Hi All,Because I want to be lazy and paint today I decided to slot in an interview I did with one of the organizers for the event Chris Stover. 1. Tell me a bit about you and the other organizers, what armies do you play? How long have you been playing and what are some…
Author: Lord Paddington
Narrative Review – Chaos Space Marines – Part 2
Hi All,We are continuing our trek through the Chaos Space Marine codex’s crusade rules! Today we will be covering the Agendas, Relics, Army Traits, and requisitions! Agendas and Relics: The CSM get four core agendas: The Eye of The Gods provides a way for you to get lots of glory for your champion. Initially, every…
Is 40k in Need of a 10th ed Hard Reset?
A while back there was a rumor that GW was going to do another hard reset for tenth edition. This would involve major changes to the game alongside resetting the factions to indexes again. While I don’t believe this will actually happen next year (when the safe money predicts it will be released), it has…
Road to the NOVA Open Narrative – Part 2: Existential Crisis(es)
Happy Friday All! This is the next installment of my series about trying to crush everyone else create a fun narrative at the NOVA Open narrative event. Friends….I wish I could say that this week was a good week but it was very trying. Now that my Chaos Space Marine codex has arrived I discovered…
Narrative Review – Chaos Space Marines – Part 1
Hi All,So my Chaos Space Marine (CSM) codex finally arrived, meaning: I’ts time for a review. Apologies for the delay on this one. The CSM codex is a monster with, possibly, the largest set of crusade rules of any codex. As such I will divide up the review to do it justice. Army Specific Rules:…
40K Stoat’s Center – New Player Rankings!
After seeing some of the controversy about a proposed new system of ranking players (build in imitation of the scientific, golden standard of the NCAA ranking formula) we here at Stoat’s Center realized there was another wave of content to catch with our boogie-board of mediocre articles! As all players know your ranking in the…
Road to the NOVA Open Narrative – Part 1
Hi all I have the pleasure of attending the upcoming 2022 nova open this summer and thought I would take you along with me as I prepare. While I don’t fancy the competitive scene much these days, largely due to the lack of time given the upcoming arrival of baby paddington, I elected to attend…
Age of Sigmar Narrative Review – Sylvaneth
Happy Wednesday all! Today we will take a look at the new tree-hugger rules (note: not individuals that hug trees, but trees that hug back). Army Special Rules:One of the first stipulations of the Sylvaneth is that you get to pick your “Season of War” before every battle, rather than writing on the the roster….
Narrative Update – Space Marine Options
While this was one of the earliest codexes released it also languished due to it’s lackluster crusade rules (no not you Necrons, you got a bunch of new core, and are good competitively…for now) the Space Marines were in desperate need of an update. GW seems to have realized this and has released a series…
Narrative Review – Adeptus Mechanicus
After a long journey I am almost caught up on my narrative reviews for the Crusade system! Today we dust off the STC that is the Ad Mech Crusade rules. Army Specific Rules: During crusade campaigns these adventurous little toaster-humpers are after rare technology. As you gather archeotech, you roll off to see if the…









