Mordru wrote:I am not trying to torpedo the thread just question the timing. I like theoryhammer as much as the next guy but as a player through several decades now I am convinced that actual play needs to be involved before definitive "tactica" can coalesce to any useful extent.
Mordru wrote:Instead of waiting until actual insight into tactics from battles on a real table with real minis can be discussed maybe we should just list all the obvious stuff that doesn't require genius? That would be extra useful.
Starting with theoryhammer and the obvious stuff isnt a bad place. Baby steps, and all that. To allay your fears, one imagines that as the book evolves the theoryhammer will be replaced with actual warhammer. Some of the theoryhammer might even be what spurs the trying and testing. Hence having it all in one place being continually updated is a very good idea.
This is a forum for beginners as well as expert players. Listing seemingly obvious stuff is pretty neccessary for their benefit.
) grandiose titles desinged to address the entire scope of the new army be based on tactics that have at least been employed on the table. Tactics people have acutally used in actual battles and on experience rather than speculation, even well informed and otherwise beneficial speculation.
) and I do not want to rain on anyones parade. Obviously, I am in the minority and therefore will cease to throw rocks, even underhand tosses, at the timing of the thread.
