40K Nostalgia Thread

[Rissan4ever]

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[Sainhann]

Occasional jam yes!

But seriously dude, 2nd Ed was far from balanced. Heroes were massively, ridiculously hard. Level 4 Inquisitor, Terminator Armour, Psycannon, Psychic Rod and Combat Drugs. Psychically boosted up, switch on Holocaust and watch the enemy army crumble around him.

The game was still a lot of fun, but far from balanced.

Two Words:

Vortex Grenade

Plus while your opponent might have someone like that chances are so did you.

I player Eldar and we had the Avatar who was just as nasty as that Level 4 Inquisitor.

I will only say that the best games that I ever had was back in 2nd Edition.

[Sainhann]

Yup! Once had an Eversor carve through Roger Blackmane, Nigel the Slayer and a bunch of Wolfguard in a single round of combat!

Fun, but by no means balanced.

I did find that for the most part most armies were balanced.

The only army that really was not balanced were the Harlequins.

I can't remember ever losing with them.

Though I usually did not come out of any battle with a lot of them left on the table either.

Bring 35 or 36 to the battle and have only around 6 or so left at the end of the game.

[Mr Mystery]

Vortex Grenade, meet Vortex Detonator from Dark Millenium.... And one very dead enemy character.

[Jmaximum]

"Space Dwarfs"? What kind of mythical beings were those?

I've got my slightly dogeared copy of the Rogue Trader book; the one that pages started falling out of as soon as I opened it.

Holy Shenanigans I thought I was the only one that happened to! No sooner did I crack the cover then about half of the middle pages fell out!

[Katharon]

I would be happy if the IG got landspeeders again and the ability to take assault cannons on sentinels...just saying.

[MrBo]

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[Denzark]

I remember before the Squats got Squatted, they got a full range of Psychic powers for living ancestors in the Dark Millenium box. One was a mind control - I remember the carnage a brainwashed terminator assault cannon with follow-on fire could do...

[Psychosplodge]

Virus bombs strategy card anyone?
How to win the game before turn one...

But the best was still librarian with displacer field, quickening and iron hand chasing a demolisher round trying to punch it to death...

[Ben_S]

Virus bombs strategy card anyone?
How to win the game before turn one...

Well, I guess there was a period where you could do that, but it seems strange to be nostalgic for it. I thought 2nd edition was much more balanced after the White Dwarf piece telling you to tear that card up...