Hi All, As a long time guard player I am quite excited about the new codex release in the works. While all my models are third party, I still like the new miniatures and am excited to see how much more dynamic the army will look. The only thing I am more pumped for is…
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Lord Paddington Recommends – Board games to play with your partner
Hi All,I wanted to take a break from some of my regular content to chat about a different topic that comes up frequently in my house. What are some good board games that work well for two people or a small group? Mt wife enjoys board games a lot (so much so I have tried…
40k Stoat’s Center – Where Have all the Cheaters Gone?
Hi all,One of the most profound differences in the tournament community discourse in 2021 vs 2022 has been issues of cheating. 2021 was a rather bleak year marred with a number of high-profile scandals. I won’t dredge them up again but it seemed every event had some issue. As Fig. 1 shows this precipitous decline…
Narrative (Mini)Review – Flesh-Eater Courts
Hi all,Today we are looking at the short, White Dwarf Path to Glory rules for the Flesh-eater Courts (FeC). These were released in the June edition. While these rules are more stripped down compared to the battletome releases they pack quite a punch. Army Ability and Quest:The FeC get a unique ability to recruit units…
New GW Strikes Again
Well GW’s response to the Votann crisis just dropped and ….it’s good? One of the things I found so striking about this new release was that it was: funny, clever thoughtful and addressed the issue. While newer players probably expect this it hasn’t always been this way. In part of their video there was a…
Narrative Review – Chaos Daemons
Hi all,The 40k crusade rules keep rolling out and so we continue to review them! Today’s topic is the new rules for the Chaos Daemons army. Army Specific Rules:True to their chaotic nature, the special rules for the daemons are all about one-upping other gods. Through your campaign you will keep a tracker for the…
Reflections on the new Cursed City expansion
While the majority of the 40k world is continuing to burn itself down over the Votann and there may be some Age of Sigmar players getting excited for the Tzeentch release I noticed that the new expansion for the Cursed City game was announced. For those of you who don’t remember, one of the big…
Narrative Review – Fyreslayers
Today we are getting back in the swing of reviewing the Path to Glory rules for each Age of Sigmar faction. The Fyreslayers are one of the smaller factions in AoS (in terms of model count anyway). Let’s see how in depth their Path to Glory rules get! Army Special Rules: The special rules for…
Crusade Review – New Necron Rules! Part 2
Today we are looking at the second half of the dynasty rules available to Necron players. We will also start diving into the new Battle Trait options that have been added in the White Dwarf. Dynasties (cont.) NovokhThe Novokh agenda is a great option for melee armies. If a unit kills at least two enemy…
Should Tournaments Ban the Votann? An argument for and against.
As is inevitably the case, the minute the 40k meta settles into something approaching balance GW pulls it’s patented “Blow up the tournament scene with a busted army” routine. While the idea of banning whatever army GW decides to boost this month have always been hotly discussed, we’ve seen the first concrete steps taken with…