Re: [Epic] Net epic

From: Chris Swearingen <tall-guy_at_...>
Date: Wed, 5 Feb 1997 17:25:50 -0800

Chris Swearingen
tall-guy_at_...

"my brain hurts!"
"well,... it will have to come out then!"

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> From: Karadek <stukeefe_at_...>
> To: duckrvr_at_...
> Cc: space-marine_at_...
> Subject: Re: [Epic] Net epic
> Date: Wednesday, February 05, 1997 7:50 AM
>
> On Wed, 5 Feb 1997 duckrvr_at_... wrote:
>
> > At 19:58 02/04/1997 -0700, you wrote:
> > >
> > >
> > >On Tue, 4 Feb 1997, Chris Swearingen wrote:
> > >
> > >> one other major change that is lacking in2nd ed... flavor text!
> > >> just let a new guy read the old epic rule book flavor portions
> > >> and you have an avid gamer for life!
> >
> > Perhaps it's my English major self, but I have to take issue with GW's
> > flavor text. Most of it is obviously targeted at male, adolescent,
> > masturbatory power fantasies. It may sell games, but it sounds really
hokey
> > to me. It occasionally expresses a particular attitude very well (i.e.
Who
> > do we serve? The Warmaster. Who was denied to us? The Warmaster...),
but
> > that's about it.
> >
> > Temp
> >
>
> My English major self would also have to agree. For the most part, in
the
> latest GW releases, the side text has been just as Tempest says. If you
> want good side text and background, you're going to have to go back to
> Rogue Trader and the compilations that accompanied it. From what I've
> heard, the Realms of Chaos books and Adeptus Titanicus were really good
> for this also; I don't know, as I don't own them.

yes, yes,... but go read the text from old epic...
very interesting war type stuff.

and I agree about the recent fluff, I was talking about the olderstuff
Received on Thu Feb 06 1997 - 01:25:50 UTC