40K Nostalgia Thread

**gijoe1313** · 12-30-2013, 03:27 PM

Good grief, talk about a trip down memory lane - I still laugh at the plastic deodorant tank in RT! Will have to fossick through my old Warhammer tat later on!

**YorkNecromancer** · 12-30-2013, 07:22 PM

If we're going nostalgic:

What a game. What a ****ing game. Total gateway drug to 40K, and the very first plastic Mk 7 Space Marines. Plus, Captains who could carry Heavy Bolters, and the very first Necrons (back when they were Chaos Androids!)

There's also Terminators and Tyranids, The Best Boxed Set Ever:

£11.99 for all that? Glorious.

How good was the Horus Heresy board game? There's a copy in my FLGS and I'm wondering if I should pull the trigger on it.

Original? Quite fun.

Remake? ****ing amazing. But not worth £75. It's worth maybe £40 tops.

**Denzark** · 12-30-2013, 07:49 PM

Yorky - are those pics all from your collection? I like the UM paint scheme.

**YorkNecromancer** · 12-30-2013, 10:15 PM

Sadly not. Sold my copy back in 1994.

These were some of the nicest pics I could find on the net.

Space Crusade was a great little game.

**Pauly Addams** · 12-30-2013, 10:16 PM

Originally Posted by Gotthammer

That DF box weights like 15 kilos due to all the card parts and being basically filled with hotwheels cars... >.<

And how could I forget the crown jewel of my collection:

(note: not a Black Library publication)

It's actually still one of the best 40k books even with (or perhaps because of) all the weirdness.

Own it myself, read it more than once. Wonderfully weird book.

And speaking of Space Crusade...

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**FTAsteve** · 12-31-2013, 04:06 AM

Daaaaaaaaaaaaaamn, this brings back some memories.

I distinctly remember my gateway 40K experience, it was 'Advanced Space Crusade' played for the first time in 1991 I think. Taking a couple of squads of Scouts into the heart of a Tyranid ship and getting quite seriously munched by an endless wave of Tyranid warriors and Genestealers!

Ah, fun times...

Alas, I gave away all of my original 40K stuff when I moved house back in 2000 so no photos of any old school stuff unfortunately, but I still have the memories!

**YorkNecromancer** · 12-31-2013, 08:29 AM

That converted Space Crusade Dreadnought is ****ing amazing.

**Gotthammer** · 12-31-2013, 08:49 AM

Originally Posted by interrogator_chaplain

@Gotthammer How good was the Horus Heresy board game? There's a copy in my FLGS and I'm wondering if I should pull the trigger on it.

Originally Posted by YorkNecromancer

Original? Quite fun.

Remake? ****ing amazing. But not worth £75. It's worth maybe £40 tops.

Yorkie covers the basics of it. It is very fun to play (but has some niggling points - I think spaceport victory is too easy), but possibly a bit overpriced.

Also, for some more crack, a page spread from Dark Future:

and what I consider one of the best GW illustrations evar:

and on the subject of these retro games, anyone remember when GW had the rulebooks and tiles available for download from their website? I do and I saved them all, so here's teh [URL="https://app.box.com/s/3umd0p89gluzjmwwcbcm"]Dark Future rulebook, expansions & tiles[/URL], and the original [URL="https://app.box.com/s/izsm2q4gmje5cp8mhlh3"]Battle for Armageddon game plus the Chaos Attack expansion[/URL]. Not only good for the game, but lots of old background material in there.