You know, for such a characterful army, there's a lot of SW players out there that bring shame to Russ and the All-father. That's right, I said it. I've seen too many RB spam lists as of late and and the number of Thunderwolf + Wolf Lord lists sicken me. Recently, a friend of mine participated in a tournament and six Space Wolf players placed in the top 10. Out of the six that placed, half was wound-allocated TWC and the other was RB spam.
Now I don't know about you guys, but I like it when there's a theme going on with a army. What theme is there in a list that's built for the sole purpose of winning? It might be the Canis Helix in me running wild, but I don't think it's very thematic when a SW player puts down a min-maxed lists of maxed Long Fangs, Rifleman Dreads, 3 Rune Priests and as many RBs as he can field. Gunlines are lame in general, but playing a gunline in a army that made out of a bunch of brawlers is even lamer.
When I picked up my Space Wolves, I picked them up for the sole reason that they're Space Marines that can fight in close combat. They welcome any challenge, fight any foe and will take the fight to their enemies in a second's notice. This is written in their fluff, enforced in their codex and everyone knows not to mess with the wolves. Space Wolves are essentially Vikings in space. Here's what Vikings did back in the day: Eat, drink, fight. Here is what they do now: Take psychic tests with their Rune Priests and shoot things in Razorbacks while conveniently asking their opponents if they're having fun.
For the real Space Wolf players out there, I salute you. For the RB spammers: Take a long hard look at the picture above and let it sink in. Never forget where you come from.
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