The Weekender XLBS: Inheritance
April 6, 2013 by stuart
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The geek shall inherit the earth…
noooo i wanted the 1st lol
Quick question on the Horus Heresy narrative campaign weekends, Stuart. Do you need a SM/CSM army to play or are other armies accommodated?
You can use any of the armies the campaign pack permits. For Massacre it will be Dark Eldar, Eldar, Astartes Legions, Imperial Army, Chaos Daemons and Orks
The prospect of The Second Siege of Terra is an exciting one 😀 I still like the idea that Sigmar was one of the Lost Primarchs though 😉
Sounds like it should be epic in scale though and I’d certainly be interested in writing something up.
BoW Ben
I always wondered if Sigmar was the Emperor in another age, since the Emperor is supposed to have been around for thousands of years, guiding mankind’s destiny.
That is one awesome project, guys!
If you listened to Rick Priestley’s interview or if you regularly read Jervis Johnson’s column in White Dwarf, you will know that 40k was made to be a reservoir of ideas to create your own stories. It was made as a base for your imagination to go wild and create games and events you and your friends would enjoy.
I really like the idea and though I will not be able to attend this event (I live in Quebec, Canada), I will surely participate through the forums.
Have a nice week-end too, guys!
excellent guys love narative building for campaigns and doing your own thing
I think your inheritor idea is cool, reminds me of the return of the clans in battletech.
Not criticising by the way, just when I heard your idea I thought “cool, that’s just like the blood of keresky books”. I hope it goes well and you will fun.
What I find odd in gaming in the gaps is that it takes the same or more effort than creating a game from scratch.
In any case, while I am not sure I can participate, what I find more inspiring about your project is the fact that it tried to infuse common sense and realism in a world devoid from it, I would say the conflict of worlds will be sharper in the design perspective.
I love the idea. My first thought was inevitably my own army, I play a home brewed Blood Angels successsor chapter , basically using all the rules but allowing me to not paint everything bright red and use the cool spartan stuff from Scibor and Anvil so my space marines have some character. My first idea was ‘the sanguinor’ , an entity that appears when most needed, then disappears, and has done for 10,000 years… What if he is part of the returnees, and always has been, keeping an eye on the imperium’s progress and reporting back on the development… Read more »
Ohhh interesting idea
@warzan you made the point the other day that we own the game. Well if this gets going it will certainly take ownership up a level. When I think of all the cool models out there this could get very exciting.
Indeed, I can see this being the separation of game and compnay discussed in last weeks weekender where the game gets adapted and expanded beyond the creating company. Bloodbowl has done it.
Interesting project. Also a change of pace as it beings pure sci-fi in the grim dark of the 40K universe
Really great idea guys. This is the best way to future proof our game from the failings of any one company, exactly what I have been alluding to in my posts. Love the concept, an I will enjoy participating in the posts. As kombine said earlier, very similar concept as battletech, but a very different premis and potential thou. This idea alone makes the backstage $$ worth it. If you wanted to unify the players, I think this is the way to do it. Us old farts who play rogue trooper will now get to use all the home made… Read more »
Inheritance sounds awesome!!! Think some questions will need to be answered sooner than others – eg are there still space marines or not? But it will be an awesome project with the right handling 🙂
… Especially since we can now answer the question of who was maintaining all the gear in the absence of the mechanicum… That’s right – it was your old friends the Squats!!!!
I always wanted to know what happens if you bring some light in the grim and dark future of the 41th millennium. Now I’ll probably get to know. Really cool idea, indeed.
Three words.
Oh! Hell! Yes!
Wow. I love writing sci-fi shorts and would LOVE to write a first contact story.
I’ve already got ideas buzzing on how would the Inheritors take to seeing dreadnoughts (gallery fallen warriors who deserve there eternal rest), perhaps the calous way the Guard are treated by Marines. Any other sparks like that would be most welcome (obviously the main “the emperor has fallen” would be in there too lol)
So this is how my last few days have panned out – Thursday – got married Friday – received full funding for my PhD Saturday – won the Mountain King The highlight of the last few days? Has to be receiving a phonecall from Justin 🙂 Inheritence looks very interesting though I’ll likely be a (constructive) voice from the sidelines as I haven’t played 40K regularly since 2nd ed. I would tend to favour not having them as “another” Space Marine army. There’s all sorts of good reasons why they wouldn’t be, some of which were mentioned in the show.… Read more »
Lucky bugger
Sounds like a good week! Congrats
First off congrats redben three times. Great vid guys, this new avenue has given me goose bumps and cant wait for it to get started.
This such an awesome idea. look forward to hearing more
Great idea guys! Gaming at its best! So I was thinking of the all important First Contact. I haven’t read a great deal about these Primarchs or the early history so I just started with a few assumptions: 1 – They were sent TOGETHER to annihilate a very dangerous and powerful alien race that the Father had foreseen would otherwise destroy humanity in the future if they are allowed to continue their existence. This would take them 10,000 years to accomplish. The two Primarchs would have very different characters, abilities and methods of fighting. They are both totally loyal to… Read more »
Just a thought, but one that influences everything… Who was the enemy?
Wow! Huge project, inspired and inspiring, true. I know too little of the official fluff to be able to add much value. I find it all very interesting. Keeping balance and creating something unique will be challenging. However, that is the fun part of exploring the hobby.
Its a departure from the traditional fluff so I would image any great ideas would be welcome
So what happens when we see this idea hit Black Library a few years down the line?
This is exactly what I love about 40k. One angle that I always thought would be good is that of the old idea of the Star Children. I always get shot down whenever I bring it up. If you don’t know about it, its about the offspring of the Emperor. Its claimed that the Emperor had many children over the decades he was alive before he started the Imperium. The descendent of his kids are still alive and don’t know they have his genes. Officially GW gave up on that story line and made it a lie from cultists as… Read more »
This is brilliant. I don’t play 40K myself prefering other games, but this is the sort of project that really appeals to me. I’ve passed the info on to my club mates who love 40K, it sounds like something some of them would love.