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Crowsfoot said:
They way I gauge it, I have an 11 year old and a 6 year old, the tv that is for children is far more graphic than it was when I was 11, CBBC has programmes about werewolves, vampires etc, social media has a big impact on what children see and hear.
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And don’t forget the Merlin episode with the Dark Tower... pretty freaky in places.

But then Merlin’s a great show, at least in my eyes.

little-myth said:
There seems to be this interesting thing about the reaction to the books, one place is okay with it while another is losing it. Well me, doesn't bother me as long as it's done right, who knows it could be just be toned down in terms of the gore and other themes more suitable for an much older age, then I hear the argument that players reading the grisly stories from their old edition books at young ages. Well fine with that, times has changed though. Many expect kids to be sheltered from gore themes and such when they are a certain age (Then I don't really know really, seeing young'uns cursing and scrambling at each other like Skaven makes me think such sheltering doesn't exist with some *cough you should see my cousin's 3 year old fight with his older brother who is 5*)

Well there are my thoughts down, only time will tell about these books
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It also largely depends on the races being presented I think. For me I was reading the 4th Edition Dwarf army book from quite a young age, and the one story it featured was a battle featuring Dwarfs vs Skaven. While it has the occasional slightly gory moment (“smashing Skaven heads like eggshells”, “the stench of burning flesh”) it wasn’t too bad. Compare this to some of the stories in the 4th Edition Chaos Space Marine Codex, one centring on Khorne Marines murdering their loyalist brethren and the other featuring Kharn slaughtering his way through some challengers to his position, which are pretty brutal and I say this now at 19 when I’ve seen stuff like Alien. Also quite a lot of the stuff in the Dark Eldar 5th Edition codex is pretty strong stuff, so as I say it mostly depends on the faction I think. The factions in these are Space Marines, Necrons, Stormcast and Darkoath, the first three being much less explicit in the gore theme but the latter might be pretty brutal. I suppose to get the best view you just have to read them.

I’ve been reading Guardians of the Whills of late and while it has little in terms of gore it does have quite a strong theme of fear caused by Saw Gerrera’s terrorism and the Empire’s resultant crackdown upon the Jedha inhabitants. I would certainly recommend it to not just those who love Chirrut and Baze but also to those who felt their characters were underdeveloped in Rogue One - it really examines their personalities and feelings in detail, especially Baze who was the less developed of the two in the film, and puts you into their situation. It charters how Baze got his repeater cannon in the film and also how Saw and his partisans arrived on Jedha and started their own rebellion movement. Pretty good book.
 
I am not sure how to wrap my mind around those kid's books. Part of me is going "back in my day, we didn't need any kiddy books to get into Warhammer, the miniatures were enough!" Another part is going "well figures they would come up with this idea eventually." And a third part doesn't like that the artwork looks like a late 90's-early 2000's Saturday morning cartoon show.
 
Krox_v.2 said:
They should have just left that novel series alone and not brought it into AOS.
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I'm happy to see another old world character brought forward to create a stronger link to the world that was. Honestly I'm more invested in AoS lore then the game itself.

Also: new book to be named realmslayer
 
Lord-Marcus said:
I'm happy to see another old world character brought forward to create a stronger link to the world that was.
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Why? AoS needs more original stuff like Deepkin and Overlords, not rehashes of Old World content awkwardly shoe-horned into their world.
 
Lord-Marcus said:
because. links make it closer to 25 years of background. meaning GW still remembers their history.
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I don't see the point of blowing up the whole world if only to bring back all the old world elements. Just my opinion though.
 
NIGHTBRINGER said:
I don't see the point of blowing up the whole world if only to bring back all the old world elements. Just my opinion though.
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Agree completely. They took the steps to get away from the Tolkienesque fantasy and actually create some of their own narrative and proper IP. The difference between GW story 20 years ago and now is night and day... They are making big steps towards actually coming up with their own stuff rather than rehashing other peoples.

It ain't the 80s anymore (sadly)
 
I....actually agree with @NIGHTBRINGER more than I thought here.
GW is moving on, and that's nice IMO. They don't forget the past, and they include a bit here and there, but generally speaking the past is the past. The Mortal Realms are fleshed out more and more, and the narrative is developing. The last thing we need in AoS is Karl Franz and his merry crew jump up from some hole in the ground and everything is like The World That Was except the world is gone. Nope. I am not the greatest fan of the fish-people or Kharadron Overlords but at least they are original.

Gotrek is... fine I guess, I don't really care about him yet as I know next to nothing about him. But people in my local shop seem to like him and like to re-tell some of his best stories from earlier times. For them he is a nice memory of past days that deserves to continue his adventures in this new world.
What I basically got is: He is a Dwarf that wants to die honorably in battle like all the others, but he is too damn awesome so he wins all his battles, so he cannot die? That's a fun character so I don't mind seeing how he struggles with that new, strange world he is cast into.
 
NIGHTBRINGER said:
I imagine that you would enjoy that immensely. But just as before, it could very well be a new Fyreslayer model, with a new name and a new background/story.
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That would be great too. I’m not picky about what named characters we get, just as long as we get some. Was a bit disappointed Fjul Grimnir was virtually the same as an ordinary Runefather, even if his miniature looks badass.
 
On the subject of the kids books, I had this to say on SpaceBattles:

I stumbled into a conversation at the local GW today on the Adventures story series that's been announced. Whilst much of it came down to the likelihood that it won't sell well to its target demographic of 8-12-year-old kids who already think that 40k is neat as it is, a couple of points had been brought up: either it'll be dumbed down too much or it'll be more mature than we think, and Trazyn the Infinite would make a great Skeletor-like villain for the series.

As always, hope for the best, plan for the worst. Jokes were already being pointed towards the main characters likely being executed, taken by Drukkari, or turned into servitors for being a little too innocent for the setting.
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Chosen Axes are out as minis on their own for the first time with a price reduction! Could have been a bit more of a reduction but never mind - at least I have the opportunity to buy them now without needing to play Shadespire and having to get that SCE and Khorne starter set. I can also get Ironskull’s Boyz to put in my Black Orc unit and to use Ironskull as a Black Orc Warboss.
 
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