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It is a pre-painted piece of plasticrap.

@Buzzsaw, I am sure you are right about new games being introduced by advocates, or influencers. My point was really that someone is playing Clix or the company wouldn't have been able to produce such a large number of them.

Personally, I would rather play a full on tabletop game than Clix, or if the terrain, figures and time weren't available, I would rather play a board game or card game. I see Clix as appealing more to boys who like to collect baseball cards and that sort of thing.

This thread is set in an alternate universe (we all have goatees, except me since I have one in the regular universe) so why is HBMC still hating on GW? Or is that part of his Dakka persona like a law of physics? I mean, gravity is still gravity in Bizarro World after all.

Also, I remember playing Dragon Dice. That was not an enjoyable game. TSR was a horrible company. How about in our alternate universe, GW also abandons its gaming products in favor of selling things like latch hook rug kits?

Dear god..

The Horror...The Horror

I don't know what I'd do if this actually happened. I hate Mage Knight/Hero Clicks. I'd probably spend all my hobby money on alcohol.

Manchu wrote:This thread is set in an alternate universe (we all have goatees, except me since I have one in the regular universe) so why is HBMC still hating on GW? Or is that part of his Dakka persona like a law of physics? I mean, gravity is still gravity in Bizarro World after all.

I agree with the goatees. However, I have to disagree on the point of GW's infallible business plan...

Im an alternate universe, Hell actually did freeze over; Jervis Johnson pulled his pencil head out of his own arse and produced some sculpts and rules worthy of our coin. In doing so, GW actually dominated the market by real business strategy, not lies and deception and IPR lawsuits. (Remember: GW did invent Orcs, etc... )

Just got the newest C.S. Goto Dawn of War book. I can't believe it only won 30 awards, its the best thing I've ever read. Glad to see the Warhammer literature is getting over the failure that is Dan Abnett.

In the alternate universe we all complain about how underpowered the Realms of Chaos release was and how it lacked character and how ridiculously overpowered Angels of Death was and why should Mephiston have more wounds than the fracking Emperor!

My brain hurts.

What has been read CANT BE UNREAD!

MY EEEEEYYYYYEEEEEEESSSSSSSSSSS!!!

That was scary. Whats even worse, I played A&A (Axis and Allies, was by Wizards of the Coast and a Collectable WW2 game, VERY similar to FoW) before 40k, and I still play magic :The Gathering (Although not as bad, our school has its own metagame ).

40k should never have this happen. Unless its built from the ground up to be a CCG, then it dosent work.

Monster Rain wrote:

Kilkrazy wrote:

What... What is that?

And why does it have big red lips on the box?

Maybe it's "kissy Poo"?

Librius Machina wrote:Just got the newest C.S. Goto Dawn of War book. I can't believe it only won 30 awards, its the best thing I've ever read. Glad to see the Warhammer literature is getting over the failure that is Dan Abnett.

Im guessing this is the alternate universe where C.S. Goto is actually worth opening and Abnett is terribad?

Though, if you are serious, Im gonna nuke your family from orbit...

Man, I cannot understand how D&D / star wars players can stand not knowing what's in the majority of the model boxes they buy. That'd piss me off so badly.

micahaphone wrote:Man, I cannot understand how D&D / star wars players can stand not knowing what's in the majority of the model boxes they buy. That'd piss me off so badly.

That's what really soured me on buying those D&D figures. Actually, Mechwarrior was the same way. I don't know why, but for some reason I didn't mind it with CCGs.

Kid_Kyoto wrote:

(in the alternate universe 40k is a pre-painted collectable game)

Dear god, if this was real I would have some serious financial problems very quickly...40k without having to paint dozens of troops...man I wish...


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micahaphone wrote:Man, I cannot understand how D&D / star wars players can stand not knowing what's in the majority of the model boxes they buy. That'd piss me off so badly.

That's what really soured me on buying those D&D figures. Actually, Mechwarrior was the same way. I don't know why, but for some reason I didn't mind it with CCGs.

Thats why I bought only the ones I want on ebay. The idea of buying bunches of random boosters and having to figure out what to do with the ones I dont want....meh.

Happygrunt wrote:That was scary. Whats even worse, I played A&A (Axis and Allies, was by Wizards of the Coast and a Collectable WW2 game, VERY similar to FoW) before 40k, and I still play magic :The Gathering (Although not as bad, our school has its own metagame ).

The Axis and Allies CMG is not "VERY similar to FOW." They're set in the same time period and so have similar weapons, equipment, and vehicles, but I'd say the similarity ends there. The organization and actual gameplay are quite a bit different. That would be like saying Warmachine is VERY similar to Warhammer Fantasy Battles because they both have trolls and wizards.

Of course, in an alternate universe, all bets are off!

I quit playing Warhammer Fantasy Battles because all the players were hardcore WAAC powergamers who hated to have fun more than anything else. So I switched to playing Warmachine and since then my life has been much more pleasant due to all of our fluffy, story-based armies. We don't like the negative energy that competition brings to our lives, so recently we just ditched the official rules and started pushing our minis around on the table making "pew pew" and "lightning bolt!" noises. We don't force anyone to remove casualties at a specific time, so as to prevent unnecessary trauma. We all just do it when it "feels right."

Manchu wrote:This thread is set in an alternate universe (we all have goatees, except me since I have one in the regular universe) so why is HBMC still hating on GW? Or is that part of his Dakka persona like a law of physics? I mean, gravity is still gravity in Bizarro World after all.

Because some things are written into the fabric of the universe.

And I preferred 40K before they went all 'clicky' and collectable.

Librius Machina wrote:Just got the newest C.S. Goto Dawn of War book. I can't believe it only won 30 awards, its the best thing I've ever read. Glad to see the Warhammer literature is getting over the failure that is Dan Abnett.

Our Reality: THE HORROR! THE HORROR! DIE FILTHY HERETIC!

Alternate Reality: I know man...I tried reading the Abnett books, and seriouslly...what the hell? Was I supposed to feel pity when He wasn't even likeable! He was just some dumb oversized grunt. Now, Goto, THERE'S a genius....I can't wait till I see the new GW Termies with multilasers come out.

thank you dakka dakka, you have made appreciate the world more, since i know that it can be WAY worse

Alternative Universe
DUUUDE i can't imagine PP making that new Unit, I mean cmon? why does it smell competitive synergy all over it
PP is all about fluff, none of it's force is broken beyond belief

Guys? anyone want to trade The Emperor Starchild, for Khorne The Angry God? i need to complete my chaos god collection.

There's a new blog online.
It's called "The Gentle Truth." The guy has no idea what he's talking about, but he sure it polite!


(No Stelek bashing here, folks! I get on fine him. I'm just having a little inoffensive fun with him)

Eric

MagickalMemories wrote:It's called "The Gentle Truth." The guy has no idea what he's talking about, but he sure it polite!

Stelek only set up his blog to counter the constant stream of arrogant bile we get from Blood of Puppies. Gah. So glad that guy got banned.

Anyway, my daily Dakka post for the day is done. Have to rush back to Warseer - we've been having the most in depth tactics conversation in their Tournament sub-forum and you guys know how I love all that stuff.

Kid Kyoto, I don't know if you're collecting orks but i just pulled a Snikrot, Commando Boss out of a booster. The figure is cool, but i started getting rid of all my orks since the 4th war for armageddon came out (if you ask me Yarrick, imperial commissar is way to OP, that's why i use two of him in my rosters anyway I haven't pulled a nork fig yet (not for lack of trying) i was wondering if you'd trade him for my snikrot, i know its not an even trade but i'd throw in some of the few remaing Ork stomboyz i have, most of their flight stands have broken off but you could tape or rubber cement them back on). anyway lemme know.

Also when you play imperial guard do you ever play a straight imperial roster so you get the "strength in numbers rule"? I've found that the rule isn't good enough to not take some genestealers or at least a couple of DE wytches alongside yarrick.

I use 2 units of wytches near either one of the two yarricks so he can use combat drugs and run the genestealers up the sides so they grapple.

The only problem i have is when i play my friends chaos sorcerer/SM librarian combo, it almost doesn't matter what else he takes. that combo is rough.

Well, lemme tell ya. When they moved the GW Headquarters into China the RULES quality plummeted. Yeah, the plastics got cheaper and all, but I hate having to use the Engrish to English babelfish translator for all those PDFs.

However, I heard rumors of the new Vespid Snipers coming out.. Stealth, AND Jump Pack movement.. sounds like they will combo well with Commander Aun'va..

Another Aun'va army? God... why does everyone do Space Pope builds? Don't you ever get tired of winning with Tau all the time?

I feel like doing an Eldrad or Vulkan build just to show you losers that low-tier armies can win.

H.B.M.C. wrote:Another Aun'va army? God... why does everyone do Space Pope builds? Don't you ever get tired of winning with Tau all the time?

C'mon, it's really obvious. Just spam Vespids and Fire Warriors and you'll win hands down! I mean, there's no way to lose unless you take those crappy Broadside suit things.

I used to like Broadsides. The Damocles Gulf set had them as Commons, so you got heaps. Then the Third Sphere Expansion boxes replaced them all and suddenly they're both Rare and... now in blue? WTF they change the pre-paint scheme?

Makes 'em look like toys...

I had the "Mail Away Redemption" Crisis Suit team after saving up my UPC codes for a full year.

What happened! I tell you! I had the whole dang set for a month, fielded them in the "Rampage of Daisies" Worldwide Campaign, and THEN those gblighters decided to nerf "teams" of things.. Kill Teams, Crisis Teams, and all..

Now they just sit on the shelf looking sad.. I want to get rid of them, but .. maybe sometime in the near future GW will make them relevant..

Now they just sit on the shelf looking sad.. I want to get rid of them, but .. maybe sometime in the near future GW will make them relevant..

you can keep dreaming, the rumors for the badab war expansion look insane, all they're doing is making it more complicated than it already is.

Here's a quote from jervis himself "I believe, most people, at heart take warhammer 40k to be a competitative game. its a cut throat system designed to give people with a tactical brain an advantage. People don't play this game for story or fluff. If they did there wouldn't be so many major tournaments. This isn't chess, its warhammer 40k"

geez with that attitude by the second series we're gonna have two cards per figure, and special rules printed on the base. I mean c'mon as it is right now i have a hard time keeping track of everything on one side of a card. When my orks have to roll more than two dice for their attacks i'm gonna quit.

Keep it simple GW!

Man I tell ya, it's so annoying how you can't use older models in tournaments. I would've won Soft Boys if a set hadn't come out a week before. Why can we only use units from the most recent two releases?

H.B.M.C. wrote:I used to like Broadsides. The Damocles Gulf set had them as Commons, so you got heaps. Then the Third Sphere Expansion boxes replaced them all and suddenly they're both Rare and... now in blue? WTF they change the pre-paint scheme?

Makes 'em look like toys...

Yeah but GW readily admitted that they made a mistake when they printed them as commons. It was ridiculous seeing every player walking around with one of the best pieces in the frakkin game. I say good for GW for manning up. I may go out and buy a couple of boosters to support them.

Honestly I don't see why you guys are getting so uppity about Tau being good. It's pretty damned obvious that the Lord Commissar/Penal Legion spam does them in every time. Too bad that the IG mech armies don't do well against Tau, their vehicles are amazing. One of my favorite things about GW is that they make new vehicles for the IG for every release if the previous sculpts don't look that good.

Guys have you heard about the space mahreeens news?
i heard they got a +0 save, surely they will be the most competitive of all army

Right now I'm trying to figure out how to deal with my friend's necron/ tau list I just can't handle his sniper drones and kroot mixed with pariahs and heavy destroyers- especially when led by shadowsun. My IG/BA list used to be good but since the last expansion all their tanks seem to be getting hit with the nerf stick and assault squads don't hit as hard as they used to. and don't get me started on what they did to meph...