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MANIFEST DESTINY BITCHES!!

I fondly remember hearing this story from Jason at Atlantis before he passed away. We were talking about a guy who was hanging around in the store a little in those days. Harrison is a MMA fighter and the kind of guy who could literally take someone's head off. He was also dated my girlfriend when we were on the outs which wasn't a bad thing- he was really nice to her. And since we obviously weren't getting along at the time, no harm, no foul. But more than that in the way I see him was this conversation Jason and I had. Gamer geeks being what they are- there were a group of guys having a discussion about this unit or that unit in regards to the latest codex. This poignant heated discussion was all whining and Harrison seems to pull the biggest trump card out ever. The way it was related to me, he does so in a dramatic, loud voice: "MANIFEST DESTINY BITCHES! SPACE MARINES ARE SUPPOSED TO WIN!!" It is like I can just see him railing against the chaos and xeno...

Craftworld

So I still haven't gotten my hands on a copy of the new Eldar codex that just dropped, but it looks very good to me. I have a massive army, and that alone gives me lots of options when looking at a new release. I do have a few questions that will need to be figured out with the actual list building format because I don't play many games these days. Can I run a Combined Arms Detachment and add in a formation or two? This matters for several of my forces. I have never really fielded a bunch of transports. Something that costs 115pts and just gets pinged by meltagun and explodes seems a little dangerous when I can put a lot of wounds on the table instead. But I might not be up with the current competitive play meta. Since the new book took some of the teeth out of the Serpent Spam list, I think my failure to build and paint six min DA squads with laser lock serpent shield transports was probably a good thing. I do have a ton of Wraithguard. I always thought they were badass...