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1500's my BT's sweet spot, so I always like playing at that level. Any bigger and I'm forced to field redundant units because of my model collection, while my brother starts allying his Tau with Eldar, turning the whole thing into a pretty one sided affair.

 Xerics wrote:

 Lobukia wrote:

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 ausYenLoWang wrote:
1850 is about where i normally play though i prefer 2k+

like a few others here though i am thinking of throwing a gauntlet at a few mates and calling a 12k+ challenge and have 3 or 4 players against me... and even then i can customise my army lol

Why is it everybody who has big armies is always so far away from me?

Because you live in SD, which IS far away from everyone.

Its only half my fault. I didn't ask the government to put me way out in the middle of nowhere...

Move to Buffalo. We have beer, wings and hockey. Sort of.

OK fine. We have Canadian beer and hockey. But we still have wings.

I think 1500-1850 is ideal, because for most armies, it lets you bring a few toys beyond your basic troops, but you have to rein yourself in if you want to have a decent, balanced list.

That said, I typically play 2000 because that's what my local FLGS plays.

500 to 1000 is perfect. Minimum toys, maximum strategy. (only guy who put 500 as his vote)

Call me crazy but I love low point games. Playing them as well as looking at low point army list is what I like most about 40k.


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 Swastakowey wrote:
500 to 1000 is perfect. Minimum toys, maximum strategy. (only guy who put 500 as his vote)

I got your back bro !

750 to 1750 points. For most of 2013 we restricted ourselves to 750, and even ran some fast tourneys at that points level at the LGS. However, from january onwards I've had just three games of 40k, all of them at the 2000 points mark.

750-1500 keeps being my favorite points band, though. As many of you said before, less conflicts, more strategy.

Used to play 2000pts all the time, now somewhere in the 500-1500 point range. The most resent games we've played have been 1500-1750, though that will be dropping in the near future. Smaller games up to 1250pts are easier for us to play because of time restraints.

I expected to be alone in my love of massive, extensively houseruled, homebrewed, and customized games.

 Kain wrote:
I expected to be alone in my love of massive, extensively houseruled, homebrewed, and customized games.

Well you aren't. Its just a shame there aren't enough of us close to each other to get these games rolling more often.


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I do kinda wish they separated 2,000 from the higher numbers as it doesn't really give us an accurate count of people who would play 10,000 points per side games.

Whatever the next tournament is going to be.....

 TheSilo wrote:
Tried a 3500 points and it was awful. The table was full of models with no room to maneuver, each turn took forever, after two turns you just start throwing dice to get it over with and there are so many rules questions/conflicts.

For 3k+ games, our group moves from 6x4 to 8x4 table size IIRC (might even be 9 or 10x4, not my table so I dont remember exactly)...it helps mitigate the overcrowding.

Single I prefere to play 1850 mostly because most single tournaments seem to be at that point level , Team 1000

 jasper76 wrote:

 TheSilo wrote:
Tried a 3500 points and it was awful. The table was full of models with no room to maneuver, each turn took forever, after two turns you just start throwing dice to get it over with and there are so many rules questions/conflicts.

For 3k+ games, our group moves from 6x4 to 8x4 table size IIRC (might even be 9 or 10x4, not my table so I dont remember exactly)...it helps mitigate the overcrowding.

if i have a massive game i go to a 6x9 table... heaps more room, in that 5' across

I like 1000 points games, they give you enough versatility to field what I want, however, I go an extra 500 points either way.

1850, but if I play 7th, I can see dropping down to 1500. Game seems like it will take longer, so limiting points values should help with that.

1850pts. that's the most standard point value for tournaments in my area. have not been to one lower or higher than that.