Well met!

[Alderic Death-hand]

Hail fellow immortals

As introduction I am an "old un" who first began playing back in the days of heroquest and 3rd edition, but had collected for years before then.

Then I realised I could thrash my brother and associated friends with the colection I had. This grew from undead (bring back Nagash!!! with a model that doesn't look like a circus clown) before splitting into TK and VC, whilst I have dabbled with other armies such as the Druchii (8k), Bretonnia (5k) and most recently the wood elves (2.5k) - (figures not including magic items).

My passion however is the Blood Dragons and while I have played a couple of the other bloodlines (necrarch and strigoi), if pushed into a must win confrontation I will always dust down the Blood Dragons.

I am of two minds what to think about the GW idea to eliminate bloodlines as we know but the trend with the new army books seems to be a powering up of all the armies, this being the case it might not be a bad thing so as we can compete, but I still think we might lose a certain element of the fluffy-coolness. Anyways I am sure this is probably meant for another forum so I shall mosy on and look forward to my dealings with all of you.

PS I can spell but I am old and my username should read as Alderic Death-hand and not Alderic Deathand which doesn't really make any sense.

 

[Elyrioth]

Welcome aboard. I am also a "veteran" player but new to the forum. I miss the days of the old black undead book. I think you'll be happy with the forum, I certainly am.
Hows the gaming up north? I'm in Limerick and its limited unfortunately.

 

[Master Vampire]

A lot of oldies we have here. Jeez, 3rd edition, that's a long way back! Consider me a baby then.

Welcome to the forum. Do you have all those armies painted? Seems like a lot to paint... I'm a slow painter though.

You can leave an opinion in the Rumours thread if you wish, or start a topic.

PS I can spell but I am old and my username should read as Alderic Death-hand and not Alderic Deathand which doesn't really make any sense.

Soooo, does that mean you want a name change, because we can change it if you wish, or is it my lack of English knowledge that I don't notice it's sarcasm? (did that make any sense?)

 

[Alderic Death-hand]

Well met again brother immortals,

You have made an old blood feel at home, and if you ever need the stats for, fimir, coatl, war boars or hill giants - I'm yer man!!!!

I would very much like my name changed to Alderic Death-hand as he is a very favoured lord of mine and any sarcasm was directed at the one fingered typist (you will not believe how long it took me to type this) of this script.

Brother Elyrioth - I am not a great person to ask about the state of gaming up in good old "Norn Iron" as the GW up here is very small and very much based on retail - as you probably know whenever you go on in to a GW shop the trained staff come up to talk to you about the hobby but if truth be told my bald head, and insistence on bringing out the original Nagash model normally scares them off (not that I'm a hoary old beardy - well not really)

But if ever misfortune brings you up this way my group would have a misfortune of contests for you (that sounds quite intimidating - but I would field my uber defensive dark elves!!! - that 140 S3 shots on whatever unit you want to get within 24" - I know cheesy - but thats why I have the beard) Once again friends Well Met!

 

[Maxim Von Carstein]

Greetings...and welcome to the forum.

 

[Elyrioth]

You have made an old blood feel at home, and if you ever need the stats for, fimir, coatl, war boars or hill giants - I'm yer man!!!!

Fimir...
I really liked them, would make an interesting addition to the game, even if just as a mercenary race

Brother Elyrioth - I am not a great person to ask about the state of gaming up in good old "Norn Iron" as the GW up here is very small and very much based on retail - as you probably know whenever you go on in to a GW shop the trained staff come up to talk to you about the hobby but if truth be told my bald head, and insistence on bringing out the original Nagash model normally scares them off (not that I'm a hoary old beardy - well not really)

But if ever misfortune brings you up this way my group would have a misfortune of contests for you (that sounds quite intimidating - but I would field my uber defensive dark elves!!! - that 140 S3 shots on whatever unit you want to get within 24" - I know cheesy - but thats why I have the beard) Once again friends Well Met!

I know that feeling. The GW shops here are the same, local independant retailer is good, but finding older gamers is a challenge. Even younger players is a challenge, all into 40k. Just as long as a GW staffer never calls me sir and asks am I getting my kid a gift I'll be happy!! That dark elf army sounds like a challenge!!

 

[Elyrioth]

You have made an old blood feel at home, and if you ever need the stats for, fimir, coatl, war boars or hill giants - I'm yer man!!!!

Fimir...
I really liked them, would make an interesting addition to the game, even if just as a mercenary race

Fimir:
http://www.solegends.com/citc/c25fimir.htm
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fimir
For anyone newer to the game...
Used them as an enemy in WFRP ed 1 many a time!

 

[Maxim Von Carstein]

yeah...last time i was in a GW the manager guy spent like 5 mins trying to convince me to buy 2 zombie boxs instead of 1 box and a pack of bases ...they really care too much about profits.

 

[Elyrioth]

Not "How can we help you?" its now "How much can we sell you?" WD is gone the same.

 

[Master Vampire]

Not "How can we help you?" its now "How much can we sell you?" WD is gone the same.

looool, that goes in the random forum quote generator. :lol:

edit: I've changed your name

 

[FatOlaf]

Greetings Alderic from yet another Oldie, good to see our ranks swelling (soon we can take over this joint!).
I too started in the days of 3rd and I still posses my Heroquest board with all the expansions...

And I had a 1.5 K Fimir army back in the day of ravening hordes, with (very un PC nowadays) Pygmy allies...

Anyway look forward to some good posts from your good self, enjoy your stay..

Where abouts OOp North are you? I'm an ex Yorkshire boy meself... Now a dirty Londerner!