Ode to the Accelerant

And now on a very special episode of 23lines.... we are very proud to present the literary styling of a giant in our community... I present to you 'Ode to the Accelerant'The apothecary of modeling, am IAccelerator be my inspiration, and cyanoacrylite my museBe my...

40k 6e PDF is a Fake!

I have no actual knowledge as to why this may be the case but if its posted on the internet then it must be so!Fake, fake, fake, fake....But really fun to read regardless. I think it really speaks to a dearth of 40k subject matter that this garners so much attention.I...

Tourney Style: Presence and Present-ability of a Judge

One of the major roles of a tourney judge is to simply be available to answer questions and arbitrate rules discussions. However, there is often a sense of reservation that players seem to have when deciding whether and when to grab a judge. I completely...

Tourney Style: Slow Play versus Playing Slow in 40k

As a tournament judge at the 2011 NOVA Open, I had the nearly unique opportunity to observe upwards of 800 games of 40k being played across 2 days with 200 players. The NOVA format this year was 2000  point lists playing 4 games per day over the course of two...

NOVA Open 2011 Recovery Phase

What an amazing weekend! We had over 350 people attend the Open. I met a lot of great folks, worked hard running a small tournament and judging at the big one, and found the whole thing to be a very rewarding experience.The team tournament on Friday went very well....