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10 years ago @ http://www.houseofpain... - The SAGA saga: models,... · 0 replies · +1 points

So far there are Age of Princes Rus, Pagan Rus, and Steppe Nomads, if we're talking East. Oh and Byzantines.

10 years ago @ http://www.houseofpain... - The SAGA saga: models,... · 0 replies · +1 points

Well you're in the right job I reckon. High openness and low agreeability sounds perfect for a successful philosopher/theologian.

Now I just need to find the perfect job for someone with very high openness and very low neurosis...

10 years ago @ http://www.houseofpain... - [Dredging the Grimdark... · 1 reply · +1 points

Love the old Eldar models. I have one left, he's a Guardian with mesh armour, a punk haircut and long-gone plastic arms. So he's more of a torso, legs and head really.

Could you use Dark Eldar for corsairs too?

10 years ago @ http://www.houseofpain... - The SAGA saga: models,... · 3 replies · +1 points

That would be awesome. And if you had Abyssinia and Syria you could reach further down. I wonder how far afield the armies could get by piggy-backing on one another like that?

10 years ago @ http://www.houseofpain... - The SAGA saga: models,... · 3 replies · +1 points

Ha ha yeah! When Cedric said that there were Ethiopian refugees fighting for the Franks I thought not much has really changed, has it? There are still African refugees arriving in France today.

Maybe Philip K. Dick was right, and we are all really living in the late Roman Empire, trapped in the demiurge's illusion?

OK so now I might be going a bit far. You know, just the other day I did a Big Five personality test and it told me I was in the 84th percentile for open-mindedness. I'm so open-minded and willing to countenance anything that I think I'm almost disabled. It made philosophy quite hard for me, because pretty much everything anyone ever said I thought yeah, that's true in a way. Except for the people who said that there was literally, objectively one discoverable truth. Can't agree with that.

No wonder I'm publicly writing that maybe there were actual trolls in 7th century Scandinavia :D

10 years ago @ http://www.houseofpain... - The SAGA saga: models,... · 0 replies · +1 points

Thanks, Joe. It's a fun game for sure. I think next post I write might be about 40k though, funnily enough.

10 years ago @ http://www.houseofpain... - The SAGA saga: models,... · 10 replies · +2 points

Yeah, that's what I was thinking actually, a black Viking probably wouldn't be a traveller; more likely a bastard son of a foreign slave or wife. It's interesting, because making the choice to paint one of your Vikings as a black man pretty much requires you to justify it, and once you're justifying, you're story-telling. Your models become more than just blank game counters and represent specific fictional individuals with histories.

10 years ago @ http://www.houseofpain... - The SAGA saga: models,... · 1 reply · +1 points

Thanks Merry :)

And yeah, that's pretty funny about the authors on the Dethtron post. I did not notice that. I think we need a few more commenters to insure us against you and DC becoming authors too lol!

The more the Merry-er. Eh? Eh?

Ah, forget it.

10 years ago @ http://www.houseofpain... - The SAGA saga: models,... · 0 replies · +2 points

Hi Sabot, I wrote a bit about the rules in my last two posts. They're in our SAGA category :)

Short version is, I've only played a handful of games but I really like it. Simple but deep, entertaining and quick. I haven't seen many criticisms at all to be honest, although I haven't really been looking. The actual rules are only 30 pages long so it's kind of hard to give a quick low-down without basically repeating them all. On my blog here I have a short discussion if you want to know more.

10 years ago @ http://www.houseofpain... - The SAGA saga: models,... · 12 replies · +1 points

Hi Cedric, apologies for making you balk so early :)

Personally I think a good historian needs a certain amount of imagination. In areas where evidence is lacking, it becomes a matter of interpretation, and then you need to really place yourself in era and the minds of the people of the time as best you can. That's why some things we aren't sure about are radically re-interpreted as time goes on (and the re-interpretations sometimes framed as historical "discoveries"), but other, better documented things stay pretty much the same in our history books. I'm thinking of the Celtic renaissance in the 19th century. Yes there was a lot of bollocks and wishful thinking involved, but from it all emerged a new understanding of the Celts as not just simple barbarians.

I want to make clear that this is my interpretation of the game's fantasy level - the designers have not, as far as I can tell, included anything from your last two categories ("highly unlikely" and "flights of fancy"). There are no GB Shield Maidens for example.

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