The Overwatch

Go ahead, download the codex preview on iTunes and you will see for yourself- Fire Dragons are getting a 3+ save. Special Rules are rumored as the following

-Ancient doom is apparently a penalty when dealing with Slaanesh demons (good luck seeing those on the table though) and its kind of a fun fluff rule. Supposedly -1ld to Fear tests from Slaanesh demons?

-Battle Focus is apparently the run-shoot and maybe additional run rule? That would give them a nice added mobility to their Melta, especially coming out of a Serpent. Fleet only helps with this rule as Fleet lets you re-roll run move dice.

-Fleet…a great rule for re-rolling run/charge dice. Interesting to see how this rule has changed over the years eh?

Gary from Faeit shares with us recent legal action that he has been… …participating in. Read the entire post for his thoughts on Eldar and Dropzone Commander.

Legal Issues
Games Workshop took and is taking awhile to respond, mostly due to Google taking their sweet time. Yes for those that are interested I have an IP Attorney on my case (a good one at that). While I will not go into the details (yet, because I do not want to get in the way of the final aspects of the what is going on), I am going to imagine that I will be very open and probably publish a lot of what is happening.

So yes, GW correspondence, and what they are saying and what is being returned to them will most likely, unless I am told by my own attorney not to, be published.

The good parts is, there is nothing that Games Workshop should of been able to do to my site, natfka.blogspot.com. Google when far above to accommodate Games Workshops complaints. The complaints by the way, imply ip infringement, which simply is not the case legally in these regards according the Fair Use clause of the first amendment of the United States when it comes to journalistic reporting.

Now that does not mean that if I were a UK citizen that there would be some breaches in there, but following US copyright law, I am in good standing. (great attorney who is very helpful on what I can and cannot do)

That being said, please do not get into commentary legal advice or opinions below, even if you are an attorney. These things are being handled by the pro’s, and they specialize in ip law.

So look forward Faeit 212 fans, we are on the final stretches to get back up and running.

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Looks like an interesting game, check out this BOLS X-Wing Batrep. Honestly, I am on the fence between this and Dropzone Commander.. Full Post here.

Should I look into it?

Since no game is for every gamer, I thought I’d quickly hit on the pros and cons of X-Wing.

Pros

• Games are fast, typically taking less than an hour for the standard, tournament-level, 100-point game.  This is great for those of us who can’t afford to spend an entire evening at the local game store.
• They have some of the best pre-painted miniatures I have seen.  While many scoff at the idea of pre-painted minis, not everyone has the time or inclination to paint miniatures.
• The game’s balance is pretty solid.  I own at least two of every ship, and would certainly field a pair of any ship in a competitive build.
• The activation mechanics keep both players invested at all times.  Having to wait ten or more minutes during a game of Warmachine or Warhammer 40,000 can get a bit boring.

Cons

• Fantasy Flight has been having distribution problems.  Aside from Core Sets, the Millenium Falcon, and Slave-1, X-Wing is pretty much sold out at the distributor level.  These problems aren’t unique to X-Wing, as they can be found with several of their other titles.  While I’m not exactly hurting for models to play with, it is a little difficult to promote a game that people can’t really buy into.
• The selection of existing ships from the chosen era is growing smaller and smaller, and that is concerning for the overall longevity of the game.  After the third quarter releases drop, there isn’t really much left from the Galactic Civil War to grab at.  Sure, there are things like the TIE Defender, Z-95 Headhunter, XG-1 Starwing Assault Gunboat, and YT-2400, but these can only sustain new releases for so long unless they want to start using “uglies”, and nobody wants that.
• The Star Wars license is a fickle beast.  As someone who really liked Wizard of the Coast’s Star Wars: Saga Edition, I was more than a little annoyed when that game was canned when Wizards of the Coast lost the license for Star Wars, resulting in the game going out-of-print overnight.  Now that Disney owns Lucasfilm, they quickly shuttered LucasArts and struck a speedy agreement with Electronic Arts, so who knows if the license will be renewed when it expires?

A few weeks ago, I managed to capture my first, proper 100-point game on camera, which has been edited into a battle report.  While we did make some rules mistakes, including using incorrect initiative rules, wrongly identifying the phase names, and some other minor things, we still felt that the game was interesting enough to share.  Check it out!

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Probably some of the most insightful stratagem you will hear about the new Eldar. EldarCorsair breaks down everything you need to know about the rumors swirling around Codex: Eldar. 

Beautifully done Death Korps Commissar bust. Completed (with all rights reserved to) T Markham.