StrangeThing

So I've been on a miniature wargames kick. Since my last blog update, I've delved into One Page Rules and The Doomed . I had a month-long delusion that I could make my own minis game, which I might post about later.  I think my wargame obsession is mostly over. The magical post-apocalyptic setting of the wargame project reminded me of my other magical post-apocalyptic setting, an RPG project called Dragons vs Robots . I resolved to focus on that, and put aside the minis game for the time being.  Predictably, my ADHD riddled brain latched onto my Fate Fantasy project instead. I still might post about DvR at some point, but it's fantasy for the time being. That project has been wavering between being a specific setting and a more general fantasy toolkit.  So it occurred to me that I could do both. Present the bare-bones setting as a jumping-off point for making your own world. Start with the player characters, and build outward from there. Here's the starting point: ...

Today we look at Games Workshop's weirdest attempt to adjust their dark military science-fantasy setting: the Tau. This essay doesn't exactly tie into my last Warhammer 40k essay. More of a tangent. I do have a direct follow up to Is Warhammer Satire  in progress.   The Tau were introduced in 2001 , to a sharply divided reaction from the game's fan base. There are four main criticisms of the faction, which tend to bleed into each other.  First off, Tau crisis suits were crazy strong when they were first introduced. They had a shoot-move-shoot ability that was obnoxiously difficult to play against. This has since been fixed, but it made a lasting impression on the player base. As I mentioned, the various criticisms against the Tau frequently get mixed up. Second, they looked and played very different from very other faction. Tau are very technology focused, with no trace of the mysticism that the other factions have. Tau are the lone atheists, in a universe full of g...

 For those that don't know, the Warhammer 40,000 setting was created by Games Workshop. It's a famously bleak space fantasy setting, summed up by the tag line, "In the grim darkness of the 41st millennium, there is only war."