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DakkaDakka is a large, independent wargaming community that features discussion, tutorials and images for many games. If you are new to the world of wargaming then learn about it in our introductory article: What is Wargaming?
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DakkaDakka - Warhammer, 40k, Warmachine and Flames of War Community.
DakkaDakka is a large, independent wargaming community that features discussion, tutorials and images for many games.
Warhammer 40,000
Our warhammer 40k forums are among our most popular. They have been operating the longest and contain discussion about every facet of warhammer 40k from tactics and army lists to background and upcoming releases.
Warhammer Fantasy
The Warhammer Fantasy Battle Forums are consistently increasing in popularity and are almost on a par with our 40k forums covering the same large range of content with advice from some of the best tacticians the world has to offer.
Warmachine and Hordes
Dakka now has one of the largest Warmachine and Hordes forums on the web, and has a huge range of Warmachine Pictures in our gallery.
Flames of War
Flames of War and other historical games are growing in popularity here on dakka and we invite anyone to join in and discuss them in detail. As flames of war grows more popular, Dakka's coverage will only increase. Be sure to check out the Flames of War gallery to see some inspiring stuff.
Dakka Features
Dakka is a big site with a lot to explore. Here we highlight some of our more interesting features:
Wargaming Gallery
The dakka gallery is one of the largest wargaming galleries in the world and has a huge range of tagged miniatures from many game systems. From flames of war to Maelstrom's Edge, and of course 40k. You can vote on images (like using hot-or-not), and use our advanced gallery search engine to find exactly what you are looking for, be it space marines, orks, cryx or Dark Elves!
Forums
The dakka forums are growing faster and faster and are the bread and butter of the website. They still maintain quality and a fair level of freedom compared to many other forums. Our most popular forum is News and Rumours, but Dakka Discussions and 40k army lists are very popular too. There are some important rules to consider (no spam, no swearing, no piracy) but everybody gets on well enough thanks to our great moderation team.
Articles
The dakka wargaming articles are run on a wiki (like wikipedia). We have a huge range of wargaming articles covering everything from tactica to modeling and painting and even some great funny stuff. If you are bored and want to have the equivalent of dozens of magazines to read then head over to the main articles page and start clicking around. Because it is a wiki, anybody can hop in and click the 'edit' tab at the top of the page, so if you have anything to add or just see some typos or bad grammar then you can help make it better for everyone.
Army Profiles
Dakka's army profiles are a throwback to the very earliest version of dakka from the late 1990s, where various armies were highlighted in detail. Our army profiles section now contains many armies from different game systems with in depth photographs, army lists and explanations of their signifigance from their owners.
DCMs
Help keep Dakkadakka.com running by becoming a DCM (Dakka Contributing Member) and enjoy a ton of perks for doing a good deed! For a small donation of only $25 a year you gain the following benefits:
- Surf with ease! Get an ad-free site.
- Be a celebrity! Get a 'DCM' marker in the forum listings and under your username.
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Posted: 2026-04-20 10:59:07
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Forum post by JNAProductions, 36 responses at time of this post.
See title.
A Great Unclean One has a 6+ Feel No Pain and 20 Wounds.
On average, that's the same as having 24 Wounds and no FNP.
I would be 100% fine changing them to no a FNP, 24 Wound statline. But this is also a case where that 6+ can be attempted a minimum of 20 times before death.
What about a 5+ FNP and a W2 model? That's, on average, the same as W3 with no FNP. But in practice it's pretty different, since you've still got a close to 50% chance of dying to 2 damage.
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Posted: 2026-04-19 10:59:07
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Forum post by Adeptekon, 36 responses at time of this post.
I don't know how common place this is across homeworlds nor that which has been conquered, but I've recently learned that some of our brothers on fedual worlds are doing things the traditional way. Particularly when resources and supply chains are next to non-existent. To be specific the chapter militia, however as recruits are inducted into these militias some are clad like Astartes. The armor may be powered or not, but it is much smaller and lighter regardless. They do not compare in size or weight of a first born and it is a questionable practice to mimic presence of a battle brother. No... it's an offense.
Yet rather than to police that on distant worlds with little interaction other than their due tithe we may for now ignore it. The humans are equipped well enough to handle what they have to deal with. Though we will want to discuss transitioning this practice to something that distinqushes men-at-arms, base human "knights" from Adeptus Astartes marines, and lay ground rules with their Artificers.
For such a breed of horse to carry a first born it would need to reach five thousand lbs in order to bear the weight of a fully armored space marine, and as well any barding worn by the horse. This is unrealistic even with genetic engineering without the hand of the Emperor. The Templar regents on these low tech worlds cut off from supply lines have made an executive descision to use base humans in place of Astartes (marines they have no means to produce) to maintain their lands while only a single ancient remains to manage the chapter keep.
Here are a few images we captured (sorry embed appears not to work for these)
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Posted: 2026-04-19 09:59:07
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Posted: 2026-04-18 14:59:07
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By JoshInJapan
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By KeX
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Posted: 2026-04-18 12:59:07
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Posted: 2026-04-18 11:59:07
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By Olthannon
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By RAFF
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Posted: 2026-04-15 12:59:07
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Forum post by Dryaktylus, 13 responses at time of this post.
British science fiction writer Ian Watson died on April 13.
Well, I read only his four 40k novels and two short stories, but being the author of the first novel in the grim and dark weirdness of the far future he set a landmark. And while those novels were... special... I mostly liked them. And things like the fractured Emperor, the masochistic secrets of the Imperial Fists and the last chapter of Space Marine I'll always remember. Thanks for that. :'(
My condolence to his friends and family.
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Posted: 2026-04-15 11:59:07
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Forum post by Da Boss, 36 responses at time of this post.
The thread on new editions got me thinking - in the various games I played, when did I think was the "best" time?
A lot of people say it's your first edition of a game that is your favourite, but for me that wasn't really the case.
40K - started in 2e and had a lot of fun, but I think the peak of the game for me was late 4e-early 5e, and if I had to pick one, I'd pick early 5e before the codex releases made it a bit less fun to play. The 3e system had matured into something pretty complete, I had a really fun codex in the late 4e Ork codex and I was having a blast playing the game with loads of build variety and new kits to play with. 6e and 7e bloated the system out without improving it, and introduced formations and superheavies as core game concepts and I really hate formations especially.
WFB - Started in 5e and again, had a lot of fun, though even I as a teen could see that my Slann Mage Priest was crazy over-powered. I think late 6e, when all the books were out, was the best time. I had so much fun playing narrative and siege games back then and although 40K was by far more popular I was really in love with the Old World. I was really optimistic about 7e and liked it at first, but the infamous trio of bad army books really soured me on the edition sadly. I was again optimistic for 8e but just a mix of things really put me off - stupid terrain rules, overpowered magic, massive unwieldy units...
Old World it seems to me is not an improvement on any of these, and they increased the base sizes so petulantly I'm not even gonna give it a fair go!
Warmachine and Hordes - I was an early adopter of this locally, got in in 1e. 2e was by far the best version of the game for me, though late in the edition they started introducing "theme lists" which were their version of formations and they were really bad. But you could just ignore them which I did. Really tight, f...
Post continues at https://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/list/818705.page
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Posted: 2026-04-15 10:59:07
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By RAFF
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Posted: 2026-04-14 10:59:07
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Forum post by mrFickle, 36 responses at time of this post.
Hi All
I get the Abaddon it’s really powerful and skilful and a great leader and general etc. And that the black legion is a home for any astartes that wants to rebel against their chapter or faction or the imperium. But Abaddon has an arms length relationship with the chaos gods and uses their power without committing to them like a good demon prince wannabe.
Where are the word bearers are the OG CSM. They started the heresy and go harder than anyone else on their worship of chaos. So why haven’t the chaos gods gone all in on them giving them the power to wreak havoc and go on their own black crusades type adventures.
Is it just the way GW wanted to focus on the black legion when CSM launched? Or is there a lore reason?
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Posted: 2026-04-14 09:59:07
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Posted: 2026-04-13 15:59:07
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By Mothsniper
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Posted: 2026-04-13 14:59:07
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