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Post by dougeye on May 30, 2014 13:23:44 GMT -5
worth the money?
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Post by cheminhaler on May 30, 2014 14:30:21 GMT -5
The forge world game books or the novels?
If you intend to game with the books then I suppose they would be worth it. But there will be 3 books soon so thats over £150 just on books.
Plus I've had serious peeks at books 1&2, I'd say only 'buy' the books that pertain to the Legion you want to collect. For instance volume 2 details the Night Lords so to play night lords you need books 1&2.
Either way you have to get book 1 as it has the main Legion army list in it which all the other books refer back to constantly. Mechanicus lists are in both 1&2.
Then you'll really have to read through the book and decide what you want to collect/ game with.
There is much more access to special/ heavy weapons and squads can be larger - 20 marines in a squad is quite normal. You can give all 10 marines in a devastator squad heavy weapons.
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Post by monolith on May 30, 2014 14:38:39 GMT -5
I was also thinking of buying the 3 main hh books but was more interested in the literature rather than gameplay mechanics etc. Rules etc aside are they worth if for lore etc?
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Post by cheminhaler on May 30, 2014 15:08:30 GMT -5
The lore follows the same story arc as the new novels, focussing on several important characters from the novels. Aside from that the insights into 30k technology are quite fascinating. There are Volkite weapons which sear their target and cook them in lightning and there are 'graviton' weapons which are the ancestors of the new modern 40k grav gun - the former has been lost over time, the latter refined.
For me, personally, I'd rather just buy more 40k plastic; I doubt I'd ever get to play 30k although the game looks interesting. At the moment the only factions are Mechanicus and Legion Space Marines (a choice of 18 and nothing else); if there were more xenos option, as per 'the Great Crusade' it would be more interesting.
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Post by Trooper One-Nine-Seven-Four on May 30, 2014 17:10:41 GMT -5
kirsten has the FW books, and she thinks that they are works of art. I'd like to get them eventually, along with some of the 30K kits--namely the Primarchs I like, but right now I can justify the cost, and I don't really have the space to collect full 30K armies, as much as Heresy-era Deathguard, World Eaters, and Blood Angels do appeal to me.
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Post by stovrose on May 31, 2014 12:53:01 GMT -5
I love these books. I bought a kindle specifically to have ALL of them in one handy device. Fantastic series
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Post by kirsten on Jun 8, 2014 15:07:33 GMT -5
Horus Heresy novel series is quite fun, nice and easy to read.
The Forge World Horus Heresy books are indeed works of art. stunningly beautiful, filled with detail, loads of legion background, awesome army list and rules. about to order book number three myself.
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Post by Cosmic on Jun 9, 2014 10:58:14 GMT -5
I'm assuming you mean the expensive, Forge World ones. Like Kirsten I have them, and they are stunning. They are split fairly evenly with the first half containing great information and insight into the heresy, and it's a LOT of information alongside great illustrations and they're great references if you plan to do a Heresy Marine force, they've proved invaluable with my Salamanders and Work Eaters
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Post by kirsten on Jun 9, 2014 12:27:09 GMT -5
just ordered book three now, hopefully it will arrive this week.
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Post by Cosmic on Jun 9, 2014 14:12:11 GMT -5
It's a good one  |
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Post by kirsten on Jun 9, 2014 16:54:36 GMT -5
I have been waiting all this time for Raven Guard and Iron Warriors, so I have no doubts about that.
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