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Harry Turtledove mod?

Posted: Sat Jan 03, 2009 7:39 am
by fahbs
Anyone made/working on it? You know you want to!


Alternative: William Fortschen mod, where civil war troops go up against giant alien Mongol horse archers (I'm not joking).

Posted: Sat Jan 03, 2009 8:53 am
by Bertram
I hate the alternate history novels of Harry Turtledove. They are to me a retelling of tales I have read before, in a less convincing way. They often seems to me a cheap way out for a writer with no idea's of his own.

Only work of him I really liked was the Toxic Spell Dump, where he takes the alternative history a step further.

Posted: Sat Jan 03, 2009 9:20 am
by Comtedemeighan
fahbs wrote:Anyone made/working on it? You know you want to!


Alternative: William Fortschen mod, where civil war troops go up against giant alien Mongol horse archers (I'm not joking).


I like the giant alien Mongol horse archers better :D A turtledove mod would be pretty cool though :)

Posted: Sun Jan 04, 2009 1:31 am
by fahbs
Bertram wrote:I hate the alternate history novels of Harry Turtledove. They are to me a retelling of tales I have read before, in a less convincing way. They often seems to me a cheap way out for a writer with no idea's of his own.


Yeah they're just not very well written. Plus it's kind of embarrassing how he always sticks in a self-insertion (nerdy sci-fi/historian that has everyone telling him how brilliant and appreciated he is, and always has some woman falling all over him).

Who wouldn't love playing an AK-47 armed Confederacy though?

Posted: Fri Feb 06, 2009 12:18 am
by Prussian Prince
Union army VS Tugar Hoards! Good Mod. Sometimes I wish I could program :(

Posted: Fri Feb 06, 2009 2:10 am
by Bruit Bleu
Actually, there is a War of the Worlds expansion pack annonced ! ;)

With an amazing screenshot from betatester Jabberwock ! :D