INTO the EYE  An investigation into the deepest and darkest nooks of the GW Universe By Mike Brandon [July 2006] Welcome to the third volume of ‘Into the Eye’, a look into the finer parts of the GW hobby. The ‘Rooney’ Effect After witnessing a World Cup whereby the nation was engulfed in ‘Roo’mania and all of England’s World Cup hopes were put onto someone who has never had a major impact on anything other than increasing his bank balance, it got me thinking onto how players have the same type of mindset when it comes to 40k. That is the reliance and dependence on one particular model to win a battle, everything else being inconsequential, basically like Sven’s plans with Wayne Rooney. A lot of players seem to fall into this trap, for example let’s look at OGC’s worst player statistically, Luke Greensmith – he spent much of his plans relying on a Dreadnought to win battles and this was evident in his playing style. If his Dreadnought went down early his army would be stumped and quickly mopped up, only when its alive do the rest of the troops do anything and even then its more of an afterthought. You’ve perhaps sent his in yourself sometimes, selecting a key tank or character and then bulking up the rest of the points with no real thought as to how they might fit into a greater plan. Unfortunately this approach seems key in Warhammer, but in 40k it is very different. If your finding yourself stuck in battles, and being completely demoralised when a large vehicle gets wiped out your approaching your army selection very wrongly. Vehicles and characters etc can only enhance the deployment roles of your basic troops, form example a Predator is a major deterrent for frontal assaults and consequently this is perfect for covering an infantry advance. Flip the mindset however and Predators can end up speeding off to their doom while the infantry they are designed to work with mill around being picked off. Essentially you need to appreciate what counts in 40k, and that’s the troops themselves, everything else is a boost for them (well maybe not in the case of the IG…). Of course if you understand this already you can do what teams did to England very effectively in the World Cup. Simply take out your opponents ‘Rooney’ and you should be able to take full advantage of pacing them into annihilation as they have no back-up or alternative and end up being utterly crushed.  In conclusion you should be careful to discipline yourself from falling into the trap of being over-reliant on a single item, otherwise you’ll forever be stuck in a cycle of being sniped by those opponents who know your Achilles heel and can rip it out in the very first turn. Strange Visions New creatures for the battlefields of the 41st Millennium Nemesis This month, the bioengineered Tyrant monstrosity of Resident Evil 3 fame…the Nemesis The Nemesis is ideal for a Necromunda campaign gone to hell. The Arbiters call in the help of a bio- corporation who deploy the ultimate assassin, those gang leaders who’re too big for their boots are about to get a taste of their own nemesis… Troop Type M WS BS S T W  I  A LD Save Points Nemesis Tyrant 4 3 3 7 7 10 3 2 10 5+ 300 Weapons – Tentacles, Missile Launcher (w/ Frag & Krak) – note despite Nemesis’ size, this is still move or fire! Armour – Bio Carapace (5+ save) Special – Enhanced Regeneration (3+, roll of 1 incurs an additional wound, can regenerate flaming attacks. Any rolls of 6 to regenerate will regenerate 2 wounds, even beyond starting total, and add one point to a random characteristic other than Wounds and Leadership), Terror, Immune to Psychology, Immune to Biological weapons (same immunities as robots & Daemons), Furious Charge (Triples charge move) , Poison Attacks (Roll of 6 in Combat always wounds) If a ganger were to actually bring down a Nemesis they would receive a hefty D6X10 experience points, in addition if they can bring it down in combat their reward would be a Bolt Pistol with a hefty Strength 6 modification w/ 6+ ammo roll worth 0 credits Legal bit – The Nemesis appears from Resident Evil 3 and is the intellectual property of Capcom