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Thermo-Optical Hac Tao





Gosport, UK

Is there anywhere I can read like a complete history of the Iron Kimgdoms? Or is it all spread throughout the various books?
   
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The various books, including the RPG.

You can however buy all the old mk1 books on the pp digital app for super cheap.

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This game has fluff?
   
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Yup.

Although unlike GW, each book's story isn't a collection of whats happened up to that point. But rather each book is a continuation of the story, and you need all books to get the whole thing.

Sure, each faction book has some basic fluff about that particular faction. The basic highlights of the faction's history, its government and military organization, as well as the general fluff for each unit/model it has rules for.

The expansion books are where the overall story is advanced. It has a fluff section for each faction represented with the story segments being presented in chronological order.

The IKRPG book has a more complete history of the Iron kingdoms. How each race was created by their god, the prehistory battles between Menoth and the Devourer Wyrm. The rise of the ancient elven Empire of Lyoss, and its subsequent self-destruction. Menoth's gifts to humanity of Fire, Agriculture, Masonry, and the Law. The founding of Ios by the Lyossan refugees and the Elven gods. The rise of the Twins, Morrow and Thamar, and the growth of those 2 new religions. The Orgoth invasion and enslavement of Western Immoran. The founding of the Nightmare Empire by Toruk the Dragon Father. Then the first appearance of Sorcery and non-Divine magic(basically not divine magic from Menoth) in humanity and the creation of the original Colossals(forerunners of Warjacks) which helped overthrow the Orgoth over several centuries. And finally the treaties which led to the creation of the Iron Kingdoms as they are now.

Self-proclaimed evil Cat-person. Dues Ex Felines

Cato Sicarius, after force feeding Captain Ventris a copy of the Codex Astartes for having the audacity to play Deathwatch, chokes to death on his own D-baggery after finding Calgar assembling his new Eldar army.

MURICA!!! IN SPESS!!! 
   
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Cosmic Joe





The fluff is actually what drew me to WM. I read the books in my hobby store and loved it. The histories are very in depth, especailly in the Iron Kingdom RPG books.

But do yourself a giant favor and read "Into the Storm" by Larry Correia. The guy loves the WM world and it shows in his writing. (Also, New York Times best selling author.)



Also, check out my history blog: Minimum Wage Historian, a fun place to check out history that often falls between the couch cushions. 
   
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Thermo-Optical Hac Tao





Gosport, UK

As much as I like that the story progresses with each book, it's a bit of a pain in terms of catching up...
   
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Toofast wrote:
This game has fluff?


Yes it does. Try reading the words in the books. there is a surprising amount, and it's quite well written and well developed.

Regarding privateer press' lore: Warmachine has a fantastic setting, and it has been developing for quite a long time now. Did you know it originally started off as a D20 RPG setting using the DnD 3.5 OSL rules? this was back when the Witchfire Trilogy was their first outing. And that was well over ten years ago now - 2001 I think, and the fluff has been constantly developed and pushed forward since then. It's an evolving timeline for one - we are about four years into hostilities with the current story arc. And the plot has been advancing forward steadily since warmachine amounted to a few border skirmishes four years ago to the current total war scenario.

first up: complete chronological list of fiction.
http://privateerpressforums.com/showthread.php?195787-The-Complete-Chronological-Iron-Kingdoms-Fiction
check out the forums as well - often the lead writer of the fiction - doug Seacat will step in and elaborate on any and all points of the fiction that raise questions.

the first place for fluff, as you can guess is the rulebook and army books for both warmachine and hordes. they have the ongoing fiction, as well as character back stories, unit descriptions and the FOW books often describe some of the logistics, and actual nuts and bolts of army organisation, and history. they're good solid reads (i love the retribution book in particular, itsbackground material is phenomenol!) but generally, act as a great intro. If you are interested, the fluff goes all the way back to Mk1 and the original books from over 10 years ago. if you get the PP reader app, you can download all the old books for a song. its well worth it, IMO. the hordes expansions (mutagenesis and evolution iirc) have some really excellent story material.

the second place is PPs magazine. No Quarter. it is an excellent read. pick it up at your FLGS, and if you want the older copies, check out the PP reader app, where you can get all the old issues for a few pence. there are short stories throughout the magazine. they also run very popular and very well written fluff articles in the magazine. For example, you have the Gavyn Kyle files, which elaborates on, explores and deepends the fiction behind a lot of the "names" in the game. Not just casters. But other famous individuals too. Sometimes its units (there was one exploring the history and culture of the kayazy). Another great one is the Guts n Gears files, which are like the GK files, but are less about individuals, and more about the fluff behind unit types and warjack chassis (where they were made, how long they were in service for, development history etc). the NQ magazine is well worth a read - it has some excellent content and is well worth its price tag. i think they're re-releasing some of the fiction via skull island as well (see below). there is also regular fiction which includes both once off short stories, and stories that continue on the arc from those in books - for example, what happened to Kallus at the end of Domination is explained in one.

the third place (and my personal favourite) is the RPG material. Warmachine originated as a D20 RPG using the DnD open source licence. their very first adventure was called "the witchfire trilogy" and is a great read, with some interesting little nuggets. the "old" D20 material comprised the character guides (which ahave a lot of the basic information, cosmology, history etc) 2 monsternomicons (with huge bits of info on infernals, and skorne culture/history, although its generally about the monsters that inhabit immoren), a small exansion on the port of Five FIngers, and the excellent world guide. I cannot recommend these enough; the World GUide in particular. its epic. you can literally smell the smoke when you read it. they're very, very engrossing, and do a fantastic job of bringing the world to life - not just the history, but crime&punishment, trades and learning, entertainment, finance, language, cosmology, and lots of information on locations, towns, cities, forts, and the big names in all of them. Now, the old material is still online (if you know where to look; winkwinknudgenudge) but they're also all being updated by PP into a new RPG series using a proprietary rules system based off of the wargame. So far they have the IKRPG core rules, five fingers and the excellent Kings Nations and Gods books. again, all well worth the read. upcoming is a new monsternomicon and the iron kingdoms: unleashed "complimentary" RPG which focuses on adventures in the wilds, and expands on the races to include tharn, farrow etc. Im quite looking forward to that one! i think thw RPG material on its own is stellar, and really does a fantastic job of bringing the world to life - far more than youd expect from a regular wargame.

the fourth place is PPs publishing wing. skull island expeditions.https://skullislandx.com/
they dont yet have the volume or the library of titles of the black library, but whats there is very solid. i will particularly recommend the warcaster chronicle series (caine, butcher and shae so far), warlock chronicles (makeda and thagrosh), extraordinary zoology (brilliant little read!) and top of the pile is Into the Storm by larry correia (award winning author). the iron kingdoms excursions series is a series of short stories that are quite fun to read too.

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Gosport, UK

Thanks for such an in depth reply! I'll definitely start checking that stuff out. I was pleasantly surprised with how in depth PPs fluff is.
   
 
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