Well after long last I finally got a Deamons of Chaos book into my hands and it is some good.  In general the demons are a little worse but much cheaper.  They also do not pop as in the last edition which is a huge bonus ev ... Read More »

Recently I was talking to a Vampire Count player That had just played a game and his magic had failed him.  He required his magic phase to create a lot of models and when it did not then he was helpless. He had spent 1100 on charact ... Read More »

With the release of the vampire counts I think that magic at tournaments is entering a binary phase.  Either you go huge or go home.  The Vampires introduce another army that will consistently field 12 or so dice effective ... Read More »

I watched two players battling it out the other day.  One had a tricked out army with a killer BSB with a 100 pt banner which was just controlling the game.  Turn after turn he got into combat and won over and over. ... Read More »

More troops is more better.  This is perhaps the mantra of my army construction.  Enough blocks of guys and you should be able to get a flank.  Enough guys and shooting is rendered irrelevant.  Enough guys ... Read More »

It seems I find players who have just finished a good tournament and they think there army is now perfect.  Unfortunately this si a random game and sometimes success is random.  In almost all cases a successful army could b ... Read More »

Often players put their units side to side right next to each other not realizing this is bad play.  As a unit must stop when it moves within 1" of an opponent's unit you do not need to do this to keep the opponent from run by ... Read More »

I like it at tournaments when I get to set up terrain.  I usually feel I get an advantage right off the start.  Players seldom take advantage of this other than to give theeir scouts a place to hide or their warmachines a h ... Read More »

In building an army it is important to put enough toys in it to play with.  Sure it is fun to have a lot of magic items,  warmachines, or uber units but if your army does not have enough units and these fail to achieve vict ... Read More »