Warhammer 40k: It's the end of the game as we know it (and I feel fine)

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Master Twig: Oct 25, 2007; I want to branch out and I'm going to stick with it.

I don't give a poo poo about campaigns or story. I just want a fun, balanced game with unique armies and cool abilities. And cool models.

# ? Jul 23, 2016 05:15

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panascope: Mar 26, 2005

Warhammer 40k: Please remember that salt is required for this.

# ? Jul 23, 2016 05:17

Safety Factor: Oct 31, 2009; Grimey Drawer

Master Twig posted:

I don't give a poo poo about campaigns or story. I just want a fun, balanced game with unique armies and cool abilities. And cool models.

Have you heard about Dropzone Commander? And though the aesthetics aren't for me, Warmachine/Hordes is/are supposed to be pretty good.

Comedy option: 30k :getin:

(don't do this)

# ? Jul 23, 2016 05:43

MrSlam: Apr 25, 2014; And there you sat, eating hamburgers while the world cried.

Oh good we're moving the story forward.

1 minute 15 seconds to midnight
1 minute 5 seconds to midnight

Gosh I hope the Emperor is still sitting on the Golden Throne and all the space marines are okay

# ? Jul 23, 2016 05:50

Endman: May 18, 2010; That is not dead which can eternal lie, And with strange aeons even anime may die

War in the Webway sounds good, actually.

Come at me.

# ? Jul 23, 2016 06:01

DJ Dizzy: Feb 11, 2009; Real men don't use bolters.

MrSlam posted:

Oh good we're moving the story forward.

1 minute 15 seconds to midnight
1 minute 5 seconds to midnight

Gosh I hope the Emperor is still sitting on the Golden Throne and all the space marines are okay

Canis Wolfborn is dead.

# ? Jul 23, 2016 06:23

Speckled Jim: Dec 13, 2008

I could get behind Demon Prince Primarchs.... if all the good Primarchs weren't dead!

# ? Jul 23, 2016 06:27

DJ Dizzy: Feb 11, 2009; Real men don't use bolters.

RUSS LIVES!

# ? Jul 23, 2016 06:30

Speckled Jim: Dec 13, 2008

DJ Dizzy posted:

RUSS LIVES!

I stand by my comment.

# ? Jul 23, 2016 06:34

Safety Factor: Oct 31, 2009; Grimey Drawer

The Lion isn't dead, he's just taking a short nap.

# ? Jul 23, 2016 06:37

Endman: May 18, 2010; That is not dead which can eternal lie, And with strange aeons even anime may die

Safety Factor posted:

The Lion isn't dead, he's just taking a short nap.

It's going to be silly when that paranoid maniac wakes up.

# ? Jul 23, 2016 06:40

Speckled Jim: Dec 13, 2008

The answer is plastic Primarch models ported straight from 30K. No explanation necessary. Alive or dead Doesn't matter.

# ? Jul 23, 2016 06:41

DJ Dizzy: Feb 11, 2009; Real men don't use bolters.

Guilliman is going to go into a fit of monumental rage when he sees what the imperium has turned to.

# ? Jul 23, 2016 06:42

koreban: Apr 4, 2008; I guess we all learned that trying to get along is way better than p. . .player hatin'.; Fun Shoe

DJ Dizzy posted:

Guilliman is going to go into a fit of monumental rage when he sees what the imperium has turned to.

Counterpoint: Fulgrim did the job right the first time and the Ultras have been spending the last 10k years worshipping a statue and refusing to face facts.

# ? Jul 23, 2016 07:17

DJ Dizzy: Feb 11, 2009; Real men don't use bolters.

Well.... Alpharius did kill Guilliman... so....

# ? Jul 23, 2016 07:28

koreban: Apr 4, 2008; I guess we all learned that trying to get along is way better than p. . .player hatin'.; Fun Shoe

DJ Dizzy posted:

Well.... Alpharius did kill Guilliman... so....

That happened the other way around. He supposedly killed Alpharius and then was given a new smile hole by demon prince Fulgrim using what looked like the same blade that was used to poison/corrupt Horus.

# ? Jul 23, 2016 07:59

JesusIsTehCool: Aug 26, 2002

Has Games Workshop ever had an edition where Imperium wasn't the focal point of the story?

I honestly can't imagine them releasing that much content that over half of players wouldn't use. Not saying it would be bad, just that this seems pretty much impossible to me.

# ? Jul 23, 2016 08:10

DJ Dizzy: Feb 11, 2009; Real men don't use bolters.

koreban posted:

That happened the other way around. He supposedly killed Alpharius and then was given a new smile hole by demon prince Fulgrim using what looked like the same blade that was used to poison/corrupt Horus.

No. You got it all wrong. Alpharius killed Guilliman and then took his place.

# ? Jul 23, 2016 08:14

koreban: Apr 4, 2008; I guess we all learned that trying to get along is way better than p. . .player hatin'.; Fun Shoe

DJ Dizzy posted:

No. You got it all wrong. Alpharius killed Guilliman and then took his place.

Just so he could be a theme park statue on Macragge? Not likely.

# ? Jul 23, 2016 10:11

DJ Dizzy: Feb 11, 2009; Real men don't use bolters.

It's not like he can sense time locked in that box anyway.

# ? Jul 23, 2016 10:26

adamantium|wang: Sep 14, 2003; Missing you

Knowing FW Guilliman probably actually killed Omegon.

# ? Jul 23, 2016 12:11

adamantium|wang: Sep 14, 2003; Missing you

Eagerly looking forward to Ghazkull becoming the Incarnate of Beasts

# ? Jul 23, 2016 12:17

adamantium|wang: Sep 14, 2003; Missing you

Anrakyr suddenly remembers that Sanguinius stole one of his spoons and shanks Mephiston in the back just as they're about to seal away Chaos forever. Tigurius tries to take control but is obliterated by an overload of ~~magical~~ psychic energy. Abaddon lunges out of the ~~vortex~~ Eye and grabs Cypher and both of them disappear into the darkness wrestling over the Lion Sword. Celestine nearly gets crushed by falling rocks but is saved at the last moment by Anrakyr who remembers he used to kinda maybe like her at one point and dies. She then holds Slicius' hand as Chaos consumes the ~~world~~ galaxy.

E: or Trazyn instead idk

adamantium|wang fucked around with this message at 12:34 on Jul 23, 2016

# ? Jul 23, 2016 12:27

Endman: May 18, 2010; That is not dead which can eternal lie, And with strange aeons even anime may die

I want to start a small Eldar force because that fantastic Chris Foss-esque colourful sci-fi aesthetic really gets my painter juices flowing.

Is the Start Collecting box a decent place to begin? The bikes are cool, and the individual cost of the models compared to the box makes it seem like decent value.

# ? Jul 23, 2016 14:16

OhDearGodNo: Jan 3, 2014

Magnus and Arhiman need to hug and make up.

# ? Jul 23, 2016 14:34

Mango Polo: Aug 4, 2007

OhDearGodNo posted:

Magnus and Arhiman need to hug and make up.

They already did, in a Tzeentchian way.

# ? Jul 23, 2016 14:56

Mef989: Feb 6, 2007

Endman posted:

I want to start a small Eldar force because that fantastic Chris Foss-esque colourful sci-fi aesthetic really gets my painter juices flowing.

Is the Start Collecting box a decent place to begin? The bikes are cool, and the individual cost of the models compared to the box makes it seem like decent value.

I like the Eldar start collecting box. Bikes and Farseers are both really good and you do save $20 or so.

# ? Jul 23, 2016 15:58

PierreTheMime: Dec 9, 2004; Hero of hormagaunts everywhere!; Buglord

Not gonna lie, as a long-time fan of Ahriman and his Raiders of the Lost Black Library story I think those campaigns would be both interesting and a good angle to focus on. Gives some love to Chaos, Eldar and Dark Eldar while the Octavius campaign gives Orks and Tyranids somewhere to focus and then the whole thing could get staged for the 13th Crusade for full Imperial inclusion and endless battles, etc.

If Games Workshop were smart they could set up little online maps for campaigns and allow LGSs and their own stores to report which registered team faction won their games for the week and update the maps accordingly on the site. Not for any high stakes, but for bragging rights as the map would continue to update over the weeks. It would get people into stores regularly for games and drum up interest/business.

# ? Jul 23, 2016 16:19

panascope: Mar 26, 2005

PierreTheMime posted:

If Games Workshop were smart they could set up little online maps for campaigns and allow LGSs and their own stores to report which registered team faction won their games for the week and update the maps accordingly on the site. Not for any high stakes, but for bragging rights as the map would continue to update over the weeks. It would get people into stores regularly for games and drum up interest/business.

I hope they do this and it backfires on them (i.e., Chaos wins) like it did last time.

# ? Jul 23, 2016 16:22

SRM: Jul 10, 2009; ~*FeElIn' AweS0mE*~

PierreTheMime posted:

Not gonna lie, as a long-time fan of Ahriman and his Raiders of the Lost Black Library story I think those campaigns would be both interesting and a good angle to focus on. Gives some love to Chaos, Eldar and Dark Eldar while the Octavius campaign gives Orks and Tyranids somewhere to focus and then the whole thing could get staged for the 13th Crusade for full Imperial inclusion and endless battles, etc.

If Games Workshop were smart they could set up little online maps for campaigns and allow LGSs and their own stores to report which registered team faction won their games for the week and update the maps accordingly on the site. Not for any high stakes, but for bragging rights as the map would continue to update over the weeks. It would get people into stores regularly for games and drum up interest/business.

Their global campaign for AoS they're doing right now is probably a dry run for a 40k one to see if it works. I have no clue if any of those rumors will pan out (anonymous on Faeit makes me think it won't) but I think it could be pretty exciting.

# ? Jul 23, 2016 17:10

MasterSlowPoke: Oct 9, 2005; Our courage will pull us through

Those rumors are way too detailed about far future stuff to be anything but made up. It reads like one of those fake video game wikis.

# ? Jul 23, 2016 17:40

PierreTheMime: Dec 9, 2004; Hero of hormagaunts everywhere!; Buglord

Oh they're from Faeit so there's a solid 80/20 chance they're not real, I'm just saying it would be fun. Faeit quotes us for rumors for God-Emperor's sake.

# ? Jul 23, 2016 17:48

Thundercloud: Mar 28, 2010; To boldly be eaten where no grot has been eaten before!

To be fair though a lot of that has turned out to be right so far.

# ? Jul 23, 2016 18:18

PierreTheMime: Dec 9, 2004; Hero of hormagaunts everywhere!; Buglord

Thundercloud posted:

To be fair though a lot of that has turned out to be right so far.

The clamshell Eldrad print does add some potential, yeah.

# ? Jul 23, 2016 19:03

Zaphod42: Sep 13, 2012; If there's anything more important than my ego around, I want it caught and shot now.

Endman posted:

War in the Webway sounds good, actually.

Come at me.

I'm right there with you dude.

OhDearGodNo posted:

Magnus and Arhiman need to hug and make up.

Nah, Magnus and Ahriman fighting is fun stuff. And all the 1k sons get to do anymore.

This webway war should end with Ahriman finding the Black Library only to get smoked by Magnus right before he gets to enter.

PierreTheMime posted:

Not gonna lie, as a long-time fan of Ahriman and his Raiders of the Lost Black Library story I think those campaigns would be both interesting and a good angle to focus on. Gives some love to Chaos, Eldar and Dark Eldar while the Octavius campaign gives Orks and Tyranids somewhere to focus and then the whole thing could get staged for the 13th Crusade for full Imperial inclusion and endless battles, etc.

If Games Workshop were smart they could set up little online maps for campaigns and allow LGSs and their own stores to report which registered team faction won their games for the week and update the maps accordingly on the site. Not for any high stakes, but for bragging rights as the map would continue to update over the weeks. It would get people into stores regularly for games and drum up interest/business.

Yeah, this sounds good to me.

# ? Jul 23, 2016 19:45

Mango Polo: Aug 4, 2007

Zaphod42 posted:

This webway war should end with Ahriman finding the Black Library only to get smoked by Magnus right before he gets to enter.

Nah the Eldar already did that first.

# ? Jul 23, 2016 20:00

SRM: Jul 10, 2009; ~*FeElIn' AweS0mE*~

PierreTheMime posted:

The clamshell Eldrad print does add some potential, yeah.

That's pretty typical of a bogus rumor though. They say their source leaked a thing to them that's already been seen by the greater community and it makes them seem more legit as a result of it.

# ? Jul 23, 2016 20:49

Thundercloud: Mar 28, 2010; To boldly be eaten where no grot has been eaten before!

PierreTheMime posted:

The clamshell Eldrad print does add some potential, yeah.

I was talking about the stuff I posted.

# ? Jul 23, 2016 21:05

Proletariat Beowulf: Jan 7, 2007; I wish meat screamed as I ate it.

DJ Dizzy posted:

Cool with you if I take this and sort-of-ish modify it for 30k?

Fire away, dude--I only ask that if you modify it, specify what you've added/changed in the opening portion of the doc so users can distinguish.

I'd also be OK to exchange some ideas and hear what you're going to do; I wouldn't mind just adding a separate "DO THIS FOR 30K" section onto the original.

# ? Jul 23, 2016 21:58

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BULBASAUR: Apr 6, 2009; Soiled Meat

There's just no way GW is competent enough to write good slash function, let alone make everyone happy with the results.

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