A Falling Out

I'll try not to rant. Not only will I try not to rant but I will also try not to exaggerate things. However, I will likely fail at the first and maybe the second.

There is a prominent Adepta Sororitas/Sisters of Battle group on Facebook ran by James Otero. It's a closed group so James is free to run it however he wants, I will not debate that. That does not mean that I have to agree with policies put into place for the group.

We all know it's hard being a Sisters player. Games Workshop has allowed the army to flounder for decades with poor rules and the lack of plastic models. It could be worse, the Sisters could have been done away with like the Squats and this point maybe that would have been the better option.

The cost of being able to field a base Sororitas army of two units of troops and an HQ is $175. Even worse for people elsewhere, $302 for our friends in Australia. Even for veteran Sisters players the cost of adding new units has a large barrier, $103 if I want to add one Retributor squad, $55 for a Dominion squad. The prices may not seem quite that bad but seeing how all the models are all metal and exclusively sold by GW on their web shop or in GW stores, that's insult to injury.

Back to the matter, James decided that any posts of models in the group had to be entirely Games Workshop models and conversions (as it seemed to me) would be okay as along is was mostly GW parts or if he found it to be acceptable. He went out of his way to specifically ban any posts related to Raging Heroes. Again his group, he can run it however he sees fit, but I'm calling bullshit on the whole thing.

Other companies have filled the Sisters of Battle void, primarily Raging Heroes because of Games Workshop's deliberate lack support for the army and its players. My problem of banning players from community groups because they had to go to another manufacturer is just a deaf, blind and dumb decision. Communities such as this should not be barring new or existing players for any reason outside of negligent behavior. Either you're an ambassador to the hobby and the game or you're an elitist jerk. If you take the elitist jerk route, I'm going to call you out on it.

I don't care if you're a shop owner or some admin in a Facebook group. The moment you start completely barring people from a community, you're inflicting harm on it and quite possibly causing that new player to abandon a game or hobby that he/she was looking forward to be involved in. It's not their fault that GW put a gate up. I despise it as much as new hobbyists being told that their paint jobs suck or that they should quit. It goes hand in hand with super fans talking down to new fans or fans of a property that may not know absolutely everything about it. Stop it.

And speaking of the models by Raging Heroes, the whole over sexualized argument, just stop. Sexy models are not going away and the ones Raging Heroes have put out are no worse than stuff that's been released in the past. The argument that the armor is not realistic, just stop, the setting for these games is not realistic. The people making these models have the right to artistic freedom, just like a group admin has the right wield the ban hammer, even if done so ignorantly. Kind of funny though; I see people crusading against models the likes of Raging Heroes, but I have yet to see any of those same people complaining about Kingdom Death and others.

Anyways, I gave my two cents in the group, I left and am now contemplating starting a new Sisters/Sororitas community group. Rant over, at least for now, because I have a podcast to record.

Daughters of the Crucible Playtesting

It's a shame that the Daughters of the Crucible from Raging heroes do not have an equivalent in Warhammer 40K. That's why John and I have made up some homebrewed rules for these stunning models.

We looked at what story background Raging Heroes had put out there during the Kickstarter campaign and decided to go with something of a gun slinging character unit based on the Blood Angels Death Company.

These rules are available for anybody who would like to give these rules a go and help us refine them. If you share or post them elsewhere, even if you alter the rules, please dothe right thing and credit us appropriately.

Daughters of the Crucible     100 points for 5 models

WS4 BS4 S3 T3 W1 I5 A2 L9 Sv6+

Wargear:

Religious Habit

Two Bolt Pistols

Close Combat Weapon

Krak Grenades

Frag Grenades
 

Special Rules:

Fearless

Feel No Pain (4+)

Fleet

Furious Charge

Gunslinger

Rage
 

Act of Faith:  Redemption by Victory or Death- This Act of Faith may be used at the start of any opponent’s Assault Phase. Until the end of the turn that this Act of Faith is used, this unit gains the Counter Attack special rule.
 

May add up to five additional models for 20 points each, a maximum of ten Daughters may be taken per army.

Each daughter may replace her close combat weapon with a power sword for 15 points per model
 

Let us know what you think and send us feedback from your games.

Preparing Raging Heroes' Sisters' Troops

Can't wait for these ladies to finally get here.

Adeptus Infernus 023

John and Greg are back and with better sound. We hope. Hobby Progress (Dark Eldar, The Super-Secret 40K Project, Emperor's Children), Games Played (Nurgle vs Tzeentch, 30K Emperor's Children vs Khorne Daemonkin), Cult Mechanicus, Space Marines, Forge World, GW rasing prices, Tzeentch Daemonkin, Character Spotlight: Saint Celestine, Adeptitrocites, Shout Outs and more!!!

Available on iTunes and Stitcher Radio

Email: howigeek@gmail.com

Adeptus Infernus 021

John and Greg are back to catch up on news and rumors in the world of Warhammer 40K.

Hobby Progress, Deathwatch/Genestealer Cults, Assassins: Execution Force, Space Marines, Cult Mechanicus, Imperial Knights, Forge World (Samus, Deimos Vindicator), Character Spotlight: Gerantius, Adeptitrocities, Wrath of Kings giveaway and more.

Available on iTunes and Stitcher Radio

Email: howigeek@comcast.net

Adeptus Infernus 012

A bit a late but John, Dave and Greg are back with some 40K talk. Forge World, Imperial Fists, Chaos Possessed Dreadnought, Chaos Cult Terminators and more.

Available on itunes and Stitcher

Email: howigeek@comcast.net

Adeptus Infernus Episode 010

In this episode John and Greg continue the talk on Blood Angels and other gaming news. Necrons, Sisters of Battle, Forge World dreadnoughts, Raging Heroes, Privateer Press and more.

Available on itunes and Stitcher

Email: howigeek@comcast.net

Waiting for Conquest



 

I got an email last night telling me that my copy of Warhammer 40000 Conquest is on its way to my doorstep and can't get here fast enough.

 

I've burned out on just every type of card game for years now. Having tried some Sentinels of the Multiverse and the DC Comics Deck Building Game allowed me to break out of that slump a little bit.

 

I was completely unfamiliar with Fantasy Flight's living card game format of games and distribution, but I love the Warhammer 40K setting. I looked for previews and any pre-release reviews and found that I liked what I was seeing. Once the rules were made available I read through them and found the game easy to learn and no lengthy set up.

 

There two things I need to mention on the living card game format I need to comment on. The core starter set comes with Warlords for seven different factions. You get everything you need in order to play with a friend. However, to fully customize your deck, you're going to need another 2-3 copies of the starter box. I see that as both a good and bad thing. Good because you're dripping hundreds upon hundreds of dollars for booster packs or boxes or boosters, but you, you're friends and any other local players are still having to drop another 80 bucks into the game. I'm not sure how that works with the deluxe expansions. the monthly war packs though are a very nice improvement from the typical "booster' pack. With the war packs you get a full play set of cards featured in that month's release. I'm worried that my friends and are going to love this game while not being able to get the extra starter boxes we need.

 



 

In regards to the factions I'm super excited to try out the Dark Eldar and equally eager to see the Necrons when they eventually get released. Lilith Hesperax had better get a Warlord card. I am desperately hoping that the Adepta Sororitas/Sisters of Battle get added as their own faction later. In all honesty I'd be happy just to see them scattered throughout the other Imperium factions as well.

 

 

The first war pack will feature the Space Wolf Ragnar Blackbane. The Space Wolves aren't my cop of tea but I have a friend who's interest in this game may peak due to Ragnar. The second features the Plaguefather for Chaos Space Marines, the third introduces Commander Shadowsun an Ethereal for the Tau and I see that the fourth is an ork.

 

I'm incredibly tempted to hunt down a copy from one of the local hobby shops today after work. Must have willpower.