Posted: 2026-04-02 10:59:07
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By RAFF
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Posted: 2026-04-02 09:59:07
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Posted: 2026-04-01 13:59:07
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Posted: 2026-04-01 11:59:07
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Forum post by Kid_Kyoto, 0 responses at time of this post.
Obviously Michael Moorcock’s place on the Mount Rushmore of fantasy writers is already assured. His Elric, Hawkmoon and Eternal Champion books were landmarks of that second generation of fantasy after trailblazers like Tolkien, Lewis and Howard. He popularized tropes like the multiverse and the eight-pointed Chaos Star and he brought new maturity and depth to the genre. I remain shocked there has not been a big or small screen version of Elric yet.
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And while many of his books are in print and popularly available, there are still significant gaps in his enormous body of work. So today we will look at one of his obscurities, The Outcast of Kitzoprenia, in particular Volume 67 in The History of the Purple Poignard, originally published in 1975, more than fifty years ago.
This series focuses on Catharz, a doomed grimdark hero in the mold of many of Moorcock’s other characters. Wielder of the moody sword Oakslayer in his right hand, the cursed spear Bloodlicker in his left hand, and on his back the evil bow Deathsnger and a quiver of rune-fletched arrows: Heartseeker, Goregreedy, Soulsnatcher, Orphanmaker,Eyeblinder, Sorrowsower, Beanslicer, and several others.
Truly an arsenal worthy of the man who created Stormbringer.
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But then he breaks away from Elric’s pretty boy pale goth look into something truly original.
Catharz is a man who has been through horrors we can only imagine and has the scars to prove it. The first thing that stands out are his eyes, one is a “jewel of slumbering scarlet” the other a “many-faceted crystal, which pulsed as if possessed of independent life.” His right hand is mechanical iron, wood and amethyst – nine fingered and cut from the creature that claimed his own ha...
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Posted: 2026-04-01 10:59:07
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By Waaagh_Gonads
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Posted: 2026-04-01 09:59:07
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Posted: 2026-03-31 09:59:07
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Posted: 2026-03-30 13:59:07
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By RAFF
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Posted: 2026-03-30 12:59:07
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By The Riddle of Steel
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Posted: 2026-03-30 11:59:07
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Forum post by Polonius, 36 responses at time of this post.
While commenting on another thread I made a joke about GW's relentless exploitation of its back catalogue, which is funny because I've been in the hobby for about 25 years, right sort of at the nadir of stripping 40k down to the core. This was 3rd edition, which had cut squats and GSC from the game entirely, cut harlequins from Eldar, made psychic powers unit specific abilities, and greatly simplified the game. Some things have changed, as all of those armies and more are back, while others have swung back and forth, as psychic powers exploded back into complexity before once again, in 10th, being datasheet abilities.
Still, what's really, really amazing is that after the last few years, with the return of Old World and Hellsmiths of Heshut, there really isn't much left that GW hasn't brought back. I remember when Kid Kyoto would make his predictions for new starter boxes in past editions "squats vs. GSC" and while that wont' happen, it could happen now, which is wild.
Squats: back, with a full army range.
Genestealer Cult: amazing models, cool play style, full army
Harelequins: really only sat out one edition as they came back in the 4th edition codex, but have been a playable army on their own off and on for a decade
Ad Mech: never really fleshed out in the past, they're a full army now. Stuff only sketched out in Codex Imperialis has plastic kits
Chaos Dwarfs: back!
Brettonians" back
Tomb Kings" back
WFB: back, with new units and a whole new army
Bloodbowl: back with all plastic teams
Necromunda: back, with plastic gangs, terrain, and vehicles
Epic: sort of back
LOTR: still going, with new plastics being released
Warhammer Quest: back many times, including in SPACE
Going through the old 2004 citadel catalog on Stuff of Legends, this is the stuff that's not made or playable now:
Battlefleet Gothic
Mordheim
Warmaster
WFB Dogs of War
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Post continues at https://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/list/818187.page
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Posted: 2026-03-30 10:59:07
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By Nice bits
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Posted: 2026-03-30 09:59:07
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Posted: 2026-03-29 12:59:07
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By BelsariusRex
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Posted: 2026-03-29 11:59:07
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By Wyrmalla
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Posted: 2026-03-29 10:59:07
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By Olthannon
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Posted: 2026-03-29 09:59:07
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Posted: 2026-03-28 11:59:07
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By RAFF
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Posted: 2026-03-28 10:59:07
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Forum post by frwd., 36 responses at time of this post.
Due to the in my opinion tiresome discussion about the Kriegs and the ASL I wondered if the "hobby" aspect of the game is dying out? I started nearly 20 years ago with LoTR and having not much money I build a lot of the terrain myself with scraps my dad would normally throw away. I used the cheapest paints i could find just to get paint onto my miniatures. I even begged my parents to drive me into the next town so I could buy cheap green cloth we would use as a playmat. And we had fun with this poorhammer approach to the game. At the moment I am far more into Turnip28 and Trench Crusade where kitbashing and building your own terrain and fleshing out ideas is essential to the game, which drew me to these two games in particular.
I increasingly get the impression that and increasing number of people in the 40k community no longer care about the hobby itself – kitbashing, terrain building, house rules. They simply want to buy ready-made stuff, jump on the latest meta, and win as many games as possible.
Would love to have some opions on that from the community.
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Posted: 2026-03-28 09:59:07
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Posted: 2026-03-27 09:59:07
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