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2018/05/21 15:49:53
Subject: Warhammer Adventures - adventure stories for younger readers.
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Ridin' on a Snotling Pump Wagon
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Insert snark below.
Me, sounds interesting as an exercise. Wonder how it will turn out.
Also, yes. I do believe that catapult/slingshot does have stats superior to a Lasgun.
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2018/05/21 15:55:35
Subject: Warhammer Adventures - adventure stories for younger readers.
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Fixture of Dakka
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WTF is that tech-priest.
Looking forward to the Ordo Hereticus Inquisitor...
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2018/05/21 15:56:23
Subject: Warhammer Adventures - adventure stories for younger readers.
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Ridin' on a Snotling Pump Wagon
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Well, all those augments take time!
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2018/05/21 15:58:12
Subject: Re:Warhammer Adventures - adventure stories for younger readers.
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Brutal Black Orc
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So how long until we have a chaos lord shout: "I WILL GET YOU NEXT TIME!" as he runs away.
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2018/05/21 15:58:56
Subject: Warhammer Adventures - adventure stories for younger readers.
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Ridin' on a Snotling Pump Wagon
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0.9 of a book? Automatically Appended Next Post: Now, inevitable snark aside, I wonder if this might be their take on 'Forces of Destiny'.
Mayhap we'll also see boardgames based on these characters?
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2018/05/21 16:01:35
Subject: Warhammer Adventures - adventure stories for younger readers.
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Fixture of Dakka
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Will we have to differentiate story as written and story as intended?
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"The Omnissiah is my Moderati" |
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2018/05/21 16:02:01
Subject: Warhammer Adventures - adventure stories for younger readers.
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Mighty Vampire Count
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Amberely Vail remembers fondly her childhood primer about promethium showing pics of heretics burning
I wonder if this will be the same!
Getting kids into gaming is a good thing or the hobby dies.
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I AM A MARINE PLAYER
"Unimaginably ancient xenos artefact somewhere on the planet, hive fleet poised above our heads, hidden 'stealer broods making an early start....and now a bloody Chaos cult crawling out of the woodwork just in case we were bored. Welcome to my world, Ciaphas."
Inquisitor Amberley Vail, Ordo Xenos
"I will admit that some Primachs like Russ or Horus could have a chance against an unarmed 12 year old novice but, a full Battle Sister??!! One to one? In close combat? Perhaps three Primarchs fighting together... but just one Primarch?" da001
www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/list/528517.page
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2018/05/21 16:18:41
Subject: Re:Warhammer Adventures - adventure stories for younger readers.
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Legendary Master of the Chapter
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I am definitely buying in. If it's good, great. If it's terrible, even better because it will be hilarious. This might just replace the Star Trek TNG/X-Men crossover novel Planet X as the best ridiculous book to pull out at parties.
Lord Kragan wrote:So how long until we have a chaos lord shout: "I WILL GET YOU NEXT TIME!" as he runs away.
Negative....how many years ago was Abaddon created?
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2018/05/21 16:20:08
Subject: Warhammer Adventures - adventure stories for younger readers.
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Ridin' on a Snotling Pump Wagon
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Oooooh, zing!
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2018/05/21 16:20:31
Subject: Re:Warhammer Adventures - adventure stories for younger readers.
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Regular Dakkanaut
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Great times to awaken the Slaanesh into the Mortal Realms and the wide galaxy!
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2018/05/21 16:21:40
Subject: Warhammer Adventures - adventure stories for younger readers.
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Ridin' on a Snotling Pump Wagon
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Funny you should mention Slaanesh.
In the dim and distant, when I was still a GW Till Monkey, had a Dad in buying books to read with his kid at bedtime.
Yeah. He asked about Fulgrim.......
Suffice to say, a different title was chosen!
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2018/05/21 16:26:37
Subject: Re:Warhammer Adventures - adventure stories for younger readers.
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Pulsating Possessed Space Marine of Slaanesh
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Lord Kragan wrote:So how long until we have a chaos lord shout: "I WILL GET YOU NEXT TIME!" as he runs away.
lol I would love a 1980s animated series of 40k.
This, Space Marine Adventures: Labyrinth of the Necrons and blitzbowl seems to be some focus from GW on the younger audience, not bad!
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2018/05/21 16:29:51
Subject: Warhammer Adventures - adventure stories for younger readers.
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Ridin' on a Snotling Pump Wagon
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Ha! Blonde Kid ran away from home so he could avoid enlistment in the Astra Militarum.
Clever boy!
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2018/05/21 16:33:28
Subject: Re:Warhammer Adventures - adventure stories for younger readers.
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Lieutenant General
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Lord Kragan wrote:So how long until we have a chaos lord shout: "I WILL GET YOU NEXT TIME!" as he runs away.
Nah. It'll be more like "... and I would have gotten away with it too, if it weren't for you meddling kids and your stupid servo-skull !"
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'It is a source of constant consternation that my opponents cannot correlate their innate inferiority with their inevitable defeat. It would seem that stupidity is as eternal as war.'
- Nemesor Zahndrekh of the Sautekh Dynasty Overlord of the Crownworld of Gidrim |
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2018/05/21 16:36:10
Subject: Warhammer Adventures - adventure stories for younger readers.
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Hallowed Canoness
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No. Just no. That's like having some "Marquis de Sade for children". The universe is inherently not suitable for children. Make some great sy-fy books for children,great idea, but this will either not be suitable for children or not be truthful to the universe...
"Hey, let's make some children's book about some extremely xenophobic obscurantist empire that are the good guys! That will get some good messages to those kids!"
I don't know about AoS, maybe it could work there, though.
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"Our fantasy settings are grim and dark, but that is not a reflection of who we are or how we feel the real world should be. [...] We will continue to diversify the cast of characters we portray [...] so everyone can find representation and heroes they can relate to. [...] If [you don't feel the same way], you will not be missed"
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2018/05/21 16:39:35
Subject: Warhammer Adventures - adventure stories for younger readers.
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Grey Knight Psionic Stormraven Pilot
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This seems like a lot of fun.
Doubt it.
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2018/05/21 16:39:51
Subject: Warhammer Adventures - adventure stories for younger readers.
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Ridin' on a Snotling Pump Wagon
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The Tracks on the Landraider Crush The Heretic
Crush The Heretic
Crush The Heretic.
Canonical children's rhyme, courtesy of Ciaphas Cain.
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2018/05/21 16:42:57
Subject: Warhammer Adventures - adventure stories for younger readers.
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Regular Dakkanaut
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Perhaps. It wouldnt stop me. I think its a great idea. Universes have to be more widely recognisable and loved and maybe someday (someday!) we will get our own hollywood movie or perhaps Netflix tv series
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2018/05/21 16:42:58
Subject: Re:Warhammer Adventures - adventure stories for younger readers.
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Grey Knight Psionic Stormraven Pilot
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2018/05/21 16:43:50
Subject: Warhammer Adventures - adventure stories for younger readers.
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Longtime Dakkanaut
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Hybrid Son Of Oxayotl wrote:No. Just no. That's like having some "Marquis de Sade for children". The universe is inherently not suitable for children. Make some great sy-fy books for children,great idea, but this will either not be suitable for children or not be truthful to the universe...
"Hey, let's make some children's book about some extremely xenophobic obscurantist empire that are the good guys! That will get some good messages to those kids!"
I don't know about AoS, maybe it could work there, though.
kind of agree
this just scream brand dilution
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http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/list/0/519978.page#6525039 |
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2018/05/21 16:45:52
Subject: Re:Warhammer Adventures - adventure stories for younger readers.
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Stealthy Space Wolves Scout
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WTH ? First Disney gets Star Wars and now Warhammer ?!!
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"You never see toilets in the 41st Millennium - that's why everyone looks so angry all the time." - Fezman 1/28/13
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2018/05/21 16:47:27
Subject: Re:Warhammer Adventures - adventure stories for younger readers.
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Longtime Dakkanaut
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This is a real thing that's happening? I'm honestly not sure how to process this
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2018/05/21 16:47:56
Subject: Re:Warhammer Adventures - adventure stories for younger readers.
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Decrepit Dakkanaut
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If it actually works and provides recruitment and fiscal return, I'm all for it, it brings fresh blood for the blood god etc.
But also I would be strongly against further dilution of the lore of the core games into 'family friendly' territory.
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2018/05/21 16:51:55
Subject: Warhammer Adventures - adventure stories for younger readers.
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Fresh-Faced New User
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This ought to be... *sigh* ...interesting.
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2018/05/21 16:53:28
Subject: Warhammer Adventures - adventure stories for younger readers.
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Ridin' on a Snotling Pump Wagon
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streetsamurai wrote: Hybrid Son Of Oxayotl wrote:No. Just no. That's like having some "Marquis de Sade for children". The universe is inherently not suitable for children. Make some great sy-fy books for children,great idea, but this will either not be suitable for children or not be truthful to the universe...
"Hey, let's make some children's book about some extremely xenophobic obscurantist empire that are the good guys! That will get some good messages to those kids!"
I don't know about AoS, maybe it could work there, though.
kind of agree
this just scream brand dilution
It's a series of age appropriate books. Not an announcement that henceforth, all Black Library will be age appropriate for 8-12.
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2018/05/21 16:55:06
Subject: Warhammer Adventures - adventure stories for younger readers.
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[DCM]
Moustache-twirling Princeps
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There is a huge amount of the universes yet to tell stories about.
If they avoid known lore and branch out to character-based serials, this might work.
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2018/05/21 17:02:00
Subject: Warhammer Adventures - adventure stories for younger readers.
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Sadistic Inquisitorial Excruciator
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Glumy wrote:
Perhaps. It wouldnt stop me. I think its a great idea. Universes have to be more widely recognisable and loved and maybe someday (someday!) we will get our own hollywood movie or perhaps Netflix tv series
I hate to disappoint you, but we’re never going to get a 40k movie.
The books look odd. I know when I was 12 I would have hated the cartoony covers, but I was reading Tolkien and Michael Moorcock back then.
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2018/05/21 17:04:51
Subject: Re:Warhammer Adventures - adventure stories for younger readers.
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Longtime Dakkanaut
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This will be my first experience with 40k lore. I was going to read the Horus Heresy books, but they are so long and don't have any pictures...
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2018/05/21 17:09:19
Subject: Warhammer Adventures - adventure stories for younger readers.
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Longtime Dakkanaut
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Hybrid Son Of Oxayotl wrote:No. Just no. That's like having some "Marquis de Sade for children". The universe is inherently not suitable for children. Make some great sy-fy books for children,great idea, but this will either not be suitable for children or not be truthful to the universe...
"Hey, let's make some children's book about some extremely xenophobic obscurantist empire that are the good guys! That will get some good messages to those kids!"
I don't know about AoS, maybe it could work there, though.
Of course it is suitable for children. I got into warhammer as a child 30 years ago. Have never heard of animal farm or gullivers travels? There is plenty of space for discussing adult themes in books aimed at children if they wish to. Or they could ignore it. I remember playing space crusade as a kid, and it never occurred to me to think of the marines as anything other than heroes at the time.
I wonder if this will tie in to the space marine adventures game that is coming out.
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2018/05/21 17:17:56
Subject: Warhammer Adventures - adventure stories for younger readers.
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Shas'la with Pulse Carbine
Eastern Fringe
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I think that the 40k IP is big enough to be able to house both child friendly stories and adult ones.
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