A Plea to Support my Local Game Store: Challenges Games and Comics

 

Completed Projects Summer 2025-Spring 2026

 I completed the following projects this academic year 

1) A Inquisition-Red Hunters Battlefleet Gothic Fleet for the Challenges Games and Comics Store Collection 

A First Blood City Statss Force for my personal collection

And after many false starts, 1000 points of  Imperial Weirdos (aka Imperial Agents) - Ordo Hereticus Purgation Force

New Leadhead PhD: April 2026 Gaming

 Over April and early May I played a number of games. I lost in all of them. 

Warhammer 40000 King of the Colloseum (Infinite Games) 

1k Warhammer 40000 Game Death Guard vs. Space Marines (Challenges Games and Comics)

Bolt Action Greeks vs. Italians (Challenges Games and Comics)

First Blood (Challenges Games and Comics)

City States vs. War'dhun

City States vs. Spires 

1k Warhammer 40000 My Imperial Agents (New Army) vs. Death Guard (Challeges Games and Comics )

Battletech (Challenges Games and Comics) 

Battlefleet Gothic Imperial Fleet vs. Death Guard (Challenges Games and Comics) 

Narrated Presentation: The Helix of Renewal, Death Guard Warhammer 40000 force

 

Major Projects for 2026 terminated

Between my tax burden for 2026 and the advent of summer, my major purchases for 2026 are done 

The biggest pruchase was the Conquest: Last Arguement of Kings Two Player Starter Set (City States vs. Sorcerer Kings).  I was then given at a good price enough material for a 2000 point City State army. In total this will cost me 400 USD, and thus ends my hobby budget. 

For the rest of 2026 I will limit myself to 50 USD for the hobby per month, mainly store support. 

Things I want to end in 2026 in addition to store support: 
-Battletech Mercenaries Box for the store, so we can start a summer campaign 

-Finish two more units for my Imperial Agents Army brining to 920 points

-Rebasing my ACW armies (CSA and half of the Union done, still need to rebase 22 USA bases) 

February 2026 Gaming, Warping it up.

 In the rest of February I played two games

I played a 1k League of Thousand 40k , My Death Guard vs. Blood Angles.I lost but it was a good game.

I also was introduced to Conquest: Last Arguement of Kings 

February Game: Illustris War Campaign Game

 Today we played the third operation of the Illustris Season I Kerkops Operations. We used the Boarding Action rules with the multiplayer scenario Supply Run but four Kill Team Arena boards. We had my Death Guard, Thom's Orks, Nathan's Tyranid Genestealer brood, and Jimmi's Aeldari. 

In the end Nathan won by capturing the mobile Farseer objective. The game was fun but a learning exprience for us. We liked the dynamic of Boarding Actions but made some rules mistakes. The Boarding Action Companion is not a good book and not worth the money. The scenario also was not that good, as it fostered two seperate battles. Finally I mucked up with the movable objective rules. Still the Genestealers won mainly because in the cramped quarters of Boarding Actions their numbers blocked arteries of movement. It felt like proper 40k. 

You can find the narrative Operation wrap up here 

Some photos of the action 

More below