Mulgrok

I had a great time.  It was my second ever tournament and first time I was able to complete a tournament.  Me and Torg did way better than I expected.  Despite getting a nasty cold, it was worth it to meet so many nice people.

Welcome to the "character can no longer use transport because of keyword omission" club.  It is irritating as heck that Adrax can no longer ride in impulsors.

On 7/4/2023 at 10:46 AM, Ish said:

So, some of you may remember the weirdness of the prior editions’ rules for Valerian and Aleya two of the few named special characters for the Talons of the Emperor. They spent most of the last two editions completely unusable in any “Battleforged” army and were also priced higher than any unit in the faction except the two super-sized aircraft from Forgeworld. They even fixed both issues, but it took years for them to correct it.

Well, the tradition continues! 

Aleya’s Keywords are now Infantry, Character, Epic Hero, Imperium, Aleya. Plus the Faction Keyword: Adeptus Custodes. Notable among those it that she is totally lacking the Anathema Psykana keyword.

This means Aleya cannot ride in a Rhino but she can use all six of the faction’s Stratagems (four of which explicitly exclude Anathema Psykana models).

Great job, James Workshop!

Welcome to the wonderful world of 40k, dan!

it annoys me that bladeguard have to come in a squad of 6.  The indomitus box had 5 in it.

There is an appeal to playing a subfaction's "hero" on the table, but they seem to feel the need for heroes to be extra powerful instead of just flavor.

Guess my 2nd army will be nids.  All hail our buggy overlords.

I wonder if the place that coats telescopes and stuff with 99.99% light absorbant carbon nantoube would do minis.  Although I don't know how it would react with applying paint over it.

Looks interesting and not OP at all.

I am frustrated that I built my army to use meltas and then GW made meltas OP.

The previewed battleforce boxes look tempting.  Especially interested in the Blood Angel one, because I could use all of the contents (except the upgrade sprues).

All the xenos and chaos ones look good, too.

The new boxes have stuff i am interested in, but not interested in paying a tax for upgrade sprues I won't use.   GW probably will never release another Marine box set that doesn't have upgrade sprues to inflate price.

On 10/10/2020 at 5:28 PM, Tao Tsê-Mung said:

I’d love to get another 2000pt game of 40k in as there’s not quite enough time for 2k during the week.

I can bring 2000pts of marines.  What kind of army would you like to face: shooty or stabby?  Also, do you want a competitive or casual game?

Had a bug the last 2 days and was passed out for 30 hours.  Probably won't be fit to drive.  Might not make it.

Here is a very flamey list running as actual Salamanders:

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Adrax Agatone - Lord of Fire

Librarian -  Miraculous Constitution, jump pack, force sword, combi-flamer, Tome of Vel'cona, Fury of Nocturne, Flaming Blast

3x Tactical squad - Sg.: Combi-flamer, Chainsword - Multi-melta

Tactical squad - Sg.: Combi-melta, Chainsword - Multi-melta

Company Veterans - Combi-flamer, Power Fist, 4x Plasmagun, Chainsword

Company Veterans - Combi-flamer Power Fist, 4x Meltagun, Chainsword

Redemptor Dreadnought - Heavy gatling, Heavy flamer, Storm bolters

Predator - twin las, 2x las, Storm bolter

Rhino

Tried to put flames and/or meltas on everything, because I want to watch the world burn.

I didn't realize my list is treading close to flavor-of-the-month meta stuff.  Instead I will bring old marines with only a few primaris.  Not going to be "that guy"

EDIT wrong thread, hehe

The new Space Wolf anti-psyker reivers are interesting.  Doubt they ever see play though.  Fluffy Wolves are the best wolves.

I will be there for 40k stuff.  Any size army up to 2000pts.  Will try a close combat focused primaris force.

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1500pts

Space Marines

Chapter Tactics:  Born Heroes, Whirlwind of Rage

HQ

Captain in Gravis Armor

Primaris Chaplain

Troops

3x Assault Intercessor squad of 5

Elite

Aggressors x5, flamestorm gauntlets

2x Bladeguard Veteran squad of 5

Redemptor Dreadnought: Storm bolters, Heavy Flamer

Fast Attack

2x Outrider Squad

additional 500pts if needed

2x Eradicator Squad of 3

2x infiltrator squad both with helix medic

On 10/21/2020 at 9:47 AM, Inquisitor66 said:

I didn't go with stalkers, as I really like the rapid fire from normal bolters.

 

My plan was to group the lib and the dread with the assault intercessors and 1 squad of bolters

 

Then have the chap and lt group with the gets and other squad 

 

 

But then the dread died and I got way to excited about turn 1 charge with vets...and yeah

I only remember 1 Lt being used.  Thinking you may have forgot to deploy 1 or mistakenly put it in the assault intercessor squad.  The rerolls would have probably killed my captain and stuff.

1 hour ago, Inquisitor66 said:

I think it had a lot to do with my poor usage of characters, they should have held back to buff the troops while the vets went ahead.

I was expecting you to use the chaplain to give a 10 man stalker bolt rifle intercessor squad +1 to hit and wound litanies, dreadnought stratagem for reroll 1's to hit, and firing twice stratagem.  That combo would be devastating against marines.

10 hours ago, Inquisitor66 said:

Good game. The first born more than proved their worth.

Thank you, it was fun.  It seems like all games are pretty much over if there is a turn where 1 side rolls hot and the other cold.  Could have easily gone the other way.

15 minutes ago, Inquisitor66 said:

Want to do 1500 pts, primaris vs old school?

Sounds good.

My army will have:

6x Tactical squad of 5

2x Company Veteran squad of 5

Predator

Rhino

Captain with jump pack and Burning Blade relic

Lieutenant with jump pack and Teeth of Terra relic

Codex arrived today.  I can be there with up to 1500 pts old marines and another 500 of primaris.

With the new codex it is possible for Salamander successor hammernators to hit on 2's and wound on 2's against almost anything.  Would cost 2-3 CP per phase.

Guess they really want me to buy assault terminators.

1 hour ago, Inquisitor66 said:

My evening freed up. You can borrow my codex if need be.

 

I'll also be available for 40k, kill team or warcry

Since not even battlescribe is updated, I would rather just wait for my book.  Thank you, for the offer.  I will spend my time painting the stuff from Indomitus box.  I still have 25 bois to finish.

Codex is looking to be behind schedule.  Forgot the USPS is having trouble.  If Battlescribe gets updated I could play the most basic rules.