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Finding My Voice

Posted on August 31, 2010 09:06 am by Thor

I began this blog over a year ago as a platform for commission painting. This past February I decided to start posting about 40K and try and bring this blog into the mighty 40K blogosphere. Surprisingly I’ve managed to hammer through six months of posting my musings and ramblings, making it beyond the typical mark many bloggers do before burnout sets in and ideas run out. However, now I’m finding myself at a crossroad.  Read more... (486 words, 1 image, estimated 1:57 mins reading time)

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Weekend Wrap-up: Paint and Play

Posted on August 29, 2010 08:41 am by Thor

I had some stuff I wanted to post up over the week but for one reason or another it never happened. So, introducing the Weekend Wrapup, where I post random stuff from the week that I forgot about, wasn’t really worth posting on its own, or I just feel like tossing in.  Read more... (443 words, 1 image, estimated 1:46 mins reading time)

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My Change of View on Army Composition

Posted on August 27, 2010 08:44 am by Thor

Those who read regularly know that attending tournaments is still pretty new for me and I’ve only attended ones held at the LGS. The first one I attended was overwhelming. I show up last minute with an army I threw together in 10 minutes and get handed a scoring sheet. I then spent the day figuring out what the hell I was doing. Ok, so there’s a massacre, major and minor win and the possibility of a draw, all worth varying points. Oh, there’s these bonus points…how does this all work? Sportsmanship and painting, easy enough to figure out. Army composition score…what’s this?  Read more... (457 words, 1 image, estimated 1:50 mins reading time)

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Big Mek Seeking Grot Oilers

Posted on August 24, 2010 10:56 am by Thor

As some of you are aware, I’m a programmer by trade. What do programmers do for fun, well other than 40K? We program! Long story short, I created a program much like Army Builder but web based. In the end I gave up on it despite decent progress. It was just going to be too much work to maintain. I figured instead of creating something that functions like Army Builder where it knows all the units, costs, wargear, etc, why not just create something that can store my army rosters for me?  Read more... (620 words, 1 image, estimated 2:29 mins reading time)

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Ultramarines Movie – First Trailer

Posted on August 23, 2010 01:47 pm by Thor

Just got this in my inbox, the first trailer for the movie Ultramarines.  Read more... (36 words, 1 image, estimated 9 secs reading time)

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August Tournament Results

Posted on August 23, 2010 08:49 am by Thor

Crossroad Games, the LGS I play at, was having a store anniversary this weekend with lots of stuff going on and one event was a 1,750 tournament for 40K. There was no entry fee and my plans allowed for me to attend so I headed down there yesterday.  Read more... (599 words, 1 image, estimated 2:24 mins reading time)

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Last minute change of plans means I’m able to attend the LGS anniversary 40K tournament. Heading down to the shop shortly to attend some festivities and get in some practice for tomorrow. I’m going to try and get a tournament wrap up posted on Monday.

Posted on August 21, 2010 08:23 am by Thor | no comments

Gauntlet #3: There Can Be Only One

Posted on August 20, 2010 08:14 am by Thor

Something I see a lot at the LGS is doubling up on HQs, or more in the case of Space Wolves. I rarely double up, usually only at 2K and above and only if I plan to field Nobz as troops. With my Marines I don’t think I’ve ever doubled up on HQs, though maybe I have, hard to recall. So for this week:  Read more... (285 words, 1 image, estimated 1:08 mins reading time)

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Imperium vs Xenos Campaign Concludes

Posted on August 19, 2010 09:00 am by Thor

In hindsight I should have been posting about this as we were doing it, ah well. At the LGS over the past five weeks we’ve been doing a campaign that was the Imperium vs Xenos. Each week we’d have a scenario created by Dave, employee at the shop, and battle it out to gain points for our side. Our missions ranged from 2,250 games to Kill Team. The entire campaign was a blast and last night we wrapped up in brutal fashion.  Read more... (659 words, 1 image, estimated 2:38 mins reading time)

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Ultramarines Movie – The Art of War

Posted on August 18, 2010 08:38 am by Thor

Over at the Ultramarines Movie blog they posted a new video. I think this is the first proper behind the scenes video they’ve put up yet.  Read more... (75 words, 1 image, estimated 18 secs reading time)

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Dawn of War II: Retribution

Posted on August 17, 2010 02:41 pm by Thor

Just saw this over at the DoW II Community site:

Dawn of War II: Retribution is being show for the first time to the press this week at Gamescom.  Here is the official announcement:  Read more... (495 words, 2 images, estimated 1:59 mins reading time)

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Your Expectations of a 40K Game

Posted on August 16, 2010 08:30 am by Thor

This is a bit of a spin off from a topic on a forum I frequent in which someone was asking about reputation ruining. He was asking what is it that ruins the reputation of a player in your eyes, IE: cheesy lists, power gaming, etc. This got me thinking about the other side of that question, your expectations of a game. If someone bringing a tournament list to a friendly game ruins your experience and perception of that player then it’s because it went against your gaming expectations.  Read more... (334 words, 1 image, estimated 1:20 mins reading time)

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Mission Idea #3: Target Priority

Posted on August 13, 2010 09:18 am by Thor

Here’s the final mission idea. I wanted to create three since our tournaments run three games. If you’re not sure what I’m posting about, see Mission Idea #1: The Long Haul.  Read more... (213 words, 2 images, estimated 51 secs reading time)

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Kill Team – My First Look

Posted on August 12, 2010 08:54 am by Thor

I never got the chance to play Kill Team in 4th, though I was familiar with the rules. So, when Battle Missions came out and I saw Kill Team was in there I was extremely excited to finally get to try it out. Last night I finally got that chance, four of them in fact, as we continue our Imperials vs Xenos campaign at the LGS.  Read more... (539 words, 1 image, estimated 2:09 mins reading time)

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Dawn of War II – The Last Stand and the Morons Who Play It

Posted on August 11, 2010 09:09 am by Thor

First, as much as I enjoy the DoW series (Dawn of War), I don’t normally do ranked matches or public games. I did for a while but the fact is that I’m not great at RTS (real time strategy), games. The genre for me has always been more about fun than it has anything serious. I have fun playing as Space Marines or Orks and just smashing stuff but I also get annoyed being manhandled by 13 year old kids who spend all their free time playing.  Read more... (650 words, 1 image, estimated 2:36 mins reading time)

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August Tournament at Crossroad Games

Posted on August 10, 2010 09:02 am by Thor

The LGS is having an anniversary event this month and as such the usual tournament routine is axed. Instead, we’ll be doing a two day event. Here’s the info as posted on the Crossroad Games site:  Read more... (432 words, 1 image, estimated 1:44 mins reading time)

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