WHFB 8

[Dewbakuk]

I know a guy who stopped playing 40K because at a tournament an opponent claimed that his terminators had no terminator armour, as the army list entry did not expressively say so.....

There's a reason I won't play tournaments anymore.

GW KNOW that this is the way a lot of players use their rules - hence I see NO excuse not to do those clarifications/faq/errata BEFORE printing and publishing a new edition of their rules, already making the rulebook somewhat less valuanble in itself. Just another statement to show how little they care about their lifeblood: YOU, the players of their games.....

See, now you just come across as bitter.

[Argonor]

See, now you just come across as bitter.

Nope. I didn't buy the book. 

[joroas]

I am still miffed that I bought 2 Warhammer Rule Books in 2010 and both had erratta on the website before i had read them.  I still maintain the these books aren't cheap, £32 and £50, and the least they should do is playtest them until they are checked rigorously, then pay someone to proofread them, I found at least one language error before I had finished the first chapter.

[Muskie]

I think you should be allowed to shoot stupid people one day out of 365, that was a proposal by some beat writer, Ginsberg perhaps...  That would solve a lot of problems with people who are just too obtuse to be allowed to reproduce at least.

There was this teacher in Ottawa and whenever talking about people who were just plain stupid and often annoyingly so, he'd always say "We need more chlorine in the gene pool".  Did I mention he was a professional teacher?

Anyway I just play in Astronomi-con, it is the tournament for people who don't like tournaments.  Check it out, there are still a few fun people out there.  Today's Warhammer 8th Edition Mighty Empires campaign started and the Diseased Sons were there to play their first game of Warhammer Fantasy Battle in over 11 years.  Of course I lost, but I came close and I showed people not to mess with 40 Plaguebearers...   

[Dewbakuk]

Nope. I didn't buy the book. 

 

[joroas]

It's so heavy, you have to read it on a lectern.

[Argonor]

Actually, I would only ever consider buying the BOXED set for a new edition of Warhammer or 40K.

You actually get the minis therein at an almost reasonable price (plus the rules, and some other stuff. I actually bought the marines-part out of one of the 3 (?) sets of the newest box for 40K, Dewbakuk purchased to get Orks (think I got the rules, too, don't remember).

I'm probably not going to play the actual game, but I fiddle around with some small-scale skirmish (with no set squad-structure, and no coherency, but with advancements, and skills), and I'll probably be using 40K minis BIG time, when a Far-Future sourcebook for Flying Lead becomes available 

Don't get me wrong: I think many of their minis are great (as long as they are not over-the-top - luckily the plastic sets often allow you to omit some of the more obsolete details) - I'm just not a fan of their rules, as they provide, in my opinion, VERY slow paced games - and the way special rules are presented/used give the rules-lawyers too much ammo.

[Dewbakuk]

I actually bought the marines-part out of one of the 3 (?) sets of the newest box for 40K, Dewbakuk purchased to get Orks (think I got the rules, too, don't remember).

You did, I'm not a fan of the 40k rules, I just wanted the figures

[rob_the_robgoblin]

Those black reach orks are awesome. 

[Dewbakuk]

I bought enough to do a proper Apocalypse formation of Deathcopters, should I ever play Apocalypse

[rob_the_robgoblin]

Jesus wept. 

[Dewbakuk]

Wasn't too bad, there were plenty of people who wanted the Space Marines etc.

[rob_the_robgoblin]

That doesn't surprise me. 

[Muskie]

Lead Adventure forum hasn't been loading so well for me in Canada, but the problem seems to have resolved itself after about 24 hours.  I didn't do much hobby stuff, recovering from yesterday and last night.

Last night I worked on the first of several new movement trays some of which will be magnetized.  I also went through a bunch more old miniatures and dug out an old Steed of Sleenesh and rather tiny Fiend of Slaneesh which I'll will be assembling and basing tomorrow.

I also bought some sculpted square bases to give a little more stature to the Fiend and my stand in Herald of Tzeentch.  The local shop had no horrors, I think they have been leaving the system as the plastic ones arrive in a week or two, but I think my campaign army needs more magic support ASAP.

I'll try to keep blogging, but I need to find a new job still too...

[Viper]

The core starter sets are probably the cheapest way to get a fairly nice sized army through GW these days.

Which is fine aslong as you want to play Orks, Marines, High Elves or Skaven.

Buy them with a discount from an online supplier then sell the half you don't need, or find someone who wants to start the opposite army to chip in for the sets with you.