+ Year Nine +
+ Straight Outta 2nd Edition +
+ The +Death of a Rubricist+ Facebook node is nine years old today, so with that flimsy excuse, out come the Blood Angels – the Ninth Legion – for a spin in the sunshine. +
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+ Armageddon Once More +
Well, well; what's old is new again! #New40k has been announced, and we're on our way back to Armageddon. An excuse – if ever I needed one – to exload about this seminal setting, and why I like it so much.
The stakes of Armageddon are huge, but at the same time human. This is not – or at least in the past was not – a galaxy-defining conflict like Cadia or the appearance of the Tyranids or Necrons. However terrible losing Armageddon would have been for the Imperium, the loss of a single planet is not existential.
As a player and hobbyist, I like that sense of overall inertia. 40k is already overblown in terms of drama, and let's face it, a planetary system should be enough of a battlefield to give a sense of the stakes.
But more importantly than that, it'll offer new opportunities and ideas for gaming on the planet; whatever the scale and whatever the army. Orks, Steel Legion, Space Marines and more!
Thank you for nine years!
ReplyDeleteThanks so much for your blogging efforts, much appreciated.
ReplyDeleteAs for the blood angels, always enjoy seeing them, but I feel like the need a few chest plates with eagles! They are after all the (loyalist) bling chapter...
9 Years of the Apologist?! I've always enjoyed your work since the days of Warseer and your original embiggened Ultramarines, mate. I'm sorry I don't comment that often but know that I love watching your work. My Flexberg IG are still bogged down in the Augustine Crusade and cursing your Warmaster's name! ;) :P
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