Author Archives: Luke

Crowdfunding wargames: How good is it?

Crowdfunding wargames: How good is it? With the rise of Kickstarter, Indigogo and the like, the gaming market has seen a massive spike in releases from both established and new companies. But is this a good thing, or will it … Continue reading

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Tau Predictions

Predictions for the new Tau codex  Let’s see if I’m right… GENERALLY Allies– I reckon that the Allies table in the rule book will be modified by the new Tau codex, essentially stepping most races one slot to the right … Continue reading

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All Your Base Are Belong To Us

Ordered a number of bases for the Tau army, from http://www.wargamestournaments.com . After an interminable amount of time (though completely reasonable, it was just my impatience with the postal system) they arrived today.  All up I got 90 of the … Continue reading

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Broad Appeal

Here’s one of the Forgeworld Broadside Suits. No extended description as it follows the Crisis post from a few days ago. The worst problem I found was some minor warping in the Railguns (which can be seen in the photos). Regardless … Continue reading

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Battle of Frustration City

1750 point 40k battle betwen Eldar and Tau. G$’s army: Didn’t keep a record of it, but from memory it went something like this. Farseer on Jetbike with 2 Warlock ablative wounds Steve (Avatar of Khaine) Vyper Wave Serpent Falcon … Continue reading

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Crisis!

So I got few Forge World Crisis Suits for my Tau army to replace the naff looking Games Workshop ones. There also a couple of FW Broadsides in the order too, but I haven’t started putting them together. I started … Continue reading

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Dystopian Weeeeeee!

Got a new package of DW stuff yesterday. As much as previous games have been frustrating to say the least, I’m feeling more positive since asking for help on the Spartan Games website. The community there is great (one of the … Continue reading

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Dystopian Woes

Dystopian Woes So I played Unhinged at Dystopian Wars last night (770 points each). I was packing a barely warm Empire of the Blazing Sun force and he had a smoking hot Covenant of Antarctica collection of models. Empire: Battleship … Continue reading

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Dystopian Rules

Fixed Channel is an awful mechanic. Put that firing arc on every ship in the Blazing Sun navy and you’ve got an excruciating exercise in micro-movement to line up shots. Really Spartan?

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Wargaming and playing the odds

Playing the odds indeed… Wargames tend to be about throwing the maximum dice. Eventually you will roll enough of the value you need to get a success. Let’s look at the dominant wargame on the market (whether you like it … Continue reading

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