It would be fair to say that I care more for the Warhammer setting than for the game rules themselves. The first models I bought were less for gaming with and more for visualising the stories and figures I read about in the background sections of the army books (my first was the old Undead book... sigh). So I like to keep reading about the Old World when I can spare the time.
Some of my favourites from
The Black Library so far have been the
Mathias Thulmann series,
Gotrek and Felix, and the
Enemy Within. My dislikes include anything published to coincide with a computer game release. I plan on getting into the
Time of Legends books too, as they look awesome, but I have had
A Song of Ice and Fire to get through first.
This summer, my reading focus has been on the Empire. My tabletop army of choice, and also the setting for the RPG I currently GM for our group. With this in mind, here is a run down of my latest reading, with my thoughts on what they add to my understanding of the Empire.
Tamurkhan: The Throne of Chaos is beyond the quality of what I have seen published from GW, save maybe for collectors editions. Its primary interest for many is the Chaos Dwarf list, but the story is not to be looked over. An absolutely brilliant piece of work, reminiscent of Robert E. Howard.
Reiksguard and
Iron Company are the run-of-the-mill Black Library offerings, so I generally accept that it is what it is - mass produced paperback fantasy fiction. I'm not going to get hung up over proofing or whatever.
SPOILER ALERT. I will make no attempt to keep this spoiler free.
