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Reply To: My 40k Story (and why I loathe GW.)

August 22, 2023 at 11:41 pm #1834298

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I remember WHFB being really great – like, “OMG this is fantastic!!” kind of great. But that was the 80s and I was a teenager. I’ve played loads over the years and had loads of fun. I really still like GW (apart from a patch in the late noughties when they were total dicks) and still play a load of Adeptus Titanicus, LOTR and Underworlds – I still can’t believe GW came up with a game like Underworlds. Its too good for them.

But I’m in my 50s now and there a soooo many great games out there, and 40k really is kind of meh these days – too complex, and un-necessarily so. And game balance is shocking. So it’s X Wing, Armada, MCP, Titanicus, Deadzone, 7TV and always ASOIAF for me. I still have loads of GW minis that I should get round to selling but ya never know, GW may actually get a grip and do game development differently. I won’t hold my breath. The rumours going round are that Tom Clarke (current Ad Titanicus writer) tried to do something modern with new Epic and the grown-ups told him to make it play and feel like old Epic. So they haven’t learned yet.