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[Mathew_Freeman]

Hey, since there seems to be at least 1 warhammer fan here, can anyone tell me the difference between Warhammer Fantasy Roleplay and Dark Heresy?

[Yeah, getting interested in Warhammer the rpg. Looked up a little bit on Nurgle and found some stuff on mutations, which just looked pretty kickass, and I would like to check out the system, but not sure which is better or even what the difference is...]

Dark Heresy is set in the 40th Millenium, the very far future. Whilst it has a lot of the same themes of the Fantasy game (the battle against Chaos and corruption, endless war etc) the background is very different. In Dark Heresy, the Empire of Mankind is spread amongst the stars and the loyal Chapters of the Adeptus Astartes (the Space Marines) and the Imperial Guard battle on behalf of humanity against Chaos, Orks, Dark Eldar, the Tau, the Necrons, and the creeping menace of the Tyrannids.

Warhammer Fantasy Roleplay is much more like D&D in setting - Orcs, Elves, Dwarves, the Undead, Skaven (the rat-men!), Chaos and various races of Men.

I think the Wikipedia articles on both settings are pretty good.

 

[jonesy]

...the background is very different...

There's lots more space, and there's bigger guns, but...

The Empire/Bretonnia v The Imperium of Man, Elves v Eldar, Dark Elves v Dark Eldar, Wood Elves v Exodites, Dwarves v Squats, Undead v Necron, Chaos v Chaos, mages v psykers, Orcs v Orks, Goblins v Gretchin, Lizardmen v Tau, perhaps even Skaven v Tyranids...

Details are different, but it's still like two halves of the same coin.

 

[Mathew_Freeman]

Oh, I freely admit that they are very similar - that's entirely deliberate on the part of GW, of course, so you can play one and go onto the other.

But there are some fairly major differences in the feel of the Battle Games - WH40K is much more about small squad combat, whereas WHFB is massed units in formation.

I've not actually played Dark Heresy, so I can't comment on it, but it sounds like a lot of fun.

 

[Mycanid]

Huzzah! It rained last evening!

We have had VERY dry weather up here this spring AND summer.

 

[Mustrum_Ridcully]

Huzzah! It rained last evening!

We have had VERY dry weather up here this spring AND summer.

And we all know how much fungi need a water or at least a wet environment...

I cannot complain about the lack of rain. This is Germany. Norther Germany, in fact.

 

[Hatmatter]

I think the rain is particularly important for Mycanid in order to prevent forest fires where he is. Glad to hear of the August rain.

 

[Relique du Madde]

I'd like to see solid proof of this.

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[Dog Moon]

Viva la Gnomes!

Was Snow White their minion?

 

[Relique du Madde]

Among other things.

 

[Dog Moon]

Among other things.

Reeeeeaallly. Quite interesting.