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Episode 86 – The Lore Of Beasts Review, BoTC and WM/H ETC Reports
Episode Sponsor – Clash of Swords – A Warhammer Fantasy Tournamenta 1 day Warhammer Fantasy tournament at Firestorm Games in Cardiff called Clash of Swords. There will be 3 games at 2400 points per army (with some armies getting more points). The event will be on the 1st of September. The idea behind the event is to trial out a new comp pack that tries to balance the armies to a certain degree without changing too many of the rules for the game. Some people have mentioned it as being a mid-way point between SCGT comp (light) and ETC comp (hard).
Fortnight in Fantasy.
Warhammerz!
Ben: Nope, none. Warmachine ETC though……
Mark: BotC report, 1st place with his Tomb Kings
Painting and modeling.
Ben: Painted a couple of models for my warmachine army. Totally failing with my CD’s. Does anyone want to paint them for me? A commission service do it in exchange for ads???
Mark has been painting his Orcs and Goblins and is plannign a small points game against Ben’s chaos dawrfs in the near future.
Other gaming, none GW
Ben: Warmachine ETC…….
Shout out to Elite Cadre. A Warmachine and Hordes Podcast. Hosted by Nick and Mike the guys from my ETC team. Listen to their latest episode for an ETC review.
Also played Mental Football against my team mate, Simon. On Saturday night at the ETC. Been playing MTG 2013 app on the iPad.
Other Reading, listening, watching.
Ben had been listening to Podcasts galore, Muse on Minis, elite Cadre, Chain Attack, Boosted Damage, All the Warhammer ones. Also watched a bunch of movies. Muppets 2011, (only movie on my iPad) Also saw Chronicle, Monsters, Latest Underworld, Drive. New fave TV show is Country House rescue….. Getting old??
Reading Orion by Daris Hinks. In an actual book! Next up is fear to tread by James Swallow. Sanguinius storyline.
Lore of Beasts Review.
We talk about the lore of Beasts. How to get the best from each of the spells and also looking at how to make use of them when combined with other lores of magic.
Gareths Query Corner
Some of the questions covered this episode are: what is MR. How well should you protect your BSB. Scoring systems. Dead wizard miscasts? How to use Skirmishers, Small points games.
I think it’s actually a good idea to keep raising the issue of “Failcast” so that GW managers don’t convince themselves that it’s okay to sell sub-par products. Grumbling is, of course, wearisome but it occurs because the issue has not been dealt with professionally and time continues to pass. Simply put, what we all want to hear from GW is a clear recognition of the issue (not a rather cynical transformation of it into a business opportunity through selling repairing products) and a firm commitment to resolve it. Until that happens the bad feeling will remain.