Some say his dice are cursed due to the pleasure he takes being an evil DM... All we know is he's called Mik Calow and is a founding member of the club.
Many thanks for the intro Gary, I hope my mutterings prove entertaining.
﻿Learn more about the background of our Crusaders campaign written by Mik here.
2014 saw me play 40 games of 40k (utterly by coincidence), achieving my only win in 6th edition and getting a much better ratio with the advent of 7th.
I've played 40K for almost as many years as I have D&D, starting way back with the old Rogue Trader rulebook before moving on to the edition with the Dark Millenium expansion (ah vehicle datacards, wargear cards and psychic decks). Up to this point had been playing my Space Wolves but then decided to begin a Chaos force and the simple but effective colour scheme of the Black Legion coupled with their back story hooked me. I stuck with the Legion through 3rd and 4th edition, and even up to the beginning of 5th but then life got in the way and my regular opponent (yes I have known Gary a really long time) had other commitments too and 40K took a back seat for a few years. Fast forward a while and the call of the warp (again in the form of Gary) pulls me back to the battlefields of the 41st millenium. And of course now we stand at the dawn of the 7th era of 40K.
Here are my blog posts cataloguing my journey since returning, its littered with the corpses of the fallen (mainly my own) but its certainly a fun ride.
2-old-gits-and-a-new-rulebook Gary and myself head back into the trenches of the 41st millenium.
The inaugral All Scars event - the Battle Royale a multiplayer, round robin mini tournament.
The Easter Kill Team event I win one of my rounds, a small victory but it keeps the hope of bigger ones alive.
All Scars Painting Challenge An incentive to actually get brush to model.
Painting Challenge update 58 days to go and progress report.
44 days to go third update on my painting challenge progress.
39 days remaining "Oooh, we're halfway there...."
Painting Challenge I finally complete my pledged units, but was it within time?
March - Heldrake, work begins, March Completed.
June - League of Shadows, Ra's and Nyssa al Ghul.
Ryder Cup Finale a battle lost does not lose the war.
Grudge match - deciding the fate of Lord Morrow.
Riders on the Storm Psyching up my Chaos bikers.
Legion update - inspecting the troops An update on the status of my model collection.
On the eve of battle In preparation for the third round of the 2014 tournament I change not only my list but some of my models too.
I feel the power of the warp overtaking me And it is a good thing.
Lets get ready to R-U-M-B-L-E A down and dirty biker rumble with my ork allies to sort out who's the boss.
Spilling the blood of Angels seeing the year out with some carnage.
Inspecting the Troops my yearly re-assessment of my model collection.
Time for the yearly body count of my Black Legion and their state of painting.