<![CDATA[Latest posts for the thread "Many years experience, but never played.........till now."]]> http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/list/65.page JForum - http://www.jforum.net Many years experience, but never played.........till now. GW products for many years now since my early teens. I've owned and played the following :

Heroquest
Space Crusade (to which recently on a retro whim i've bought both back on ebay )

Then as i got a little older, i tried to advance onto more complex games, but having no one local who i knew who played or seemed to take interest. These games inevitably sat on the self gathering dust :

Advanced Heroquest
Space Marine / Epic / Armageddon
Warhammer

During this time I'd painted quite a few models, just for self enjoyment, some from the games some I'd bought as separates just for the sake of painting them. I really enjoyed this side of the game and no matter whether i found someone to play against or not i was happy in the fact id taken this side of the hobby on quite strongly. By the time I'd got round to owning fantasy Warhammer though it had been a while since i'd painted anything, my kit was in a bad state and although i tried yet again to find someone to fight and paint the models I'd bought it just kinda fizzled out for me and everything including my brushes just got shelved.

Now at least 10 yrs on, I'm back again, at 34 some may say its a mid-life crisis but I don't care. I've taken on a lost these past 12-16 months including drumming and exercise/healthy living and I'm still going strong at all of those so I'm hoping this will be another feather in the cap this time. Having the joy of internet at my fingertips now (IT Manager day job). Finding information, clubs, other players etc is right there, endless all I have to do is look. This has been the greatest change for me I've seen since my rocky start all those many years ago.

Anyway enough spiel, I'm back, I've got a rulebook, which I'm reading and finally absorbing it, I've found a local club and although I've not been round I do plan to once I get my army sorted and in some resemblance of ready. I've bought the dark vengeance game, also the Eldar battle force and codex as I plan to have an army of Eldar. Although, I bought it all in reverse and after looking around I've come to conclude I prefer the sound of the Chaos Space Marines, so I'm gonna shelve the Eldar for now, an go get an army together of CSM.

So, hi, thanks for letting me join the clan and watch out for some professionally nooby posts ]]> http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/550416/6021454.page http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/550416/6021454.page GMT Many years experience, but never played.........till now.

Whereabouts in derbyshire are you?]]> http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/550416/6021498.page http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/550416/6021498.page GMT Many years experience, but never played.........till now.
What I've found is the local gaming store do 200pt battles to learn the game, the club I've been in contact with have offered this also. Not sure what I can even build for that, it seems harder than building a full size army. :/

Good luck getting into it. I wouldn't say 34 is a mid life crisis btw. 32 here and still consider myself young.]]> http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/550416/6021551.page http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/550416/6021551.page GMT Many years experience, but never played.........till now.
LuckyCraig wrote:
What I've found is the local gaming store do 200pt battles to learn the game, the club I've been in contact with have offered this also. Not sure what I can even build for that, it seems harder than building a full size army. :/

Good luck getting into it. I wouldn't say 34 is a mid life crisis btw. 32 here and still consider myself young.


Well I'm guessing 200 points would pretty much be a squad and a transport, or maybe part of the battle force or the DV game armies. I'm not far from GW HQ and have been there on some of there night sessions. I watched a whole match where they had 4 people one side and 3 the other (including a GW staff member ) Each player had either 2-3 squads, or 1-2+ a transport. They also had two players using super huge tanks.....which I'm guessing are something to do with apocalypse but I'm no where near ready for that, so that's on my ignore list atm lol.

As for my age, I am no where near growing up just yet. I've spent the last 10 years addicted to Warcraft. I'm definitely young at heart although less so in looks these days lmao.

PredaKhaine - I'm from Ilkeston, work in Heanor and usually travel to GW HQ in Nottingham for stock and information. Although looking at their prices and the cost online I think I'm going to shop off the net from now as 25% off rrp is nothing to scoff at.]]> http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/550416/6021600.page http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/550416/6021600.page GMT Many years experience, but never played.........till now.
 Ziffel wrote:
PredaKhaine - I'm from Ilkeston, work in Heanor and usually travel to GW HQ in Nottingham for stock and information. Although looking at their prices and the cost online I think I'm going to shop off the net from now as 25% off rrp is nothing to scoff at.


If you want a game at warhammer world, give me a shout
I've eldar, chaos and space wolves.

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Did you paint that Typhus in your avatar?]]> http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/550416/6021909.page http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/550416/6021909.page GMT Many years experience, but never played.........till now. Lol no I'm not that skillful and I don't have a nurgle model in the house atm. I'm currently working on a CSM from the dark vengeance box.

Once I've done that i'll post some photos, I'm quite impressed that my skills haven't diminished further over the years but I'm still far away from professional ]]> http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/550416/6023252.page http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/550416/6023252.page GMT Many years experience, but never played.........till now.
Yeah 200 is enough for a small squad and something bigger, getting a balance with it seems hard to me but I have no odea how any of it plays in the end, just lots of second hand opinions from on here. Rule of cool and affordability will be my leading army choice. Got good foundations for Dark Angels, Chaos and Eldar to build on from when I was young.]]> http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/550416/6023311.page http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/550416/6023311.page GMT Many years experience, but never played.........till now. http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/550416/6023552.page http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/550416/6023552.page GMT Many years experience, but never played.........till now. http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/550416/6026466.page http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/550416/6026466.page GMT Many years experience, but never played.........till now. http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/550416/6028737.page http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/550416/6028737.page GMT Re:Many years experience, but never played.........till now.
Welcome to Dakka ]]> http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/550416/6028813.page http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/550416/6028813.page GMT Many years experience, but never played.........till now. ]]> http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/550416/6028840.page http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/550416/6028840.page GMT Many years experience, but never played.........till now. http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/550416/6028860.page http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/550416/6028860.page GMT Many years experience, but never played.........till now. http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/550416/6030363.page http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/550416/6030363.page GMT Many years experience, but never played.........till now.
We have a few guys in the Derby/Nottingham area, so if you ever fancy a game (no matter how big or small!) head over to http://www.animosity40k.proboards.com

Tell 'em James sent ya! ]]> http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/550416/6031769.page http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/550416/6031769.page GMT Many years experience, but never played.........till now. http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/550416/6035877.page http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/550416/6035877.page GMT Re:Many years experience, but never played.........till now. Im quite local to Nottingham so i wouldnt mind trying my hand if your still interested in a beginner opponent

Oh and welcome ]]> http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/550416/6250704.page http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/550416/6250704.page GMT Many years experience, but never played.........till now. http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/550416/6251792.page http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/550416/6251792.page GMT Many years experience, but never played.........till now. lol. It's andy morley!! I'm looking for a club!!]]> http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/550416/7804323.page http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/550416/7804323.page GMT