GW continues to blur the lines between far-future and fantastical-past.
I recently wrote about how Games Workshop mixes technology and mysticism liberally in both their fantasy and science-fiction settings.
They’re at it again with their AdeptiCon announcements.
Question: What GW setting features footsoldiers with machine guns and flamethrowers?
If you said Warhammer 40k, you’re right!
If you said Age of Sigmar, you’re also right!
For more machine guns, also see the Cogfort. This ridiculous monstrosity is actually kind of awesome. I expect this to become one of those legendary sets that people will still talk about for years to come. But, it’s bristelling with machine guns (and flamethrowers) too.
Which is cool I suppose, but kinda blows up the fantasy illusion in my head.
Am I being a curmudgeon here, or is this genre-bending fusion just what these games need?
Whiy is it that I find the anacronistic Wizard with a machine gun miniature whimsical and funny, but period-looking soldiers with equally period-looking machine guns somewhat off-putting? Does it even matter at all? Since one of my core tenants is that “there’s no wrong way to game”. I suppose in the end, they’re just not for me, and that’s fine too. To quote Sigmar himself: “To find true happiness; it’s not the machine guns that matter, it’s the flamethrowers we picked up along the way.”
