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So, upon seeing the recent topic on 'Things you would never hear in a game of 40K', it got me thinking, what's the strangest thing you HAVE heard during a game?

To get the ball rolling, two personal accounts from when I played regularly back in 4th:

There was one guy, absolute legend, who just before charging his Rough Riders at my Terminators, recited 'The Charge of the Light Brigade'. It came from nowhere, we were just playing and chatting, then as he charged, he just started to recite the poem. Needless to say, I was gobsmacked, not knowing whether to laugh or take him seriously. It was a glorious moment.

Now, the second one, looking back, this kid may have had some kind of learning difficulties, or he was just a really funny guy. He played Orks. He spent the entire match talking like an Ork. He would chant "Orks Orks Orks Orks Orks Orks" whilst moving his units, and shout "Waaaaagh!" on the charge. This wasn't the best part. That came when his Warboss was killed. He picked up one of his Nobz and quietly said "Now you're da biggest, you're da boss."

So guys and girls, what other marvellous things have you heard over the course of your gaming careers?

Someone's girlfriend came in, they kissed, and there was me, waiting for our Space Marine combined forces to go on killing Eldar. Girlfriend went out. He: 'Pff, that's done. Back to WH!'

Now, the second one, looking back, this kid may have had some kind of learning difficulties, or he was just a really funny guy. He played Orks. He spent the entire match talking like an Ork. He would chant "Orks Orks Orks Orks Orks Orks" whilst moving his units, and shout "Waaaaagh!" on the charge. This wasn't the best part. That came when his Warboss was killed. He picked up one of his Nobz and quietly said "Now you're da biggest, you're da boss."

That sounds like a fun guy to play! Some games I've played involved the other guy in a bored voice going "I'm moving these guys here. Now I'm assaulting these Terminators into yours. Ok, your turn."

Kharn the Betrayer losing in CC.... against TAU FIRE WARRIORS!

 thenoobbomb wrote:
Someone's girlfriend came in, they kissed, and there was me, waiting for our Space Marine combined forces to go on killing Eldar. Girlfriend went out. He: 'Pff, that's done. Back to WH!'

The first four words were enough...

Yeah pretty much.

I once met an armymen at a local tournament. He seemed nice(and kinda is) but he is hostile. I asked him what the tournament scene is like and such questions. HE was so hostile about it. He said the army motto was "If your early, you are on time, if your on time your late. If you late you are left behind" when i asked him about traveling to tournaments.

A person who is a very valued member of my club got a call from his father, saying his mother had passed away. He answered the call not knowing what was about to be said to him, He simply slumped down on a chair and started to cry, needless to say one of us drove him to the hospital while the rest packed down his army.

At the funeral the enthier club was present. Needless to say this was the darkest moment we have ever had.

 Sir Samuel Buca wrote:
Now, the second one, looking back, this kid may have had some kind of learning difficulties, or he was just a really funny guy. He played Orks. He spent the entire match talking like an Ork. He would chant "Orks Orks Orks Orks Orks Orks" whilst moving his units, and shout "Waaaaagh!" on the charge. This wasn't the best part. That came when his Warboss was killed. He picked up one of his Nobz and quietly said "Now you're da biggest, you're da boss."

Honestly, this is something I would do myself. It's part of the allure of Orks, I think. It's part of the light-hearted spirit of the orks. Of course, it may help that I, too, suffer from "learning difficulties" as OP so delicately put it.


"My Fire Warriors sweeping advance your guys."
They were grots, but....My grots out numbered his fire-wariors 3-to-2 or better! I think I only killed like...2 of the 5 or 6 Fire Warriors...

 Trondheim wrote:
A person who is a very valued member of my club got a call from his father, saying his mother had passed away. He answered the call not knowing what was about to be said to him, He simply slumped down on a chair and started to cry, needless to say one of us drove him to the hospital while the rest packed down his army.

At the funeral the enthier club was present. Needless to say this was the darkest moment we have ever had.

Halfway through reading this, I was hoping for a funny/happy ending.

Instead...emotions.

Not really what I heard but saw:
The expression on my friend's face when I told him I could charge my Wolf Guard Terminators into his Hive Guard having fired an Assault Cannon.
The stream of foul language pouring from a friend's mouth when I took out his Medusa AND Leman Russ with Njal's living lightning. He conceeded before I had finished my first turn.

Younger player at my LGS was explaining 40k to a friend. Word for word, I heard the following:

"This is Marneus Calgar. He's basically the Supreme Leader of the Space Marines, alongside the Emperor."

Almost vomited in my mouth.

 CaptainGrey wrote:
"This is Marneus Calgar. He's basically the Supreme Leader of the Space Marines, alongside the Emperor."

Almost vomited in my mouth.

Arrgh. I hate it too when all Marines get stereotyped under Ultramarines. Partly out of fierce pride for my SW.

Ambient background noise from tow brothers "You win the world's biggest chode award"

Someone charged a unit of Death Company against my Tactical Squad once...

Now, the GW in Belfast is small, overloaded with children, in a shopping centre next to the door.


He declares charge, rolls an 8. Picks up an umbrella, points it skyward. And at the top of his lungs, screams
BLOOD FOR THE BLOOD GOD!!!

 Deadshot wrote:
Someone charged a unit of Death Company against my Tactical Squad once...

Now, the GW in Belfast is small, overloaded with children, in a shopping centre next to the door.


He declares charge, rolls an 8. Picks up an umbrella, points it skyward. And at the top of his lungs, screams
BLOOD FOR THE BLOOD GOD!!!

YES! SO MUCH WIN!

Hehe yes that's right, my Mycetic Spore did just blow up your land raider with death or glory

to be fair nothing really stands out at the store I go to, mostly because the normal conversations are all of us laughing at things that really shouldnt be laughed at :'3


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although once I did get a kid ask me if my saint celestine model was ghazgul thraka >.>

 DPBellathrom wrote:
although once I did get a kid ask me if my saint celestine model was ghazgul thraka >.>

I must convert this... NOW... though I'm not sure if Celestine -> Thraka, or Thraka -> Celestine.

guess this is just making fun of myself, but every time I have my defiler fire at something far to close I exclaim "FORTUNE FAVORS THE BOLD"

Only ever 'backfired' once by scattering onto a nearby combat and killing everyone except those in the challenge... oh well... blood for the blood god!

Accidentally having the ipod on shuffle instead of a playlist, you get weird looks when "if I were a rich man" follows Bad Company and Poison.

Also My friend (who plays SM) huddles his guys before deployment for Inspirational speeches.

Was at a small team doubles tournament at a FLGS, my ally was running dragowing and gets assaulted by one of our opponents units of fenresian wolves, the moment he scored a wound on the unit of wolves the space wolf player yelled out "DOG KILLER", I about fell on the floor laughing.

Strange-bad
"My Wolf Guard can remove any rule of my choice from you entire army... I choose Reanimation Proticols!"
>.> he really thought I was that gullible

My friend yelling, out loud, "SISTERS OF BATTLE ARE SO OP!!!! OMG WTF IS UP WTH ACTS OF FAITH? SO OVERPOWERED!!!"
No, really, I'm serious >.>

As i joke i played " Ride of the Valkyries " as i brought 9 vendettas on the table in an Apoc game .....felt frakking awesome when they killed 3 WARHOUNDS !!!! !

 StarHunter25 wrote:
guess this is just making fun of myself, but every time I have my defiler fire at something far to close I exclaim "FORTUNE FAVORS THE BOLD"

I usually mumble that when I have to make a risky decision

I played a game this afternoon with my wife at the LGS, using the terrain as it was set up by the previous players. In the middle of turn 1, I noticed that the river and lake had been placed in such a way so as to resemble a rather large blue gentleman's sausage. The next 3 hours turned into a giggle fest over the slightest innuendos, like when the all-white fire warriors moved out of the lake via the "tip" of the river penis. Deep strikes and rolls for penetration sent the room into fits of laughter. The final straw was when I decided that the best way to transport the Relic was to put it on my Necron warrior's base, between his legs.

I was in a GW store buying a couple of figures and was watching a couple of players set up their armies.
The manager asks one of the young lads about his army, he tells him it's based around BA and IG. The manager asks why. He tells him he runs big guard groups and attaches sanguinary priests (I think?) to them to give them FNP and ATSKNF.

The store manager then tells him in no uncertain terms that he should disallow it in his store because the kid isn't playing "in the spirit of the game, and this sort of crap was never intended to happen anyway but people always try and take the piss. I personally know the games designers in Nottingham and go out drinking with ~(insert GW people here)- all the time and they hate this sort of thing." and had a mini rant at the poor kid for bringing his LEGAL army.

I was like

A good friend of mine getting a call from his girlfriend while we were playing
"uh uh ..... uh uh ...... yes ...... sure honey ..... uh uh ...... (long blank while deciding on what to charge with his orks) .... Honey, you know I'm not listening to you while I'm playing, so I'll call you when the game's over, love ya" *click*

Also we had a guy completely fan of his "superior" eldars and who vehemently any kind of possible feminity among his troops, despite the tight body armor, sleek lines and general good taste in clothing of his "guys".
Every single time he had a game, you could be sure that somewhere in the shop/gaming club, someone would put (on full blast, mind you) Flash Gordon by Queen / In the Navy by The Village People / some George Michael or another flashy and notorious gay artist, invariably launching the player into a rant about how his eldars were very manly and strong and .... so and so
(PS : we're perfectly fine with gay people, it's just ridiculous to say that eldars are "manly" or "virile")

 Daedricbob wrote:
I was in a GW store buying a couple of figures and was watching a couple of players set up their armies.
The manager asks one of the young lads about his army, he tells him it's based around BA and IG. The manager asks why. He tells him he runs big guard groups and attaches sanguinary priests (I think?) to them to give them FNP and ATSKNF.

The store manager then tells him in no uncertain terms that he should disallow it in his store because the kid isn't playing "in the spirit of the game, and this sort of crap was never intended to happen anyway but people always try and take the piss. I personally know the games designers in Nottingham and go out drinking with ~(insert GW people here)- all the time and they hate this sort of thing." and had a mini rant at the poor kid for bringing his LEGAL army.

I was like

Quite nutty. Though as a side note I assume this was happening prior to Sanguinary's being FAQed to only give benefits to units taken from the BA codex?

Strangest thing in 40k so far?

Matt Wards fluff, most of it doesn't;t make sense.

For TT - probably when I killed two Fire Warrior teams using single squad of Guardsmen - in melee.