Money is the Sinews of War

The Club Challenge is fast approaching and that has meant a flurry of new armies and games down at the Crypt. We have a sizeable team going this year with around 10 club members signing up. The majority are 40K although I believe John and Tom will be flying the flag in Fantasy.

All that said though, the mix of 40K armies is not massively eclectic. We have 3 Eldar armies, 2 Tyranid and 2 Ork (and a new Necron army). It would appear that our choice of armies would be quite reflective of what is happening on the tournament scene at the minute, with Tau, Eldar and Tyranids dominating. The Orks are the latest army to be released in 40K so they could appear in numbers. What is extremely interesting is the total lack of Space Marine armies. Last year, 3 out of 4 of the people playing 40K had armies wearing power armour. This appears to be in line with the tournament scene also, with few Space Marine armies appearing regularly in the top 10.

Now as any fan boy of GW will tell you, Space Marines are the bread and butter of the GW juggernaut and nearly everyone will have had an army of them in one shape or another down the years. It is interesting to see how the tournament scene is totally disjoint to GW sales. Maybe it isn't but I reckon that Battlezones:Drop Zone will change all that. The impending release of not just a plastic Thunderhawk but a plastic Drop Pod will reinvigorate many collections to include several of these. At the moment, the typical tournament player is in thrall to the up-turned plant pod which, let's face it is quite poor.

Enough of the rambling speculation, the Club is enjoying the 40K at the minute. Our new moon board is now finished, with a crashed Aquila lander and craters to be strategically be placed as size 3 terrain. In the meantime, the Altrincham Ass-Whoop is expected to be a good CC warm up for all of those 40K armies seeking to conquer all. It should be a good one. Stay tuned.