Grey Knights vs Talons of the Emperor 04/21/23

 I hadn't ever played Grey Knights up at the store before, and I wanted to get in a game there with the current Codex before the advent of 10th edition, as with my previous game with the Astra Militarum.

I found myself facing Custodes Jonathan, as he goes by on Discord. We'd played before, when it was a Custodes mirror match. 

This was a hard fought one, without a doubt. Grey Knights are definitely capable of downing Custodians, but his two big dreadnoughts and the presence of the Sisters of Silence combined with Custodes' natural affinity for slicing through Astartes stacked the odds against me in a big way.

It was a good smash-up of a training exercise, though. Surely these two paragons of the Emperor's Glory would never actually come to blows, right? Right?

Adeptus Titanicus Demos

 After the excitement of Adepticon, I wanted to bring some of the joy of Adeptus Titanicus back to my local scene, so I asked the store manager of the local Warhammer Store if I could run some demo games sometime. He obliged by suggesting a day and then posting about it on Facebook beforehand to draw in more interest.

I got to the store that Saturday morning and set up a small board with just a couple of Titans on either side in an approximately balanced approach. I also set up a few other Titans and all my terminals and such to show people what the game is all about and how it looks and works. 

I ended up demonstrating the game through a few turns to a few different people, had a good time doing it, and hopefully got a few more people interested in playing a game that seems curiously underplayed, though many espouse its greatness. I did meet a couple of potential future opponents, as well, whenever I can potentially set up a game again.

Astra Militarum vs Goff Orks 04/07/23

 Knowing since Adepticon that the 10th edition of 40K is on its way, I resolved to get in a few games of 9th with factions I hadn't played much outside of my own house, and in this case, with a Codes I bought but hadn't played at all.

I resolved to take 1000 points filled with as many tanks and mechanised infantry as I could. 

The opponent was playing Goffs, and while they're overpowering in close combat to my mere Guardsmen...

the sheer brute force of four Leman Russ battle tanks proved too much for them to handle. 

So much armor on such a small battlefield at 1000 points probably didn't make for the most enjoyable game for my opponent, in hindsight, but he seemed to be having a good time nonetheless. I just wanted to run a tank squadron, really. if we were to re-rack I'd probably limit myself to two Russes, and fill in the remainder of the points with more infantry.