Let's talk about "Warhammer Adventures". Short rant incoming!

Whooo boy, what a time to be alive, eh? GW is in full swing, releasing tons of new minis, tie-in games and... children books? Wait, what?

I know what you're thinking right now, after reading these first, few lines of intro text. "I bet that you hate them children's books, ya cranky sod!"

No, no I do not. I honestly think that the upcoming "Warhammer Adventures" series is one of the best things that Games Workshop ever made. No joke, no irony on my part, I'm 100% serious here. This is simply awesome and a clear sign that the Nottingham company thinks a couple steps forward. Simply put - they are making sure that today's children will, at the coming of age, jump from adorable kids stories to stuff like Gaunt's Ghosts or the Ciaphas Cain series. Sure, Warhammer as a whole is marketed towards children, but let's be honest - some of this stuff is not suitable for youngsters. Daemonculaba? Slaanesh? Hell, even the Imperium with its totalitarian flair is probably not something that you'd want to expose little Timmy to.

Unless you bright it up a bit first!

This however, this is great. A perfect way for children to start skimming the borders of these fantastic worlds and for their parents to reminisce with nostalgia how they themselves have gotten into the hobby. That's what I love about this hobby - passing the torch to newer generations of passionate players and enthusiasts. GW is helping with that process by releasing products like "Warhammer Adventures" and making sure that a talented, competent author is behind the wheel of such project. Cavan Scott is the man responsible for "Doom Flight" a very solid short story about aerial duel between a Sotrmtalon squadron and some crafty Ork pilots. He also contributed to the "Plagues of Orath" trilogy, as well as the "Sanctus Reach" series. I like his writing style a lot, thus I'm confident that he'll do "Warhammer Adventures" justice. All in all, this looks like a very promising project.

So of course, naturally, the 40K fandom had to once again prove how utterly shite it can be. "Waaaaah, books for kids in muh grimderp universe!", "Games Workshop is being bought out by Disney!" and my favorite one: "Why are we getting this shit, instead of plastic Sisters of Battle?"

Seriously people? Seriously?

Why not sneer some more, eh? Be even more obnoxiously edgy and self-righteous? Yeah, I'm pretty sure that your shitty, one-dimensional waifu faction recieved a mighty blow from a fucking children's book, from which it will surely not be able to recover. Oh no, this is a sabotage! Our grim and dark universe, which originated from parodies of American right-wing sci-fi books, is under attack! By kids! Whatever shall we do?

Nothing's better than a completely one-dimensional, boring faction with zero personality whatsoever!

People... chill out. Nothing bad is happening to the hobby. Really, nothing at all. All Games Workshopm is doing, is making sure that they will have new, eagre customers in 10-20 years from now, guys and a gals who've read "Warhammer Adventures" as children and now, as young adults, are ready to discover the more mature themes of both AoS and WH40K. There's nothing to worry about, there's nothing wrong with that kind of policy from a company, which quite clearly looks into the future, when it comes to buisness management. If anything, you should be glad that GW is doing this sort of thing, for one day you might be able to introduce your kids to these fantastic universes. I know I will and the "Warhammer Adventures" series will surely help me with that a lot.

Until next time... for the hundredth time!

Xathrodox86