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hey guys my name is GeekEnglish (well not irl cause that would be pretty weird) and Ive been into the hobby ever since the 300th edition of white dwarf came out which was my first one. I played 40k quite a lot back in the day and managed to make a pretty large force of Imperial Guard before college hit me in the face like an ork punching a fire warrior. Fast forward till now and with my studies completed I have decided to make a return to the hobby I love however I am heavily leaning towards the Fantasy setting and made a little video earlier about considering a High Elf army
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2lnO_OUp7QI

Anyway that's it from me I hope to hear from this community soon

P.s actually made this account a few years ago but never posted anything :C

Welcome to Dakka!
I am KaptinBadrukk, da freeboota king.

The kindest ork I ever met

 GeekEnglish wrote:
The kindest ork I ever met

Ah, it's just my standard greeting.
But you are the second person to say that.
In the same day...
weird.

Maybe you should rename yourself kaptinKindrukk leader of the good boyz

 GeekEnglish wrote:
Maybe you should rename yourself kaptinKindrukk leader of the good boyz

Can't change my handle.

 GeekEnglish wrote:
hey guys my name is GeekEnglish (well not irl cause that would be pretty weird) and Ive been into the hobby ever since the 300th edition of white dwarf came out which was my first one. I played 40k quite a lot back in the day and managed to make a pretty large force of Imperial Guard before college hit me in the face like an ork punching a fire warrior. Fast forward till now and with my studies completed I have decided to make a return to the hobby I love however I am heavily leaning towards the Fantasy setting and made a little video earlier about considering a High Elf army
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2lnO_OUp7QI

Anyway that's it from me I hope to hear from this community soon

P.s actually made this account a few years ago but never posted anything :C

Bad time to get into Fantasy my friend!!!

Oh Hi!

I'm Dorian I have something I liek to tell all converts many have heard it before but many more have found it useful:

Assuming you at least play 40k incoming Dorian copypasta:

Fantasy is a game about movement & positioning. About feigns, traps & setting up for 3 turns from now. You cannot just say "give me a basic list" because there isn't one.

Let me put it this way. I have had a 120 point unit of skeletons destroy a 400 point unit of dragon princes (elite heavy cavalry) in ONE round of combat. I sacrificed a unit of 40 point zombie dogs to draw these guys out of formation. Then I charged them in the flank. This means I have a STATIC (before any attacks) combat resolution of 6. I charged for +1, in the flank for +1, with 3 extra ranks of troops for +3 and a banner for an additional +1. He had a static resolution of +1 for a banner. He had 2 elves in base contact meaning those only 2 could fight (you don't get supporting attacks to the flank or rear). He had to do 5 wounds with 4 elf attacks & 2 horse attacks just to NOT LOSE that combat against a unit less than 1/3 of his point cost. He only killed 2, I got lucky & killed one. He lost combat by 4, took a break test at -4ld and ran. I rolled high & caught up with him destroying the unit.

The moral of that story is WHAT you take doesn't matter nearly as much as HOW you use it. That is step one of fantasy, it is NOT 40k don't go in with that mindset.

That said here are some things you will need:
A General - This will automatically be the character with the highest Ld, usually a lord. He allows any unit within 12" to use his Ld instead of their own.
A BSB - This will be a hero level character, the BSB FORCES (note FORCES not ALLOWS) any friendly unit to reroll any failed Ld test. This may also be your general but I don't recommend putting so many eggs in one basket.
A Wizard - Generally anything above 1200 you want a lvl 3 or 4. This may also be your general but I don't recommend putting so many eggs in one basket.

Things to look into:
A Bunker: Generally a tough unit or a unit that can sit back. Essentially they stay out of harms way & act as extra shooting wounds for your mage.
An Anvil: This will usually be a combat block that is durable or hard to break. You get this into combat in order to hold you enemy in place so you can deliver....
A Hammer: This will be a harder hitting but less durable combat unit. Think knights. They come in & hit the flank of whatever i fighting your anvil. This is USUALLY enough to win you the combat pretty heavily.
Shooting: Used to soften up enemy units before combat, often these double as bunkers. Do not expect to delete units with pure shooting like in 40k unless you're spamming heavy shooting or shooting at...
Chaff: Weak cheap fast & disposable. The purpose of this unit is to screen your other units & bloack / redirect / bait charges. This is what my zombie dogs were in the above story.

Bad time to get into Fantasy my friend!!!

We're sitting on the possibility of a whole bunch of really big changes that may or may not be happening with 9th edition; GW blew up the planet in the latest End Times book, it's possible the next edition of WHFB may not look much like the current one.

 AnomanderRake wrote:
We're sitting on the possibility of a whole bunch of really big changes that may or may not be happening with 9th edition; GW blew up the planet in the latest End Times book, it's possible the next edition of WHFB may not look much like the current one.

But hopefully, dwarfs will still exist.

But how will they continue the story with everyone having a nasty case of death and non existence?

Lots of rumours and speculation, no concrete data. 'Bubblehammer' (the idea that everyone exists in demiplanes (to use a D&D term) that bump into each other and lead to fighting) is one of the more common theories.


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 KaptinBadrukk wrote:

 AnomanderRake wrote:
We're sitting on the possibility of a whole bunch of really big changes that may or may not be happening with 9th edition; GW blew up the planet in the latest End Times book, it's possible the next edition of WHFB may not look much like the current one.

But hopefully, dwarfs will still exist.

Hopefully Dwarves will still exist and get enough of an overhaul that they can do something other than castle in a corner, shoot people, and be generally boring.

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