Local Blogger Feature: The Glacial Geek (Youtube Channel)

Phil is a friendly guy from the next town over, and he runs a great youtube channel called TheGlacialGeek. He mostly does battle reports that his army (Dark Angels) participate in. The variety of opponents he has is great, and he takes on just about every army there is to play in 40k. His demeanor is great, absolutely the most sporting fellow I've seen.

The quality of the videos over at TheGlacialGeek are top notch. He films in 1080 resolution, which is perfect for viewing the beautifully painted armies of both Phil and his opponents. He edits out the more mundane parts, such as looking up rules and settling queries, as well as most of the movement phases. This leaves the best part... rolling dice and killing stuff!

My favorite portion is the part in every battle report in which Phil showcases each unit in his army, and each unit in his opponent's army. This gives us a chance to appreciate all the hard work that went into modeling and painting those units, and in 1080 resolution, they look fantastic!

Keep up the good work Phil, definitely gives us something to look forward to on Mondays!

Local Blogger Feature: Warhammer 39,999

For today's Local Blogger Feature, we have Warhammer 39,999, a venerable and long-standing blog that has been around for nearly as long as mine (though Rob, the owner of Warhammer 39,999, did a much better job of keeping his updated!) and I have been a long time fan.

From Rob's "About Me" page:

-"I started 40k back in ’92, when I was in high school.  All of my friends were already into it, and I was stuck on AD&D skirmishes.  I just couldn’t make the leap to warhammer because my passion at the time was goblins, and GW’s variant were so darned goofy looking.  Ironically now, those classic goofy looking models are dear to my heart, and I can’t believe they’ve made their greenskins evil and scary.

That aside, my miniature wargaming career has mostly been true to Games Workshop, and more specifically 40k.  Though I’ve dabled in Warhammer Quest, Necromunda, Man-o-War and Warhammer, only 40k has stuck around through the years. 

I’ve played virtually every available army except for Tau, & Necrons (oh, and Dark Eldar–sort of).  The time my army switching was in full-swing was 2nd edition, so it’s logical that the armies that didn’t exist at that time are the ones I’ve never played.  A more detailed approximation of the armies I actually have owned can be found here.

As of right now, I own a few armies, and one day I plan to create army pages for each.  Right now, they’ll have to settle for a bulletized list:

• Chaos Renegades / Lost & the Damned
• Eldar (Biel-Tan / Exodites)
• Imperial Guard
• Ultramarines
• Tyranids

Having basically played the gambit, my fascination for unstoppable armies has waned.  Now, I’m more interested in using units that are more “balanced,” even going so far as to play units that are largely thought of as “inferior,” in hopes that I can find some tactical advantage to them.  Largely, I fail at this, but I have fun doing so–and that’s ultimately why I play the game.  Truth be told though, I often enjoy talking about the game as much (or more) than playing it…"

His posts cover the entire hobby, so his page is definitely worth following. Thanks for all the hard work, Rob!

New Feature! Local Blogger Feature: The Arctic Warlord

What started as a simple request for local wargaming blogs to follow has turned into a pretty good idea for a regular feature. So I decided to do a new preview for each of the local blogs that I start following, to help spread the blogging love!

Vilicate runs the blog, and is a local player in Alaska. His blog has a simple but pleasing design, not hard to read at all! I enjoyed his multiple battle reports and pictures of games in progress. Apparently he is also a highly competitive player and participates in many local tournaments and competitions, from what I hear!

Give his blog a read, and maybe leave a comment so he is inspired to write more articles. Maybe some tactical insight or editorials?

-Teun135