg Carrier
Grim Angus
Earthborn Dire Troll
Dire Troll Blitzer
Troll Axer
Troll Impaler
Troll Impaler
Fell Caller
Krielstone Bearer and Stone Scribes (6)
Trollkin Champions
Kriel Warriors
Atlen Ashley
Bog Trog Ambushers
Swamp Gobbers
Now, the problems.. easy. It's a lot for 10 minute turns. BUT, it's not a lot of special tricks so it can go pretty quick with a lot of stuff.
It will slow down when I pop Borka's feat and start slamming everything but that is where I see the slow down. I need to re-read Borka's feat and spells to see if it's Troll models or Warrior models. If it's just models I might switch up a little but right now I think it's a good mix.
I have the Bog Trog and Grim for some nice board control. I might switch something up with scatter gunners since I might be able to force them to bunch up nicely.
And I think I have a good mix of shooting and melee to help balance out getting caught it a mix of feats. I could run into a problem of fury later on but I don't think it will be much of a problem honestly.
Monday, September 10, 2007
Store loyalty
So Renaissance Games, a shop that is local to me for the time being, is trying to stimulate the warmachine/hordes player base and they are starting by moving the "assigned" day to tuesday nights. That can work out for me so I'll be dropping by tomorrow (tue Sept 11th) with probably my Trollbloods in tow to find an opponent.
I have tried to go to the store several times on the previous "assigned" day of Sunday but never saw a game of warmachine/hordes and didn't have any luck finding opponents.
This has me wondering why some stores can develop a large group and others can't. I'm sure there are hundreds of factors like location, etc etc but how much blame can be put on the player base. Is it the responsibility of the players to help the store keep the gaming going or is it the stores responsibility to give the players a reason to come in?
I think it falls more on the store than the players. A store that can some how make people want to go there on a saturday and hang-out in the store instead of their basement helps to inspire a sense of "store loyalty". I do not have any "store loyalty" right now I have to say. A few of the disorderlies are loyal to Dream Wizards for various reasons but I'm too far away from them to really develop it.
For me, when I had "store loyalty" it was to The Arena. And the reasons were 1) always had people in it when I went 2) good owner, good to talk to 3) A good "core" of player so you could run events with. This made me like going there even when it was just to sit and chit chat. And that made me want to spend my money there and to help run events and to promote the store.
Right now, when my impulse shopping kicks in, I'll go grab the figure from the closest store. I don't go to my "favorite" and order it if it's out of stock. If I can't find it, I just order it online.
Oh, and I'll be wearing my disorderlies shirt tomorrow.. Time to represent! I just hope somebody shows up...
I have tried to go to the store several times on the previous "assigned" day of Sunday but never saw a game of warmachine/hordes and didn't have any luck finding opponents.
This has me wondering why some stores can develop a large group and others can't. I'm sure there are hundreds of factors like location, etc etc but how much blame can be put on the player base. Is it the responsibility of the players to help the store keep the gaming going or is it the stores responsibility to give the players a reason to come in?
I think it falls more on the store than the players. A store that can some how make people want to go there on a saturday and hang-out in the store instead of their basement helps to inspire a sense of "store loyalty". I do not have any "store loyalty" right now I have to say. A few of the disorderlies are loyal to Dream Wizards for various reasons but I'm too far away from them to really develop it.
For me, when I had "store loyalty" it was to The Arena. And the reasons were 1) always had people in it when I went 2) good owner, good to talk to 3) A good "core" of player so you could run events with. This made me like going there even when it was just to sit and chit chat. And that made me want to spend my money there and to help run events and to promote the store.
Right now, when my impulse shopping kicks in, I'll go grab the figure from the closest store. I don't go to my "favorite" and order it if it's out of stock. If I can't find it, I just order it online.
Oh, and I'll be wearing my disorderlies shirt tomorrow.. Time to represent! I just hope somebody shows up...
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