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styles1005 wrote:Umm . . . Who? Jervis Johnson (or, as I first heard of him, ervis ohnson) I know of, albeit indirectly. Andy Chambers . . . One reference. Maybe. I don't even remember where. Anybody else . . .

Andy Chambers worked extensively on various 40k rulebooks and sourcebooks, and also authored at least one fiction novel set in the Warhammer universe.

So I put down Positive

Voted positive,

Chapter approved was probably not his finest era but he always appeared enthusiastic.

I like to believe the tale of Andy answering a question about the squats and their potential comeback saying that all Squats had died of gayitis and there was no chance of them coming back..ever!...


Quality!

Very positive, I also agree that the company seems to have gone down hill since he left. The fact he championed Skaven and Tyranids into mainstream armies also goes highly in his favour from me.

I must admit it was slightly odd watching the Blizzcon stream and see him talking about Starcraft 2, and in particular when he briefly talked about the Zerg. Just odd.

But aye, yeah very positive here.

The Chapter Approved lists were a good way for GW to rip everybody off on issues of White Dwarf. I'm glad that they've gone away. Making a fluffy army isn't exactly difficult.

It's not if you are vanilla (insert whatever army here). All the armies are so cookie cutter with obvious choices you can't live without that it's lame. How do you make the all Ogryn list since they aren't troops? How about the all biker white scars? If fluffy armies are the argument for the new edition, then 3.5 was way better.

Here's the man - I'm sure that H.B.M.C. had a better picture of him somewhere):

Look for the guy in the red shirt and side-burns...





I'm just going to check whether or not this is Dakka2 legal...

Don't know him

Cosmic wrote:

Dat ass

Eidolon wrote:Dat ass

Please elaborate... I guess that I should probably know what it means. It's good, right?

Andy Chambers was imo a loss for the GW hobby community but he's off to bigger and better things at Blizz.

Just this week I read a really awesome short story of his called "Ancient History" in an old 40k short story anthology; Dark Imperium. It's easily the best short story in the book, and it gave a really cool look into the lives of the slave crew on an Imperial ship. It was well written, well paced, and like no 40k fiction I'd read before.

I remember opening the third edition rulebook and seeing his smug mug over a Space Marine army. There was a battle report in there where he fought Eldar - I think they were Jervis'. That really got me interested in the game.

He also came up with a lot of the USRs we have now, like Feel No Pain and the like. Chapter Approved was cool, and I'd be ecstatic if there was still content like that in White Dwarf. Very Positive from me.

He also looks like Lemmy Kilmister in those images that Cosmic posted.

Brother SRM wrote:I remember opening the third edition rulebook and seeing his smug mug over a Space Marine army. There was a battle report in there where he fought Eldar - I think they were Jervis'. That really got me interested in the game.

Right on - 3rd edition rulebook FTW! Oh, and he was short-haired and shaven at that point in time. I'm so glad that they put a battle report back in the 5th edition rulebook.

Brother SRM wrote:He also looks like Lemmy Kilmister in those images that Cosmic posted.

I've just Googled Lemmy Kilmister. You're spot on - He's not far off! Thank H.B.M.C. for the pictures, though.


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I felt keen to show you guys this. Here's one for the young(er)'uns.



I've never really known much about him, but I always liked him because of this photo - Seriously! He seemed to be a fun person, one with the kind of personality that I'd want to see in the hobby... I know, just from a photo!

Well, there you have it. Third edition = My favourite edition. It's not the best but, like everyone else, it's the rulebook that I started off from.

Just positive. I think those "good old days" weren't as good as we think they were (5th ed is far superior to 2nd and 3rd) but I did enjoy his contributions to the GW Hobby.

In particular how he and Jervis would often play battle reports and Jervis would always, without fail, lose.

Positive. He injected a lot of fun into 40k, but man, that ork book sucked, and his tenure was when the release schedule began to spiral out of control. Also, he hired pete haines.

Very Positive,

I started playing in early 1996, and definitely think he had a very positive impact on the game, once he left GW went to the profit over player model. 3rd edition may have had its problems but I think it was funner to play, units were more customizable, and it wasn't so serious. The biggest thing was it cut the game time from 4-5 hours for a 2000 point army to about 2 hours. I don't think 40k would be were it is evolution wise with out Andy Chambers and Adrian Woods. Just my 2 cents take it for what its worth.

The guy invented gorkamorka. Need we say more?

I met him while working at the Glen Burnie Bunker. He was a normal guy, very funny, and I wouldn't have minded having a beer or two with him.

I do agree with the people saying that 3rd edition, while less balanced, for more about fun then profit or competition. Then again maybe I just became a competitive player after it was over.

Ah, the good old days of Chambers and Woods. Back when White Dwarf was worth the read.

Dont know a lot about him, but he seems to be the reason why there are more than a few oarralels between starcraft and 40k

mortal888 wrote:

The Chapter Approved lists were a good way for GW to rip everybody off on issues of White Dwarf. I'm glad that they've gone away. Making a fluffy army isn't exactly difficult.

It's not if you are vanilla (insert whatever army here). All the armies are so cookie cutter with obvious choices you can't live without that it's lame. How do you make the all Ogryn list since they aren't troops? How about the all biker white scars? If fluffy armies are the argument for the new edition, then 3.5 was way better.

Making an all Ogryn list was never possible, and the new Codex: Space Marines allows you to make all biker armies easily.

Double post Daemon has spoken!

I voted very positive, for all the things mentioned above (including some things others see as negative points, like Pete Haines). I came on board the good ship 40k during late third edition, while he was at the helm, and things were going from strength to strength - Chapter Approved, Codexes with depth and variety, the Eye of Terror campaign etc etc etc. Yeah, the schedule started going awry while he was in charge, but it's been much worse since he left. also, he's written some great books. He's "da man" and is missed.

I still have the issue of WD welcoming Andy onboard, and soon after that i became one of his fans, and still am today. His battle reports are the stuff of legend. and his attitude towards the hobby side of things just makes me like him all the more. So very positive bordering on absolutely devoted.

wow

come on, it WAs old good days when Andy was around- WD was certainly worth buying and it was god laugh, not like colourful advertisement it is these days.

I agree with wardancer. I quit buying white dwarf shortly after andy left.

Neutral: He built alot of what Warhammer and 40K is, but he abandoned us when we probably needed him most.

Toumas Pirenen falls into the same category.

I wish he'd come back.

Howlingmoon wrote:Neutral: He built alot of what Warhammer and 40K is, but he abandoned us when we probably needed him most.

I think Howlingmoon had a good point.

He was the man, and GW was all about fun and enjoyment back at the time... Now things are different uh...

And he was THE SKAVEN LORD !!!!!!!!!

The Hobby misses that guy......

He kicked my dog. Very negative.