Warhammer; completely off topic.

btiffin · **Posted:** Thu May 22, 2008 7:11 pm

I've been noticing a few of the avatars. How many people here are Warhammer players?

I've sunk way too many hours into the hobby. Dark Elves, Empire, Orcs and Goblins; Dark Eldar. Mordheim or Skirmish are probably my faves now. I own just about every book GW has ever produced. Oh and WFRP, old and new, and now the new 40K RP has me jonesin' to go buy a book.

And just so everyone knows, WFRP beats the pants off D&D ... simple hit points ... come on; someone hits you with a sword, you lose an arm. Smile

Cheers

Mackie · **Posted:** Thu May 22, 2008 7:37 pm

I tried to get into it when I was younger. Didn't work.

rizzix · **Posted:** Thu May 22, 2008 9:17 pm

The gameplay is just too long. I gave up.

Sean · **Posted:** Thu May 22, 2008 9:47 pm

I too tried to get into it. Never clicked.

r691175002 · **Posted:** Fri May 23, 2008 12:13 am

I was into it for a while, but the game mechanics leave something to be desired and it is incredibly expensive. We normally end up playing with tables printed off microsoft word.

I have been meaning to resin cast some copies of their sprues as well (For personal use of course), but haven't gotten around to it.

btiffin · **Posted:** Fri May 23, 2008 1:37 am

Yeah; being a high paid computer programmer is one of the few fields that can afford a full army of Warhammer. That and a forgiving wife that gives you Saturday afternoons to play. Smile

I still try and snag time, but I sorely miss the Club. I suck at painting, and one day during a busy Saturday afternoon some jerk ripped off an army case. Little did they know I only had a few figs inside as they were all out on the tables (I share with whoever needs) - but the rest of the room felt so bad for me that I ended up with nearly 4 full fantastically painted armies of gifts over the next few weeks. I ended up with over 30 Cold One knights, hordes of Spear, hordes of Xbow, hordes... It was awesome. Not needing 12,000 points all to myself, I just gave armies to those that cared to play but couldn't really afford to. I think the current club still has a 3,000 point Orc army of mine and a ton of duplicate books I had accumulated. Love the game.

Oh, and after, lets say a life time of 2 or 300 games, I've won maybe 3. Smile

I play to play and, well, suck (famously). I was showing a 40K player how Fantasy worked; 3000 point game, my Dark Elves against the Club's Chaos. I got skunked. He didn't lose a fig, and I was wiped off the face of the board. Mind you it was mostly due to a cascade of failed panic, and super crappy flee rolls, but it was actually fun to watch. For a while I had a Blue's Lose weekly post on the Warhammer Players Society forum. I'm proud to own a Possessed Mordheim warband that remains victoryless after some 30 or 40 matches.

Cheers

nastynika · **Posted:** Fri May 23, 2008 8:24 am

i play it alot i have a huge space marines army with a lancer tank and everything mine r done up as blood angels

Insectoid · **Posted:** Fri May 23, 2008 9:06 am

MY absolute favourite game! Used to play lotr, got about 6000 points of that, went to 3 tourneys last year, score 9 overall in canada!(very good, considering the first tourney I only one 1 game and only 2 games of four in the second tourney, and there were about 10 tourneys throughout the year). Now I'm into 40k
(brand new rulebook out, good thing I didn't buy the last one) Just so you know, black industries closed, so no more WFRP. I really like the new vampire counts, might start up fantasy some day.

Anyone get the new 'Harry the Hammer'? I got it, and it's so friggin awesome! One of the most fun models to paint!

btiffin · **Posted:** Fri May 23, 2008 9:19 am

insectoid; Well done!

?? No more WFRP ... I heard rumours but I haven't been down to Fandom in a few months; sad days indeed.

Insectoid · **Posted:** Fri May 23, 2008 9:24 am

They were going to produce an expansion to...what was it, Dark Herey? They had advertisements and everything, plenty of pre-orders, and then they go and cancel the project and close down. The 5th edition 40k is funny though, there are some codices still unupdated from 3rd edition. I believe this is the first time in the history of GW that a rulebook has been released before the previous edition codices!(poor imperial guard, so many rules flaws with their 15-year-old codex...) well, not that old...

nastynika · **Posted:** Tue May 27, 2008 7:54 am

wel thats no good

Insectoid · **Posted:** Tue May 27, 2008 9:25 am

No, I suppose it isn't.

apomb · **Posted:** Tue May 27, 2008 9:35 am

My good friend plays warhammer40k

loves it.

i couldnt imagine playing something of that magnitude for very long

Insectoid · **Posted:** Tue May 27, 2008 9:44 am

What's so magnitudy about it? I collect because I am nearly as atracted to miniatures as I am to girls! The fact that it's a game is a bonus.

nastynika · **Posted:** Wed May 28, 2008 7:58 am

insectoid @ Tue May 27, 2008 9:44 am wrote:

What's so magnitudy about it? I collect because I am nearly as atracted to miniatures as I am to girls! The fact that it's a game is a bonus.

interesting

is anyone particapating n any upcoming tournaments?

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