Thursday
Night Gaming just gone, I had a absolutely fantastic game if 40k with
a friend. We played Grey Knights vs Necrons, 4 objectives, random
vps, in each table quarter. During the aftermath, we discussed just
why this game was so good.
Now when
we usually play, we stick to the rules to the letter, in a pseudo
tournament style of play. In this game, we made a few changes.
- We forgot the tape measure. Both of us. Luckily, we has a chain that measured 24 inches, so most measurements could be worked out.
- We made rules up on the spot. If something happened that we thought would be fun, we house ruled it and just did it.
- Some of the army specific rules for the Necrons we took back to the previous codex rules.
All these
together left us with a game where we basically goofed around and
just had FUN. With friends, I believe that with any game fun is the
biggest factor. I have no problems with changing some rules around to
make it more enjoyable for both people. This game told much more of
a story than usual, there were some truly epic scale assaults that
went on, and some sneaky moves by the Necrons.
I think
the biggest thing was the forgetting of the tape measure. It came
down to that we stopped measuring for a lot of things, such as
movement and assault distance, and just approximated the 6 inches.
When shooting, if we were a half inch out, it still hit.
Give it a
go yourself. Get a good friend, and just play a game, and change
something around. Don't change the actual mechanics, such as to hit
or leadership tests, but just play in a relaxed way and have fun with
it. This is the way that I think that I will play with friends. I
found the stories that came out much better than saying your squad
cannot be hit because your enemy is one sixteenths of a inch out of
range.
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