Vashtorr the Arkifane or Trashtorr the Arkifail?

Firstly I should apologize for the juvenile title of this article. Secondly, I will say upfront that this is probably the most disappointed I’ve been in a rule reveal for Chaos for 10+ years. (And that is saying a LOT). Finally, before getting into this, as much as I will try not to be too revealing, there might be some

Battle Report Quickie: Ultramarines Vs. Death Guard

 game yesterday vs. the dreaded Death Guard. My opponent is not new to 40K but Death Guard are a recent acquisition to him. For history, I had played my White Scars against this list, but I think it was a very narrow loss.  I believed that my UM would have a better shot. The scary thing is his list is

Prot’s First game of 9th Edition (sort of): Adeptus Custodes VS. Orks

As usual time is a bit of a crunch but I really want to get this batrep out. I know there are a lot of Custodes fans out there and none more than me wanted to see how they will fair in 9th edition. Be forewarned that this is really a ‘Maelstom’ Game of… let’s say 8.5! We used a

Quickie Battle Report: White Scars Vs. Death Guard 2K

So I’ve played quite a few games in the past weeks with my White Scars. What a different army to play. Honestly in part it’s been frustrating. The reality is as a marine player, I really don’t think it’s advisable to put all your eggs in the Assault Basket as a White Scars player. The truth is some other armies

Competitive Battle Report : Adeptus Mechanicus Vs. Orks

Welcome to a Prot Quickie Batrep. Recently I’ve been trying hard to take a very different approach to my competitive AdMech and the last 10 or so games I’ve been juggling a list that is based on the following core: Cawl (Because I’m Mars… all Mars all the time.) Daedelosus (because he plugs a problem all AdMech have) 3 x

Eldar Craftworlds: Do Wraith Units Work? 10 Game Competitive Summary over the Christmas Break.

Well this little piece comes as a reminder, to myself as much as anyone, how my Eldar seem to function from the point of view of getting Wraith units to work. The core of the list is loosely the following: 2, and then 1 squad of Wraiths (now on foot, x10 with Axe and Shield). 3 Vibro Cannons. (Cheap and

A Prot Quick n’ Dirty Battle Report: Ultramarines vs. Death Guard 2000 Pts.

Old School versus New School So far the Ultramarines have had a tremendous amount of success since the codex came out. That being said I’ve had very little chance to play some of my more unfavourable matchups: Tau, Eldar, Dark Eldar, etc. On the other hand a lot of wins have come from tough match ups like Necrons (anti infantry),

Trying Old and New Things with Ultramarines 2.0

Things have been going really well with the new codex. But there’s been one elephant in the room…. well actually 2 of them: The Repulsor and Repulsor Executioner. Every list previous to the 2.0 update to my Ultramarines have included 3 of these. With the update I’ve gone down to 1 of each variant. At first I was quite peeved

New 8th Edition Space Marines have Landed: We’re Feeling out the Strange, New Meta!

Excuse me it’s been a while since I did a battle report but I soon discovered with the new codex that… there’s a lot to discover! In this article I will share some of my early findings (positives and negatives) while sprinkling in some various shots of games (not just my own.) I’ve been playing a lot of games whenever

Ultramarines Quickie Battle Report: New Space Marines Codex for 8th edition

This is just going to be a brief overview using a list I more or less feel is pretty accurate. As I write this I don’t have the new codex in my hands but I’ve played a few games with the new rules and the Ultramarines in particular. It’s funny how the rules overall seem really decent, but there’s no