tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5451358025085381824.post5852424988635231356..comments2024-03-27T18:05:58.017+00:00Comments on A LESS THAN REPUTABLE SOURCE: The inspirational power of losing a gameJames Ashelfordhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06921809149099140714noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5451358025085381824.post-72788238250408887382015-07-11T13:30:14.221+01:002015-07-11T13:30:14.221+01:00How dare you besmirch my fanatics sir! I'll re...How dare you besmirch my fanatics sir! I'll remind you that they also managed to kill about thirty of my Night Goblins when said Night Goblins hysterically fluffed their animosity tests and insisted point blank on charging through their own fanatics!<br /><br />It was a fantastic game, though. It was full of thoughts and James and I were both punished for mistaken assumptions and ill-considered moves. Both of us exploited the other's poor judgement when it happened. There's something very pleasing that moment when your army is floundering and you notice that a critical enemy unit has just unwittingly presented flank. It's that moment of quick, focused, nerve-jangled thought 'I can pull this back. I have to think about this. I need the right combo of maneuvers and I need everything to come together, but I CAN pull this back'. <br /><br />That game was a reminder of why, beyond its almost incomparably rich backdrop, we love this game: it's not just a sad exercise in throwing dice around and having enforced 'fun'. That game exemplified Warhammer at its best: by turns ferocious, hysterically funny and edge-of-seat dramatic. <br /><br />The people in charge of making this game (not, it needs be said, the original creators) have binned off this rich and beautiful world and replaced it with a generic Norse-myth copy. They've binned off a sometimes nail-biting strategy game for an unchallenging dice fest seemingly designed to appease people with short attention spans. But we won't let that stand. We've taken over the lore they discarded and we're proud to keep alive the game and the tradition which they're desperately trying to forget. For anyone interested, we'll be launching a little site for 'The Age of Building'. It should have been done for today but I got distracted. Watch this space though!Positive Oldhammer chaphttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00477365645457444645noreply@blogger.com