[senco-forum] Warhammer books

Does anyone know if any of the Warhammer books might be

Having had trouble accessing my e-mails (increasingly aging pc) I've missed
the start of this thread.

Gamesworkshop publications are devided into five main types the first three
being: the rule book, codexes/army books, White dwarf magazine - all of
which relate to playing the games - Warhammer Fantasy (roughly equates to
medieval), Warhammer 40,000 (futuristic) and Lord of the Rings.  These are
published and sold by Gamesworkshop.  If the boys are into playing the game
then they will be motivated to read the rules.  But each puplication also
contains a significant amount of 'fluff' - the all important background to
the history of each period to 'bring it to life'.  Lots of facts and figures
and details - yummy.

The other two types of publications are the novels - Warhammer fantasy and
40,000 (40K).  These are exciting, some short others long, written by
several different authors so different styles of writing - but all very
violent (no sex or swearing though!).  Reading age is high with a high level
vocabulary.

Finally there are the graphic novels - if you can find them.  One was/is
downloadable from the GW web site.  They promised by-monthly but I've failed
to find a single edition in the shops.

GW do publish gorgeous limited edition books which are full of fluff
presented as stories with lots of full colour illustrations telling the
history of various battles etc - around £15.  They come and go in the GW
shops quite quickly. These and the novels are published by GW's sister
company - the Black Library - go the the GW web site there is a link at the
bottom.  www.blacklibrary.com

None of the books are available as CD's or tapes.  GW is very aware of it's
appeal to young boys in particular but their core business is 14+ and
adults.

Hope this helps

richard

ps I'm on my ninth novel since January 07

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Try also using the magazine 'White Dwarf' which provides
smaller bitesize articles than a whole book

Mark

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Date: 19-Jan-2008 17:50:44 GMT

> Does anyone know if any of the Warhammer books might be
> readable for a dyslexic child with a word recognition age
> of 9.06 - 10.00 please? Which one would be best to start
> with? I've heard him mention Orcs and Space Marines???
>
> Many thanks,
> Mary K
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