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**Bat Manuel**

Alfndrate wrote:
SgtSixkilla wrote:
Lol. Whenever people disrespect 40k, it's okay, in fact, it's the norm. But the second someone just makes up a nickname for "HoMachine" all hell breaks loose. Awesome....

Because all of our games, GW, PP, and what not all have their accepted nomenclature and forum abbreviations. People don't call Warhammer 40k derphammer or any other name because we communicate via a text based language on these sites, and as such meaning is already tough to determine, so why not keep it clean and unambiguous and stick to accepted names.

As to the idea of full armies on the table, OP perhaps you should try playing smaller scale games to get that full army feel, or try historicals (though probably not Bolt Action since it's more squad based).

I played a game of Regimental Fire and Fury (not my cup of tea), but the board looked awesome with the full regiments moving across the board, so based on what you want, I'd tell you play smaller scale dude.

Well I used to call 40k, "4up" but that was 5th ed and the name worked. I guess I'll have to go with derphammer for now. WalletHammer is more fitting though

The HoMachine thing just sounds dumb. It's not even witty and I keep thinking about that wrestler who had the ho-train!

To the OP- If the game doesn't feel the way you think it should, then you're probably not understanding it. Figure it out then it will feel the way it should. Comparing it to something else is a fool's errand.