Reply To: [unofficial weekender] GUARDS! GUARDS!

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I found some of Goobertown comments rather dumb to be honest.

First he complained about getting killed because he refused to use the cover and put his troops in the open. However this is a combat game if you dont make use of defense cover you will die easy. That is true of most games, flames of war, bolt action, infinity cover is very important. You have to be aware of the ranges and ability of the enemy units and take that into account when playing the game.

No game I can think of is going to support you dumb choice to put you units in the middle of battlefield without any thought about using covering and terrain.

He talks about the its being difficult for the casual player to pick up the rules because GW change it every 4 years. If you are playing the game once every 4 years that is not even casual. No way would I recall how to play any ruleset if my time between games was measured in the years. Heck if I go a few months between games I have refresh how to play the game again let alone years between. Again that is not 40K issue that is true for any game you play. You need to play typically monthly to keep your knowledge fresh about the game.

He also complained 9th edition could not be used because 10th had come out and he had to learn a new rule set. This is not true nothing is stopping him using the 9th edition to carry on playing. We have people still playing 3rd edition because they choose to. Additionally the basic rules from 9th to 10th are not that different the core elements of the turns, units, etc. You dont have to learn a whole new rules set.

The odd aspect he said that their was zero intraction with the board, dice and the person he was playing. This is the one aspect i found very odd because all the games I have played the intraction is constant. We are always talking through what we are doing, we are checking rules and confirming if units are in range, and talking about the bad dice rolls, checking with other players if our understanding of the rules are correct. We are talking about general stuff about the hobby and what we are doing.

I watched the video and I think the title should have been Goobertown does not like playing tabletop games. He says in the video in only plays 2-3 times a year any game. That to me is not casual at the point you not playing games at all.