I started playing warhammer 40,000 in the heady days of second edition when I was perhaps 14.
I started playing Eldar, though I couldn’t tell you the reason for that choice, I don’t recall being particularly attracted to the aesthetic over others, I think I just didn’t want to play Marines or Imperial Guard and picked a xenos codex at random.
I played for two or three years, through the release of the dark millennium supplement and stopped in the first couple of years of my university degree. As I recall there was no reason for me to stop in particular, I just got tied up in other things, WoW and life in general.
I started playing again seriously about four or five years later and shortly afterwards I moved to England for a year. During that year I got far more serious about the game and changed from what I would consider a purely casual player to a far more competitive player. I also picked up a second army to use more regularly, chaos marines.
I returned to Australia a couple of years back and have been working towards competitive play in the Western Australian community for the last year or two.
I play predominately Eldar and Chaos Marines still, though i’m working towards a Blood Angel jump list for a variety of reasons that I’m sure I’ll get around to going through.
So, I’m a competitive player at heart, playing two of the less competitive codices in the current environment.
I consider myself a very knowledgeable Eldar player and at least a passably knowledgeable Chaos Marine player. My experience with other codices is limited primarily to playing against them and reading their codex. I’ve played by proxy with almost every codex on many occasions, but let’s face it, until you’ve played an army solidly for a couple of dozen games you cant really claim solid knowledge and/or experience.
So my intent is to limit my thoughts/advice in this blog to in-depth information on:
- the Eldar codex
-the Chaos Marine codex
-the general game rules
-the general game strategy
-tournament planning and strategy
Unlike a lot of authors in this area I do believe that list-tailoring has a role to play in competitive 40k. This is because my definition of ‘competitive 40k’ encompasses the environment as it currently stands not as I would like it to be.
Currently we do not have a consistent format for all tournaments, consistent scoring, terrain and victory conditions. Nor do we have an even spread of armies.
If you are currently playing to win in tournaments in your location, then there are factors that should be considered running up to a tournament that would not require consideration in a perfect competitive environment.
Should these factors be excluded from discussion because they are not ideal?
My feeling is that they are valuable areas to consider, factors which, if unconsidered, will result in a poorer performance at tournaments.
I’m not planning to offer advice/thoughts on sportsmanship or painting. I’m no expert in either field, my painting is terrible for a variety of reasons and I don’t believe sportsmanship is something that needs measuring.
I hope there is information housed here that people find interesting and/or useful, please feel free to email me at bobliness@yahoo.com.au or to comment as you see fit on this blog.
I started playing Eldar, though I couldn’t tell you the reason for that choice, I don’t recall being particularly attracted to the aesthetic over others, I think I just didn’t want to play Marines or Imperial Guard and picked a xenos codex at random.
I played for two or three years, through the release of the dark millennium supplement and stopped in the first couple of years of my university degree. As I recall there was no reason for me to stop in particular, I just got tied up in other things, WoW and life in general.
I started playing again seriously about four or five years later and shortly afterwards I moved to England for a year. During that year I got far more serious about the game and changed from what I would consider a purely casual player to a far more competitive player. I also picked up a second army to use more regularly, chaos marines.
I returned to Australia a couple of years back and have been working towards competitive play in the Western Australian community for the last year or two.
I play predominately Eldar and Chaos Marines still, though i’m working towards a Blood Angel jump list for a variety of reasons that I’m sure I’ll get around to going through.
So, I’m a competitive player at heart, playing two of the less competitive codices in the current environment.
I consider myself a very knowledgeable Eldar player and at least a passably knowledgeable Chaos Marine player. My experience with other codices is limited primarily to playing against them and reading their codex. I’ve played by proxy with almost every codex on many occasions, but let’s face it, until you’ve played an army solidly for a couple of dozen games you cant really claim solid knowledge and/or experience.
So my intent is to limit my thoughts/advice in this blog to in-depth information on:
- the Eldar codex
-the Chaos Marine codex
-the general game rules
-the general game strategy
-tournament planning and strategy
Unlike a lot of authors in this area I do believe that list-tailoring has a role to play in competitive 40k. This is because my definition of ‘competitive 40k’ encompasses the environment as it currently stands not as I would like it to be.
Currently we do not have a consistent format for all tournaments, consistent scoring, terrain and victory conditions. Nor do we have an even spread of armies.
If you are currently playing to win in tournaments in your location, then there are factors that should be considered running up to a tournament that would not require consideration in a perfect competitive environment.
Should these factors be excluded from discussion because they are not ideal?
My feeling is that they are valuable areas to consider, factors which, if unconsidered, will result in a poorer performance at tournaments.
I’m not planning to offer advice/thoughts on sportsmanship or painting. I’m no expert in either field, my painting is terrible for a variety of reasons and I don’t believe sportsmanship is something that needs measuring.
I hope there is information housed here that people find interesting and/or useful, please feel free to email me at bobliness@yahoo.com.au or to comment as you see fit on this blog.
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