Nothing gets me in that Chistmas Mood…
...like having someone break into my house earlier today.
I was having a great day up until the Sheriff calls me to let me know. All-in-all, my wife and I are fine (which is great), but my laptop and game console are AWOL. If it wasn't for my horrible job with wires behind the TV, that would probably be gone with other assorted AV crap that was too tangled up to get out (they tried though).
The thing that just bugs me though... I had just traded my IG for CSM; and while nearly everything is still there, they took 2 CSM models form my work area; Ignore the big metal ones and the box box of them, just take the 2 that I had just assembled. It just adds insult to injury.
Still, it could have been worse. Neither my wife nor I were home, and all 3 cats stayed inside and just hid. I lost stuff, but nothing irreplaceable.
So, I probably won't be updating much for a little while (not that I'm a frequent updater anyways)... However, I did work up a quick change to my CSM list for the upcoming FLGS leage. More fluffy this time, but I think I have an uphill battle in terms of competitiveness:
HQ: Abaddon the Despoiler (275 pts)
Elite: Terminators (190 pts): 4 Terminators (Combi-melta x2; Combi-plasma x2) & 1 Terminator Champion
Elite: Chosen (165 pts): 5 Chosen (Chaos Glory, Meltagun x2) & Rhino (Combi-melta)
Troops: Chaos Space Marines (245 pts): 9 Chaos Space Marines(Chaos Glory, Meltagun x2), 1 Aspiring Champion, & Rhino (Havoc Launcher)
Troops: Thousand Sons (259 pts): 8 Thousand Sons (Icon) & 1 Aspiring Sorcerer (Doombolt)
Troops: Khorne Berzerkers (263 pts): 7 Khorne Berzerkers (Icon) , 1 Skull Champion (Power Weapon), & Rhino (Combi-melta)
Troops: Plague Marines (296 pts): 6 Plague Marines (Icon, Plasmagun x2), 1 Plague Champion (Combi-plasma), & Rhino (Havoc Launcher)
Troops: Noise Marines (155 pts): 6 Noise Marines (Icon, Sonic Blaster x6)
Heavy Support: Obliterators (150 pts): 2 Obliterators
Skipping the obvious: I know Abaddon is a big points since and Daemon Princes are most cost-efficient, but I want to runt he big guy for the fun of it. The Terminators will be painted each one as a different Chaos God markings (the Champion will be undivided representing Abaddons personal guard). I also have lots of Icons in their to help with Deep striking.
Should be fun to play, and that's what I want out of the league.
Rant: Players I Can’t Play Against…
I try not to complain about other gamers, but I finished high school (and college) and while back, so occasionally I like a mature, non-screaming, sane game where we agree on a points level and play. I get annoyed dealing with people that might not understand the fact that the Warhammer table-top game is not the same as the video game, so you can't jsut throw down 10 groups of 5 Firewarriors and a Hammerhead and say you're ready to play.
There's a Force Organization Chart for a reason.
Screaming that "Tau have nuclear missiles, so I'll use the Apoc. blast template instead of the normal blast template" or "Orks can't be killed by a single shot, so that wound doesn't count" just make me want to pack up an leave. If you want to play the video game, go do that. If you want to apply the video game logic to the table-top, then the table-top real estate becomes a concern (few tables make space a premium).
I'm not ruling our that I may be too serious, but I've had too many games days ruined by overly immature players. I have a busy job, so days I can play are rare and special; having days like that really hurt the hobby and the game for me.
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All that said, and I actually had a great game today at my FLGS. My Imperial Guard against Space Marines. I was hoping to write up a battle report for it, but I don't think I'll be getting it done since I'm about to be out of town for the holiday weekend and I didn't take notes during the game (with my bad memory, I have to for a battle report). The short version is that for the 1st half, luck was on my side and it was looking up. Turn 4 things changed and I couldn't make a save or hit a target to save my little soldiers life. I ended up losing, but I in the end, I was close to forcing a draw, but got bogged down in close combat. I did have a Chimera parked dead center on an objective for 4 turns during which the SMs could not destroy it. It took all the way to the bottom of the 6th turn to pop it and stop it from contesting the objective.
I'm planning on getting a few games in next week, so I will get at least on of them reported on. Plus, I'm about to get back on the ball with my painting, so I should be showing off my skills (or lack thereof) shortly.
Have a great weekend!
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