This monster took a while to birth, its a bit of a step up but I’m hoping all the crazy special effects add to the effect of a 90’s battle report rather than distracting from it.
I was tempted to add in muzzle flash to each weapon but I think I’d actually prefer to complete the video this year and not have to wait a week for it to render.
Let me know in the comments what you think, any and all constructive criticism is highly appreciated.
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2nd edition was a mess. An unbalanced game.
But it was a glorious, memorable and FUN mess.
We played a handfull of games when 4th edition was already out, and a friend got his hands on the old edition.
40K is probably a better game these days, but 2nd edition, like the models paint jobs, was bright and fun
"I don't know how YouTube works and I don't care to learn" 😂 classic! Think it's worked as it made me post this message for the algorithm. Great content as ever sir, well done 👏
I still have that monorail!
As an Ork fan, I have conflicted emotions about the idea of Oldhammer. On one hand, all these wacky flavorful rules are very Orky, but on the other, I would hate to regularly lose games because my units just decided that they were going to misbehave or malfunction at a bad time.
It's not 2nd edition, but I'm going to continue requesting Kluctmeir's Last Stand from White Dwarf 306, because it's the batrep that started my obsession with this hobby.
I never played Warhammer 40.000 after 2nd Edition (still read the rules, so I know most of the differences to later editions), so this battle report hits with an extra dose of nostalgia.
This is brilliant! I wish I could add some amazing insight into our tactics but to be honest we fought this so long ago I’d forgotten it until I saw this video 😂 Great work.
What a great video! Looking forward to more of this sort ^^
I remember this one! WD wishes it could have summarised it as well as you! It's strange, looking back at 2e now, you never thought anything was wrong with it at the time, but now you think "damn, that was a weird time."
nostalgia overload! thanks
Started playing in 3rd and before that was very interested just too young, im here for this.
I recently played 2 games with the "desth star" tactics with my BA.5 terminators with hammers, terminator captain with Mephiston and Corbulo. One was a complete misfire, losing Mephiston, Corbulo and one terminator to a vert nasty smite. The other was crazy as the terminators became vampire genestealers, while Mephiston became a mini-bloodthirster that was able to hypnotize a psyker and maul it to pieces, while in turn 4 charge 24" into a Leman Russ and split it in two. Great
Great stuff. I love it
I love this. Well done!
The standard bearer model was free with white dwarf
Some of those battle reports still live rent free in my head
2nd edition sounds wild
I love this! Thanks for doing them! 🙂
Awesome refresh of this report! Really interesting to see how it all used to work in 2nd Ed and love your commentary as always! A++
You was asking the other day how to improve these videos. A visual depiction of what is shooting what would be good. A few times I couldn't follow what was happening. Doesn't have to be flashy. Maybe the unit icon grows slightly like it has been selected.
These animations look great! What program do you use to create them?
Might I ask what software you make these in? I know I can't, don't have the artistry for it, but it's very fun!
I remember a 4th ed battle rep (I think in WD29x or possibly WD30x) where a unit of deathwatch with librarian held off an entire tyranid army single handedly, after the imperial guard army they were attached to got turned into mush. Would love to see that in this format.
I'm very upset. We had a rules gotcha and we didn't get the jingle.
OMG I must have read this battle report a thousand times. I fricken LOVED it! This battle report and the imperial guard allied with Elder vs Tyranids one.
Oh yeah, those extra special effects very much enhance the experience – they actually make it easier to follow the flow of battle and keep track of what's happening.
God I miss the old school White Dwarf battle reports!!
Loved those old map diagrams. There was one around 95 where the tyranids respawned continuously when killed; but to win had to wipe out all the marine/guard massed forces.
Your deadpan and distant, almost disinterested style is a perfect storm to make your comedy hit every time
I remember reading this one and finding annoying how "gamey"/rules lawyer the Dark Angels army was, although as an IG player I held less-numerous elite armies in contempt anyway
I miss these battle reports from the 90s so much. My first ever was Blood Angels vs Eldar.
I still have the White Dwarf magazine with this battle report, well the original
nostalgia. 🙂
Haven’t seen anything related to warhammer since I was a kid and this is the way I remember it being. Thank you for the trip down memory lane sir
while the rules are all over the place, i miss these type of battle reports. They should do this style again…not the rules tho…not the rules
Congratulations on another funny, entertaining review on a white dwarf 2nd ed 40k bat rep. Your insights are spot on too. Orks were so bad in 2nd Ed 40k that I usually cheered them on as the underdogs. So this is a rare (pyrrhic) victory. I remember that Steve loved his imperial guard tanks so he was definitely a rookie Warboss. Orks are so much better in 2023. Back in the 90's though… WS 3 BS 3 Str 3….. that's bad! Oh and their armour was made of toilet paper. 😂 I always loved the Scorcha bike though. Its Scorcha weapon was an out and out space marine toaster. Also, like everyone else, I loved the shock attack gun. The Daemonic Attack psychic card was awesome. It could kill any psyker and in my experience 1's got rolled more often than you'd expect. Of couse the Eldar had some rerolls, but the Eldar were AWESOME in 2nd ed. 24" shuriken catapults with 1 sustained fire dice each!