Bat Rep: 1,000 Pts Space Wolves vs. Tyranids

It was time for the local monthly tournament. With it being a college town and the weekend of Spring Break, it was mostly locals, many of whom decided it was a good opportunity to bring some different and marginally crazy lists. There was a triple-riptide list, a dual wraithknight list, a dual Imperial Knight list, and a dual heldrake list to name a few. Round 1 saw me matched up against Will and his Space Wolves. The mission was Crusade with 5 objectives, board edge deployment, and night fighting round 1.

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Codex: Imperial Knights

With the initial White Dwarf behind us, and the Official Codex out, let all of the fun begin.  First off I would like to say that this is the Red Pill, this is the first step down the Rabbit Hole.  The Codex that is made of nothing but Super Heavies is out, so let the discussions begin.

Before that though, lets break this bad boy down.

Introducing Codex:  Imperial Knights

Facing the Grey Tide Podcast - Episode 4: Tyranids, Legion of the Damned, and Imperial Knights

What's up everyone?  Here is the fourth episode of the Facing the Grey Tide Podcast.  Tonight we look at a variety of army supplements as we break down the White Dwarf Imperial Knights (with the Codex dropping this weekend), Codex:  Legion of the Damned, and the second supplement for the Tyranids; Tyranid Invasion:  Rising Leviathan II. This is a quick episode as Bryan gets ever closer to DarkStar GT, and the guys talk about some of the recent games, their conquering of their Grey Tides, and some fun stories along the way.

Enjoy the Podcast

Bat Rep: 1,850 Pts. Chaos Space Marines vs. Tyranids

The final game of our last gaming weekend saw Chris crossing over to 40k to play my Tyranids with a highly proxied Chaos Space Marine list. I would be using my planned NOVA Tyranids, so I wanted to make as strong a CSM list as possible. To that end I reached out to the guys at Forge the Narrative and the 40k Wrecking Crew for help strengthening a Nurgle CSM list.

What is the Meta?

When I first started getting into the online and tournament communities, I had to wrap my head around the concept of Meta. It is intended to describe the gaming environment that is prevalent at a particular time, and can be general and wide ranging (aka, Meta, Tournament Meta) or fairly specific (local Meta).  It's also used as a scapegoat for explaining why a list or unit is good or bad. To some degree Meta is a strawman.

That said, the perceived definition of Meta is simply defining what is popular and powerful in a particular area. The wide ranging meta for 40k used to be fairly glacial in terms of change, and so, was fairly well defined and understood. However, with the rapid release schedules of 6th edition, that's been turned upside-down a bit.

Fantasy Bat Rep: 4,000 pts Dark Elves vs. Nurgle Chaos Warriors

On our last gaming weekend, we branched out a bit and played some Fantasy. Chris came down to join us and he's been getting into Fantasy rather than 40k, so we planned on playing a bit of both. Chris was my main gaming buddy growing up, and like me, he had dropped the hobby in college and for several years after.

Tyranid Invasion: Rising Leviathan II, A First Look

Greetings everyone, BeeCee here. Evan usually gets the honor of reviewing all the new books but this time I thought I would take a quick stab at one. Tonight part two of the invasion of of world Satys was released and we have five more dataslate formations to talk about!

Quick! We have to come up with a way to sell Tyranid warriors kits!