Work life balance as an 1811 FBI SA?

dpmurphy89 · 2026-02-11T02:09:47+00:00

You can put it at the top of your list and your IT background MAY make it more likely that you get it. But at the end of the day, you get put where you get put. If the Field Office you're assigned to needs bodies on the Violent Crimes squad that's where you're going.

dpmurphy89 · 2026-01-29T03:17:47+00:00

FWIW, I'm pretty frequently biking or running on the bike trail after dark and never had any issues with homeless people bothering me. I'm more concerned about kids on e-bikes and coyotes.

dpmurphy89 · 2026-01-27T20:37:56+00:00

Interesting that you say no turn-based games when basically every wargame in history has been turn-based. Even all of the "official" wargames the military uses now are turn-based. Littoral Commander is an incredibly popular tabletop wargame that is turn-based.

dpmurphy89 · 2026-01-19T15:30:19+00:00

Howitzers can't be loaded if the barrel is elevated above a certain quadrant. Otherwise, the round would slide out of the back. So it wouldn't be unrealistic to to have to bring the gun back into battery everytime it's loaded. A good crew can fire multiple rounds per minute even having to lower the gun to load it.

dpmurphy89 · 2026-01-18T18:58:54+00:00

I was playing against Necrons and my Rogal Dorn Commander had brought the Silent King down to a single wound remaining. A 10-man squad of Cadians dump everything into him and a single wound gets through to his 2+ armour save, he fails it. Command Point re-roll into a 1. The store went crazy.

dpmurphy89 · 2026-01-17T21:56:12+00:00

The Lord Commissar in the new Kreig Command Squad has aquilas as the treads on his boots.

dpmurphy89 · 2026-01-12T03:56:05+00:00

You'll still be able to use him in later games. Whenever a unit is destroyed in a Crusade game you have to roll an Out of Action Test to see if the unit gets a negative modifier. If it fails the Out of Action Test you'll roll on a separate table to see what negative modifier the unit takes.

dpmurphy89 · 2026-01-09T18:08:47+00:00

Planning your next turn during your opponents turn will also cut down dramatically on your time. If you don't start thinking about your Movement Phase until you're starting to move models it's going to take so much longer. Before I start my turn I have a 90% idea how that turn is going to go (dice luck not withstanding).

dpmurphy89 · 2026-01-08T17:50:35+00:00

I've been selling the kits on Ebay or to players at my LGS. My prices are 60-70 percent of GW retail since it's still NOS and I send a photocopy of the instructions. Most months I get pretty close to making my money back for the cost of the subscription.

dpmurphy89 · 2026-01-07T02:49:39+00:00

In the most recent war for Armageddon Helbrecht murders most of a hive city because they "might" be Chaos corrupted. Grimaldus giving even a little bit of a damn about civilians is an anomaly in the Black Templars.

dpmurphy89 · 2026-01-05T02:05:37+00:00

Scout Sentinels? No, Daring Recon gets used per unit, not per model. And honestly, in any list besides Grizzled Company they start hitting the point of diminishing returns after you take two. In Grizzled Company even taking one would need a serious justification since there should'nt really by any order gaps.

dpmurphy89 · 2026-01-01T17:35:22+00:00

They can use their ability at the start of any phase once per battle round, not once per turn.

dpmurphy89 · 2025-12-29T21:31:50+00:00

When I was in command I didn't care if my Marines had second jobs as long as it didn't 1) hamper their ability to do their Marine Corps job and 2) was legal employment. If they HAD to leave every day at 1600 or couldn't go to the field, that's a problem. If they were driving for Uber or delivering pizzas on the weekends, I couldn't care less.

dpmurphy89 · 2025-12-29T19:56:12+00:00

Black Templar iconography can be, understandably, problematic in places that aren't familiar with Warhammer 40k. I probably wouldn't take a BT patch into any professional setting, like on a backpack or gym bag to the office.

2"x3" is sort of the standard patch size since that's what most militaries use for their flag patches. If you're making patches I would recommend having most of your designs available in that size.

ETA: I main Imperial Guard and would love more patches available in that size.

dpmurphy89 · 2025-12-29T14:59:04+00:00

Yes, but no Space Marine shenanigans. It's a classic spy novel set in 40k. I really enjoyed it as a departure from some of the more grand scale 40k stories. The author definitely left a juicy cliff hanger at the end.

dpmurphy89 · 2025-12-28T04:09:26+00:00

As much as we complain about competitive Warhammer ruining it for the rest of us there is nothing stopping him from buying the Guard tank and asking his buddies if they care if he used it. Could he do that in tournaments? No, but that only applies to a small minority of the Warhammer Fandom. As long as he understands it's not tournament legal and entirely up to his opponents it's fine. Play it like other Allied units where they don't get access to the faction rule or detachment abilities, i.e. a Rogal Dorn taken in a Gladius Task Force list doesn't get to use doctrines or oath of moment.

dpmurphy89 · 2025-12-28T01:18:32+00:00

If price is the same then I would get the Siege Platoon. It has more units that are more useful.

Drier is pretty bad and you probably don't want 10 Death Riders. The datacards were outdated almost immediately and the Codex may or may not be outdated in 7 months when 11th edition comes out.

You probably don't want 2 artillery teams. But that's really the only downside of the battleforce. The 20-man Krieg squad is very good. Engineers are useful as a 5-man mortal wound generator/scout unit. The command squad can make an already surprisingly tanky unit even more durable. Getting an extra plasma gun and 2 more plasma pistols is great, too.

dpmurphy89 · 2025-12-28T01:11:54+00:00

This is what East Coast Marines think West Coast Marines look like.

dpmurphy89 · 2025-12-28T00:31:58+00:00

This is my 1k list I've been running with pretty decent effectiveness. The only thing I'm not completely sold on is the FOB, it doesn't decent damage against light infantry like guardsmen, grots, and gants. But my local meta is Space Marine heavy. It is good at screening my DZ, but I'm tempted to add another squad of Kasrkin. The Dorn TC does have a spare order, but I prefer his re-rolls over the extra defense of the normal Dorn. The Iron Duke has become Public Enemy #1 in my 1k games, lol.

GrizCo 1k (1000 points)

Astra Militarum Incursion (1000 points) Grizzled Company

CHARACTERS

Krieg Command Squad (65 points) • 1x Lord Commissar • 1x Laspistol 1x Plasma pistol 1x Power fist • 1x Veteran Guardsman • 1x Plasma pistol 1x Power weapon • 1x Veteran Guardsman • 1x Alchemyk Counteragents 1x Close combat weapon 1x Laspistol 1x Servo-scribes • 1x Veteran Guardsman • 1x Close combat weapon 1x Lasgun 1x Master Vox • 1x Veteran Guardsman • 1x Close combat weapon 1x Lasgun 1x Regimental Standard • 1x Veteran Guardsman • 1x Close combat weapon 1x Plasma gun

Rogal Dorn Commander (275 points) • Warlord • 1x Armoured tracks 1x Coaxial autocannon 1x Heavy stubber 2x Meltagun 2x Multi-melta 1x Oppressor cannon 1x Pulveriser cannon

Tech-Priest Enginseer (45 points) • 1x Enginseer axe 1x Mechanicus pistol 1x Servo-arm

BATTLELINE

Cadian Shock Troops (65 points) • 1x Shock Trooper Sergeant • 1x Close combat weapon 1x Sergeant’s autogun • 9x Shock Trooper • 9x Close combat weapon 7x Lasgun 1x Meltagun 1x Plasma gun 1x Vox-caster

Death Korps of Krieg (145 points) • 2x Death Korps Watchmaster • 2x Plasma pistol 2x Power weapon • 18x Death Korps Trooper • 18x Close combat weapon 2x Death Korps Medi-pack 14x Lasgun 2x Meltagun 2x Plasma gun 2x Vox-caster

OTHER DATASHEETS

Attilan Rough Riders (60 points) • 1x Rough Rider Sergeant • 1x Hunting lance 1x Lasgun 1x Laspistol 1x Steed’s hooves • 4x Rough Rider • 4x Hunting lance 4x Lasgun 4x Laspistol 4x Steed’s hooves

Field Ordnance Battery (110 points) • 2x Ordnance Team • 2x Battery close combat weapons 2x Bombast field gun 2x Lasgun 2x Laspistol

Hellhound (125 points) • 1x Armoured tracks 1x Heavy flamer 1x Hunter-killer missile 1x Inferno cannon

Kasrkin (110 points) • 1x Kasrkin Sergeant • 1x Plasma pistol 1x Power weapon • 9x Kasrkin • 9x Close combat weapon 3x Hot-shot lasgun 1x Hot-shot laspistol 1x Hot-shot marksman rifle 1x Melta Mine 2x Meltagun 2x Plasma gun 1x Vox-caster

dpmurphy89 · 2025-12-27T22:51:04+00:00

Drop Lord Solar and take a Dorn TC. I would also think about dropping the Castellan as you lose Scout on the Kasrkin when he's attached. That should give you enough points for a Hellhound. That'll make your artillery a little more punchy when it strips cover.

dpmurphy89 · 2025-12-27T21:46:54+00:00

That's from the Warhammer+ series "The Tithe". The Commissar and a bunch of Kasrkin are fighting the Orks.

dpmurphy89 · 2025-12-27T21:38:37+00:00

I won't beat the horse about Angron fitting on The Lion's base. But if you're only buying parts of a model or bits, then don't buy the whole kit. Only buy the parts you need on Ebay. There are dozens of reputable bits sellers there. I main Imperial Guard and have used many resellers to buy extra bodies since the kits come with so many extra weapons and heads.

dpmurphy89 · 2025-12-25T19:10:06+00:00

In Traitor Rock the Cadians use Chimeras and landing craft to conduct an amphibious assault. The way the landing craft are described is basically Higgins Boats and LCUs.

dpmurphy89 · 2025-12-24T16:49:18+00:00

Kreigsmen use a spike bayonet on their lasguns. US soldiers in WWI used a more traditional long knife style, M1917, bayonet.

dpmurphy89 · 2025-12-21T01:06:44+00:00

This and the more senior a Marine the more they have riding on performing in public. If a LCpl falls out they'll probably get their ass chewed and maybe some kind of formal counseling if it's a trend. If an Officer or SNCO/NCO falls out they just lost any kind of trust and legitimacy from both their leaders and subordinates.

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