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Reply To: Narratives in Gaming

May 25, 2021 at 5:44 pm #1649622

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@crazyredcoat I think ‘scale’ may make it easier to add detail.
It’s weird to tell stories about sergeant Joe who held the ground in a 15mm Flames of War battle, because there are no individuals (technically not true as ‘warriors’ allow for this).

And yet it isn’t impossible although the focus is more likely to shift to named vehicles.

As such I’d say : those that want to add narrative can dos so at any scale even if it appears impossible at first glance.
I can’t imagine naming all soldiers in a 15mm soviet horde … but that doesn’t mean it can’t be done.

@deamonwolf I’d argue that your lack of joy for the game is making it hard to add narrative to 40k.
I know that I will have some sort of background narrative for my 40k spacemarines (when I get to that project)
Do we really need ‘official’ rules telling us when and where to add narrative ?
It is kind of nice that GW are adding them into the next iteration of AoS and the current version of 40k, but other than time and resources there is nothing stopping us from creating our own.

I’d imagine that any club playing any game could tell you interesting stories about the battles they’ve fought.
The games become the story …