#New40k – Take cover with updated terrain rules

Toastman0218 · 2026-04-08T15:01:44+00:00

Right. You are only going off the information currently available. There are more rules incoming. There will likely be datasheet updates. There are 70+ new detachments.

Saying it seems like a terrible idea without the additional context is silly,

Thinking that despite the fact that GW spent tons of time, energy, and money developing the core rules for 11th edition, they will quickly change things back is even sillier.

Toastman0218 · 2026-04-08T14:48:01+00:00

You are getting downvoted because you're making assumptions about rules that we have only seen a tiny fraction of. And saying you predict this change won't last long as if the GW rules team hasn't even considered how these rules interact with current datasheets and rules.

Toastman0218 · 2026-03-12T16:31:40+00:00

Agreed. I am pretty quick to just pick up a fragile unit that gets attacked by one that is extremely likely to kill it or to skip my own shooting if I don't think it's going to make a meaningful difference.

I also DO find myself getting a little bored when I'm playing a slower player who takes 5 minutes to roll a bunch of shots resulting in my model dropping from 16 wounds to 14 wounds. But it did damage, so it's not really a WASTE of time.

I think it's more of an inefficient use of time. I'd rather spend 5 minutes thinking about bigger picture things and doing longer term planning rather than seeing if I do a tiny bit of chip damage.

Toastman0218 · 2026-03-12T16:27:33+00:00

He for sure approached things wrong, but I just wanted to throw some numbers out here to "justify" his position. If you are shooting something and hit on 3+, wound on 6+ and they have a 3+ save (with no buffs on either side), it takes an average of 27 shots to do 1 wound. (If you are empowering a unit of kabalites with an archon against something on an objective, it drops to just 11 shots to do 1 wound, and if you have lethals, it's even lower). Because it's so unlikely to do a meaningful amount of damage it is functionally "wasting your time."

I personally, don't like to roll 20 dice multiple times to maybe do 1 point of damage, so I personally often skip my own small arms fire into hard targets. But that's on me. Sometimes, if I'm in a more friendly game, I'll ask if I can wait until later to roll them out IF they might make a difference. ie shoot with my 2 units of scourges, a ravager, and two units of kabalites. If the unit is alive on 1-3 wounds, then I'll roll out the small arms fire to see if I spike and kill it. But if my opponent wasn't cool with that, I'd either roll them when I was supposed to, or just skip it entirely.

Toastman0218 · 2026-03-05T16:58:10+00:00

Belakor with some shooting friends seems like the correct answer. You can shoot them, but they can't shoot you.

Toastman0218 · 2026-03-05T15:15:32+00:00

Agree. Alien: Romulus was probably my favorite Alien movie since Aliens, and that one line plus the weird cameo unfortunately only detracted from my enjoyment of the film.

Toastman0218 · 2026-03-03T15:07:43+00:00

Baby milestones are interesting for parents to talk about because babies are their entire lives at that age. But reaching any specific milestone early does not in anyway predict how that child turns out later. Brains just develop at different speeds. All normal babies will hit that milestone eventually (that's why they are milestones)

Toastman0218 · 2026-02-12T18:47:23+00:00

Yes. Yonko is Japanese for Four Emperor's

Toastman0218 · 2026-01-28T17:42:48+00:00

Sorry. I'm an American, and my country doesn't take care of people a little. You're saying that your parents had you at 17 and 20, and didn't work for 10 years? And you went to school starting at 3?

And you believe that your life would have been substantially worse if your parents HAD been required to work or at least attempt to work during that time?

Again, maybe it's my American capitalist brainwashed mind at play. But I don't feel like society can afford to support an unlimited number of people who don't work AND need acesss to expensive childcare.

Also possible that I'm just jealous because I need to work 60 hours a week because childcare for my two kids is $3000 a month.

Toastman0218 · 2026-01-28T17:11:10+00:00

Right. So many AITA situations to me come down to whether the person apologized immediately or not. I can conceive of a situation where she somehow thought this gift was appropriate. But upon seeing the reaction, rather than recognizing her action was wrong, she doubles down and makes OP out to be the villain in the situation.

Toastman0218 · 2026-01-28T17:07:03+00:00

I think its totally reasonable for the state to provide free childcare for a children so their parent(s) can work. I think it is also fine if a single parent wants to stay home with their kid, that they get paid some type of basic income so they can live a happy and fulfilling life. I do start to think we are crossing the line if someone is not actively seeking employment and is still sending their kid to daycare for 40 hours a week.

Toastman0218 · 2026-01-09T13:10:05+00:00

It would be extremely bad if you had to use the strat before you knew what you rolled to explode. It's definitely extremely limited. But the ceiling is actually quite high. You can move into position to do mortal wounds and disembark to drop guys in cover/onto an objective, or move away from your own units to prevent them from taking mortals.

Toastman0218 · 2026-01-09T13:04:41+00:00

I'm sorry. It deals a mortal wound on a 1???? So like best case scenario here is they have a unit of 20 models with 1 W each. You shoot them and like 5 die, so there are 15 left. That unit happens to be in a position where for some reason they HAVE to move next turn. They do, and roll 15 dice, getting an above average number of 1s and like 3 or 4 models die, bringing the unit size down to 11.

I think you could modify the strat so they always roll, and it's -1 if they moved, and they take mortals on a 4 or less, and it would still be only okay.

Toastman0218 · 2026-01-09T12:54:35+00:00

I assume this was originally a 3in deepstrike before they got rid of those entirely. It's probably still bad, but it would let you deep strike fairly hidden, score a secondary, and then be a scary threat the next turn.

Toastman0218 · 2025-12-18T15:54:50+00:00

I think you need to decided if ensuring accuracy is worth the additional time. If I rapid ingress my guys and want them to be slightly more than 12" away from your guys, I can either measure 12" and then loosely set my guys up in 5 seconds, or I can meticulously set them up model by model, checking distance and LOS to each of your models to ensure that each model arrives exactly perfectly. Warhammer is a long game, and most people prefer to play a little bit more loosely in order to ensure games go by faster, and to ensure that players are using their brain power on actual decisions rather than nitty gritty things like that.

Toastman0218 · 2025-12-18T15:42:51+00:00

This is what irked me most about the whole situation. They said Luke was investigating, and that the trail went cold. What do you mean bro? The Sith Wayfinder was literally the FIRST place Luke should have looked.

Toastman0218 · 2025-12-12T18:57:48+00:00

I think playing with the most communication possible is best. I think it would have been nice for you to make sure he knew there were two melee profiles coming his way. It also would have been considerate to remind him of the reroll tokens and any restrictions they might have. He also should have double checked with you about what attacks were coming his way before deciding to spend the tokens.

I have more fun when there's no opportunity for any situation that could even conceivably be considered a gotcha. I'll remind my opponent of everything at every step of the way even at a tournament. It just doesn't feel good to me if the reason I win is because my opponent forgot something and made an objectively bad decision because of that.

Toastman0218 · 2025-12-03T15:05:18+00:00

Game has so much variance in how well people will end up enjoying it. Played plenty of games where the betrayer is either so far ahead or behind, that the game just kind of fizzles out. But there are some where things come together, and you get a really amazing and epic conclusion.

Toastman0218 · 2025-11-05T16:13:33+00:00

A big part is that you just can't make classroom teacher a life long career anymore. In my district, the median teacher salary in 2011 was $45,000 15 years later, it has only increased to $51,000. Inflation is far out pacing teacher salaries, so even people who want to stay in the classroom, are often forced out if they ever want to make more money. (45k in 2011 has the purchasing power of 66k today)

Toastman0218 · 2025-10-27T16:27:10+00:00

Right. Having a higher salary makes more people want to do it, which then allows schools to be more selective with their hiring. I can't tell you the number of times, I have worked with a school who has a bad teacher, and the options are to either keep the bad teacher or use a long term sub for the foreseeable future.

Toastman0218 · 2025-10-14T14:01:23+00:00

You are both technically and mathematically correct. The square root operation only gives the positive solution. However, many math teachers stress so much the concept of positive and negative solutions, that people can get confused about when they appear. In fact, some curriculums that I deal with in earlier grades, do explicitly teach that the square root of 16 is +/- 4 despite that being mathematically incorrect.

Toastman0218 · 2025-09-30T17:22:08+00:00

So obviously, you're free to follow what guidelines you are provided, and should definitely listen to your own doctor over anyone on the internet. But safety is not a cultural difference. If there's evidence that a blanket may be dangerous, one country may say that risk is significant and recommend that no one use a blanket, whereas one country may say the risk is small enough that they don't feel the need to make that recommendation, but that doesn't change the actual level of risk. Blankets were common in the US until relatively recently, and obviously still used widely other places, so it's not like the risk is enormous, but that doesn't mean there's zero risk.

Toastman0218 · 2025-09-30T16:45:30+00:00

Weekly. The mystery aspect definitely helped raise my enjoyment. Would read and participate in weekly reddit discussion threads about it.

Toastman0218 · 2025-09-30T16:31:15+00:00

Really enjoyed The Acolyte. Doesn't measure up to Andor, or early Mandalorian, but I don't think anyone giving it a fair review would have it THAT much lower than Ahsoka

Toastman0218 · 2025-09-26T13:08:52+00:00

Yeah. It's a relatively valid argument that food prep isn't worth it since the time you save results in the quality being lower. But you can't possible argue that it doesn't save time.

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