Disqus - Friends of bols2008

Re: DISQUS Commenting System Added

Bulwark — Sun, 24 Aug 2008 19:27:00 -0000

Lets see how this thing handles in the turns....

Re: RUMORS: 40k Into the Future...

Bulwark — Mon, 25 Aug 2008 11:06:36 -0000

It is standard for new a Codex to have their releases split in two. Most of the stuff comes out with the new 'dex. Then, about a year later the rest of the models arrive. It's been that way for a while.

Re: RUMORS: 40k Into the Future...

Bulwark — Mon, 25 Aug 2008 12:46:45 -0000

I'm not sure I agree with this. Granted, I only have visibility to the few stores in my local area, but SW tend to outnumber necrons and sisters (and grey Knights) here. And prior to the ork rebirth, outnumbered ork players as well.

Re: Armored Company + Ard Boyz ≠ Fun

Bulwark — Mon, 25 Aug 2008 23:21:45 -0000

I think this is the crux of the issue. Is ard boys about finding the best army builder or the best tactician? Or maybe just the boy with the most tanks.
who knows.

Re: Armored Company + Ard Boyz ≠ Fun

Bulwark — Tue, 26 Aug 2008 09:48:28 -0000

how many Capitol Imerialisis? ;)

Re: Armored Company + Ard Boyz ≠ Fun

Bulwark — Tue, 26 Aug 2008 11:16:28 -0000

Last I heard, 'ard boys was using the standard missions from the rule book.

Re: Armored Company + Ard Boyz ≠ Fun

Bulwark — Tue, 26 Aug 2008 18:28:59 -0000

interesting, who at GW did you email? I'd love to have this "official" before 'ard boys.

Re: Bell of Lost Souls - Love the blog, check it just about every day. Was...

Bulwark — Tue, 26 Aug 2008 22:41:07 -0000

well, thats one less thing to worry about.

Re: NEWS: THQs Rhino is Taking Shape

Bulwark — Thu, 28 Aug 2008 09:16:44 -0000

they usually ship these things on the back of transport trucks.

Re: 'Ard Boyz List: AC + WH

Bulwark — Thu, 28 Aug 2008 10:40:11 -0000

in 5th edition, anyone can enter a dedicated transport, just not start in it.

Re: 'Ard Boyz List: AC + WH

Bulwark — Thu, 28 Aug 2008 13:58:41 -0000

wouldn't "Imperial Guard and its variants" include AC ?

Re: 'Ard Boyz List: AC + Allies (part deux)

Bulwark — Tue, 02 Sep 2008 11:55:10 -0000

the WH and DH are allied to the AC, not the other way around. the 2 sisters squads come from WH, the 2 IST come from DH. Yes, it is getting around the rules, but it is still legal.

Re: Flesh Tearers Logo Sheet

Bulwark — Wed, 03 Sep 2008 11:55:17 -0000

Thats not a bad idea.

Re: 'Ard Boyz List: AC + Allies (part deux)

Bulwark — Wed, 03 Sep 2008 12:02:29 -0000

I have to disagree. Orks won't even get in the top 5. Don't even worry about facing orks. In fact, if I were at your local Ard Boyz, I would stock up on missile launchers/meltas and not even take a single hvy bolter or flamer. Seriously, I don't even think any orks will show up ;)

Re: BoLS Polls: Burninator Edition

Bulwark — Thu, 04 Sep 2008 11:05:45 -0000

not Trogdor?

Re: SNEAK PEEK: Space Marine Video Game

Bulwark — Fri, 05 Sep 2008 10:24:21 -0000

Not to pick on you in particular, but to all the fluff nazis that are complaining....
As a game design student you must realize that realism (or in this case, fluff) must take a back seat to game play. Lets say that we used actual 40k game stats. Would the game be very fun? It takes about 6 guardsmen to kill a marine. Would you pay $50 to play a game with 6 opponants? me either.
The Player is always the hero. Hero's are better than they should be. Thats why we play.
For instance, how many WW2 games have you played where you never fired a gun? in WW2 half the people in the army never fired their weapon. Would that be a fun game? no, so realism took a back seat.
How many space flight sims have you played where there was no sound but your own ship? none, but thats realism.

gameplay > reality because reality is boring.

Re: SNEAK PEEK: Space Marine Video Game

Bulwark — Fri, 05 Sep 2008 13:44:20 -0000

if the tabletop game is allowed to modify the fluff for gameplay, cannot the game do it as well?

Re: NEWS: THQ's Rhino Gets a Paintjob

Bulwark — Sun, 14 Sep 2008 01:14:42 -0000

I wonder if they are using official Games workshop paints, and if so, how many pots do you think that thing would take? :)

Re: PLAY AID: Lords of Battle v2.0

Bulwark — Tue, 16 Sep 2008 09:09:05 -0000

from http://en.wikipedia.org/wik...

Portable Document Format (PDF) is a file format created by Adobe Systems in 1993 for document exchange.

Re: RUMORS: Heavy Metal Incoming

Bulwark — Tue, 23 Sep 2008 09:26:51 -0000

As an ork player, I'm not really interested in a stompa. I wasn't impressed with the pics in the apoc book and I don't think the market is there to justify the production cost. If it has lots of good gubbins, I may get one for the parts, but certainly not to build a stompa with.
The baneblade variants, on the other hand, are a very welcome sight.

Re: The Mustering of Crusade

Bulwark — Fri, 26 Sep 2008 09:43:09 -0000

It's a very nice gamestore. Just convince her it is a rustic alternative B&B. Girls love those things ;)

Re: Bell of Lost Souls - Beck is Freaking Awesome!

Bulwark — Sun, 28 Sep 2008 17:58:52 -0000

Are those the headlights of an oncomming van?
And in case anyone was wondering, yes, they do have beer at ACL ;)

Re: 40K RUMORS: Stompa Kit is Coming to Town

Bulwark — Wed, 01 Oct 2008 09:45:01 -0000

Hey, some of my favorite stompas are rusty Mr. Potatoheads ;)

http://belloflostsouls.blogspot.com/2007/08/mr-potato-head-stompa.html

Re: BoLS Polls: Narrative Events?

Bulwark — Thu, 02 Oct 2008 09:06:26 -0000

As far as logistics, here is how I would approach it...

Prizes will have nothing to do with who wins. They are awarded based on fluff. This will get rid of a lot of the power builds. Have an independent judge read over the 1 to 2 page army fluff for each list and the top 3 get prizes. Same for top 3 fluffy lists and top 3 army appearance.

For the mechanics of the games, a simple All vs Imperium should work out. Players sign up for the side they want in advance and each side has a limit. This ensures an even split.

Make it map based. "Here is the front line with these armies fighting these other armies." "These 3 armies are making a flanking attack against these three armies" "These 4 armies are defending supply lines against these 4 armies", etc.
Break the map up into sectors with a few armies in each sector. Tally the results of all the armies in a sector to determine who wins it at the end of each round.
No single army can dominate and you really get the feeling of being part of a larger conflict.

Re: NEWS: Modular Game Board Update

Bulwark — Tue, 07 Oct 2008 10:53:01 -0000

Son of Dorn wins the thread!