Winning the Game: Familiarity

This is a continuation of this article. I wanted to take a moment to address a pretty common misconception on the point of Familiarity - or Know Thyself and Know Thy Enemy. There I briefly touched upon these two concepts, but here I want to go deeper, because we need it.

The basic misconception can be boiled down into this comment by my good buddy and gaming partner Don:

Dunkin Donuts

I have a story to tell. This story is true. The names and places have not been changed to protect the innocent, because there are no innocent in this case.

I present the following for your consideration:

The Necrons Are Coming

Ok first off, no, I'm not announcing that Necrons are the next codex.

I just wanted you to take a look at this article. I for one, welcome our new robot overlords.

Gone Fishin'

Okay - not fishing, but camping for the weekend. I won't be back until Tuesday, June 1st. So the no updates thing doesn't mean that I've fallen off the face of the earth...
Unless I fall off one of the trails at Zion National Park - some of those trails get up there!

Winning the Game

How do you win a game of Warhammer 40k? Is it simply a matter of throwing some models on the table, lining up like 18th century gunlines and blasting away until everyone is dead?
Hardly.

Know When To Walk Away, Know When To Run

I was reading Goatboy's article on How Not to Be a Douche over on BoLS and one of his bullet points stood out to me.

Miniature Review: Sanguinary Guard Box Set

This weekend I started assembling my Sanguinary Guard models that I got back here. Three boxes in, and it occurred to me to do a bit of a review. So sit back and enjoy.