Very Exciting News!!!

Hey Everyone, I know I have been slacking on the posts lately and I apologize for that but I promise you the results are worth it. I have a huge announcement to make today. It is no secret that I am not only a huge fan of Alicia's work over a Valkyrie Painting and that I have been a loyal customer to the company every time I have a big project that needs to be done. Well, Alicia and I have decided that it would be a great move for me to join the...

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Space Marines: Part Deux

Hello everyone I hope all is well. So due to demand here I am with a Space Marines codex "review" part two I wanted to take a different approach to part two because originally I wanted to only touch on what jumped out at me immediately but apparently some people care about what I think. I know, i know, don't ask me. For this part I will directly answer the questions that were asked as well try to cover some viable builds for a couple of the more...

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Space Marines: A Review

I am very excited about this post because it is my first Codex review on the blog. You guys have read a million of these, have your own ideas, and lets be honest have much better things to be doing than spending hours on a 40k blog so I am going to hit on, in my opinion, the major talking points of the book, what I like, and what I dislike about it.  Chapter Tactics The chapter tactics mechanic in this book were very obvious to be...

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Da Boyz Contingency Plans

Hey Guys, Bill here; as you know I am planning on attending Da Boyz GT with my Eldar jetbike army. While I really do not have a major concern about it getting done, but the possibility has given me an excuse to play around with a list that would require little investment, be something very different and of course not be a net list. I noticed the bountiful amount of LD based abilities and psychic powers. I than looked at my beautifully painted Traitor...

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I'm Not Dead!

Hey Guys, Just a quick update; I usually try to do a few posts a week so I'm sure a few of you concluded that my antics have caught up to me and I am dead. Sorry to disappoint but I am still alive! Here is what I have been working on in my spare time that has pulled me away from my computer. - Final assembly on my Eldar army to get painted and ready for Da Boyz (80% of my free time) - Working on back-up lists just incase my Eldar do not get completed. -...

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Sneak Peak: Eldar Jetbike Army

Hey Guys, So for those of you who don't know I am once again working with Alicia at Valkyrie Painting to complete my Eldar Jetbike army. I am doing all assembly and conversion and she is doing all the paint work. Here is what we are looking at so far: Please check out her work and as someone who will only paint to one standard "amazing" I highly suggest her work. http://www.valkyriepainting.com/#!home/mainPage ...

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NOVA 2013: The Armies

Good evening everyone, So I wanted to just reach out about my observations of the most common lists I saw at the NOVA open and what I felt about their validity overall and if I felt the list was a gimmick or a completely legitimate all comers GT winning army. I am also going to try to cover if the army is difficult to win with or easy to play. I am going to grade each aspect of the army based purely on my observations. Please keep in mind that...

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WTF?: NOVA 2013

Hey Guys, Bill here with a quick rundown of how my NOVA 2013 was, some quick ups and downs about the event, and some whining and crying about why my performance this year was so terrible lol. Pros: Venue- The Hyatt Regency in Crystal City treats gamers better than any venue I have ever been too. They are fantastic and while last year; food was an issue when trying to eat between rounds, this year; there were several new food choice locations which...

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How to Melee the 6th Edition Way

Hey Guys, Sorry I am behind here but; as I warned we are all busy bees around here getting ready for the NOVA open this week. I got some great practice this weekend at the Time Machine in Manchester CT by participating in an RTT there, it was great fun. Shameless half naked female attention grabber: Good you found your way here! Anyway here a brief article on how to play a melee army in 6th edition which is almost a taboo and often shunned topic....

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Objective Mission Tactics: Control the Center

My Precious! Objective Hello Gents, Good evening a pleasure to see you and thanks for tuning in. Today I wanted to take some time to talk about some tactics for winning objective missions. With a large majority of missions in tournaments revolving around capturing objectives in 6th edition I wanted to go over some of my thought process and tactics for winning these missions. More specifically how controlling the center of the board helps with this...

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1ksons are Terrible

Hey Guys, Bill here with another “Insert army/unit here” is terrible. Today’s entry is in response to a friend of mine who responded to my thread regarding the blog. He wanted a 1k sons list with the only stipulation being the scoring units are 1k sons. Challenge accepted and I think I am actually going to give this list a shot. I admittedly cheated a little and added a unit of pink horrors so I could take daemon allies by I made up for it by...

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Orks are Terrible

Hey everyone Bill here again with some more content! I have a slight obsession with making lists, so much so that I leave my laptop with Army Builder home so I do not have temptation at work. Now that I pretty much have what I am going to play in the tournament season sorted It has left me alot of free Army Builder time. This means I am working on making good lists for armies that are currently bad. Today I set my sights on ally free Orks. My...

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Being Like Water: Adaptive Playstyle (Part 1?)

Hey everyone, as promised here is my article for playing 40k "like water" aka an article on adaptive playstyle. Let me first get out of the way; to learn to play with an adaptive playstyle you need to to have a list with some utility. If you do not have all the tools than successfully changing how you play the list can be very difficult. Playing a list with nine wave serpents for example; you are going to play the same way each game and if you have...

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Beating the Mighty Wave Serpent

I have been watching the mighty internet scratching their heads since the release of the new Eldar book on how the new wave serpent can be stopped. The meta has shifted again and the panic has set in......."But we have all bought Tau, and now the Tau have trouble with serpents."  Cries of holo fields, armour 12, and moving flat out send the droves to the forums to claim [H] Tau Army [W] Wave Serpents. I mean if you can't beat them,...

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NOVA Practice

Hey guys, Just a heads up for you local folks. Even though the NOVA practice tournament got canceled this weekend a bunch of the guys who signed up will still be a Battlegrounds in Plainville getting some practice in. Come on down, chat, play some warhams, and we will probably go out for some dinner afterwards. Hope to see you there!...

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Lets Get Ready to Rumble!!!!

Hey guys, Bill here with with some more of my gamer "wisdom" I want to cram into your brains. Before I get into it; I just wanted to say thanks for all the positive feedback I have been getting on my blog posts. Hopefully I'll even be able to pull you into some discussion, live on the blog! HINT HINT! Today I wanted to talk about getting prepared for a tournament. I am not talking about remembering to bring your dice and tape measure but how do...

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Timeless Tactics: Slingshot

Hey guys, Bill here with another tactics article. This time I want to talk about a timeless tactic that has stood the test of time and several editions. Many people know about it but not too many people use the tactic known as the slingshot. The slingshot is a tactic that can do two things; the first is using an independent character that is closer to an intended charge target than a unit to pull that unit into combat. The second is...

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ETC Summary Day 2

Here is the standing after day two, with two more games to go Team USA has to win both games to have a shot at making the podium. Today they had a victory vs. Team England (last years champs) and had a tough loss to Team Poland. I have no not seen the points break down for round 4 yet. Current Standings: https://docs.google.com/file/d/0B3od94TpMuvcdE1wRGQ2MGxLTHM/ed...

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ETC Day 1 Summary

Day one of the ETC is in the books and what a day it has been. One thing I have to say is that Serbia's coverage of the event has been absolutely second to none compared to years past. They have had all the information you could ever need moments after they had it themselves. For those of you who may have missed it here is day for the 40k boys.  By the way you can stay frequent with the current standings, happenings, and pictures/video of...

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ETC State of Mind

Feeling motivated today with my new blog swagger look so I may even do a double post today. But for now with the ETC going on this weekend lets discuss how it is different than the standard tournament scene and why even if you you made a super team of all the best players in the world, why they may not win or even do all that great.  First and foremost the ESC (European Singles Championships) were held through the week this week and...

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