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Dodoman: Feb 26, 2009; A moment of laxity
A lifetime of regret; Lipstick Apathy

The Battlefleet Gothic series was not too bad if you like space battle porn. Also shows the (crappy) life of low level crewmen and how expendable their lives are (when are lives not expendable in 40k though :v:

# ¿ Jul 7, 2012 19:18

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# ¿ Apr 27, 2024 18:36

Dodoman: Feb 26, 2009; A moment of laxity
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His jokes about the Sisters of Battle in Duty Calls would be lost on people if they haven't read some sort of fluff (or played them DoW:Soulstorm) related to them. I laughed my rear end off throughout that book :v:

Dodoman fucked around with this message at 15:37 on Jul 11, 2012

# ¿ Jul 11, 2012 15:34

Dodoman: Feb 26, 2009; A moment of laxity
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It's too much :effort:

to go through the tabletop thread looking for fluff, especially since I hate looking at models (because then I'll want to buy all of them). This thread makes discussing/catching up on fluff much more accessible.

# ¿ Jul 25, 2012 20:42

Dodoman: Feb 26, 2009; A moment of laxity
A lifetime of regret; Lipstick Apathy

What if it just replicates houses :v:

# ¿ Jul 25, 2012 22:23

Dodoman: Feb 26, 2009; A moment of laxity
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Baron Bifford posted:

Do Space Marines ever take off their armor? Is there a painting of a Space Marine just chilling in a bath robe or something?

Some of the books talk about the marines walking around in robes or tunics while on their ship during trips.

# ¿ Jul 31, 2012 15:39

Dodoman: Feb 26, 2009; A moment of laxity
A lifetime of regret; Lipstick Apathy

Exterminatus.

# ¿ Aug 1, 2012 14:34

Dodoman: Feb 26, 2009; A moment of laxity
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Purely because it was as good as a second heresy in my opinion.

# ¿ Aug 3, 2012 19:28

Dodoman: Feb 26, 2009; A moment of laxity
A lifetime of regret; Lipstick Apathy

Basically what can go wrong does go wrong in the 40k universe.

# ¿ Aug 22, 2012 11:52

Dodoman: Feb 26, 2009; A moment of laxity
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There's a new book on Jaghtai Khan coming soon-ish as well. Looking forward to that since there's barely anything on the White Scars. Any idea who's writing it?

# ¿ Aug 31, 2012 09:37

Dodoman: Feb 26, 2009; A moment of laxity
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Trast posted:

I'm just checking if I followed this correctly from the Saint storyline.

During the siege the Saint that Gaunt recognizes as the student from Hagia is just convinced she is the Saint and being manipulated by the General. The real Saint is the girl Sabbatine that runs into Milo during the fighting. Now when the girl dies the whole area gets hit with a psychic sucker punch and starts falling apart. Later on the spirit of the Saint jumps into the girl from Hagia and suddenly she's the real deal. The Imperials rally and badassery commences.

Pretty much, yeah. That book was amazing.

# ¿ Sep 4, 2012 20:10

Dodoman: Feb 26, 2009; A moment of laxity
A lifetime of regret; Lipstick Apathy

Just got through Pariah. I think this word sums up my feelings by the end:

FUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKK

For once his ending was all that rushed and I loved how it ended with the same line the prologue of Eisenhorn ended. Can't wait for Penitient.

For anyone on the fence, the book starts of real slow but the by the second part it really picks and just becomes amazing.

Dodoman fucked around with this message at 22:17 on Oct 8, 2012

# ¿ Oct 8, 2012 22:14

Dodoman: Feb 26, 2009; A moment of laxity
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You guys have probably seen this, but it's just... amazing

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xfJUi4cB4oc

# ¿ Jan 26, 2013 22:20

Dodoman: Feb 26, 2009; A moment of laxity
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Rapey Joe Stalin posted:

Do you have a link? I couldn't find it on the BL site, would love to have my own copy.

Spurrier was really solid in both books, it's a shame he doesn't seem to have done much, if anything, more for B.

Here you go
http://www.blacklibrary.com/all-products/fire-warrior-ebook.html

# ¿ Apr 8, 2013 18:03

Dodoman: Feb 26, 2009; A moment of laxity
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Now this is 40k artwork I can get behind :colbert:

e; most of the related artwork on the side is actually half decent.
e2; oh it's mostly official or fan work for GW that's why :geno:

Dodoman fucked around with this message at 17:17 on Apr 22, 2013

# ¿ Apr 22, 2013 17:13

Dodoman: Feb 26, 2009; A moment of laxity
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vannevar posted:

It's July 2nd, the official Amazon release date for Ahriman: Exile. Even though it's been out as an ebook forever and GW probably started shipping paperbacks a while ago (I know some were sold at the HH Weekender), it hasn't gotten a lot of traction in terms of reviews.

So I wrote one. Spoiler-free!

I first became aware of John French�s work for Warhammer 40,000 when my boyfriend told me about �The Last Remembrancer," one of French�s short stories.

"Don�t read it," he warned me; �it�ll ruin your weekend. It�s the most grimdark thing I�ve read."

Which, of course, pretty much guaranteed I read it. It quickly leapt into my all-time-top-five 40K short stories�ground held pretty firmly by Dan Abnett, at that point. As it turned out, though �The Last Remembrancer" was one of the very first stories of French�s that Black Library published, it was not the first work of his I�d read � he�s noted as contributing extensively to the Dark Heresy tabletop game books, and on reflection I realized that whole biased screed in the beginning of Black Crusade was likely French�s hand at work. When his novella The Crimson Fist came out last fall, I was delighted by it. This dude, the novella cemented, has chops.

It was while I was reading reviews of Dan Abnett�s much-awaited Pariah this past fall that I became aware that Mr. French was slated to publish his first full-length novel in summer 2013. The title of that novel was Ahriman: Exile. Amazon.com listed its publication date as 2 July 2013�my birthday.

Never has the universe presented me with a finer birthday present, though this one came quite early.

Ahriman: Exile was released in ebook format on Christmas day, 2012. As can be surmised from its title, Exile�s principal character is Ahzek Ahriman, once Chief Librarian of the Thousand Sons, creator of the eponymous Rubric. The supporting cast is on the small side�one female techpriest and shipmaster, and four members of an unnamed Renegade chapter of Space Marines. Other tertiary characters also feature, some known to fans of the Thousand Sons, and others new. It is never explicitly stated when the novel takes place�my own personal suspicion places it later than M36 due to the suspected identity of the Renegade chapter�but as much of the action takes place in the Eye of Terror, �when" becomes somewhat meaningless.

I purchased and devoured it in short order not because, like Pariah, I had sworn to dedicate my day to its reading, but because I simply could not stop. I began reading it late one night, thinking I�d get through a few chapters before bed, and found myself some time later catching my breath at the end of part one and disappointed that I was too tired to continue. I devoured the remaining two parts the following day.

I find French�s prose incredibly evocative. So much of the strength of 40K lies in its atmosphere, and John French is up to the task of its craftsmanship. Things can become truly weird when psykers are involved, and he handles this with as much aplomb as he does the rich textures of Ahriman�s eidetic memories. Psychic combat can swiftly become boring or over-the-top; I grew fatigued of it in the Ravenor trilogy, and occasionally in Graham MacNeill�s A Thousand Sons, but here it is engaging above all.

His characters are also well-realized. Ahriman is a well-known figure to fans of the Space Marines, and it would have been simple to present us with the same character we saw in MacNeill�s Heresy-era novel, or conversely the one who appears in Atlas Infernal, among other works, but Ahriman the Exile is a man apart from these versions of himself in more ways than time. His disposition makes sense given his character�s past and interim experiences, and the line may also be drawn from Exile�s protagonist to what he will become. Original to this work are the tech-priest Carmenta and the Librarian Astraeos, along with Astraeos� battle-brothers. Their pasts are glimpses in fractured mirrors, and their futures unknown to us, but as characters they ring true and they stand up well against this monolithic figure.

I really wish I could find more fault with the book, as unmitigated positivism doesn�t really ring true for me, but my main complaint stems from the fact that it is the first book in an unfinished series, and the wait is agony. (In late June, however, French tweeted that he was at the halfway point in the second novel, so at least I know it�s coming along.) Also, Exile doesn�t pass Bechdel, but 40K has never really tried to satisfy that requirement. I know what I�m in for, in that sense, when I pick up a Warhammer novel, and I�m fine with that.

If I sound like an unapologetic fangirl, that may be because I am. Before Ahriman: Exile, I was happy to read John French wherever I came across his work; afterward I began to seek it out. While it�s all worth reading if you are at all interested in Warhammer 40,000, Exile is French�s crowning achievement thus far.

I've been sitting on the book for a while, guess I'll finally go and read it now :v:

# ¿ Jul 2, 2013 21:19

Dodoman: Feb 26, 2009; A moment of laxity
A lifetime of regret; Lipstick Apathy

I haven't read a Horus Heresy book since Know No Fear. What's a good book to return to - Vengeful Spirit, The Damnation of Pythos or Scars?

# ¿ Feb 1, 2015 10:21

Dodoman: Feb 26, 2009; A moment of laxity
A lifetime of regret; Lipstick Apathy

Thanks for the recommendations guys, I'll get Scars and Betrayer after that.

# ¿ Feb 2, 2015 02:46

Dodoman: Feb 26, 2009; A moment of laxity
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What's wrong with you guys the music fit the trailer perfectly. I appreciate the fact that they used something different instead of :black101:

/bombastic orchestrals like every other warhammer game does.

# ¿ Feb 15, 2015 00:07

Dodoman: Feb 26, 2009; A moment of laxity
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Skarsnik posted:

Holy poo poo the new heresy novel looks awful

" the Salamanders take Vulkans body back home but some of them think it might be a bad idea" does not sound like a must read

Isn't he an immortal or something now?

# ¿ Jun 28, 2015 21:52

Dodoman: Feb 26, 2009; A moment of laxity
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Can someone explain the Age of Sigmar situation?

# ¿ Jul 10, 2015 07:15

Dodoman: Feb 26, 2009; A moment of laxity
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Skarsnik posted:

Basically the rules are bad, and they have totally not space marines in a fantasy game

Read from here:
http://forums.somethingawful.com/showthread.php?goto=post&postid=447387177#post447387177

ThisIsNoZaku posted:

It also includes bonuses for roleplaying.

FOR THE LADY

# ¿ Jul 10, 2015 15:36

Dodoman: Feb 26, 2009; A moment of laxity
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ThisIsNoZaku posted:

So which big tournament are you practicing for?

Staying at home and saving money.

# ¿ Jul 10, 2015 18:45

Dodoman: Feb 26, 2009; A moment of laxity
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Sandweed posted:

Don't forget that Genghis Khan got to become a Demon Prince because he was to bad rear end to die.

Wait, what?

# ¿ Aug 4, 2015 12:22

Dodoman: Feb 26, 2009; A moment of laxity
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Deptfordx posted:

Did some digging.

Simon and Schuster say 248 pages.

Amazon says 336.

So

So 88 pages then.

# ¿ Oct 10, 2015 07:14

Dodoman: Feb 26, 2009; A moment of laxity
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A united human empire is what fell and caused the expansion of chaos though. The Eldars also did their part too but humans convert to chaos in droves in comparison to other races.

So by killing MLK they were trying to postpone the unification of humanity which is why the Emperor got bored and did it by force.

# ¿ Dec 27, 2015 20:08

Dodoman: Feb 26, 2009; A moment of laxity
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Actual Horus Heresy content will be available soon, just not directly from Black Library

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LKgBv6Rxilo

quote:

Talisman: The Horus Heresy is a digital board game based on the Talisman rule system and set in the Warhammer 40,000 universe, during the cataclysmic events of the Horus Heresy.

Up to four players will be able to take control of one or more of the galaxy�s greatest heroes or most notorious villains. Taking the side of either traitor or loyalist, these Warlords will form vast companies of Space Marines, battalions of tanks and battlefleets of Spacecraft. They are the most powerful beings in the Galaxy and their followers are legion.

The new combative team play will appeal to fans of Talisman and the Horus Heresy alike. It�s a unique adaptation of Talisman that has been tailored specifically for digital platforms.

In Talisman: The Horus Heresy the player�s experience of Talisman is scaled up exponentially, exploring not a kingdom but a whole galaxy in the 31st Millennium. No longer will you be fighting for the Crown of Command, but for the very future of humanity�
Features:

Command one of the eighteen Space Marine Legions that fought during the Horus Heresy
Play as one of eight of the galaxy�s greatest heroes or most notorious villains such as Robute Guilliman or Angron
Multiplayer modes for up to 4 players
Challenge your friends locally and online
Play against AI opponents

# ¿ Jan 4, 2016 21:44

Dodoman: Feb 26, 2009; A moment of laxity
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Lincoln`s Wax posted:

Yep, third and final. It's been out since last year at GW stores. I absolutely loved every insane thing about it. Prospero burns. Again. Also, one of Ahriman's dudes vomits up Doombreed, who proceeds to enter melee combat with a possessed imperator titan.

So he doesn't reverse the rubric?

# ¿ Feb 16, 2016 23:15

Dodoman: Feb 26, 2009; A moment of laxity
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Apply for the freelance writing position with BL, that's my feedback.

# ¿ Mar 27, 2016 06:43

Dodoman: Feb 26, 2009; A moment of laxity
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Battlefleet Gothic has been the only good one so far, Kill Team less so but still better than the other trash.

I guess Armageddon 40k if that's your thing.

# ¿ Apr 15, 2016 12:17

Dodoman: Feb 26, 2009; A moment of laxity
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Angry Lobster posted:

Games Workshop threatened to sue a novelist for using the word "space marine" in the title of a book. In that occasion, Games Workshop backed down, but the company still defends publicly that they have common law trademark for the term "space marine" in all book formats. Knowing them, I think it's fairly possible their legal team will engage in some form of legal action for this one, the company is very overzealous about protecting their IP's.

Didn't they lose that claim which is why everything is adepteus astartes or some gothic variant?

# ¿ May 16, 2016 07:09

Dodoman: Feb 26, 2009; A moment of laxity
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Outside of the VO, that teaser was pretty good.

# ¿ Sep 1, 2016 16:16

Dodoman: Feb 26, 2009; A moment of laxity
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Any links on stuff to read about this?

# ¿ Jan 16, 2017 21:39

Dodoman: Feb 26, 2009; A moment of laxity
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The Harlequin Shadowseer that Cawl had prior dealings with is there too. "What is this?" asks Cawl. "Into the light of a new dawn," the Shadowseer answers. Up ahead Cawl can see Celestine hovering above the opening of a Webway Portal, guiding the Imperials through. "The ending has passed.", says the Harlequin, "It is time for a new beginning. There is a parley to be struck, if you have the courage."

I read the summary here and it reads like the greatest hits of the imperium (including an immortal conjuring heresy era troops and Tanith snipers) fighting off the black legion.

Dodoman fucked around with this message at 23:23 on Jan 16, 2017

# ¿ Jan 16, 2017 22:52

Dodoman: Feb 26, 2009; A moment of laxity
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pubic works project posted:

I just loving want Deathwing released for console already.

It's not very good so don't feel too bad.

# ¿ Jan 27, 2017 09:14

Dodoman: Feb 26, 2009; A moment of laxity
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Telsa Cola posted:

Wait how do the Minotaurs sound. I need to know.

Cor Blimey xenos! For the Emperor lads!

# ¿ May 5, 2017 09:23

Dodoman: Feb 26, 2009; A moment of laxity
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Arcsquad12 posted:

Are there any BL stories that deal with the Severan Dominate? They're the only extra-imperial human nation that hasn't met an inevitable annihilation. Yet.

Maybe there's something you haven't read among the references for this giant essay of a wiki page

http://warhammer40k.wikia.com/wiki/Severan_Dominate

# ¿ Jun 1, 2017 16:04

Dodoman: Feb 26, 2009; A moment of laxity
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Uncle w Benefits posted:

I just ordered the special edition of Lorgar: Bearer of the Word for $65.

How dumb am I?

# ¿ Jul 18, 2017 19:00

Dodoman: Feb 26, 2009; A moment of laxity
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I am Alpharius and I assure you that everything is going to plan.

# ¿ Mar 5, 2018 14:15

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MonsterEnvy posted:

The lore and setting has vastly improved so there is nothing wrong with giving it a chance now.

If it's not too much trouble, is it possible to get a synopsis of what has changed?

# ¿ Jan 8, 2019 10:52

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# ¿ Apr 27, 2024 18:36

Dodoman: Feb 26, 2009; A moment of laxity
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I've been reading the siege series and catching up on lore from the shaskais subreddit.

It's all a bit overwhelming, the loyalists are getting whipped left, right and center and it's just sucking the air out of the room. They just lost a whole fleet to Khorne and the arks are wrecking poo poo everywhere. It's gone beyond poo poo is tough to when is it all going to end.

# ¿ Mar 6, 2023 14:54

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