Kingpin Posted July 14, 2018 Report Share Posted July 14, 2018 I posted this up on Facebook and got some interest so I thought I would include the Ordo crowd as well. I am trying to plan a 5th edition event at the end of September. I don't know yet if it will just be a game day hang out and have fun or try and do a three round tournament. I have always loved 5th edition and apparently some other people do as well. So if you want to join us just let me know. I don't have a venue locked down yet but I am hoping to do this at the Games Matrix in Tacoma. 3 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Munkie Posted July 14, 2018 Report Share Posted July 14, 2018 5th edition was sooo good until Blood Angels. Then each successive book went further off the rails. Necrons, Space Wolves, Grey Knights... 5th ed Space Marines is, IMO, the best book GW has ever done. There's absolutely no broken list you can write with it. There are many very good builds but it's simply unbreakable. It is balance incarnate. 3 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lord Hanaur Posted July 16, 2018 Report Share Posted July 16, 2018 I liked em all except blood angels. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted July 16, 2018 Report Share Posted July 16, 2018 On 7/14/2018 at 9:48 AM, Munkie said: 5th edition was sooo good until Blood Angels. Then each successive book went further off the rails. Necrons, Space Wolves, Grey Knights... 5th ed Space Marines is, IMO, the best book GW has ever done. There's absolutely no broken list you can write with it. There are many very good builds but it's simply unbreakable. It is balance incarnate. I loved blood angels in 5th. They'd bring out their storm raven and I'd auto-hit it with a vindicator's demolisher shell. They'd put our their FNP bubble and I'd kill them with another vindicator's demolisher shell. I love my vindicators. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alexcragg Posted July 16, 2018 Report Share Posted July 16, 2018 On 7/14/2018 at 12:48 PM, Munkie said: 5th edition was sooo good until Blood Angels. Then each successive book went further off the rails. Necrons, Space Wolves, Grey Knights... 5th ed Space Marines is, IMO, the best book GW has ever done. There's absolutely no broken list you can write with it. There are many very good builds but it's simply unbreakable. It is balance incarnate. I feel the same way, 5th edition was the best base rule set. They just kept adding unnecessary details after that. What I wouldn't give for a 5th ed. rules set with the current GW codex release and desire to tweek the game. Gods of Chaos that would be amazing! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Talonwinter Posted July 17, 2018 Report Share Posted July 17, 2018 Would you be using the current codex or are you looking at the 5th ed codex.? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
InfestedKerrigan Posted July 18, 2018 Report Share Posted July 18, 2018 I can't find my 5th Edition Custodes Codex, guess I'm using HH rules. 😆😉 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Andrewgeddon Posted July 19, 2018 Report Share Posted July 19, 2018 I loved 5th edition Demons, even with the 1/2 army in reserve nonsense. Was just a ton of fun to play. I actually had a ton of fun with the CSM and played them to death until the errata to Warptime. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Munkie Posted July 19, 2018 Report Share Posted July 19, 2018 4 minutes ago, Andrewgeddon said: I loved 5th edition Demons, even with the 1/2 army in reserve nonsense. Was just a ton of fun to play. I actually had a ton of fun with the CSM and played them to death until the errata to Warptime. Except warp storm rules. One of the worst rules GW has ever wasted time on. They're complicated enough that they're impossible to memorize, it takes way too much time for how little effect it has the vast, vast majority of the time, but it has an extremely massive impact on the extremely rare occasion, so the demon player won't want to skip it. The only advantage to it is that when I play demon players at events, I've got a built-in "go get a beer" phase. Otherwise, it is all of the worst attributes of GW game design consolidated into one tedious and mostly pointless phase. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Andrewgeddon Posted July 19, 2018 Report Share Posted July 19, 2018 29 minutes ago, Munkie said: Except warp storm rules. One of the worst rules GW has ever wasted time on. They're complicated enough that they're impossible to memorize, it takes way too much time for how little effect it has the vast, vast majority of the time, but it has an extremely massive impact on the extremely rare occasion, so the demon player won't want to skip it. The only advantage to it is that when I play demon players at events, I've got a built-in "go get a beer" phase. Otherwise, it is all of the worst attributes of GW game design consolidated into one tedious and mostly pointless phase. I didn't think the Warpstorm rules came out until the 6th ed book? 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Munkie Posted July 19, 2018 Report Share Posted July 19, 2018 1 hour ago, Andrewgeddon said: I didn't think the Warpstorm rules came out until the 6th ed book? I could be wrong, they change so dramatically each edition that it's hard to remember what they had when. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Andrewgeddon Posted July 19, 2018 Report Share Posted July 19, 2018 1 hour ago, Munkie said: I could be wrong, they change so dramatically each edition that it's hard to remember what they had when. Pretty sure it was a 6th ed thing, I'll have to check when I get home. Prior to the start of 8th edition, my buddy and I were toying around with some sort of modified "5th ed" ruleset that fixed some of the issues (in our perception) with the game. It never went anywhere, but it was an interesting thought experiment; Do you always use the most current codex, or do you use earlier versions that were 5th legal? How do you tone down GK / SW / IG? What core rules do you change? Would be curious what other people think! I like 8th edition, but 5th was the most fun I had with 40K. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kingpin Posted July 19, 2018 Author Report Share Posted July 19, 2018 On 7/17/2018 at 3:09 PM, Talonwinter said: Would you be using the current codex or are you looking at the 5th ed codex.? Sorry I have been on vacation so I missed this. We will be using 5th edition codexes and main rule book. It is going to be just for fun event so no need to over complicate it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Talonwinter Posted July 20, 2018 Report Share Posted July 20, 2018 18 hours ago, Kingpin said: Sorry I have been on vacation so I missed this. We will be using 5th edition codexes and main rule book. It is going to be just for fun event so no need to over complicate it. Was looking at having the old codex. I have no clue if i even have mine. LOL AlI i can think about is the doom is back. LoL loved that unit. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pretre Posted July 20, 2018 Report Share Posted July 20, 2018 If you can't find it, they are generally super cheap on the resale market. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fluger Posted August 14, 2018 Report Share Posted August 14, 2018 Omg, bust out my 5th ed Orks. Lol 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Munkie Posted August 14, 2018 Report Share Posted August 14, 2018 50 minutes ago, fluger said: Omg, bust out my 5th ed Orks. Lol Nope, sorry, that book came out in 4th edition--not useable. 😉 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fluger Posted August 14, 2018 Report Share Posted August 14, 2018 34 minutes ago, Munkie said: Nope, sorry, that book came out in 4th edition--not useable. 😉 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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