Search:

Fishmen is the next Army Book on the GW schedule.

Actually, I've been having second thoughts on the Magic aspect.


1. Mahoujin

Sixty points; second level ninety five points; third level one hundred thirty points. Then one hundred points of...

Magic


Elemental Lore Air

I mentioned movement and illusion, but you also have weather. Personally, I'd rather take a leaf out of Mage: The Ascension, make spells depend on a mixture of...

One of the primary differences between Muslim and Christian, or even Buddhist or Hindu, is that once you're in, you're in for life, and not even death releases you.

Whereas almost anyone can...

Magic


Elemental Lores

Ideally, for a native Nippon based system, you want to incorporate divination and exorcism, buffs and protection, with a sort of hard/soft yin/yang tension.

Void -...

Orkish Republics:

Closest historical equivalent is chimpanzee extended family group, warband and Banana Republic, where the Generalissimo is President for Life, while keeping a close eye on...

Neither surprised nor shocked, she was such as obvious candidate for an early death. It's also easier to focus on a single "tragedy" involving a celebrity instead of a massacre in some obscure out of...

Characters


Agents

Agents are characters that cannot command armies, though they can be embedded in troop units. While Shogun 2 puts a maximum number of three per stack, this probably is an...

Characters


Field Commanders

The way I see it, you have basically three types:

1. Lord - Daimyo
The Clan ruler

I think the Gretchin are ready for a Republican model of government:

1. French Revolution - they overthrow Ork aristocracy and institute a reign of terror, until a shorter than normal Gretchin...

One question is what I'm trying to target for:


WS/BS Troop Quality
2 ...... Recruit - In theory, peasants
3 ...... Trained - Ashigaru
4 ...... Veteran - Samurai, Monks
5 ...... Elite - Kisho...

Update


Actually, I'm having too much fun playing the game, to actually write about the fandex; still trying to figure out how to survive the Realm Divide.


Ronin

I think the Ikko Ikki can...

As I recall it, Tolkien got Orcus from Milton, and Alf from Norse mythology, who seemed divided between the Light ones that seem similar to how he liked to portray them, and the Dark ones, who were...

Dark Elves seem to be a mix of Drow, Arthurian Mythos (if you assume that Mordred behaved himself, and Morgana bided her time) and the more decadent aspects of Melnibone.The aesthetic, especially of...

It's lazy, but they're literary cues, just as modelling the miniatures with selected aesthetics in hair styles, hats and costumes are visual cues. You say Elf, Dwarf or Orc, and everyone knows what...

Ulthuan is Atlantis and Melnibone; the rest are obvious, though I'll mention that Tilea is late Renaissance Italy, Orcs are football rowdies, the Dwarves are Nordic-Saxons and the Chaos Dwarves...

Artillery

If you want to discuss innovation, Dwarven guns are far more interesting, whether field or naval.

The field piece looks like a short barreled, rifled, breechloading howitzer, possibly...

Artillery

Iron is cheap and easier to manufacture than bronze. Breechloaders were made out of iron, but were under powered, because the same amount of gunpowder couldn't be packed in due to the...

Speaking from the Tilean perspective, the Old World/Empire is a mixture of Late Renaissance and Early Baroque in feel and imagery; heavy cavalry is plate armoured gendarmes, spears are not pikes (and...

FIRE ROCKETS 15 points
Profile . . M Ws Bs S T W I A Ld Troop Type...

My perspective on FAQs for Warhammer games is that I need them for four reasons, three based on the first:

1. The rules set are too loose,

2. We're a generation that also plays computer games,...

Some people having fun playing dress up, in societies that are less inhibited about people masking or assuming other identities.

Armour in Nippon and Protection in Shogun 2


Scaling

The scaling of protection in Shogun is closer to D&D than the rather threadbare scheme in WFB.


Ashigaru

I can't speak for 40K, but in 30K it was Konrad Curze.

Weapons in Nippon


Katana

For the purposes of this specific Army Book, I'd adopt the Cathayan Longsword, as it's an off the shelf solution that actually gets the results you want, though at...