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Using the hobby for your political agenda, or how I've discovered that Twitter is full of assholes

I'm triggered. I've been triggered for almost a week now, and there's no visible end in sight. Fucking hell, I don't even want to write this post, but without some venting, I'll probably get only pissed off even more. I've created my hobby-only Twitter account more than a year ago. Since then I've been quite active, tweeting about my ongoing RPG campaigns, posting Horus Heresy-event photos, and sometimes, and generally enjoying the content that the other people provide their on a daily basis. One thing that irked me a bit was all the DnD stuff flying around. There are a lot of folks there who play Dungeons and Dragons, and are really into it. Like, REALLY into it. Which is not a bad thing! Hey, I've started my RPG experience with Advanced Dungeons & Dragons 2nd Edition, back in the early 90's. I still have fond memories of those times. The thing is, DnD right now is kind of a trend on the West. It's a cool thing to be a DnD player, posting

Xathrodox86 reviews: "Watchers in Death" by David Annandale

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Do you want Deathwatch? Cause that's how we got Deathwatch! In the 9th entry in "The Beast Arises" series, David Annandale explains how the iconic, elite, xeno-fighting force was originally established. At the end of the previous book, "The Beast Must Die", the forces of the Imperium have been devastated. The Orks turned out to be a much bigger threat than originally anticipated, and so Lord Commander Koorland decided to level the odds a bit. He knows that to fight the greenskin menace head on is basically a suicide, so he orders the formation of elite kill-teams. Clad in the black of mourning, these strike squads prove to be very effective against the Orks, but will their expertise be sufficent enough in defeating the xenos once and for all? Slaying xenos never looked this good! That said these iconic shoulderpads are not yet in service, as of this books' timeline. Yes, ladies and gentlemen, "Watchers in Death" finally gives us the orig