Re: [Epic] My DexCon Epic 40k experiences...

From: Scott Shupe <shupes_at_...>
Date: Wed, 09 Jul 1997 11:45:07 -0400

Christian Nielsen wrote:
>
> > Does anyone have a
> > full history of the time period and the events (and OOB?). The most
> > complete I've seen so far is in the Ultramarines 40k Codex, which I
> > bought for the organizational stuff.
>
> I remeber seeing an EXTREMELY detailed account of the Horus Heresy in
> an old White Dwarf (about issue 160?)... anyway, it was around the
> same time as the one with the rules for a 40K Ork Gob Smasher...
> However, GW has since re-written the final battle (Sanguinous was
> originally killed by a daemon outside the ultimate gate...),

        I thought that Sanguinous killed a demon (specifically, a
bloodthirster) at the gate, breaking its back over his knee, rather
than having been killed by one.

        A good example of rewritten history is the Imperial Fists'
part in attacking Horus' battle barge. These days GW generally only
bothers to mention Sangy & his Blood Angels, even though Rogal Dorn
was the one who is supposed to have built the golden throne.

        There's lots of good history in the old GW board game, Horus
Heresy, if you can still find a copy. Includes an overview of the
rebellion as a whole and the attack on Earth in particular, and shows
the size & location of the Earth defense forces (on the game board
anyway, I guess that shouldn't be taken as 'official' but it's still
interesting).

Scott
shupes_at_...
Received on Wed Jul 09 1997 - 15:45:07 UTC