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Yeah totally.
Just listening to voxcast over the last year or so with talks from all the writers, they've all been pretty clear about the nature of the Imperium, it's origins and what it does and doesn't mean, it's been good to see them get better at it. I remember it being much clearer in the 80s through the comedy element that has been pretty much lost as they started to take themselves more seriously over the next few decades. They've become much more confident and bolder in communication over the last few years though, especially in letting writers talk about the design process and metacommentary on it etc, drawing a firm line where writers can happily point out the ridiculousness, the parody elements like tech-priests and the 'ritual tap' of percussive maintenance etc!
Agree totally on the 'you will not be missed' (which is itself a reference to a an old 40k blurb, "The universe is a big place and, whatever happens, you will not be missed"). Naturally some bigots are not taking it well on stuff like Warhammer TVs Facebook page, but it's heartwarming that they are getting drowned out by overwhelming support for it. Another case where 'Gamers' are finally being told categorically that excluding people through 'buh buh buh my take on your lore says it's all white guys only' or just outright prejudice is just not welcome.
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I like that statement, the last sentence is a great message.
Tabletop brings people together cause we share a common interest. When I was working for Games Workshop I got to know so many people and it was always great to see people of different age, ethnic and interest groups come together and enjoy this hobby together.
On a completely different note:
I kinda miss the old days of 40k (pre 3rd editon) the cheesyness and all those over the top metal and 80 action movie Artworks were so much fun.
It feels after that when everything got moar Grimdark we are now at a point where everything is so fucked and so Edgy and so over the top :(
Tabletop brings people together cause we share a common interest. When I was working for Games Workshop I got to know so many people and it was always great to see people of different age, ethnic and interest groups come together and enjoy this hobby together.
On a completely different note:
I kinda miss the old days of 40k (pre 3rd editon) the cheesyness and all those over the top metal and 80 action movie Artworks were so much fun.
It feels after that when everything got moar Grimdark we are now at a point where everything is so fucked and so Edgy and so over the top :(
I used to work for them too, agree entirely. Before the lore and a narrative direction was really set, permanently leaving the Imperium, Eldar etc at '1 minute to midnight', the original Rogue Trader was more of an RPG background setting for skirmish games than a focus on big heroes and big villains and big moments between them as their schemes reaching fruition. A lot of the background was on the more
mundane aspects of how the imperium 'works' rather than the completely-pushed-to-11 context between demigod-like characters and elite formations, and also a lot more obviously 80s-action-film stuff and also just weird one-off happenings to illustrate 'there's room for everything'. The former is the element I really liked in Chris Wraight's 'Vaults of Terra' series, that outlined what being a civilian on Terra is like. I feel like that's been lost over the years, the minutiae and mundanity of it's awfulness, perhaps because it didn't have the same urgency where they want to make people feel like every game they play with the expensive kits they buy matters, and that all the heroes in the novels they sell make a small difference somehow, which is fair enough really!
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I think that's one reason why people enjoy Necromunda so much. It's narrative is closer to the people and their daily struggle in this harsh universe.
It's also one of the reasons I enjoy the Heresy so much more. Between all of the actions those demigods are doing, you also see a lot of the universe from the eyes of a normal human, experiencing the horrors of war. Space Marines are less the cold blooded warriors simply fighting for the greater goal of human surviving, they fight for the people that surround them, from bonds and share their pains.
That scene in one of the early books, when Horus was wounded and the Lunar Wolves just shoved their way through the crowds was so intense cause everyone was affected, it was just not some "sacrifice that had to be made", there were consequences to it.
It's also one of the reasons I enjoy the Heresy so much more. Between all of the actions those demigods are doing, you also see a lot of the universe from the eyes of a normal human, experiencing the horrors of war. Space Marines are less the cold blooded warriors simply fighting for the greater goal of human surviving, they fight for the people that surround them, from bonds and share their pains.
That scene in one of the early books, when Horus was wounded and the Lunar Wolves just shoved their way through the crowds was so intense cause everyone was affected, it was just not some "sacrifice that had to be made", there were consequences to it.
Yeah. Another of the more recent lore developments I really like is kinda linked to that- the Custodes really despising Astartes for their loyalty to each other over the Emperor and, by extension, the Imperium. Like that recent PA story, "Consequences".
I'm sure some fans are like "but it's so unfair, it was the chaos gods, and the way they were made!" Whereas I'm like "Yeah, the whole setting is unfair, and marines (and every other Imperial faction with any authority) do that to everyone beneath them all the time." :D Having an Imperial faction with a perfectly understandable hatred of Astartes, and the political and martial power to back it up, was a nice job in bringing the politics of Terra back to the fore, which I really like.
Fuck ya. Warhammer.
Racists can get a visit from the Inquisition
(Seriously that is a great statement)
Today's 9th edition article focuses on how they're scaling the game to four different battle sizes - Combat Patrol, Incursion, Strike Force and Onslaught:
Maximum detachment numbers, minimum board sizes, and different sets of missions for each.
Maximum detachment numbers, minimum board sizes, and different sets of missions for each.
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What a cool model!
first dude done, defintely room for improvement but i will be happy to put her on the tabletop
so I'm hearing rumblings that troop choices might get some type of ability that lets them hold a command node and still shoot/ fight.
and that being a additional reason to bring troops over elite infantry.
is it real, I have no friggin idea
and that being a additional reason to bring troops over elite infantry.
is it real, I have no friggin idea
We expecting anything interesting from the Warhammer Daily stuff? Wondering about the icons on each day, want tau deets ;__;
This week they said they will focus on Monsters, Tanks, and Blast Weapons. I do not think they are talking individual factions any time soon
I don't love that Guilliman art, tbh. He looks... old, worn down. And I guess that could kinda be the point, but it's kind of a weird way to handle a hero shot.
so, whats taken out of the left hand side of the image?Rulebook cover art:
Box set art:
I feel like there are supposed to be another primarch and enemy dueling on that side
Honestly they're probably leaving space for the blurb on the back of the book.
The Ravenwing is tumescent.
Also, did not know that people really don't see the joke of the Imperium of Man. Nice to see all the triggered real fascists outing themselves.
Also, did not know that people really don't see the joke of the Imperium of Man. Nice to see all the triggered real fascists outing themselves.
As lots have said GW forgot to put the humour in the last couple of years.
White Scars everywhere are currently creaming their undies.
Oh, that's a good point. It'll probably be balanced out a bit by the comparative increase in difficulty in fielding those non-Infantry units.
They'll have to nail the point costs to dodge the all-tank/all-monster comps.
They are gonna have to nail it. Cus at the moment I can increase all my vehicle weapons firepower exponentially more than my troops. And now that they shoot at full BS I can hide them fully behind cover during first turn without losing any killing ability.
My guardsmen will litteraly just be running meat-speed-bump duty the way this is going.
Explosive weapons make more sense now:
They mentioned on the stream that there are other new rules to be revealed that will benefit infantry.
They mentioned on the stream that there are other new rules to be revealed that will benefit infantry.
That looks good. And if I undertand it seems it's for the weapon, not per dice. So if something has 3D3 attacks, it doesn't make a minimum of 9.
You roll D6 for both but Flamers are auto-hit weapons whereas blast weapons still rely on ballistic skill. So flamers were good for overwatch, and surprisingly anti-air.
You roll D6 for both but Flamers are auto-hit weapons whereas blast weapons still rely on ballistic skill. So flamers were good for overwatch, and surprisingly anti-air.
Lovely, thanks! I'm looking forward to this, going to start building a force for it. Torn between sisters and rebuilding my Dark Angels though
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I really like the typography on these posters, it reminds me of the nightmarish Scarfolk, a parody of 1970s information leaflets.
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Tomorrow I'll play my first Epic 40k game in... ¿20 years? Just got the last* batch of Vultures to complete my GI air cavalry army:
Now to try to figure out how I'll transport this (and their stands) plus 38 infantry stands and 12 sentinels.
*I actually want 4 more for variety reasons, but they can wait :P
Now to try to figure out how I'll transport this (and their stands) plus 38 infantry stands and 12 sentinels.
*I actually want 4 more for variety reasons, but they can wait :P
Terrain rules today, and some good news for infantry:
This seems to be the biggest rework of the new rules. A lot of new and important rules.
Biggest thing of note though and some great news for infantry: It says model not unit.
Dunno if they'll fit but if you're looking for something cheap a lot of tool carry cases (like for nails and stuff) might work. You can find them for like £10 in supermarkets.
This seems to be the biggest rework of the new rules. A lot of new and important rules.
Biggest thing of note though and some great news for infantry: It says model not unit.
Tomorrow I'll play my first Epic 40k game in... ¿20 years? Just got the last* batch of Vultures to complete my GI air cavalry army:
Now to try to figure out how I'll transport this (and their stands) plus 38 infantry stands and 12 sentinels.
*I actually want 4 more for variety reasons, but they can wait :P
Dunno if they'll fit but if you're looking for something cheap a lot of tool carry cases (like for nails and stuff) might work. You can find them for like £10 in supermarkets.
