| emanoj | 19 Sep 2013 11:14 a.m. PST |
I've never played Warhammer but when I came across this story in another site I had to chuckle. Is this possible? I mean, do the rules permit it? imgur.com/a/V0gND |
| SBminisguy | 19 Sep 2013 11:21 a.m. PST |
Brilliant! Hoist on his own petard, matey! |
Raynman  | 19 Sep 2013 11:21 a.m. PST |
I'd say he won fair and square! |
 Editor in Chief Bill   | 19 Sep 2013 11:27 a.m. PST |
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| richarDISNEY | 19 Sep 2013 11:37 a.m. PST |
Pure awesomesauce to put the power gamer in his place.
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| Battle Phlox | 19 Sep 2013 11:38 a.m. PST |
It's an older story. They've changed the rules since then I believe. Still, having played against guys who did that I enjoyed reading the story. |
| elsyrsyn | 19 Sep 2013 12:12 p.m. PST |
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| Space Monkey | 19 Sep 2013 12:27 p.m. PST |
If that's true it's a great story… and a good example of why I don't want to play in tournaments or with people like 'Wheels'. |
| Rudi the german | 19 Sep 2013 12:37 p.m. PST |
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| darthfozzywig | 19 Sep 2013 12:40 p.m. PST |
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| Delta Vee | 19 Sep 2013 12:50 p.m. PST |
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| Mithmee | 19 Sep 2013 1:24 p.m. PST |
"I'd say he won fair and square!" No he didn't because… Shooter's unit is illegally deployed since there are more than a 2" gap between models. Though this was also back in 5th Edition and not 6th Edition. But it would not matter to me with Wheels was a power gamer because I would have been using my Imperial Guard and it has 190 models in it. So there would never be a weak point in it. Plus I would have just sat back and waited until he came on outside of his weapon range. He comes on and I shoot him to pieces. |
| Skeets | 19 Sep 2013 2:04 p.m. PST |
That's why I don't play in tournaments EVER! |
| jerardad | 19 Sep 2013 3:52 p.m. PST |
Cheese in response to cheese. Makes me want a sandwich. Rule-wise an appropriate response to 'Wheels' deployment tactic. |
| Mithmee | 19 Sep 2013 6:11 p.m. PST |
If he had more models so that they would be legally deployed instead of illegally deployed. |
| Chuckaroobob | 19 Sep 2013 8:44 p.m. PST |
Ah yes, this is why I gave up on GW games. |
| CeruLucifus | 19 Sep 2013 9:41 p.m. PST |
Funny post. However the game is Warhammer 40K so this was posted to the wrong board. |
| 79thPA | 20 Sep 2013 7:37 a.m. PST |
That's great. I don't play in tournies either. |
| Thomas Thomas | 20 Sep 2013 1:11 p.m. PST |
What a waste. You spend hours painting figures, learning rules, pay a fee to enter a tournament, drive to the site (maybe get an hotel room) and you don't get to play a game. Neither player should be smiling. Bad rules, compounded by poorly conceived special units combine to make a terrible gaming experience. Blame the designers not the players. Yet the zombies buy more… TomT |
| ancientsgamer | 21 Sep 2013 11:54 a.m. PST |
@Mithme "Shooter's unit is illegally deployed since there are more than a 2" gap between models." Don't know how you arrived at this conclusion…. 2 inches is 5.08 centimeters. So he can have them at exactly 5 centimeters apart and be within or at 2 inches. If you read the website, there were no gaps of more than 5 centimeters anywhere… |
| billthecat | 23 Sep 2013 9:57 a.m. PST |
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| Mithmee | 23 Sep 2013 12:36 p.m. PST |
""Shooter's unit is illegally deployed since there are more than a 2" gap between models." Don't know how you arrived at this conclusion…." Simple Just by looking at the bottom three figures that Shooter deployed. A standard size base I.E. 25mm is approx one inch and there is no way in hell that if I put two other figures down between those three figure will they be completely touching any of the other two figures that are on the table. Trust me alot of players tend to forget the 2" rule between models because it really does not matter most of the time. But in this case it does. Oh and trust me that the official probably doesn't know the rules either. The the ruling was made and Wheels lost that matched. Which as a power gamer he deserved to lose. I would have just beaten on the table instead of using some cheese rules. |
