Up until now in 40k, I have brought my own large armies in and the players have been playing build up the army with my force sizes. That's pretty intimidating, especially when I kept bringing in new tanks or sometimes even a whole new army!
This time though, I will start with the players, a new army; collecting and building said army up in step with them. This is an escalation army building rather than a massive collection. It'll start at 750 pnts in September through Dec. A small tournament in December. Then escalate to 1,500 pnts with a tournament in March/April time. 2250 in June/July and 3,000 in September.
This of course is dependent on whether or not I can get players to join and everyone here at Nagoyahammer is also more than welcome to join in. As anybody in Tajimi who joins will be a new player, it would be better if you either a) start a new army with us and join us for the events each month, or b) play your lesser known army that usually doesn't get much gaming time (ex. Stu and his Bretonnians, Rob and his Lizzies) rather than your first line army that you play regularly. But if you can't help but bring your first line army, then just remember this is for fun and to help grow our pool of players.
For my army choice, I will follow the following rules when it comes to selection:
1) I will not select an army that another player has chosen to start a new army with (if you are using a pre-existing army then that army does not count in the selection process).
2) I will do my very best not to select an army I already have and/or have a lot of experience with (i.e. no HE, WoC, and Dwarfs) unless they are the only choice(s) left.
3) Should, for some phenomenally cool reason, all armies be selected (13 new armies being started), then my army will be chosen by pulling a name from a hat (or maybe the last name in the hat when all the others have been pulled out if everyone wants to torture me).
4) I will try to make updates here similar to a tale of four gamers to show my progress and help any new players who join Nagoyahammer with army building ideas.
Of course if nobody signs up, then the stunties shall rise again
) to get more tables. Tournament location will depend on numbers. Small numbers, then Tajimi, larger numbers Nagoya or Kani (Kani station and Shinkani are right next to a new community center and I know the people working there).
