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In praise of enraged players

Not sure where else to put this, but I am enjoying the various gamebook / crpg run through that people are doing, even if it is affecting my dreams (dreamt about one gamebook runthrough where any combat was done through the gold box crpgs)

Oh two omnibuses I am planning on getting and reading this year are the two Dark Coil omnibuses by Peter Fehervari coming out.

Just finished my run of the Horus Heresy novels end of last year, so haven't got as many definite plans this year. Just finished Absolution by Jeff Vandermeer, and started Blindsight by Peter Watts. Also currently making my way through first Gortek and Felix omnibus by William King. Beyond...

I wonder if it will get a pc adaption at some point, I do enjoy pinball games on the pc, and this looks pretty cool

Modrons invented Roman magic?

Option 1 does seem clear winner, don't think theat option occurred to me when younger! Though I likely had the warrior in position 1.

Maybe we aren't as far apart as I thought, I guess I feel if enough control by those evil people/ enough evil acts enabled (as any society will have some people committing evil i fear) it creates situation that Imperium as a whole can be described as evil. As a whole I don't think evil is as...

Yeah, I think the Genestealers open up some interesting philosophical questions around what is best approach, like if the Xenomorphs managed to achieve similar. Nonetheless, when the Imperium then allows for people to effectively seed genestealers on a planet to allow for breeding / observation...

Ultimately good, evil, bad are all somewhat nebulous concepts (after all, what is it about these things that make them really really bad, and not evil?) But using definition of evil being morally repugnant, I find attempting genocide on a group of people to be morally repugnant and thus evil...

Your first 3 examples weren't around when the Imperium formed / became what it is, so aren't a defense for how it operated for thousands of years before they emerged. The latter ones weren't enough of a threat to stop the likes of the Interex doing well prior to the Imperium itself becoming an...

Maybe I'm a child at heart, but I consider even today there are plenty of people and things that people are doing that are evil, let alone all the evil tgat happened in the 20th century.

There were also a number of other races and groups of humanity living quite well during the Great Crusade without any of the genocide / torture being needed, until the Imperium caught up to them. Also the Inquisition wasn't formed in response to general psykers that were already present, as they...

Thanks for this! Looking forward to reading along, while I have the set have never been able to complete them.

Yes, another great middle earth artist.

Yep, that is the riding the barrels one thanks:)

Will see if I can work out how to upload images using phone :)

I have fondness for Tolkeins art for the Hobbit, like the original cover, riding the barrels and I think Bilvo in the hobbit hole. I also like a lot of Alan Lee's and Ted Naidmith's art, and various versions of Fingolfin facing Morgoth if that helps.

Speaking of game books, did you ever play the Blood Sword series? Still have my copies, though haven't had a chance to plat since likely the 90s, what i recall of them is that they were good, interesting in allowing multiple characters, and a bit of a darker tone to Fighting Fantasy.

It is lilely my own way of looking at things, but I can't read the post any other way than it suggesting the poster was alive and reading texts during the 19th century.