April 06, 2009

Playing the game: What do you bring?

There's a lot of talk about tactics, painting, and modeling on the internet. (which is a great thing) This thread is all about the extra stuff we don't want to live without when we play. I thought this up whilst browsing Warhammer Alliance's UI forums.



What I bring: (clockwise from left) my codex/army list notebook, Ron's Battle Matrix sheet, a cube of 36 chessex mini dice (2 if I'm playing apocalypse), 10 big pink dice for important rolls, standard templates, 2 sets of my custom markers, big gun dice (for turn counters), and Gale Force Nine's T.A.C. template. I really can't say enough about this offering from GF9. The 2" coherency end is really great for disembarking troops from transports as well as checking who's engaged in close combat. I use it for almost all my movement too. Buy one and you'll never regret it. (GF9, you can sponsor me now) My mini rulebook didn't make it's way into the pic and my tape measure broke recently. Gotta grab a new one..

I'm gonna open up this thread to all my subscribers/readers/fellow FTW members. What do you bring?

7 comments:

RonSaikowski said...

Codex... and everyhing you've got up there as well.
I ususally have a sheet with some notes on it too just to remind of things to do (special abilities and such).

oni said...

The TAC template is a must have in my book.

I bring The TAC template, GW tape measure, 2 sets of GF9 combat dice, GW counters + GF9 fire/explosion markers, game templates, my codex and the mini rulebook.

zealot said...

I'll have to check the GF9 explosion markers, dunno if I've seen them..

a turn sequence sheet that spells out special abilities and what phase they go in can help a lot too.

Marshal Argos said...

Big Arse Rulebook (I don't have the mini dex), my codex and possibly my opponents. Tap Measure, pen and paper, dice, standard templates, obj. markers, GW's cheat sheet, and a couple of cheat sheets from FtW.

Siph_Horridus said...

You forgot beer... ha. Are the pink dice 'special' for those important rolls? Hmm... only kidding. I bring just about the same but, might have to look about getting the GF9 TAC template.

zealot said...

More public slander of the pink dice! Only makes it worse when someone rolls pink dice and owns ya... Can't beat us though so you should join us! (they rolls better)

ColKillgore said...

You dare mock the Pink dice! I have a set of 36 pink dice I have been using for years. I got tired of "losing" dice everytime I was at a gaming establishment. So I bought a set of pink dice and haven't had a problem of them walking away from the table since then. I also reccomend the TAC Template. I also take the 18 inch rulers from the boxsets and cut them into a 6 inch and 12 inch ruler. This really helps on rapid firing troops.