If you go onto any of the popular wargames blogs and forums you will find Games Workshop (GW) products and topics dominating most of the content or discussion. Everyone loves to hate the big guy, but so many gamers still play and buy into the hobby despite the protesting hate they spew.
Is the hobby expensive? Yes.
Are all hobbies expensive? Yes. You can find all kinds of articles
debating cost, time, experience comparisons of different hobbies, but that is
not the point of this post.
I AM A GAMES
WORKSHOP FAN BOY!!!
I absolutely love just
about everything they produce. I am addicted to the plastic crack
they supply, books they produce, games and I can't stop. Even
across the world I am entrenched in the hobby reading all the books I can get
my grubby hands on. After my Love for Christ and family, Games
Workshop is close behind.
I am not alone. Many are addicted just like me including my brother.
Now that you understand I have an addiction I can give you some updates.
About 18 months ago my brother Shane and I began this blog mainly as a way to update each other on our hobby progress and encourage each other. I struggled last year whether I should include purchases or armies that I had commissioned as hobby updates.
This year I will include them as hobby updates to share my painting, model collection and just overall addiction with those that are interested.
Horus Heresy Novels:
With a lot of hurry up and wait as with all military deployments there is some down time and I devoured two Horus Heresy Novels.
"Age of Darkness" and "Shadows of Treachery", both are really good anthologies that flesh out smaller plots within the Horus Heresy storyline. I will not give a full review and ruin any story line plots because my brother is not caught up yet.
Many book critics and non-fans give Black Library a lot of flak because the books are not progressing the story line fast enough for them. I love the fact they are developing the plot little by little and giving us insights into the how, why insights of critical characters and Primarchs. I love this stuff and that is what really keeps me collecting, playing and hobbying. I have wrote a quick summary and put them in order of favorite to least favorite. I have enjoyed all the stories but you have to rank them somehow. I want to talk more but can’t without giving away plots and surprises.
“Age of
Darkness”
1. The Last Remembrancer - John French - On the secret base of Titan the Knights
Errant hold the Last Remembrancer and the truth.2. Liar’s Due - James Swallow- Worlds are not only won with war.
3. The Iron Within - Rob Sanders -Warsmith Dantioch and a loyal contingent of Iron Warriors defend against a storm of Iron coming from without.
4. Savage Weapons - Aaron Dembski-Bowden – Story of the Thramas Campaign. Konrad Curze and Lion El Johnson clash for the first time in the ruins of a fortress.
5. Forgotten Sons - Nick Kyme - Following the Drop Site Massacre on Istvaan V the Noblility of Bastion a military planet diplomatically decide their allegiance. Horus and the Imperium send diplomatic envoys to sway the decision.
6. The Face of Treachery - Gav Thorpe - Story follows up after Raven’s Flight as Corax and the Raven Guard escape from Istvaan V.
7. Little Horus - Dan Abnett - Provides insight into the internal conflict of Horus Aximand and the Mournival since its dissolution on Istvaan III.
8. Rebirth - Chris Wraight - A contingent of Thousand Sons return home after the Wolves were unleashed.
9. Rules of Engagement - Graham McNeill - Ultra Marines 4th Company puts the tenets of the Codex Astartes to the test.
“Shadows of
Treachery”
All of these stories were top notch and amazing. It was so hard to put these in a favorite
order. If I had to recommend one
anthology for the Horus Heresy series it would be Shadows of Treachery.
1. The Crimsom Fist – John French – Provides insight to the origins of the Crimson
Fists and Black Templars originated.
2. The Dark King - Graham McNeill – Konrad Curze and Rogal Dorn clash for the first time in Cherut system.
3. The Lightning Tower - Dan Abnett – Rogal Dorn stubborn and stoic deals with his internal conflict and prepares the Imperial Palace for the coming war.
4. Prince of Crows - Aaron Dembski-Bowden – Konrad Curze and Lion El Johnson clash for a second time putting an end to the three year Thramas Campaign.
5. The Kaban Project - Graham McNeill – Mars is in a secret rebellion and some secrets cannot be allowed to escape.
6. Raven's Flight - Gav Thorpe – Praefector Valerius’s dreams drive him to defy the Raven Guard upon the world of Deliverance.
7. Death of a Silversmith - Graham McNeill – A Silversmith is murdered after completing two commissions.
This
is a must read for any fan. Thanks for
looking and may your paint brush never be dry.
