Tools
40K Companion – A Warhammer 40K Phase-By-Phase Helper
For some time now I’ve been working on a new web-based tool for players of 40K. It’s based the fact that there are now masses of rules, and how I struggle with that – remembering everything including Guard. Orders, Warlord traits, formation rules, unit rules, weapon rules, pyskers, deployment rules, etc. So, 40K Companion is [...]
What is the Role of Digital in a Game of 40K
Over the past 7 months or so of being back into 40K I have created a few little online tools/aids. These aren’t intended to make me money, be particularly professional or gain me work for my web development business. They exist for fun and to help myself and hopefully others. Oh and also for me to test and play with new web tech. Reaction [...]
Warhammer 40K Lazy Dice
David who I play my Warhammer 40K games with had a theory; that a computer would speed up our games if it did our dice rolls for us. Our game seem to take ages. I think this is mainly due to interruptions, fluff chat and general indecisiveness. I’m not convinced his theory is correct though. The idea was that by getting a computer to [...]
Tactical Mission Objective Cards Generator
With the Games Workshop Tactical Mission Objective Cards being out of stock at the moment I needed a solution. While writing the cards down is fine it takes more time. Its also more complex because you keep having to roll dice, you can’t have duplicates either – even those cards that have been discarded or achieved. During my [...]
How Many Guardsmen Does It Take To Kill a Riptide?
With my game tonight postponed due to Glastonbury packing/shopping/stressing I decided to do something a little different with a spare hour. And what better way to kill an hour than to find out how many Guardsmen it takes to kill a Riptide. I hope to add more underdogs and monstrous creatures someday, suggestions welcome in the comments [...]