Post by stormbringer on Feb 6, 2011 10:51:45 GMT -5
Everyone,
I posted this on the Garagehammer Black Library forum and thought I'd repost it. I'd love to hear what everyone's favorite Warhammer books are. I'm about to start reading Gotrek & Felix: The Second Omnibus. I'm really hoping Dragonslayer lives up to it's name.
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I just finished Gotrek & Felix: The First Omnibus. This is the trilogy of Trollslayer, Skavenslayer, & Demonslayer. After reading Trollslayer & Skavenslayer, I took a break and read Grey Seer before finishing the last book Daemonslayer. These are the first Warhammer Fantasy books I have ever read. Here's my impressions of the four...
(I'll try to avoid outright spoilers, but it's hard to talk about a book and not say something about it)
Trollslayer: Oddly enough, I was expecting trolls to die. I don't recall one dead troll in this book. This is the first book for Gotrek & Felix and it's a series of short stories that pick up roughly where the last story left off. A lot of characters come in and I thought it a bit hard to follow what was going on with everyone. This wasn't my favorite of the four books I read, but it did set the stage. The Black Coach & Geheimnisnacht was very well done and came up in a few spots throughout the book.
Skavenslayer: [Warning - I'm new to Warhammer and Skaven is my first army thanks to the Island of Blood] I really like this book. I've read the fluff from the Skaven Army book and this compliments that terrifically. If only the Skaven could work together, they could win the day. Of course they don't, it's not the Skaven way! Grey Seer Thanquol undermines each clan and their plans fall apart. If "battle in a steamtank plant" doesn't excite you, then you might want to find another hobby. Skaven die by the dozen in this book. The author doesn't drag our fight scenes with every swing of the axe though. It's enough to write that Gotrek mows a path of destruction through the ranks of Skaven for me to know he's unstoppable and Skaven are dying.
Grey Seer: [Again - huge fan of the Skaven] This is probably my second favorite Warhammer book I have read. I read this after Skavenslayer. In the beginning of the book, the author catches you up to where things are in the Warhammer world. It's right here that I realize this book is much farther along in Gotrek & Felix timeline than I was expecting. I was a little worried about spoilers for other books because of this. So far, I don't think I picked up any. This book is all about Warpstone & Greed which makes it a perfect Skaven novel. There were a number of times that the Skaven just didn't quite follow why humans did what they did. This is a great touch and really lets you see the world though the eyes of another race of creatures. I though the parts about Thanquol getting a new body guard were especially good. Maybe that's because I had just finished painting eight Rat Ogres.
Daemonslayer: Let me start off by saying WOW. This is by far the best Warhammer book I have read. It's also the best fantasy book I have read in years. There were so many fantasy elements that gave this book an epic feel (Dwarven airship, lost Dwarven holds, runic weapons, Chaos Wastes, Bloodthirster Daemon, etc). Not since AD&D have I wondered what the stats on a monster in a book were. I went to the Warhammer Reference sheets a number of time (http://www.games-workshop.com/gws/content/article.jsp?aId=3000002). In case your wondering, Bloodthirster is WS10, S6, T6, 7 attacks, Fly, Magic Res (2), and causes Terror. I thought the author did an especially great job describing the terror. I could practically hear the dice roll when the leadership test was passed. This is what I love about a multifaceted hobby (Reading, Painting, Gaming, & Army building all ties together). A book like this really fire me up to play Warhammer.
Jeff
I posted this on the Garagehammer Black Library forum and thought I'd repost it. I'd love to hear what everyone's favorite Warhammer books are. I'm about to start reading Gotrek & Felix: The Second Omnibus. I'm really hoping Dragonslayer lives up to it's name.
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I just finished Gotrek & Felix: The First Omnibus. This is the trilogy of Trollslayer, Skavenslayer, & Demonslayer. After reading Trollslayer & Skavenslayer, I took a break and read Grey Seer before finishing the last book Daemonslayer. These are the first Warhammer Fantasy books I have ever read. Here's my impressions of the four...
(I'll try to avoid outright spoilers, but it's hard to talk about a book and not say something about it)
Trollslayer: Oddly enough, I was expecting trolls to die. I don't recall one dead troll in this book. This is the first book for Gotrek & Felix and it's a series of short stories that pick up roughly where the last story left off. A lot of characters come in and I thought it a bit hard to follow what was going on with everyone. This wasn't my favorite of the four books I read, but it did set the stage. The Black Coach & Geheimnisnacht was very well done and came up in a few spots throughout the book.
Skavenslayer: [Warning - I'm new to Warhammer and Skaven is my first army thanks to the Island of Blood] I really like this book. I've read the fluff from the Skaven Army book and this compliments that terrifically. If only the Skaven could work together, they could win the day. Of course they don't, it's not the Skaven way! Grey Seer Thanquol undermines each clan and their plans fall apart. If "battle in a steamtank plant" doesn't excite you, then you might want to find another hobby. Skaven die by the dozen in this book. The author doesn't drag our fight scenes with every swing of the axe though. It's enough to write that Gotrek mows a path of destruction through the ranks of Skaven for me to know he's unstoppable and Skaven are dying.
Grey Seer: [Again - huge fan of the Skaven] This is probably my second favorite Warhammer book I have read. I read this after Skavenslayer. In the beginning of the book, the author catches you up to where things are in the Warhammer world. It's right here that I realize this book is much farther along in Gotrek & Felix timeline than I was expecting. I was a little worried about spoilers for other books because of this. So far, I don't think I picked up any. This book is all about Warpstone & Greed which makes it a perfect Skaven novel. There were a number of times that the Skaven just didn't quite follow why humans did what they did. This is a great touch and really lets you see the world though the eyes of another race of creatures. I though the parts about Thanquol getting a new body guard were especially good. Maybe that's because I had just finished painting eight Rat Ogres.
Daemonslayer: Let me start off by saying WOW. This is by far the best Warhammer book I have read. It's also the best fantasy book I have read in years. There were so many fantasy elements that gave this book an epic feel (Dwarven airship, lost Dwarven holds, runic weapons, Chaos Wastes, Bloodthirster Daemon, etc). Not since AD&D have I wondered what the stats on a monster in a book were. I went to the Warhammer Reference sheets a number of time (http://www.games-workshop.com/gws/content/article.jsp?aId=3000002). In case your wondering, Bloodthirster is WS10, S6, T6, 7 attacks, Fly, Magic Res (2), and causes Terror. I thought the author did an especially great job describing the terror. I could practically hear the dice roll when the leadership test was passed. This is what I love about a multifaceted hobby (Reading, Painting, Gaming, & Army building all ties together). A book like this really fire me up to play Warhammer.
Jeff
