News #54 - Why the Jedi are (probably) warcriminals

Warning: if you're here for Star Wars content, it's very minimal.  This episode, we look at new releases from

 

Games Workshop 

Corvus Belli 

Kromlech 

Heresy Miniatures, and

Anvil Industry 

 

It's a sci-fi focus, in which I talk about the issues of equipping ultramodern, near future and sci-fi characters with melee weapons, like swords and axes and, yes, lightsabers. The issues are practical, mechanical and ethical.  I reflect upon how this feeds back to my own design work and on the forthcoming Kickstarter campaign.