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  • Years ago, I used to have a regular game day scheduled with a friend of mine.  Each Sunday, one of us would go to the other’s house and we’d throw down on various games.  Originally, it had started out as a weekly 40k game, but it eventually evolved into any game that sounded like fun (and even some that didn’t).  I’m happy to announce that we’ve started this tradition up again, and over the past couple of weeks, I’ve gotten to try out a bunch of new board/card games.  I thought I’d share my opinions of those games with you...

    Weekly Board Games!

    Posted on September 5, 2011 | 6 Comments
    Years ago, I used to have a regular game day scheduled with a friend of mine.  Each Sunday, one of us would go to the other’s house and we’d throw down on various games.  Originally, it had started out as a weekly 40k game, but it eventually evolved into any game that sounded like fun (and even some that didn’t).  I’m happy to announce that we’ve started this tradition up again, and over the past couple of weeks, I’ve gotten to try out a bunch of new board/card games.  I thought I’d share my opinions of those games with you...

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  • Hello, it’s been a while since my last post, sorry about that, but here I am, back from the blogging equivilant of death. I was recenty talking to a guy who had only been in a hobby a few years but told me his whole hobby revolved around the amazing backstory of 40K. This is something I always love to hear plus, he had been working on an Inquisitorial army, AWESOME! So, without any thought, I leapt into my shpeel about the Eisenhorn Trilogy by Dan Abnett only to have him stop me and ask, what are these books? Followed by (and...

    Xenos, Malleus, Hereticus, So We May Never Forget

    Posted on May 1, 2011 | 12 Comments
    Hello, it’s been a while since my last post, sorry about that, but here I am, back from the blogging equivilant of death. I was recenty talking to a guy who had only been in a hobby a few years but told me his whole hobby revolved around the amazing backstory of 40K. This is something I always love to hear plus, he had been working on an Inquisitorial army, AWESOME! So, without any thought, I leapt into my shpeel about the Eisenhorn Trilogy by Dan Abnett only to have him stop me and ask, what are these books? Followed by (and...

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  • [Editor's Note: Spoiler Alert - This book review goes into detail about what transpires in the book.  If you're the sort that would prefer not know, be warned...] Ill start off by saying I am not usually a Gav Thorpe fan: his writing usually just doesn’t have that flair for atmosphere that I usually enjoy in a Warhammer or 40k novel. I will actually go as far as to state that had my friend D, who loaned me the book, not warned me about the beginning I probably would not have made it past the first chapter. The story follows...

    Review: Path of the Warrior

    Posted on April 2, 2011 | 4 Comments
    [Editor's Note: Spoiler Alert - This book review goes into detail about what transpires in the book.  If you're the sort that would prefer not know, be warned...] Ill start off by saying I am not usually a Gav Thorpe fan: his writing usually just doesn’t have that flair for atmosphere that I usually enjoy in a Warhammer or 40k novel. I will actually go as far as to state that had my friend D, who loaned me the book, not warned me about the beginning I probably would not have made it past the first chapter. The story follows...

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  • Back before you got into 40k, GW used to be a regular marketing machine: releasing themed music, computer games, card games, and board game versions of the warhammer 40k and fantasy franchises. Ok, perhaps you are one of the few, proud gamers who can trace their roots back to Rogue Trader, but by and large, most gamers are blissfully unaware of the monstrosity that GW once was. Those of who are lucky enough to have survived since then, will likely remember such titles as Horus Heresy, and the Battle for Armageddon (two great tile-based games made by GW). These games...

    Playing Chaos in the Old World

    Posted on March 14, 2011 | 17 Comments
    Back before you got into 40k, GW used to be a regular marketing machine: releasing themed music, computer games, card games, and board game versions of the warhammer 40k and fantasy franchises. Ok, perhaps you are one of the few, proud gamers who can trace their roots back to Rogue Trader, but by and large, most gamers are blissfully unaware of the monstrosity that GW once was. Those of who are lucky enough to have survived since then, will likely remember such titles as Horus Heresy, and the Battle for Armageddon (two great tile-based games made by GW). These games...

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  • Almost a year ago, I stumbled upon some nifty models from Rackham that bore a striking resemblance to the seemingly extinct 40 race of monkeys: the Jokaero (you can read that post here).  Long story short, I eventually went and bought some of the models, but never did anything with them. Last week, Sons of Taurus stumbled uon that post, and reminded me of momentary lapse of monkeys.  So, I figured I’d dust them off and put up my initial thoughts on the models.  Before I do, below is a list of models I bought and what I originally thought...

    The Jokaero Return! (Counts as Tau)

    Posted on September 29, 2010 | 2 Comments
    Almost a year ago, I stumbled upon some nifty models from Rackham that bore a striking resemblance to the seemingly extinct 40 race of monkeys: the Jokaero (you can read that post here).  Long story short, I eventually went and bought some of the models, but never did anything with them. Last week, Sons of Taurus stumbled uon that post, and reminded me of momentary lapse of monkeys.  So, I figured I’d dust them off and put up my initial thoughts on the models.  Before I do, below is a list of models I bought and what I originally thought...

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  • I’ve been plagued with cans of Ultramarines Blue spray paint that just don’t work.  I must have ten cans of this in my garage which are mostly full, yet they refuse to spray and I can’t come up with a solution to breathe some life into them.  As a result, I’ve had to find a different means of basecoating my army.  I’ve used an airbrush in the past to some success, but the cost of GW’s paint pots is really getting out of control, so I’m looking for an alternative. I know some people prefer vallejo paints, or even the...

    Alternatives to Ultramarine Blue: Army Painter Primer?

    Posted on August 30, 2010 | 8 Comments
    I’ve been plagued with cans of Ultramarines Blue spray paint that just don’t work.  I must have ten cans of this in my garage which are mostly full, yet they refuse to spray and I can’t come up with a solution to breathe some life into them.  As a result, I’ve had to find a different means of basecoating my army.  I’ve used an airbrush in the past to some success, but the cost of GW’s paint pots is really getting out of control, so I’m looking for an alternative. I know some people prefer vallejo paints, or even the...

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  • With the introduction of the Swarmlord in the 5th edition codex, people are just crazy for Tyranid bone swords.  The madness has gotten so bad that the bonesword/lashwhip from the standard Hive Tyrant box sell pretty routinely on eBay for about $22.  I’ve even seen two boneswords and and a lashwhip go for over $50 (before shipping). Keep in mind, these are just two bits from a model that retails for $49.50.  Since many places sell GW products at 20% off, you can expect to pay just shy of $40 for a Tyrant (new)–so more than half that cost is wrapped...

    Tyranid Boneswords from Paulson Games

    Posted on April 16, 2010 | 8 Comments
    With the introduction of the Swarmlord in the 5th edition codex, people are just crazy for Tyranid bone swords.  The madness has gotten so bad that the bonesword/lashwhip from the standard Hive Tyrant box sell pretty routinely on eBay for about $22.  I’ve even seen two boneswords and and a lashwhip go for over $50 (before shipping). Keep in mind, these are just two bits from a model that retails for $49.50.  Since many places sell GW products at 20% off, you can expect to pay just shy of $40 for a Tyrant (new)–so more than half that cost is wrapped...

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  • Back in 1989 (Rogue Trader days, for those of you taking notes), GW had their hands in a little bit of everything: Miniature Games, Board Games, Computer Games, Music, and even a Card Game, dynamically dubbed: Combat Cards (not to be confused with Battle Cards,  the 1993 “scratch and slay” card game by Merlin Publishing—which is also super corny, but quite fun). Yes, the minds that spawned the Warhammer World and 40k Universe, the very minds that allegedly contributed to the spawning of World of Warcraft (perhaps indirectly?), knew cards would be big long before Wizards of the Coast brought...

    Citadel Combat Cards

    Posted on March 5, 2010 | 4 Comments
    Back in 1989 (Rogue Trader days, for those of you taking notes), GW had their hands in a little bit of everything: Miniature Games, Board Games, Computer Games, Music, and even a Card Game, dynamically dubbed: Combat Cards (not to be confused with Battle Cards,  the 1993 “scratch and slay” card game by Merlin Publishing—which is also super corny, but quite fun). Yes, the minds that spawned the Warhammer World and 40k Universe, the very minds that allegedly contributed to the spawning of World of Warcraft (perhaps indirectly?), knew cards would be big long before Wizards of the Coast brought...

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  • In the continuing saga of Uriel Ventris and his rag-tag band of Ultramarines, I finished “Warriors of Ultramar” by Graham McNeill this week.  Though the first book in the trilogy, Nightbringer, was a decent read, this second book lived up to my every expectation of what the Ultramarines are about. First of all, the book contains references for the following armies: Space Marines (Ultramarines, Mortificators, & Deathwatch) Imperial Guard Tyranids Witch Hunters (barely) Since I actively play two of those armies and am half-heartedly working on the other two (sort of), the book just fit well with my definition of...

    Warriors of Ultramar: by Graham McNeill

    Posted on January 23, 2010 | No Comments
    In the continuing saga of Uriel Ventris and his rag-tag band of Ultramarines, I finished “Warriors of Ultramar” by Graham McNeill this week.  Though the first book in the trilogy, Nightbringer, was a decent read, this second book lived up to my every expectation of what the Ultramarines are about. First of all, the book contains references for the following armies: Space Marines (Ultramarines, Mortificators, & Deathwatch) Imperial Guard Tyranids Witch Hunters (barely) Since I actively play two of those armies and am half-heartedly working on the other two (sort of), the book just fit well with my definition of...

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  • Well, today’s the day.  Rather than spend my day writing blog posts, I figured I’d focus my energy on the last minute tweaks, list corrections, deployment ideas, modeling, etc. that go into setting up an Apocalypse game.  There’s really a ton of stuff that goes into something like this, everything from just coordinating the people, to what we’ll eat (which is pizza because I don’t own a crock-pot big enough to feed 9 men Kahlua Pig from).  There must be something I forgot…  Oh yeah, the bling. If you’re fortunate enough to play on Team Bug, you get this limited edition...

    Arctic Apocalypse: Achieved

    Posted on January 16, 2010 | 3 Comments
    Well, today’s the day.  Rather than spend my day writing blog posts, I figured I’d focus my energy on the last minute tweaks, list corrections, deployment ideas, modeling, etc. that go into setting up an Apocalypse game.  There’s really a ton of stuff that goes into something like this, everything from just coordinating the people, to what we’ll eat (which is pizza because I don’t own a crock-pot big enough to feed 9 men Kahlua Pig from).  There must be something I forgot…  Oh yeah, the bling. If you’re fortunate enough to play on Team Bug, you get this limited edition...

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