The 'That Guy' Guide to Playing Warhammer 40k



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0:00 Intro
0:24 Mustering Forces
1:27 Preparing for a Game
2:59 In Game
4:53 Winning Well
5:28 Losing Well
6:49 Future Games

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23 thoughts on “The 'That Guy' Guide to Playing Warhammer 40k”

  1. I had an encounter with 2 "that guy" when I moved and went to a new store. I had just picked up death guard and wanted to try a 500 pt game to see if I liked the army and he offered to play a friendly test game. the only death guard units I had were the units from the "know no fear" box and a rhino. the first "that guy" ran a list that was a lord discordant, 2 squads of havocs with reaper chaincannons and 2 squads of marines with combi plasma. the first game was over turn 2. The second "that guy" brought his space wolves and ran a gravis captain, a squad of intercessors, a squad of wulfen and, a land raider crusader. those were rough games but I learned who not to play with.

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  2. the "that guy" would never expect me to bring my titan to a narative game!, there fore fooling all his tactics and making him wet his pants and surender due to the mental condition known as "titan fear"

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  3. In addition to have only partially built models with sprue nubs and crisp mold lines that haven't seen nary a lick of paint, I also like to harshly criticize my opponent's army's paint job if it is anything less than 100% Golden Demon. And in the even it is, I will make comments that I think the color scheme doesn't work or I don't think the colors are accurate to the lore or something. Anything to undermine my opponent.

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  4. Sometimes "that guy" is the one (or many) that jump someone, with extensive game jargon or lore, who shows even the slightest interest. Thusly discouraging the newbies from even trying.

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  5. Once 10 years ago on a Turnamend there was a guy that direktly hated me only because i play Necrons. And he realy hated me. And that was bad because he was one of the Organizers of the Event and he kicked me out of the Event because i said to a friend of mine " stop play time game or i need to kick you in the ass". That friend played Eldar with all the rerolling he could get and we only got 20 minutes or so left and where only in round 3 or so.

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  6. I picked up Harlequins pre-Psychic Awakening, pre-codex 8th somewhere around March 2018. I found them in the Index and I fell in love with the lore and the aesthetic they had. Now I feel really guilty whenever I tell anyone that I play Harlequins because it feels like I picked them for being meta.

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  7. I just played a 5000 point game against a guy who only played heavy support tanks after saying he only brought "A handful", and since some units of mine just kinda came with some AP weapons, he said I tailored by army to destroy him…. I played a melee army on an Onslaught Map. . . into full tanks. . . pretty sure he hit the table when I killed a single gladiator reaper meanwhile all my zerkers are dead. . .

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  8. Great guide. Just one thing to note: you don't have to endanger your own health by actually not showering. Just buy joke-sprays in various disgusting scents and spray yourself before you leave home. added bonus: free choice of seating in public transport (doesnt work as well against people that wear masks though).

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