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Offline Madness

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Going crazy chasing the canon
« on: July 17, 2009, 11:06:58 AM »
I'm trying to undestand how much is canon and how much is fanfic in the BFG universe, for instance are Eldar Wyrmship canon or is something the guys from tacticalwargames made up? Where did they appear first?
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Offline horizon

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Re: Going crazy chasing the canon
« Reply #1 on: July 17, 2009, 12:04:07 PM »
Wyrmship was designed by Sigoroth at the specialist games forum in 2005. Thus fanmade.
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Offline trynerror

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Re: Going crazy chasing the canon
« Reply #2 on: July 17, 2009, 12:21:09 PM »
Maybe someone (Ray ?) can provide us with a list like in the old forum. Official rules - experimental rules - houserules. Anything missing on the list surely is unofficial.
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Offline Madness

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Re: Going crazy chasing the canon
« Reply #3 on: July 17, 2009, 01:29:03 PM »
Mind you, I'm more concerned with the fluff side than the actual gameplay, so if has no rule but has a canonized history, I'm fine.
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Offline Admiral_d_Artagnan

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Re: Going crazy chasing the canon
« Reply #4 on: July 17, 2009, 09:06:17 PM »
Fluff side, you just stick to BFG rulebook, Armada and some of the PDFs at the SG site.
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Offline RayB HA

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Re: Going crazy chasing the canon
« Reply #5 on: July 19, 2009, 09:47:09 PM »
Official BFG background can be found in the rule books and any articles written by the HA as a whole. (So solo written fleets like the Black Templars are non canon where as the Mechanicus fleet is canon, as it was written and reviewed by the HA). However GW being GW they will change key chunks of background if it suits them (usually for the better).

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Offline Madness

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Re: Going crazy chasing the canon
« Reply #6 on: July 19, 2009, 10:08:33 PM »
Very interesting, but what does HA mean?  :-[
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Offline Admiral_d_Artagnan

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Re: Going crazy chasing the canon
« Reply #7 on: July 19, 2009, 10:12:49 PM »
High Admiralty. The group that decides all things related to BFG. Anything they decide on is official.
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Offline Madness

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Re: Going crazy chasing the canon
« Reply #8 on: July 19, 2009, 10:13:48 PM »
How can I know what's approved and what's not then?
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Offline Admiral_d_Artagnan

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Re: Going crazy chasing the canon
« Reply #9 on: July 20, 2009, 12:41:06 AM »
BFG Blue Book and Armada have the official fluff. Some other PDFs which were in the SG site but not sure if they're still there. Haven't visited in a while.
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Offline horizon

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Re: Going crazy chasing the canon
« Reply #10 on: July 20, 2009, 04:22:07 AM »
Black Library is also canon within the GW universe. But takes position behind a codex but is never untrue.
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Offline Eddie Orlock

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Re: Going crazy chasing the canon
« Reply #11 on: July 20, 2009, 04:58:43 AM »
Quote from: horizon on July 20, 2009, 04:22:07 AM
Black Library is also canon within the GW universe. But takes position behind a codex but is never untrue.
Black Library material is apocryphal at best, and subversively misleading at worst. Nothing they print can be trusted.
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Offline Admiral_d_Artagnan

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Re: Going crazy chasing the canon
« Reply #12 on: July 20, 2009, 05:34:10 AM »
Quote from: Eddie Orlock on July 20, 2009, 04:58:43 AM
Quote from: horizon on July 20, 2009, 04:22:07 AM
Black Library is also canon within the GW universe. But takes position behind a codex but is never untrue.
Black Library material is apocryphal at best, and subversively misleading at worst. Nothing they print can be trusted.

Amen.
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Offline Madness

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Re: Going crazy chasing the canon
« Reply #13 on: July 20, 2009, 12:02:47 PM »
Gh. Ok, I give up, I'll never be able to fix the Lexicanum pages source by BFG stuff. Any sacrificial lamb wants to help?
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Offline horizon

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Re: Going crazy chasing the canon
« Reply #14 on: July 20, 2009, 07:06:42 PM »
Admiral and Eddie, your personal stance is not useful. Everything BL prints is official, GW pays money to make BL possible.
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