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The Strange Dude wrote:

warpcrafter wrote:I decided to run two units of Ork boyz that were protected by a big Mek with a KFF, and they got strung out. Next turn, they got shot down like dogs by two units of bladestorming Dire Avenger units, and less than half of them were protected. From then on, you can be sure they stayed in a tight clump, and my enemies have come to hate the KFF.

You do know by the rules of the kff as long as one member of a unit is within the distance the whole unit gets the save?

We always do blast radii and other such things literally, especially line of sight. (None of this "If you can see one guy's hat, you can shoot the rest behind the wall" nonsense here.)

warpcrafter wrote:We always do blast radii and other such things literally, especially line of sight. (None of this "If you can see one guy's hat, you can shoot the rest behind the wall" nonsense here.)

Thank God for that, i can't stand playing people (i say playing, i've not in a decade) people that play just like that.. " HAHA!!!! I can see your Guardsman's toe behind the wall, j00 are goingz to die!!!!11ONE!!!11!!"

That really winds me up

Guard wrote:

warpcrafter wrote:We always do blast radii and other such things literally, especially line of sight. (None of this "If you can see one guy's hat, you can shoot the rest behind the wall" nonsense here.)

Thank God for that, i can't stand playing people (i say playing, i've not in a decade) people that play just like that.. " HAHA!!!! I can see your Guardsman's toe behind the wall, j00 are goingz to die!!!!11ONE!!!11!!"

That really winds me up

That sucks cause thats the way the rules work now...

So, if it's the sergeant's toe that is sticking out, do you guys allow your opponent to kill him, too, if he's the only one visible?

If yes, then that means Telions and Vindicares skill to pick out targets out of a squad are completely useless in your group? Nah, wouldn't want to play like that.

And if you want a fluff explanation why the rules work like that...The one guy in the open gets hit, goes to ground, screams for his mama, some brave soldier scrambles out trying to pull him in, gets mowed down, too, his good friend Joe loses is nerves and runs out, rapid-firing in a futile attempt to hurt the bastards that killed Mike, gets killed, too...battles can work like that.

And, uh, for the topic: I've avoided the big mistakes luckily for the moment, however, I tend to forget to shoot my dreadnought's storm bolter. Could've saved his day one time...

Witzkatz wrote:So, if it's the sergeant's toe that is sticking out, do you guys allow your opponent to kill him, too, if he's the only one visible?

If yes, then that means Telions and Vindicares skill to pick out targets out of a squad are completely useless in your group? Nah, wouldn't want to play like that.

They are not useless either way you play. If you can only see a sergeant and you can only shoot at that target, when you can see the whole squad (or more than just the sergeant), I think the ability to pick out targets from a squad is less than useless.

Back when ordinance could obliterate vehicles and their units inside I guessed incorrectly on the range for a basilisk shell. Needless to say it landed on my chimera with my Command HQ in it.. totally vaped them all.

I was at a neighboring county's FLGS, and playing this guy I had never met. I had him in a tight spot, and I just finished carving him up in assault. We both know his unit is finished, and the game is going my way. I say 'Your turn,' and he doesn't respond. He just stares at me with this blank expression on his face. So I wait for about thirty seconds...of staring. I wave my hand and say 'Dude!'. He just stares at me, slack jawed, not saying anything. So after a minute or so of silent...open mouthed...glassy eyed...staring...I yell, 'Dude, WTF? Quit being a jerk and just roll the friggin dice!'

Thats when I realize everyone is staring at me. They (the guys who know him) come rushing over and checking to see if he is okay, calling me an donkey-cave, laying him down, calling his wife on the phone.

Dude was an epileptic having a petit seizure...I felt like such a jerk...

I made sure to set up the cityfight table before people came over to play. I even placed down all of the newly painted (well, stenciled) roads down. I did not, however, remember to put some barricades up to block the road that goes from long edge A to long edge B.

We, of course, end up deploying on long table edges. My sides opponent, playing orks, then proceeds to move his 19" along the road with his battle wagons, and charges the tau on our side on turn 1.

Perhaps a bit of a special move on his part for not pointing out the massive flaw in the table layout but, eh, I don't forget to block things off a bit anymore at least.

jimsolo wrote:I was at a neighboring county's FLGS, and playing this guy I had never met. I had him in a tight spot, and I just finished carving him up in assault. We both know his unit is finished, and the game is going my way. I say 'Your turn,' and he doesn't respond. He just stares at me with this blank expression on his face. So I wait for about thirty seconds...of staring. I wave my hand and say 'Dude!'. He just stares at me, slack jawed, not saying anything. So after a minute or so of silent...open mouthed...glassy eyed...staring...I yell, 'Dude, WTF? Quit being a jerk and just roll the friggin dice!'

Thats when I realize everyone is staring at me. They (the guys who know him) come rushing over and checking to see if he is okay, calling me an donkey-cave, laying him down, calling his wife on the phone.

Dude was an epileptic having a petit seizure...I felt like such a jerk...

This is the most awkward moment in gaming EVER.

I once forgot that Termies can move and assault if they fire heavy weapons and rapid fire weapons. I spent an entire campaign not shooting at my opponent when i was within 12 charges and just trying off. Until someone reminded me that they could do it.
Oh and i once made a massive arguement that tanks have a leadership. Only to drag the entire FLGS into a pitted arguement about it. 5 minutes later i go, "opps my bad" and everyone just stared at me...

I tried out the IG special character, Captain Al'rahem. He's a platoon commander that requires his platoon to outflank and I decided to combine those three squads into one. After his platoon arrived they were later assaulted by my Space Marine opponent; the platoon lost combat and fled only to be wiped out.

Then in my next turn I attempted to shoot with the Captain against the SM's that wiped out his platoon only to roll a 'gets hot' and I thought that it instantly killed him. I must've got the 'got hot' rule mixed up with an older variant or just got it mixed up in general; he has more than one wound and should've stayed on the tabletop.

Not only did I miss that rule I also failed to field a Commissar in that combined squad which undoubtedly would've helped them keep their ground. Still a fitting way for the Captain to die since his whole platoon got wiped out.

I was playing a game of Tank Hunting 101 and the FLGS and i infiltrated my SM scouts into the top floor of a ruined building. they looked over the balcony to see the gattling gun of my opponent's leman russ punisher staring back at them.

ultramarinelord wrote:I was playing a game of Tank Hunting 101 and the FLGS and i infiltrated my SM scouts into the top floor of a ruined building. they looked over the balcony to see the gattling gun of my opponent's leman russ punisher staring back at them.

lol Alex that was my punisher.

yes

kirsanth wrote:Too often, when I deepstrike spore mines and they explode, I "continue" shooting.

Also, I cannot guess/eyeball/estimate range.
At all.
I have lost table quarters I had models near (read: I thought they were in but was blatantly wrong), messed up assaults because of mistaken range decisions, and _once_ got an (completely unhurt) assault carifex killed to ID because the backup synapse was a good 14" away (my opponent was able to drop its primary synapse in the shooting phase).

Fex's don't need synapse.

I was playing on a narrower than standard table, my IG against orks... and being a good sport I gave him the first turn...

Needless to say, my IG got hacked limb from limb.

Not realizing that if you put MoT on a sorcerer or daemon prince and you buy 2 spells you can use both of those spells on the same turn.


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Not realizing that if you put MoT on a sorcerer or daemon prince and you buy 2 spells you can use both of those spells on the same turn.

I have had my moments of stupidity, but this is about what i did to one of my friends: he deep-struck his winged hive tyrant in front of a bunker containing my CCS hoping to blow it up. i had a leman russ demolisher nearby, so on my turn i decided to tank shock the hive tyrant for the hell of it. my friend attempted a death or glory, but forgot that his attacks hit the front armour. he failed to stop it, and ended up splattered against the hull of my russ the image of a hive tyrant descending from the skies and immediately getting creamed by a leman russ was hilarious!

Sorry to burst your bubble, but I don't think you can tank shock Mounstrous Creatures.

Emperors Faithful wrote:Sorry to burst your bubble, but I don't think you can tank shock Mounstrous Creatures.

aw... well i just learned something!now i feel absolutely stupid... guess this is the right thread for that!

Sorry to burst your bubble, but I think you can tank shock monstrous creatures. Tank shock works against anything that isn't a vehicle.

Raxmei wrote:Sorry to burst your bubble, but I think you can tank shock monstrous creatures. Tank shock works against anything that isn't a vehicle.

ok, now im confused... but i did look back at tank shock rules and didnt see any restrictions on shocking MCs.

Hollismason wrote:

jimsolo wrote:I was at a neighboring county's FLGS, and playing this guy I had never met. I had him in a tight spot, and I just finished carving him up in assault. We both know his unit is finished, and the game is going my way. I say 'Your turn,' and he doesn't respond. He just stares at me with this blank expression on his face. So I wait for about thirty seconds...of staring. I wave my hand and say 'Dude!'. He just stares at me, slack jawed, not saying anything. So after a minute or so of silent...open mouthed...glassy eyed...staring...I yell, 'Dude, WTF? Quit being a jerk and just roll the friggin dice!'

Thats when I realize everyone is staring at me. They (the guys who know him) come rushing over and checking to see if he is okay, calling me an donkey-cave, laying him down, calling his wife on the phone.

Dude was an epileptic having a petit seizure...I felt like such a jerk...

This is the most awkward moment in gaming EVER.

wow... I concur this is the worst moment in gaming EVER.

Important lesson learned:

When firing grotzookas, make sure it is ABSOLUTELY IMPOSSIBLE for the template to scatter over the kanz.

A while back I was playing this guy's CSM and fired my kanz' zookas at a rhino that was about 8 inches away (only thing within range) the very first shot scattered right back at the kanz and landed square over the head of one...penetrate, blown up...

Using Marbo's Hes Behind You rule, then forgetting to throw the demo.

Going to ground saved him that turn...
Then I tried to "Get Back In The Fight!" him...
My opponent gave me a funny look, I realised, and Marbo spent the game making 3+ cover saves.


Actually won me the game, pretty much, he soaked up so much instant-death-to-guardsmen firepower that the line squads made it into position before getting shot at, but still..

assulting IG walkers with SM. The stupid choice on my part DOH!!!

Well, I seem to occasionally reverse the movement and shooting phases and generally don't realize until I remark how 'long' the distances between models seem.

Then there's the picking up my army list and realizing I've forgotten to field a unit or two. Strangely enough, I don't get much sympathy in that scenario when I've just run the table on somebody.

Nobody_Holme wrote:Using Marbo's Hes Behind You rule, then forgetting to throw the demo.

Going to ground saved him that turn...
Then I tried to "Get Back In The Fight!" him...
My opponent gave me a funny look, I realised, and Marbo spent the game making 3+ cover saves.


Actually won me the game, pretty much, he soaked up so much instant-death-to-guardsmen firepower that the line squads made it into position before getting shot at, but still..

Marbo has stealth, actually

Oh, and the usual, but with blood bowl! The game where the entire match depends a single roll, only to descover that that recever who made that miraculs catch from across the field while harrased by 2 men, already moved that turn! Sooo many games ruined, soo many players dead...

Spent three weeks as an undergrad with mid-terms converting, assembling and painting sone nifty 'Nids for a tourney at the UMass GHL. Didn't study enough, did poorly on my tests. Day of the tourney, got my bags headed to the game. First table, against some space smurfs, cackling I thought, "Mmmm... lunch." Reached my hand into my bag... and pulled out an Empire Great Cannon. D'OH!


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Needless to say all of my army bags are now Properly marked.

Shooting Genestealers with Cyklone Missile Launchers Krak Missiles.
I hated their 4+ (upgraded) save, as my friend continued to pass them. Then I got brilliant idea of shooting them with two Krak Missiles!
It was good idea until both of them missed.
*sob*