Re: [Epic] The ages of Warhammer was mixing (long)

From: J. Michael Looney <mlooney_at_...>
Date: Sat, 30 Aug 1997 12:56:31 -0500

Aaron P Teske wrote:
>
> Excerpts from Epic: 29-Aug-97 [Epic] The ages of Warhamme.. by "J.
> Michael Looney"_at_eart
> > Age one: The Horus Wars (AKA E30K)
> > Rules: Space Marine 1st ed + supplements
> >
> > Age two: The Age of Apostate
> > Rules: Warhammer 40K (RT) + the supplements ("'Er We Go" etc)
> > SM/TL + supplements (except Hive War, I'll get to that)
> >
> > Age three: The 'Nid wars (Current)
> > Rules: Current WH40K box set + codexs
> > E40K
>
> Interesting... what's your basis for the breakdown between the second
> and third age? Granted, GW has been concentrating on the Tyranids more
> than Chaos of late, but the Chaos Codex introduced Abbadon and probably
> some others, so I really doubt that the Age of the Apostate is over.

Squats and Knights. In WH40K/RT Squats were IN the Imperium. In the
current rules they are NOT part of the Imperium (see pages 9 & 71 of
Codex Imperialis). The knight worlds were talked about in RT (and of
course were an important part of TL) but they drop off the face of the
earth in the current rules. Also the over all nature of the imperium
has changed. An example might be to compare Germany under the Nazi and
the current Germany. The same country, but DAMM sure not the same era.

>
> As for Hive War not fitting in with SM/TL... it suffered from GW's
> usual, and it didn't help that only a few people got much time playing
> against the bugs before E40K came out. There weren't any tactics
> developed for use against them.
>
Received on Sat Aug 30 1997 - 17:56:31 UTC