Latest book received

[obsidian3d]

A friend of mine gifted me a copy of "When Heroes Dare", pulp skirmish rules. I've not yet had a chance to read it, as I've been trying to digest the core rules for Infinity N3, and Epic Armageddon.

[carlos marighela]

Aaron Edwards' Mad Mitch's Tribal Law, Aden and the End of Empire.

[Argonor]

This, yesterday.



Interesting concept!

[Hummster]

Picked up the first two in Bernard Cornwell's Grail series in a charity shop for a couple of pounds - Harlequin and Vagabond

[Poiter50]

The Rice Paddy Navy by Linda Kush - US Navy in China in WW2, intelligence gathering, guerilla warfare and weather men.

[Predatorpt]

what are the rules like? The concept rocks.

Found this review on TMP:

http://theminiaturespage.com/boards/msg.mv?id=399401

It looks interesting.

[Argonor]

what are the rules like? The concept rocks.

Found this review on TMP:
http://theminiaturespage.com/boards/msg.mv?id=399401
It looks interesting.

I can add that standard squads do  not remove single mini as casualties - the squad either shrugs off enemy fire (maybe getting suppressed), retaining its full combat effectiveness, or it scatters (i.e. is removed from the game). Only 'horde' type units remove single casualties - AND lose effectiveness accordingly.

[JollyBob]

Finally snagged a copy of the original 40k novel Space Marine by Ian Watson.

Been looking for it for ages as it was the only one of the original run of GW books I hadn't got. Really has got the nostalgia glands fired up to 11. 

[westwaller]

Space Marine is the only GW book I had. It is a good read. I recently found my copy and reread it- It made me want a rogue trader era scout squad...until I tried to source a few from ebay, and thought 'at those prices, forget it!

[JollyBob]

Just finished it and am enjoying reliving all the great RT based plans I had when I was fourteen. Really enjoyed the book although I must admit being surprised how um... Homoerotic it is.

Kind of changed my views of the Emperor's finest!

[westwaller]

Ha!...I know what you are getting at! There are certainly some interesting themes running through the book...I guess the whole Space Marine thing can be seen like that... Apart from his other book Inquisitor (I think) I haven't read any of the other Warhammer 40k books, are they very different from Ian Watson's? I do know that it was not considered canon by GW, later on, and I think that is why it is difficult to get hold of?

[JollyBob]

Never read any of the more modern books either. I have read the Inquisition trilogy though and they share a lot of common themes, although the plot disappears up itself towards the end.

I always thought that Space Marine was no longer canon because of all the Squats in it, everybody knows they never really existed, after all. 

But yeah, very hard to get hold of as a result. Usually costs anything from £60 upwards but I managed to snag this copy for £6.50! Sometimes you've just got to wait it out...

[westwaller]

£60?!! Blimey, people are insane... Mine was £3.99 new 20 odd years ago.

[El Grego]

New books, well to me at least:

[Poiter50]

The introductory issue of Ancient History Magazine. lovely compilation of articles and of great interest.