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Fiended Miniwargaming Tyranid related batreps when I was getting back into/re-learning 40k rules. Find them really good for showing each step along the way and shedding light onto the process, flow, and general rules of the game.
Occasionally watch batreps while painting, though I find they just fade into the background.
Have been eating up as many Tomb King AoS batreps as possible now that I am jumping ships.
How has no one brought up Grim Resolve? He's been my favorite ever since I found him. He's got the same battle report style and quality of StrikingScorpion88 (who I also watch) but he even makes his 40k-inspired background music.
I find it hard to watch Miniwargaming because of how slow it can get, just listening to the same loop of incompitech and having to watch Every. Single. Dice roll.
But that's just a different style of battle reports. I just like the narrative presentation style that Grim Resolve, and SS88 have. Winters SEO and Tabletop tactics also follow that style in their own way, but I'm a fan of the extra touches that Grim Resolve and SS88 put in like narrative text w/ music to set the turns up and the periodic showcase shots.
I also occasionally read the text reports here on Dakkadakka and in White Dwarf.
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Who or what is GMG? Mentioned a few times here but can't work out where to find it.
TO of Death Before Dishonour - A Warhammer 40k Tournament with a focus on great battles between well painted, thematic armies on tables with full terrain.
I like to read well-written batreps with lots of pictures.
This, oh so much this, dislike videos - they tend to either be badly edited or have poor / far to loud sound - an article with pictures and well written text describing both the action and the reasoning behind it is much easier to read on say a train or in an office on a break.
Plus pictures tend to be clearer and can focus on stuff that matters, lets face it, gaming is not amazing as a spectator sport unless specifically set up to do so, well lit, well shot and with players able to work with the fact they are as much making a video as a game.
IIRCGW noted they played the game and took polaroid type pics, then went back and reset up and reshot using proper lighting - allowing a 'war correspondent' to take notes during the game, brief interviews before and after then create a well written article.
Also helps if the battle highlights a specific theme, e.g. focussing on a specific rules area or interaction between two unusual forces, not just 'force A and force B met on uninspiring terrain and fought an average battle'.
Decent battle report seems to need a third party to report upon it who can focus on the report more than the game.
Have tried to write some reports for FoW games at events, taking a stack of pictures but it is hard to keep track and what you get ends up very one sided so I know doing this well is not easy (not managed it yet..) but a well written and presented article is a lot more engaging than a video unless its very well presented and has a clear focus.
Another vote for photo battle reports, especially if there are maps or overhead shots so you can follow the action mixed in with model-eye close-ups so you can feel the action and see the details.
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I "watch" miniwargaming 40k battle reports - usually the ones concerning newer armies, but I am not picky. Still, by watch, I mean play on my computer in the background so I can listen to *something* instead of silence while I paint.
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Actually thought of another source of batreps I enjoy. I really liked GWs video play throughs for Calth and Deathwatch Overkill. I know the players are getting employees on the clock to produce videos but they genuinely seem like they are having fun.
I prefer written battle reports. I don't care for most video battle reports as they're usually just hour long videos of people rolling dice.
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I like Glacial Geek, especially his Kill Team Fridays. I watch GMG, and several others. I am watching a lot of Warmachine and Hordes now and getting into Kings of War and some Flames of War (15mm WWII) I don't have those two games yet, but they are next! (And the batreps may help me decide which to get first.)
I like to read well-written batreps with lots of pictures.
A-freakin-MEN!
A well photographed battle report nearly always shows the miniatures and scenery clearer than a video. Further, even an average writer can compose their thoughts and observations on the battle in a much clearer and more sucinct way at a keyboard after the fact (and with the benefit of time to edit) than gamers talking through a game while playing. Most importantly, even a very descriptive battle report with great pics takes 5 (maybe 10) minutes to get through and I can skim forward to the parts that interest me most.
Lastly, I would even go so far as to say a video battle report is usually NOT actually a battle report. A report sums up the most important events and messages of something in a condensed way. The kinds of things passed off as video "Battle reports" are generally just a videos of a battle with play-by-play from the players.
Almsot the only time I watch a videoed game is usually when I'm viewing an instructional video for a boardgame I've recently purchased.
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MiniWarGaming. Great general battle reports that show the whole game. Not competitive.
Winters SEO produces great re-cap style battle reports with heavy servings of fluff.
TableTop tactics has detailed reports with often times competitive lists
MiniWarGaming. Great general battle reports that show the whole game. Not competitive.
Winters SEO produces great re-cap style battle reports with heavy servings of fluff.
TableTop tactics has detailed reports with often times competitive lists
Just a question for you (and others) from someone who in general is not a fan of the video reports but isn't familiar with the full range of types...
Are there battle reports that edit the footage and condense a battle into a ten minute-or-so video? Sort of a slightly more detailed version of professional halftime or after-game commentary?
I'm not a fan of most video content at the best of times, so I prefer a well-written and illustrated battle report.
My favourite battle report ever published in White Dwarf was in issue 153, The Battle of Grimdal's Tomb. It featured dwarves fighting against Bretonnians. It was published three months after the release of 4th edition Warhammer, but it was probably fought using 3rd edition rules.
The best bit about it was that it was presented as a work of fiction, not a technical battle report. There was no "and now Nigel declared a charge with this regiment of dwarf warriors, but had an awful set of dice and failed to kill any models", just "and now, Snorri's Longbeards charged the Duc d'Avignon's retinue. The knights' heavy plate turned the foes blows, and Snorri was felled by the Duc in single combat" (except written better than that). I don't remember any more reports in that fashion, although there were a few in earlier issues - with hand-illustrated maps rather than photos - that might have taken that tone, which I've not read.
Written reports are great, but that's just not a convenient way for me to consume them. I have a lot of things to read (fora, news, actual books, etc) and don't get to everything I want already, so I rarely get round to written reports anymore.
I use YouTube instead of TV and battle reports are fun to watch, so I do that while I eat alone or have some monotonous task at home.
I mainly watch Necron and Skitarii/Admech battle reports to see what lists people play to see how they play out against the opponent and maybe build a list upon what the person brought.
I would watch any wargaming channel as long as its the current edition. Not sure what to do when 8th comes out. Probably watch some Aos.
MiniWarGaming. Great general battle reports that show the whole game. Not competitive.
Winters SEO produces great re-cap style battle reports with heavy servings of fluff.
TableTop tactics has detailed reports with often times competitive lists
Just a question for you (and others) from someone who in general is not a fan of the video reports but isn't familiar with the full range of types...
Are there battle reports that edit the footage and condense a battle into a ten minute-or-so video? Sort of a slightly more detailed version of professional halftime or after-game commentary?
There are a lot that do this. Their videos tend to be between 10-20 minutes long. Check out SkaredCast (mostly Eldar/DEldar and now Ynnari for 40k) and Fresh Coast Gaming (used to so a lot of 40k but has been less active lately) for short form battle reports. Frontline Gaming even does short form battle reports from time to time.
There are definitely options for short video battle reports. Just have to find one whose format you like.
MiniWarGaming. Great general battle reports that show the whole game. Not competitive.
Winters SEO produces great re-cap style battle reports with heavy servings of fluff.
TableTop tactics has detailed reports with often times competitive lists
Just a question for you (and others) from someone who in general is not a fan of the video reports but isn't familiar with the full range of types...
Are there battle reports that edit the footage and condense a battle into a ten minute-or-so video? Sort of a slightly more detailed version of professional halftime or after-game commentary?
There are a lot that do this. Their videos tend to be between 10-20 minutes long. Check out SkaredCast (mostly Eldar/DEldar and now Ynnari for 40k) and Fresh Coast Gaming (used to so a lot of 40k but has been less active lately) for short form battle reports. Frontline Gaming even does short form battle reports from time to time.
There are definitely options for short video battle reports. Just have to find one whose format you like.
Thanks for that. 10 minutes is probably my top limit, but if I can find a couple of KoW reports in that format and time limit I might give them a look.
I don't watch many battlereps. I just don't have the patience to sit for long, watching other people play. I'd rather read a blog post style battle report, with some nicely done photography, than a video.
Its great to watch some videos of great table set ups and really well painted armies, but for me it gets old after 10-15 minutes and I turn it off and go do something else.
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