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elfen stuff up elfen stuff up a collection of the randomness that is my hobby saturday october 26 2013 apocalypse at em this afternoon s and morning s gaming was all about apocalypse my local gaming group is putting together an event for november fallpocalypse in japan on the off chance that s local to you as well we figured it might be a good thing to have at least one game under our belts in the new system so we queued up around 7 500 points a side and braved the weather to chuck some dice get in there mix it up as a prelude to talking about the game itself let me say that in the past most of my experiences with apocalypse have been poor i have sat around a lot games have moved unbearably slow and a variety of poor attitudes from the players have all been contributing factors however this game was a complete 180 degree turnaround i spent quite a bit of time just after the game thinking about why that was and i believe i ve been able to suss out a few of the reasons we were successful just rolling with it each of our players were willing to be flexible when one of our guys had to decommit on thursday due to a morning commitment we adjusted i suggested we play the meat grinder scenario and allow his team to take between half and all of their units in their initial wave this allowed them to spend the first phase of the game on equal footing we loaned a few units across both sides of the board we even had two mephistons on one side due to a lack of communication but whatever it s apocalypse we just wanted to see this thing happen small victories in a game this size with plenty of ridiculous things happening winning can only matter so much the objectives really seem to be there more to provide a reason to go to various points on the board go to those points forget the larger picture for a second and wait to see something cool one side went super heavy hunting with their assault terminators and let me tell you they found them and the apocalyptic explosion that went with it you can just see kharn right sans unit charging alone upfield i used a special power to attempt to bring down three flyers in one move the environmental condition were all ranged weapons have gets hot so i possessed a storm raven fired its lascannon at another storm raven and its multimelta at a storm talon to cap off the move i fired off all the hurricane bolters my buddy kept saying but they re strength four so you can t do anything until he finally figured out the joke and then his flyers went down it was worth a pretty good laugh even if you were on the wrong side of the exchange proper perspective all your stuff is going to die accept that fact and it is going to go down quickly i lost my keeper of secrets to bolter fire and angry fenrisian wolves what the heck oh right it s too many dice this stuff is just gonna happen now time to move the two daemon princes and the bloodthirster ticking timebomb the clock had a major effect and was a huge upgrade the just plan to shoot your whole day and play until you get to the end way of doing things was terrible by comparison we put a thirty minute cap on player turns it might seem like a short time but of the 12 player turns i think we got close to the cap twice the first turn was something of a leisurely stroll once we realized oh hey we need to have a bit of a plan and move quickly through movement to get shooting and assault in our turns were moving quick this had the effect of keeping everyone far more engaged as conversations and combats did not drag on like they are wont to keep the joke going really there isn t much better to this whole thing than enjoying time spent with friends truly enjoying yourself if you re laughing it s all good even if you re crying nothing is better than rolling a one and a two on a three inch charge commenting on how it s a good thing that you just made it then needing a three and coming up double one on the the very next charge when the snake eyes are staring back at you you gotta laugh so that is my time of musing to sum up for the tldr crowd 40k is a game apocalypse is an event get out there and blow stuff up posted by arydadan at 6 24 am no comments email this blogthis share to x share to facebook share to pinterest labels 40k apocalypse games wij word bearers sunday october 6 2013 weekend workbench just a few pictures to show what i ve been working on i added some extra details to the base of the nightbringer daemon i plan on doing this kind of thing to a lot more of my models just a few small things here and there can really help an army pop skarre ravenmane has her basecoat more work to do but she s coming along nicely i m really not a fan of metal models but they re still better than finecast and the big deal of the week you can t beat free i bought a box of hellions about a month ago because i love the models one of the local guys decided to get rid of nine still shrink wrapped boxes i m a pretty big guy so i came out of the scrum with three so twenty hellions it is posted by arydadan at 4 09 am no comments email this blogthis share to x share to facebook share to pinterest labels cryx daemons dark eldar hellions hobby nightbringer ravenmane weekend workbench wednesday september 25 2013 hobby and the personal finance problem or should it be personal finance and the hobby problem it s something i ve been thinking about since reading this post hop sound the frugalhorn which led to this one more addictive this brought to light two very different ways of looking at the interaction of money and hobby dollars based on my occupation and my passion for both warhammer and financial literacy i m a nerd but you knew that i thought i would weigh in on the subject maybe work on what you have already responsible budgeting means keeping things in proper perspective i use a portion of my income to purchase small pieces of plastic that have been turned into vaguely humanoid shapes this is a ridiculous thing to do really there s no way to argue with that but i do it i love it it makes me happy and what s life without joy there s no reason anyone shouldn t enjoy a hobby like this as long as you re putting the right dollars towards it what do i mean by that i mean discretionary income that has not been designated for more important needs or wants let me break it down all the way for you if no one ever has everyone who earns wages starts off with what we call gross income which is all the money you earn from that we subtract taxes which gives us disposable income obviously we have certain basic necessities which we require to live such as food shelter and clothing and once we subtract these expenses we get down to discretionary income it is from this pot that we draw the money for our hobby please keep in mind that warhammer should not be the first dollars to come out of this pot either you ll notice that there are a lot of things that fall into the discretionary category and if you blow the whole thing on space marines you re going to leave yourself woefully short in other areas some of those areas are extremely important before you put even one dollar towards any plastic there are some basic questions that you need to ask yourself now have i put money towards my retirement is way less interesting than look at those new vanguard vets do want i understand that i am guilty of that all the time but these kinds of questions are necessary and if you have to take a deep breath and remember them do so before any large purchase at a minimum you need to make a plan for how much you re going to spend on the different areas of discretionary income list them you play warhammer for goodness sake you should be good at making lists rank them in order of precedence then look at your wages break down your other expenses and allocate funds actually an image of a customer start your allocation with things like 1 putting money into an emergency savings account so when life happens to you you re prepared and 2 aggressively paying off your debts so more of your money stays yours if these things aren t taken care of put off your next purchases until they are i m sorry but your army may have to suffer for a while maybe you won t have the latest and greatest competitive build or the fresh off the line shiny sculpt but you ll become a better player using what you have anyway and you ll be acting like a responsible adult after that you gain a little more freedom new questions arise what comes next on your list what do you truly value do you own a home do you want to have you thought about retirement or kids or college what are you putting towards each one that is relevant to you but i hear you cry that doesn t leave much leftover for my current pre heresy all forge world custom mk iv world eaters that means you have some decisions to make the pie you re pulling from is only so big you re going to have to pick and choose what you put money towards first when the money is gone you re done and you know which ones i m going to tell you are most important so ask yourself this what does my list look like for me i am carrying no debt and i have an emergency fund so i am into the second set of questions i want to own a home i want to save for retirement early because i know what a huge difference ten extra years of compounding interest can make i have my degree but am considering an msf in the near future i also want to purchase a new car in the next few years oh and i really want a zombie dragon and the master of marches for a conversion plus some new paints the down payment occupies a large chunk of discretionary income as does my retirement saving allocation both of these are automated so i don t miss the money these things way outstrip my other wants in terms of priority so that money is budgeted before even looking at more categories the remaining chunk of money is divvied up amongst saving for the car the master s program warhammer and things like nights out and a future vacation i sacrifice some nights out to put more money towards hobby and a nicer car but higher education is expensive like crazy expensive thankfully i have another way to pay for most of it but it still eats another large chunk of my available funds since i don t want to take on a lot of debt to pay it off that means my usual hobby allowance isn t big but that s a function of where it falls on my priorities by saving and shopping around i am able stretch my dollars and make big purchases when i have the money i still get my fix but not at the expense of other important things ultimately you are free to live your life how you want if you want to run up a huge credit debt to buy a whole company of ultramarines you can do so and with only one click money is only a thing meant to be turned into different things however if you do a budget build a spending plan and set yourself a limit that you stick to you should find yourself in a better long term financial situation and under a lot less stress have a reasonable budget and establish a prioritized spending plan let s end on six quick tips 1 if you don t have the money in your budget this month for all the stuff you want save it if you are only able to allocate 75 month to fun money and you want a wraithknight you re going to have to wait and save a month s funds if you don t you ll be short elsewhere 2 if you can t be trusted with a credit card leave it at home i have had clients that froze theirs not the accounts but the actual cards in blocks of ice 3 if you are having impulse control issues make a list that prioritizes hobby purchases stick to your list as new shiny things come out reorder your list rather than impulse buying all the new stuff 4 if you know a big release is coming up and you know you re going to want to have all the new toys save up for it if more than one big release hits in a row prioritize 5 avoid browsing on random days plan out your monthly purchase go to the store buy and leave if you play at the store and have impulse issues leave your cash and cards at home on game days 6 probably one of the most helpful financial practices automate your savings set up automatic transfers to take place on specific days after you get paid sending money to savings and retirement accounts designated for specific goals rather than waiting to move the money manually people tend to spend the money otherwise and have less left over feel free to leave other tips or questions in the comments posted by arydadan at 7 13 am no comments email this blogthis share to x share to facebook share to pinterest labels finance hobby real life saturday september 21 2013 event photos as yet unnamed inaugural wargamers in japan small convention photos a shot of the tables for the 40k friendly napoleonics my army for the day revisiting calth om nom nom nom posted by arydadan at 11 00 pm no comments email this blogthis share to x share to facebook share to pinterest labels con photos wij older posts home subscribe to posts atom hobby stats games 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