40k - The Road to the Apocalypse, Part 1

One of the things which I really dislike about Warhammer 40,000 is just how long it takes to play a game at times.

Being a working family man, my time is split between family, household work and actual employed work a lot of the time, so I generally get about an hour or so when I can to do some hobby (maybe that's why things have slowed down on here for a while, but updates are incoming...)

So, I just don't have the time anymore to play all day wargames or generally even four or five hours of wargames, unless I have organised a specific day with people, most of whom also work and have families, so even that is a pain sometimes.

Added to that there is the inspiration of classic pieces of 40k artwork like this:

"The 9th Cadian devastates Hive Fleet Scarborous"

(If memory serves)

Massed ranks of Imperial infantry and Squadrons of Tanks, Air power, the multitudinous filth of the Xenos horde, lots to love and it has been a constant source of inspiration for years.

Waaay back in 4th edition 40k, GW released the original Apocalypse book, which at the time had us all very excited (oh how naive and young we were):

 

A way to field your entire collections at once, but you'd need a day or two to play out the game. Likewise there were so many broken or overpowered formations in that book that you could literally just drop a list on a piece of paper down sometimes and win (one of my friends at the time was notorious for this...we don't speak much anymore).

This little trek down memory lane does have a purpose though, bear with me, as Games Workshop have put up for pre-order a new version of Apocalypse, one which seems actually fun!

 

The new box set, with D12s?

Well from all the previews I have seen it plays a LOT like old Epic 40k, just different enough to be its own beast, but close enough to be very interesting...most importantly, the game which was played out on Warhammer TV's livestream last week was fought to conclusion within 2 & 1/2 hours!!!!

And they were fielding around 3,000 points or 300 Power Level each....

The last "big game" of Warhammer 40,000 I saw was only 2,000 or 200 Power Level and it took 6 hours to finish...maybe because of Forge World gubbinz, or what, but far too long.

I plan on getting some stuff ready for this as my next few projects as I await my pre-ordered copy of Test of Honour 2 to arrive.


WAAAGH!
(to give you a little clue)



Until next time...


 - Lewis