Loaded Dice. Are you kidding me?

I don't get to play 40k as often as I would like to. I have a job that has a bit of responsibility and pressure, a lengthy commute, and two little girls. It's a total privilege to get to throw some dice down and push around my favorite painted army men and aliens. I do get to go to Adepticon, which is lovely. When I play, I definitely try my best, but I am the furthest thing from a WAAC player. When I do play a very competitive opponent, I don't mind as long as I know going into the game. I don't find them distasteful or boring...it's just another way to play the game.

But cheating? [read more]

Fascinating Army

Check this out (click to embiggen):

What you are seeing is Michael Strange's "Tech-nids", which won BoLScon on Sunday. I imagine that the premise involves the Tau being assimilated for their tech. At any rate, he beat a ton of other experienced players with an army that, by others' opinions, was not ideal.

I guess my biggest obstacle to truly "getting" this game is that, deceivingly, there are usually less than 10 turns in a typical game, but a game can eat up and afternoon/evening, even with these relatively small armies (I think they were 1200 points, but don't quote me on that.). I keep thinking I have a long way to go, but I with the Tyranid Battleforce I have waiting to be painted, I think I'm good to go right away. Still, I think I need to get more up to speed before jumping into a game.