Warhammer 40,000
Warhammer 40,000 or simply Warhammer 40K is a miniature-based tabletop game. It involves building and painting your own miniature army and pit them against others' on a dioramic 6x4 or 4x4 feet table using a standardized set of game rules. Miniature armies come in various factions, from Imperial commandos to space-faring orks, each with its own background stories (what 40K players call "fluff") and combat units.

My army, a sub-faction of the Adeptus Astartes or the Space Marines, is of the so-called Dark Angels Chapter - one of thousands of regiments of bio-enhanced supersoldiers created by the Emperor of Man to impose his will throughout the grim universe of the 41st millennium.


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Dark Angels of the Adeptus Astartes
The Dark Angels Chapter is first among legions of Space Marines bred by the Emperor from his own genetic imprints. Enhanced physiologically for combat operations, they are literally Angels of Death in the battlefield, sowing fear to anyone who dared oppose their mandate. Their homeworld, Caliban - now reduced to a barren asteroid after an epic battle against their traitorous Brothers - holds the Chapter's mobile fortress-monastery called the Tower of Angels. Here, deep within the labyrinthine pathways to the underground caverns, lies the key to their monastic nature. The Dark Angels hides a millenia-long secret that compromised their honor. It is with this reason that they and their Successor Chapters are called the Unforgiven.


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Monday, January 02, 2006

My First WFB Game

I had my first Warhammer Fantasy Battles game last Friday in Galleria against Clarence's Vampire Counts army!

Of course, I was using my newly amassed Waagh!!!

Great and informative game, I must say. He's got lots of powerful mages that kept on piling the battlefield with undeads to tie down my boyz! My savage gitz were able to give one mage a good bashing but the rest of my army were either fleeing or tied down by numerous zombies on the last turn.

Here's a rough rundown of the list I used:

Hoard of Bigboss Parkkan Middafinga
2000 pts.

Orc Bigboss (Drog's Armor)
20 Big 'Uns (2 weapons, Command)

Orc Shaman (Level 2, Dispel)
Night Gobbo Shaman (Level 1, Dispel)

20 Night Gobbos (Spears, Shields)
2 Fanatics

25 Orc Boys (2 weapons, Command)
20 Savage Boys (Choppas, Warpaint, Command)

5 Wolf Riders (Spears, Musician)
5 Wolf Riders (Short Bows, Musician)

10 Boar Boys (Spears, Shields, War Banner, Boss)
10 Boar Boys (Spears, Shields, Boss)

2 Orc Chariots

3 Trolls
2 Ogre Leadbelchers (DOW)

Models in Army: 126
Total: 1994 pts.

Inscribed by Interrogator-Chaplain Randel on 3:44 PM              

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