if Elon were a true connoisseur of war gaming he would know that the pastime reached it's apex during that brief window after Games Workshop released Apocalypse when you could put a whole unit of Genestealers in a Land Raider - ThreadSky

iwriteok.bsky.social • 6 days ago

if Elon were a true connoisseur of war gaming he would know that the pastime reached it's apex during that brief window after Games Workshop released Apocalypse when you could put a whole unit of Genestealers in a Land Raider

Reposted from Matt Novak

“No fog of war” is the single funniest thing ever said about chess

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leillikeneil.bsky.social•6 days ago

I don’t like chess because I didn’t have any immediate facility with it, and never had any compulsion to practice or learn. That’s not that hard a thing to admit.

merrittk.com•6 days ago

how are the kriegers going

panactheos.bsky.social•6 days ago

Bring back the XL flamer template!

fascistsoftwitter.bsky.social•6 days ago

If you don’t hand paint each of your hundred figures are you even playing real war games?

tubbles.bsky.social•6 days ago

One hundred? What are you, a Space Marines player? I've painted 100 for one of my armies and haven't gotten much past 1k points for them yet.

flexipro.bsky.social•5 days ago

Da green tide salutes your efforts.

tubbles.bsky.social•5 days ago

I've probably also painted over 100 for my Orks, but considering I've painted a few Nauts that does make for a lot of points.

mountainmankind.bsky.social•6 days ago

Right

krstewart.ca•6 days ago

The Land Raider is the funniest thing in the entirety of 40K. It’s not Land Raider like a Land Rover. It (and the Land Speeder) are named after the creator: Arkhan Land.

I think about this whenever I see Trumps head photoshopped on the Emperor

damhanallalquds.bsky.social•6 days ago

Dodged a bullet there. Simeon Krotch was days away from perfecting his designs.

humza.bsky.social•6 days ago

(They're named after a vehicle from Judge Dredd's "The Cursed Earth" storyline because early 40k couldn't NOT draw from Dredd/2000AD, and the Arkhan Land nonsense was a backfill)

krstewart.ca•6 days ago

Sure, but that’s the official in universe lore

humza.bsky.social•6 days ago

Yup, understood -- it just chaps me that the silly name origin is just 300% unnecessary!

shadedmoon.bsky.social•6 days ago

Not even the creator, the guy that found old blueprints

chlof.bsky.social•6 days ago

That and the infamous Kroot Conga Line.

mr-hops.bsky.social•6 days ago

How do you explain DOGE to wargamers?

"Imagine you have a whole unit of Genestealers in a Land Raider, then you drive it through the front door Treasury"

raptorshadow.org•6 days ago

Genestealers in a Landraider does sound like a perfectly engineered nightmare.

guybeardman.bsky.social•6 days ago

Guarantee you I could beat Elon at chess. And I'm shit at chess.

solonisonomia.bsky.social•6 days ago

I usually wouldn't support such heretical support of those foul Genestealers, but I approve of this assessment.

llgxiii.bsky.social•6 days ago

was this before or after Firefly put out a version of Stronghold where the entire appeal was that the unit limit was raised to 10,000

cover2cover.bsky.social•6 days ago

Watch him wither in front of Space Hulk or Blood Bowl (reprint the Blood Bowl card game, Games Workshop!).

mx-peacekeeper.bsky.social•6 days ago

He's the kind of dweeb who holds his whole army of White Scars in reserve.

(seeing how many people get this ref)

austinramsaygames.bsky.social•6 days ago

Hit him with the Kroot infiltrator line!

renevq.bsky.social•6 days ago

Kroot conga line ftw

jaehaerys48.bsky.social•6 days ago

Elon wouldn't last 5 minutes in a Prussian wargaming session

rysmith.bsky.social•6 days ago

He will never understand the joy of ten pie plate volleys.

edsbs.bsky.social•6 days ago

Or when you could push 30 boyz into an opponent’s backfield with Da Jump

sarahofswords.bsky.social•6 days ago

"fortress of arrogance" is the current Tesla though

arachnocommunist.bsky.social•6 days ago

not all pre-lapsarian times are imaginary and the most real one is any tyranid player's 'time when they were perfect before GW ruined them'

adamantiumwang.bsky.social•6 days ago

Gigantic cloverleaf templates baybeee

ymmotsamoht.bsky.social•6 days ago

It's an Apocalypse game, may as well bring a few

Stick 30 of them in a Stormlord!

joebirdwell.bsky.social•6 days ago

I am getting notes of PowerMonger

tyurtddr.bsky.social•6 days ago

If you paint your pawns red they can move an extra space

wilful.bsky.social•6 days ago

Termies?

beastcoaster.bsky.social•6 days ago

Taking this opportunity to tell people that 5D chess with multiverse time travel is a real thing you can play right now

https://store.steampowered.com/app/1349230/5D_Chess_With_Multiverse_Time_Travel/

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