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A Couple of ‘Gotrek’ Tales from the Black Library…

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I’m not sure how this week is going to pan out on the blog, lets see what happens… After a couple of months out, I’m back at work (albeit on half days for the next couple of weeks) and my head needs to be all about getting back up to speed etc. I’ve been enjoying my blogging though and I don’t want to let that slide so… You probably won’t see as many books read, maybe more short stories and comics will creep back in? I don’t know; like I said, lets see what happens next ;o) It feels like a while since anything ‘Age of Sigmar’ has featured here, it has definitely been a while since I read any ‘Gotrek’ so I thought I’d kick off the week by combining the two and having a quick look at a couple of tales that have been lurking on my Kindle App for a little while. And both of them are from solid contributors to this particular branch of the ‘Age of Sigmar’ setting, can’t go wrong with that… Can you? Lets see... ‘One, Untended’ – David Guymer (Black Library) Page Count: 29 Pages When a child...

‘The One Road’ – David Guymer (Black Library)

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Page Count: 38 Pages It’s like God doesn’t want me to have broadband… Every time I think I’ve got it sorted, something happens and I’m back to square one. Oh well, next time’s the charm, lets see if tomorrow is the day it happens. Sorry, mini-rant over. Lets talk about ‘The One Road’… ;o) Out for the count and oblivious to the world around him, Gotrek Gurnisson becomes a prime target for the vengeful Sylvaneth. Can the bold riders of the Freeguild Cavaliers reach the stricken baggage train containing the blacked-out Slayer before the forest warriors do? So… When is a Gotrek tale not a Gotrek tale (and is, all at the same time)? When it’s ‘The One Road’. I love the fact that Gotrek sleeps through practically the whole thing and only wakes up right at the end… and it’s still a Gotrek tale. Freeguild rider Elsworn may well do all the heavy lifting as far as the plot goes but at the same time, Vogel is more worried about disturbing Gotrek than he is about the Sylvaneth warriors attacking t...