Update

I apologize for lack of posts in the last week.  I can't speak for the others, but I've had a chaotic week and haven't really had much time to think or talk about 40k.  Part of it is due to having moved back to my small town roots and begun readjusting to a much slower pace of life, but part is due to the illness of a family friend.  I'll try to get articles out next week, but I can't promise anything.  I have been working on another project and have been enjoying that and will be getting my toes wet with another game system soon.  I ask for your patience and continued interest in this site moving forward.

Heretic

Hunter Cadre, pt.3: Shields, Markers, and Guns...

Beep Boop Gentlereaders,

One of the most unique aspects of the Tau codex's portrayal of their way of warfare is their wide implementation of artificial intelligence to assist their forces.  In the early days of the game daemon engines were preceded by chaos androids, but those were essentially robotic vessels for daemons rather than AI.  Similarly, eldar employ wraithbone vessel for their fallen warriors, but the closest equivalent to true AI outside the Tau codex would be the dark eldar's talos and chronos engines.  All of these act as independent units, while only Tau drones are integrated into other units.  Let's look at this unique part of the greater good.

The Big Crunch: Fate of the Dark Eldar

Corvus here, revisiting my big crunch series of articles with a new fresher focus in mind. We've spent enough time bemoaning the state of the marine, but short of Templar, there's a codex out there which has recently felt the crunch of a newer book offering better options per point even more so than the boys in blue. This is Dark Eldar, whom in the wake of the Tau release are looking a bit green around the gills. As ever, with these sorts of articles, I'm not claiming Dark Eldar are incapable of winning games, rather that they're simply feeling outdated and outperformed by similar range codices.

GW strikes again!

It appears that GW has deemed it necessary to send Bell of Lost Souls (BoLS) as well as Faiet 212 a CND order due to posting of upcoming/current White Dwarf publicized magazines.  With these being some of the game's major contributors to the online community, what does this mean for the future of 40k's online communities.

Hunter Cadre, pt. 2: The Fire Warrior

For the...greater...zzz

Greetings Gentlereaders,

It's time to look at the heart of the cadre around which you should build all your armies and most of your efforts, the Fire Warrior team.  While not greatly changed on the surface, the fire warrior team's wargear and options have changed significantly and they have been catapulted to center stage in the Tau player's playbook rather than being relegated to hiding in a devilfish.  While Son of Horus has been promoting them to me since before the new codex, I had consistently underestimated them due to my dice luck.

The Tomb World Awakens: 111

Greetings dear readers, as we close our series with a retrospective and summary, looking to apply all that we've learned from our review, so that we may create a more perfect list. There is much to discuss and much more to discover. Onward we surge, our powers amassed and awakened. Let the living fear!