alfred_the_great

I’m genuinely not sure I’ve ever seen an optimistic prognostication from you.

So - a tl;dr review of Hive: shall I order a MTO or not? I’ve liked all of abnett’s work I’ve read so far, as well as warhammer crime.

Obituary from the guardian https://www.theguardian.com/books/2026/may/15/ian-watson-obituary?CMP=Share_iOSApp_Other

The classic GW author Ian Watson has passed away. now we must all dissolve our left hands in acid and scrimshank on our skeletons!

I’ve lost count of the number of threads on here bemoaning stuff going to legends because it means they can’t play in their local meta. Why? Because their environment is such that games are broadly played with strangers on a pick up basis, and the only “socially acceptable” way of doing that is via match play structures.

I don’t know how to phrase this, but the ability of *that* guy from the corner of your store to go online and demand answers from the internet really doesn’t help. the internet has enabled a mindset (in many places) of *needing* to know, everything, all the time, and for it to be *right*. I see this all the time in posts here where the only possible way of playing this universe is highly tuned match play, because of a probable minority not engaging in any other game play. at the end of the day, they’re your models - play as you want!

this mindset amuses me. I’m in the military, and in our unit, as long as the top layer is broadly correct, you can wear what you want underneath. the rivet counters would have a fit.

The Ordo Yarrockous deems this message heretical.

the two tyranid hunters have been made - I’ve seen them on IG. edit - here we go https://www.instagram.com/p/DNsY-HgWLB4/?img_index=4&igsh=MW1vaGUwcDdua3BuMw==

Putney. Obviously.

Is that not a re-used photomontage from imperial armour vol 2?

I think between the tariffs and the rumoured taxes on ships into the U.S. (you can find detail on line), GW is about to become an extreme luxury for everyone in the U.S. if I were considering a large capital investment in the U.S., I’d want to understand how stable the new normal is - are the Congressionals next Nov going to overturn everything, and what does the next Administration think about the path the country is in in three years time. for a deeply conservative (small c) company such as GW, if they are going to build a U.S. manufacturing facility, it is highly unlikely to be financed by significant debt. the sum total of both these factors don’t look good for GW fans in U.S. sorry.

Also lol at holding up war machine as an exemplar of community engagement. The brand has twice invalidated all previous rules, the IP has been sold, it’s based on a hyper-competitive “play like you’ve got a pair” matched play style, and it’s broadly un-customisable. if GW tried all that the community would have a complete meltdown.

Because the hyper-online fan base generally acts in bad faith and reactionary behaviour?

Grumpy internet as far as the eye can see, as GW fails to live up to internet generated hype…