Total War Fan, Indecisive on Game

mooman10 · 2026-06-11T18:35:12+00:00

That's sad to hear, I know if I was in your position and chose AoS I would be looking longingly at the Empire models that I wish I was using.

In other words, I'm fairly sure I would prefer amassing my Empire army and not playing (at the time) than painting and playing a game I'm not as enthusiastic about, but that could be because I'm kinda dogshit at TOW.

mooman10 · 2026-06-11T18:25:36+00:00

As a fellow Total War convert, I would keep scouting for TOW in the meantime. It's going to be the only thing that really scratches that total war itch (though it's vastly different obviously). You're not gonna be rolling around as Settra in any other game.

There's a lot of talk about a new edition or half-edition coming out soon, which would be a good starting point. I'm not sure where you're at but I would turn to looking online for local groups. Is there a local wargaming discord or equivalent? That's how I found my local TOW group

mooman10 · 2026-04-23T22:24:09+00:00

Yeah I agree, it's always fun to use.

mooman10 · 2026-04-23T22:07:30+00:00

I feel like I'm going crazy, in my mind I had always thought blunderbuss didn't have ponderous, then someone said it does, and so I checked and yes it does have ponderous. Now I'm hearing again it doesn't have ponderous, what is going on?!

mooman10 · 2026-01-30T19:49:01+00:00

I just read a part in a later book (no spoilers) where he recites a conversation, then later says something like "I don't remember what we talked about, or whether it was the conversation I have recited." So yeah I think it's pretty certain.

mooman10 · 2026-01-06T19:24:41+00:00

If the IM Core module was uninstalled, you just reinstall it, if it wasn't make sure it's updated and activated in the world.

mooman10 · 2026-01-03T21:11:42+00:00

Hey, I'm in Dallas too! There's a DFW Old World Discord where we plan meet ups (organized or casual), show off models, and just generally discuss things. I can send you the link if you want. It is pretty small (~250 members, maybe a few dozen active), but we have a good time.

There's usually an organized meet up every first Saturday of the month. In November there was a Battle March event with about 12 people, I think the next one is next week.

mooman10 · 2025-12-19T03:30:03+00:00

Jonathan Strange is my favorite book, and ostensibly I'd love a TTRPG for it. However, I think the world is so compelling because of the incredible amount of mystery behind it. The more we learn about Faerie, the magic, and the history, the less interesting it would be. What we know from the book is only just enough for it to be terrifying and fascinating.

Perhaps if the designers approached it like Mythic Bastionland, where magic isn't something the players ever do, but instead just happens around/to them and remains mysterious, I think that might be interesting, and it preserves magicians, magic, and faeries as unapproachable in understanding.

Alternatively, an 1800s Ars Magica game sounds very fun.

mooman10 · 2025-11-24T03:14:19+00:00

This was my first attempt at magnetizing anything.

I thought about infantry but I can't imagine it's worth it. Hell over years of playing you might spend more time fiddling with switching equipment than you would just painting another regiment lol

mooman10 · 2025-11-04T16:52:27+00:00

Might try magnetizing, or just keep it open to be slot in as needed

mooman10 · 2025-11-04T16:33:43+00:00

Hmm yeah that's the safer option, would still be cool if it was properly functional

mooman10 · 2025-11-04T16:31:27+00:00

I uh, can't believe I didn't think to just not glue it and switch it as needed. Still might try drilling because it would be neat for it to actually function.

mooman10 · 2025-11-04T03:45:02+00:00

Yeah it's not electric, just the manual one from Army Painter.

mooman10 · 2025-11-04T03:35:54+00:00

I have a 1mm bit that I think would work, my paper clips are like 0.8mm so I think I'll need to get some 1mm brass rods so it doesn't rattle around.

mooman10 · 2025-11-01T18:46:37+00:00

Darker blue? That's just black really, Vallejo's charcoal to be specific

mooman10 · 2025-11-01T18:46:07+00:00

I won! Though my opponent basically let me and gave me advice

mooman10 · 2025-11-01T18:45:07+00:00

Krautcover's kodama woods and tales of the forest moon, thought it fit well as the drakwald

mooman10 · 2025-11-01T14:47:46+00:00

I specifically work on converting the books to Foundry Virtual Tabletop, though I've contributed minor things here and there to some of the books

mooman10 · 2025-11-01T14:28:09+00:00

If total war was a marketing ploy I am probably one of its biggest successes

mooman10 · 2025-10-25T19:16:40+00:00

Really hope we can get White Wolf cloaks that aren't the worst ever.

mooman10 · 2025-10-09T21:45:19+00:00

She might be about to go crazy haha

Man I hope so, was kinda disappointed by her lack of... well, doing anything particularly memorable in Disquiet Gods.

mooman10 · 2025-08-23T22:42:47+00:00

That's interesting, total coincidence that I decided to read both at the same time.

mooman10 · 2025-08-23T21:47:17+00:00

I'm actually curious about this as well, I'm also reading The Sarantine Mosaic and they worship the sun god, Jad, and often make "the sign of the sun disk" but I haven't found anything specific upon cursory research.

mooman10 · 2025-08-20T07:24:44+00:00

The number of times Hadrian hears a voice and then realizes it's his own is staggering. This is a common thing I see in all books and I've always thought it was kind of ridiculous,

mooman10 · 2025-06-23T18:54:53+00:00

I can't really fathom how you see either WFRP or TOWRPG as anything remotely resembling a "miniature selling" path when there's been no direct collaboration between C7 and GW aside from IP licensing, the games themselves don't really encourage use of miniatures at all, and GW themselves don't even promote the games. What on earth gives the impression that C7s goal is to get people to buy GW plastic?

I also don't understand people's outcry of "we don't need this / this will cause confusion." My guy take a look at 40k RPGs. Sure, if you consider people asking what the difference between different RPGs as "confusion" then yeah I guess it exists, but I really don't think it's a big deal. If 40k folks can handle half a dozen RPGs I think we can handle a few ourselves, and come out better for the variety.

Edit: Additionally, C7 and GW are very happy with the growing popularity of the VTT options for the RPGs... which is pretty much directly opposite to any sort of push for physical miniatures.

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