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Our own insignificance
Or: The universe is a vast place, and you won’t be missed.
written by Alex Woitalla, 11.11.08
hen I’m recalling my first contact with the Warhammer Universe, I see a half-adult nerdy figure, leaning over a crammed table that is hosting badly painted miniatures of Tyranids and Space Marines, scattered over a richly coloured floor plan of a hive ship. A friend from university hooked up with my cousin and lured her into playing this botch of a game. I remember me looking at those figurines, wondering where this all would lead at that evening.
We had a beer. And another. And started playing. I didn’t get the rules at first but the wondrous effects of stout made me actually enjoy the semi-tactical game play. Maybe it helped that no one of our gathering was used to that kind of gaming, since we knew Trivial Pursuit. - [ Read on, Marine! ]
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