Poll results and New Poll

In our last poll we asked:

"Do you even Team Yankee, bro?"

Thirty-nine of you answered, as follows:

Yes, in 15mm as God and Battlefront intended.	10 (25%)
Yes, in 10mm or 6mm.	8 (20%)
No, but I play other Cold War Hot games.	7 (17%)
No, not interested in the period.	14 (35%)

So we know that of our respondents, nearly half play Team Yankee (18/39) and almost two-thirds play Cold War Hot games (25/39). The period seems to be more popular than I thought, which is great!

Our next poll takes us back to the poll-arizing (erk) world of Games Workshop:

"Will you buy Warhammer 40K 8th Edition?"

New Poll! and results

Our last poll asked if respondents would buy the limited edition Imperial Space Marine produced by GW to commemorate the 30th anniversary of the original.

You overwhelmingly responded that no, you had no interest in such a thing, and we should ashamed - ASHAMED!! for asking. (72%)

The remainder of the respondents replied, rather more reservedly, that yes, they did buy at least one, and four readers bought more than one. (11%)

Our new poll asks, "Do You Even Team Yankee, Bro?" (referring to Battlefront's new 1980s Cold War hot game that has many Conscripts aflutter)

Vote early and vote often!!

Poll Results and New Poll

Our last poll asked, "GW has released plastic 30K models in the new "Betrayal at Calth" game. Will you buy it?"


35 of you responded; here are the results:

Yes, I'll pick up one. (9 votes, 25%)
Yes, more than one! (4 votes, 11%)
No, not interested in 30K (22 votes, 62%) So a little more than one in three respondents intended to get their Calth on. The next poll is in keeping with the GW theme: Did you buy Games Workshop's new Limited Edition Imperial Marine last weekend?  Register your vote up in the corner! /

Poll Results and New Poll

After a big-time election win here in Canada by Hair Man, Son of Fuddle Duddle, I thought I'd also update the poll here on the blog ;-)

Results of the last poll:

Forge World now sells a Warlord Titan model, retail price over 1,200GBP. Is this insane?

Survey said:

Yes, no amount of lead crack is worth that. 4 votes (44%)
No, if cost were no object I'd have one (or more). 4 votes (44%)
Don't care what it costs - I'm buying it. 1 vote (12%)

Thanks for playing!

Poll Added!

Games Workshop has introduced a long-awaited faction into its grimdark 40K lineup - the Adeptus Mechanicus Skitarii. There's a basic infantry box (Vanguard/Rangers), an elite-type infantry box (Ruststalkers/Sicarian Infiltrators), a light walker (Ironstrider Ballistarius/Sydonian Dragoon) and even a walking tank (Dunestalker)!

We've added a poll (up there at top right of the page) to ask you what you think of the new Skitarii for 40K.

Do you like them, or not? Will you buy them to use for 40K games, or maybe even in another gaming system? We'd love to know!

Allies in 40K - Poll Results

For the record, here are the results of our latest poll. 37 of you voted on the following question:

The new "meta" in 40K tournament play seems to be "allies". What do you think of Allies in 40K?

Here are your responses:

Great- I'll take an ally any day to give me something my codex lacks - 3 (8%)
They're OK for a themed game or special scenario, but not for a tourney - 10 (27%)
Meh - don't care one way or the other. Take 'em if you want - 3 (8%)
No way - too ripe for abuse by power gamers - 11 (29%)
I don't play 40K - 10 (27%)

So, taking out those respondents who don't play 40K, 78% of you thought allies are either unacceptable or only OK in a special or themed game. Only 11% thought that allies are a good fix for codex deficiencies.

My own view is that allies are generally lame. I wouldn't use them except in a themed narrative game on a Thursday. Although I am maybe the wrong person to ask, as I'm not too fussed about winning or losing a game as long as the result is close and it looks really nice :-)

Poll Results: Will You Buy the New 40K Imperial Knight?

Our most recent poll was on the topic of the new Imperial Knight model for Warhammer 40K. Both Conscript Greg and myself jumped in with both feet on this one!

But what do you think? We asked:

Games Workshop has released the new Imperial (Knight) Titan model for 40K. Will you buy it?

No - I don't like the model.	5 (8%)
No - great model but too expensive.	16 (27%)
No - don't play 40K.	25 (42%)
Yes - it's fantastic and I don't care what it costs.	9 (15%)
Yes - the only question is how many I get!!	4 (6%)

About 40% of the respondents don't play 40K, but of the rest of you who do, about two-thirds either don't like the model or think it's too expensive. But a solid 21% of respondents think it's great and plan to buy one (or more)! I think that for a model that costs well over $100 ($170 CAD retail) that's a pretty good strike rate for GW.

So congrats to Games Workshop for bringing out this great model. It's just too bad that for every Imperial Knight we seem to also get a Taurox...

Poll Results - the New White Dwarf(s)

Our last poll question was: Last week, it was announced that the White Dwarf would not continue as Games Workshop's monthly hobby magazine. It will be replaced by four weekly mini-magazines and a larger monthly publication called "Warhammer Visions". Is this a good thing? Here's what you thought: 9%             Yes - White Dwarf was a stale catalog and it needed gone. Best to chuck it and start over with  something else
15%           No - WD should have been saved to continue as a monthly mag. So much history there
50%           No - flush the lot. I don't need to buy a monthly catalog for $10
24%           No - don't play the games, don't buy the WD, don't give a rip Me, I tended to think the old Dwarf, while needing drastic improvement, was worth saving. However having bought a few weeks' worth of the new weekly organ, I like the new direction. The new weekly Dwarf seems to have a lot more focus to its content and there's certainly much less overt advertising. The mag isn't wrapped in plastic which makes it easier to pick up in the shop for a flick through to determine whether it's worth taking home. I quite enjoyed the previous two issues with their exclusive focus on the Imperial Knight for 40K - however, I dropped by the store on Saturday, had a look at the latest number with the latest awful plastic hell-thing for Chaos Space Marines, and put it back on the shelf. As for "Visions", I bought the first one, thought it was very pretty but with very little compelling content, and haven't bought another.

Poll results - The Primer in Winter

Just in case nobody got my horrible pun in the post title...

Anyway... our latest poll concerned priming models in wintertime when it's cold outside. As you may know, the temperatures here in Winnipeg plunged to record lows in December 2013 and this can make spray-priming models a challenge, to say the least.

Here's the poll question and responses:

Priming your models can be difficult if you live in a place where the weather is cold. And here in Winnipeg, it is cold! So, for those of you like us, how do you prime your models before painting?

Spray in the basement, hide from the missus	10 (22%)
Spray in the garage	13 (28%)
Spray outside and bring inside to dry	11 (24%)
Brush-prime indoors. Spray priming is for suckas	11 (24%)

Forty-five of you answered the poll question, and for the most part you are a very considerate lot - only one out of five subject their families to clandestine doses of volatile organic compounds!  

Poll Results and New Poll

One of the cool things about Blogger is the ability to create polls for our visitors. On our blog the "Poll" is always at the top right of the page.

Our last poll asked:

Traditionally, model vehicles for wargames haven't been put on scenic bases. However, there's a modern movement towards basing vehicles for aesthetic and practical reasons. Do you think vehicles should be based for gaming?

Twenty-seven of you voted, and the results were as follows:

Yes, 15mm vehicles but not 28mm vehicles	13 (48%)
Yes, both 15mm and 28mm vehicles	7 (25%)
No, vehicles should not be based	7 (25%)

So, an overwhelming majority of three-quarters of you thought that 15mm vehicles should be based! Interesting!

New poll coming up about priming models in cold weather.

 

 

It's Official - Bolt Action Rules, OK?

In a recent pseudo-scientific poll of blog readers, fifty-one of you voted on your favourite WW2 skirmish ruleset... the winner, with 27% of the votes cast, was Warlord's new "Bolt Action" rules.

Other favourites were IABSM (7%), Rules of Engagement (11%), Disposable Heroes (13%), Nuts! (1%), and Something Else (17%, a pretty popular ruleset!). Nineteen percent of you say you don't play WW2 skirmish games. Or perhaps you just won't admit to it, which is OK too.

In any event, congratulations Warlord Games!

Another Poll Winner

Well, the latest poll has concluded, and it looks like 15mm Bavarians are the winner.

Regular readers of this blog will recall that we typically pressure/abuse fellow conscript Cam into painting something - indeed, anything. Cam, while we're on that topic, I understand the modern Chinese have arrived. I look forward to photos, uploaded via Iphone!

But for fun, it was time to pressure Mike F a little bit too. Thanks to our abuse of Mike F, he now collects British troops for, what is it, five different periods? And he's been great about it. His modern 25mm brits are awesome, as are the WW2 ones, and his 6mm modern brits have dished out (and received) quite a bit of abuse to my Warsaw Pact chaps. And who can forget Future Gordon Brown?

Seeing Mike F's strong progress along the path to the dark side, it's time for him to take the ultimate plunge. Come on Mike....I need to order some 15mm Austrian stuff anyways, so let's get some 15mm Bavarians from AB miniatures via Eureka, track down an Osprey book for painting reference (pictured above for convenience), and your journey to the dark side will be complete!

And I guess it's time to think of a new poll...

New Poll

Well, it was getting to be high-time for another Fawcett Poll, so I have switched them up. This one will help you provide input into a very important question - which faction should we pressure Mike F into collecting and painting for Napoleonics? After all, I've been pressuring him for some time, but he has always been able to say back "well, where should I start?". A fair question. This poll should help close down that avenue of escape, and push him toward something that will help our overall Napoleonic gaming efforts.

As for the last poll, which dealt with "what should happen next" on the friendly planet Toxo IV, the winner was "brutal street fighting". Watch for a game invite before the end of the year that will provide for this.

Now let the pressuring of Mike F begin!

And Cam, FYI - don't take this as a signal that we're letting up on you in any way. You had better paint a platoon of modern PLA - and soon...

And the winner of our first poll is.....

For our first poll, we asked fellow Conscripts and visitors: "what should be resuced from the Zombies during our game this week?" The winner of our first poll is....a tie, as you can see, between a person immune to the Zombie virus and, disturbingly, a supply of Iphones. Out of respect for the democratic process, we will incorporate both elements into tonight's scenario. Besides, who can pass up a chance to use Apple products take more digs at Cam?

I love the book World War "Z", but in a way, it's too bad that it arrived on the scene before I-turd mania reached current epic proportions. Had World War "Z" arrived on shelves at this moment in history, one chapter would surely have slayed the image of Itools, nattering away about their stupid apps while the Zombies destroyed the US army at Jonkers. Author Max Brooks would probably have killed a couple of birds with one stone by having the Itools represented as a bunch of stock brokers who sold mortgage-back securities and structured-investment vehicles. But I digress...



So tonight, as inspired by Mike F's comment on the poll, the factions fighting the Zombies, and each other, to survive in the World War Z universe have determined that the continued function of their Iphones will be essential to coming out on top in the Zombie apocalypse.

The factions will be looking to capture a Rogers Wireless representative who is immune to the virus AND has the necessary technical knowledge to ensure the Iphones can continue to function. This person has been located (thanks to GPS and Google Maps, still working despite the apocalypse) in downtown Toronto, and stupidly bragged about their immunity using their Facebook status and various Twitter postings ("@WarZ bit two days ago, still nothing but want nachos"). From the SAS to the Bank Robbers and Homies, survivors have determined that this guy must be captured.

And the Zombies? Well, they are just happy to have some brains to eat.

To keep with the Iphone vibe, and as inspired by Dave V and Dallas' suggestions, before every turn, players will roll to see which stupid app their faction manages to activate on their Iphones. Some might help against the Zombies - others, not so much...we've polled some of the real apps, and made up some impacts. We'll see if Cam actually has any of them too. I know he has at least one...

See you all tonight for some World War Z, Iphone-bashing mayhem. Also, welcome to stray Conscript Sean! Looking forward to seeing you.

The Fawcett poll - help us set up our next game

Today we are excited to introduce a new feature to the Fawcett Avenue Conscripts' Blog - a poll!

For our first poll, help us plan next week's game. Dallas will be staging a Zombie battle. We all know the Zombies are out for brains, but the survivors still have to look to other needs in the midst of a Zombie Apocalypse.

What should the participants fight the Zombies - and each other - in order to retrieve? Gold? Ammo? Iphones? Be sure to get your votes in!

Results will be posted next week.