Heya Lads

For those of you that don’t know me you may not know that I’m a rather conspicuous player of all things 41st Millennium. Yes thats right I’m a 40k player and I shoot lasers. So much so that I somehow ended up brining a band of raggamuffins to this year’s ETC as Captain…But enough of that and on to the important business of talking about games

Over the last few months I’ve had my appetite whetted in a serious way for all things fantasy. The 8th ed teasers really struck a chord with me and so I decided that it was about time that I give WHFB a proper go. Now this is not to say I’d never played before, I do have a Wood Elf army. But in a lot of ways these guys aren’t your typical fantasy army as they don’t rely on blocks, magic or big monsters to do their business. So I set me sights on collecting an army that used all three. Which of course led me to Lizardmen, God bless them but they’re awesome.

So in a really round about way this is a blog chronicling me “Mr 40K” playing the “real mans game” with my lizards in 8th Edition.

One game in and heres what I’ve found

1. Big blocks are super important: Gone are the days of 20-30 infantry units, its more like 40-50 as the Warhammer world seems to be a brutal place where your troops drop like flies. Thusly you need staying power and that dear friends comes from buying big units. My weapon of choice in this case is a block of 50 sauras

2. Movement: A lot of 40k players claim that WHFB has a very restrictive movement set up. I haven’t found that to be the case at all. Sure a block of infantry is hard to turn but doesn’t that in many ways make sense. Plus with the net increase in charge distances for a lot of units with 8th ed lack of movement hasn’t really hit me as of yet

3. Magic: Magic is truly awesome! There are spells all over that are game winners. A good number of folks have been drawn to the Lore of Death and its Purple Sun of Game Winning, I personally don’t feel I have a handle on the lores yet so that will require a number of games to get right. I get the feeling that theres something for everyone in 8th ed magic and I look forward to finding my magical niche

Anywho thats me guys…The plan is to be back next week with more findings. But here’s the most important so far. Its a whole lot of fun being a round based man in a square based world!

Til next week

Mandragoran