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The Blood Ravens are cool. The books written about the Blood Ravens are not cool. 
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Aug 29, 2014 14:35
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CS Goto man.
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Aug 29, 2014 15:03
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vigorous sodomy posted:And books, but at least those lovely chapters are legit/canon. Sorry man, Blood Ravens are canon too. http://web.archive.org/web/20070209...lood-ravens.pdf
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Aug 29, 2014 15:35
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CommissarMega posted:On a more serious note, how is Down Amongst the Dead Men? Or Baneblade and its spinoff short stories? I'm especially keen on the second one because, you know, Baneblade.
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Aug 29, 2014 15:49
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Gravitas Shortfall posted:Sorry man, Blood Ravens are canon too. This came out months after the DoW games did. That has to count for something. Are the blood ravens in the official SM codex with rules and such?
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Aug 29, 2014 17:56
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vigorous sodomy posted:This came out months after the DoW games did. That has to count for something. Are the blood ravens in the official SM codex with rules and such?
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Aug 29, 2014 17:59
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Hey so just how necessary is the astronomican really? I mean during the great crusade the emperor went all over the galaxy, so how did starships navigate the warp while he was away from the astronomican? Was the warp just easier to navigate prior to the heresy?
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Aug 29, 2014 20:27
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Mr.48 posted:Hey so just how necessary is the astronomican really? I mean during the great crusade the emperor went all over the galaxy, so how did starships navigate the warp while he was away from the astronomican? Was the warp just easier to navigate prior to the heresy? Well Slaanesh had just been born so the warp was much calmer before the heresy, i think the Astronomican was either less needed or maybe the Emperor could do a similar effect to it before he was sitting in it? I might be wrong but wasn't the Astronomican built first over to be the gateway to the Webway connected to Earth? It's been quite a while since i read about this stuff.
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Aug 29, 2014 20:58
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I think the fluff infers that the astronomicon was always centred on Terra, even when the Emperor was away on the Crusade. He is just that awesome.
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Aug 29, 2014 21:15
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The Emperor focuses the Astronomicon. It's light is provided by thousands of dying psykers.
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Aug 29, 2014 21:25
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Not really BL related, but GW has a new page showcasing their licensed products: http://licensing.games-workshop.com/ holyshitsomanygamescomingsoon
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Aug 29, 2014 21:52
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VanSandman posted:The Emperor focuses the Astronomicon. It's light is provided by thousands of dying psykers. DocHorror posted:I think the fluff infers that the astronomicon was always centred on Terra, even when the Emperor was away on the Crusade. He is just that awesome. Oh yeah i don't how i forgot this. I'm really annoyed because i was given an Omnibus called the Sundering by an acquaintance a week ago and i know Gav Thorpe not good at writing and i have spent a huge part of that week looking up reviews on the internet but all i found was reviews that focus on the positive aspects with the only thing negative i have seen mentionned was it was plodding at some points) would you guys give it 4 to 5 stars like others on the internet do?
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Aug 29, 2014 22:41
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VanSandman posted:The Emperor focuses the Astronomicon. It's light is provided by thousands of dying psykers. The Emperor always powered it at first and he didn't even need to be on Terra to do it. The only reason he was ever injured was he was so far away from it, still powering it, and while in massive combat an Ork boss got a lucky hit it because he was so focused on keeping the Astronomican powered. Then while back on Terra during the revolt Malcador said "Hey, we could use psykers to power it, you just focus it, frees you up to concentrate 100% on fighting Horus" and the Emperor grudgingly agreed.
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Aug 29, 2014 22:45
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Much to my genuine surprise The Talon of Horus arrived today, my girlfriend bought me it on the sly after I said I wanted it but wouldn't accept the price. The best of both worlds! I'm 80ish pages in and its already a great read, ADB talks a lot in his intro about using older sources for the 'big reveals' about how chaos actually works and the book goes into detail regarding the effect of the eye of terror on the Legions and its crew minions. EG: Those chaos crew members who are flesh melted into their consoles are actually enjoying themselves and gain heightened senses for their craft and so on, not unlike Titan commanders. Its taken a while but its basically the book I've been waiting for since I started collecting Chaos marines in second ed at the age of 11, where I would sneer at other people's perception of evil corrupted demon marines and say mine still had chapter banners and pride in their Legion roots. ADB caters to that extensively in this book and shares the love outside of the Night Lords Legion, its gonna be interesting seeing how the perspective on Chaos will be changed by it since he is given reign to change the foundation of what Chaos Marines are about and enjoys explaining the nuts and bolts of what they do and why they do it. I'll refrain from posting any spoilers at least until some others weigh in on reading the book, but its great so far.
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Aug 30, 2014 14:24
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maev posted:Much to my genuine surprise The Talon of Horus arrived today, my girlfriend bought me it on the sly after I said I wanted it but wouldn't accept the price. The best of both worlds! what is the time setting for Talons of Horus? Is this like, immediatley after the failed siege of terra? right before the 13th black crusade?
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Aug 30, 2014 14:38
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Its a few centuries after the defeat at Terra, with the book covering the nadir of the Chaos Legions and them pointing fingers and warring in the Eye of Terror. It will go on to how the Black Legion is formed and they become a credible threat to the Imperium rather than killing each other. The next book is called 'Black Legion' so that will probably cover the first black crusade.
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Aug 30, 2014 14:48
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pentyne posted:The Emperor always powered it at first and he didn't even need to be on Terra to do it. The only reason he was ever injured was he was so far away from it, still powering it, and while in massive combat an Ork boss got a lucky hit it because he was so focused on keeping the Astronomican powered. Ah ok, didnt realize the Emperor could operate the thing remotely.
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Aug 30, 2014 15:20
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berzerkmonkey posted:Not really BL related, but GW has a new page showcasing their licensed products: http://licensing.games-workshop.com/ Hope is the first step on the road to disappointment.
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Aug 30, 2014 15:47
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http://www.blacklibrary.com/warhammer-40000/rebirth-first-edition.html I hope you have all pre-ordered your £40 Nick Kyme Salamanders book.
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Aug 30, 2014 17:06
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The doorbell rang from the mail lady, which usually means a package came. It wasn't mine. I am crushed.
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Aug 30, 2014 17:30
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Mr.48 posted:Ah ok, didnt realize the Emperor could operate the thing remotely. Like all current fluff, it was recently jammed into the lore via the HH books for another contrived reason for the Emperor to ditch Horus and let the resentment stew among the Primarchs.
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Aug 30, 2014 18:12
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Its actually kinda great to read stuff which is just post heresy, since you have a lot of the mystery and flavour of being 9 thousand years ago, but lack the supermen manchildren with 80s names running about.
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Aug 30, 2014 19:47
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Its going to be a long wait until November 
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Aug 31, 2014 01:11
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I had a dream about receiving the book in the mail. I was absolutely livid when I woke up.
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Aug 31, 2014 01:14
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Whoever brought up Riders of the Dead, thanks. Really solid book.
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Aug 31, 2014 05:06
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Are there any good Deathwatch books other than Deathwatch? I liked the parts of Blood of Asenhiem (spelling) that talked about it. im lookin for stuff tohold me over until Talons gets released
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Aug 31, 2014 22:17
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maev posted:Its actually kinda great to read stuff which is just post heresy, since you have a lot of the mystery and flavour of being 9 thousand years ago, but lack the supermen manchildren with 80s names running about. I prefer Age of Apostasy myself
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Aug 31, 2014 23:00
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Are there any books based on the AoA yet? Seems like a pretty ripe setting for a decent writer. Actually... since we already know that we're going to get some books taking place right after the Horus Heresy, maybe they're planning to cover all the events from the HH to the 13th Black Crusade chronologically! With 10,000 years of history to fill, they can keep publishing books and never have to advance the setting!
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Sep 1, 2014 17:32
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One Legged Cat posted:Are there any books based on the AoA yet? Seems like a pretty ripe setting for a decent writer. I think gw just found their new ceo
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Sep 1, 2014 18:57
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Waroduce posted:I think gw just found their new ceo Haha no, I like making money and intelligent decisions
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Sep 1, 2014 19:28
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One Legged Cat posted:Haha no, I like making money and intelligent decisions Eh, one out of two ain't bad.
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Sep 1, 2014 19:37
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Fearless posted:Eh, one out of two ain't bad. More like 1/3 out of 2. GW has fallen pretty far since their heyday.
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Sep 1, 2014 19:57
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Going to jump back to how silly vengeful spirit was. I had forgotten to mention the stupid plague marine composed of sentient world-eater virus, and how Mortarian can drink the poo poo with zero side-effects. Idiotic...guess Chaos wins the loving war guys, time to go home.
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Sep 1, 2014 22:45
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Fearless posted:Eh, one out of two ain't bad. It's worth pointing out (as Pentyne alluded) that GW of the moment doesn't actually like "making money" in a proper sense, either. What they do like is the act of putting high sticker prices on their items, which is no longer the same thing.
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Sep 1, 2014 22:48
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JerryLee posted:It's worth pointing out (as Pentyne alluded) that GW of the moment doesn't actually like "making money" in a proper sense, either. Have you actually looked at their financial statements?
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Sep 1, 2014 22:49
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Cream_Filling posted:Have you actually looked at their financial statements? Yes, I'm aware that they still have money coming in and are not near the point of hanging up a for-sale sign on their factory, if that's the rhetorical 360noscope you were leading up to. It still doesn't mean their current approaches are anywhere near a good answer to the question of 'hmm how can we maximize our sales.' e: sorry in advance if this seems pretty snarky; it's just annoying how people always come into discussions of GW's corporate health with 'WELL THEY AREN'T BANKRUPT SO THEY MUST BE DOING EVERYTHING RIGHT' or similar sentiments. It got old in Games long ago. JerryLee fucked around with this message at 22:59 on Sep 1, 2014 |
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Sep 1, 2014 22:55
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Uroboros posted:Going to jump back to how silly vengeful spirit was. I had forgotten to mention the stupid plague marine composed of sentient world-eater virus, and how Mortarian can drink the poo poo with zero side-effects. Idiotic...guess Chaos wins the loving war guys, time to go home. You are familiar with 40K right? He was essentially a plague daemon. Also, Mortarion is a Primarch who survived just about every poison thrown at him on his homeworld. Lorgar gets shot in the face with a Titan's plasma cannon and Angron gets stomped on by a Titan.
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Sep 1, 2014 22:59
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JerryLee posted:Yes, I'm aware that they still have money coming in and are not near the point of hanging up a for-sale sign on their factory, if that's the rhetorical 360noscope you were leading up to. Their approach for the past 5 years or so has consistently grown their business and profitability. They seem to be doing fine.
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Sep 1, 2014 23:01
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Cream_Filling posted:Their approach for the past 5 years or so has consistently grown their business and profitability. They seem to be doing fine.
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Sep 1, 2014 23:15
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Cream_Filling is looking to be the next CEO.
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