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 23, 2006

Quicky Games at the CFA

I played 500-point games for 40K and Fantasy last Saturday at the UP College of Fine Arts.

First game was a Fantasy "Pitched Battle" against Emp and his Skaven ratmen. It was a vermin hunt for my grub-frenzy Orc boyz (yes, they will munch even on em stinkin rodents). But skirmishers proved to be a pain in the arse in small games like this as they kept on out-manouvering me and i just can't put em within charge-range. He managed to decimate one regiment of my boyz while he lost a tunneling team as they popped out of the table. Hee hee. We need to polish more on our grasp of the Fantasy rules though.

Second game was a 40K "Rules of Engagement Scenario" against Gelo and the forces of the Chaos Legion of the Damned. Random roll for table deployment resulted on the diagonal setup which favored me a lot since it'L make his travel to my deployment area longer. He needs to make that travel and land 2 scoring units in my line since his random mission roll resulted on a "Lightning Raid". On the other hand, my roll resulted to an "Assasination" mission, which simply meant I have to kill his HQ choice. In the end, however, overwhelming numbers ruled as I wasn't able to whittle down his mutants. Adding to the injury was that my Landspeeder got shot down early on the game. My Marines were able to hold them off for a couple of turns though so it became a decisive game up until the last turn, where his Chimera rushed to my deployment area as the 2nd scoring unit to clinch the win.

Check my "Battle List" link for a detailed spec of the game.

Inscribed by Interrogator-Chaplain Randel on 10:24 AM              

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