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Well, I've been playing Warhammer 40K allot lately, and I've been wondering if a good RP would be able to be made out of it. I personally think its a rather good idea, but thats completely natural, as the idea was mine. Basically, what I'm thinking is that you could of course choose any of the multiple races, and have it as either following along a single character, like a Force Commander/Chaos Lord, or controlling the entire race, or at least an entire army, trying to control some part of the galaxy. (By the way, I really don't know much of the history of the game, since I've never played the boardgame)

Please, tell me what you think, and any and all ideas are welcome.

Also, I was thniking that if anyone really felt like it, they could probably create their own races.

Dawn of war II was just announced. Woot.

Really? Interesting.... I haven't even gotten Soulstorm yet.

It sounds like it could be pretty interesting. I don't play too much Warhammer 40K though, but I'll definitely be there to read of it, and maybe I'll look for the information on it that I had awhile, in case I get the urge to eventually jump in!

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Really? Interesting.... I haven't even gotten Soulstorm yet.

Soulstorm's pretty good, but it could do with some improvement.

I'm open to suggestions. I only had a very rough idea anyways.

Oh why indulge such a faddish closeted little RP when theres lots of us who actually embrace 40k as a basis for our FT and actually know the background beyond the confines of the watered-down DoW setting.

I would urge caution in this, especially since you conspire to degrade the setting itself by allowing people to "make up their own races"

Oh why indulge such a faddish closeted little RP when theres lots of us who actually embrace 40k as a basis for our FT and actually know the background beyond the confines of the watered-down DoW setting.

I would urge caution in this, especially since you conspire to degrade the setting itself by allowing people to "make up their own races"

Bit harsh, don't you think?

Bit harsh, don't you think?

It's perfectly correct, the 40K universe has reams of background story, and the DoW game simply focuses on the bare essentials. If everything was included the game would be about 20GB in size.

Well, yeah. But the actual tabletop game does take a lot longer to get set up, and it costs way more.

However, i do agree that DOW could be a bit deeper. I'd have liked to see a 40K game that was more like Star Wars Battlefront TBH.

Though, not all people want to convert their Nation to FT just for 1 RP. I myself like my nation MT as a whole, and i know Mereshka said (in another RP) that their nation was: like feudal japan, and that's how i intent to keep it

No need to convert, they can just have it seperate.

Setting up and buying for the tabletop game isn't the issue, the issue is that Dawn of War is not representative of the entire spectrum of Warhammer 40k. Not only are there huge amounts of lore associated with it, but also units and unit distinctions that weren't brought forward.

Units specific to Space Marine Chapters or Legions, for example. The fact that the basis for this RP would be flawed, along with the knowledge of the universe and its denizens (I mean come on, invent your own?) basically means that he'd be better trying his hand at FT.

I don't really enjoy these off-shoot RPs, anyways. The Mods usually swoop in and stop them, since you're meant to be RPing as your nations, not simply RPing.

Alright, if I may, I'd like to get a few things straight here. First off, this RP does not have to be based off of the video game. I would be more than happy to have the 'lore' brought in. I've always thought it would be fascinating to learn more, espcielly about the races I've only even heard of, like the Tyranids. As for making your own race, I was thinking that a bit of personilization is in order. It doesn't even have to be an entire race, you could simply make a new Chapter for the Space Marines for example.

And if the Mods swoop down, to use the aboves term, so what? Its not like any of us have never had a thread fall apart on us.

And some people have stated that Dawn of War should be more in depth. In a way, thats what I'm trying to do here. At least with the characters. It would give you a chance to really get more into the races heads.

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Alright, I've got enough votes for my own comfort, so I'll probably make the Official sign up thread soon.

Sign up thread here: http://forums.jolt.co.uk/showthread.php?t=553856

Sorry for not doing it yesterday, had it nearly finished and my internet freaked out.