| Shedman | 15 May 2015 5:18 a.m. PST |
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| Griefbringer | 15 May 2015 7:00 a.m. PST |
I am wondering which edition they are going to use. An extract from the article: "If you are claiming a right to privacy, for example, we roll two twenty-sided dice to determine your score, take away any debuffs – low income, being foreign – and measure it against the government's own total. To my knowledge, Warhammer 40K has not been using D20 since the 2nd edition, which was discontinued in 1998 |
| John the Greater | 15 May 2015 7:31 a.m. PST |
it allows every possible type of conflict to be resolved with only a handful of dice These guys clearly have not seen the types of conflicts that arise during a 40K game! What cannot be solved with dice is worked out with yelling, whining and pouting. |
Roderick Robertson  | 15 May 2015 7:46 a.m. PST |
What cannot be solved with dice is worked out with yelling, whining and pouting. And politics is any different? |
| Jakse375 | 15 May 2015 9:14 a.m. PST |
Griefbringer, your dates are a bit off. 2nd edition was 84-87 link |
| The Beast Rampant | 15 May 2015 10:47 a.m. PST |
…for example, we roll two twenty-sided dice to determine your score… Couldn't even get that right. Bucket of d6's, not polyhedrals. Even fake media are a waste of flesh. |
| John the Greater | 15 May 2015 1:05 p.m. PST |
What cannot be solved with dice is worked out with yelling, whining and pouting.And politics is any different? Yes, politics is different. I have never seen cash change hands in 40K |
| nazrat | 15 May 2015 2:42 p.m. PST |
The Mash seems to have a bit of an obsession with Warhammer (though they ALWAYS seem to get all their facts about the game wrong). The articles are still funny even if they are flawed… |
| Griefbringer | 15 May 2015 10:54 p.m. PST |
Griefbringer, your dates are a bit off. 2nd edition was 84-87 For Warhammer Fantasy Battle, yes, But the article is about Warhammer 40K, for which 2nd edition was released in 1993. |
| nazrat | 16 May 2015 3:43 a.m. PST |
I just looked at my copy of Rogue Trader (1987) and although D20s might occasionally be used for damage D6s were the dice used for almost everything mechanics-wise. Same with the next version in '93. |
| The Beast Rampant | 16 May 2015 11:15 a.m. PST |
I know d4 & d8 were used for damage; I can't remember the use of a d20 at all, but I might be mistaken. |
| Griefbringer | 16 May 2015 11:16 a.m. PST |
Yes, D20 was not particularly common in either RT or 2nd edition. However, from 3rd edition onwards it was not used at all. |
