Valkyrion Posted September 5 Share Posted September 5 The year is 2054. Warhammer 40,000 is entering it's 20th edition. We still only use D6 but we use it factorially now. Primaris Marines have been replaced by (looks up synonyms for primary) Paramount Marines. Henry Cavill is a live action Kyril Sindermann. David Attenborough and Morgan Freeman are still alive. Are those players longing for 10th edition like us longbeards long for 2nd 30 years earlier? Will the care homes of the near future be full of old folk playing 4th and 5th edition 40k? Will anyone yearn for the glorious formations of 7th or the halcyon days of 8th edition? Gorgoff, firestorm40k, calgar101 and 7 others 9 1 Back to top Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/383912-the-future-of-nostalgia/ Share on other sites More sharing options...
grailkeeper Posted September 5 Share Posted September 5 You don't get nostaliga like you used to. DuskRaider, Deus_Ex_Machina, Kallas and 6 others 2 7 Back to top Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/383912-the-future-of-nostalgia/#findComment-6062604 Share on other sites More sharing options...
phandaal Posted September 5 Share Posted September 5 Recently, I have noticed that kids in the US are swapping their silly mushroom-top haircuts for '80s-style mullets, and skinny jeans are turning back into late '90s baggy pants. If 40k follows, Space Marines should revert to being stumpy some time in the next couple of decades, which means we will have the youngbloods mocking their elders for playing with stupid tall Primaris Marines. LightningClawLeonard, Cactus, Scribe and 5 others 8 Back to top Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/383912-the-future-of-nostalgia/#findComment-6062607 Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Yncarne Posted September 5 Share Posted September 5 The future of 40k nostalgia is just sadness and regret. Brother Christopher 1 Back to top Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/383912-the-future-of-nostalgia/#findComment-6062610 Share on other sites More sharing options...
NovemberIX Posted September 5 Share Posted September 5 Hey! I liked the formations from 7th and the indexes from 8th! I'm still chasing that high from using the whirlwind suppression force. I could see classic marines getting a re-release as GW decides to turn back the clock to pre-13th crusade again. Some youngin' working in specialist games is gonna write a badab book in their spare time that ends up being universally praised, but never updated after. As for old guy nostalgia, I'll probably be pining for the Bligh Heresy books, and old Imperial Armours, walking around with blast templates and scatter die. calgar101 1 Back to top Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/383912-the-future-of-nostalgia/#findComment-6062618 Share on other sites More sharing options...
INKS Posted September 5 Share Posted September 5 Can we just go back to 3rd edition so I know all the rules already? :p Scribe, Captain Idaho, The_Worker and 5 others 3 1 4 Back to top Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/383912-the-future-of-nostalgia/#findComment-6062619 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Noserenda Posted September 6 Share Posted September 6 Obviously, things never really change, just endless loops of hypocrisy and delusion :D Helias_Tancred 1 Back to top Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/383912-the-future-of-nostalgia/#findComment-6062645 Share on other sites More sharing options...
calgar101 Posted September 6 Share Posted September 6 I wont look back on the current system as fondly as I do 3rd edition, when I was getting into the hobby. The models for the most part may look far better but the hobby doesn't have the same feeling anymore. White Dwarf is not the same, some of the old guard staff no longer work there etc... Story lines not good etc. Timberley, LSM, INKS and 1 other 2 2 Back to top Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/383912-the-future-of-nostalgia/#findComment-6062656 Share on other sites More sharing options...
INKS Posted September 6 Share Posted September 6 I know the feeling @calgar101 It's not that I think the models were better (they were not) or that the rules were better - probably not, I just remember that time fondly. lol calgar101 and LSM 1 1 Back to top Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/383912-the-future-of-nostalgia/#findComment-6062667 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Redcomet Posted September 6 Share Posted September 6 of course there will. There are people growing up as kids now, whose first interactions with 40k is 10th edition who will look back to those memories, with fond nostalgia in 20-30 years. Same happened with Star Wars. The Old Farts hated the prequels and said everything after the OT was garbage, but the generation who grew up with the prequels have that as “their” Star Wars. Thats how nostalgia works skylerboodie, The_Worker, Oxydo and 6 others 4 5 Back to top Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/383912-the-future-of-nostalgia/#findComment-6062670 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Xenith Posted September 6 Share Posted September 6 Same happened with Star Wars. The Old Farts hated the prequels and said everything after the OT was garbage, but the generation who grew up with the prequels have that as “their” Star Wars. Came to say just that. The prequel trilogy are now looked at rather fondly. Special Officer Doofy and DemonGSides 2 Back to top Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/383912-the-future-of-nostalgia/#findComment-6062677 Share on other sites More sharing options...
CL_Mission Posted September 6 Share Posted September 6 I'm still waiting for my 3rd edition nostalgia to kick in, it must be due any minute. Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/383912-the-future-of-nostalgia/#findComment-6062686 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Magos Takatus Posted September 6 Share Posted September 6 I'm still waiting for my 3rd edition nostalgia to kick in, it must be due any minute. I've got 2nd edition nostalgia and I didn't mind 4th edition. 3rd edition to me was the times of the codex that was so thin you could cut yourself on the spine of the book and when they did... horrible things to Eldar Guardians. I also have some nostalgia for... 7th edition. Not for the crazy datasheets but for finally giving the Adeptus Mechanicus some presence on the tabletop as something other than advisors. Cactus and Celtic_cauldron 1 1 Back to top Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/383912-the-future-of-nostalgia/#findComment-6062795 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Doghouse Posted September 6 Share Posted September 6 I miss the original nostalgia, it was much better than modern nostalgia and cheaper too! ZeroWolf, calgar101, Marshal Rohr and 12 others 1 13 1 Back to top Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/383912-the-future-of-nostalgia/#findComment-6062805 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marshal Rohr Posted September 6 Share Posted September 6 Considering they haven’t written any lore in 3 editions anyone that misses 10th actually misses 7th which is just 3rd. calgar101, LightningClawLeonard and Doghouse 3 Back to top Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/383912-the-future-of-nostalgia/#findComment-6062806 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ace Debonair Posted September 6 Share Posted September 6 (edited) The year is 2054. Warhammer 40,000 is entering it's 20th edition. We still only use D6 but we use it factorially now. Primaris Marines have been replaced by (looks up synonyms for primary) Paramount Marines. Henry Cavill is a live action Kyril Sindermann. David Attenborough and Morgan Freeman are still alive. They've just released Inquisitor Coteaz again at the end of 2053, in his ultimate form as a featureless mannequin carrying Coteaz' hammer and wearing what amounts to a bland golden cube. I suppose it'll depend in part on what direction GW go in for future editions, but generally people tend to think whatever edition they played the most games in is the best one, so to answer the question "yes, probably". Edited September 6 by Ace Debonair for clarity regarding Future Coteaz DemonGSides 1 Back to top Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/383912-the-future-of-nostalgia/#findComment-6062820 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dark Shepherd Posted September 8 Share Posted September 8 Also in 2054 GW release new Kislev models for the Old World after dust has sufficiently settled Suppressors get multipart release Valrak still insists Leman Russ is being released for 40k phandaal, Celtic_cauldron and Ramell 2 1 Back to top Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/383912-the-future-of-nostalgia/#findComment-6063149 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Redcomet Posted September 8 Share Posted September 8 In 2054: New 40k starter set: - Nostalgia sized spacemarines - Monopose ork boys. For the bargain price of 500£. (Rules sold only in subscription based app) On the new style hexagonal bases! firestorm40k and Special Officer Doofy 2 Back to top Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/383912-the-future-of-nostalgia/#findComment-6063178 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Deus_Ex_Machina Posted September 8 Share Posted September 8 This is proper nostalgia: It helps me finish my ten assault intercessors because tomorrow is the launch of SM2. Then anything unfinished will look at me disapprovingly from the painting table as I won´t touch a brush for at least a week. firestorm40k 1 Back to top Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/383912-the-future-of-nostalgia/#findComment-6063183 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rogue Posted September 8 Share Posted September 8 The year is 2054. The 24th edition of 40k has just been released, sticking to the now familiar 18-month edition rotation - everyone bemoans the pace of edition churn, thinking wistfully of the stability of 20s and 30s when editions lasted a full three years. Codexes release on a fortnightly basis: all 36 factions receive their codex, although the last is valid for just two weeks before the core rules change again. People buy it anyway. [Probably not (I wanted to say obviously not, but...). But we already dropped from 6-year to 3-year editions, and have jumped from 0 codices to 18, so if we follow those trends, well, who knows.] ZeroWolf and firestorm40k 2 Back to top Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/383912-the-future-of-nostalgia/#findComment-6063216 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Evil Eye Posted September 8 Share Posted September 8 The year is 20XX. It is 41st Edition. Games Workshop has just finished phasing out the last of the Primaris Marines in favour of the newer Ultimus Marines, which each have a 60mm base and costs £200 for a box of 3 Ultimus SelfDeprecators (the basic line troops which you'll need 40 of for a 1000 point battle). Sanguinius has been resurrected after Leman Russ and Jaghatai Khan return with a recipe for an Angel Food Cake stolen from Isha's cookbook from the Black Library. Ranges have been removed from the game as "too complex" and Codices are now written in large print Comic Sans. Abaddon has had at least 15 final battles with different characters, none of which have resulted in any lasting effect on the setting (in spite of Marneus Calgar and Darnath Lysander being unceremoniously killed off in a bizarre Imperial Snooker accident). Female models now all wear burqas to avoid accusations of objectification. Models are now made of "Citadel Ecocast", a special restic that biodegrades after a year (just long enough to last an edition). Paints are now packaged in "applicator sachets" which look suspiciously like condiment packets. The Vyper and Warp Spiders are still in production. But hey, at least there's no arguments over vehicle facings or blast markers anymore! Timberley, Cactus and phandaal 3 Back to top Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/383912-the-future-of-nostalgia/#findComment-6063220 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Schurge Posted September 8 Share Posted September 8 It is the year 20xx. Games Workshop no longer makes miniatures nor does anyone remember a time when they did. They now sell consumers a sense of identity via a subscription service. What exactly this subscription service provides, no one can really say... but boy does the Ultra Value Subscription Plus Plus coming out next November look like its worth pulling in an extra shift every week at the factory manufacturing synthetic protein. Evil Eye, firestorm40k and phandaal 1 2 Back to top Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/383912-the-future-of-nostalgia/#findComment-6063279 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr Farson Posted September 9 Share Posted September 9 I've definitely developed a certain nostalgia for 7th and 4th / 3rd ed in recent years. The last three editions have been a massive drop off for me gameplay wise. I sometimes wonder considering the smashing success of the old world if a retro 40k might end up released as an official product Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/383912-the-future-of-nostalgia/#findComment-6063299 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Magos Takatus Posted September 9 Share Posted September 9 Reading this thread I am now wondering if I will be nostalgic for the time when GW converted old Forge World models like the Castigator Knight and Relic Predators into plastic or back for when FW had the autonomy to make those kits for resin for 40K in the first place. Tough choice but I'm starting to finally side with the latter. Buying a Leviathan because I'd planned to get one for a while and then having rules support limited from general access to Legends before I'd even opened the box for the kit left a sour taste in my mouth. Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/383912-the-future-of-nostalgia/#findComment-6063348 Share on other sites More sharing options...
grailkeeper Posted September 9 Share Posted September 9 Recently, I have noticed that kids in the US are swapping their silly mushroom-top haircuts for '80s-style mullets, and skinny jeans are turning back into late '90s baggy pants. If 40k follows, Space Marines should revert to being stumpy some time in the next couple of decades, which means we will have the youngbloods mocking their elders for playing with stupid tall Primaris Marines. You're models are multi-pose? Gross. We only play with monopole models made out of nature's tastiest metal- lead. phandaal and Magos Takatus 2 Back to top Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/383912-the-future-of-nostalgia/#findComment-6063374 Share on other sites More sharing options...
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