It's been a while

I've been really neglecting this little column of mine so, I'm going to dive head in and talk about something that I have a real passion for: being a total and utter dork...

Ya, this is the part where I start talking about one of my favorite hobbies. I play a tabletop strategy game called Warhammer 40k. It is technically the updated version of grandpa painting his tin soldiers but, ours are TOTALLY RAD!!! Anyway, I wanted to start out with some fluff to set the mood, so here it is, enjoy!

In the 41st Millenia, there is only war...

Or so Games Workshop would have us beleive. Games Workshop is a gaming company based out of Great Britian. They created and still currently produce one of my favorite past times in the whole wide world, Warhammer 40k. For those of you who are not of the geeky persuasion, think of the old days when dad would paint the tin soldiers and put them up on a shelf to look at. Well, the soldiers are plastic and pewter, very small and require assembly and painting. At any rate it's an exciting a very time consuming hobby.

Basic Gameplay:

The game is played by assembling an army from a certain Codex, also known as army books, and then pitting your army against someone else's. Each army consists of at least an HQ (your leader), and to squads of "troops" (troop types vary by army.
There are also other types of army squads including: Fast attack - they go zoom, zoom; Elites - specialized troops with really snazzy abilities; Heavy Support - KABLAM! (nuff said).

Now depending on the army being played, each of the unit types will be drastically different. So to give you a breif description of each army here's the full list:

Imperial Guard: Think of the army, troops and tanks and miscommunication OH MY!
Witch Hunters: NO ONE EXPECTS THE SPANISH INQUISITION! (nuns with guns)
Daemon Hunters: Grail Knights on SERIOUS steroids.
Tyranids: Cockroaches the size of a Dunkin Donuts x 1 Billion.
Tau: Smurfs piloting Gundams.
Space Marines: The vanilla of the 40k world (create a Chapter/Army). 7 foot tall, muscle bulked, killing machines in powered space armor.
Chaos Marines/Daemons: The antithesis of the Imperium.
Eldar: space elves with a bite.
Dark Eldar: space elves who not only bite, but kill, maim, steal, and do vulgar things to you after they take your lunch money.
Orks - WE'Z IS DA BEST AND YOUZ IZ NOT, OI! Big, green, and mean.
Necrons - Terminators (dun, dun, dun, dun-dun, ch, ch)

I'm current building up my Witchunter army, and supplementing it with some Daemonhunters to give it some added flavor. I'll post the pics of my scratch built models a bit later this week.

Until then just remember, In the vast reaches of the Imperium of man, millions die every day for thier own cause, reason or justification. The universe is a big place and whatever happens, you will not be missed...

to be continued...