Comments on: Space Hulk – Magic Flavour Ice Cream

By: Richard

Richard — Tue, 06 Oct 2009 15:50:11 +0000

Robert,
I’ve been a fan of your various bits and bobs for a long time, and I was happy when a friend told me about your board game adventures. Shortly afterwards, we were excitedly whipping each other with belts on learning about Space Hulk 3rd ed. ice cream. I now have this on order.

My one wish is that GW chooses to re-release other forgotten gems from its back catalogue. Battlefleet Gothic was already impossible to source before my own poison apple (1995), and apart from a few miniatures, it’s sorely needing a revisit. I reckon from the look of your rogue trader review, the spaceship battles page looks very familiar…

From the GW website, typo fans might like “If all this talk of navel battles … has got you excited.” I know I did.

Robert, you’re a handsome scion of gaming for us all to look up to.

By: Sixtyten

Sixtyten — Tue, 01 Sep 2009 23:04:35 +0000

There’s an excellent feature on the new Space Hulk and the first ever Space Hulk battle report in this months White Dwarf. It’s the first copy I’ve bought in a good 10 years, all thanks to the enthusiasm with which the new version has been talked about on here. Well worth a read if you’re interested in the new edition.

By: Thomas Florez

Thomas Florez — Tue, 01 Sep 2009 20:52:16 +0000

This is simply beautiful. It makes me so happy to know that there were kids on the other side of the pond who were playing Space Hulk alone. I’ll never forget that Christmas I used all my present money to go buy a copy of Space Hulk from The Gatekeeper down town. Set on top of my Space Marine box back in ‘92, they both looked quite impressive.

Thank you again for this piece.

By: DreamWalker

DreamWalker — Mon, 31 Aug 2009 17:57:07 +0000

Well done! I almost teared up here in my cube.

By: Dude163

Dude163 — Mon, 31 Aug 2009 16:00:43 +0000

My name is Robert too, so your story strikes a chord!

By: Robert

Robert — Mon, 31 Aug 2009 15:50:30 +0000

Thaks Dude, appreciated.

By: Dude163

Dude163 — Mon, 31 Aug 2009 15:25:24 +0000

Great article, I posted a link to this at

http://www.boardgamegeek.com/thread/437897

I hope you dont mind

By: Andrew Dunn

Andrew Dunn — Mon, 31 Aug 2009 07:48:59 +0000

This is a lovely story. I can’t relate to the specifics as all this Games Workshop stuff entirely passed me by but I can definitely relate to the spirit of it.

By: Rock, Paper, Shotgun: these men think in courier » The Sunday Papers

Rock, Paper, Shotgun: these men think in courier » The Sunday Papers — Sun, 30 Aug 2009 12:18:10 +0000

[...] doing a new edition of the lovely PC-game inspiring boardgame Space Hulk. Over at Downtowntime, Rab writes about Space Hulk. It’s heart-on-sleeve gaming romanticism and my favourite piece of games writing of the [...]

By: Robert

Robert — Thu, 27 Aug 2009 03:26:08 +0000

There’s never a great deal of dice being rolled, really. And it’s ALL strategy. If it was just a demo game, it’s probably tailored more towards BANG BANG SHOOT SHOOT to attract the kids. At heart it’s a turn-based thinker that also lets you mash some dice. I LOVE IT.