Quote from: Ratman_tf on Today at 12:19:14 AMHere we go.

https://www.reddit.com/r/Warhammer40k/comments/1c8d6i8/a_womans_perspective_on_female_custodes/

The hobby isn't a "safe space" for women because one woman on reddit feels unsafe over a bunch of nerds arguing over lore.

Hon, if nerds arguing over gaming lore makes you feel unsafe, maybe the hobby isn't for you.

I'd argue that arguing over lore is itself a part of the hobby. Ever get two Marvel nerds together? I thought I was bad with D&D and 40k, yeesh xD

I already hated Games Workshop before for their business practices! This is only further proof to make BattleSpear50k with your 3d printer already.

I'm just so very pleased that a really small minority of people will now feel like they can play the bodyguards to the Emperor of the galaxy spanning space fascist empire, because some of those bodyguards don't have a dick.

Just treat it all like the Imperium propaganda it is.

Marines out!

Quote from: Daddy Warpig on April 19, 2024, 11:41:23 PMWell, I have my copy of Far West in my hands right now. Just arrived tonight.

Pretty hard to believe, after all this time.

Dude you gotta tell us over on Twit how it is.

Quote from: KindaMeh on April 19, 2024, 04:28:21 PMI'll readily admit to not knowing much about the specifics of the conversational origins of all that. Partly as I wasn't old enough to even read in/access a forum at the time. Interesting to know, I guess. I had oftentimes heard that he hated D&D and simulationism, but didn't know that he hated even WoD, which always struck me either as neotrad or (for the railroaded adventures) trad gameplay.

Yeah, the Forge was the manifestation of the "Not Invented Here" principle for tabletop games, with Edwards as its lead priest. Everything that didn't follow GNS/Big Model principles pretty much to the letter was criticized heavily.

Video tutorial of the Domain System:

Here we go.

https://www.reddit.com/r/Warhammer40k/comments/1c8d6i8/a_womans_perspective_on_female_custodes/

The hobby isn't a "safe space" for women because one woman on reddit feels unsafe over a bunch of nerds arguing over lore.

Hon, if nerds arguing over gaming lore makes you feel unsafe, maybe the hobby isn't for you.

There were two or three females in the original Imperial Army range.  There was also a single female Catachan Jungle Fighter with a grenade launcher, and a female commissar.

Though, you know, "there have always been female space marines" sounds like a great silly Slaneshi plot for an rpg session.

If you want classic guard, you just need to make shoulder pads out of Bic pen barrel and use the Wargames Atlantic cannon fodder.  They have a set of men and a set of women so you can have it your way.  For that matter Wargames Atlantic have all sorts of good Imperial Guard proxies and reworked versions of the Dream Forge powered armour figures that would work for Space Marine proxies.  They also have giant spiders with rayguns and sunglasses.

Well, I have my copy of Far West in my hands right now. Just arrived tonight.

Pretty hard to believe, after all this time.

I think part of the issue is scale.  You're looking at a game about what are really very small, minor skirmishes.  A couple platoon's dusting it up might not be an air support or heavy tank priority. From a tournament perspective tanks verses infantry can be pretty one sided and air support is pretty all or nothing, you don't really want those things in a tournament.  Points costs are, of course never perfect but I think they intentionally discourge tanks a little because if you're infantry, even an R-35 is still a tank and in the period you'd run into one, your guys won't have bazookas.

Bolt Action is fast, fun, and gamey.  For a better WWII wargame, I'd suggest Plastic Soldier Company's Battlegroup if you can find it.  It's playable, more detailed, and more scalable than Bolt Action or Flames of War and is set up so you can run anything from 1/32 to 1/300 scale miniatures.  There's a game called NUTS! that does a great job of larger battles with 1/300 figures, it really feels like you're commanding larger forces.  But there's no shortage of WWII games out there.