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Xathrodox86 comments on the current state of 40K. Rant warning!

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Would you look at the time? It's rant-o-clock and now I'm going to speak about one of the most popular wargaming franchise ever made - Warhammer 40,000. I love WH40K. For me it's one of the most ineresting fictional settings out there. The right ammount of miliatry fiction, sci-fi, mysticism and humor, make it so goddamn awesome. It also has a major presence in popular media, like video games, which actually means that even non-players usually know what 40K is. Robbie MacNiven written in one of his blog posts that 40K is probably the biggest, fictional science fiction franchise aside from Star Wars, and I tend to agree. It's simply huge and fantastic. The world, the lore, the mythology, the endless possibilities for creating new stories and fantastic tales - Warhammer 40,000 has it all and more. I used to hate Dark Heresy with a passion, but only lately did I realised that with the ammount of background information, and the presentation of everyday life in the Imperi...

A new year's welcome with some Rats and Templars

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Happy new year people! Ok, now back to our scheduled programming. This post was supposed to be about Glottkin's special rules, but it's the start of 2015 and I still haven't shaken off the effects of partying like a madman, so this post will be lighter than usual. The Glottkin post will be up on wednesday, covering the book's special rules entry. This I promise on Sigmar's mighty beard. However now let us look on some tasty, new things that GW and Forgeworld coocked up for us in January. The Rats are coming and they are huge!   The End Times Skaven are almost upon us. Featuring in the 4th EoT installement, our favorite Ratmen will recieve some cool looking models and, hopefully, a fine fluff to match. First of all, the impressive Verminlord is taking internet by storm and quite rightfully so! Nagash vs Verminlord: there can be only one! This thing is huge and, as was the case with Nagash and Glottkin, really well detailed. What sets this rodent apart ...