Today is a special day wherein we celebrate our countries independence. We are always grateful for the sacrifices of so many.
Such a day requires special handling of ones 40k armies – especially with small grade explosives so easily attainable. Big D and I have been discussing this at length and we have developed the following rules for your battles today. Please enjoy the following read, and please let us know if you are foolish enough to blow up any of your models.
For today, and today alone, any model that would fire ordnance must instead place a lit M-60 on the table at the point the scatter die would indicate. This will replace any template needed.
Models that would fire blast templates will replace those templates with a simple black cat (or comparable firecracker).
Lascannons and hunter killer missles will be replaced by bottle rockets fired at the enemy, placed in contact with the firing model, lit and shot at either the opponent or his models.
Of course if a vehicle pops smoke, it must do so with you lighting one of those silly little smoke bombs on top of your tanks.
We would consider this a living rulebook of sorts. If you have great ideas, please dont hesitate to add them!
Happy 4th of July!
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"Today is a special day wherein we celebrate our countries independence."
Hmm, who's we? Not the people who designed 40K.
John Lambshead, London
I think he meant to write "our country's independence". Because where I come from we have *always* been independent from the country where the people who designed 40k hails from.
Last time we became independent it was from the Danish.
That said, 4th of July *is* nice. So no dissin' our american brethren. They just need to be educated a bit now and then
Yes, Yes, lol, silly me. I was busy fixating on my desire to blow things up with explosives and not thinking about the full connotations of what I was typing. This was simply a typo and should have indeed read "country's independence".
I am well aware that in 1776 we chose to break free from the oppressive yoke of those across the pond, and of course that not everyone was pleased with the situation. However I am now quite glad that there was no lasting schism and that we can now instantly communicate about important matters concerning toy soldiers – completely setting aside the differences that divided our countries with blood shed 200 years ago!
I must also state that it makes me a bit sad that no everyone was able to participate in blowing things up today. Perhaps we should work on a international fireworks for fun day.
We can call it "Blowing s**t up day"
But then again that is very close to New Years after all. Maybe a "Blow s**t up in the middle of the day – day"? 
Then again there is no way I am blowing up my minis, I am a *way* too slow painter for that!