Or maybe not...

Yeah, I was planning on going to Games Day, but life decided otherwise. Between doctor bills, a trip to the Frozen North to see the in-laws, and unexpected car repair bills, its just not a good idea to shell out for the ticket, the mini (if you are going, may as well get it!) and parking. If people are interested, I can probably meet some of you at the Glen Burnie Battle Bunker for a game on Sunday...

So, doctor bills (this will get vaguely 40k related, eventually), I messed up my shoulder twelve years ago, and while I was in the military they never bothered dealing with the cause of the pain, just the pain itself... Well, Ive been seeing an orthopedic surgeon the last couple weeks, who actually looked at whats wrong. Im going in to talk to him this afternoon, and might be going under the knife sooner or later to make it so I can feel my hand when the weather changes (a most useful ability here in MD). Then there is my ankle, which is in a similar state of disrepair, from a different accident, which may also get some work done, maybe. How is this 40k related? Well, if I am hopped up on the good stuff, I will be unable to put together a coherent Top Ten. Think of this as your advance warning. It may end up being that surgery is not the answer and nothing will come of this, but you never know. I will likely have more news tomorrow afternoon.

In other news, Ive been looking at the Space Wolf codex, and considering breaking out my Black Legion using that book. I am just wondering if I would have problems if I were to take that list to the local GW... I am liking the idea of making a full unit of 5 "Thunderwolves" for $25 (Chaos Knights!).

Games Day 2010?

Something made me think about Games Day this year, and I got the idea that I should go, before they relocate it to somewhere I wont be willing to pay to go (that is a surprisingly large list).

So yeah, in order for me to make this more enjoyable then the last few Ive been to (I have been to 3-4 of them over the years, never really had much fun), I figured I should bring an army and maybe get a few games in while there. Maybe set something up for people who want payback for me skipping their amazingly awesome blog posts on the Top Ten. ;)

What to bring? How many points? What system? Well, Ive got my Red Scorpions, but Im betting Fantasy will be fairly big this year for some odd reason.... Say, dont I have an Empire army in the works?

This is what I am thinking: I will bring two 1000 point lists, one for the Red Scorpions and one for the Empire. Small enough that I can get a few games in over there, and haul it all in a single case.

This leaves just a single problem: The Empire are only half assembled. Only one model has any paint on it at all. I have less then a month to get them ready... Should be an interesting month!

Games Day '09

I was doing my normal website roll after getting into work, and Bell of Lost Souls had this up about GD09 up...

I havnt been to a Games Day in a few years. I went a few times after I was first stationed here in Maryland, but it got old real fast. I think the reason for that was I went and looked at the new stuff, sat through the 40k seminar thing, looked at the Golden Daemons, then took off because I was bored.

I might have to try again this year, if I can convince the wife that $25 is a price worth paying to get me out of the house. Anyone else planning on going, maybe make a group thing out of it all?