An Update, Excuses about Updating, and some Rants

Heyyyyyyy everybody. Not sure if anyone's really reading my blog, at this point. I  have  no 'followers' according to the right hand  column of the blog, but  it's whatever. Only one real post, no pictures up yet, I didn't expect much more. I keep meaning and planning to take pictures of my army. They're all lined  up on  the kitchen table, just waiting. I'll have pictures up tomorrow,  and a post of some more substance, honest. As for now, that's what's up. Haven't played a game in a few days, I hope to work one in tomorrow night after work.

Let's see. What are some things about 40k that annoy me?
Thunderwolf Cavalry. Absolutely the stupidest idea I've heard in 40k, ever. Giant super human Space Marines... riding wolves. That's just really, really stupid. I can't fully express how very much I hate and loathe this idea without resorting  to lots and LOTS of profanity. Absurd. Utterly absurd.

A minor annoyance would have to be the way that rules handle weapon sponsons. A vehicle  should not have  to fire all it's weapons at a single target. You have a main gun for engaging your main target, and you have machine guns on the side to blast infantry. I really, really think that side sponsons should be able to engage any target they can see. That's just how things work.

Vehicle squadron rules are an annoyance to me, but I'm probably only saying  that because I'm a Guard player. It's only fair though, since  I can fit 9 heavy support  vehicles into 3 heavy support slots. I guess I get it, but  still.

Things I really like about 40k? I'd have to say it's mostly fluff things that I truly love. The fact that Blood Angels have horrific psychic visions on the eve of battle of their beloved Primarch, lying dead at the feet of the greatest traitor in human history, and this drives them to outrageous feats of rage and courage. That's really, really hardcore.

Everything about Gaunt's Ghosts. "A new Tanith, sir? Like the men talk about, when they're drunk or dying?"

The diversity of the Imperial Guard. There are, what, a million worlds in the Imperium? Some world have billions of people, some only thousands. Let's say that each world tithes only 100,000 (some less, many many more) men to the Guard. Not including the PDF, the Imperial Guard. Does that sound fairly reasonable? That means that there could be easily 100,000,000,000 Men and Women in the Guard. Imagine, then, every idea and image about the military you've ever seen. That's the Guard. They have entire divisions of elite soldiers comparable and superior to today's Special Forces, they have army groups drawn from worlds both feral and medieval, and glittering, brightly uniformed forces still marching to battle with drums banging and banners flying. So much diversity. I enjoy the immensely rich tapestry that this provides.

That's honestly what drew me to 40k in the first place. The incredibly rich storyline and backstory.

So, to turn this in to a magically interactive blog all of a sudden, I address YOU, the reader! What's your favorite piece of 40k fluff? Your favorite tidbit about the universe. Go for it.

Tomorrow will be about my own army.