Find a Mentor

Please post here if you want to shape the minds and habits of new gamers!

This thread is intended to provide new players, or those new to the area, a directory of folks who have the time and patience to mentor others. If you post here, consider it a social contract that you will be happy to get PMs from random new people with whom you will gladly share your knowledge of rules and tactics.

Please post with your first name, games/armies you currently play and years experience in each game, stores where you regularly play games, and anything else you feel is relevant. Also, if you will be unavailable for some time, or quit playing a game, please come back in and clear/edit your entry.

Thanks all. Hopefully this aids some shy newcomers in breaking the ice. I've been there, it's not fun, and that is why I am making this thread.

I would like to help mentor the younger generation, I know some of the older people get exasperated doing it.
My name is Noah. I play warhammer 40k as Eldar, and some space marines.
Fine doing demonstration games. PM me if questions :)

Jordan Braun

Warmachine/Hordes: Played way back in MK1 and have been playing competitively for about a year now. I play mainly cygnar, but have a bunch of khador/legion/trolls/cryx/mercs too :) I usually play at Dragons Lair on Wednesdays. I am up for any point level from beginner to competitive.

Fantasy: Not looking to teach beginner fantasy, but if you want to improve your competitive play I will analyze your list and we can play a game. I am a 3 time European Team Championship Team USA member, the 1st GW USA Circuit Champion, the 1st Ardboyz Champion, and best general in every Texas GT in 2012. I usually play at DL.

Sam Pope:

Play Warhammer 40k, willing to mentor younger people. I play Blood Angels and Tau, and look forward to helping anyone. PM me if you want to do a game. I have 5 years of experience.

Anyone still mentoring? I play Dark angels and looking to learn as much as possible and of course have fun! My name is Gabriel and I have 2 months of experience 😂 I'm located north Austin closest to DL

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Originally Posted by Gabegorilla

Anyone still mentoring? I play Dark angels and looking to learn as much as possible and of course have fun! My name is Gabriel and I have 2 months of experience �� I'm located north Austin closest to DL

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yes i mentor, i am brian and if you are who i think you are i saw you at dragons lair thursday. do you have 2000 points? come out to wonkos today. if not we paint every other week at dragons lair and others play every week.

glad to have you in the community, please look me up. out of the two older guys playing i am the one without a white beard and also the one who does not cheat.

Awesome! thanks a lot Brian for reaching out not sure if I have 2000 points I got a bunch of terminators that I acquired from Dan and a couple of squads of tac marines and a tank not sure if it fields at 2000 but I can bring everything I got 😄

ok that is a good start

Yeah I have 30 terminators and 28 tac marines 1 predator tank 6 bikers i just need to work on my army roster and calculate the points I'm sure it's up there 👍

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Originally Posted by noodlers

yes i mentor, i am brian and if you are who i think you are i saw you at dragons lair thursday. do you have 2000 points? come out to wonkos today. if not we paint every other week at dragons lair and others play every week.

glad to have you in the community, please look me up. out of the two older guys playing i am the one without a white beard and also the one who does not cheat.

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Brian is no doubt a good teacher (and all-around nice guy and good friend), but be wary of the tactics he preaches.

His tactics with Abaddon (the "baddest dude in the galaxy") include:

1. Hiding in a Land Raider like a terrified schoolgirl
2. Mighty Abaddon being laid low by a common loyalist terminator

Also, ask him about Electrodisplacement and Invisibility... :) :) :)

Haha I'm just really excited to be apart of the community and meeting Brian to learn as much as possible. Hiding in a land raider doesn't seem so bad 😂😂, Terminators FTW! I'll definitely ask him a lot of questions!

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Originally Posted by Gabegorilla

Haha I'm just really excited to be apart of the community and meeting Brian to learn as much as possible. Hiding in a land raider doesn't seem so bad ����, Terminators FTW! I'll definitely ask him a lot of questions!

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It's true noodlers doesn't cheat, he calls it "making mistakes" and "I thoughts"

I like to make my major tactical mistakes early in the game...usually around deployment time.

I swear that's half the reason I'm going to start playing thunderwolf blackjack. My deployment flowchart then becomes: "Are you as close to your opponent's units as possible? Yes -- Great! You're deployed! No -- You're doing it wrong. Re-deploy until you can answer 'Yes'."

any war games going on over the weekend?