tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3671274754007804358.post2687614548154608577..comments2023-08-20T05:45:33.582-07:00Comments on BigMex's Observations: Tabletop Gaming: Part 2Noe V.http://www.blogger.com/profile/04873722884245058162noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3671274754007804358.post-59803920620115383762011-09-21T16:09:40.310-07:002011-09-21T16:09:40.310-07:00Ancient Britain? I think you mean medieval Englan...Ancient Britain? I think you mean medieval England and France.Dee Deehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07162139933165299376noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3671274754007804358.post-90906133367200397112009-04-12T12:57:00.000-07:002009-04-12T12:57:00.000-07:00Hey. I found this whilst looking for pictures of G...Hey. I found this whilst looking for pictures of Games Workshop armies. I play Warcraft, and I play the Warhammer mmo a little as well. I also used to play Tyranids on the tabletop a few years ago.<BR/><BR/>You're right that a lot of people in the Warcraft community and many videogame players in general don't really understand where a lot of the fantasy tropes come from, and Blizzard owe Games Workshop a huge debt, especially in their early days.<BR/><BR/>Nowadays Blizzard have made an effort to try and distance their races from Warhammer mostly through the lore. For a start the Orcs themselves are generally pretty smart and are argurably the 'good guys' of the Warcraft universe. The elves are also subverted. The Night Elves aren't the malicious fiends found in a lot of fantasy have been deliberatly made peaceful and noble, whilst the light skinned high elves have since redubbed themselves blood elves and began to become genuinely more evil. There are also the Draenei (space goats) that as far as I know are an entirely new creation in every respect (which is probably why they were so villified by the community as they came so far out of left field).<BR/><BR/>Blizzard do owe Games Workshop a huge debt, but in turn, Games Workshop wern't the first to develop skeleton armies or elves.Samhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13897277066828030150noreply@blogger.com