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Cheesedoodler wrote:
Sisters should be removed from the poll because obviously they are the least played. GW doesn't even sell their boxes anymore! For all intents and purposes they are a discontinued faction.

The real race here is for who is "second"

The poll is for "Least Played". It may be obvious, but that is the intent of the poll.

You can find SoB for sale on the GW site. My local shop has a decent selection of them in stock. GW's poor business practices hold them back, but they still available for those of us who enjoy being screwed over.

Cheesedoodler wrote:
GW doesn't even sell their boxes anymore! For all intents and purposes they are a discontinued faction.

http://www.games-workshop.com/gws/catalog/landingArmy.jsp?catId=cat660002a&rootCatGameStyle=wh40k

Playing Codex: Assasins (released for THIRD edition) is illegal. It was made obsolete by Codex: WhitchHunters (In turn made semi-obsolete with Codex: Grey Knights).

No, it isn't illegal. No one is going to arrest you for playing Codex: Assassins. It may not be supported by the current ruleset, but opponent consent is a wonderful thing.

 angel of ecstasy wrote:

 Veteran Sergeant wrote:
There's no way I can respond to this thread and not have a fair number of heads explode in impotent fury.

I'd say do it

I was just kidding. There's nothing to add to this conversation, it was just a well aimed jest.

I don't want to rile up the trolls. Two of them already knew who they were.

 pretre wrote:

Playing Codex: Assasins (released for THIRD edition) is illegal. It was made obsolete by Codex: WhitchHunters (In turn made semi-obsolete with Codex: Grey Knights).

No, it isn't illegal. No one is going to arrest you for playing Codex: Assassins. It may not be supported by the current ruleset, but opponent consent is a wonderful thing.

Exactly. Anyway playing assasains is rather fun and an interesting experience. I don't think anyone has ever said 'Be gone! You are using an army that is currently out of production!'

I used to have a big Sisters army, it was a lot of fun. Opponents liked it too because they didn't play against them much at all, so it was new for them. Then the White Dwarf ruleset came out... At that point it was already getting hard to justify the point costs when comparing them to the then newish Blood Angels Codex (ie, BA do Sisters tactics better than Sisters do, and cheaper). Then the WD dex came out, killed the concept of Faith powers, and the fun aspects (and competitive aspects) of the army died too. But ya, Sisters are the least played for sure.

Its sad really, Sisters were really the only army left that still had that gothic/catholic feel to them.

 Creeping Dementia wrote:
At that point it was already getting hard to justify the point costs when comparing them to the then newish Blood Angels Codex (ie, BA do Sisters tactics better than Sisters do, and cheaper). Then the WD dex came out, killed the concept of Faith powers, and the fun aspects (and competitive aspects) of the army died too.

Except at a number of GTs this year, SOB have been doing much better than BA have.