The Watchman

Sylass · 17-01-2007, 19:27

A new story entry has been added:

The Watchman

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fhelvie · 17-01-2007, 21:00

First things first- thanks a lot for all the efforts! This really looks great- while I do like the other magazine *gasp*

I really appreciate the greater amount of depth you guys go into with your articles.

If I may make two suggestions, however, I would first see if it is possible to break this down into multiple downloads much like The Firebase is. I realize the difficulties that cropped up with this initial posting, but just a future idea. The second suggestion was that while the selection of Warhammer Fantasy was AMAZING (did you even leave any WHFB army?), I noticed there was a lack of other fantasy GW systems (a la LOTR). Again, I realize this initial effort was headed up by only a small handful of people, so I am sure this will be a non-issue the next time around

You guys really threw the gauntlet down for the boys at WD to get back to the basics of cranking out LEGITIMATE, HIGH QUALITY articles. Congrats!

NakedFisherman · 17-01-2007, 21:35

Why should LOTR be in a WHFB magazine?

Khadhar'phak · 17-01-2007, 22:38

I agree with the last comment. Although LOTR is a fantasy game, it is a game on it's own. The only thing connecting WHFB and LOTR is that GW make them. Great magazine btw guys. Good work

Paulus · 17-01-2007, 22:55

Congratulations to everyone involved, it was a great read.

Glad you persevered through the problems, it was worth the wait & can't wait for the next issue!

mirakel_jocke · 18-01-2007, 00:49

Downloading it atm, will update this post with feedback when I've read it wich'll be tomorrow.

Damn I wanna read it now, but school's tomorrow and the time here is 01:46.

/Mirakel_Jocke

fhelvie · 18-01-2007, 02:51

Well, I guess I misinterpreted things. My thoughts were that this was supposed to encompass all fantasy (little 'F') related material while The Fire Base covered the Sci-Fi aspects of GW (40k and Necromunda). There was (albeit brief) a mentioning of Mordheim, so was just curious if there were plans to include LOTR as well.

TKitch · 18-01-2007, 03:39

The mag is covering Warhammer Fantasy.

This will include WFB (primarialy), Mordheim, and Warmaster (Assuming we can find articles for it.)

Mordheim WILL make a big showing in issue 2.

skoogiz · 18-01-2007, 09:37

Thanks for a great magazine. It was as good a read as the last 10 of the ”other” magazine put together. Can’t wait for the next issue.

Fantasy are all the games that take place in the Warhammer World: Fantasy Battle, Mordheim, Blood Bowl, Warmaster, Warhammer Quest and Man O’ War.

Wonderdog · 18-01-2007, 10:31

Excellent work chaps.

A couple of suggestions though - you might want to consider compressing the background images somewhat - whilst they really add the the polished look, they are really bulking out download size, and make page browsing in adobe much slower! Also, consider doing a fade on the backdrops (50% opacitiy maybe?) this will make the text in front far easier to read.

On the same note, the battle report was great, but the pictures where overcompressed, lossing defenition and making it hard to tell which unit was which. Nice format though!

There are a lot of cunning tricks you can do with adobe to ensure you get the best quality for the lowest file sizes - with a bit of optimisation I reckon you could have this issue down to 10 meg, and have a lot of the pictures looking a good bit sharper.

Content wise though - awesome. Keep it up.

#Wonderdog

**Jedi152** · 18-01-2007, 10:34

Thank you for all the comments guys!

Originally Posted by fhelvie

Well, I guess I misinterpreted things. My thoughts were that this was supposed to encompass all fantasy (little 'F') related material while The Fire Base covered the Sci-Fi aspects of GW (40k and Necromunda). There was (albeit brief) a mentioning of Mordheim, so was just curious if there were plans to include LOTR as well.

As TKitch said, primarily we will be looking solely at games based in the Warhammer World.

Tutore · 18-01-2007, 10:48

Just downloaded. I´ll read it ASAP.

fhelvie · 18-01-2007, 11:31

Well, here or there, it was still a very good product altogether. Great job!

**Jedi152** · 18-01-2007, 12:04

Please direct all comments to the Watchman Issue #1 Feedback Thread, and please vote in the poll.

Thanks.

Bretonnian Lord · 18-01-2007, 23:29

Very nicely written! Well done! However, even though I saved it to my computer, it still took FOREVER to load up, and even when I was reading it, frequently froze up for a couple minutes. Would it be possible for you to publish the Watchman in smaller portions? Other than that, great work, keep it up!

fhelvie · 19-01-2007, 23:48

Originally Posted by Jedi152

Thank you for all the comments guys!

As TKitch said, primarily we will be looking solely at games based in the Warhammer World.

And as I said, I understand your point. I do think its a little disappointing that this will be left out as almost all of the other GW ranges will be covered in some respect. Oh well. I guess it's just me

Xyon · 21-01-2007, 17:04

Ok, well this was a good read. Most of the content was enjoyable. But there were some small editing errors that made it confusing in parts, like in the "army for all phases' article you pretty much had two pages of almost exactly the same text, repeating the paragraphs about the mages and dark riders and whatnot. As well as parts of sentences and paragraphs that end up "missing" between pages or columns throughout the whole thing. And sometimes the background made it hard to read the text, as suggested earlier, making the background more translusent would help out. If you can keep on top of those you'l have yourself a top notch webzine.

MvS · 21-01-2007, 17:35

I really enjoyed reading this!

There are a few tweaks that can be made, as have been identified in some of the previous posts, but bearing in mind this is the first ever Watchman produced I'm really impressed with the content and style.

To all involved a very much deserved WELL DONE!

Hadhfang · 14-04-2007, 14:20

Very enjoyable, and for a firs t issue a great start!

one thing on teh bretonnian tactica, the Virtue knightly Temper cannot be combined with teh heartwood lance as it states that characters must be armes with a mndane weapon wit that virtue. Tut tut.

Other than that it was a great read. WEll done!

nazrag · 01-05-2007, 14:02

not to complain..well perhaps..wasn't much to complain on to begin with..perhaps in the next issue you coul add a table of context? whats on page what etc?

17-01-2007, 21:00	#2
fhelvie Chaplain Join Date: Jan 2007 Location: Connecticut, USA Posts: 165 iTrader: (0)	Re: The Watchman First things first- thanks a lot for all the efforts! This really looks great- while I do like the other magazine gasp I really appreciate the greater amount of depth you guys go into with your articles. If I may make two suggestions, however, I would first see if it is possible to break this down into multiple downloads much like The Firebase is. I realize the difficulties that cropped up with this initial posting, but just a future idea. The second suggestion was that while the selection of Warhammer Fantasy was AMAZING (did you even leave any WHFB army?), I noticed there was a lack of other fantasy GW systems (a la LOTR). Again, I realize this initial effort was headed up by only a small handful of people, so I am sure this will be a non-issue the next time around You guys really threw the gauntlet down for the boys at WD to get back to the basics of cranking out LEGITIMATE, HIGH QUALITY articles. Congrats! __________________ "Roads go ever ever on Under cloud and under star, Yet feet that wandering have gone Turn at last to home afar." -J.R.R. Tolkien, The Hobbit

17-01-2007, 21:35	#3
NakedFisherman Banned Join Date: Mar 2005 Location: Charlotte, NC Posts: 3,710 iTrader: (2)	Re: The Watchman Why should LOTR be in a WHFB magazine?

17-01-2007, 22:38	#4
Khadhar'phak Veteran Sergeant Join Date: Dec 2006 Location: Southend-on-sea, essex, england. Originally from Greenock, Renfrewshire, Scotland. Posts: 81 iTrader: (0)	Re: The Watchman I agree with the last comment. Although LOTR is a fantasy game, it is a game on it's own. The only thing connecting WHFB and LOTR is that GW make them. Great magazine btw guys. Good work __________________ Heh heh heh, Guess what's in my Avi... Spoiler (Highlight to read) Can't say or the Cacti will kill me One thing seperates wargamers from Roleplayers... Spoiler (Highlight to read) their Backlog

17-01-2007, 22:55	#5
Paulus Chapter Master Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: Over the hills & far away, where the teletubbies come out to play Posts: 1,188 iTrader: (0)	Re: The Watchman Congratulations to everyone involved, it was a great read. Glad you persevered through the problems, it was worth the wait & can't wait for the next issue! __________________ My Lizardmen project log My Warhammer Quest project log

18-01-2007, 00:49	#6
mirakel_jocke Commander Join Date: Jul 2005 Location: Stockholm, Sweden Posts: 799 iTrader: (0)	Re: The Watchman Downloading it atm, will update this post with feedback when I've read it wich'll be tomorrow. Damn I wanna read it now, but school's tomorrow and the time here is 01:46. /Mirakel_Jocke __________________ .:My Beasts of Nurgle YTC:. .:My SOBs:. .:My Craftworld Eldar P-Log:. ~ WPSG

17-01-2007, 19:27	#1
Sylass novice user Join Date: Mar 2005 Location: Essen, Germany Posts: 4,597 iTrader: (22)	The Watchman A new story entry has been added: The Watchman Quote http://www.warseer.com/firebase/down..._presents2.jpg http://www.warseer.com/watchman/download/logo.jpg __________________ Originally Posted by Codsticker That would be teh ironical as Sylass is usually the blamee not the blamer.

18-01-2007, 02:51	#7
fhelvie Chaplain Join Date: Jan 2007 Location: Connecticut, USA Posts: 165 iTrader: (0)	Re: The Watchman Well, I guess I misinterpreted things. My thoughts were that this was supposed to encompass all fantasy (little 'F') related material while The Fire Base covered the Sci-Fi aspects of GW (40k and Necromunda). There was (albeit brief) a mentioning of Mordheim, so was just curious if there were plans to include LOTR as well. __________________ "Roads go ever ever on Under cloud and under star, Yet feet that wandering have gone Turn at last to home afar." -J.R.R. Tolkien, The Hobbit

18-01-2007, 03:39	#8
TKitch Commander Join Date: Mar 2005 Posts: 699 iTrader: (0)	Re: The Watchman The mag is covering Warhammer Fantasy. This will include WFB (primarialy), Mordheim, and Warmaster (Assuming we can find articles for it.) Mordheim WILL make a big showing in issue 2. __________________ Thrasher Kitch

18-01-2007, 09:37	#9
skoogiz Brother Sergeant Join Date: Mar 2005 Posts: 44 iTrader: (0)	Re: The Watchman Thanks for a great magazine. It was as good a read as the last 10 of the ”other” magazine put together. Can’t wait for the next issue. Fantasy are all the games that take place in the Warhammer World: Fantasy Battle, Mordheim, Blood Bowl, Warmaster, Warhammer Quest and Man O’ War.

18-01-2007, 10:31	#10
Wonderdog Chaplain Join Date: Mar 2005 Location: In my Fortress of Terror, deep in the Valley of Eternal Night, on the dark side of the moon Posts: 231 iTrader: (5)	Re: The Watchman Excellent work chaps. A couple of suggestions though - you might want to consider compressing the background images somewhat - whilst they really add the the polished look, they are really bulking out download size, and make page browsing in adobe much slower! Also, consider doing a fade on the backdrops (50% opacitiy maybe?) this will make the text in front far easier to read. On the same note, the battle report was great, but the pictures where overcompressed, lossing defenition and making it hard to tell which unit was which. Nice format though! There are a lot of cunning tricks you can do with adobe to ensure you get the best quality for the lowest file sizes - with a bit of optimisation I reckon you could have this issue down to 10 meg, and have a lot of the pictures looking a good bit sharper. Content wise though - awesome. Keep it up. #Wonderdog

18-01-2007, 10:34	#11
Jedi152 Newbie Inquisitor Join Date: Mar 2005 Location: Nottingham, England Posts: 9,419 iTrader: (18)	Re: The Watchman Thank you for all the comments guys! Originally Posted by fhelvie Well, I guess I misinterpreted things. My thoughts were that this was supposed to encompass all fantasy (little 'F') related material while The Fire Base covered the Sci-Fi aspects of GW (40k and Necromunda). There was (albeit brief) a mentioning of Mordheim, so was just curious if there were plans to include LOTR as well. As TKitch said, primarily we will be looking solely at games based in the Warhammer World. __________________ My Sale Thread! Are you starting Uni in September? Got any questions or worries? Advice and general experience thread here!

18-01-2007, 10:48	#12
Tutore Chapter Master Join Date: Sep 2006 Location: Italy Posts: 1,127 iTrader: (0)	Re: The Watchman Just downloaded. I´ll read it ASAP.

18-01-2007, 11:31	#13
fhelvie Chaplain Join Date: Jan 2007 Location: Connecticut, USA Posts: 165 iTrader: (0)	Re: The Watchman Well, here or there, it was still a very good product altogether. Great job! __________________ "Roads go ever ever on Under cloud and under star, Yet feet that wandering have gone Turn at last to home afar." -J.R.R. Tolkien, The Hobbit

18-01-2007, 12:04	#14
Jedi152 Newbie Inquisitor Join Date: Mar 2005 Location: Nottingham, England Posts: 9,419 iTrader: (18)	Re: The Watchman Please direct all comments to the Watchman Issue #1 Feedback Thread, and please vote in the poll. Thanks. __________________ My Sale Thread! Are you starting Uni in September? Got any questions or worries? Advice and general experience thread here!

18-01-2007, 23:29	#15
Bretonnian Lord Commander Join Date: May 2006 Location: The dukedom of Bastonne Posts: 651 iTrader: (0)	Re: The Watchman Very nicely written! Well done! However, even though I saved it to my computer, it still took FOREVER to load up, and even when I was reading it, frequently froze up for a couple minutes. Would it be possible for you to publish the Watchman in smaller portions? Other than that, great work, keep it up!

19-01-2007, 23:48	#16
fhelvie Chaplain Join Date: Jan 2007 Location: Connecticut, USA Posts: 165 iTrader: (0)	Re: The Watchman Originally Posted by Jedi152 Thank you for all the comments guys! As TKitch said, primarily we will be looking solely at games based in the Warhammer World. And as I said, I understand your point. I do think its a little disappointing that this will be left out as almost all of the other GW ranges will be covered in some respect. Oh well. I guess it's just me __________________ "Roads go ever ever on Under cloud and under star, Yet feet that wandering have gone Turn at last to home afar." -J.R.R. Tolkien, The Hobbit

21-01-2007, 17:04	#17
Xyon Librarian Join Date: Jun 2005 Location: California Posts: 445 iTrader: (0)	Re: The Watchman Ok, well this was a good read. Most of the content was enjoyable. But there were some small editing errors that made it confusing in parts, like in the "army for all phases' article you pretty much had two pages of almost exactly the same text, repeating the paragraphs about the mages and dark riders and whatnot. As well as parts of sentences and paragraphs that end up "missing" between pages or columns throughout the whole thing. And sometimes the background made it hard to read the text, as suggested earlier, making the background more translusent would help out. If you can keep on top of those you'l have yourself a top notch webzine. __________________ OK, DA 5th company still on hold, have good idea's but no energy New High Elf army in progress, Cothique theme My Cothique Project Log My Ravenwing Command Squad

21-01-2007, 17:35	#18
MvS Chapter Master Join Date: Mar 2005 Location: A little south of reason, but north of insanity... Posts: 1,745 iTrader: (3)	Re: The Watchman I really enjoyed reading this! There are a few tweaks that can be made, as have been identified in some of the previous posts, but bearing in mind this is the first ever Watchman produced I'm really impressed with the content and style. To all involved a very much deserved WELL DONE! __________________ Primarchs, Daemon Primarchs, Phoenix Lords, The Fallen Phoenix, Avatar of Khaine, Greater Daemons, C'tan, Grey Knight Grandmaster, Solitaires and Suicidal Farseers - Apocalypse Datasheets: http://warseer.com/forums/showthread.php?t=167123

14-04-2007, 14:20	#19
Hadhfang Chaplain Join Date: Dec 2005 Location: England Posts: 221 iTrader: (0)	Re: The Watchman Very enjoyable, and for a firs t issue a great start! one thing on teh bretonnian tactica, the Virtue knightly Temper cannot be combined with teh heartwood lance as it states that characters must be armes with a mndane weapon wit that virtue. Tut tut. Other than that it was a great read. WEll done! __________________ Originally Posted by insaniak There are certain things that they have to take for granted that people already know, or the rulebook would be 15 volumes. You might notice that they don't point out that players have to breathe occasionally, either.

01-05-2007, 14:02	#20
nazrag Librarian Join Date: Jun 2005 Location: norway Posts: 411 iTrader: (0)	Re: The Watchman not to complain..well perhaps..wasn't much to complain on to begin with..perhaps in the next issue you coul add a table of context? whats on page what etc? __________________ When I feel sad, I simply stop being sad and start being awesome instead. \m/ Metalhead of Warseer \m/ You just lost the game

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