Urien Rakarth Or: How I Learned To Stop Worrying And Love The Bomb

A Newbie’s Outlook on Conquest, Warhammer 40K and Wine – Alex Bosch will talk about decks, trends and various topics that strike his fancy while deep into several glasses of wine.  A guest article from Alex Preston-Bosch.

I sit at the table filled with dread.  The inevitability of my demise swells inside as I place my warlord on the table. My opponent gives me a look of pity and surprise that has become far too familiar in these past few months. This is the opening scene of any game when playing our infamous Dark Eldar warlord, Urien Rakarth.

Now, I will be the first to admit that my confidence in poor Urien isn’t high enough to bring him to a tournament quite yet, but lately I have been turning those looks of pity into disgruntled sighs as I send volley after volley of ranged damage raining down onto the enemy units across the table.

So here is how I learned to love Urien again, by accepting what he was and not trying to make him anything he wasn’t.

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Revisiting The Threat Beyond

Its been a while now since the Warlord cycle ended and, while it has taken me a bit longer than intended, there is still a lot to be gained from going back to take another look at those War Packs. I think that, for the Tactical Squad, The Threat Beyond may have been one of the most anticipated War Packs at the time it was originally released. Astra Militarum had mostly been floundering since the Core Set and the pack seemed to include great cards for many factions. With the Warlord cycle in full swing, I think the impact was taken very much in stride. Looking back now this may have been the biggest release of the cycle. But enough build up; let’s talk cards.

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Tau Spoilers From Deadly Salvage

Boundless Hate arrived on the shelves of your friendly local gaming store just a couple of weeks ago. As we all start altering our decks or throwing together all new ones with the two included warlords, the next War Pack Deadly Salvage is already on the horizon. Fantasy Flight Games was kind enough to provide The Tactical Squad with some spoilers from that very pack. We thought we would try a different format for this spoiler article, so let’s sit in as Alex and Jon discuss the three Tau cards from Deadly Salvage.

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Episode 21 – I Hate You So Much Right Now!!!

In this episode of the Tactical Squad, Alex, Jon, Liz, and Travis reviews the contents of the latest Planetfall War Pack Boundless Hate, and bring a few spoilers from the upcoming Deadly Salvage.

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Buying Guide – Tyranids

When the Wahammer 40,000: Conquest Living Card Game was released in 2014 the core set included 7 playable factions. However, the rulebook stated that there would be a total of 9 playable factions. In 2015 the first of those two additional factions – the Tyranids – was released.

In my first article, Buying Guide – The Basics, I talked about the structure of the Living Card Game format and game a general overview of some good starting purchases. In this article I’m going to talk about getting started with the Tyranid faction.

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Episode 20 – I want a do over!!!

In this episode of the Tactical Squad, Mark, Alex, and Travis talk about the latest goings on in the world of Conquest and cover some strategy for mulligans!

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Buying Guide – The Basics

The Warhammer 40,000: Conquest Living Card Game by Fantasy Flight Games was released at Gencon in 2014. Since its release the game has seen its card pool grow continuously and the community has developed along with it. While this is exciting, it means that the game may be more daunting and expensive to enter. This buying guide will introduce prospective players to the Living Card Game model, explain what comes in different products, and give suggestions about what products will give players a good selection to get started with.

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Episode 19 – The Flayed Chef – Now You’re Cooking With Sautekh

This week on The Tactical Squad podcast, the gang’s all here.  Liz, Alex, Jon, Mark and Travis discuss the recently announced Necron deluxe expansion and what alt art promos they want to see next now that we are all getting a Promotion.  We briefly discuss recommended changes to the round structure in the new Warhammer 40,000: Conquest Tournament Rules and Alex tries to catch us off guard with a surprise Reaction Phase question.

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