Sandwyrm Archive

  • by SandWyrm I’m not sure how much to read into this yet before their full financials are posted, but as we all know, GW loves to give out dividends. Well, according to their preliminary financial statement, they’re going to be giving out 20% less of them this year compared to...

    The Back 40K: GW Dividends Down 20%

    by SandWyrm I’m not sure how much to read into this yet before their full financials are posted, but as we all know, GW loves to give out dividends. Well, according to their preliminary financial statement, they’re going to be giving out 20% less of them this year compared to...

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  • by SandWyrm Tasty-Taste had another 6th Edition rumor release late last night. I haven’t seen anyone else put these up yet, so I thought I’d beat BoLS to the punch this time. (begin dump) Ok, let us get ready for some fun guys 6th is about two months away so...

    The Back 40K: The 6th Ed Rumors You Didn’t Want To Hear

    by SandWyrm Tasty-Taste had another 6th Edition rumor release late last night. I haven’t seen anyone else put these up yet, so I thought I’d beat BoLS to the punch this time. (begin dump) Ok, let us get ready for some fun guys 6th is about two months away so...

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  • by SandWyrm Team ‘And They Shall Know No Fear’, which includes The Back 40K’s own Spaguatyrine, has just reported that they won the team championships at Adepticon! In which a massive 464 players competed for the top prize! Not only that, but they had the highest score for ‘Tactician’ as...

    The Back 40K: Adepticon: Spag’s Team Wins!!!

    by SandWyrm Team ‘And They Shall Know No Fear’, which includes The Back 40K’s own Spaguatyrine, has just reported that they won the team championships at Adepticon! In which a massive 464 players competed for the top prize! Not only that, but they had the highest score for ‘Tactician’ as...

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  • by SandWyrm A couple of weeks ago Farmpunk and I had a Flames of War Battle down in the Man-Cave. We were a little sick of the same old hills/trees/rocks thing that we’d been doing for terrain up to that point. So we um… appropriated some of my kids’ train...

    The Back 40K: FoW: The Battle Of El Sodor-mein

    by SandWyrm A couple of weeks ago Farmpunk and I had a Flames of War Battle down in the Man-Cave. We were a little sick of the same old hills/trees/rocks thing that we’d been doing for terrain up to that point. So we um… appropriated some of my kids’ train...

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  • by SandWyrm I’ve just spent most of the day writing up proper dice rules for The M42 Project. Once I’d finished the how-to-roll-2D6 nonsense, I realized that games like 40K, Warpath, and Flames should really include a few pages of rules on what sorts of dice are legal to use...

    The Back 40K: Ensuring Honest Rolling (Or… The Geek That Kicked The Hornets’ Nest) – Updated

    by SandWyrm I’ve just spent most of the day writing up proper dice rules for The M42 Project. Once I’d finished the how-to-roll-2D6 nonsense, I realized that games like 40K, Warpath, and Flames should really include a few pages of rules on what sorts of dice are legal to use...

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  • by SandWyrm Houston, we’ve had a problem… On behalf of the Indy Open Team, I have to apologize for a screw up on our part. We collectively missed something so basic in our record keeping that all the blogosphere will be wondering “WTF?”. You see, we have everyone’s results, but…...

    The Back 40K: The Indy Open: Full Results Spreadsheets

    by SandWyrm Houston, we’ve had a problem… On behalf of the Indy Open Team, I have to apologize for a screw up on our part. We collectively missed something so basic in our record keeping that all the blogosphere will be wondering “WTF?”. You see, we have everyone’s results, but…...

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  • by SandWyrm Tomb King has asked us to mention his upcoming 40K GT in Missouri. Go Midwest events! We need more than just Adepticon. Here’s the info he’s provided. I don’t see a contact email, but I’m sure that he’ll be hanging out in the comments to answer any questions...

    The Back 40K: Hey! Another Midwest GT!!!

    by SandWyrm Tomb King has asked us to mention his upcoming 40K GT in Missouri. Go Midwest events! We need more than just Adepticon. Here’s the info he’s provided. I don’t see a contact email, but I’m sure that he’ll be hanging out in the comments to answer any questions...

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  • by SandWyrm This is something that I just posted to The M42 Project, but which I thought would be of interest over here on TB40K as well. One of our readers asked how, with melta so required now to counter tanks, that we might diversify the various factions more. My...

    The Back 40K: Moving Away From Melta Everywhere

    by SandWyrm This is something that I just posted to The M42 Project, but which I thought would be of interest over here on TB40K as well. One of our readers asked how, with melta so required now to counter tanks, that we might diversify the various factions more. My...

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  • by SandWyrm I’m going to throw an open question out there for TB40K community. How are you liking the new GW paints? I guess I’m too experienced and jaded to get excited about GW’s new paint line. But TheNeverThere did have some nice things to say about the new paints...

    The Back 40K: The New GW Paints: Worth It?

    by SandWyrm I’m going to throw an open question out there for TB40K community. How are you liking the new GW paints? I guess I’m too experienced and jaded to get excited about GW’s new paint line. But TheNeverThere did have some nice things to say about the new paints...

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  • by SandWyrm As Privateer Press gears up to release War Room for the iPad this April, with it’s integrated rules and army builder; should we be scared of it’s effect on the profit margins of the local game store? Digital 3D printing is an obvious future threat (or opportunity) to...

    The Back 40K: Will Digital Publishing Destroy The Local Game Store?

    by SandWyrm As Privateer Press gears up to release War Room for the iPad this April, with it’s integrated rules and army builder; should we be scared of it’s effect on the profit margins of the local game store? Digital 3D printing is an obvious future threat (or opportunity) to...

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