Talk:Old World (Warhammer)

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I have re-added the notes on Eurocentrism in the Games Workshop's handeling of the Old World. I think these notes are fair, balanced and relevant to someone wishing to explore the inspriation behind Warhammer's mythology. However, I do agree that it could benifit from a bit of a re-write to make it easier to read.

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could It also be noted that having started in one 'area' its quite hard for them to add armies in other parts of the world that would have no reason to be regularily fighting the old world nations, to have nippon or whatever armies fighting the empire all the time would produce a rather 'unrealistic' gaming universe.

• This seems like a small obstacle to the Games Workshop as they have already added armies from the Land of the Dead, Southlands, Lustia, Darklands and the Mountains of Mourn. It is in the sweeping, generalised scale that these areas are discussed in that makes the Eurocentricity evident. Thefuguestate 17:49, 4 November 2006 (UTC)

Is this perceived Eurocentrism citeable or is is just an observation - if the latter then it runs counter to Wikipedia:No original research no matter how valid. GraemeLeggett 12:40, 7 December 2006 (UTC)

Good point, I will look for a reference. I certainly have come across this point in the wider litrature, but never bothered to note down where. If I cannot find an article to cite I will remove the section. Thefuguestate 12:29, 10 December 2006 (UTC)

• Ok, after a quick search, I am unable to find any scholarly reference to the GW euro-centrism, although I have found an uncountable number of personal blogs and forum entries that discuss it. In the absence of a citable source, if someone wants to delete the part about euro-centrism I will not object. I guess now is my cue to go and write an article myself...we'll see if anyone will publish it! ;-) Thefuguestate 12:59, 17 December 2006 (UTC)