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Pocket Warhammer 40K

4.6K views 35 replies 14 participants last post by  Dirinel  
#1 ·
Hi all.
I wanted to show you all an interesting idea that our gaming group developed during the last 6 months. What we managed to achieve is a radical reduction in dimensions of the standard Warhammer 40.000 into a much, much smaller version, using the easily available miniatures for Epic Armageddon.

When we first though about it we were quite surprised not to find anyone else on internet who already managed to get it properly functioning. There was only a single discussion on Tau Online silent from years now. Maybe also a similar idea came out in an old WD issue, but we can't get our hands on it to confirm.

In the last months we then embarked on this simple project of our own on testing the actual feasibility of the idea. To our surprise it turned out to be absolutely efficient, easy to achieve, and fun.

It actually proved to be so good that we wanted to share the discovery with other Warhammer 40k players in the hope that other people will pick up the idea and enjoy the game.

With no further ado, here goes the link to the website, which hold pretty much every information and material about Pocket Warhammer 40K.

http://sites.google.com/site/pocketw40k/home

The game is still being improved by adding more and more models to our collection, material to the website, pictures, tutorials and so on; therefore, any comment is much welcome!
 
#2 ·
With the price of epic models you may as well buy full scale though, those little dudes are damned expensive
 
#6 ·
now, now put the claws away :grin:

it does sound like a good idea to me an a nice quick way to get a few games in.
 
#8 ·
I think one of the versions of Epic came with teeny-tiny green dice, that would be perfect for use with this game.

I'm not sure if I like the idea of playing 40K with Epic models more than playing Epic with 40K models.

I suspect that if I ever did this I'd want to magnetise all the models and play on a metal sheet - otherwise one careless knock of the table could send all the models flying.
 
#19 ·
(...)I suspect that if I ever did this I'd want to magnetise all the models and play on a metal sheet - otherwise one careless knock of the table could send all the models flying.
That's in fact what they are doing. :)
They made the experience that the hobby magnets available in gaming-stores are actually to strong for this scale, while the typical weak refrigerator magnets are perfect.

About the site, the pictures really don't do the game-pieces justice. One of the advantages of this scale is that you can paint up a really big army to a gaming standard in a very short time, while a skilled painter can still make the models incredibly detailed. The guys who did the site, even painted eyes and other subtle details on the models, not visible from a normal viewing distance. I had seen the pictures before I saw the models live, and seeing the real thing just took my breath away..
 
#9 ·
Please dont derail this thread with personal attacks and arguments.

It could prove interesting to hear peoples views about where you could play the game. I can imagine using a magnatized tray to play games on the move (on a train for instance). Travel 40k!
 
#11 ·
they can be picked up on ebay and the like, Epic is my favorite version of 40k as i prefer the mass battle style and huge numbers of tanks and such,plus it allowed things like titans and fyers back when having them in 40k scale was crazy talk. Was very sad when it was shelved with the other specialist games.
 
#17 ·
The whole idea of "Travel 40K" using Epic miniatures was covered in the Citadel Journal many years ago.
If I remember rightly, they had the models mounted on map pins and their board was cork or polystyrene and was hinged so that it could "book" closed when neccessary without disturbing the playing pieces.
 
#25 ·
The Necrons are very easy to make, and you can see a full army here:

http://onyxworkshop.wordpress.com/epic-armageddon/necrons/

Most of the links the alternative producers are there. Infantry is easily viable, and mounting an infantry model torso on a 28mm scarab makes up for destroyers. Most of the other necron models follow the same idea. Rely on painting for further differentiation.
Other vehicles may require some plasticard or green stuff to be made.

In the same blog also informations for Tau and Tyranids.

I hope it fixes the problem. ;-)
 
#30 ·
I think that 5mm dices are on sale in most shops, it's a quite common size. Google may have more answers on this than I do.

I use "random" dice-roller applications for iphones/ipads or laptop. There are many for free, and they roll easily many dices at once. I think I used this one in one of my games:

http://code.google.com/p/the-40k-roller/downloads/list

It also counts how many results for each value are achieved in one "volley".

I think that when it comes to dices, it's all about personal preference.
Given the fact that they usually hate me, I recently turned to the software.