Who plays 40K?

[Meneldil]

I bet a RTW player would rather be playing Warhammer Ancient Battles, with a Ancient era book.

Since I'm kinda in a W40K frenzy right now, I bought W40K dawn of war. And well, it kicks ass. I'm not sure it will not get boring later, but I'm having lot of fun hammering orks with these awesome looking eldars (though I think they looked better in the previous edition).
I'm going to try out some mod such as the one with the women space marines (witch hunters or somthing like that)

[Monk]

Glory to the Dark Gods! Skulls for the skull throne!!

..err..Sorry... sometimes i get too caught up in A Blood rage of Khorne.. I've got a World Eaters army, mostly of Berserkers, daemons, and even Karn the betrayer who i throw in every now and then when i can . Used to play as a Space marine, and still have a small army of Ultramarines (who i set up and pose every now and then with my chaos guys) but "fighting for the Emperor" got old after a while. So i submitted to the Dark whims of the Blood God , and have been working to bring destruction to the vile Imperium of man ever since.

Or..As Karn says in battle... "Kill! Maim! Burn! Kill! Maim! Burn! Kill! Maim! Burn! Kill! Maim! Burn! Kill! Maim! Burn!"

ahh...music to my ears

[Marcellus]

I played my first game of 40k for years today, and I reallly enjoyed it. I should find other people to play against.

[Papewaio]

To play 40k in Aus it works out at about a dollar a point once you add in paints and brushes. And this if for space marines, they are one of the cheaper sets to buy... it doesn't include special characters... they are the cheapest to buy per point.

[drone]

To play 40k in Aus it works out at about a dollar a point once you add in paints and brushes. And this if for space marines, they are one of the cheaper sets to buy... it doesn't include special characters... they are the cheapest to buy per point.

I don't really want to think about the amount of money I sunk into WFB and 40K figures... After a while I had such a backlog of unpainted models I had to impose a moratorium, I had to paint 2 figures before I could buy 1. Kept me from getting into Wood Elves towards the end, which was probably for the better.

Well, as a High Elf player, I despise Chaos but I do like the Chaos mortals mini range. How can you not like:

http://uk.games-workshop.com/hordeso...re-gallery/20/

They look angry and burly enough, but they lack the little mutations and details that the old models had. Granted, these are plastic and would be easier on the wallet. I'll have to take my camera and post pics of some of my old troops. GAH! The horde will be freed from it's plastic and foam prison, to see the light of day again....

[Scurvy]

I have enough orks to drown in (loads and loads and loads of grots) and a blood bowl team somewhere, although it got too expensive for me to keep up with so i'v not bought anything for a year or so....

[GoreBag]

I played mainly Gorkamorka if any of you know of it, it was a side game of Warhammer.

Badass. I wish they'd re-release it.

I have, I don't know, about 1500 points of orks, but I haven't finished painting or even assembling them all. It's been ages since I played the game, and my interest gradually declined. I got back into it long enough to finish my looted Basilisk when Dawn of War came out, but that's about it.

[Slyspy]

I still have my huge and highly successful Imperial Guard army in storage. Haven't played since the latest rules edition was released: They seemed flawed and less fun. Besides which I have less time and no worthwhile opponents. Been playing DoW though, which is fun.

Anyway the game I really liked was Necromunda, it was quicker and had more character and scope for personalisation. I even enjoyed it's horribly complex and detail predecessor (called Confrontation IIRC). Loved Bloodbowl too - such a laugh!

For whoever asked, the models are now even more expensive than ever. How kids afford them I don't know.

[GoreBag]

For whoever asked, the models are now even more expensive than ever. How kids afford them I don't know.

Parents.

How is Necromunda compared to Mordheim? I was considering them both at one point, and ended unable to decided which would best suit my interests.

[Slyspy]

Mordheim is essentially Necromunda with crossbows. IMO the sci-fi gangland setting of Necromunda works much better, Mordheim being just a way of shoe-horning in a similar game in for fantasy fans. Play Necro because its great fun and doesn't need a whole day! Also the roleplay and continuity elements maintain a healthy level of competition between players and generate their own stories. Oh and you only need a dozen models and a 4"x4" board as well (but lots of scenery is good).

[drone]

Been looking through the GW website. Looks like they currently sell WFB, 40K, and LotR games, but have shunted their other games into a "Specialist Games" category. The cool part about this, is that you can download the rules from the web for free.

Battlefleet Gothic, Inquisitor, Mordheim, Warmaster, Epic 40K, Blood Bowl, and Necromundia.
http://www.specialist-games.com/default.asp

Looks like the latest rules, White Dwarf articles, FAQs, Errata, and miscellaneous stuff, all available for download. Guess they figured printing, packaging, distributing, and shelfspace for these games exceeded the cost of development. Pretty cool of them. Now if they would only do this for the full SpaceHulk rules...

Other variants of WFB and 40K are also available for download, you just need to look through those respective pages. So far I've found updated rules for WFB warbands, Lost and the Damned, and Harlequins. Maybe all this free stuff is why the figurines are getting pricier.

[drone]

Old school Warhammer pics:

Khornate Chaos Lord with some of his beastmen bodyguards


Nurgle Sorceror with Nurgle Warriors


Khornate Warriors


And, to stay on-topic (40K), some Space Wolves


I'm amazed they survived all of my moves in the past 10 years. Come on, dig yours out of the closet and post your hordes!

[Meneldil]

Congratulation on the painting. I especially like the SW terminators, but I'm a bit biased when it comes to Space Wolves

[BDC]

Mordheim was good. Besides the initial outlay (which I split 50/50 with a friend anyway) and the paints I didn't spend anything on it.

Probably why GW don't try and sell this sort of thing anymore. Much better to make people buy armies rather than half a dozen men.

[drone]

Congratulation on the painting. I especially like the SW terminators, but I'm a bit biased when it comes to Space Wolves

I have some of the "newer" Space Wolves Terminators (circa 1995?) with the furs and wolf-tails all over them. But I never got around to finishing the paint job on them, they are primed and base-colored, but they still need the highlighting and detail. Now that I think about it, I was supposed to paint the Space Wolves badge on the shoulder pads of these Termies. D'oh!

I cannot believe the number of unpainted/unassembled figures I came across last night. What was I thinking?

[Papewaio]

Spacehulk Variant

Looks okay... kind of.

Preferred the one where they boarded the tyranid ships... the one that introduced scouts with hellfire heavy bolters... in the large mission mode you had 3 lines of attack, with forward, first wave, second wave and reserves... you were supposed to use scouts to explore (they could go through twice as fast) but the Tyranids could ambush the single team in the forward postion with Warriors or others and wipe out a scout team in no time... so just to surprise my brother I used Terminators in the forward position... the look on his face when he sprung the ambush.

[Kekvit Irae]

I miss playing Mordheim

[GoreBag]

Mordheim is essentially Necromunda with crossbows. IMO the sci-fi gangland setting of Necromunda works much better, Mordheim being just a way of shoe-horning in a similar game in for fantasy fans. Play Necro because its great fun and doesn't need a whole day! Also the roleplay and continuity elements maintain a healthy level of competition between players and generate their own stories. Oh and you only need a dozen models and a 4"x4" board as well (but lots of scenery is good).

I ask because I was thinking about conveting a bunch of Scottish Highlander units for use in Mordheim. Maybe they'd look better with mohawks and lasguns?

[Tricon]

Played a bit of 40k "regular", but played a lot of "Epic" for a time.

[drone]

Spacehulk Variant

Looks okay... kind of.

Preferred the one where they boarded the tyranid ships... the one that introduced scouts with hellfire heavy bolters... in the large mission mode you had 3 lines of attack, with forward, first wave, second wave and reserves... you were supposed to use scouts to explore (they could go through twice as fast) but the Tyranids could ambush the single team in the forward postion with Warriors or others and wipe out a scout team in no time... so just to surprise my brother I used Terminators in the forward position... the look on his face when he sprung the ambush.

That was "Tyranid Attack" and "Space Crusade", right? Never did play those. Space Hulk got a little out of hand with the "Genestealer" psyker rules, but was fun and quick to play. Looked like those 2 games were very similiar.

I don't know how the kill-team rules work, but the scenery they have there is insane. Who has the time to build hallways, rooms, and all that stuff? Aside from people who get paid to do it...

[JAG]

Blimey lads - don't play blimming warhammer, play proper modelling games in proper periods, do wargaming!

[GoreBag]

Why? A fantastic setting is much easier to manage and removes all need for arguments over proper effectiveness and historically correct equipment. We do this for fun, after all.

[JAG]

Why? A fantastic setting is much easier to manage and removes all need for arguments over proper effectiveness and historically correct equipment. We do this for fun, after all.

Part of the fun is arguing about historical reality in the game and whether rules are correct. Warhammer is such a dicey, lucky, crappy game anyway.

[Kaiser of Arabia]

Blimey lads - don't play blimming warhammer, play proper modelling games in proper periods, do wargaming!

Nuke the world flat, me and JAG agree.

[GoreBag]

Nuke the world flat, me and JAG agree.

Don't knock it 'til you try it.

[Slyspy]

Blimey lads - don't play blimming warhammer, play proper modelling games in proper periods, do wargaming!

I have done. I also own various Napoleonic and Ancient rulesets and models. But guess what? The GW games are so much more accessible - it was always easier to set up a game with the usual gang or, and most importantly, to introduce newbies to the hobby. Add into the mix the superior quality models (though at a price) and highly developed background universe as added attractions. GW games are often a gateway into other games. Don't be a wargaming snob.

[Duke Malcolm]

Blimey lads - don't play blimming warhammer, play proper modelling games in proper periods, do wargaming!

I would, but there aren't any such shops in Dundee that I know of...