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The Order of Fanatics

July 25, 2016Jay0 Comments

In this ITC-dominated Warhammer 40K culture, it can be difficult to find non-competitive events. While tournaments have their place and are important to keeping the hobby going, they only cater to one slice of the community, a subject we discussed at length in an earlier blog. Though narrative- and sportsmanship-based events are hard to come by, the ones that do occur eclipse any competitive format I’ve seen. Each year I regularly attend a regional event…

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What Makes Game Stores So Great?

July 11, 2016The Marshall0 Comments

A great game store is a place you can hang out in and feel welcome. It’s one of the few places where you can spend countless hours, browsing and playing, and not feel like an imposition. Every game store (especially the mom and pop ones) has their own unique feel. I’m going to tell you about one of my favorites. Gaming Abroad I used to live and work in Seoul, South Korea. A lot of…

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The Battle for Better

July 5, 2016Angela0 Comments

You hear about people fighting cancer, battling alcoholism, waging war on their own crippling levels of apathy, but in the midst of the fray you might identify more with a battleground than someone who’s actually engaged in warfare. As someone in an ongoing turf war with depression—yeah, you stay in your corner!—I understand what it’s like to feel helpless. I’m familiar with the sense that no matter what I do, it won’t make a difference;…

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Stacking the Deck

June 27, 2016TO1 Comment

Hello everyone. This is your friendly neighborhood PrimeAngron, Warhammer 40k player and tournament organizer (TO). I’ve been playing 40k for more than 20 years and have traveled across several states just to scratch that 40K tournament itch. As a TO, I have run numerous events ranging from a softer playing styles to ITC to straight rulebook, as well as narrative events, apocalypse games, and many others. I consistently run events in and around the greater…

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Warhammer 40K: Maintaining Your Amateur Status or Going Pro

June 20, 2016Jay0 Comments

I am fortunate enough to live in an area where there is a strong gaming community. Whether your poison is roleplaying games, magic, or tabletop miniature war games, there’s something here for everyone. Best General? I could probably play in a 40K event every week, and at nearly all these events there is a strong emphasis on “Best General.” The “Best General” is the player who won the most games or scored the most points…

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Growing Up Gaming

June 13, 2016Inside the Gamer0 Comments

From coin-operated Pacman to Atarii 2600 to the Nintendo Entertainment System to every next-generation console, I grew up gaming and gaming grew up with me. I didn’t have many opportunities to try classic tabletop or board games of the era, and it wasn’t until 2002 that I wandered into Warhammer 40K and War Machine Hordes. This was my first exposure to competitive gaming outside of sports; my sport was football. From Pixels to Plastic I…

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What Kind of Gamer Are You?

June 6, 2016Angela1 Comment

What is an Angela? According to the Bartle Test of Gamer Psychology, I am an ESAK. For those of you floating in a placid pool of ignorance that I haven’t splashed in since yesterday, that stands for Explorer Socializer Achiever Killer. Unlike the Myers-Briggs Type Indicator (MBTI), which measures where your personality falls on four different binary spectrums, the Bartle Quotient lists your gaming character traits in order of highest percentage scored—my results were 80%,…

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Traveling Back in Time

May 30, 2016Jay0 Comments

I’ve been an avid Warhammer 40K player since 1995, back in the days of 2nd edition. I’ve always been a fan of the Adeptus Astartes; though when I started playing, I only knew them as the space marines. In the Beginning, the Emperor Created… One of the coolest aspects of the space marines is their origin story; the Emperor, the primarchs, and the Horus Heresy. Shrouded in mystery and being fed only occasional (sometimes contradictory)…

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40K – Unpleasantly Surprised

May 25, 2016Shae915 Comments

Say! Jay Soooooo…recently I attended a Warhammer 40K tournament, local mind you. A three-round, 1850 one-day event. Now the store I go to we may or may not have a reputation for having what you would call, “a more competitive environment.” So what!? Hard-hitting list? Get outta ‘ere. So casual gamer beware. Am I a power lister? Yeah maybe. Do I build my models? Sometimes. Do I prime them at least? Hey man what’s with…

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Gamer Gauntlet

May 23, 2016Jay0 Comments

The thing I hate most about the grocery store is the people who stop mid stride as they peruse the shelves, completely blocking the isles. Whether they are texting, double checking their grocery list, or saying hello to a neighbor, they’re completely oblivious to the their surroundings. What the fuck! Pay attention. If only we had Mad Max-style spikes on the front of our grocery carts. I’d bet we’d all be more perceptive. Gamers are…

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