My local gaming groups do NOT play Warhammer Fantasy! We have in the past and sadly it lasts a couple months and most people stop playing and go back to 40K. I for one prefer Fantasy over 40K ( i grew up in love with fantasy movies and books more than Sci-Fi. (Star Wars is Sci-Fi/Future/Fantasy)
So after years of playing D&D in the late 70s to late 80s (yes i still do) i decided to play Warhammer Fantasy, now i had friends who had more cash than i did and as i spent my cash on skateboards and beautiful ladies i did not have much cash for models. So i played whatever army other people let me play at the local game store and friends houses.
Move foward to the late 90s and i decided to start my own army. I had a few Vampire Counts and just could not get the colors i wanted. Then i was informed everyone in the area plays 40K so i bought a HUGE Tyranid army (like 5k+pts) and painted them all like Lady Bugs. I kicked ass at the first tourney i went to (i think it was mostly cos people were checking out the army and not paying attention or it was dice kharma)
Anywho, around a year later i bought a Warriors of Chaos army, mostly the old ugly ass models
I had around 2000pts of just the warriors and around 500+ pts of old metal ones cos for some reason (just like the Genestealers from old days, at one point i owned over 100 genestealers) everyone who owned any gave them to me for free. It was insane. Around the time i finished painting the whole army. GW released the now current Warrior model. So i was starting the army over again as they looked much better. Everyone quit playing so after sitting on the shelf for over a year they were sold. I moved and found new people who loved Fantasy as much as i do and after a huge Orc and Goblin army, made another WoC army.(then a Daemon army and a Empire army) and after a while with no games i sold those as well.
At one point i had 5 40k armies around the house and other various models and the wife told me i have lost my mind, i agreed and decided to narrow things down. I now have a Space Wolf army, a Flames of War American army, a Battletech Clan army, an Orc Blood Bowl team, a Dwarf Mordheim group and decided it was time to make another attempt at my true gaming love Warhammer Fantasy!This time i decided to go with Warriors of Chaos........ again. I got lucky in that not long after i started the army (for the 3rd time now) a new army book came out. I love the new models, some are over priced but i tend not to complain about GW prices as its a hobby and cheaper than drugs, drinking and hookers. So i started another Themed army. MORE BLOOD FOR THE BLOOD GOD as it were!!!!


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