Law School: How to Distinguish Rules from Fluff.
Since the overarching goal of this site is to teach players how to make better arguments supporting their interpretations of the rules, we felt it would be important to include some general tips on how...
View ArticleLaw School: How to Spot (and Stop) Cheaters in 40k
Good rules lawyers are paranoid rules lawyers. Everyone knows that cheating at a game like 40k is dishonorable and stupid, but that doesn’t stop people from trying it anyway. Why is cheating stupid?...
View ArticleTrial Strategy: Strange Alliances, A Modified 40k Tournament/League Format
Since we love arguing about rules, we figured we might as well try our hand at making up some of our own. As a long-time Magic: The Gathering fan, this article struck a chord with me. Many codexes,...
View ArticleLaw School: Moderating a Rules Discussion Forum
In this episode of Law School, the rules lawyers discuss issues in forum moderation policies relating to a particularly tricky sort of animal – rules discussion. Rules discussions can lead to bitter...
View ArticleLaw School: Defining the “Friendly Game”
I have recently noticed a trend at my FLGS of people asking for “Friendly Games”. Personally, I’m all for friendly games. But shouldn’t all games be friendly? Barring tournament games where prizes...
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