WFRP/W40K: The End?

Omega · September 13, 2016, 02:41:31 PM

The comics at least covered alot of ground. Skaven, Chaos, undead, pretty much everything showed up eventually. Same with the short story magazine whose name eludes me.

The RPG on the other hand was a little spartan on playing outside human. That may have been as simple as a design choice. Some designers believe that players cannot grock to playing non-humans. Others just despise the idea of anyone playing an elf or dwarf.

Simlasa · September 13, 2016, 02:55:48 PM

Some of the pregens in the original WFRP rulebook adventure were non-humans.
If it's an actual policy it's one that came later on... like a lot of other things that keep me looking back to those earlier sources when things seemed more about creativity and less about corporate overwatch.

Spinachcat · September 13, 2016, 05:21:59 PM

Quote from: CRKrueger;918156So as far as the boardgames went, which were good? Chaos in the Old World looked interesting. Might be time to pick up one or two before the prices skyrocket.

I've only played Chaos in the Old World twice, but both games were very fun. If you like that concept, check out the Glorantha Gods War Kickstarter ending tomorrow.
https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/1816687860/the-gods-war

kosmos1214 · September 13, 2016, 07:34:00 PM

Quote from: Kiero;918988It's exactly the same as with the Black Library's policy on fiction.

Mind if i ask what this is iv never heard of this before.

Omega · September 13, 2016, 08:08:20 PM

Quote from: Simlasa;919091Some of the pregens in the original WFRP rulebook adventure were non-humans.
If it's an actual policy it's one that came later on... like a lot of other things that keep me looking back to those earlier sources when things seemed more about creativity and less about corporate overwatch.

Ive got the original GW version. Page 14. Race selection. Man, Wood Elf, Dwarf, Halfling. Which is also the races of the 4 pregens.

Crüesader · September 13, 2016, 10:49:16 PM

Quote from: kosmos1214;919148Mind if i ask what this is iv never heard of this before.

I've never heard of it, either. What I will say is that I can honestly understand them being a bit hesitant to let people write any old thing they want. Look at C.S. Goto claiming 'artistic license' or whatever. All of a sudden- everyone's got a multilaser, Eldar don't have kidneys, and Dark Eldar can totally live in the Eye of Terror and worship Slaanesh.

I like most of the 40k books I've read. The Horus Heresy is pretty damned great, and the Beast series is pretty good so far. But just like Star Wars novels, there's a good heap of complete shit in there, too.

Kiero · September 14, 2016, 04:28:19 AM

Quote from: kosmos1214;919148Mind if i ask what this is iv never heard of this before.

I've no idea whether it's still current, I haven't looked in probably a decade, but for the longest time Black Library's policy on fiction submissions was that they had to be from a human POV. Ie not xenos/elves/whatever.

It used to be here, but for some reason the link is broken.

Tod13 · September 14, 2016, 09:13:02 AM

Quote from: Omega;918995One of the novelists I knew back in the 90s mentioned that his editor or publisher had some sort of mandate that if aliens were in a book then the humans had to allways win. Sy-Fy Channel had a mandate of "No Space Ships" for a time. So its very possible GW has something going too. Some editorial mandate.

I was at a panel with the main animator for the Japanese TV series "Nadia of the Mysterious Sea". The TV station said "no space ships that look like sea vessels" a la Yamato or Harlock. So his show had submarines. That could fly. Into space. But no space ships.

kosmos1214 · September 14, 2016, 03:22:11 PM

Quote from: Kiero;919218I've no idea whether it's still current, I haven't looked in probably a decade, but for the longest time Black Library's policy on fiction submissions was that they had to be from a human POV. Ie not xenos/elves/whatever.

It used to be here, but for some reason the link is broken.

thanks