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God Of Yams wrote:...Back on track, what was the name of the documentary someone mentioned earlier in which Will Smith had Warhammer stuff in the background?

Good question, anyone got an answer ?

Oh, BTW...

...Either shut the feth up about D&D or start a different thread ! Stop dragging this one off-topic you ignorant ers

Rosie Odonnell's son plays orks.

Curt Schilling plays 40K
Andy Garcia plays 40K as well.
Anthony Munoz also collects 40K and Fantasy.

Well if you want REALLY famous celebrities i hear Tom Joynson plays 40k

P.s shut the feth up about D&D

Why are you guys going off topic in our D&D thread?

It's very disrespectful.

Necros wrote:To most people it's all the same game. It's like when someone new sees your models for the first time and they say "Oh, do you play Dungeons & Dragons?"

Which is funny, since Space Marines by themselves have outsold WotC, much less D&D itself, for a few years now. D&D just has better PR, at least here in the States.

Balance wrote:

Fenris-77 wrote:The actor who plays Jay (of Jay and Silent Bob fame) in a GW freak. I don't remember if he's a 40K or fantasy guy though.

When Kevin Smith was writing about getting Jason Mewes off drugs (a long process filled with missteps by pretty much everyone involved) there's a reference that Jason got into a 'Lord of the Rings strategy game' at some point.

Hey, I guess an addiction to wargaming is a lot less lethal than, say, heroin.

But sadly, it is not cheaper than such a habit.

Balance wrote:

Fenris-77 wrote:The actor who plays Jay (of Jay and Silent Bob fame) in a GW freak. I don't remember if he's a 40K or fantasy guy though.

When Kevin Smith was writing about getting Jason Mewes off drugs (a long process filled with missteps by pretty much everyone involved) there's a reference that Jason got into a 'Lord of the Rings strategy game' at some point.

Hey, I guess an addiction to wargaming is a lot less lethal than, say, heroin.

Yea but the chicks are a lot hotter with the heroin!

Dental work is cheaper with wargaming. Also, most game dealers don't threaten to come to your house and beat up your family if you screw up a deal, so that's a plus.

OOMBATOO O`MALLY wrote:
Yea but the chicks are a lot hotter with the heroin!

You must be joking... have you seen the heroin chicks when you yourself are not on heroin? :cringe:

temprus wrote:

Necros wrote:To most people it's all the same game. It's like when someone new sees your models for the first time and they say "Oh, do you play Dungeons & Dragons?"

Which is funny, since Space Marines by themselves have outsold WotC, much less D&D itself, for a few years now. D&D just has better PR, at least here in the States.

Which is pretty easy to understand, since all you really need to play D&D is a $30 book - an amount that wouldn't get you much Marine pewter or plastic. I would expect Marine net sales to be much higher than D&D net sales, because of the tools you need to simply play the game in its most basic form.


In reference to 4th ed D&D vs previous editions, I can say without hesitation that I believe 4th is worlds better than 3rd or any of 3rd's variants. What I find most humorous is the notion that 4th ed is "like an MMO", and the main reason some folks cite is because of the 'role labels' (controller, defender, etc).... which is even more funny, because MMO's (in general) derived those roles from... you guessed it - D&D (and RPGs in general). So now, instead of saying, "Let's get a fighter, a wizard, a thief, and a cleric" like we used to say long before MMO's even existed, we say we need a "tank, some dps, and healing", and suddenly OMG! D&D is "like an MMO"! I just find that notion pretty funny.

Like a few others in this thread commented, 4th is a darned good game. It's gotten some friends interested in D&D again after a long hiatus. I haven't been this excited with D&D since 2nd edition.

In regard to comments about 4th "pissing on the graves" of Gygax, etc... I think that's pretty silly. I was only lucky enough to speak to Mr. Gygax at GenCon a few different times, and if there's one thing I got from him and his writings, it's that the game belongs to US, the players. Many of his forewards and articles of years past make this pretty clear. The books are GUIDELINES. What you and your group does with them, is completely up to you. Don't like the 4th edition alignment system? No problem. Use one from a previous edition - or make your own. Don't sweat the small stuff.

As for celebrity gamers - I had read multiple times about Robin Williams... and I had also been told in years past that Michael J. Fox and Neil Patrick Harris were gamers - though that was 3rd hand info, of course. I'd seen interviews where Vin Diesel had admitted he was a gamer, and even still played fairly recently, etc.

My guess would be that many 'celebrities' who gamed would try to do so in as low-key fashion as possible, to avoid attention and the fan-fare that goes along with their status in society. Then again, some just don't care.

Just my 2 coppers,
-Mort

General Hobbs wrote:
Rosie Odonnell's son plays orks.

Curt Schilling plays 40K
Andy Garcia plays 40K as well.
Anthony Munoz also collects 40K and Fantasy.

I think it would be cool to play against Andy Garcia until it came down to the last turn. Then everytime you would get ready to make a decision he would give you that look. You know the Andy Garcia look. Real serious and almost creepy.

I though Rosie Odonell's son was an ork?

barlio wrote:
I though Rosie Odonell's son was an ork?

No, that's Rosie herself.