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Post by Von K on Apr 16, 2024 21:05:00 GMT -5
Warhammer Finally Goes Woke
Warhammer 40K is DEAD! Games Workshop running DAMAGE control over girl boss Custodes!
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Post by Von K on Apr 19, 2024 14:24:14 GMT -5
Henry Cavill Threatens to EXIT Amazon's Warhammer 40K?!
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Post by Jason Aiken on Apr 19, 2024 18:52:45 GMT -5
Oh, no! They're going woke and Henry might be out?
Way to kill a franchise!
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Post by Von K on Apr 21, 2024 17:27:01 GMT -5
Oh, no! They're going woke and Henry might be out? Way to kill a franchise! GW stocks started to plunge 5 days ago and are in decline. GW say they will weather it out (it's happened to them before after the debacle when they backtracked on their previous agreement and stamped down on an already completed fan made movie).
Rumour has it from an insider leak (not fully confirmed) plus some of my own speculation, so take this with a partial pinch o' salt. Henry Cavil likely wanted to feature the Custodes, they being his favorite chapter and the one he knows most about. Amazon Studio execs said ok but we want some female Custodes featured for representation. Henry stressed that according to the lore Custodes are all male so we can't do that. Amazon execs went to GW and pressured them to change the lore. GW changed the lore for their latest as yet unreleased version of the Custodes Codex. Henry Cavil was not happy, the fans were not happy.
GW reps have said that they don't want people who don't like this kind of stuff in the hobby. Problem is - that's a significant swathe of their customers, including ironically their female customers.
From youtube:
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Post by johnnypt on Apr 21, 2024 19:04:36 GMT -5
Oh, no! They're going woke and Henry might be out? Way to kill a franchise! GW stocks started to plunge 5 days ago and are in decline. GW say they will weather it out (it's happened to them before after the debacle when they backtracked on their previous agreement and stamped down on an already completed fan made movie).
Rumour has it from an insider leak (not fully confirmed) plus some of my own speculation, so take this with a partial pinch o' salt. Henry Cavil likely wanted to feature the Custodes, they being his favorite chapter and the one he knows most about. Amazon Studio execs said ok but we want some female Custodes featured for representation. Henry stressed that according to the lore Custodes are all male so we can't do that. Amazon execs went to GW and pressured them to change the lore. GW changed the lore for their latest as yet unreleased version of the Custodes Codex. Henry Cavil was not happy, the fans were not happy.
GW reps have said that they don't want people who don't like this kind of stuff in the hobby. Problem is - that's a significant swathe of their customers, including ironically their female customers.
From youtube:
Soon as they get some male Amazons involved this should all be ok…
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Post by Von K on Apr 22, 2024 20:44:17 GMT -5
Soon as they get some male Amazons involved this should all be ok… Mmmm, maybe something like the Brotherhood of Themiscyra, or the Swordbrothers of Themiscyra perhaps?
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Post by Von K on Apr 24, 2024 18:03:45 GMT -5
Games Workshop CFO* dumps stock amid BOYCOTT! Thinks Warhammer 40K is F-KED?!
*CFO = Chief Financial Officer
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Post by Jason Aiken on Jun 29, 2024 19:37:40 GMT -5
I started listening to William King's Spacewolf tonight. The opening prologue had a lot of action but was just okay. The first chapter has me hooked, though. I can see why the prologue is there but could probably just ditch it and have had a better opening.
Vikings in space would be a great way to introduce this franchise to the masses. Be a pretty easy sell to studio execs, too I would think.
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Post by Von K on Jun 29, 2024 20:00:04 GMT -5
I started listening to William King's Spacewolf tonight. The opening prologue had a lot of action but was just okay. The first chapter has me hooked, though. I can see why the prologue is there but could probably just ditch it and have had a better opening. Vikings in space would be a great way to introduce this franchise to the masses. Be a pretty easy sell to studio execs, too I would think. I doubt if they'd open with Space Wolves, but it would make a fantastic spin off series once they had established the lay of the land. Just my opinion though. They could just as easily follow your advice and start with the Wolves fighting out on the fringes then gradually bring in the rest I guess. Space Wolves were my favorite faction. Almost started up a SW army back when I was thinking of getting into 40k (many years ago).
The 40k universe is so vast they could make great series and spin off series for decades if they were willing to do it right.
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Post by irondavith on Jun 30, 2024 6:36:21 GMT -5
I started listening to William King's Spacewolf tonight. The opening prologue had a lot of action but was just okay. The first chapter has me hooked, though. I can see why the prologue is there but could probably just ditch it and have had a better opening. Vikings in space would be a great way to introduce this franchise to the masses. Be a pretty easy sell to studio execs, too I would think. I doubt if they'd open with Space Wolves, but it would make a fantastic spin off series once they had established the lay of the land. Just my opinion though. They could just as easily follow your advice and start with the Wolves fighting out on the fringes then gradually bring in the rest I guess. Space Wolves were my favorite faction. Almost started up a SW army back when I was thinking of getting into 40k (many years ago).
The 40k universe is so vast they could make great series and spin off series for decades if they were willing to do it right.
They were my favourite faction, too, followed by the Legion of the Damned. I did collect them as well, back when I was a teenager. Good times, kinda makes me wanna play again! Some of the games took aaaages though. Heard good things about Kill Team, have thought a bit about that over the years. Always preferred Warhammer Fantasy 40K overall, though we played lots of both. And my overall faves were Necromunda and Bloodbowl. They were great and you didn't need a whole day to set the armies up. Did you play any Von K? Agree with Jason, vikings in space would do it. Their leader is even Ragnar!
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Post by Von K on Jun 30, 2024 9:41:49 GMT -5
I doubt if they'd open with Space Wolves, but it would make a fantastic spin off series once they had established the lay of the land. Just my opinion though. They could just as easily follow your advice and start with the Wolves fighting out on the fringes then gradually bring in the rest I guess. Space Wolves were my favorite faction. Almost started up a SW army back when I was thinking of getting into 40k (many years ago).
The 40k universe is so vast they could make great series and spin off series for decades if they were willing to do it right.
They were my favourite faction, too, followed by the Legion of the Damned. I did collect them as well, back when I was a teenager. Good times, kinda makes me wanna play again! Some of the games took aaaages though. Heard good things about Kill Team, have thought a bit about that over the years. Always preferred Warhammer Fantasy 40K overall, though we played lots of both. And my overall faves were Necromunda and Bloodbowl. They were great and you didn't need a whole day to set the armies up. Did you play any Von K? Agree with Jason, vikings in space would do it. Their leader is even Ragnar! Did I play any 40k? Sure did! I never took the dive to make an army of my own though. One of my friends is a big collector and has several armies so I used to borrow one of his - most usually either Imperial Guard, Necrons or Ultramarines.
Like you I preferred and used to play way more Warhammer fantasy though - had a couple of armies for that.
Those boxed set games were great. Once the minis are painted up it's just a half hour set up and you're good to go. Played Mordheim, Space Hulk and Hero Quest mostly. But Space Crusade was the main one. Played it to death until one of our GM's evolved it into a home made rpg which was so lethal you were lucky to get a character who lasted more than three sessions.
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Post by irondavith on Jun 30, 2024 9:51:49 GMT -5
Wow, Space Crusade seems to have passed me by! The name is somehow familiar but I just checked it out and don't remember the game. Seems like it was just before the time I was really playing, so I guess it was probably rare by then! Hero Quest was great, really enjoyed that. Who did you play as (command?) in WH? While we're on the 40K topic, there's www.humblebundle.com/books/stories-from-worlds-warhammer-2024-black-library-booksDidn't grab it myself, though tempting, as I'm still backed up on Conan comics and REH's El Borak, which I haven't read yet! Also got several huge tomes from Warhammer I picked up years ago and never got round to reading.
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Post by Von K on Jun 30, 2024 10:53:37 GMT -5
Wow, Space Crusade seems to have passed me by! The name is somehow familiar but I just checked it out and don't remember the game. Seems like it was just before the time I was really playing, so I guess it was probably rare by then! Hero Quest was great, really enjoyed that. Who did you play as (command?) in WH? While we're on the 40K topic, there's www.humblebundle.com/books/stories-from-worlds-warhammer-2024-black-library-booksDidn't grab it myself, though tempting, as I'm still backed up on Conan comics and REH's El Borak, which I haven't read yet! Also got several huge tomes from Warhammer I picked up years ago and never got round to reading. I'm not surprised you missed out on Space Crusade, judging by the bewildering sheer number of boxed games that GW put out over the years it was easy to miss:
Who did I command in WH: Cult of Ulric (from Storm of Chaos campaign) was my favorite, followed by Dogs of War (I love mercenary armies), also Empire, Wood Elves and Dark Elves. Guess the Cult of Ulric were the thematically closest approximation to the 40k's Space Wolves.
Thanks for the info regarding the humblebundle!
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Post by Jason Aiken on Jul 1, 2024 22:37:57 GMT -5
I really like where this Space Wolf book is going. So far I'm really enjoying things on Fenris (AKA Planet Scandinavia), but it doesn't looks like the book is set there for too long.
If anyone is interested, the audible edition is great.
I know very little about Warhammer 40k lore, but I have watched a few videos on YouTube about the God Emperor and Horus, etc...
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Post by Von K on Jul 2, 2024 12:18:59 GMT -5
I really like where this Space Wolf book is going. So far I'm really enjoying things on Fenris (AKA Planet Scandinavia), but it doesn't looks like the book is set there for too long. If anyone is interested, the audible edition is great. I know very little about Warhammer 40k lore, but I have watched a few videos on YouTube about the God Emperor and Horus, etc... 40k lore is a massive rabbit hole to jump down, if you get hooked you may never get out!
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