The king is dead. Long live the king.

Good bye my favorite edition.

Today we all say goodbye to 5th edition 40K. This was my favorite edition so far. I wanted to say a few good byes to the stuff I'll miss. This coming from all the way back from 4th through 5th, and I know some of this stuff may be in the new edition.

6th edition, the non-truths

Let us take a quick moment to look at what was confirmed true and looks to be false.  These are the few that I was told about and found very unbelievable, but the masses thought differently.

·         The leaked PDF ,which was confirmed false, had many believers that is was the true 6^th

·         Move, Assault, Shoot (who really truly believed this?)

·         Psychic Phase (once again rumored for another new edition as it always is)

·         Assault after Deep Strike

·         Multiple levels of Feel No Pain, Instant Death and Eternal Warrior

·         Movement= foot 6”, cavalry 7”, bikes 8” and charge is double the movement range

·         Percentages used to build your army like fantasy

·         Pistol weapon strength used as close combat attack

·         Rapid fire weapons have 2 shots if move or 2 shots at half range

Necron Codex final grade

After a fair amount of time, I’m done with the Necron Codex and what is my final opinion? It is pretty average. Only average you say? Why? I’ll be using a +,-, and 0 grading system ( the 0  will be the neutral )

Background

This was greatly expanded for better or worse. The Necrons are no longer mindless killbots, well not all of them anyway. There are now personalities in the world of walking metal killers. They are all part of varying Dynasties and Tom Worlds. Does this really matter to me? Nope. I look at my army as a mindless force of T-800’s and friends. I don’t like robots with personas, well aside from Bender, while others might. The background is a solid 0.

Zombocalypse?

The news stories continue to pile up. In just a few weeks time we have five different stories all dealing with drugged up a-holes attacking people (and on dog). The press says "bath salts" and K-2 are at the heart of these stories. Could it be more than that?

Necron HQ review, last and most expensive choice

The super strategist Why then does he have so many random dice roll rules?

Imotekh is known to be a great strategist, perhaps the most accomplished in the galaxy, and is said to have never been defeated in battle (since I have never used him on the tabletop). He has put down a civil war on his Tomb World; forced all other Necrons to stop infighting, has campaigns that encompass entire star systems, and has waged wars in whole sectors of space.


In battle, Imotekh is known to use terror as a weapon against his foes. He channels electrical storms to destroy and frighten armies and can even blanket the battlefield in eternal night. When it comes to fighting, Imotekh leads his from the front and challenges enemy commanders to duels. These are honorable duels and of course the enemy takes that into consideration. Imotekh never kills a defeated foe. Instead he maims them or leaves them wounded. This way they suffer from the humiliation of defeat. Yeah, a real genius move there, since the 40K universe is full of unbelievable bastards who would never do the same, and will only seek revenge.

A non 6th edition post

Yeah there are a few posts out that are not about 6th edition.
This picture is hardly anywhere, but it show the last two Necron models in the range. Holy crap! the entire Necron range is soon to be complete, and within 6-7 months of the codex release. How is this possible? Also why have they not done this with every codex prior?

It is blurry, but there are the last two HQ choices. They look descent, but I think they are drek when it comes to rules. This is not uncommon to have a descent to stellar model and crummy rules for the game. I am suprised they didn't make an empowered Orikan model.

Necron HQ review, the Bodyguard

Vargard Obyron serves as the personal bodyguard to Nemesor Zahndrekh. Unlike his master, he is well aware of the reality of his existence. He has long since abandoned attempts to awaken Zahndrekh to the real universe. He takes care of all the loose ends that his master’s eccentricities leave. He is incredibly loyal, willing to give his life for Zahndrekh’s if and when needed.

or sadly this is what jumped into my brain when I wrote this.............

My Bodyguard (1980)
Adam Baldwin as Vargard Obyron!
Chris Makepeace as Nemesor Zahndrekh?