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Anarcho-Commissar posted:Why does GW not have printable PDFs of the new Kill Team dataslates/datacards when they're labeled as perfectly fine to photocopy? https://datacard.app/ This is what you want (along with battlescribe)
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It is, except that BS doesn't have the new teams yet. E: Well it's updated now, but the appspot bug won't let me download it yet. 3 Action Economist fucked around with this message at 16:22 on Nov 13, 2021 |
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Anarcho-Commissar posted:Why does GW not have printable PDFs of the new Kill Team dataslates/datacards when they're labeled as perfectly fine to photocopy? Because if they just gave you PDFs you wouldn't have to buy the book. And speaking of kill team, if anyone in the US is interested in the Chalnath buildings ($60) or Tau ($45), new on sprue, bases, decals, and shipping included, give me a shout at portablezombie (at) gmail.
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Nov 14, 2021 15:52
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Ok I know I've been posting lists a lot, had my tournament today, so here is the last of that for a bit. I took the following list in the end: REGIMENTAL HQ [475] Supreme Commander, 12 Infantry, 7 Chimera INFANTRY COMPANY [250] Commander, 12 Infantry TANK COMPANY [700] 9 Leman Russ, Vanquisher, Hydra STORM TROOPER PLATOON [300] 8 Storm Troopers, Chimera Transport ROUGH RIDER PLATOON [150] 6 Rough Riders BASILISK BATTERY [225] 3 Basilisks SENTINEL SQUADRON [100] 4 Sentinels REAVER CLASS TITAN [650] THUNDERBOLT FIGHTERS [150] 2 Thunderbolts Managed to win all three of my games. I even killed a Phantom titan. The storm troopers did very well, though I did get caught once on the wrong side of a river and really wished I had valks. People seemed to really have trouble with my three big units, the titan was only hurt in one game, neither the tanks nor the HQ were eliminated. All my games got called at the end of turn three. Had any gone to four I feel I could have got more points overall, as I was usually still mostly fresh while my opponents were in much worse shape. This did prevent me from podiuming, a peculiarity of the format. I had a ton of fun, which was my goal, so I consider it a big success. Virtual Russian fucked around with this message at 09:51 on Nov 15, 2021 |
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Nov 15, 2021 09:48
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Virtual Russian posted:Managed to win all three of my games. I even killed a Phantom titan. The storm troopers did very well, though I did get caught once on the wrong side of a river and really wished I had valks. People seemed to really have trouble with my three big units, the titan was only hurt in one game, neither the tanks nor the HQ were eliminated. IG have one of the toughest lists in the game, IMO. An infantry company with Chimera can lay down an immense amount of firepower and can soak up a lot of blast markers. If you can get them in FF, you're likely to win against just about anyone. A Russ company is one of the best units in the game - lots of fire, good range, and the amazing 4+ reinforced armor save makes them a really, really good unit. Toss in an Earthshaker company and you've got a hell of an army.
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Nov 15, 2021 14:51
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https://www.warhammer-community.com...crappy-knights/ Following on from the largest AT release comes the smallest. Tiny, tiny knights! 
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xtothez posted:https://www.warhammer-community.com...crappy-knights/ Those are adorable and I want as many as I ca- quote:Despite their diminutive stature, these resin Forge World Knights are packed with crisp detail, just like their larger siblings. Craaaaaaaaaaaap on a cracker.
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Nov 15, 2021 17:14
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There should be a browser extension that filters "forge world" to "fiddly, without QC, overpriced, unavailable in the US, and out of stock." Or just to "aliexpress."
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Nov 15, 2021 17:24
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got crushed my third and fourth game of necromunda. Had the same terrible deployment on a zone mortalis board where my only option was placing most of my crew out in the open. I had awful rolls all weekend, failing every single armor roll, hitting maybe 4 out of 16 attacks, and failing my crucial charge by half an inch. I ended up getting a lot of money out of it tho, so my crew is still stronger than ever. Guess we'll see how things go next week!
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Nov 15, 2021 19:39
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There are a few of us in the Goon CYOA discord who are doing a small necromunda campaign via tabletop simulator. So far we have found that a few missions are really broken with regards to rewards - convoy escort got one player nearly 300 credits in their first game when the opponent conceded after taking hideous losses without inflicting any. I'm working out how to adjust some of the missions so they aren't total wastes for the loser and winners can't get insane benefits from an opponent surrendering. Too much stuff where the loser gets nothing, and even more stuff where the winner barely gets anything.
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Nov 15, 2021 19:51
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chin up everything sucks posted:There are a few of us in the Goon CYOA discord who are doing a small necromunda campaign via tabletop simulator. So far we have found that a few missions are really broken with regards to rewards - convoy escort got one player nearly 300 credits in their first game when the opponent conceded after taking hideous losses without inflicting any. I'm working out how to adjust some of the missions so they aren't total wastes for the loser and winners can't get insane benefits from an opponent surrendering. Too much stuff where the loser gets nothing, and even more stuff where the winner barely gets anything. Yeah, Necromunda is a terribly chaotic game. I enjoy the chaos in the actual game itself, I think that's fine, but there's a lot of stuff surrounding the game (pre-battle and post-battle) that can really have some massive consequences for your crew. It feels like a game that hasn't been playtested at all, which is very Games Workshop, and I still find it fun but I'd love to see a more balanced version of it. I think almost everything dealing with the game part is mostly solid, but the pre/post battle sequences need some serious tweaks.
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Nov 15, 2021 19:58
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Verisimilidude posted:I think almost everything dealing with the game part is mostly solid, but the pre/post battle sequences need some serious tweaks. it possibly doesn't help that there's never really been a necromunda-style GW game that really dialed in the aftermatch sequence well. new-cramunda is better than some of the games (say, gorkamorka), at least.
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Nov 15, 2021 20:01
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I'd like to find whoever designed the sprues for the Kommando Orks in the Kill Team box and nail them to the loving cross lol. Spreading out all that poo poo illogically was bad enough---but to not even differentiate whether an item is on the main sprue or the tinier sprue, both labeled as "C"---is abominable. Probably the worst experience I've ever had clipping and finding things on a sprue.
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Nov 15, 2021 20:02
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cant be worse than assembling necron warriors. specifically the arms (I'm doing my Kommandos next week and will report back on this)
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Nov 15, 2021 20:07
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Bottom Liner posted:cant be worse than assembling necron warriors. specifically the arms (I'm doing my Kommandos next week and will report back on this) the ork arms are dummy easy. the sockets are massive and keyed to only go in one way
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Nov 15, 2021 21:48
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chin up everything sucks posted:There are a few of us in the Goon CYOA discord who are doing a small necromunda campaign via tabletop simulator. So far we have found that a few missions are really broken with regards to rewards - convoy escort got one player nearly 300 credits in their first game when the opponent conceded after taking hideous losses without inflicting any. I'm working out how to adjust some of the missions so they aren't total wastes for the loser and winners can't get insane benefits from an opponent surrendering. Too much stuff where the loser gets nothing, and even more stuff where the winner barely gets anything. For a good campaign, Necromunda really should have an active arbitrator who can recommend missions and explain where, for example, having fighters with the infiltrate skill will trivialise the Objectives. Even without taking gangs into account, lots of missions weren't thought through by the writers in terms of how bottling ends the game early and who wins in that case. That said, even when it's more arbitrated, you need a group that can say well, that's Necromunda for you, and move on to the next scenario in confidence that what goes around will eventually come around. If a player is very focussed on fair, competitive outcomes where the better side on the day gets a proportional benefit for their victory, he is likely to get frustrated. Verisimilidude posted:got crushed my third and fourth game of necromunda. Had the same terrible deployment on a zone mortalis board where my only option was placing most of my crew out in the open. I had awful rolls all weekend, failing every single armor roll, hitting maybe 4 out of 16 attacks, and failing my crucial charge by half an inch. I ended up getting a lot of money out of it tho, so my crew is still stronger than ever. Guess we'll see how things go next week! This is an excellent example! Don't sweat the defeat too much, bound to happen sooner or later. As you've said, your gang is still OK to keep fighting, and that's the main thing. My Necromunda campaign has stalled pre-fonale. It was all nicely set up for a big narrative game to end. I had 5 people confirmed to come round my house. 4 of them flaked, one by one, so we cancelled. Really frustrating.
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Got my first couple of games of Kill Team in this weekend. I took a Death Watch squad since that's what I had at hand and painted. We got a lot of rules wrong but everyone had a lot of fun giving it a try. We had 4 players, with Necrons, Orks, Tau and my Death Watch. Need to finish my Eldar team and get some terrain together now.
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Nov 15, 2021 23:10
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Genghis Cohen posted:For a good campaign, Necromunda really should have an active arbitrator who can recommend missions and explain where, for example, having fighters with the infiltrate skill will trivialise the Objectives. Even without taking gangs into account, lots of missions weren't thought through by the writers in terms of how bottling ends the game early and who wins in that case. Yeah, I'm going to be arbitrating next season and I'm thinking of making some big tweaks. Namely, allowing players to have a vote on certain options, doing group gang fights and teamups, allow people to trade territories, and potentially having preset missions on each board, making it so you can only play on a board once per week (we do 2 games per week). That way some people don't get stuck playing on the same board twice, everyone plays the same scenarios on each board, and it saves some time on setup. I may also make an app to help speed up the pre and post game, but that'll take some time.
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Verisimilidude posted:Yeah, I'm going to be arbitrating next season and I'm thinking of making some big tweaks. Namely, allowing players to have a vote on certain options, doing group gang fights and teamups, allow people to trade territories, and potentially having preset missions on each board, making it so you can only play on a board once per week (we do 2 games per week). That way some people don't get stuck playing on the same board twice, everyone plays the same scenarios on each board, and it saves some time on setup. Yeah, I'm arbitrating the campaign I talked about earlier - this first one is just a trial with 4 people and we have been fairly relaxed on everything. I'm just keeping notes on stuff that needs to be tweaked so nobody gets totally screwed due to lack of income producing territory or an unstoppable advantage from outsized winnings in single scenario.
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Nov 15, 2021 23:25
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Randalor posted:Those are adorable and I want as many as I ca- I like how the hyperlink shortened to "...crappy-knights/" How very appropriate.
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First holiday sale incoming- Black Gate Miniatures has 10% off everything until the end of the year. They have an excellent line of 10mm Ogres and demons. The ogre sculpts are really good and I highly recommend the demons for Warmaster or Epic 40k. Use code BGM21 https://www.blackgateminiatures.com/ NC Wyeth Death Cult fucked around with this message at 15:10 on Nov 18, 2021 |
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Nov 18, 2021 15:08
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An LGS is going to start pushing Blood Bowl a little bit with the upcoming Dungeon Bowl and I'm so ready to get back into it again. Main thing I'm trying to find now is a decent neoprene pitch. Txarli Factory used to have a decent one and I held off on buying it because international shipping is a bitch. New job means now I'd be willing to bite that bullet, but it seems Txarli Factory is now just selling stls and doesn't have any physical items at all anymore. I have a few of the GW pitches, but I hate cardboard game surfaces and most 3rd party neoprene ones I can find now have the dugouts built in which I'm not a fan of.
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I had a pitch with separate dugouts from I think Deep Cut Studio. I sold it because I wanted one with the dugouts 
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Figured I'd drop this here, if you have a 3d printer and wanted an Epic Plague Marine set for 5 UK bucks hop on. https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/ankylominiatures/scifi-plague-warriors-6mm?ref=recommendation-projectpage-footer-1
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My friend has an Escher gang, and he's got the little cats, too. Is there something I could get him that would be a good Christmas present? Seems like there's only really the two boxes and I guess he already had them both.
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!Klams posted:My friend has an Escher gang, and he's got the little cats, too. Is there something I could get him that would be a good Christmas present? Seems like there's only really the two boxes and I guess he already had them both. A box of Ambots, if he doesn't have them already. Other than that, there isn't anything Escher specific, outside of FW models. They're cool but expensive, and probably not going to be used in most games.
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!Klams posted:My friend has an Escher gang, and he's got the little cats, too. Is there something I could get him that would be a good Christmas present? Seems like there's only really the two boxes and I guess he already had them both. Some cool terrain or if he's big into escher maybe some illegal drugs.
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Nov 22, 2021 19:39
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!Klams posted:My friend has an Escher gang, and he's got the little cats, too. Is there something I could get him that would be a good Christmas present? Seems like there's only really the two boxes and I guess he already had them both. The khimerix is coming out soon (or already out), you could get him one of those! They're pretty cool and can be used for the special khimerix hunt, which I played yesterday, and it's actually a pretty fun scenario.
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Hey, I've got a couple of Blood Bowl 2 related questions, if you don't mind! Firstly, my Amazons are going up against vampires tonight and unfortunately, due to lack of free time I've been unable to have any practice matches against the AI, to get a feel for them. My thoughts so far are that I should eliminate as many thralls as possible (at least, ones nearer to vampires etc) and maybe foul a vamp if I get the chance. Then just try to get possession of the ball and set up a staggered screen to protect the carrier, and try to gradually progress while the vampires (hopefully) tear their own team apart. For this I imagine I should try to kick/defend first so that when I attack they're weakened, but I'm not 100% on that. Also the second question: Seeing as I'm quite inexperienced with BB2 (only teams I have any degree of familiarity with are Lizzies and 'zons), what would a good team to start a league against mostly-experienced players be? I'm tossing up continuing with my Amazons, but I'm also wondering about starting a new team (seeing as I suspect my Amazons will be outclassed before too long. There aren't many teams with tackle yet, but still) with a team like Chaos Dwarves, or just Chaos or even Skaven. Since we'll be starting a new season of our league soon, so I'll be against Dwarves, Norse (prob), Chaos Dwarves, a couple of Ork teams, Dark elves, Nurgle and a few other teams
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Depends on the vamp player. But it should be a dead easy win. It's the only team where you can win vs by not doing a damned thing. Otherwise just play your normal game and be happy for the spp when you Cas a thrall. For long balanced leagues I have actually found humans to be pretty fun. They get the best storylines-always the underdog but can win any game with good play, otherwise Orcs are pretty cool as well. MRLOLAST fucked around with this message at 09:21 on Nov 23, 2021 |
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Major Isoor posted:Hey, I've got a couple of Blood Bowl 2 related questions, if you don't mind! Firstly, my Amazons are going up against vampires tonight and unfortunately, due to lack of free time I've been unable to have any practice matches against the AI, to get a feel for them. My thoughts so far are that I should eliminate as many thralls as possible (at least, ones nearer to vampires etc) and maybe foul a vamp if I get the chance. Screening against Vamps may or may not work depending on their dice. If your screen is too lose (eg. two spaces between your players) then the vamps will have an easier time using Hypno to make a hole, and your screen will fall apart. They might still just make a hole anyway. There's not much you can do about that but if you always try to keep some players in between your main screening line and the ball that will help. Otherwise your instinct to kill as many Thralls as possible is spot on. Your blitzers should be targeting them as aggressively as you can while maintaining the screening strategy. Foul the Thralls and not the vamps, at least to begin with. If you can get the thrall numbers down significantly you will severely limit the vamps' freedom to operate.
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Cool, thanks guys! We'll see how it goes - I'll be kicking-off fairly soon, so hopefully my weekly sacrifice to Nuffle wasn't in vain!  EDIT: Welp, it was an action-packed game, but I managed to win 1-0. NEARLY made it 2-0 at the end but failed one GFI with a reroll. Major Isoor fucked around with this message at 13:10 on Nov 23, 2021 |
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MRLOLAST posted:otherwise Orcs are pretty cool as well. Yeah, Orcs can be great - if you manage to level up your Black Orcs and get them Block and Mighty Blow, you're going to be a serious threat.
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It's no fun being the OP Chaos Dwarf team that winn's every game 1-0 and kills the opponents starplayer every game that everyone hates to play against. It gets boring. Same with playing rats and relying on some OP gunners to carry and constantly never using the apo on heroic linerats and saying no to +st upgrades on them. Better to be balanced and have fun. Being good with rolling 3+ for key dodges is the trick to being a good human coach. Or playing chaos/nurgle and taking 3 seasons and then become and unstoppable murderhouse.
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Starting Blackstone over. Should I fold in the characters and cultists from the first expansion for the main quest? Seems a shame not to be using them.
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If I just got the Necromunda Hive War box set, what would be the easiest way to get a campaign system? Book of Judgment? A used copy of Gang War 4? Printing out the campaign rules from any one of the many community PDFs out there?
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The Open Hive War cards for necromunda are impossible to find and very expensive on ebay, and they don't print the drat things anymore, so I don't feel bad at all for making a web app that generates the mission for you. https://john-martinez-729.github.io/open-hive-war/ Going to be adding a few more features later on, like choosing cards, as well as secretly revealing loot cards. Feedback would be helpful! (note: I didn't make the cards, found them on yaktribe so if they have spelling errors or other problems I can't fix that) edit: changed the url and updated Verisimilidude fucked around with this message at 01:32 on Nov 30, 2021 |
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Does any goon have a copy of the Kill Team Octarius War Manual they would be willing to part with? I already bought the core rulebook and Compendium, I just can't justify buying a whole set for just the Octarius manual.
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Is it in here? https://wahapedia.ru/
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I'm all kinds of wet right now. And an Easterling palanquin? 
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