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- Create 3 different magazines from White Dwarf: One for Warhammer 40,000, one for Warhammer Fantasy Battles, and one for Specialty Games.
- Package 10 Space Marines together with one Rhino.
- Release plastic versions of Titans.
- Do a Horus Heresy box set... like the 40K starter game, but with Heresy-era marines.
- Release plastic versions of the Thunderhawk Gunship and the Thunderhawk Transporter.
- Bring back the discontinued spray cans of Ultramarines Blue, Blood Red, etc...
- Move The Lord of The Rings Strategy Battle Game to Specialist Games. It may have some of the best rules that GW puts out, but the system just isn't supported any longer.
- Release models of the Primarchs.
- Don't draw the Horus Heresy series too far out.
- Those Horus Heresy "audio book" exclusives? Yeah. Cut that out. Release all of that stuff in print, thanks.
- Forget about making MMOs. Stick with the console RTS and FPS games.
My Games Workshop wishlist
But there's some things that I wish that they would do. Maybe they are things that only I want, but maybe they aren't.
They probably aren't economically feasible, they'd no doubt alienate a whole lot of fans - but it is my wishlist and I'm sticking to it.
Here's what I'd love for Games Workshop to do - in no particular order:
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But there's some things that I wish that they would do. Maybe they are things that only I want, but maybe they aren't.They probably aren't economically feasible, they'd no doubt alienate a whole lot of fans - but it is my wishlist and I'm sticking to it.
Here's what I'd love for Games Workshop to do - in no particular order:
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I want some Magic in my D&D, please
I remember very distinctly when Wizards of the Coast announced the purchase of TSR on April 10, 1997. A whole lot of people went into a panic about what was going to happen.
Magic: The Gathering players were worried that somehow their game would be put on a back burner in favor of D&D. D&D players were worried that all of a sudden D&D would be deluged with Magic: The Gathering characters like Serra Angel.
It never panned out that way.
But really, let's just say that today Wizards decided to combine the two into a campaign setting. Would it really be that bad? I don't think so.
As a player of both, I have always thought it would be grounds for a great setting. Each supplement either adds a new era, or expands one what is already there. There are so many creatures, new spells, organizations, factions, magic items, and possible locations that it makes one dizzy to consider it.
I can just see the trip through the swamp to discover the secret of the Cyclopean Tomb, fighting off a horde of Scathe Zombies, watching Scavenging Ghouls devour their dead - or the trip through the Craw Wurm infested forest to strike up a treaty with the haughty Llanowar Elves.
But will it ever happen? In my opinion? Probably not.
Let's face it: If it hasn't happened yet, it probably never will. Magic is the first example of the modern collectible card game genre and still thrives today, with an estimated six million players in over seventy countries. D&D may have 15-20 million players, even with the neutered 4th edition. Since the IPs are owned by the same company, it seems like an easy match.
And according to Chris Pramas, head honcho of Green Ronin Publishing - Nope. As a man "in the know", he had this to say about the situation:
Wizards has also stated (in a sense) that they would like to keep the brands separate. In an article called "The Look of Zendikar", they had this to say:
And there it is.
I'm no businessman to be sure, so this brand-separation doesn't really make a lot of sense to me. When I think of some of the... odd settings that Wizards has allowed to be created, I don't see how a few sourcebooks along the line of Eberron (circa 3.5) would do anything but be a blessing for players of both.
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I remember very distinctly when Wizards of the Coast announced the purchase of TSR on April 10, 1997. A whole lot of people went into a panic about what was going to happen.Magic: The Gathering players were worried that somehow their game would be put on a back burner in favor of D&D. D&D players were worried that all of a sudden D&D would be deluged with Magic: The Gathering characters like Serra Angel.
It never panned out that way.
But really, let's just say that today Wizards decided to combine the two into a campaign setting. Would it really be that bad? I don't think so.
As a player of both, I have always thought it would be grounds for a great setting. Each supplement either adds a new era, or expands one what is already there. There are so many creatures, new spells, organizations, factions, magic items, and possible locations that it makes one dizzy to consider it.
I can just see the trip through the swamp to discover the secret of the Cyclopean Tomb, fighting off a horde of Scathe Zombies, watching Scavenging Ghouls devour their dead - or the trip through the Craw Wurm infested forest to strike up a treaty with the haughty Llanowar Elves.
But will it ever happen? In my opinion? Probably not.
Let's face it: If it hasn't happened yet, it probably never will. Magic is the first example of the modern collectible card game genre and still thrives today, with an estimated six million players in over seventy countries. D&D may have 15-20 million players, even with the neutered 4th edition. Since the IPs are owned by the same company, it seems like an easy match.
And according to Chris Pramas, head honcho of Green Ronin Publishing - Nope. As a man "in the know", he had this to say about the situation:
I was originally hired at WotC four years ago to work on the D&D/Magic crossover project. At the time the plan was to make a stand-alone variant of 2nd edition. Tweet [Jonathan Tweet, ed.] was going to write the rulebook and I was going to write the world book. The whole project came grinding to a halt within four months of my being hired. Maybe a year later it was briefly revived, but this time only as a monster book for D&D. Then that too got the kaibosh [sic].
I doubt such a project will ever see the light of day. The different brand groups at WotC are very territorial and they have never worked well together. After I moved over to minis, we tried to do a Magic minis game. Predictably enough, the effort was a huge waste of time.
Wizards has also stated (in a sense) that they would like to keep the brands separate. In an article called "The Look of Zendikar", they had this to say:
Wayne Reynolds (who was especially key in allowing his deep knowledge and experience with D&D provide us with a party/teamwork feel that was not D&D visually. We wanted that adventuring party resonance, but not by stepping on the heels of another of our properties.)
And there it is.
I'm no businessman to be sure, so this brand-separation doesn't really make a lot of sense to me. When I think of some of the... odd settings that Wizards has allowed to be created, I don't see how a few sourcebooks along the line of Eberron (circa 3.5) would do anything but be a blessing for players of both.
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Demeno: Our Pathfinder campaign world
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My group is not currently involved in adventuring on Pathfinder's world of Golarion, and are instead on Demeno (a world the group was transported to unexpectedly).
Demeno
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Click to embiggenMy group is not currently involved in adventuring on Pathfinder's world of Golarion, and are instead on Demeno (a world the group was transported to unexpectedly).
Demeno
Demeno contains three continents amid its immense seas.That's a very brief overview of where we are. While Paizo has some really awesome stuff for Golarion, our DM thought that it would be a lot more fun to change things up and drop us on a whole new planet.
The largest of these is Dymax, which is also the most heavily populated.
On its western edge, bordered by an enormous mountain chain, Dymax expands into a large peninsular area which plays host to a number of civilizations built upon the ruins of great past empires.
East of Dymax, across the Dymax seas is the largely unexplored continent of Kerguelen, home to a few hardy explorers and the remnants of a former Elven kingdom.
Thousands of miles to the south of Kerguelen are the remnants of the once great island-continent of Suju, which saw the rise of the first human civilizations. All that remains of Suju today is a harsh wasteland with a very small town; most of the continent sunk beneath the sea for reasons unknown.
The smallest continent on Demeno is Sem, which lies near the dangerous pirate-filled Straits of Sem.
Immense frozen areas span the northern and southern poles of the planet. Little is known about these areas as they are too cold and harsh-weathered for permanent and successful habitation.
Playing tabletop RPGs on Twitter doesn't work
Let me start off by saying that there are lots of things that I love about Twitter.
I love the instant connectivity, how it brings news to me immediately, as the news happens. I love how I can find out about and read a lot of different articles that I would probably have missed had I not been on Twitter. I can find out when certain blogs I follow have updated, seconds after it has happened. It is really great.
But - it's no secret that I am no fan of playing games on Twitter.
There's nothing more annoying, for example, than getting RTs from people on Twitter pretending to be intoxicated super heroes, TV characters from a show about kids who sing a lot, or sending out third-party tweets that look like this:
Twitter is not Facebook. If you're on Facebook (and I'm not sure why you would be anymore), go play all of the games you want. Mafia, Spymaster, Farmville... whatever.
But that's a whole other issue in itself.
Now there seems to be a trend of actual "tabletop" roleplaying on Twitter.
Let's say you want to play D&D or Shadowrun or whatever on Twitter. As any tabletop gamer is well aware, there is a lot of information that needs to be passed back and forth between players - not including just the dice rolls. The matter of character actions in themselves will take up far more than Twitter's 140 character maximum. Twitter simply isn't set up to handle traditional game mechanics.
In order to make it work, you need minimal crunch as well as minimal back-and-forth, with a good helping of minimal communication. I really don't know what kind of fun that is.
I also think that when the body language factor is removed, you miss a whole lot of the fun that is face-to-face gaming.
I know that there is a group that is playing De Profundis on Twitter, but that really doesn't qualify as a traditional tabletop RPG since there is no need for a GM and the game can be played solo.
I suppose that is more than possible to develop a complex system for playing, say, D&D - but once you have removed all of the traditional elements, it really isn't the same game any longer.
And call me a Luddite if you will, but actual paper and dice should never be removed from tabletop RPGs. It's all part of a continuing downward spiral of the dumbing down of games that seems to be making a comeback in recent years.
But after this is said, if you're going to do it anyway - please don't spam Twitter with it. Your friends that aren't in the game will thank you for it.
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Let me start off by saying that there are lots of things that I love about Twitter.I love the instant connectivity, how it brings news to me immediately, as the news happens. I love how I can find out about and read a lot of different articles that I would probably have missed had I not been on Twitter. I can find out when certain blogs I follow have updated, seconds after it has happened. It is really great.
But - it's no secret that I am no fan of playing games on Twitter.
There's nothing more annoying, for example, than getting RTs from people on Twitter pretending to be intoxicated super heroes, TV characters from a show about kids who sing a lot, or sending out third-party tweets that look like this:
So-and-so just became Mayor of Walmart.Who. Gives. A. Shite?
Margaret just unlocked her menstruation badge.
Frank West is at Rafael's Shoes at the Willamette Parkview Mall.
Twitter is not Facebook. If you're on Facebook (and I'm not sure why you would be anymore), go play all of the games you want. Mafia, Spymaster, Farmville... whatever.
But that's a whole other issue in itself.
Now there seems to be a trend of actual "tabletop" roleplaying on Twitter.
Let's say you want to play D&D or Shadowrun or whatever on Twitter. As any tabletop gamer is well aware, there is a lot of information that needs to be passed back and forth between players - not including just the dice rolls. The matter of character actions in themselves will take up far more than Twitter's 140 character maximum. Twitter simply isn't set up to handle traditional game mechanics.
In order to make it work, you need minimal crunch as well as minimal back-and-forth, with a good helping of minimal communication. I really don't know what kind of fun that is.
I also think that when the body language factor is removed, you miss a whole lot of the fun that is face-to-face gaming.
I know that there is a group that is playing De Profundis on Twitter, but that really doesn't qualify as a traditional tabletop RPG since there is no need for a GM and the game can be played solo.
I suppose that is more than possible to develop a complex system for playing, say, D&D - but once you have removed all of the traditional elements, it really isn't the same game any longer.
And call me a Luddite if you will, but actual paper and dice should never be removed from tabletop RPGs. It's all part of a continuing downward spiral of the dumbing down of games that seems to be making a comeback in recent years.
But after this is said, if you're going to do it anyway - please don't spam Twitter with it. Your friends that aren't in the game will thank you for it.
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- Namor First Mutant #1 quesada variant
- Punisher Max Happy Ending #1
- Scarlet #1 second print
- Secret Warriors #19
- Sense & Sensibility #4
- Shadowland Moon Knight #1
- Spider-Girl The End #1
- Spider-Man #5
- Thanos Imperative #2 second print
- Thor #613
- Ultimate Comics Mystery #2
- X-Campus #3
- X-Factor #208
- X-Men Curse of Mutants Blade #1
- X-Men Curse of Mutants Storm & Gambit #1
- X-Men Curse of Mutants Storm & Gambit #1 variant cover
- X-Men Forever 2 #6
- X-Men Legacy #239
- X-Men Legacy #239 women of marvel frame variant
- Action #892
- Action #892 DC 75th Anniversary Variant Cover
- Batman #702
- Detective Comics #868
- Gotham City Sirens #15
- Green Arrow #3 On-going
- Green Arrow #3 On-going White Lantern Variant
- Justice League Generation Lost #8
- Justice League Generation Lost #8 White Lantern Variant
- Justice League of America #48
- Justice League of America #48 White Lantern Variant
- Legion of Super-Heroes #4
- Legion of Super-Heroes #4 Jim Lee Variant
- Outsiders #32
- Superman Batman #75
- Superman Secret Origin #6
- Superman Secret Origin #6 frank variant cover
- Teen Titans #86
- Teen Titans #86 75th Anniversary Variant Cover
- Time Masters Vanishing Point #2 Return of Bruce Wayne
- Wonder Woman #602
- Wonder Woman #602 Alex Garner Variant Cover
- Madame Xanadu #26
- Scalped #40
- Fringe Tales From The Fringe #3
- Fringe Tales From The Fringe #3 Photo Variant Cover
- Garrison #5
- Wildcats Worlds End #26
- Ani-Max One Shot
- Darkness Four Horsemen #1
- Darkness Four Horsemen #1 incentive cover
- Dodgem Logic Magazine #3
- Fame #4 taylor swift cover a
- Fame #4 taylor swift cover b
- Female Force #16 anne rice deporter cover
- Female Force #16 anne rice mar cover
- Female Force #17 margaret thatcher
- Fevre Dream #5
- Fevre Dream #5 nightmare cover
- Fevre Dream #5 wrap cover
- Garth Ennis Battlefields #9
- Gravel #20
- Gravel #20 wrap cover
- Guardians of the Globe #1
- Guardians of the Globe #1 variant cover
- Invincible #74
- Lady Robotika #2
- Political Power #12 arnold schwarzenegger
- Priest Purgatory #1
- Robocop #6
- Rock 'N' Roll Comics #1 joan jett & the runaways
- Salems Daughter #5 cover a
- Salems Daughter #5 cover b
- Savage Dragon #163
- Usagi Yojimbo #131
- Vincent Price Presents #19
- Vincent Price Presents #20
- Wolfskin Hundredth Dream #4
- Wolfskin Hundredth Dream #4 blood cover
- Wolfskin Hundredth Dream #4 incentive cover
- Wolfskin Hundredth Dream #4 painted cover
- Wolfskin Hundredth Dream #4 wrap cover
- Archie Calssic Newspaper Comics HC Vol 1
- Batman the Bat and the Beast
- Buck Rogers TPB Vol 1 Future Shock
- Chronicles of King Conan TBP Vol 1
- Codebreakers TPB
- Complete Peanuts HC Vol 14
- Crusades HC Vol 1
- Danger Girl Deluxe Edition HC
- Dark Entries TPB
- Essential Hulk TPB Vol 6
- Filthy Rich TBP
- Haunted TPB
- Little Lulu Vol 24 Space Dolly & Other Stories TPB
- Little Lulu Pal Tubby Vol 1 Castaway Other Stories TPB
- Mighty TP Vol 2
- Marvel Masterworks Atlas Era Tales of Supense HC Vol 3
- Marvel Masterworks Sgt Fury HC Vol 3
- Moonknight Countdown to Dark HC
- Ms. Marvel Vol 9 Best You Can Be TPB
- Our Hero Superman On Earth HC
- Runaways Vol 11 Homeschooling Digest
- Secret Invasion HC
- Siege Thunderbolts PREM HC
- Star Wars Year By Year Visual Chronicle HC
- Thor Warriors Three HC
- Wolverine Origins Seven Hard Way TPB
- X-men Inferno Crossovers HC
- Bart Simpson Comics #55
- Batman Brave and the Bold #20
- Betty & Veronica #249
- Billy Batson and the Magic of Shazam #19
- Jughead's Double Digest #163
- Sonic the Hedgehog #216
- Dodgem Logic Magazine #3
- Marvel Previews #86
- Previews #264
- Supernatural Magazine #19
- Supernatural Magazine #19 px edtion
- Tomarts Action Figure Digest #191
- Wizard the Guide to Comics #230
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- Matt varnish applied to everything (for protection)
WIP Terrain and Scenery at the Dane of War Workshop
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In the any game involving miniatures, terrain and scenery are extremely important. Not all games take place on cut-out cardboard dungeon tiles, and white boards aren't very inspiring for immersive gameplay.
While it is easy to go out and buy ready-made terrain and scenery, home-made stuff can be just as good.
The following series of terrain is a desert-themed set of 8 buildings, 5 hills, and 2 rock formations. They are multi-genre - and can be used as representative of buildings on Taros (from Warhammer 40,000), Araby (from Warhammer), the Old American West, or far-off worlds from the Star Wars Universe.
The buildings are constructed of balsa, PVC glue, sand, flock, and wood from the inside bits of an old desk drawer (the slightly cardboard / wood pitted material from DIY furniture). The hills are Styrofoam, PVC glue, sand, flock, and the rock formations are (obviously) rocks, PVC glue, sand, flock - with bases again from the inside bits of an old desk drawer.
The next piece is another "multi-genre" work. It can be used as a mine or cave entrance and makes for a pretty nice objective for either fantasy or future games.
It is constructed from approximately 5 lbs of plaster, pieces of balsa, PVC glue, flock and the base is standard wood from the inside bits of an old desk drawer.
Things-to-do:
While it is easy to go out and buy ready-made terrain and scenery, home-made stuff can be just as good.
The following series of terrain is a desert-themed set of 8 buildings, 5 hills, and 2 rock formations. They are multi-genre - and can be used as representative of buildings on Taros (from Warhammer 40,000), Araby (from Warhammer), the Old American West, or far-off worlds from the Star Wars Universe.
The buildings are constructed of balsa, PVC glue, sand, flock, and wood from the inside bits of an old desk drawer (the slightly cardboard / wood pitted material from DIY furniture). The hills are Styrofoam, PVC glue, sand, flock, and the rock formations are (obviously) rocks, PVC glue, sand, flock - with bases again from the inside bits of an old desk drawer.
The next piece is another "multi-genre" work. It can be used as a mine or cave entrance and makes for a pretty nice objective for either fantasy or future games.
It is constructed from approximately 5 lbs of plaster, pieces of balsa, PVC glue, flock and the base is standard wood from the inside bits of an old desk drawer.
Things-to-do:
- You will play Captain Titus of the Ultramarines
- Your mission is to liberate a Forge World from an invading horde of Orks
- The Orks are led by a warboss who is intent on stealing a Warlord Class Titan
- The game will be a "seamless blend" of FPS and melee combat
- The game will feature upgradeable weapons
- The game will appeal to fans of not just 40K, but of science fiction / action games
- No release date as of yet
- Warhammer 40,000: Space Marine will be available for the Xbox 360, PS3, and PC
New details on Warhammer 40,000: Space Marine
Earlier this month, Relic Entertainment in Vancouver, British Columbia gave out a sneak peek at their upcoming game: Warhammer 40,000: Space Marine.
While 2 trailers had been released at E3 2009 and E3 2010, this was the first time that any actual gameplay had been shown to the public.
While Relic might not be widely known as a console developer, it's not entirely unfamiliar with the territory, having released "The Outfit" for the Xbox 360 in 2006.
According to Producer Raphael van Lierop, 40K fans can come to expect the following elements:
While THQ Executive VP of core games Danny Bilson made it clear the publisher thinks very highly of Space Marine, describing it as a "Gears of War killer", that remains to be seen. But with the success that Relic has had with their nearly 8-year Dawn of War franchise, they appear to have a firm grasp on the 40K universe and have shown us some really cool-looking sneak peaks for this upcoming game.
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Earlier this month, Relic Entertainment in Vancouver, British Columbia gave out a sneak peek at their upcoming game: Warhammer 40,000: Space Marine.
While 2 trailers had been released at E3 2009 and E3 2010, this was the first time that any actual gameplay had been shown to the public.
While Relic might not be widely known as a console developer, it's not entirely unfamiliar with the territory, having released "The Outfit" for the Xbox 360 in 2006.
According to Producer Raphael van Lierop, 40K fans can come to expect the following elements:
While THQ Executive VP of core games Danny Bilson made it clear the publisher thinks very highly of Space Marine, describing it as a "Gears of War killer", that remains to be seen. But with the success that Relic has had with their nearly 8-year Dawn of War franchise, they appear to have a firm grasp on the 40K universe and have shown us some really cool-looking sneak peaks for this upcoming game.
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