Hanging on to the past

I made an interesting discovery recently in regards to the way people sometimes overlay previous rules over the top of new rules. I say it is interesting simply because we as humans dislike change in general. From what I can tell, people don't even realize they are doing it. Now this post isn't about the psychology behind why someone would subconsciously reject change, but instead a way to bring a couple of issues I have noticed to the community, and possibly a means to beg for your interpretation of those rules and the way you think they should work.

Happy Thanksgiving Everyone

Just a simple post wishing the Warhammer 40K blogosphere a happy Thanksgiving or Tanks-giving if you're playing 40K today! I will be taking a break from miniatures and such to spend time with my family today, and hopefully not over stuff myself. Gobble Gobble!

What's in a name?

So I recently started a new Chaos Space Marine army. At first I had done a ton of research to decide what legion/warband of Space Marines with spikey bits to would best represent me on the battlefield. I toyed with the idea of using Alpha Legion (aka Closet Imperial Loyalists who want to free the Emperor from his tortured existence as a living corpse). I also really liked the Word Bearers. In the end though, I decided to go with the Word Bearers. Lorgar was the first to fall, and as such, he was super cool.

Getting set up

So I decided to start a blog primarily about a hobby that I just recently came back to: Warhammer 40K.

Just a bit of background, I started playing this around 2nd and 3rd edition. It's hard to remember exactly, I know the years but haven't been able to sort the specifics. I remember playing in '98 through '02. Back then I was playing Dark Angels. I still love the lore behind them. My brother Ricky was playing Chaos Space Marines. I remember at the time the codex for Dark Angels was much better than the one for his Chaos Space Marines. His was confusing and generally didn't have much to it.