tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33276540083490142162012-04-01T20:22:15.377-05:00The last refuge for 40k and all things AWESOME!!Skrivusnoreply@blogger.comBlogger16125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3327654008349014216.post-15240080908260917702011-11-17T22:46:00.002-06:002011-11-17T22:48:57.060-06:00

I've been thinking for a while and had just always accepted the 40k 5th edition way of rolling off for first turn and deployment. That is the following: Both players roll off.   The winner then decides whether to go first or second. Player who goes first chooses which deployment zone they want. Player going first deploys their forces. Player going second deploys their forces. Players deploy

Skrivusnoreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3327654008349014216.post-63691249973064259872011-11-14T21:19:00.002-06:002011-11-14T21:21:40.201-06:00

I know it's been many months since I've last updated.  A lot has happened since my last post and I've simply just haven't had the time to blog, between school, work, hobbying, and other stuff. I went to the NOVA Open in August.  I had the pleasure of joining forces with Neil and Steve from the 11th company to play as "Team Podcast" or "Team Win at all costs" in the Trios tournament.  We did

Skrivusnoreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3327654008349014216.post-69320007033421093972011-06-13T19:41:00.000-05:002011-06-13T19:41:09.793-05:00

I haven't been making many posts on the blog as I just haven't had time lately due to real life, between Grad school, full time work, friends and family.  A recent crop of unexpected expenses has come up in real life that will cause this project to be suspended indefinitely. Recently I got into a car accident (nobody got hurt, I'm fine) and between the insurance deductible and traffic ticket I

Skrivusnoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3327654008349014216.post-36969070239143715802011-05-24T20:41:00.000-05:002011-05-24T20:41:07.309-05:00

I know it's been a few weeks since I last posted on my progress regarding the Apollo drop pod army, but there hasn't been too much.  I did finally get the first Revell Lunar Lander full assembled, I still have yet to paint it.  Also I have figured out the heads and backpacks that I will use on the marines.  I've worked out that I can use the heads and backpacks from the astronauts included in the

Skrivusnoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3327654008349014216.post-64172549403617014302011-05-04T23:31:00.002-05:002011-05-04T23:33:13.327-05:00

 It's been about two weeks since I announced my project and so far I'm making some slow progress on several fronts.  I ordered and currently have in my possession two kits from Revel models of the Lunar Lander.  One I'm going to try and put together to both see how it looks and the size of it on the board., but so far haven't actually sat down to build it.  The other I'm going to keep in parts as

Skrivusnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3327654008349014216.post-64346650888083469062011-04-22T00:54:00.001-05:002011-04-22T00:58:15.651-05:00

I know it's been a good 5 months since I've posted last on this blog but life has been a bit hectic for me and I haven't found the time or the focus to post at all.  The few posts I came up with were used for the Eternal Warriors front page and I refuse to simply cut&paste blog posts from one to the other.  A couple weeks ago I went to Adepticon and had an amazing time.  Not only was it fun

Skrivusnoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3327654008349014216.post-67372994831439857102010-11-23T22:07:00.000-06:002010-11-23T22:07:59.193-06:00

Hey Guys, Sorry I have been away from the blog for more than two weeks. I hit a period where I was running out of ideas that I wasn't using for The Eternal Warriors main page, where I contribute once a week on Tuesdays.  I didn't want to just cut/paste entries from there to here or vice versa.  I do have quite a few more ideas ready to go so I'll be posting much more regularly over the next

Skrivusnoreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3327654008349014216.post-71024516114538611852010-11-06T17:25:00.001-05:002010-11-06T17:36:58.016-05:00

After a decade of stagnation, the fresh new Dark Eldar codex was officially released today.  While other people have been already trying to dissect this book, I'll give my early impressions of reading through the entire thing after purchasing it today. First, I really do like the cover art.  It gives the early impression of the shadowy nature of the army, and gives the impression that they're

Skrivusnoreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3327654008349014216.post-42786286287595081882010-11-05T14:17:00.000-05:002010-11-05T14:17:18.626-05:00

Yesterday night, we recorded the first episode of The Eternal Warriors and it was really fun to do after the last several weeks of the end of DLT and sudden change to the new show.  I think the new show is going to be very good, going off of the experience plus lessons learned from the last show.  The show should be out around Sunday, Nov 7th.  It will also be available on Itunes.  Check out

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Throughout a variety of forums and blogs, there are a numerous amount of battle reports that people post.  They range from being really good to really bad.  There are many numerous formats people use.  Most often a written report is used, though video reporting is also very popular.  While my experience writing battle reports has been primarily with written reports, many of the points can be

Skrivusnoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3327654008349014216.post-75544819057619396902010-10-28T00:39:00.001-05:002010-10-28T14:19:01.617-05:00

While I was at Rock-Con at the tournament, I had a situation come up with 3 of my 5 opponents during the tournament games.  The situation involved an enemy unit either failing a pinning test and being forced to "Go to Ground"or voluntarily choosing to "Go to Ground."  In each case, they were under the impression that once they had been pinned ("Gone to ground" as the rulebook defines it), they

Skrivusnoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3327654008349014216.post-65308076075760774102010-10-25T21:00:00.001-05:002010-10-25T21:03:07.659-05:00

 I am back from Rock-Con and I have to say it was an absolutely fun time.  I met many interesting and cool 40k players (several of who listened to DLT) from around the region (Chicago, Rockford IL, Milwaukee, Madison WI, and Minnesota).  I did some open gaming friday with another IG player and spent time with a couple of players exchanging ideas and tactics. I played in the tournament saturday

Skrivusnoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3327654008349014216.post-77574152634610501192010-10-24T21:04:00.002-05:002010-10-24T21:06:42.980-05:00

He was hit especially hard by the news. A sudden issue has crept up and forced us to no longer produce DLT. This was completely unplanned, unexpected and unavoidable. There is no in-fighting between current cast members and we are all still very good friends. We realized it was time to start a new podcast that incorporates the lessons learned by the hosts while working on DLT.In early

Skrivusnoreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3327654008349014216.post-89993070987241723122010-10-21T23:05:00.001-05:002010-10-21T23:34:35.230-05:00

First item on today's office agenda, ROCK N ROLL!!! It has been a hectic week of getting this blog going whilst preparing for the trip to Rock-Con tomorrow.  Despite Adepticon being local for me, there are very few other events going on in the region during the year, so this should be a fun event to go to.  It is a 30 person, 5 round tournament, 1850 points which will take place over two days (3

Skrivusnoreply@blogger.com7tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3327654008349014216.post-25380781024533991362010-10-20T23:29:00.001-05:002010-10-20T23:30:36.088-05:00

    I was listening to The Overlords podcast out of the UK and they touched briefly on an interesting unit with great potential relative to its cost: The often ignored Ratling Snipers out of the Imperial Guard codex.   People say they aren't the strongest unit in the book, but they don't have to be.  This unit is the runt of the codex, just like this guy.  The smaller Ratling, trying to vie for

Skrivusnoreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3327654008349014216.post-14866619401018771722010-10-19T22:43:00.004-05:002010-10-19T22:51:49.388-05:00

This being the inaugural post for this blog, I'll briefly go over my background and what you can expect to see from the blog. I have been into warhammer 40k for almost 5 years now, playing and hobbying on a very regular basis.  I currently collect and play three 40k armies (Imperial Guard, Space Marines, and Dark Eldar).  I also am a co-host of the podcast "Dice Like Thunder" and am a regular

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