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WANKHAMMER 40K A lot of people like Warhammer 40,000. I don't, really, mostly because it's an ungainly system apparently based on the business model of being broken in any given edition so a new, "fixed" edition is inevitable and therefore those interested in playing (especially in tournaments) must keep sinking money into new editions. Add to that fact the unfortunate truth that as the rules change, some forces become obsolete and perhaps (if one is unlucky) maybe a hundred dollars of investment becomes useless in game terms, and it quite simply rubs me the wrong way. Still, Andy Chambers' new Starship Troopers game is pretty damn good, and I've a bit of old Warhammer stuff I'd like to breathe new life into. Also, I've got friends who like Warhammer and who've offered to contribute stuff to the website, time permitting, and I'd like them to have their say too. With that in mind, I'm revamping this page somewhat to better reflect a less antagonistic attitude (although the old antagonism is below for those who are interested). The subcategory menu to the left will be updated with WH40K to SST conversions as I make three-dimensional box counters for them. Anyone who is interested in using said box counters in SST is free to do so. If they end up in other games, that's fine too. If people want the DoGA files I used to make them, I'll gladly hand them over--just use the contact link to ask. |
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| Artwork Rant of the Week |
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Let's face it: Wankhammer is an expensive hobby. Perhaps not as expensive a hobby as snorting premium-grade Columbian cocaine off of a thousand-dollar hooker's ass while she plays a genuine Strattavarius violin, but still quite expensive. Me, I'm a cheapskate. Not only that, but I'm not much for narcotics or prostitutes (although the violin would be nice) and even if I were, I'm far too economically challenged to be able to support a Wankhammer habit, much less that sort of thing. I mean, really, who wants to spend $20 on a COMBAT SQUAD of five normal boring Space Marine boltgunners when all Games Wankshop does is write a set of shitty rules for the express purpose of writing shitty add-on rules in Codexes before finally flushing the shitty rules down the toilet a year or two later for a vaunted "new" edition of shitty rules
Really, I've seen twelve year-olds write better rules for playing with green army men than these so-called professionals. Wankhammer is a game where you should just get drunk or stoned and play simply because it's so absurd, just like Paranoia. It's also not worth spending that much money on, unless you just really like cursing your family line as far back as you remember as you attempt to assemble the poorly cast and constructed miniatures that Citadel cranks out like rabbits crank out little balls of excrement.
Still, to each their own, right? Besides, Andy Chambers' new Starship Troopers game is actually pretty damn decent, so perhaps we can breath new life into WH40K stuff...