Once you read the first page, the OCD kicks in, and you can’t quit. All you can do is be glad you didn’t open the phone book.
When you're the type of person who commits. (xpost, because the Factorio joke inspired me)
Submitted 7 hours ago by Skullgrid@lemmy.world to games@lemmy.world
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BarneyPiccolo@lemmy.today 1 hour ago
KiwiTB@lemmy.world 5 hours ago
Funny thing is, I’m pretty sure there are way more books they missed.
FordBeeblebrox@lemmy.world 4 hours ago
This is just the Horus Heresy, there are WAY more books
Bakkoda@lemmy.world 4 hours ago
Warl0k3@lemmy.world 3 hours ago
42 in the image, 65 in the series
KiwiTB@lemmy.world 2 hours ago
rozodru@piefed.world 5 hours ago
As someone who is all about the 40k lore, have no clue how to play the game, don’t have any miniatures, you really gotta take it all in small doses as there’s so much of it or let someone on youtube explain it for you.
It’s good lore, it’s insanely deep lore, and it’s all over the place. Keep in mind it all takes place of the span of 10s of thousands of years. there will be entire novels of the most mundane Astartes chapter/legion. There’ll be legions/chapters you have no clue about because no one has written about them or they get shoved off to the side. I know a lot of the lore but I honestly couldn’t tell you anything about the twin Primarchs Alpharius and Omegon nor their Alpha Legion.
orbitz@lemmy.ca 3 hours ago
I played a small bit in the late 90s, it was fun chilling with my roommate and painting miniatures. Think I spent more time painting than playing though. They never lookrd great but was space marines in red with yellow accents, the odd things you still remember a 1/4 decade later.
FordBeeblebrox@lemmy.world 4 hours ago
Oh neat, I bought them all one night and only have about 25 left to go so they should be fun
A_Union_of_Kobolds@lemmy.world 7 hours ago
Accurate, although there are exceptions. Betrayer + First Heretic come to mind, those were fun.
Warl0k3@lemmy.world 6 hours ago
Flight of the Eisenstein is pretty good too.
Klear@quokk.au 4 hours ago
I only started reading Horus Heresy because the first novel is by Abnett. Took me until like the 15th to realise the rest of them suck.
a4ng3l@lemmy.world 5 hours ago
This hits home for me… Once I start a series I have to finish it. Sometimes it’s VERRY long to finish the more boring ones…
EtAl@lemmy.dbzer0.com 3 hours ago
In the opposite. Life is too short for bad books. If I’m not into a book within the first few chapters, I drop it.
I was getting into Warhammer 40k lore on YouTube and tried them first Horus Heresy book. I noped right out of there. I read the Sun Eater series instead, and I’m so glad I did.
PunnyName@lemmy.world 38 minutes ago
Stephen King’s “Gunslinger”. Can’t do it.
a4ng3l@lemmy.world 2 hours ago
That’s a strength a wish I had :) Kudos to you
thingsiplay@lemmy.ml 6 hours ago
You won’t know it, until you read (or played it). Also opinions can change after time. Especially if the last episode and ending was a slog, it can change the view of the entire franchise for some. If you read fast enough (or watch), then your brain does not have enough time to process everything and does not build relationship with early stuff, but with the last stuff. What I mean is, if you watched Star Wars in the 80s, then you had plenty of time to be fan and reject the new Disney films. But if you watched all films back to back from beginning to last Disney film for the first time, then you maybe hating it.
evilcultist@sh.itjust.works 6 hours ago
I picked up a used copy of Horus Rising that I’ve been reading off and on. It’s the first warhammer book I’ve read (I don’t play the game), but I’ve played some of rogue trader and read several memes about the emperor on his throne, so it’s all making me anticipate a twist that I’m not sure will happen.
OhShitSon@lemmy.zip 5 hours ago
The first five or six books of The Horus Heresy are fantastic IMO. After that it’s a lot of hit and miss titles, and a load of short stories which also vary in quality.
I may be skewed because I’ve been into warhammer for more two thirds of my life though.
vaultdweller013@sh.itjust.works 3 hours ago
As I understand it the original plan was to cover the Heresy over like 10 books or something like that but then it just kept ballooning. This resulted in issues like Fulgrim falling to chaos really fucken fast and for stupid reasons only for him to more or less jack off for the rest of the Heresy which while fitting for a Slaaneshi champion is still kinda disappointing.
MathiasTCK@lemmy.world 5 hours ago
Just like in the practice cages
Zirconium@lemmy.world 3 hours ago
For anyone who likes Warhammer, check out Stephen Baxter, Xeelee series
blimthepixie@lemmy.dbzer0.com 7 hours ago
I felt like that after watching all 10 series of Benidorm
FordBeeblebrox@lemmy.world 3 hours ago
Granted, covid was a big part, but there are more than 30 seasons of NCIS across all the series and I’ve seen every damn one of them. Are they good? No
Danarchy@lemmy.nz 6 hours ago
This is me and Battle Mage Farmer
con_fig@programming.dev 13 minutes ago
I’m a huge fan of Dan Abnett’s warhammer books. The Ravenor trilogy is my favourite, I just wish there were more!