The Beginning: What This Blog Is and Isn't

This is my first blog, so be gentle.

What this blog is is a place for me to put out my thoughts regarding wargaming (mostly I'm going to focus on Warmachine and Hordes, as they're my primary games, but I'll probably have things to say about other games as well) and wargaming competitions. I may occasionally have other things to say, but for the most part that's it. No one out there wants to hear about my life, so don't worry about me dipping into reviews or blogging about my life or something. Just wargaming for me, thanks.

What this isn't is a blog intended to be perfectly fair and balanced. I'll do my best to avoid being completely outrageous and rageposting because something beat me, or otherwise completely unreasonable, but these are my thoughts and I don't claim to be perfectly fair.

So, who am I? Just a player. In the interests of full disclosure, I'm a Pressganger for Privateer Press, which for the really uninitiated is a volunteer who helps promote their games. I'm primarily just a player interested in competitive wargaming, specifically regarding Hordes and Warmachine. I'm a pretty decent player, and my record of wins can speak to that, but I'm not a super-player or anything like that. Just a guy on the high end of normal that likes to talk about the miniature gaming hobby. I love to discuss and argue, and I'm blunt, but I rarely try to be rude or insulting. I also intend to primarily discuss the armies that I play from my perspective, because nobody likes an armchair general, but I'm pretty opinionated, so I'll often have things to say about other armies. As I may add other bloggers in the future, I'll encourage them to focus on their armies from their perspectives as well.

My armies for Warmachine and Hordes are Cryx and Legion, respectively, with a tiny bit of Skorne on the side for Hordes. I have a lot of experience playing against most Hordes and Warmachine factions. As I'm still trying to decide where I stand on Cryx, I would consider myself a Hordes-primary player at the moment, but I have many years of experience with Warmachine and Cryx in particular, whereas I'm a newer convert to the Legion of Everblight.

For Warhammer 40k, I play Eldar, Tyranids, Chaos Space Marines, and Chaos Daemons. I'm a repentant Space Marine player.

For Warhammer Fantasy I play Chaos Daemons (boo, hiss) and Warriors of Chaos. Eventually I will probably play Beastmen, depending on how their new book treats them.

The plans for this blog are mostly to chronicle my thoughts regarding wargaming and tournaments. Most of what I'm thinking about right now is the Field Test for Hordes. I intend to put up a series of posts with my thoughts about the Legion and where they stand as the Field Test slowly ramps down. I've been thinking about warlocks most, so I'll start there and work my way down.