Marking Your Unit's Move

Evil Homer is a very meticulous player.  That can be annoying, as he'll take five minutes to think out the move we both know he's going to make... but that's minor crap.

His habits of marking his units as they've activated is something EVERYONE should do.

(Yea, I meant to yell.)  Moving on, Evil Homer's armies are Multiple Small Unit builds, so with 7 loaded Raiders, 3 Ravagers, and 3 Units of Jetbikes, the Shooting Phase can get complicated quick.

Another Confrontation Interlude

On Friday four of us brought a dead game out of the graveyard.

Again.

I Missed Breath of Chaos

Story at 11.

This is me presenting a strong front; Evil Homer full-reserved.  He pulled off a pretty cunning breakthrough, which I'll show you in full at a later date.

Bottom line?  This army wasn't superior to my normal version.  I don't need Icons, I doubt I need Fleshhounds.  I do need Breath of Chaos.  I do need my normal complement of Heralds.

I will say though, I don't see me taking Daemons to Wargames Con.  Honest to God, I'm ready for a gunline army!

Can Daemons Hold Up?

That's the question I have to ask and answer before this year's tournament season really kicks into high gear.

Warhammer 40K is leaving me behind at the moment.  Quite simply, I'm having problems with making the transition from Daemons to another army.  Finally though, I'm starting to make progress with my Brotherhood, whipping together a LoganWing that I like quite well.  I'm going to start taking it through its paces soon.

A I'm Not at Work Brotherhood Update

Why does being sick and calling in to work feel like playing hooky from school?  It's simply harder to enjoy than a weekend - all I can think of is how I should be at my desk.

The work just builds up.  Plus, I feel crappy.  I've tried taking medicine but now I feel drowsy and crappy.

I have managed to get some work done.

Correcting a Mistake

I love this old Inquisitor model - or is it a Chaos Champion?  Honestly, I'm not sure, but I've kept this model for decades waiting to use him... then I screwed him up.  I tried to give him height by modifying his legs and feet.

Since I'm not good at it, I totally screwed him up.  I've been trying to figure out how to fix him.  My worst attempt included a greenstuff cape... I shudder to think of it.

The Rapture is Taking Hippies

Uh, oh. The Rapture is taking the hippies first...

Yea, that one went to justice right on my lawn. I'm afraid to touch it, so it'll have to stay. Me and the OffTopical Crew are heading to ComicCon Dallas today, so I don't have time to deal with the End of the World As I Know It.

So, Has Your Plasma TV Blown Out?

I was the happy owner of a 50-inch Plasma TV by Panasonic.  I'm the unhappy owner of an expensive 50-inch hunk of failed technology.

It's very disheartening.  I love this TV, and I've never regretted the price tag, because I knew I was buying a brand with a great reputation.  I didn't expect something like this, though it turns out it's a known issue; basically, the voltage protector in the 07-09 models wasn't the best, so they're known to blow.

What's Creepy?

Yea, my game room is usually cluttered - 'cause I'm busy - but creepy?  What's creepy about it?

Sometimes You Have to Shake Things Up

What is Bjorn's Shameful Secret?

Earlier this year I started work on a Space Wolves Counts-As army I called the Brotherhood.  I was really excited about this army... not least because I already owned all the models I would need for it.

Feeling Uninspired, Think I'll Start...

...what?

Oh, Jason.

Turns out today is Friday the 13th.  Who knew?

In honor of the occasion... does anyone else think Blogger's Crash is a worldwide conspiracy started by Games Workshop to target blogs carrying rumors of the new Sisters of Battle Minidex in White Dwarf?


I think they did it.

Sorry - losing time again.

As I was saying, check out this week's Lauby-less Top X.  I let Loquacious do all the work, and now she's missing.

GW could be responsible for that, too.

Sorry - not sure what's happening today.  I started writing this post as an update on my Bugs! list.  Here's my work desk on Monday.

Help a Bugs! Out

So after a few weeks of downtime I finally uncollapsed the collapsible table and started work on the hobby again.

It's fair to say Strictly Average has been as quiet as it's ever been these last few weeks... and it's also fair to say I needed the break!  There was way too much real life *SELF-EDIT* going on and I needed the mental break.

Still, it's important to note I was also drifting in the mire of 'I Dunno Know' - meaning I wasn't quite sure what to work on.  When I realized my Bugs! army was going to take a lot more work to get something playable ready, I tried to go to a backup army.

That's when I realized my backups need backups.  Besides Daemons, I don't have anything competitive...

...and since Competitive is Consistent (coming soon to a trademark near you), you can read that as I didn't have anything I thought could play Cardfather Ty's Space Wolves then turn around and play The Ruiner of Games Evil Homer's Dark Eldar while standing a decent chance of winning.

This sucks.

I have some ideas, but until then I need your input.  Here's a draft of a 2K Bugs! idea.  I sent it to the Master Manipulator (every store needs one) and Evil Homer and both provided valuable insight.  I'm hoping you can do the same.  Let me know what you think, and I'll drop the updated list here tomorrow.

Evil Homer: The Ruiner of Fun

Evil Homer; my nemesis.

Evil Homer; the man, the myth, the legend (in my digital, green with envy mind, in any case)...

...and on Saturday last week, he became The Ruiner of Fun.

...

What?  Details?

Pish and tosh.  I suppose so.

What does this picture have to do with the article?  Not much, I suppose, but I'm not sure this article has much to do with anything.  I took my long-suffering wife to Dallas two weeks ago to see the new Cabaret at the Wyly, and this is the suite we stayed in.  As you can see, I never get very far from Strictly Average.

Mike's Tyranids (and some nifty ideas!)

I played Mike in Round III of the Adepticon Championships, and I think I may have mentioned already just how much I enjoyed this game.  It was the best of the weekend, easily - but that's saying something! I had a bunch of great opponents to choose from.

Anyway, here's a quick snapshot of Mike's Tyranid army.

Venomthropes... I think these are underrated.  Certainly they were central to Mike's army, providing a 5+ cover say to an army that doesn't normally get one.  I'm seriously considering these for my Bugs! army, since I'm not sure there is another way to make my units of Carnibugs works.

There's Only One Topic Today

‎'Hamas claims the US assassinated UBL.' Yea, I'm okay with that.

In the days to come, I predict lots of talk about offended Middle Easterners upset about spontaneous American demonstrations at places like Ground Zero. Let's all avoid groundless guilt by remembering the many parades following 911. Satisfaction at one death is different than satisfaction at many.

Oh yea, here are some 40K related pictures, just 'cause!  The first set are from a team tournament display board, Orks Vs Marines.  The last few are from the Greg Sparks Five team's games.  (I've still got my T-Shirt!)