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I'll probably be available and looking for 40k Casual Schemes/Maelstrom Of War or Matched Play; or Oathmark up to 1500pts; or Reign In Hell! Also interested in Silver Bayonet or Stargrave if some wants to run an intro game! There’s a small chance I might need to be run around town but I’ll repost if I can’t make it.

I’ll be there playing 40k competitive with @Robot Hands again!

THE PLACE Location: 717 SE Main St. Portland OR 97214 (map) - Around the corner from Kokiyo Teriyaki and up the stairs. Cost to play games is $5 for Ordo Members, $2 for Ordo Warlord Champions, FREE for Emperors! As always, your first Game Night is FREE! THE GAMES If you're looking to game we will be here. Opting to lay low? Stay home and stay safe, we'll catch you next time. THE MISSION Games we play: All, with a focus on Oathmark, Warhammer 40k & AoS, Blood Bowl Sevens - Border Princes Bash league, Necromunda, War Cry, board games and more. While it is possible to find a pickup game at Game Night, it is much better to pre-arrange a game before coming down. New players are always welcome, feel free to stop by and check it out. BUT WHAT ABOUT COVID-19? Masks are now required for everyone regardless of vaccination status. Players are encouraged to spread out their games and avoid congestion. Do not attend game night if you experience any of the symptoms found here. GAME NIGHT EXPECTATIONS If the pandemic has taught us anything, it’s taught us we don’t need more stress in our lives. As a result, Ordo is expecting an even greater level of friendliness and fellowship at Game Night than our normal high expectations. Please be aware that as always, the Czar has the ability to ask a player to leave if the Czar feels it necessary. Games are meant to be fun, so let’s have fun.

Running a bit late, @ImperialTrooper feel free to open up if you get there first

Yeah because Disney has never been known for selling chintzy crap at ridiculously overpriced margins to fanatical fanboys . . .

We'll be there! 😅

Rick Priestly chatting with his fb followers this week pretty much hit the nail on the head - thank Xenos the 3d-printers and indie pdfs have arrived to save us! "Blimey you turn your back for a day or two! I worked for GW (Citadel in Newark and then GW at Eastwood and Nottingham) for 28 years, and the company changed a great deal over that time, but we always aimed at making money. I can just about remember the days when making money was about having enough in the bank at the end of the month to cover our wages – I don’t know if that was ever literally true – but it certainly came across that way! We also enjoyed what we were doing! We enjoyed games and gaming and – of course – the models that went with that. The big recent change is that GW has actually stated – both during the Chapter House court hearing and subsequently to its shareholders – that it considers its market to be collectors of models and not gamers. The games are very much played down internally, and you can see with the latest (very nicely done!) models that they are conceived as collectors pieces that have very little practicality in terms of a wargame. It’s perfectly fine for GW to turn its backs upon wargaming in favour of modelling and collecting if that is the vision of the current management. But the result is that many customers who are or have been passionate about GW’s games do feel marginalized. I should add that we always used to maintain a games design department that was fairly heavy weight – smart guys, some of them rebarbative, bloody-minded and mildly dangerous types (dangerous to themselves on occasion). I won’t say who it was… but one of our staff once ran back into the burning building he’d just been rescued from by the fire brigade to recover his ‘stash’ from the flames! The design team has been run down over the years – the guys who work there now are just not doing the same sort of work and they’re not the same sort of people. Probably for the best:) I think that is the danger Rob – well not literally fridges to motorcyclists! – but betting the company on the assumption that the market is primarily collectors and not gamers is a big gamble isn’t it! In the short term it will work because so many gamers are loyal to the backgrounds and to what is left of the games range (that’ll be 40K then). The large, very nicely done, collectors style pieces generate good sales at high margins. I would expect to see an improvement in full year performance under their new CEO – and maybe even a dividend! Long term though… if GW is sincere about changing its market stance (and does not lose its bottle and start to back track – which is still possible) it opens up the market to any number of new companies that are interested in games, gaming and gamers! That won’t do GW any harm so long as they are determined to abandon that market – and it would leave them to concentrate on a mixture of high price highly profitable collectibles and licensing its IP out into other media – always something I felt was under exploited due to fear of losing control at the top of the business. But what do I know:) Well I’m touched by all the thank yous! So let me add my own. Thank you for making it possible for me and so many of my comrades to earn a living doing something we love – there’s not many people get that chance – and I remain eternally grateful."

I’ll be there playing 40k competitive with @Robot Hands again!

THE PLACE Location: 717 SE Main St. Portland OR 97214 (map) - Around the corner from Kokiyo Teriyaki and up the stairs. Cost to play games is $5 for Ordo Members, $2 for Ordo Warlord Champions, FREE for Emperors! As always, your first Game Night is FREE! THE GAMES If you're looking to game we will be here. Opting to lay low? Stay home and stay safe, we'll catch you next time. THE MISSION Games we play: All, with a focus on Oathmark, Warhammer 40k & AoS, Blood Bowl Sevens - Border Princes Bash league, Necromunda, War Cry, board games and more. While it is possible to find a pickup game at Game Night, it is much better to pre-arrange a game before coming down. New players are always welcome, feel free to stop by and check it out. BUT WHAT ABOUT COVID-19? Masks are now required for everyone regardless of vaccination status. Players are encouraged to spread out their games and avoid congestion. Do not attend game night if you experience any of the symptoms found here. GAME NIGHT EXPECTATIONS If the pandemic has taught us anything, it’s taught us we don’t need more stress in our lives. As a result, Ordo is expecting an even greater level of friendliness and fellowship at Game Night than our normal high expectations. Please be aware that as always, the Czar has the ability to ask a player to leave if the Czar feels it necessary. Games are meant to be fun, so let’s have fun.

Printing a bunch of root vegetables too? 😉

My opponent can’t make it after all so I won’t be coming by either. Think it’s safe to say for others there won’t be a game day this Sunday.

Oh hell yeah those look familiar and they look goood!

2nd one reminds me of Halo

I can if you like - they get to literally eat other troops units now!

That’s awesome, yeah I’m out after printing the last four decks so if you want to bring a bunch on Thursday I can have more decks printed by Saturday. I’m pretty sure there were still other folks interested in trying Maelstrom.

Do you have your own maelstrom deck printed? If not I need to get some more printer paper and print a few more decks to give out before then.

I'll be available and looking for 40k Casual Schemes/Maelstrom Of War or Matched Play; or Oathmark up to 1500pts; or Reign In Hell! Also interested in Silver Bayonet or Stargrave if some wants to run an intro game! Let me know what to bring!

I'll be available and looking for 40k Casual Schemes/Maelstrom Of War or Matched Play; or Oathmark up to 1500pts; or Reign In Hell! Also interested in Silver Bayonet or Stargrave if some wants to run an intro game! Let me know what to bring!

If you’re up for playing more than one game I’d be great to play you again after all this time! I’ll be in the senate meeting this morning though

@ChrisRunning a bit lat, might be there 12:15ish feel free to setup a table however you prefer!

Thanks for all the offers to help guys! @ImperialTrooper was able to pick me up a couple after all! You guys are the best! 😍

Thanks for all the offers to help guys! @ImperialTrooper was able to pick me up a couple after all! You guys are the best! 😍

Thanks for all the offers to help guys! @ImperialTrooper was able to pick me up a couple after all! You guys are the best! 😍

No worries, someone else might be picking up the Inquisitor or coins!

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