Game meetingz??? Its heracy!!!!

Hey there um today i thought i would bring up that on sat i am calling a meeting, like above, to come up with ideas to bring in more people to play as well as write up the ideas for the new campaign. Sean and I came up with the idea of having multiple planets which players can reside in and the environment of each planet effects the playing field. other than that, this is just a short post to basically say what we are doing this Saturday, so if you are by the store and want to put some input into the meeting, it would be much appreciated.

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Planetstrike Beta Testing

Hey guys i wanted to post a quick thing on the planetstrike playthroughs we've been doing, and of what we will be expecting to do these upcoming weeks. First off, our first few games have been a tad rough, but we are getting the rules down. Also if you dont know the basic premise of planetstrike, its this: you have a defender and an attacker. The defender has more heavy support/troops, and the attacker has more fast attack/elite choices. The main goal in planet strike is objectives, and along with those objectives are stratagems yay. Both the attacker and defender have specific stratagems. There are even race specified stratagems. But in order to get these stratagems you must have a specific amount of objectives, and each one uses up a certain amount of points. Ex: there are 3 objectives, 2 bunkers and a fortified turret, you would have 3 stratagem points to use on 2 stratagem or one beastly one, but the same stratagem cannot be chosen twice.

And this brings me to my next subject: the upcoming weeks we will be constantly playing this expansion to get down the rules for sure. Also this weekend we will be using the stratagems. umm thats all for now and i cant think of other stuff for the time being...Oh i really want to set up a table for painting/workshopping

-happy gaming-

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A Word From our Sponsors

Legends comics and games in Cupertino, the host and co-sponsor of Bay Hammer has just announced a sale on all there Games Workshop products. All GW merchandise in the store will be discounted by 10% to help sell off there excess inventory from the holiday season, that's right because some poor kid didn't get that new Tyranid battle force, or that shiny Leman Russ this holiday they are passing the savings on to you, and get this if they don't have what your looking for they will order it in for you at 15% off plus no shipping charge.

Now I know this may look like a shameless plug but the truth is that ever since BH started up the guys(and girls) at Legends have been very supportive and helped bring together the people that actually help me run this blog(when I am not around). They gave us a space to play and a little financial support as well as prizes and supplies. So if your in the area, head on over and support your local game/comic shop.

Cheers

Scott
BH Senior Editor

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Dancing with titans

This weekend after a long standing hiatus from my regular gaming schedule I had at last manged to get in a short if not amusing game of Apocalypse in which Ian decided to play test his new eldar list against my Dark Angels and Legends recently aquired Armorcast Reaver titan. At this point I will have to say I fell in love with the old Reaver and its almost torrential ability to serve A$$ kicking on a every turn basis, but alas the titan is perhaps one of those units that is destined only to enter a fair fight if the opposing side is packing similar hardware.

The battle was fast and bloody with the Reaver (now know as Victrix Steve) immediately gimping Ian's Wave serpents and demolishing most of his squad of Hawks and lobbing a few far pot shots from the turbo laser into his garrisoned Guardians on the other side of the board. Ian will be posting the battle report as to what actually happend but for now I felt this a compelling enough reason to set aside some time and actually get back in touch with you guys, our readers and gamers in the bay and beyond.

In short I played a titan and I liked it, i liked it a lot but I realised only to soon that the unit demands a certain kind of opponent to actually feel justified while playing it. Anything less then a full armor company and any match against the Reaver can quickly become a bloodbath in under 5 turns. But if you have the money or just love the power I highly recommend it, its not a unit for everyone but with a visually dominating aspect as well as awe inspiring stat lines the titan truly is one of this games greatest pieces.

In other news:
Congratulations to Zach who won the Legends Campaign the week before last, and after some mix ups with GW over the prize finally received his much due reward after slugging his way through six weeks of Necrons,Sisters and pissed off blood angels, only to take his boyz to the top of the heap. So here is a pic of the proud warboss accepting his prize, good job freshman Zach!


If your wondering I am the one who looks like spike from buffy.





Cheers

Scott
BH Senior Editor

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2010 Yo

Hey guys, Ian here and i wanted to say 1: happy new year, 2: the new Tyranid codex and models are coming out this month, 3: reminder of sat we are going to discuss what we can do to improve our next campaign and tourny as well as have some free play.

On the note of the tyranid's new codex/models i just would like to read some comments of what you would expect from the dex and new models (although ive seen the mawloc/trygon on forgeworld). I have been looking at the advance orders on just the models and they look even more powerful than before. Anyways that is all for now and im off to get some much needed sleep.


-Happy gaming, ian

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New listz/Saturday update

Hey guys i came up with my final 1500 pt eldar list! and i thought i would share the fun of the list with you all!

But before that, this Saturday for sure we are going to discuss the campaign and what we need to do to make it better than it was the last time around. In order to do that we need to come up with ideas before hand, so start coming up with ideas. We also have our usual Saturday thing: freeplay yay! Anyways here is the list:


Hq

Eldrad Ulthran - 3 powers a turn and can use 2 of the same powers. totally worth it - 210 pts

The Avatar of Khaine - must i elaborate on this choice? - 155 pts

Troops

5 Rangers - every eldar army needs these guys - pathfinders +25 pts - 120 pts

3 jetbikes - taking the objectives - 66 pts

Elites

3 WaveSerpents - because traveling there could not be faster - shurikin cannons 10 pts each - 300 pts for whole lot

10 Howing banshees - i shouldnt need to elaborate on these beasts - exarch +12, exicutioner +10, war shout +5 - 187 for all of them

8 Fire dragons - because i love melta guns - exarch +12, firepike +8 pts, tank hunters +15 - 163 pts

8 Striking scorpions - more close combatness >:D - exarch +12, biting blade +5 pts - 145 pts

Fast attack

5 Warp spiders - because they are fun - exarch +12, powerblades +10, second death spinner for exarch +5, withdraw +15 - 152 pts

that is the list i am under by 2 points but that doesnt REALLY matter. Other than that thats what i am going to be working on. as well as trying to finish painting my blood angels. Still need to get more paints to do that :/

-Happy gaming- Ian

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Surfing the internetz/update

Hey guys i was looking up some space marine color schemes and Eldar craftworlds and i came across an Angry marine command squad. When i saw this photo i couldnt help but laugh and kind of want to make an angry marine army. when you see the photo you might just want to do the same.

Also im starting up an eldar army (going ulthwe because i wanna use eldrad) ill get the 1500 point list posted as soon as i write it up which i cant wait to see the full list in action. Updates: the first campaign we did is over. The post before this one has the final listings. Next saturday is just going to be free play and im thinking of doing a collective overview of the campaign and how we need to do changes to it as well as have more people intrested in it. So that is all i have at the moment


...Look at the angry marines...laugh...make an angry marine army...do it...you know you want to...

Anyways happy gaming - Ian

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