Command Points are 8th Edition’s Psychic Dice
TL;DR: They’re good at injecting flavor into the game, are fun in small quantities, but when deployed en masse break the game. This started as what was just going to be […]
Randomness
2018 NOVA Open Invitational Bracket Benchmarks
So the 2018 NOVA Open Invitational is coming up, and there’s a bracket at https://challonge.com/NOVAinvite18 . Predictions based on brackets are always interesting, because they both give you the chance to […]
How Long a Long Shot? Forecasting Adam Abramowicz’s WZA 2018 Chances
For the most part on this blog I stay away from discussing individuals, both because it makes me faintly uncomfortable to talk about strangers on the internet, and also because […]
Ynnari Wraithknights: Conventional or Skathach?
Awhile back, I took a look at the performance of the Skathach Wraithknight vs. the standard Codex: Craftworlds Wraithknight firing two D-cannons, and was rather impressed with the balance between […]
Breaking Down the New Wraithknights
It should be obvious by now that I have a thing for the Eldar. Which means the re-release of The Doom of Mymeara has got me super-excited, mostly for my beloved […]
A System for Non-Competitive Campaign Scoring
I love linked campaigns. They’re probably my favorite way to play wargames – you build a little narrative in your head, you play some games, and at the end there’s […]
Ordering Custom Dice
A bit ago I posted an analysis of custom dice – whether folks thought the symbol should be on the six or the one, and if any of the dice […]
The Absurdity of BoLS’s ETC Analysis
A few days ago, Bell of Lost Souls published an article with the following title: Anatomy of a 40K Disaster: USA vs Europe ETC Analysis. My first though reading the title […]
Musing on Custom Dice
Awhile ago, I had a disastrous game – everything seemed to be going wrong, and the dice were…well, the dice were not with me. Later, I discovered the reason for […]