Guilliman Returns!

Games Workshop have gotten ahead of the rumour-mill and announce that for the first time in 10 millennia a true son of the Emperor will walk the stars. Guilliman returns!

Gathering Storm III is going to be the latest release in a major advancement of the 40k universe narrative. It is big news for the Ultramarines, but I am left looking at the horizon with a little trepidation. Guilliman being the first to return to the loyalists leaves him open to a fast power creep and the end time narrative also heralded the literal end of the Warhammer franchise.

Leaping over this trepidation though, it is monumental news and exciting enough to get me back to building, painting, playing and (when I remember) blogging.

Shiny new Ultra Dice for the Dice God!

If you have ever played a game against me you know that I am often subject to the fickle whims of the dice gods, from failing sure thing armor saves for my captain' artificer armor rolling fives ones on five dice, to pulling off improbable first turn tank kills rolling three sixes in a row, because I had nothing better to shoot at. The dice laugh at my good generalship, or make my opponent wonder why they bothered showing up in an almost equal measure, but there is nothing wrong with trying to curry a little favor with the dice gods as any gamer will tell you and few ways are better than shiny new dice! So behold! Brand new Ultra dice, with Company coloured dice facings and Ultras on all the one faces, to make me feel slightly better when I roll low. Twenty in all are handy for a full squad rapid firing Bolters (praise the Emperor), but sadly no scatter die, so I will have to use a few others as well when hurling fiery doom across the table.