Question: Why are there no Space Marines in the Total War Warhammer Series?

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Why are there no Space Marines in the Total War Warhammer Series?

[Hex]

Originally posted by -Singularity-:

Originally posted by Hex:

The roots of Warhammer are in Lord of the Rings, Iron Maiden and copious amounts of cocaine.

And it's amazing.

I can believe that. Some of the early GW guys were metal heads.

Just LOOK at the album cover of Powerslave.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k-34JJPM--s

Gee, I wonder where the idea for Tomb Kings came from.

[chronoss2008]

haha ...munchies on breakfast ...."todays comedy hour brought to you by the letter H, for HIlarious"

[Thaxlsyssilyaan]

Originally posted by -Singularity-:

On a sort of related note. I just noticed there is a new Warhammer 40k: Chaos Gate coming out. Any of you Pc gaming warhammer fans from the 90's might remember the original. I hope its good. Warhammer games have a pretty spotty track record.

Any source? That would be cool, i have it on my PC right now, have not finished it yet, but it is a nice Xcom like.

[-Singularity-]

Originally posted by Thaxlsyssilyaan:

Originally posted by -Singularity-:

On a sort of related note. I just noticed there is a new Warhammer 40k: Chaos Gate coming out. Any of you Pc gaming warhammer fans from the 90's might remember the original. I hope its good. Warhammer games have a pretty spotty track record.

Any source? That would be cool, i have it on my PC right now, have not finished it yet, but it is a nice Xcom like.

It has a Steam store page up.

https://store.steampowered.com/app/1611910/Warhammer_40000_Chaos_Gate__Daemonhunters/

I had just heard about it today, but it must have been in development quite awhile since the release is in May.

[VisciousFishes]

Originally posted by Hex:

Originally posted by Planewalker:

Someone forcing smarmyness on an otherwise solid and in some cases revered setting have less history knowledge than even the sliced-bread He-man would allow.

AoS is a textbook example of not understanding roots: it is bastardization in it's purest form.

The roots of Warhammer are in Lord of the Rings, Iron Maiden and copious amounts of cocaine.

And it's amazing.

Nope, try AD&D.

[Thaxlsyssilyaan]

Originally posted by -Singularity-:

It has a Steam store page up.

https://store.steampowered.com/app/1611910/Warhammer_40000_Chaos_Gate__Daemonhunters/

I had just heard about it today, but it must have been in development quite awhile since the release is in May.

Thanks, added it to wishlist, though it does not seems to be a remake of the first one, which allowed to play up to 15 Ultramarines at once, including terminator, and very large map and long range engagement.

[Hex]

Originally posted by jakethebusker:

Originally posted by Hex:

The roots of Warhammer are in Lord of the Rings, Iron Maiden and copious amounts of cocaine.

And it's amazing.

Nope, try AD&D.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BwSts2s4ba4

[-Singularity-]

Originally posted by Thaxlsyssilyaan:

Originally posted by -Singularity-:

It has a Steam store page up.

https://store.steampowered.com/app/1611910/Warhammer_40000_Chaos_Gate__Daemonhunters/

I had just heard about it today, but it must have been in development quite awhile since the release is in May.

Thanks, added it to wishlist, though it does not seems to be a remake of the first one, which allowed to play up to 15 Ultramarines at once, including terminator, and very large map and long range engagement.

Yeah, it looks like they narrowed the focus a bit. Im surprised they even used the Chaos Gate name since that game must be about 25 years old by now.

[VisciousFishes]

Originally posted by Hex:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BwSts2s4ba4

Read this dude.

Founded in 1975 by John Peake, Ian Livingstone, and Steve Jackson, Games Workshop was originally a manufacturer of wooden boards for games including backgammon, mancala, nine men's morris, and Go. It later became an importer of the U.S. role-playing game Dungeons & Dragons, and then a publisher of wargames and role-playing games in its own right, expanding from a bedroom mail-order company in the process. It expanded into in Europe, the US, Canada, and Australia in the early 1990s. All U.K.-based operations were relocated to the current headquarters in Lenton, Nottingham in 1997.

Source:- Wikipedia.

But you go ahead believing what you want. Dungeons and Dragins is literally in the DNA of Games Workshop. See the bit I highlighted in bold? The bit where it states - importers of Dungeons and Dragons was just made up by me for your amusement?

But hey, why not try the whole "I am right so I will post a meme because I cant counter your argument."

[NixAhmose]

Originally posted by Hex:

And Necrons are not Tomb Kings /rolleyes

I mean, yeah. They do share similarities and come from the same base concept of undead egyptians, but they are still very different from each other.

[Aleera]

Originally posted by Hex:

I have a question for people who enjoy AoS that no one has answered yet.

With literal gods stomping about vaporizing armies, what's the point of dudes with bows and arrows fighting dudes in power armor? Why? Just why? What's the point of it all when nothing the little guys do matters?

Seeing as you quoted me.

I like some of the models. The looks etc.
The setting and lore is dead to me. I do not enjoy it, Sigmarines are trash. Fantasy clashing with tech like Skaven, sure. Fantasy clashing with Spess Mehreens. No thank you.
Eventhough the setting is trash, some of the models are just gorgeous. That's all I like about AoS, some of the models are just that, gorgeous.

[VisciousFishes]

Originally posted by Rianne:

Seeing as you quoted me.

I like some of the models. The looks etc.
The setting and lore is dead to me. I do not enjoy it, Sigmarines are trash. Fantasy clashing with tech like Skaven, sure. Fantasy clashing with Spess Mehreens. No thank you.
Even though the setting is trash, some of the models are just gorgeous. That's all I like about AoS, some of the models are just that, gorgeous.

Old world is getting a re-release so if you're holding on to models from that time then you'll be in luck - in 3 years time!

Whether you like AOS or not, it's been a popular seller. WFB was dying a death, 40k wasn't and was hugely popular, so it stood to reason that GW would incorporate a working formula (i,e, more skirmish based game play) into a dying product.

You might not like it, I do, so do others. It's genuinely sold pretty well too.

Old World is getting a re-release, using the same scale and therefore enabling legacy WFB players to use their old models.

[fmalfeas]

I think the only reason people balk at the larger scale stuff (including Epic) is the financial burden. Assembling 2000pts of marines is expensive. Assembling a full Epic force, complete with superheavies, can make that look cheap.

[Hex]

Originally posted by jakethebusker:

Originally posted by Hex:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BwSts2s4ba4

Read this dude.

Founded in 1975 by John Peake, Ian Livingstone, and Steve Jackson, Games Workshop was originally a manufacturer of wooden boards for games including backgammon, mancala, nine men's morris, and Go. It later became an importer of the U.S. role-playing game Dungeons & Dragons, and then a publisher of wargames and role-playing games in its own right, expanding from a bedroom mail-order company in the process. It expanded into in Europe, the US, Canada, and Australia in the early 1990s. All U.K.-based operations were relocated to the current headquarters in Lenton, Nottingham in 1997.

Source:- Wikipedia.

But you go ahead believing what you want. Dungeons and Dragins is literally in the DNA of Games Workshop. See the bit I highlighted in bold? The bit where it states - importers of Dungeons and Dragons was just made up by me for your amusement?

But hey, why not try the whole "I am right so I will post a meme because I cant counter your argument."

And tell me, where do you think D&D stole it's ideas from?

[Hex]

Originally posted by jakethebusker:

Originally posted by Rianne:

Seeing as you quoted me.

I like some of the models. The looks etc.
The setting and lore is dead to me. I do not enjoy it, Sigmarines are trash. Fantasy clashing with tech like Skaven, sure. Fantasy clashing with Spess Mehreens. No thank you.
Even though the setting is trash, some of the models are just gorgeous. That's all I like about AoS, some of the models are just that, gorgeous.

Old world is getting a re-release so if you're holding on to models from that time then you'll be in luck - in 3 years time!

Whether you like AOS or not, it's been a popular seller. WFB was dying a death, 40k wasn't and was hugely popular, so it stood to reason that GW would incorporate a working formula (i,e, more skirmish based game play) into a dying product.

You might not like it, I do, so do others. It's genuinely sold pretty well too.

Old World is getting a re-release, using the same scale and therefore enabling legacy WFB players to use their old models.

Some armies and models hadn't been updated in 20+ years, I wonder why it was dying, couldn't possibly be because it was abandoned after 40k became popular.