My plans for 8th Edition

Tale of Gamers Result

Whoops, forgot to post. The campaign for Tale of Gamers is over and Deathwatch came first, although it involved a bit of luck as the guy who was tied first went on holiday and everything was falling quiet due to 8th Edition. Whilst they were strong in the lower points brackets, I noticed the Deathwatch as a pure army list are very difficult as the points cap rises. Games towards the end involved victory based on luck and I only won the final game due to a Valkyrie that was added because I lacked the money for a Corvus flyer.

Still, I had fun and managed to get 1500pts painted in sixth months which is a record as a lazy painter. But it's time to re-open an old project for the remaining half of the year.

Tale of Gamers Month 4 - Heavy Support!

Month 4 Unit Selection

A New Month

A new month is always exciting in Tale of Gamers. Whilst we are adding 250pts a month (well, slightly off for the first few months due to game formats) there is also a campaign ladder where you score points based on what you do. Paint at least one model to completion and you get one point. Turn up and play, get another point. Win your game (making it important to paint more than just one model) and you have another point up for grabs. You can then bank the points for the campaign or spend them on allies, super-heavies, etc.

To encourage some diversity and make things more unpredictable, each month also has a challenge. Month 1 didn't have one as we were starting out but Month 2 was include a Fast Attack choice and Month 3 was paint 6 objective markers. Complete the challenge and you get a point. This can also mess with your army lists and change your plans.

And so Month 4's challenge rolls round. Include a Heavy Support choice. This sounds ideal for "long range anti-tank fire" but it means the Dreadnought and Razorback with twin Lascannons is on hold. The Deathwatch's only Heavy Support choice is the Land Raider which eats all 250pts of the monthly allocation. I could use the Godhammer pattern with a pair of Lascannons but money is also an issue as my tabletop gaming budget for April was eaten by the car. Plus the Godhammer Land Raider doesn't know what it wants to do, stay back and shoot or get up close with passengers?

So I'm delving into the incomplete project shelf for ideas.

An Introduction Plus An Inquisitor

I figured I'd start a new blog under my old wargaming alias of hellgunneR (yes it's spelled with the capital letter on the end , blame my old teenage self for thinking it looked cool!). I used to use this on the old Portent.net website before it became Warseer and then it slowly fell out of use over time. I figured I'd resurrect it as I am working my way through an Astra Militarum army and the old Hellgun toting Stormtroopers form a central part of it.

I've become steadily more active over the past few years in the wargaming scene, with my main club being Mid-Sussex Wargamers down in East Grinstead. I predominately play Warhammer 40,000 at around 2000 points but I also dabble in Malifaux and Imperial Assault.