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This is a little weird to ask but I never actually played casual or competitive. It's more like both actually. I'm thinking of trying to play a good casual game but I don't really know how to play casually. Anyone got any advice?

A tuxedo is way over dressed for a casual game. Try a nice pair of kahkis, a nice button down shirt, and also, good comfortable shoes. A fine mixed drink and finger food help also.

Triple Deathstrikes.
Go.

There's no rules or set protocol as to what defines a casual game. It's very much in your mindset and your opponents'.

When you write you list, don't think about what will win or lose. Think about what would be awesome or fluffy. Then after you are done, look at your list, look for giant holes that might make the game boring, and fill those holes.

I played with 8 plague drones in a mono nurgle list recently. I looked at my list and saw a glaring inability to slap around big MCs. So I added a black mace DP, which helped balance out my list from fluff bunny, to a casual fun list to play against.

I've always viewed a casual game as anything outside of a tournament or campaign.

In terms of actually playing, do what you'd normally do I guess. Maybe tone down the list a little if it's completely WAAC, but aside from that it doesn't differ much.

 curran12 wrote:
There's no rules or set protocol as to what defines a casual game. It's very much in your mindset and your opponents'.

Some Barely Pops never hurt either.

A cassual game, 3 steps to make it good.
1: a weekend with a couple of hours to spare
2: Beer (or something else if you dont like it
3: A random ork list

I don't know Chewie, just fly casual!

Grrrrhoooooooooowwwwwww!

[flys casual]

Use units that you typically wouldn't. For an extreme example, field 150 Fenrisian wolves. Not because they are good, but because the look on your opponents face will make up for being tabled in 3. This sort of tactic works well if your opponent takes a list that is also similarly amusing and has no reservations.

Well, why don't you play a list you enjoy, using models you like. Then, be a fun, reasonable, enjoyable human being to play with/against. If your idea of a fun list is leagues out of your opponents, maybe a have a quick talk before the game.

Honestly though, the internet makes a far bigger deal out of lists than out of the person behind the list. Be the person you'd want to play against. Everything else will fall into place, either before, during, or after.

I would play the hardest, cheesiest list know to 40k if the person behind it was a great person to spend time with; I would not spend time with an awful person even if their list was a bunch of ratlings and armoured sentinels.

Step 1: Buy a lot of liquor.
Step 2: ???
Step 3: Profit.

As ig, casual means i dont take more than two of anything

Booze, music, dancing girls...

Sometimes tv and questionable states of dress.

Beer helps.

 Azza007 wrote:
Booze, music, dancing girls...

Sometimes tv and questionable states of dress.

You mean there are games without scantiliy clad models dancing in the room? The horror!

"Step 1: Buy a lot of liquor."

Second.

But really non standard objectives and missions make for a casual day.

Also ALL THE RANDOM EFFECTS!

what is "Casual" ?

 thenoobbomb wrote:

 Azza007 wrote:
Booze, music, dancing girls...

Sometimes tv and questionable states of dress.

You mean there are games without scantiliy clad models dancing in the room? The horror!

Who said they were scantily clad?

 Jihadnik wrote:
I don't know Chewie, just fly casual!

This deserves a LoL


OT:
When we play casually we usually just for-go a lot of debatable issues. (LoS from each shooting model, which model is in cover and which is not, pile in moves during assaults). Not too much rules lawyering and mostly run and gun gaming just for fun, not too worried about winning.

As for army list, as menitioned, it comes down to what you feel is fluffy. I run blacktide or triple LRCs with triple vindicators(and nothing else) for kicks because thats how templars roll. Theyre one dimensional lists which can be countered easily but its fun for nights when I just want to relax and not worry about strategy too much.

Get some buddies, beers and a nice army on a weekend evening and go.

( NOTE : Don't get friends who tend to rage a lot )

$$$$$$$

 Azza007 wrote:

 thenoobbomb wrote:

 Azza007 wrote:
Booze, music, dancing girls...

Sometimes tv and questionable states of dress.

You mean there are games without scantiliy clad models dancing in the room? The horror!

Who said they were scantily clad?

Who said they where clad?

 A sane man wrote:
Triple Deathstrikes.
Go.

That's my hyper competitive guard list. Because manticores don't ignore armor saves, cover saves or have ap 1, and are side armor 10.

If you want to play casually in 40k, simply identify that unit or two that makes your list meta/netlisty/one people hate and don't take it/them. Experiment with other units from you codex, you will be surprised how useful most of them are. The better you understand your codex, the better your playing will be.

 phatonic wrote:
A cassual game, 3 steps to make it good.
1: a weekend with a couple of hours to spare
2: Beer (or something else if you dont like it
3: A random ork list

4: Polo shirt with popped collar.

I just goof off, I try new things, learn new stuff. I almost always come up with new fluff or things like that. One casual game resulted in the naming of a Space Marine Squad and it's battlecry of "For Rhino"

I find it's best to just set up, agree on basic stuff so you're not going what's that cover value in the middle of the game, then just start shooting each other's plastic little men and talking the whole time about whatever.

In my mind, casual is the little things. Like for me, when I fire a template weapon, I position it, and then ask my opponent how many I hit, or let them do the scatter measure. Not only is this usually faster, but it makes for a very friendly game. It stops an argument before one even starts.

Little things like that. Allowing people to use a ruler to push 8 cultists for their 6" move instead of moving each model, or taking from the back and putting up front as long as they are the same. Giving each player that one time of "Oh no, I forgot to _____!".

Kind of a matter of personal opinion but to me its leave the dickish tactics at home. No riptide spams, triple helldrakes/vendettas, no cron skyforce, none of this allies bullcrap that make this ungodly powerful deathstar for cheaper than it should be, etc etc. You can have strong units but dont spam them and dont abuse the allies .

Someone says theyre just in for friendly casual games and brings triple helldrakes is not going to get a casual "fun" list out of me lol.

 Jihadnik wrote:
I don't know Chewie, just fly casual!

Exactly what went through my head after reading the OP!

Anyway, came in to say beer. Did anyone say that yet? Beer, I mean. Hey, TC, you should grab some beers, m'kay?




















Beer.

Alcohol and 40k should never mix imo. Fragile models at your fingertips and youre a little loopy from booze, someone says something you dont like and immediately chuck someething at them and....there goes 60bucks lol.