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2011/12/20 22:43:29
Subject: Books that would make good wargames.
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Rogue
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Balance wrote:dripwelquest wrote:Iain M. Banks' series The Culture might make for a nice base.
"OK, your crewed battlefleet shot at my GSV. 20 shots, four hits, so It ake 4 points of shield damage. OK, my turn. my GSV launches 10 'Gangster' class ROUs, each of which has a half dozen drones that Displace over and start disabling your crew. If you manage to kill any of the ROU ships you only get half VPs as they've fully backed up their mind-state. I get sixty dice, 56 hits, so that's eleven ships uncrewed. Now for some gridfire from the GSV itself and the rest of your fleet is now debris."
"Oh, but despite tabling your entire army, I lose as the Culture is theoretically pacifists anyway and I killed too many sentients. Dang. Play again?"
Well every game would suck if you gave it a stupid mechanic, how fun would 40k be if having an Inquisitor allowed you to call for an exterminatus auto-win?
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2011/12/20 23:48:43
Subject: Books that would make good wargames.
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Painlord Titan Princeps of Slaanesh
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I'm shocked that no one has suggested Glenn Cook's Black Company books. Someone published one RPG book for it but it didn't do the books justice (IMHO).
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2011/12/21 01:08:02
Subject: Re:Books that would make good wargames.
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Ancient Space Wolves Venerable Dreadnought
The oceans of the world
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Maybe cook books 
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2011/12/21 01:12:23
Subject: Re:Books that would make good wargames.
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Decrepit Dakkanaut
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Great White wrote:Maybe cook books
"Parsley is overpowered!"
"Don't use as much Basil then."
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Excerpt from "Seeress of Kell", Book Five of The Malloreon series by David Eddings.
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2011/12/21 18:06:14
Subject: Books that would make good wargames.
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Rogue
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I hate that Thyme is an auto-include in butter dishes.
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2011/12/21 18:16:57
Subject: Books that would make good wargames.
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Longtime Dakkanaut
Misery. Missouri. Who can tell the difference.
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Rick Shelley's Second Commonwelth books or the Dirigent Mercenary Corps books. All written with wargaming in mind.
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2011/12/23 15:39:12
Subject: Books that would make good wargames.
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Servoarm Flailing Magos
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dripwelquest wrote:Balance wrote:dripwelquest wrote:Iain M. Banks' series The Culture might make for a nice base.
"OK, your crewed battlefleet shot at my GSV. 20 shots, four hits, so It ake 4 points of shield damage. OK, my turn. my GSV launches 10 'Gangster' class ROUs, each of which has a half dozen drones that Displace over and start disabling your crew. If you manage to kill any of the ROU ships you only get half VPs as they've fully backed up their mind-state. I get sixty dice, 56 hits, so that's eleven ships uncrewed. Now for some gridfire from the GSV itself and the rest of your fleet is now debris."
"Oh, but despite tabling your entire army, I lose as the Culture is theoretically pacifists anyway and I killed too many sentients. Dang. Play again?"
Well every game would suck if you gave it a stupid mechanic, how fun would 40k be if having an Inquisitor allowed you to call for an exterminatus auto-win?
It was meant as a joke, but so much of the combat in Culture novels is pretty much over before it started. The Idiran war was presumably a little less one-sided, but that's a rare exception.
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2011/12/23 21:25:36
Subject: Re:Books that would make good wargames.
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Boosting Ultramarine Biker
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Stephen Hunt's Jackelian series, without a doubt.
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2011/12/29 02:58:03
Subject: Books that would make good wargames.
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Bane Thrall
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Vampirate of Sartosa wrote:On a semi-related note, Monster Blood Tattoo would make an excellent roleplay.
I second the motion.....
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Thiiis is whiiiiining! Oooo, this mini is too expeennsive! I'm' going brrookee! Can't you make it cheaper? Oh, it's resin and not metal anymore! Why didn't you take it off the sprue first? That's gonna leave a pour spout, and the FLGS is so far away, WHY DO I HAVE TO SUPPORT IIIIIIIT?! </Rairty> |
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