Signals from the Frontline: Warhammer 40K and General Gaming News, Rumors, Rules and Bad Jokes!
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Show Notes
7-6-13
News
- 2nd half of the Eldar orders have pretty much all shipped! Big thanks to GW and our rep for getting that to us.
- We will be closed from July 5th through the 7th. We will be at Anime Expo the entire time running the tournament, demo games of 40K for anyone interested, selling product, and gawking at hot cosplay girls!
- Las Vegas Open news! Beerhammer! Dinner! Frankie in a Banana Hammock! Haha, maybe not, but here’s a link to The Dice Abide blog where Adam outlines what I think is going to be a crazy fun event!
- Big shout out and thanks to Privateer Press for sending us an awesome support package for the upcoming Duel Con event we are running in Arizona in September.
- We’ve had folks writing in and calling about our pre-release special for Apoc and we decided to hold back on this one and wait until we know we can get all the stock we need. So, we still offer our normal, very good 20% off pricing, but we probably won’t have the sale until we know we can source all of the stock we need.
- So a good friend has drug me into the hobby kicking and screaming with his brother’s no longer used GK army. I’ve read the codex cover-to-cover, but I’ve only played one game, and that was a duo game playing as Tyranids, and I didn’t really know what the heck was going on. The army list I’ve got is Draigo, 10x Paladins, 15 x GK troops, and one venerable dreadnought.
Ultimately, I’m just asking for general tips/pointers/suggestions on how to run this list tactically sound. You guys have a GREAT podcast, and thought I’d pick your brains on this topic. Thanks in advance!
Best,
Josh B
- The Seattle Battle Bunker is closing on July 28th and will be turned into a Hobby Center.
- Frankie and I were invited to join in on the coolest narrative campaign I’ve ever seen! Check out the link. Last year this was an amazing event!
Rumors
- Beating a dead horse. Lordalchemy on our blog noted that we’ve been trashing the CSM book too much lately, and fair enough. It isn’t because we hate the book it’s because we felt so let down at how awesome it could have been.
Rant Session
Rules Lawyer
- Thanks to Gary Parcival for pointing out a rules error we made: I accidentally said Fateweaver gives you a reroll per phase but it is per turn. Also, do you all read that as player turn or game turn? In the Independent Tournament FAQ we ruled it as only the Daemon player’s turn and couldn’t be used to make the game end or continue.
- Thanks to Mike Zogz for pointing out that charging through difficult terrain into an existing combat doesn’t trigger an initiative penalty as I had thought. This is why Banshees make a terrific counter assault unit.
- Tzeentch Lord on a Disc, does he get the +1 toughness bonus you would normally get for a Jet Bike?
- This one comes to us from Ben R. The good old Black Mace and does it trigger a toughness test per wound or 1 total?
List Review
- Black Speed + Orks (copy) (Chaos_Space_Marines) – 1,748 points Made with Quartermaster
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- HQ
- Chaos Lord : Mark of Nurgle; lightning claw; Burning Brand of Skalathrax; Chaos bike; power armour (frag grenades; krak grenades). Infantry (Character); Champion of Chaos; Fearless; Independent Character.
- Troops
- 5 Plague Marines: power armour; boltguns; bolt pistols; plague knives; 2× plasma gun; blight grenades; krak grenades. Infantry; Fearless; Feel No Pain; Mark of Nurgle.
- Plague Champion Infantry (Character); Champion of Chaos.
- • Chaos Rhino: combi-bolter; searchlight; smoke launchers. Vehicle (Tank, Transport); Repair.
- 5 Plague Marines : power armour; boltguns; bolt pistols; plague knives; 2× plasma gun; blight grenades; krak grenades. Infantry; Fearless; Feel No Pain; Mark of Nurgle.
- Plague Champion: Infantry (Character); Champion of Chaos.
- • Chaos Rhino: combi-bolter; searchlight; smoke launchers. Vehicle (Tank, Transport); Repair.
- 16 Chaos Cultists: improvised armour; 16× autogun; 16× close combat weapons. Infantry.
- Cultist Champion: Infantry (Character); Champion of Chaos.
- Fast Attack
- Heldrake : baleflamer; Daemonic possession. Vehicle (Flyer, Hover); Daemon; Daemonforge; It Will Not Die; Meteoric Descent.
- 4 Chaos Spawn : Mark of Nurgle. Beast; Fear; Fearless; Mutated Beyond Reason; Rage; Random Attacks; Very Bulky.
- Heavy Support
- Maulerfiend : 2× power fist; two sets of lasher tendrils; Daemonic possession. Vehicle (Walker); Daemon; Daemonforge; Fleet; It Will Not Die; Move Through Cover; Siege Crawler.
- Maulerfiend : 2× power fist; two sets of lasher tendrils; Daemonic possession. Vehicle (Walker); Daemon; Daemonforge; Fleet; It Will Not Die; Move Through Cover; Siege Crawler.
- Maulerfiend : 2× power fist; two magma cutters; Daemonic possession. Vehicle (Walker); Daemon; Daemonforge; Fleet; It Will Not Die; Move Through Cover; Siege Crawler.
- Detachment: Muties (Orks)
- HQ
- Warboss : power klaw; shoota; warbike; attack squig; stikkbombz. Independent Character; Furious Charge; Mob Rule; Waaagh!.
- Troops
- 12 Ork Boyz : shootas. Furious Charge; Mob Rule; Waaagh!.
- Nob: slugga; power klaw; bosspole.
- • Trukk: big shoota. Vehicle (fast, open-topped); Transport Capacity: 12 models, models in mega armour count as 2 models; Ramshackle.
- 12 Ork Boyz : shootas. Furious Charge; Mob Rule; Waaagh!.
- Nob slugga; power klaw; bosspole.
- • Trukk: big shoota. Vehicle (fast, open-topped); Transport Capacity: 12 models, models in mega armour count as 2 models; Ramshackle.
Apoc Army Pictures!
