Monthly Archives: January 2011

Compiled Grey Knight Rumors for January

Here is the latest on the new Grey Knights from Dakka and Warseer - Confirmed for April from Games Workshop LOTS of new independent characters, and tons of new Grey Knight fluff. Talk places this codex at the new extreme of “elite” armies, in the 40k metagame diametrically opposed to horde type play. GK codex WILL NOT have inducted units. Allies are effectively gone! GK and GKT have plastic kits and will be troop choices. GKs are Space Marines they do not have Fearless or Stubborn they have Combat Tactics and They Shall Know No Fear GKs will not have access to most Vanilla Marine Gear especially Heavy Weapons and Special Weapons (No Melta Spamming) All GKs cause Deep Striking units to mishap if placed within 6 inches of any Grey Knight unit. All GKs Nemesis Force Weapons are Force Weapons and no longer Str 6. Grey Knights do...

I finished up my Skaven army this week just in time for The Shiloh Slaughter – the annual local big Warhammer Fantasy Tournament. My list is a tad bit different than the current Skaven power build – no Hell Pit Abomination or Warp Lightning Cannon – but will still pack some punch in the form of two Plague Claw Catapults, 3 Plague Wind Mortars, a Screaming Bell, and a Plague Furnace. My goal for this army was to have a lot of ranged templates that will ignore armour. I have managed to fit in two big templates and three little ones – hopefully that will be enough. The army is going to be pretty aggressive and fast with the foot troops and the Bell and Furnace. I plan on supporting them with a Doomwheel on the flank and some Gutter Runners in the back field. The only characters I...

I was recently discussing 6th edition with Big D and then later that very same evening I saw a post by Fritz over at the fritz40k.com discussing when we might see all the codices and a new edition of 40k. Now he seems to believe that we won’t see 6th edition for quite a long while. You can check out his predictions here. I, however, have some very different predictions: April 2011: Grey KnightsOctober 2011: Necrons February 2012: Witch Hunters (It will be a marine variant inline with the every/other marine codex cash cow)July 2012: Warhammer 40k 6th EditionSeptember 2012: New Edition Release Codex ( Wouldn’t a very popular army – Chaos make a great codex for a new game release, also immediately following the release of witch hunters?)December 2012: Codex Space Marines – If you don’t think GW will redo their bestselling codex at the beginning of a...

Las Vegas Throne of Skulls Info Sent Out

Games Workshop has sent out the info for this years Throne of Skulls GT in Las Vegas. We had a couple members who placed high enough in qualifying events to qualify for this event and I thought I would pass along the info that was sent out - Greetings! As a top finisher in one of the events held under the 2010-2011 Games Workshop Tournament Circuit, you have earned a spot at our Throne of Skulls Tournament, which will be held June 17th – 19th at the Tropicana Hotel in Las Vegas , NV . Travel arrangements to and from the event and lodging will be up to you, but we have reserved a block of rooms in the Tropicana at a discounted rate of $55 for Thursday and Sunday night, and $89 for Friday and Saturday night. Hotel reservation info can be found at the bottom of this email. ...

New 40k FAQs Are Up

There are some new 40k FAQs up. This batch is quite a doozy. Firt off, all the outdated Marine chapters got brought in line with the new wargear – Black Templar and Dark Angels now get 3++ Storm Shields, new smoke launchers, proper cyclone launchers, the updated Power of the Machine Spirit, and pretty much everything else. This is a huge change. GW also released a FAQ for the Dark Eldar. It looks to have a couple of clarifications as well as a few big items - Q: When a unit comprised of some models with Power from Pain and some without has a pain token, does the effect it gives apply to every model in the unit or just to the models with the Power from Pain special rule? (p25) A: It only applies to the models with the Power from Pain special rule Wow. They actually managed...

Recent Hog Calls

Warhammer 40k 25th Anniversary Model Revealed (5)
- ++ THE VANUS TEMPLE ++: The rumours (pretty much confirmed now) are that Lord of the Rings Strategy Battle is coming...
- Ajas: I thought you are that lucky guy, who has got this WD number Thanks for quick answer! If soon you will have...
- big_d: @Ajas – It doesn’t look like the whole magazine has been leaked yet. It should be out this weekend...
Painting Warhammer Fantasy Nurgle Chaos Warriors Step By Step (4)
- Sampson: They look shocking, poor quality paint job wast of time posting this
- DB: That’s just crap and a waste of time writing an article about them.
Warhammer 40k 6th Edition Rumors – Here They Come (3)
- Joe: According to the Gameswork shop manager of the chester store this rumour is false there will be no 6th ed of 40k...
New Warhammer 40k FAQs Are Up (1)
- kadeton: Yeah, that Necron FAQ was surprisingly comprehensive. I was impressed.

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