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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Target Aquired!

Gooooooooood Mooorrrrning Vietnam!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Hello everyone, Bill here with a friendly reminder on what the hell to shoot and how the fuck to shoot it! Target priority is one of the biggest errors that I see in a game. Even if you make all the right moves, if you target the wrong (or too many) targets than the game will be much more difficult than it has to be.  The first thing to remember when choosing your target is; choose the right...

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2013 Army Lists

For those of your whom I practice with you are abundantly clear of what my lists are this year, why I am playing them and even how I play them. For the rest of you here is the three lists I am playing with this tournament season and what tournaments I plan on bringing them to. Feel free to ask questions and if you still don't get it; don't be shy play a game with me! I'm always looking for practice. 1850 Tyranids (NOVA Open, NOVA Invitational) Swarmlord...

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Crunching Numbers: Distances

Hey guys, it's that nagging voice; Bill again. Please let me know if these are annoying or bring absolutely no value to you because I'll stop lol. I am literally writing this in the Facebook post box so if I ramble, make no sense, or could have written this much better it is because I'm spitballing here. Psst, use a fucking tape measure!  I am doing some thinking tonight about the numbers that we commonly "crunch" when we are developing...

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Get Your Priorities Straight!

Hey Guys and Gals Bill here with more random thoughts. I could use some help making these thoughts not so random so if there is anything you are interested in hearing about, hearing my (probably incorrect) opinion on, or just chatting about let me know please. Today I wanted to talk about my priorities while I am playing a game to achieve victory! I wanted to write about this because I feel like too often people wrack their brains with list changes...

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Net Lists and why they aren't ever the IWIN button!

Hey Guys and Gals Bill here with some more random thoughts. This time is my opinion of why in competitive 40k " bad" or "wonky" lists will more often than not beat that latest hotness of a net list. Time and time again a list that wins a GT or even a local RTT baffles the interwebs as to how a person could win with a list like that. Of course an easy part of that answer is the person is a skilled player. A more often overlooked answer is these...

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Welcome!

Hey everyone, due to the positive feedback I have been receiving on the Dark Star Facebook page I have decided to finally make my own blog. Most who read this are going to already know who I am, and my background but to those who don't I'm looking forward to getting to know you, and you getting to know me. I'm going to start by migrating some of my posts over from the Dark Star page but first and foremost I am interested to hear what you guys are interested in hearing from me. You are spending your precious time reading so please let me know what...

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