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Every game I retell my opponents how things work unless they tell me to stop. I tend to do this automatically, even against regular opponents.

My friend on the other hand, hides his reserves in his case, vaguely mentions what unit is in what transport, and other slightly shady things. The other player asks "Hey what does your terminators have?" "Some special weapons and a reaper auto" (They have 4x Combimeltas)

Gornall wrote:One thing I forgot to mention is that for a friendly game, I might remind my opponent during the game (like if he's about to shoot at Harlies from across the board). However, in a tournament, after I give the full disclosure at the beginning, I don't offer anything else unless asked.

I am pretty much just a tournament gamer now but I miss being able to play in a well run campaign. I will often ask friends I respect as fellow tournament gamers to help me playtest new lists. I buy every codex and study them. Some armies fully function as according to their special rules. Take IG as an example of a new 5th edition codex that I don't play and has all kinds of special rules, special units. It's really hard to wrap your head around this one unless you play it. When I come to the table I don't expect my opponent to explain any special rule in advance. It's my responsibility to understand what I am up against. I used to play 13th Company and the army had lots of special rules. It was one of those armies you didn't see often. Typically I did not explain any of their special rules prior to the start of a game. 13th Company matched up very well versus both L&tD and the previous CSM.

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If you try to tell a new player all the special rules in warmachine, their eyes glaze over.

Past the obvious stuff, of course.

If something has a fancy name that is not commonly used, I'll explain or if their demeanor changes when I'm running through my list I'll pause and explain.

I would rather beat someone who has a knowledge then kick someone into the ground because he thought it was a good idea to only shoot high ap, low strength weapons at the plague marines.

well i'm something of a new player, as are most of the people i play against, but i tend to tell them what i have at the start, including all equipment, but not go into specifics until it's relevant or i'm asked. That way if you don't ask about the rules you don't know then you've only got yourself to blame when the librarian frazzles your psychic powers, for example.

I tell it all. Let the dice be the judge.

In a tournament why should you have to tell them how the game works.

Its not your fault if they dont know all the rules..

Having suffered from my ignorance many times I will tell you its much easier to remember if you learn the hard way.

Before even choosing sides I introduce myself and ask how long have you been playing and where are you from?

Depending on how they answer can give you a good read on what type of player they are.

Show them your army and ask if they have played against it before

A. If they say I've only played against them once or twice...
1. I generally disclose everything about my army.
2. Pick up a model show it to them, tell them everything about it.
3. Show my opponent how to differentiate between units etc.
4. Hand them a copy of my list and quiz them on what i just showed them

B. I know everything about your army...
1. Hand them a copy of my list
2. I pick up/point to a model show it to them and ask them to tell me everything about it, remind them of anything they missed
3. Show my opponent how to differentiate between units etc.

Before the game begins I ask "Do you have any other questions about the units in my army?"

I'm super forgiving during the game too buts that's just my nature. If they forget something "special" I typically allow do overs.

I tend to do a recap of what if's after the game and show them what i might have done differently etc.