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Picked up a box of the metal Harlequins (c. 2005, if memory serves) from Guardian Games tonight. I've unboxed them, laid them out, and am having some serious flashbacks to my pre-teen years... It's hard to believe that I used to routinely assemble entire armies of lead and pewter. These Jess Goodwin sculpts are intricate and finely detailed, but the assembly is orders of magnitude simpler than my old Wood Elf Forest Dragon or Imperial Army Sentinel... Yet I'm almost scared to put them together. Modern plastics technology has completely spoiled me.

It is actually harder rather then easier to set up a challenge round, and it would have been extremely complicated with the other changes being rolled out this year. Since we have open gaming on Friday and Saturday night, you will certainly have time to arrange a game if you'd like. :)

So long as the Captains can watch from some sort of balcony box with Old Fashions and cigars.

I actually kind of like that there aren't any vehicles or bikes in this game. I really like the idea of fire team on fire team action. It just feels more awesome to me. :D

Just finished Thrawn by Timothy Zahn. Great read if you enjoy the character or the Star Wars universe in general.

We're playing a little-known variant that allows 4 days per turn. PBEM.

We should do Standard Bearer jousting contests to make sure its done in a chivalrous way! :)

I now want to be a Standard Bearer instead of a Captain.

Balls, big hairy balls Can we have a round were we fire a pistol then all dash towards tables and set our own match ups. Maybe have fights between standard bearers and a drinking contest between captains?

I have some ideas that could help a lot with pairings and could easily incorporate multiple challenge rounds.

I'm in for fun. Just played my 2nd 40k game so I'm pretty new to that still, but love 40k lore. Have Orks I want to play in this. Don't have rule book yet though

Masque of the Phantasm Background For the Harlequins there is no distinction between art and war; they are the archetypal warrior poets, traveling the labyrinthine expanses of the webway, bringing enlightenment to their audiences and certain death to the servants of darkness. — High Inquisitor Czevak, Letters to the Casophilians The Harlequins, or Rillietann as they are known in their foul xenos tongue, are a subset of normal Eldar society who apparently split their time between being talented battlefield fighters and theatrical performers. Harlequins organise themselves into two standard units, the troupe and the masque. A troupe seems to be a gathering of "regular" Harlequins — if such a word can apply to these aliens — and a masque will bring together multiple troupes and a small number of specialist performers under the leadership of a single Troupe Master or Ardathair (lit. High Avatar). As the degenerate Eldar are a scattered and dying race, Harlequins constantly tour the domains of their species as well as other places; Harlequins claim other species should be told the stories of the Eldar as well in their duty to perform. Your humble author entrusts you are able to see this claim as the obvious lie that it is. These dirty xenos wish to turn humanity against the wisdom of the Imperium, and sadly, some of our kin are gullible enough to fall for it! The Masque of the Phantasm is a small masque, recently reported to be in the Armageddon system. Their performances are often obsessively precise and detailed spectacles, conveying fatalistic despair... but with a strong theme of stoicism and retributive justice underlying it all. The universe is doomed, but we can meet that doom on one's own terms. Never compromising, even in the face of doomsday. The signature dance of the Masque of the Phantasm is known as "The Killing Joke," but has not been performed for Imperial observers in over a millennium. Starting Roster ( 1,000 Points ) • Mysta Jai, Troupe Master Harlequin's Blade, Shuriken Pistol; Concealed Blade, Flip Belt, Harlequin Mask, Holo-Suit • Har'leigh, Player Harlequin's Blade, Suriken Pistol; Concealed Blade, Flip Belt, Harlequin Mask, Holo-Suit • Qwnzl, Player Harlequin's Blade, Suriken Pistol; Concealed Blade, Flip Belt, Harlequin Mask, Holo-Suit • Duella, Virtuoso Harlequin's Blade, Shuriken Pistol; Concealed Blade, Flip Belt, Harlequin Mask, Holo-Suit

I mostly prefer airbrush ready paint because the bottles tend to be easier to use. In my experience, "airbrush ready" really just means thin a bit less than regular. My brush has a pretty small needle though. I'd use the thinner bottle you have now, judge from there how much to get next time.

Ok guys no wiggle room so that means lots of elbow room.

On vaca in AZ and this little critter popped up.

I'm in, and will allow no wiggle room in WYSIWYG. This. Is. ARMAGEDDON!!!

In Gathering Storm 2, they talk about Khaine, Cegorach, and Ynnead forming a Trinity as the core of a revived Eldar Pantheon. Cegorach has long been known as The Laughing God, and Ynnead is referred to in several places as The Whispering God. I guess that makes Khaine The Yellin' God

This is the norm for the whole weekend gentleman not just the challenge round! :) Last year out of my 5 games only 3 were fully completed with the other two resulting in a quick exit to the bar for pints and shots! :)

A friend shared this photo on Facebook. Anyone know what it's from or just a one-off drawing maybe?

Shadow War : Ordogeddon Overview This is a Ordo Fanaticus Shadow War: Armageddon league. As an Ordo event, the primary purpose is sportsmanship, fun, camaraderie, and enjoying the hobby. Kill Teams Kill Teams shall be made from 1000pts, and pursuant to the rules published by GW for SW:A. Each model in your kill team must be WYSIWYG. If you purchase a weapon upgrade for your model at the end of a mission, that model must be WYSIWYG with the new upgrade or replaced with an appropriately armed model to be useable in your next game. Games In signing up for this league you commit to playing at least 1 game every 2 weeks. We encourage games to be played on Sunday at WOW. The second best option is Tuesday nights at WOW. A third option is a game played at a place agreed upon by the players. However, you cannot play consecutive games away from WOW. Meaning if you schedule a game in your garage, your next game must be at WOW to count. You may play up to two games during any period. Players schedule their games with opponents, but cannot play the same opponent back-to-back, and must play every league player at least once over the course of the league. GAME PERIODS April 30 – May 13 May 14 – May 27 May 28 – June 10 June 11 – June 24 June 25 – July 8 July 9 – July 22 League Fees The cost to play in the league is a flat, one-time, $20. This can be paid at WOW, or via PayPal. Clubhouse fees at WOW are in addition, based on champion status. All proceeds will be invested in new SW:A terrain and prizes for the top league finishers. League Prizes There will be three league prizes at the end: WARRIOR: A prize for the team with the most promethium at the end ARTIST: A prize for the best painted team at the end. This requires you starting with an unpainted team, and painting and converting it over the course of the league, with at least one status update post per game period at www.ordofanaticus.com NARRATOR: A prize for the person who creates the best running story based on their team’s exploits. This requires a story post on www.ordofanaticus.com after every mission. Sign up by posting below. Players: 1. Weav [Scouts] 2. Savion [Sisters] 3. Steel Angel [Harlequins] 4. evil_bryan 5. Sugarlessllama [Skitarii] 6. threejacks 7. Dark Trainer 8. Pyre Warden [Chaos] 9. Jollyork 10. AgentP [dark eldar] 11. Ish [Harlequins] 12. Happycamper 13. Brother Glacius 14. WarlordGhrom 15. zcaust83 16. peter.cosgrove

Oh, I wouldn't want them to be a regular feature of the game*, but a special mission where one or two vehicles played a part might be fun... For example, one player ambushing a Chimera/Rhino/Falcon/Devilfish that is carrying a key V.I.P. that the other player needs to escort... ...or maybe recreating the iconic Kelly's Heroes versus Tiger tank scene with a Predator. * Unless we get Gorkamorka back!

Hostile lifeform detected on the outskirts of Wuyi, Paradiso. Activating response force...

Now, if we could just figure out how to add light vehicles and bikes...

For a quick-and-dirty way to casual game up and running, I think it would work almost perfectly just using Necromunda lists as written. I'd just use Necromunda stats for any equipment not currently in Shadow War. It'd be close enough. If you wanted everything to work out "perfectly balanced," you'd probably need to reduce the point values of a lot of the Hive Ganger's options a smidgen. This would involve a lot more complicated math and extensive playtesting... Well past my personal "point of diminishing returns."

Personally I would vote for just allowing people to run their old gangs in the new system. If they have weapons in their inventory that have a points value in both games, then just use the points from the new game. For weapons that might only exist in the old game, then use the entry for the old game. I don't think it would break the game.

I would love to see a way to get the old gangs in the fighting.

Dang it! Just bought a box of skitari. This game has opened up way to many opportunities for impulse buys. Lol

ooo good point.

Sisters of Battle might add Eviscerators. They have them in their 40K army list.

Someday i hope to have my Redemptionists actually see the tabletop...

Or just use as count as. Genestealer cult would work good.

They started yesterday afternoon and are still playing

WOW stands for Western Oregon Wargamers. Ordo sublets clubhouse space from them. You can get the info on the location here.

Good match last night by the way ? May have lost but atleast I shot down that stormtalon with a bolter ?

Speaking just for myself, I've mostly been re-reading stuff for the past few months. It's pretty much all stuff I mentioned earlier in the thread, so I haven't been posting it again.

Has no one read a book since January! My wife reads a lot! I come to you guys for good suggestions and I got nothing. Help me Obi-Fanticus Kenobi, youre my only hope!

I just bought a box of Harlequins. So I'm committed.

I'm in. Picked up a box of dark eldar at GG tonight.

Yeah,,I was looking for the starter box for the Skitari at the GW store but all starters for this game were sold out there... Im probably going to start an Iron Hands army to be my base Adeptus army and use this game as jump off point for it.They are very fluffy allies with Ad Mech so I can branch out with it if the next version of 40k looks good:)

Let the Battle of Sandheart commence!

That's the plan, is there a challenge round? Because I challenge you... to shots and mayhem ... and maybe some 40k

Last night, I did a little work on my Warlord's display base. Putting a Warlord on a big base looks cool, but during game play I prefer keep his footprint on the table as small as possible. This makes it easier for me to move my Warlord in between my units and around enemy units and obstacles. My solution to the cool vs utility problem is to base my Warlord on a regular base (my "game base") and then create a large display base with a magnetized insert for my Warlord's base. Below is an example of what this looks like. The last time I did this I placed the Warlord's game base on the display base and puttied around it with grey-stuff. This technique worked fairly well, but the sides of the insert weren't vertical so I had to reshape the hole with a hobby knife. This time, the plan is to use a styrene cut out to create the insert. Because of my Warlord's pose, the other models on the base need to be in motion. My plan is to have Mordred accompanied by huge mastiff. The war hound will be leaping at a hapless Saxon warrior who is reeling back in terror. The mastiff and victim models haven't arrived yet, so the mock-up pictured below includes a stand-in for the war puppy. The 60mm base doesn't leave much room for Saxon, so I've ordered some 4 inch (102 mm) bases from LITKO.

Bull[big bad swear word], you bring it back to me at the OFCC which you are totally going to be at, right?

Sing - 4/10 - Everything worth watching you saw in the trailers, except the final 5 minute finally. You can youtube that and not have to waste 1.5 hours of your life. Unless you have kids, then it's a cool animal movie and there is a decent sound track to it.

D&D always comes first! Obviously. That's why I didn't even plan to attend until an hour before, but my D&D game was moved up so hey...I suddenly had time! Boy am i glad i did. sweet prize.

Also, libraries.