I Tried to Play Warhammer 40k Faster so I Can Lose EVEN MORE!
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Learning to play Warhammer 40k in a reasonable time is something that I never really cared about until I realised that time is precious and spending many hours over a game that could take an evening is silly. Or something, I dunno I have a justification here.
Mostly I just wanted to play a game where I tried out using a chess clock to see what it was like, and what kind of things you can learn from going fast. Learning how to play fast is a good skill anyway, but it also helps remove analysis paralysis which is a cause for slow games, at least for me. There's no point agonising over a decision if it's going to be a bad one anyway, so you might as well shoot from the hip and deal with the consequences so you can learn more, quicker.
Tournaments don't always require a chess clock, but they are on a strict deadline and chess clocks keep one player from hogging all the time. We played this very loosely, more as a guideline to keep us honest and not slowing down, and I still ended up with 8 minutes left after 5 rounds. Sure it was Screaming Ravens vs Grey Knights where the Grey Knights teleporting shenanigans meant some turns took less than 3 minutes but still. Fun game.
I won't talk about how the Nemesis Dread Knight had 1 health left because of a low rolled explosion from my Stormraven and a hit going through from a single Devastator Centurion that needed to literally just not roll a 1 for damage and, of course, rolled a 1, because my dice are cursed. I made other mistakes that the dice didn't cause.
I can still be salty about it though lmao.
0:00 Time is going too fast how is it already April?!
0:29 The worst seque in existence
0:39 3 Hours for 2000 points?!
1:39 Things not considered
2:05 I'm old and full of excuses
2:49 I played a game with a chess clock!
3:02 I do not like time limits
3:15 I'm sorry for all those of a certain age who this affects...
3:23 The Results
4:32 Mistake example (The Battle Report Recap since 1992!)
5:36 I don't know what this artefact is...but you should give the chess clock a go!
6:22 Starting to learn Age of Sigmar and how to learn to play any game!
6:52 Let me know if you have any thoughts in the comments!
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Super Mario Bros 2 - Main Theme
Majora's Mask - Chase
Terraria - Underground
Crash Bandicoot - N. Sanity Beach
Super Mario Galaxy - Gusty Garden Galaxy
F-Zero GX - Feel Our Pain
The Messenger - Arcane Shoppe
Heartbound - Buy Something Will Ya
Ocarina of Time - Horse Race
Baba is You - Baba is You Theme
Ocarina of Time - Gerudo Valley
F-Zero X - Devil's Call in your Heart
Deadly Premonition - Life is Beautiful
*Don't let the existential dread set in...