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Re: 8th edition on route.
« Reply #600 on: November 02, 2017, 11:19:55 AM »
So people really buy those cards?  CRAZY!
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Re: 8th edition on route.
« Reply #601 on: November 02, 2017, 12:41:52 PM »
Why not? The ones with the army specific stratagems and whatnot seem pretty useful, especially the first couple games when you're prone to forget stuff your army can actually do. Lining up all the tricks I can pull before me in card form seems way more convenient than flipping through the book looking for a rule, or even remembering there was a tool availble for that situation.

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Re: 8th edition on route.
« Reply #602 on: November 02, 2017, 12:53:34 PM »
Why not? The ones with the army specific stratagems and whatnot seem pretty useful, especially the first couple games when you're prone to forget stuff your army can actually do. Lining up all the tricks I can pull before me in card form seems way more convenient than flipping through the book looking for a rule, or even remembering there was a tool availble for that situation.

Considering the way my brain works now, this is ideal. I think would forget my head if it wasn’t attached 😺
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Re: 8th edition on route.
« Reply #603 on: November 02, 2017, 01:29:18 PM »
Thanks gents.

Is the interest / enthusiasm still strong now the new edition has settled in?

I am tempted to make an effort on my 40K stuff, but wonder if all the initial hype has been justified and will people be playing it at next year's Bash for example?
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« Reply #604 on: November 02, 2017, 04:03:24 PM »
Is the interest / enthusiasm still strong now the new edition has settled in?

I can only tell you about my little neck of the woods on this planet call North Texas :). Yes, the enthusiasm is still very strong and the number of guys who have come back (especially after the AoS disaster) is impressive. My FLGS has about a dozen tables; a year ago this time, you'd find maybe one/two tables playing 40K, and one of those tables would be me. :) Now, at least 1/2 the store is playing 40K, and having a blast. I have yet to hear someone (in person or on the 'net) say they hate 8th Ed, or that it sucks/unbalanced/OP, whatever. Also, since the game came out in June, they have released seven codexes (Space Marines, Chaos Space Marines, Grey Knights, Ad-Mech, Death Guard, Astra Militarum and Craftworlds/Eldar), with four more coming out before the end of the year (next is Tyranids, not sure of the remaining three . . . I believe Thousand Sons/Space Wolves/not sure). I must also give props to GW for coming out with FAQs VERY quickly, and is much better at communicating with it's fan base/customers than ever before.

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Re: 8th edition on route.
« Reply #605 on: November 02, 2017, 04:49:15 PM »
Enthusiasm is pretty high here in Ontario. Tons of people playing all the time, weekly campaigns healthy. People actually like the rules and stuff.

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« Reply #606 on: November 02, 2017, 08:10:51 PM »
Im loving it to. Plenty of games going on at the club each monday
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Re: 8th edition on route.
« Reply #607 on: November 03, 2017, 12:39:48 PM »
yeah still high here also. Though I'm longing for some AoS games soon too.. been too long since I could get a trip in to the GW store to play as my local club doesn't have many AoS players and the few that are also have their focus on 40k at the moment.

Also the Data Cards are very handy indeed!
The Open War cards are a must to spice up your casual gaming with some interesting gameplay diversions
The gauge is OP! And I don't mean Over Powered but Over Priced.. It's a handy tool but not worth that much

(You could always look at Soth with puppy eyes to make you one like he did for me. Still use those alot as it's just a bit handier in smaller spaces than the range rulers)
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Re: 8th edition on route.
« Reply #608 on: November 16, 2017, 03:23:57 PM »
they re called datacards

Well not sure about that.

I bought Datacards - pack says contains:
36 Tactical Objectives
28 Stratagems
18 Orders
and the 6 psychic powers of the Psykana discipline plus the Smite psychic power

which is not the same as the Unit Data info I thought I was going to get  :icon_evil:

I assumed they would be cards detailing the Unit Datasheets as in the book.
Do they exist?
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« Reply #609 on: November 17, 2017, 05:14:09 PM »
No I don't believe anything like that exists. Your best bet might be to photocopy the pages and put them on card stock or something. The data cards are suppose to be all the other stuff like objectives/powers/orders/etc, I still find them really handy. Orders especially.

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Re: 8th edition on route.
« Reply #610 on: November 21, 2017, 04:56:17 PM »
My last post I mentioned the next few codices to be released; here is the latest correction:


Chaos Daemons      2018
Dark Angels      December 2017
Blood Angels      December 2017
Tyranids              November 2017
Craftworlds           October 2017
Astra Militarum           October 2017
Adeptus Mechanicus   September 2017
Death Guard      September 2017
Grey Knights      August 2017
Chaos Space Marines   August 2017
Space Marines      July 2017

I remember reading back in June/July that there would be 11 codices before the end of the year, looks like were only getting ten. I'm not complaining, as I remember when we were lucky to get three or four in a whole year.  :-D
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Re: 8th edition on route.
« Reply #611 on: November 22, 2017, 09:42:11 AM »
Yeah, GW is seriously working overtime to deliver all of these books to us. Really impressive, if I might add. :smile2:
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Re: 8th edition on route.
« Reply #612 on: November 23, 2017, 12:12:05 PM »
On Facebook the babies cry about how stupid it is to get a Chapter Approved since THEIR Codex has not been released yet.

My reply: Do you play Sisters of Battle? If not, shut up and get lost.
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Re: 8th edition on route.
« Reply #613 on: November 23, 2017, 12:20:27 PM »
My reply: Do you play Sisters of Battle? If not, shut up and get lost.

The Imperium II index book is good enough for me to get mine out from the depths, dust them over, strip the paint jobs, and be hunting ebay ..............

I have stripped, cleaned and based about 60 ready for undercoating - just need to decide on a colour scheme?
The Red/Black looks ok but is what virtually everyone does.

I have also been looking at the 'allies' option as I have IG and some odds and ends like Priests, Kyrinov, a couple of Crusaders, a couple of old 1990s Assassins and older Stormtroopers which seem to me to be like Scions.
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Re: 8th edition on route.
« Reply #614 on: November 23, 2017, 02:57:28 PM »
The new Sly Marbo model is sexy as feth. Also dem 80's references all around... by the Emperor, this might bring me back into the hobby. :biggriin:
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Re: 8th edition on route.
« Reply #615 on: November 23, 2017, 03:03:00 PM »
Sly makes me wanna add a Catachan patrol detachment to my army. All I would need is Sly. Anything more would be overkill.
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Re: 8th edition on route.
« Reply #616 on: November 23, 2017, 05:58:34 PM »
There's a new Marbo model? The gods are real!

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« Reply #617 on: November 24, 2017, 11:11:19 AM »
Indeed there is!
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Re: 8th edition on route.
« Reply #618 on: November 24, 2017, 02:01:27 PM »
There's a new Marbo model? The gods are real!

There is only the Emperor! :blush:
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Re: 8th edition on route.
« Reply #619 on: November 25, 2017, 10:36:45 AM »
And he is our shield and protector.

But sometimes he is a bit busy so he sends Marbo instead.
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« Reply #620 on: November 25, 2017, 02:02:28 PM »
Mathi ... I like the new avatar. :icon_biggrin: :::cheers:::
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« Reply #621 on: November 25, 2017, 04:28:32 PM »
Yeah, I decided it was time to show a bit of my true self.
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« Reply #622 on: November 25, 2017, 07:18:15 PM »
Well when think of Mathi, I think of your pot helmet, pike, and sword.

And sometimes your elfishness in on line campaigns, especially the wood elf dude in Estalia.
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Re: 8th edition on route.
« Reply #623 on: November 25, 2017, 09:36:00 PM »
Well, Raimie is a bit like Sly Marbo on a bad day, GO 
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Re: 8th edition on route.
« Reply #624 on: November 25, 2017, 10:25:17 PM »
That model is incredible.
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