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Its Rinaldo: Aug 13, 2010; CODS BINCH

malal posted:

Sometimes the nurses chat and play cards while the patient sleeps, the low hum and whir-click of the breathing apparatus noticeable in the background.

It's the waiting that's the worst part. You loved the person for so long, even staying by their side when the dementia set in, them cursing and making GBS threads; spittle flying from their mouth somehow worse then the sharp smell of feces. Names once recognized, screamed in a new and inchoate tongue by the twisted shape lying emaciated on the bed that once loved you and was loved by you.

You envy the nurses, for them it's just going through the motions, administering palliative care. For them they have seen it and done it many times. They are not rude or callous, they just know the inevitable will come. Not quickly though, it will get dragged on until you even have the thought of ending it yourself. The thought instantly makes you sick, you take a break from your vigil. Hopefully one of your brothers or sisters can watch over GW tomorrow, you really will go mad if you keep the vigil one more night.

A low round of laughter, light and ethereal erupts from the nurses. As the nightly drugs set in they know they can relax just a little. You can just barely hear the sounds from outside.

Whir-click.

Jesus this legit reminded me of sitting by my fathers hospital bed as his heart got weaker and weaker each day

# ? Feb 13, 2016 02:12

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# ? Jun 12, 2024 07:00

Kilo147: Apr 14, 2007; You remind me of the boss
What boss?
The boss with the power
What power?
The power of voodoo
Who-doo?
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Do what?
Remind me of the Boss.

spacegoat posted:

Which one of you is this?

oh, gently caress yes.

# ? Feb 13, 2016 03:13

Dulkor: Feb 28, 2009

Ignite Memories posted:

I actually find the gundam timeline to be less plausible now that I know they chose a power source that intentionally sabotages their most efficient form of communication.

Like, loving, build some minovsky faraday cages or some poo poo. There's no way that technology goes forward as-is, especially on the battlefield. Say what you will about 40k, at least they have a solid 15 yards of range on the vox caster.

They use them because Minovsky Particles fuel the flashier weapon systems (like all the particle beam cannons), can contain the fusion reaction that creates them, and provide a way to hide yourself from enemy observation. As well as provide relatively cheap and efficient power. The effect on radar and communication is also tied into the relative density of the particles in an area. Wireless transmission can still work over distance, but that distance drops due to attenuation rapidly when particles hit combat density. A lot of military comm systems end up relying on a mix of laser transmission, flare codes, physical cables, short range radio, and skin talk (establishing a physical connection between mechs)

Basically they realized robots in a military context make even less sense when radar is a thing so they had to figure out a way to get back to WWI style communication and control issues while still having stompy robots.

# ? Feb 13, 2016 06:37

Safety Factor: Oct 31, 2009; Grimey Drawer

Excuse me, gundams aren't stompy. They're dumb jet boot robots. :colbert:

# ? Feb 13, 2016 06:40

Avenging Dentist: Oct 1, 2005; oh my god is that a circular saw that does not go in my mouth aaaaagh

Safety Factor posted:

Excuse me, gundams aren't stompy. They're dumb, jet boot robots.

Also, based on this thread, sometimes jet rear end robots.

# ? Feb 13, 2016 06:40

Atlas Hugged: Mar 12, 2007; Put your arms around me,
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I love you all

I'd rather discuss bolt gun physics than stupid anime technology.

# ? Feb 13, 2016 06:42

boom boom boom: Jun 28, 2012; by Shine

Safety Factor posted:

Excuse me, gundams aren't stompy. They're dumb jet boot robots.

There's a wide variety of robots in Gundam. From the very stompy

to the completely stompless

# ? Feb 13, 2016 06:43

Chill la Chill: Jul 2, 2007; Don't lose your gay

JerryLee posted:

At least with something like a sword-and-sorcery-style fantasy mini, I can feel like it will translate well across several different games that I might potentially play, from KoW to DS to Frostgrave to a regular RPG.

So I'm starting a frostgrave campaign NEXT WEEK with my x-wing minis that I was talking about a while back. Friend finally has some free time from his postgrad stuff. I think it's only fitting that mary sue corran horn in an e-wing will be my wizard and y-wings will be men at arms. b-wings will probably be templars. Z95s will be warhounds if I decide to take them. In any case, I'm gonna take pics and it'll be p awesome.

# ? Feb 13, 2016 06:55

JerryLee: Feb 4, 2005; THE RESERVED LIST! THE RESERVED LIST! I CANNOT SHUT UP ABOUT THE RESERVED LIST!

Chill la Chill posted:

So I'm starting a frostgrave campaign NEXT WEEK with my x-wing minis that I was talking about a while back. Friend finally has some free time from his postgrad stuff. I think it's only fitting that mary sue corran horn in an e-wing will be my wizard and y-wings will be men at arms. b-wings will probably be templars. Z95s will be warhounds if I decide to take them. In any case, I'm gonna take pics and it'll be p awesome.

you are only allowed to do this if I can play a game of x-wing using wizard models as starfighters

# ? Feb 13, 2016 07:09

Chill la Chill: Jul 2, 2007; Don't lose your gay

JerryLee posted:

you are only allowed to do this if I can play a game of x-wing using wizard models as starfighters

Star wars is an epic space fantasy starring Luke a wizard, Han Solo a rogue, Leia Organa the warlord, Chewbacca the barbarian, and R2D2 the illusionist gnome cross-classed with 1 level on each of 5 other classes just to take their most broken feats going on their space adventures so why not?

I suggest using the muscle wizard as a decimator or IG2000 aggressor.

e: btw it is v important to use square bases as there IS a facing to the models, because it is a good fantasy game, and not a bad one, like that game with round bases.

Chill la Chill fucked around with this message at 07:21 on Feb 13, 2016

# ? Feb 13, 2016 07:15

Ignite Memories: Feb 27, 2005

boom boom boom posted:

It's either a shame they ruined 40k before this model was released, or a relief.

# ? Feb 13, 2016 08:27

Bistromatic: Oct 3, 2004; And turn the inner eye
To see its path...

That one would be a better fit for the AdMech than those weird eggbots they actually got.

# ? Feb 13, 2016 09:00

Ignite Memories: Feb 27, 2005

Sorry, no, that is clearly ork technology.

# ? Feb 13, 2016 09:03

FrostyPox: Feb 8, 2012

Hey guys, Age of Sigmar is actually good apparently:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ETSKg_K8iX8

Highlights:
-Mixing factions is good
-"I'm not interested in the whole competitive thing, I just want to play some fun games"
-Now you can buy whatever models you want to paint (as we all know, this was impossible before)
-Reading, video games, sports, and tabletop gaming are apparently mutually exclusive
-probably the only good point: No need to buy an $85 rulebook and $50 Army book.
-Thinks the free poo poo rules will keep GW competitive with X-Wing (LOL)
-Fantasy was shrinking so they had to do something!

Best comment:
"I actually quit fantasy and moved on to 40k after hearing that soon my orcs will be trash in favour of 'uruks' or some crap. Painting my first squad of space marines now"

Yeah, gently caress this company loving up my game! I'll show them buy... spending a shitload of money on their other product! That'll teach 'em.

EDIT: No, maybe this is the best comment

"Personally I love Age of Sigmar, it's revitalised Warhammer Fantasy in my area. Not to mention that it's brilliantly designed in that it's perfectly balanced in terms of armies, no one army is more powerful than another because everyone's OP. And to paraphrase The Incredibles, when everyone's OP, no one's OP."

# ? Feb 13, 2016 11:35

Drone: Aug 22, 2003; Incredible machine

So the bit where he talks about being a 10 or 12 year old kid who wants to paint miniatures and throw dice got me to thinking that AoS is really only ever fit as a literal game for children.

Had GW not exploded the Old World and just launched AoS as a parallel game specifically targeted at the new player/new hobbyist/kid, I'm sure they would be in a much better position.

Drone fucked around with this message at 12:15 on Feb 13, 2016

# ? Feb 13, 2016 12:13

Atlas Hugged: Mar 12, 2007; Put your arms around me,
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Rules are great because it gives everyone an agreed upon framework from which to work and apparently fairly resolves disputes. Rules are bad because after the first rule was written, no one was ever allowed to have fun again.

# ? Feb 13, 2016 12:15

Drone: Aug 22, 2003; Incredible machine

"Why is [X-Wing] so popular? ... You don't have to build 'em, you don't have to paint 'em, you don't have to clip 'em off the little things and all that crap, and it comes all in one piece."

First off, this is a dude who literally loves building 'em, painting 'em, and clipping 'em off the little things. Second, it's because X-Wing is an actual game with well-written rules and excellent community support you colossal tool.

# ? Feb 13, 2016 12:18

spectralent: Oct 1, 2014; Me and the boys poppin' down to the shops

Drone posted:

"Why is [X-Wing] so popular? ... You don't have to build 'em, you don't have to paint 'em, you don't have to clip 'em off the little things and all that crap, and it comes all in one piece."

First off, this is a dude who literally loves building 'em, painting 'em, and clipping 'em off the little things. Second, it's because X-Wing is an actual game with well-written rules and excellent community support you colossal tool.

Being fair I think that the not-making-things bit is part of that appeal, and definitely the reason I've seen board gamers who weren't interested in minis jump over.

# ? Feb 13, 2016 13:05

Skinty McEdger: Mar 9, 2008; I have NEVER received the respect I deserve as the leader and founder of The Masterflock, the internet's largest and oldest Christopher Masterpiece fan group in all of history, and I DEMAND that changes. From now on, you will respect Skinty McEdger!

As someone who hates putting minis together and painting them I do like that X-Wing comes with good pre made models. However the big draw and main reason I started playing the game was that it was about Xwings blowing up Tie Fighters something sorely lacking in the age of Sigmar.

# ? Feb 13, 2016 13:11

Bistromatic: Oct 3, 2004; And turn the inner eye
To see its path...

Good news everyone!
The Tomb Kings balance problem is as good solved!

# ? Feb 13, 2016 14:18

Chill la Chill: Jul 2, 2007; Don't lose your gay

Skinty McEdger posted:

As someone who hates putting minis together and painting them I do like that X-Wing comes with good pre made models. However the big draw and main reason I started playing the game was that it was about Xwings blowing up Tie Fighters something sorely lacking in the age of Sigmar.

Well I mean if you really wanted to , you could have C3PO inside Han's falcon be a literal stand-in for the fat AOS 3PO knockoffs. Emperor inside the shuttle is naturally the half of the screaming bell combo that lets you set your die to whatever you want.

# ? Feb 13, 2016 14:42

Sharkopath: May 27, 2009

Bistromatic posted:

Good news everyone!
The Tomb Kings balance problem is as good solved!

im sad about the loss of mummy mans, they had some of the coolest paintings from warhammer fantasy dedicated to them.

# ? Feb 13, 2016 16:03

Sharkopath: May 27, 2009

# ? Feb 13, 2016 16:05

Drone: Aug 22, 2003; Incredible machine

Bistromatic posted:

Good news everyone!
The Tomb Kings balance problem is as good solved!

Man, I really just... don't understand their decision-making process at all.

It's just a guy in a suit waving his hand and decreeing crazy poo poo, isn't it

# ? Feb 13, 2016 16:11

goatface: Dec 5, 2007; I had a video of that when I was about 6.

I remember it being shit.; Grimey Drawer

They might have found the moulds are failing, and there's certainly no chance of getting new ones made.

# ? Feb 13, 2016 16:14

moths: Aug 25, 2004; I would also still appreciate some danger.

You can't clamp down on an IP like "mummies." Bye, Tomb Kings.

# ? Feb 13, 2016 16:15

Chill la Chill: Jul 2, 2007; Don't lose your gay

I tried looking for anime tomb kings and couldn't find any. Odd, since yu-gi-oh should've been an easy inspiration. That explains why boom hasn't posted any, I guess?

# ? Feb 13, 2016 16:17

Sharkopath: May 27, 2009

Chill la Chill posted:

I tried looking for anime tomb kings and couldn't find any. Odd, since yu-gi-oh should've been an easy inspiration. That explains why boom hasn't posted any, I guess?

dont tempt fate dog, tons of anime mummies

# ? Feb 13, 2016 16:18

Sharkopath: May 27, 2009

moths posted:

You can't clamp down on an IP like "mummies." Bye, Tomb Kings.

I always thought tomb kings were one of the more original games workshop ideas, since they're mostly good aligned undead who just want to protect what was theirs.

# ? Feb 13, 2016 16:19

boom boom boom: Jun 28, 2012; by Shine

Sharkopath posted:

dont tempt fate dog, tons of anime mummies

anime mummy

# ? Feb 13, 2016 16:30

Eimi: Nov 23, 2013; I will never ~~log off~~shut up.

Sharkopath posted:

I always thought tomb kings were one of the more original games workshop ideas, since they're mostly good aligned undead who just want to protect what was theirs.

The fact that they had exactly one city of the living still in their kingdom and would do everything to protect it is just :3:

# ? Feb 13, 2016 16:32

lenoon: Jan 7, 2010

I liked tomb kings. Think their original magic system was great and unique in warhammer. Guess it would have been fifth edition?

Every spell went off automatically, usually had to get only a 6 or so to dispel it. You had to follow an order too:

Bound items
Tomb princes
Tomb kings
Priests
Lord priests
Hierophant
Casket of Souls

It made their magic function differently and interestingly, meant that you could guarantee several of your units would be able to move or fire twice every single turn, and still put pressure on the opponent to prioritise. It was great.

I guess their end came with 7th, and then 8th. Steadfast, no fear-auto break, ludicrously destructive magic, all that jazz.

# ? Feb 13, 2016 16:41

moths: Aug 25, 2004; I would also still appreciate some danger.

Sharkopath posted:

I always thought tomb kings were one of the more original games workshop ideas, since they're mostly good aligned undead who just want to protect what was theirs.

Yeah, the Tomb Kings themselves were extremely cool and well done - the hitch is that GW can't lock me out of producing an Egyptian theme skeleton / mummy army, or prevent you from buying them instead of official Tomb King brand skeletons.

It's basically why the Brets and Empire are also on the short list of armies to kill off, and why the new dwarves look so uniquely awful.

# ? Feb 13, 2016 17:03

Drone: Aug 22, 2003; Incredible machine

Mantic, time to start working on some CAD models for Empire of Dust.

# ? Feb 13, 2016 17:25

Sharkopath: May 27, 2009

I was looking at some of the art released for the new space wolf stuff, why does fantasy flight always have fantastic art in their warhammer games and games workshop hire dudes putting out work like this?

I always assumed they were pulling from the same pool of talent but i guess not.

# ? Feb 13, 2016 17:31

Ignite Memories: Feb 27, 2005

tbh, I think it all just comes back to fantasy flight giving a poo poo

# ? Feb 13, 2016 17:34

goatface: Dec 5, 2007; I had a video of that when I was about 6.

I remember it being shit.; Grimey Drawer

Angry baboon man.

# ? Feb 13, 2016 17:37

Chill la Chill: Jul 2, 2007; Don't lose your gay

Sharkopath posted:

I was looking at some of the art released for the new space wolf stuff, why does fantasy flight always have fantastic art in their warhammer games and games workshop hire dudes putting out work like this?

I always assumed they were pulling from the same pool of talent but i guess not.