Sci-Fi Battles in the Grim Dark Future
“As I continue to ponder what, precisely, my politics are – and how I can understand The Political in connection to said politics – I decided it might be worthwhile to attempt a kind of critique against some of my favorite fiction to draw out my understandings and make them easier to confront. To this end I have taken up looking at Warhammer 40k as a means of examining our increasingly dystopian world, and my growing dissatisfaction with it. It is also a critique of certain kinds of logic, certain ideas of what it takes to “fix” things, that is expressed in recent developments in the fictional universe that may map onto certain ideas in the real world. This isn’t intended to be a judgement of the Warhammer 40k setting as a work. To say that the rise of the Emperor of Mankind in the 40k universe is a perfect analogy that can trace our own struggles with totalitarianism, authoritarianism, and fascism is clearly a mistake. But, nonetheless, it can serve as an example of how certain logics and ways of thinking connect to these struggles. In short, this is a strange attempt at simply stating things I think, but am still uncertain about.” – Pen and Screen
Class Wargames will be hosting a collective playing of a Warhammer 40k figurines game using the simplified Grimdark Firefight rules.
Entrance free. Bring your own food & drink.
Friday 25th October
6.30pm-10.00pm
Mayday Rooms
88 Fleet Street
London
EC4Y 1DH
One Page Rules, Grimdark Future Fight.
Andrew Ruddick (BBC interview), Why Warhammer 40,000 is still popular after 25 years.