by vhadmin | Feb 11, 2017
As we have established, I do not belong in competitive play. It’s just not my jam. Fun to number crunch and think about, yes. Which is why, for the past three years, I’ve played “friendly” events at the Las Vegas Open – and why I’ve...
by vhadmin | Jan 30, 2017
I was grabbing a current snapshot of the current ITC standings (as of Jan. 29, 2017) for another project, but while I was looking at the data I started wondering how correlated tournament attendance is with ITC score. So I decided to find out. Now, clearly...
by vhadmin | Jan 26, 2017
When I started playing 40K the default gaming surface to play on has gone from a big piece of felt or a table with enough gravel flock to scour your knuckles. That’s changed in the past couple years. A lot. Mousepad like game mats are now supplied by a number of...
by vhadmin | Jan 14, 2017
I’ve been slowing my posting on Variance Hammer for a couple reasons – ironically, the relentless pace of GW releases makes it hard to talk about any one thing in depth, and a couple pre-orders going a bit wrong has meant I’ve been behind enough on a...
by vhadmin | Dec 10, 2016
After yesterday’s analysis of the Warzone Atlanta data, a commenter on Reddit objected to my use of the term “Friendly” to describe my army, and the implication that competitive armies are inherently unfriendly, less fun to play, etc. I clarified...
