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And if so, which army?

I used to, but it go so expensive
I had Space Marines and Tau

I liked Tua better

I guess noone playes/played

I used to play as the nids but I couldn't win, so now I use the Tau. I just play with two of my friends and I just tend to use random models because I'm cheap.

I don't play.

I play pretty much anything BUT 40k. Warmachine, Troopers, B5, looking at Confrontation and HORDES next.

40k? Nah, not unless the new Eldar have the best codex EVER (and I own the 2nd ed codex so it'll have to be impressive).

You should have made this poll so i could select more then one option :D

I play:
IG- about 5k points
Space Wolves - about 3k points
Alpha Legion - 2k points (roughly)
Tau - 1,5k points
Then theres my speed freaks, who are slowly gaining more models as i convert them.

(and to prove im a real geek: I also have 3k points Chaos mortals/beastmen, 2k points Vampire counts, 2k High elves, some random dwarves. 5k points Imperial Battlefleet, 2,5k points Chaos battlefleet, 2 Necromunda gangs, 1 mordheim gang, 2 bloodbowl teams, and a small mountain of unpainted mini's)

Man, I used to. Up to about 2 months ago. But I just couldnt play a game that was made by a heartless company anymore. So I have moved onto bigger and better games like Warmachine and Flames of War.

Used to, but not anymore. Constant price hikes, lousy customer support, and the arrival of Warmachine made me sell most of what I had.

I still have the sprues for a small Kult’o’Speed, but it’s doubtful if it’s ever going to be completed…

Kicked the habit just as the Tau came out, now getting back into BFG and necromunda
I had numerous armies:
Space marines
Chaos Space Marines (enough for either a khorne army, a cultist force and a undivided army or 1 huge horde)
Imp Gaurd
Orks
Tau (army deal, most of it unbiult).

What's the difference between warhammer and warhammer 40k?

What's the difference between warhammer and warhammer 40k?

40k has far simpler movement, it's a squad-based skirmish game in the way it works.

Warhammer is built around block units with restricted movemnts but massive bonuses for getting an advantageous position (charging an enemy unit in the flank for example). It halso has more psychology rules and magic.

Personally I far prefer it to 40k (but then I prefer most games to 40k).

Warhammer= Warhammer fantasy battle (WFB)= ripped off tolkien fantasy battles with knights and orcs and dwarfs and elves etc etc
Warhammer 40k= Warhammer 40000= set in the year 40000 or there abouts, scifi version of (WFB) with space knights (space marines), Space Elves (Eldar), Space Orks and now saddly written out of existance Space Dwaves (Squats) and a few other random thign slike Aliens ripp off tyranids and Anime ripp off tau.

Warhammer= Warhammer fantasy battle (WFB)= ripped off tolkien fantasy battles with knights and orcs and dwarfs and elves etc etc
Warhammer 40k= Warhammer 40000= set in the year 40000 or there abouts, scifi version of (WFB) with space knights (space marines), Space Elves (Eldar), Space Orks and now saddly written out of existance Space Dwaves (Squats) and a few other random thign slike Aliens ripp off tyranids and Anime ripp off tau.
I don't know that I'd toss around 'rip off' so much as 'influence,' but I wouldn't really want to get into that kind of discussion.

I played 40k a couple of times when I used to go to conventions. I think it suffered more from the people running it than anything else, but it didn't have any elegance. I felt like it was just lining up two sets of dice, it didn't matter much where they where or what I did with them. Again, that might be down to the way those running it set it up.

I played a ton of Battletech, though.

I play BT and IG, but I'm starting to get into Warmachine lately. I'd really like to get into Battlefleet Gothic, but I need to convince other people to play.....

I voted as necrons, but that's really unfair. I also play as the Space Marines based upon my NS empire's design (looks similar thus to the Blood Angels, but there are a few differences.

I play BT and IG, but I'm starting to get into Warmachine lately. I'd really like to get into Battlefleet Gothic, but I need to convince other people to play.....

Where I live, at least four people play BFG. I'd like to get into the Necron Fleets for those.....

I don't know that I'd toss around 'rip off' so much as 'influence,' but I wouldn't really want to get into that kind of discussion.

I played 40k a couple of times when I used to go to conventions. I think it suffered more from the people running it than anything else, but it didn't have any elegance. I felt like it was just lining up two sets of dice, it didn't matter much where they where or what I did with them. Again, that might be down to the way those running it set it up.

I played a ton of Battletech, though.

As a recovering GWaholic i feel it is my duty to be as scathing of GW as possible ;) of course i still worship jes goodwin his art book, "The Gothic and the Eldrich" is a very interesting bit of work.
Actually it was Btech that took me away from 40k (the whole design your own stuff, no need for minis unless you wanted them, better novels etc etc), but i am now a recovering btechaholic (darn you wizkids) and my crowd are getting back into the GW specialist games (BFG, necromunda).

A well laid out board with loads of terrain generally made 40k battles a lot mroe enjoyable and involved tactics, the more open games that tended to be set up for demos would tend to just be dice fests.

Space Marine and Tau. Nearly finished the Tau, and the Space Marines have been finished for about a year now. Both will be about 2000-2500 points in total.

though when I do look at the total cost of it all, I do despair sometimes.

I play Wh40k, WhFb, CO3, FoW, BfG, GorkaMorka, Mortheim, Bloodbowl and since a few Days Lotr.
In 40k I got some really old and badly painted Spacewolves, but at the moment I'm maibnly playing Tau and just started my Demon Hunter army. Laslo a few Ultramarines and 'Nids are lurking threw my House ^^ A salamanderarmy is waiting for painting.
Whfb I got Brtes, Empire/Middenheim, O&G,HE,WE, Ogres and Vampires.
Confrontation: Wolfen, some Devourers Dirz and a few Griffons.
FoW: DAK
BFG: Eldar
Gorkamorka: Digganobs, Orks, Muties
Mortheim: Witchhunters, Undead, Skaven and Middenheim
Bloodbowl: Khemri, Humans and Amazons
Lotr: Rohan

I know its a lot but i started back in 1994 ^^ so there are minis with the age of 12 between 0 Years.

I collect Blood Angel Space marines, but also the Imperial Guard and Grey Knights.

The Blood Angels are my main army.

I use the Guardsmen when there is a campaign weekend at my local store, i have a baneblade you see ;) (The shop staff seemed suprised that a 17 year had such a tank:D)

Orks, but I quit after 3 weeks because I quikly found what a huge rip-off the units are. I can see how people like the WH series because you get to customise your units and you can play and talk with people that you know over the battlefield table. But the relitivly high prices and nerdy conotations became too much for me.

Orks, but I quit after 3 weeks because I quikly found what a huge rip-off the units are. I can see how people like the WH series because you get to customise your units and you can play and talk with people that you know over the battlefield table. But the relitivly high prices and nerdy conotations became too much for me.

Merely nerdy connotations?

My friend you go to a particularly jockish GW in that case.

To the guy interested in BFG, word is it may even be dropped from Specialist Games soon.

I'd advise checking out Babylon 5: A Call To Arms (www.mongoose-publishing.com follow the link in the topbar). It's a similar system but has a lot more depth without the need for stuff like the gunnery table.

I used to play BFG, but I've come to the conclusion that it's hideously broken. The Imperials' Nova Cannon basically makes them unbeatable.

These days, I'm just concentrating on my Thousand Sons Chaos Space Marine army. Just assembled the Defiler today...(drool).

I used to play BFG, but I've come to the conclusion that it's hideously broken. The Imperials' Nova Cannon basically makes them unbeatable.

These days, I'm just concentrating on my Thousand Sons Chaos Space Marine army. Just assembled the Defiler today...(drool).

You've never played Necrons then.

Whole new meaning to the word broken. I don't mind a bit of borken* in it's place but an entire fleet made from mature Stilton...

* borken = not actually broken but better than it's point value suggests - pretty much everything in Warmachine (barring crap like the chaingun...) falls under that somewhere along the line.

I first played about 17 years ago, and went through "never again" phases when they changed rules etc.....however when they changed the system to allow even larger vehicles squads etc I said enough was enough - it had been heading downhill since it turned into a PLC and that was the final straw - it was blatantly rule change for the sake of selling models (which they make most of their money from). I never went for fantasy battle that much, though I do have the very first edition rules - o how times change.

Necromunda etc are supposed to be damn good - small units much like the original 40k, but these days I play my games on the PC.

Orks, but I quit after 3 weeks because I quikly found what a huge rip-off the units are. I can see how people like the WH series because you get to customise your units and you can play and talk with people that you know over the battlefield table. But the relitivly high prices and nerdy conotations became too much for me.

Who cares what people think? Be a nerd all you want and everone else can go to hell if they don't like it.

WAAAAAAAAAGH da Orks!

Yeah, I play 40k with footslogga Bad Moonz Orks (and WHFB with Orcs & Gobbos and Warmachine with Cygnar).

I would play as Dark Eldar if Warhammer weren't so damn expensive! :(
By the way, is there ANY way in which they are better than the normal Eldar?

I collect Chaos and Tau, Chaos are my main army.

I haven't really been into it lately, though... the prices are skyrocketing here and I really don't have the money to be as active a player as I used to be.

I would play as Dark Eldar if Warhammer weren't so damn expensive! :(
By the way, is there ANY way in which they are better than the normal Eldar?

Faster, lethal combat HQ's, fear (for what it's worth) and the Splinter Cannon (not to mention the massively superior basic soldiers).

DE are a finesse force, if you aren't prepared to play as near perfect as it gets they aren't a powerful foce. But if you have the style and skill to pull it off...

Tau FTW!