The Dark Tower: Thousand Sons vs Raven Guard
"Deep into that darkness peering, long I stood there wondering, fearing,Doubting, dreaming dreams no mortal ever dared to dream before...With brand-new psychic shenanigans in hand, my Thousand Sons...
View ArticleWolf Hunt: Thousand Sons vs Space Wolves
"Once more into the fray. Into the last good fight I'll ever know......Live and die on this day. Live and die on this day."I have finally escaped from behind the paywall! (dug my way under with a...
View ArticleJust Another Hunter Bug
Reinforcement time!For what was originally intended as a sidebar of allies, as well as a tidy-up of unpainted and elderly models from the back shelf, my Mantis Warriors have managed to mass over a...
View ArticlePrimantis Marines
More bugmen? Why not!More impulse buys from Conquest. Thank god it finished its run, I don't think I could cope with Stylus waving any more temptingly cheap deals at me.Mantis Warriors in the fluff are...
View ArticleHead Detachment
Lady mantises are famous for eating the heads of their mates. Exactly the kind of reputation you want for your all-male leaders in 40K, I think.Yes, it's some Primaris command for the Mantis Warriors,...
View ArticleThe Lost and the Damned: Death Guard vs Thousand Sons
We've had this in the calendar for months. We had a table booked at Bristol Independent Gaming. But then Storm Ciara arrived and disrupted our travel plans.Not to be beaten by mere weather, Stylus...
View ArticleMandible to Mandible: Mantis Warriors vs Tyranids
"Was this supposed to be open?"New models, new rules, a new year and a new hope - time for my first 40K of 2020! What better than to pitch the freshly painted Mantis Warriors against the Tyranids, and...
View ArticleTemple Guard
Here we go, the ersatz Raveners from yesterday's report!These splendid creations came as a bonus with the Rampart temple scenery. By George, they are crackers! I am particularly taken with the moulded...
View ArticleVamp My Style
The last of the Rampart Kickstarter bits - Space Vampires!1!Much as I liked the Aztec Snakemen, these are even better. Something of the GW Blood Knight about them, with their ornate gothic armour and...
View ArticleNameless vs Soulless: Chaos Daemons vs Necrons
Release the Neverborn!It's new army time all round - I finally get to take my Chaos Daemons for a spin, and they'll be pitted against local opponent Rapid's shiny new Necrons (only sixty million years...
View ArticleThe Green Zone: Mantis Warriors vs Purge and Nurgle Daemons
Time for a fight! Pootle has a new table to show off, and I'm happy to oblige by attempting to wipe him off it!Unusual battle cries #17: "You don't stand a chance: I've got two different base colours...
View ArticleDry Scarabs
Heavy reinforcements for Magnus' finest!Welcome back to the Scarab Occult Terminators!I've been meaning to expand on my of Sekhmet for a while now - the hateful volleys addition to their rules now...
View ArticleThe Ninth Gate: Movement
Gaze into my crystal ball, unbeliever! A Psychic Awakening is nearly upon us, an era of unknown change approachs, and the writing is on the wall for this great dark age. Behold once more - a grim dark...
View ArticleThe Ninth Gate: Psychic Phase
Welcome back - this is the Ninth Gate, a series of rambling predictions about 40K 9th Ed and the tweaks I'd like to see in it. This time - the Psychic Phase!The Warp, Ancient and ModernOldie that I am,...
View ArticleThe Ninth Gate: Shooting
This is the Ninth Gate, my hapless attempts to predict what 9th Ed 40K might bring us! Remember - I've got an excellent track record for wrong-headedness.This time round, it's the Shooting Phase. Pew...
View ArticleJob's a Dead 'Un
Orks is never beat! 'Kos if dey win, dat's alright. But if dey lose, dey come back as da Livvin' Ded!Zombicide Green Horde is a stand-alone expansion to the main game. Last time out, you fought through...
View ArticleA Prayer's As Good As A Bayonet: Thousand Sons & Tzeentch Daemons vs Mordian...
Look smart now - the Mordians are back!The Thousand Sons and Tzeentch Daemons team up to take on the old metal meat grinder in an absolute slugfest!As you may have guessed from the metric tonne of...
View ArticleThe Prisoner of Azkriman: Thousand Sons vs Space Wolves & Adeptus Mechanicus
Our Hunt for Ahriman narrative campaign continues. And like Rocky and Star Trek before us, we're pulling out all the stops for part IVConscious thought returned. Ahriman opened his eyes. Hard light...
View ArticleBlood On The Snow: Space Wolves vs The Purge
The Vlka Fenrika are back! And this time, they've got a proper Wolf Lord to lead them.My opponent - trying out a Skype game for the first time - would be Monkey. We've battled a couple of times before,...
View ArticleHow To Play Warhammer Over Skype
I've had a few requests about how we play our games of Warhammer over Skype.+++ My noosphere is buffering! +++Since keeping indoors is the current fashion, I hope this is useful to stay-at-home...
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