Brother Glacius

Please bring back Overwatch. O2 sucks. I know they were under dos attacks and all, but jesus...can't find a game even when I do log in. How sad is that. 9 minutes in queue?? ball sucking.

That Administratum web site helps so much! Not sure how I'd keep up with all the bookkeeping for this crusade without it. So great to put in a battle and have it handle the xp properly for all the units and such. So helpful. You should probably add that link to the first post.

No problem Raindog, I'll just dial 911 next time I go so you can come over.

yeah, sweet jesus, that chaos list is nasty. My knights gave them a good run though. A little more luck on my shooting and I might have pulled it out. Fun game though. At the same time, his powerfist went two turns doing no wounds. Next time 750? Does that mean 6 CP base?

What war period is typically taken? I typically run early to mid war armies, but if most bring late war, my pop guns are going to be useless.

Just realized I won't be there until around 6pm. So if anyone wants to get in a game then, let me know.

The knights will be there for Crusade. Any takers?

wow, that was a huge link that went nowhere 😉

I guess I'm just surprised I haven't seen more posts about it...but then again maybe its all in Reddit, and I really don't do Reddit. Can we turn back the clock to say 2001 and just play that version 😉 Now that would actually be interesting...update an older version of 40K to include the latest models....

A few months back I found these on Amazon....being a big fan of dips, I decided to pick them up...good sized bottles for a decent price when compared to Army painter dip. I just played a round with it a little...so its been sitting there for a while. But recently I built and started painting a new helverin knight. What a perfect time to try it out after I used lead belcher spray primer. Wow...this stuff was awesome. I wish I had taken some close up pics after I had used it...but I can honestly say that it did a great job of detailing that model. Not only that, but it really "grimed" it up. It almost looked like some of those dust pigments you can use once it was all dry. I was able to water it down when I wanted as well. Just very impressed with it. I did not dip the model though, but instead brushed it on. I hope to have some nice detailed pictures of my knight when it is all done, but I'm really impressed with how much work was saved after the spray and game wash was done. It comes in black and brown, and my intent is to use the black with the darker colors, and then I'll use the lighter brown one for the yellow I'm using on the knight in a more detailed manner. We'll see how it works out. Pics of the start are on my blog.

So the other day I got my hands on the new patrol box for orks. I then dove into the codex to see how it would point out and all.....everything was going great until I got to the warboss in mega armor. I'm staring at the unit entry and I'm like "no options?" Basically, the unit is exactly what the new model has, and that is it. A big shoota and a heavy choppa.... no options whatsoever for other wargear. Then over the weekend, I was reading my new chaos marine codex...pretty excited about it because that was the last army I had been working on. I'm flipping through the pages and trying to find the entry for greater possessed. I really loved those units back in 8th edition. The models were awesome and I really enjoyed painting them. Lo and behold, no greater possessed. Wha huh? Brand new unit from 8th edition...gone. Now I do know that they are now just "Possessed" again and that the new models match the size of the GPs. Still...just irked me. I liked the dynamic of the GP and the possessed. I just find it really odd to have some of these changes in 9th edition. The ork warboss just has me flabbergasted. I'm sure there are hundreds of ork players out there that have lovingly converted models for a warboss in mega armor that have powerclaws and combi weapons....just sucks that all of them are now just big shootas and a heavy choppa. Almost afraid to dive into some of my other books....

Oh gosh, another post?? No way.

did you see these from one page rules:

Thanks for the answers. I know I've seen somewhere a relic that adds a warlord trait. Maybe it was a crusade relic and therefore was designed to bypass that limitation. I consider myself a rules purist. I like knowing the rules and following them. That allows me to play a better game and makes sure that I don't screw up for good or ill. I'd hate to get a rule wrong and screw over my opponent in a game. That sucks. So the better I know the rules, the better I can be sure that my opponent gets a fair game from me.

My point is in Crusade, under the RP for giving Warlord traits, it says a model cannot have more than one. So is that a blanket rule in Crusade games? Does it override faction specific relics and stratagems that can provide an additional warlord trait to a model? The whole context here is within Crusade. But I know there are relics and stratagems in the game that can give a model more than one warlord trait. So does this mean you simply can't use those relics and stratagems? or are they exceptions to the rule above?

Pretty sad they have to rebalance not even a week out. Honestly, the person who finalized that codex...are they just not good at their job? 30+ years of 40K and you can't do better than that?

dude, you are really stretching on these 😉

Do we roll for battle traits or are they chosen? Also, I saw that under RP Warlord Trait, that no model can have more than one Warlord Trait. Does this include ones given by other means, such as relics or stratagems?

My knights will be there.

yeah, I saw that...while engagement range is 1", models not in engagement range have to be within .5" of someone within .5" of an enemy model in order to fight. Not sure why they did that...why not have models outside of engagement range just be within .5" of someone that is?

Another rules question. So the latest balance dataslate is for matched play. Does this mean that narrative play games like crusade does not use these updates?

I have to say, I'm really excited about this. I have absolutely no idea how the army is going to play or work, but I've had a lot of fun reading through the IK book and figuring stuff out. I actually changed from what I had originally thought of for my house and everything. I had almost gone chaos knights, but I don't have those built yet. But if this army is fun to play, those guys are going to be put on the assembly table next. I've been doing a little more research on the overall playability of IK and it seems they have fallen on the weaker side as opposed to the strong side. I also know that just bad matchups can happen. Here's hoping for good games regardless.

What kind of date? an Update!

Where are we doing the record keeping for the crusade? Did you want us to make a post of our roster and points spent? We need to keep track of experience, agendas, traits, and scars right? I used that google spreadsheet and it was pretty easy.

How did that go?