The NT 40k Thread of Grimdarkiness

[Darth Fanboy]

So who on this forummunity actually is into 40k (books, models, erotic fan art etc...) and who just grimdarks ironically?

I have been working on my Chaos Space Marines again lately and am wondering what factions/characters others play (or at least appreciate).

[Zod]

my only real exposure to wh40k has been the dow series and space marine

outside of that i can't say i care much

[starku]

I read that grey knights book

And I couldn't stop laughing

GRIM CIGAR SAID CAPTAIN MANLIUS

[joviwan]

Once upon a time I was building a sisters of battle army, but that was apparently a huge mistake because the army list is full of holes, nothing has gone to plastics, the units all cost more than every other army's units, and they haven't had an updated codex in forever.

I still have a few pieces but i gave up on every actually trying to play the game, and started collecting the RPG books instead. We did a mostly kill-all-the-men campaign for awhile in DH, but that fell off. We're trying to get our Rogue Trader on, but everyone's always busy.

I read the first two gaunts ghosts books, which were pretty fun. Also a book called "faith and fire," which I can't remember a single part of.

[Aaron]

Faith and Fire is doghsit.

Yeah, I read the novels, have a half finished guard army and was going to start an ork one when the summer shooting season arrived and I started hand loading.

[The Spartan]

I read (some) of the Omnibuses when they come out. When you want to read something that doesn't require much active brain use they're a decent enough pulp fiction to spend an hour or two on.

[uraniun235]

I don't read any of the literature. I've played a fair bit of Dawn of War, though not much these days. I can't stand the way 40K tabletop plays, but I like playing Epic. Not into painting minis, though.

I had great fun with the Rogue Trader RPG my friends were doing for awhile, but we took a pretty jaunty approach to it.

[Bob the Gunslinger]

I find the books fun to read and the models fun to assemble. I've got 40k in the same tier of compulsive fandom as Babylon 5, Star Trek and Star Wars.

[starku]

you have four compulsions

you should ge tthat looked at

[Akhlut]

I like reading the good literature (so, Dan Abnett and Sandy Mitchell ), I would buy miniatures if I knew someone around who played (though, I'd probably only do 500-1000 point games until I after I bought a house so I could get a second mortgage to pay for everything).

I'd also like to get into the Dark Heresy/Rogue Trader/Deathwatch/Black Crusade RPGs, but I need to find people 'round these parts for that purpose.

[starku]

just download the rules and play with army men

same game

costs $4

[The Spartan]

Space Marine Dimensions wrong.

SOD BROKEN!

[starku]

man army men are pretty sweet these days
no more bags full of that lying down guy and that guy with his webley out

although they appear to mainly be 'us vs west germany' and everyone uses t54s and thunderchiefs in their war over iwo jima flags

but hey just as good as 40k backstory lol

[The Spartan]

Eh. I don't play the game, so that causes me no harm. Though if I did, they'd probably make a good Imperial Army sub.

[starku]

dude coloured stones make a good substitute

[The Spartan]

SOD BROKEN!

[joviwan]

A buddy had a fuckton of lego. He built an entire IG army out of little minifigs, including a rhino tank with moving treads, and a battalion of storm troopers (literally star wars storm trooper minifigs). All roughly the right dimensions, too. It worked pretty well! We made jokes about how his things couldn't have x without y on the model, so he stuck lego approximations on top on the fly while we laughed.

The terrain was all bright yellow duplo blocks.



When do we get a lego 40k game? I'd play that.

[starku]

its a shame lego is even more overpriced than gw shit

but if i still had all my lego from when i was a kid

man

i'd have a lot of SPAC SHIPZ

[Bob the Gunslinger]

you have four compulsions

you should ge tthat looked at

I've got way more than 4. I'm a busy man.

[Oxymoron]

I've got 99 compulsions, but 40K ain't one.



Sorry, it had to be said written

[starku]

you have four compulsions

you should ge tthat looked at

I've got way more than 4. I'm a busy man.

The term you were looking for was 'weak willed'

[Bob the Gunslinger]

you have four compulsions

you should ge tthat looked at

I've got way more than 4. I'm a busy man.

The term you were looking for was 'weak willed'

No it wasn't. I'm not using "compulsions" in the clinical sense.

Are you weak willed when you play video games, talk about robots and Doctor Who, and snark on the internet?

[Darth Fanboy]

just download the rules and play with army men

same game

costs $4

Which is what I would do.

EXCEPT, my primary like comes from painting the occaisional figure or two and more often than not actually playing 40k is like pulling teeth, only with a billion dice rolls.

[Darksi4190]

Has anyone ever tried making a more simplified version of the 40K tabletop for quick, fun games rather than official tournaments?

[Aaron]

There are already quite a few rulesets out there, Mantics is supposed to work well enough with 40k but just do a google for custom 40k rules.