I may not be painting anything right now, but that doesn't mean I've been totally idle. I got this trio of Deathwatch books in the mail a few weeks ago and it's taken me some time to sift through them given everything else. I tell you though, the production value of these is outstanding, as I've come to expect from Fantasy Flight. It's a solid RPG system and adds so much fluff and depth to the massive 40k mythos it's not even funny. I've got to credit The Lead Head for giving me inspiration to get off my can and post some Deathwatch.
We've played a lot of Dark Heresy, and briefly toyed around with Rogue Trader but it's Deathwatch than I'm most excited about. I mean, you get to play a Space Marine, end of story. These aren't the Space Marines of the tabletop game that get lost in the points shuffle, these are the true superhuman giants and gods among mere mortal men. The way Space Marines should be!
Remember my Sons of Minos project? It's still around, and now thanks to the rules in the Rites of Battle book, I've been able to whip up an 'official' chapter writeup for these guys thanks to very detailed step-by-steps rules. Look for those coming up.
Can't wait for the Minos writeup.
ReplyDeleteNice dude ... great to read and looking forward to it
ReplyDeleteDude! Why did I volunteer to run Deathwatch? YOU should run it. You are further ahead in the books. You have more books. You have the modules....
ReplyDeleteNo seriously, I was going to read the main book and familiarize myself with the rules and then run the mods with very little prep. I still don't mind doing it, but if you get the inkling, it won't hurt my feelings if you wanted to do it.
By the way...kudoes for getting through any of those books. They take an insanely long time to read. I am not done with the first one yet.
ReplyDeleteWell I wouldn't say "got through", I just sifted...I haven't synthesized by any stretch of the imagination.
ReplyDeleteI would run it but my mental faculties right now are pushed to the limit with the newborn and all.
@Tristan: I'll try to get it posted sooner than later!
hmm would it be evil to point out FFG new game Black Crusade rpg is coming this summer?
ReplyDeleteWelcome to the best RPG ever! I have spent more time modeling cool Deathwatch marines lately than anything else.
ReplyDelete@PMoonstride: Thanks! It has been a while, but I whipped up a platoon of them and loved it:
ReplyDeletehttp://miksminis.blogspot.com/2010/04/deathwatch-stage-one-complete.html
@@Douglas: Heh, evil? Yup. At first I wasn't too interested in just playing 'bad guys', but after reading up on it, it actually sounds really interesting.