Reply To: WHtOW – fluff and does it make sense ?

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The Chinese populations present in the west were, until about muh1960s, negligible, the wars you mention barely skirmishes compared to what was happening much closer to home and I very much doubt that Herr Peasant even knew anything about the city 1oo miles away, never mind China.

If you collect Bretonnians, you should know that they eschew war machines, gunpowder, et. al. because their religion says no. Not sure what GW were thinking when they gave them a bombard, but that brings us back to the issue of things deteriorating beginning with 6th edition.

I think Albion could work – even if they are ‘backwards’ compared to the Renaissance-esque technologies of Empire, Skaven or Dwarfs. THE allegedly most advanced of the bunch -the High Elves – don’t have cannon, either…….Nor do the Slann, ancient and wise visitors from the stars.

If pride in northern European heritage makes me a ‘wanker’ in your eyes, so be it. Maybe you can free yourself from the propaganda one day.

If you like east Asian stuff, there already are a bunch of somewhat ‘Asian’ troops and factions. The Skaven have a vaguely Asian feel to them – Clan Eshin not so vaguely – so do the Ogre Kingdoms as well as several Orc & Goblin troops, especially the wolf riders, very obviously modeled after Mongols. In the Battlemasters days, there were a lot of Orcs and Goblins in Mongolian outfits. Chaos Dwarfs were also obviously based on Assyria, their Hobgoblins on Persia. Maybe you should try to track down some leftovers from the short-lived early 00’s game Clan War : 100% Asian, not a single ‘boring’ Viking or ‘rubbish’ Celt in sight…..