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Post by Nick P on Oct 29, 2018 11:21:31 GMT -6
So GW is making a 40k themed Warhammer Quest game, called Blackstone Fortress. We don't know a ton about it, other than new CSM sculpts are supposed to be coming along with it, and that its going to rule so hard. But GW is starting to release some info on it, since it looks like its going to come out next month...here's the preview of one of the main Rogue Trader characters:  This guy definitely fucks |
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Post by jesse on Oct 29, 2018 11:23:20 GMT -6
I love how that guy is rocking Tilda Swinton's haircut.
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Post by Nick P on Oct 29, 2018 11:33:56 GMT -6
And Cruella DeVille's cigarette
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Post by Nick P on Oct 30, 2018 12:17:13 GMT -6
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Post by cj on Oct 30, 2018 12:58:01 GMT -6
Do we actually know what this is? Is it an RPG? Skirmish game? Talisman style game?
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Post by Nick P on Oct 30, 2018 13:11:44 GMT -6
Its Warhammer Quest: Blackstone Fortress - so its like Warhammer Quest: Silver Tower, its an RPG-esque board game, dungeon crawler type deal. Just this time set in 40k instead of fantasy!
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Post by Nathan on Oct 31, 2018 10:08:27 GMT -6
Check out the new war of the worlds themed figure they just put up!  |
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Post by Nick P on Oct 31, 2018 10:25:01 GMT -6
That link didn't work for some reason, but here's the image:  So this is getting interesting - GW made it sound like blackstone is what the necron tomb worlds are made up of, so I was expecting this whole thing to be a necron construct being invaded by various parties like Chaos and Imperial/Eldar pirates/rogue traders. But it looks like it might be even more advanced than they are, and with a different (slightly) aesthetic - maybe the architects of the blackstone fortresses are actually the old ones? Maybe we'll get some hints at the early creation of the eldar, orks, necrontyr, etc. and possibly even the tyranids if the rumors of the old one's creating the nids as a weapon are true. This is pretty cool! |
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Post by jesse on Oct 31, 2018 11:49:35 GMT -6
The Blackstone Fortresses were called the Talismans of Vaul by the Eldar in the BFG book, so I never got why people thought they were Necron constructs. If the Eldar believe them to have made by their gods, they were probably weapons used against the Necrons. Also, again in BFG, Chaos seems to use them to harness the warp, which wouldn't make sense since most Necron tech is anti-warp (but the Old Ones used the warp as a weapon against the C'Tan and Necrontyr). And, again, Eldrad sold his life/soul to free one from Slaanesh's grasp (right?), which again doesn't really make sense if it is tech from a traditional enemy of the Eldar.
So, yeah, probably Old One tech.
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Post by doubleback on Oct 31, 2018 12:26:35 GMT -6
I was 100% under the impression that he has it right, and they were Old One anti C'tan/Necron weapons. It was basically the attempt to make a weapon powerful enough to drop an undivided C'tan.
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Post by Nick P on Oct 31, 2018 13:31:15 GMT -6
But wasn't the 8th edition 40k lore that the blackstone material is what necron tomb worlds were made of? Weren't the cadian pylons that kept the warp at bay made of blackstone, and actually part of a necron tomb burried on Cadia that awoke during the whole Cicatrix Maladictum catastrophe?
Part of the lore for Forgebane was that the blackstone was being used by Necrons to supress the warp, but that it could also be "polarized" to enhance the warp instead, which is what Abaddon does with the blackstone fortresses that he controls.
I never played BFG so I missed out on that lore, but that does make sense Jesse, thanks for clarifying.
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Post by doubleback on Oct 31, 2018 15:35:25 GMT -6
My understanding was that a Necron tomb world was just a world with a bunch of Necrons buried in stasis on it, not like a death star. That's why the damn things can just pop up out of seemingly nowhere once they wake up. So I guess I assumed they were made out of planet....stuff.
As to the pylons I admit to being fairly ignorant as to what they are made of. One would assume though that building them out of material that could, under the right circumstances, tear reality a new shitter as opposed to sewing up the old one is, at the very least, poor planning.
That being said, look at the Deciever.... He does not look like a man with reasonable plans.
He is a space rapist.
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Post by kingwalnut on Oct 31, 2018 16:33:32 GMT -6
It might be possible that Necrons and the Old Ones both used Blackstone. If both factions are looking to interact warp in some way (whether to diminish or boost), it makes sense to use it.
I would take this as indication they are non-Necron. Would love to see this lead to new, spicy lore. I really doubt this is the tease to a new xenos faction (though that was be kickass).
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Post by jesse on Oct 31, 2018 17:20:48 GMT -6
To be fair, Nick, most of my lore knowledge comes from stuff over ten years old, so I'm probably super out of date with my assumptions/assertions.
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Post by doubleback on Oct 31, 2018 19:26:07 GMT -6
Yeah and I read fluff like my grandfather watches Fox News. I basically skim the highlights then make up the details later, so I am probably not a credible source either
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