Fanatic Magazine Issue #4

Finally managed to get a copy, even though it was hidden…

When I was last in a Games Workshop store (a couple of weeks back) I did ask if they had a copy of issue #4 of Fanatic magazine and they said it was out in a week.

Last week at GamesDay though there were copies on the Fanatic Studio to peruse but none for sale. I did try and convince Fanatic to give me a review copy for the website, but they must have had hundreds of people asking that as they gave me a flat no!

Popped into a local Games Workshop store today and couldn’t see a copy out, so I asked if they had it in, it was, hidden behind some copies of the Warhammer comic behind the counter…. obviously well set out and easy to find for the casual purchaser who doesn’t know it exists!

When asked why this was the case the answer was they they didn’t want to hide it, as they got their copies free already…. didn’t make sense then, doesn’t make sense now!

As for the contents, the Epic Siege Army is covered as is Nurgle for Warmaster, more information from the GW site:

In this issue there are tactics for fielding either an Imperial or Chaos fleet in BFG. The Imperial Guards Baran Siegemasters arrive in Epic Armageddon and Blood Bowl hits the streets with the rules for Street bowl games. The hordes of Nurgle slime their way onto the Battlefield in Warmaster, and the lights are out in Necromunda with rules for Blind fighting and can Inquisitor Kessel escape from the clutches of Witch Hunter Tyrus in Inquisitor? All this and more including the regular news and features.

1901

Finished.

I certainly enjoyed Robert Conroy’s novel of a German invasion of the USA in 1901.

Not knowing a lot about the time period I couldn’t tell you whether it was historically accurate and whether the tactics in the book were the sort of tactics used at the time.

There was (as is the case with a lot of American authors) a slight anti-British feel to the book, but I am starting to expect that and it was subtle unlike say a Tom Clancy novel (though I sometimes feel that he actually thinks he is pro-British when he writes).

It certainly lacks the charm of a Turtledove alternative history novel and some of the characterisation and dialogue seems very late 20th century (rather than every early 20th); it certainly is worth a look if you have an interest in alternative history.

You can order it from amazon.co.uk.