The Weekender: Digital Wargaming & Win Demigods Rising Minis!
August 16, 2014 by lloyd
We're back for another awesome Weekender and we're focusing in on how the tabletop and digital realms can be perfect partners! You can also comment to win some of the amazing Demigods Rising prototype miniatures!
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As well as that Warren will be gushing over the big new Tyranid from Forge World and we'll be delving into a bunch of massive conventions going on this week - one of them might be Gen Con, maybe?
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I Am First Today Yeah!!!!
yay I’m 2nd 🙂
Go on then I am No 3…:D
Orc cant count that high
I was actually up very early today so surprised it was already up.
Great video again guys, thanks, I have to say I think the minimalist look of that tabeltop computer game is probably to differentiate it from Total War. It is never going to compete with that franchise whatever they do, so why allow the connection? Its a digital version of our hobby, and it looks like it. I think its probably the right route to take. Some better textures could probably make it look much better though, whilst retaining the simplicity.
Warren, I think you are a bit wrong regarding the reasons why 30K would be difficult to sell as a movie. It is not a lack of sex but, a lack of female characters at all. I almost would say are females in the 40k universe extinct ?
I think this is a problem in general. That is half of potential movie goers left out.
Actually the Horus Heresy novels contain many female characters. Granted, all space marines are male, but in the novels you get to see the bigger picture. Space Marines do not exist in a vacuum. There are also ships crews, Imperial Army, astropaths etc. many of which are female. I think the biggest mistake you could make in a 30k movie was to make it just about space marines. A wider audience needs a way in to this universe, a character they can identify with, but also you only appreciate what the space marines actually are when you see them alongside… Read more »
The problem how this IP is perceived. Male oriented. Remember that even Star Wars was criticized for the same reason.
Totally agree, that’s a big problem with the model range. In fact one of the most common complaints about 40k I hear from people I know is how the miniatures don’t do a good job of portraying the fluff. If anyone came at 40k by reading the books first they wouldn’t be asking why they’re are no women in 40k, but rather why do none of the female characters have models? There is a glimmer of hope in regards to Horus Heresy. FW are currently working on Imperial Army for 30k and have said that they would like to do… Read more »
I agree that a 40K film wouldn’t need sex, or even sexual tension. Did ‘Saving Private Ryan’ have a romantic subplot? Did the original ‘Predator’? On the other hand, and not that I think it would be a particularly good book to turn into a 30K film*, the relationship between Kharn and the captain of the World Eaters’ ship in ‘Betrayer’ is probably the closest I’ve seen any of the GW books coming to creating an interesting and believable male/female relationship in which you felt gender did have an impact but also that it wasn’t stereotypical ‘character X lusts over… Read more »
? battle sisters ?
I see Gav Thorpe is involved with this Mark of War project, it will be interesting to see what they ask for money wise and what the killer hook is.
The new X-Com board game looks like it could be fun most certainly on the wishlist of my gaming group.
Congrats to all the competition winners, some great prizes there.
Do the newsletter weekly, summarise, with links if you want to read more, so it is a quick easy glance of what you really want to read,
otherwise I tend to ignore newsletter.
Ohhh I love the look of those demigods minis!
I will do the Demigods Rising hands gesture every time I mention it from now on.
* does hands gesture *
RIP Robin Williams, tragic end to an already miserable week (the pictures of that girl in the pink dress clinging for grim life trying to get out on that helicopter… powerful stuff.) Honestly didn’t know he was a 40k fan, makes him even more of a dude in my eyes!
Pretty sure Vin Diesel is an avid D&D fan as well tbh, so more celebs than you think… Another great show lads 🙂
I know for x-com the guys over on the mantic forums are adapting deadzone as a kind of xcom, for more of the tactical shooty bang. as for conventions Megacon is on in Carlisle today, if you are in the area check it out, at Megacon there will be Competitions – Cosplay (13- and 13+ categories) – Art (13- and 13+ categories) Tournaments – Magic The Gathering – Yu-Gi-Oh – Pokémon – Cardfight Vanguard – Gaming (Soul Calibur, Tekken, Marvel vs Capcom etc) Workshops & Talks – Learn To Play (MTG, YGO, CFV, PKM, Warhammer) – Portfolio Reviews & Comic… Read more »
Awesome show. I have to ask… Warren. Why have you called Lloyd – “Po” all your life..? ( Think about it. :-p ) Earlier versions of Space Hulk had rules for normal Space Marines and Eldar and stuff. It made for a very “interesting” take on the game. Also there was Space Crusade which was similar and equally awesome. 🙂 X-Com looks like it good be pretty good. And if you were feeling particularly ‘frisky’ and fancied playing out the skirmishes too. Then you could try and tie it into Mars Attacks. Myth… As an EU backer. Don’t you dare… Read more »
Very nice miniatures!
I am sure Neanderthals has conspiracy theories too…
I thought of 40K as being a last-stand situation and that always had the possibility of defeat which effectively means extinction but then GW has the Eldar and some of the others in the same sort of boat as well.
I prefer a living evolving universe, rather than one where backstory has to be shoe-horned to fit some hasty canonical construct. That is one of the reasons DZC is appealing more and more as Dave & Co have such attention to detail and plausibility/consistency are essential.
No anti-grav urinals towed by doggies…
I might just make page 1!
Forget “will he… won’t he?”. Isn’t the question “Can he… can’t he?”
If you were a magazine you;d have thousands of user comments. Question is where’s the “Dear Diedre” page.
“Dear Lloyd”. Oh good lordy no!
Don’t worry, ZMAb was tested on monkeys, nothing happened to them.
Are you joking matey? The drug had them poor animals swinging from the tree tops!…… 😛
The news-letters are something to be proud of. I enjoy what I have been getting. I think the e-zine would be better as a bi-weekly. I am planning already for next year to go to gen-con, to visit the mecca of gaming and to meet you guys.
Hm, I can´t find the downloads your talking about. Is it in Backstage or Hobby??
An other cracking episode
Not Zombies – check out Utopia that has just finished on Channel 4, this is the excact same plotline!
I have just finished binge watching Utopia Best TV show in ages !
I have just finished binge watching Utopia Best TV show in ages ! both season 1&2 available on 4OD
Great show as always!
Is it sad that the “2 minutes to midnight” / “Humanity is not going to make it” talk knotted my stomach?………Alas I shall fight on.
I got the Pride mini from The Others yesterday. Got Mike to sign the box too.
I reckon weekly newsletter – with a monthly top pick supplement every 4 issues.
On the conspiracy theories, most are half baked. However Governments lie, this has always been the case, for various reasons – but that’s politics and I shall step away now.
Robin Williams played Eldar?! *mindblown* I think I’m agreeing with Justin that the current 40k is a bit too stagnant, and I’m starting to get bored. I would like to see the story progresses like Warren said that the humans are overrun, there should be a lot of epic battles that they can use there; such as Lion El’Jonson coming back for the one last time as prophesied by the Dark Angels, but defeated anyway in the end of an epic battle. I mean, many people liked watching 300 although the main good guy defeated in the end anyway. And… Read more »
Maybe that happens just before GW closes down as a business!
R. I. P. ROBIN WILLIAMS (he will be missed).
Great show 🙂