Re: [Epic] The E40k Rulebooks

From: Tyler Provick <bprovick_at_...>
Date: Sat, 11 Oct 1997 10:48:00 -0400

Andy Meechan wrote:

> Personally the three books work for me - as one book it would be the
> same size as the Codex series (and every other rulebook currently in
> print!) and split into three sections. The wear-and-tear that the
> Armies book takes would be transfered onto the book as a whole and
> your entire ruleset would be in tatters double quick.
>
> (snip examples of pro-split books)

Well, that's all nice and good. I do agree with all of your points, but somehow
the cons some of us previously stated got overlooked. Three books, good,
organization of information between the three books, bad. It is almost
impossible to split the three books without having some rules over looked. My
solution, redundancy. Why should GW re-print stuff in and from WD but balk at
re-printing within a single publication. It is good to have the moral rules in
the battles books with the rest of the special scenario rules, but it took me a
big honking time to find them. Why, because I thought they were rules, and
therefore to be found in the rulebook in the section entitled, Detachment
Cards. The nice section that tells you how to fill in part of the detachment
card, but not all of it. No, for the rest of it you need another book. They
don't even tell you this. A little "The rest of the information for filling out
detachment cards can be located on page. XX of the battles book" would have
done admirably. Many rule questions have come up because people didn't think to
look in another book for rules.

>
>
> As for loan-damage, mention to your friends that you'd like it back in
> a reasonably similar condition - and make a point of getting a loan of
> their favourite book/CD/video at the same time <grin>. Seriously
> though, I couldn't care for the state of the cover, etc. as long as
> the page bindings holds as long as the rules are legible! (Although
> I'd make a point of beating my opponent soundly should they return a
> battered copy ;)
>
> o
> -Andy-

Unfortunatly, GW had a bad habit of cheap publishing standards. You ever read a
WD all the way through, front to back in one sitting? Ever notice that on a
great number of the books the ink on the spine had completely come off all over
your hands. How many people don't fully open a book because if they do they
know a page or two (maybe even a section) will pop right out. My WD have tonnes
of white finger prints on them, once I even barely brushed the WD and ink came
off on my hands.

Doesn't matter the care you take of your books, they will be ragged and
tattered. I still want my spiral bound, water proofed, military Epic 40K rules
books!

Tyler
Received on Sat Oct 11 1997 - 14:48:00 UTC