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Albedo

2018-10-30T16:10:50Z

2001:5B0:2400:4608:8CD0:F839:D031:2D41: Undo revision 528415 by 195.62.68.228 (talk)

{{Oldschool}}

==Overview==
Albedo is a science fiction role-playing game revolving around a conflict between a multi-racial socialist confederation of worlds and a separatist race of militaristic, expansionist, capitalist bunnies.

Yeah, bunnies. Did I mention it was furry? Yeah, totally [[furry]]. Except there is no yiff. Just political arguments and shooting each other.

The game is based off the awesome comic "Erma Felna:EDF" by Steve Gallacci. According to furry historians (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Furry_fandom) the term "furry" arose due to discussion of his work.

This should merit him eternal scorn except for two facts. Nobody remembers this seminal work in the field of comic books and those who do must admit his complicated mix of politics and military action is pretty cool.

It has seen a number of editions from various publishers. The most recent one is known as Albedo:Platinum Catalyst (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Albedo_(role-playing_game)

Gallacci served in the United States Air Force where he worked as a technical illustrator. Accordingly his comic (and the games based off of it) are peppered with cutaway diagrams of various advanced military vehicles for those into that sort of thing.

==Albedo Combat Patrol==
Interestingly, as of fall 2018 a 28mm tabletop war game for Albedo is being being kickstarted (and has raised over twice its goal) called Albedo Combat Patrol, and just like the source material, it's actually pretty cool. The game features multi-part miniatures for both EDF and ILR infantry, weapons, terrain, and eventually, even vehicles. Even with the Kickstarter still ongoing, miniatures for basic troop squads and conversion kits are already available, along with a modular terrain set.

Plus you can use the cat conversion kit to make [[Felinid|Felinids]]. So that's something.

==See Also==
*[https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/179272384/albedo-combat-patrol-the-28mm-sci-fi-miniatures-ga?ref=home_recommended Albedo Combat Patrol Kickstarter]
*[https://wargamesbuildings.co.uk/epages/950003459.sf/en_GB/?ObjectPath=/Shops/950003459/Categories/Albedo_Patrol Albedo Combat Patrol Miniatures]

[[Category:Furry]]
[[Category:Roleplaying]]
[[Category:Skirmish-Level Wargames]]

Albedo

2018-10-30T11:30:28Z

2001:5B0:2400:4608:8CD0:F839:D031:2D41: /* Albedo Combat Patrol */

Albedo

2018-10-30T09:11:51Z

2001:5B0:2400:4608:8CD0:F839:D031:2D41: Undo revision 528388 by 195.62.68.228 (talk)

{{Oldschool}}

==Overview==
Albedo is a science fiction role-playing game revolving around a conflict between a multi-racial socialist confederation of worlds and a separatist race of militaristic, expansionist, capitalist bunnies.

Yeah, bunnies. Did I mention it was furry? Yeah, totally [[furry]]. Except there is no yiff. Just political arguments and shooting each other.

The game is based off the awesome comic "Erma Felna:EDF" by Steve Gallacci. According to furry historians (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Furry_fandom) the term "furry" arose due to discussion of his work.

This should merit him eternal scorn except for two facts. Nobody remembers this seminal work in the field of comic books and those who do must admit his complicated mix of politics and military action is pretty cool.

It has seen a number of editions from various publishers. The most recent one is known as Albedo:Platinum Catalyst (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Albedo_(role-playing_game)

Gallacci served in the United States Air Force where he worked as a technical illustrator. Accordingly his comic (and the games based off of it) are peppered with cutaway diagrams of various advanced military vehicles for those into that sort of thing.

==Albedo Combat Patrol==
Interestingly, as of fall 2018 a 28mm tabletop war game is being being kickstarted (and has raised over twice its goal) for Albedo called Albedo Combat Patrol, and just like the source material, it's actually pretty cool. The game features multi-part miniatures for both EDF and ILR infantry, weapons, terrain, and eventually, even vehicles. Even with the Kickstarter still ongoing, miniatures for basic troop squads and conversion kits are already available, along with a modular terrain set.

Plus you can use the cat conversion kit to make [[Felinid|Felinids]]. So that's something.

==See Also==
*[https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/179272384/albedo-combat-patrol-the-28mm-sci-fi-miniatures-ga?ref=home_recommended Albedo Combat Patrol Kickstarter]
*[https://wargamesbuildings.co.uk/epages/950003459.sf/en_GB/?ObjectPath=/Shops/950003459/Categories/Albedo_Patrol Albedo Combat Patrol Miniatures]

[[Category:Furry]]
[[Category:Roleplaying]]
[[Category:Skirmish-Level Wargames]]

Albedo

2018-10-30T08:52:23Z

2001:5B0:2400:4608:8CD0:F839:D031:2D41: /* Albedo Combat Patrol */

{{Oldschool}}

==Overview==
Albedo is a science fiction role-playing game revolving around a conflict between a multi-racial socialist confederation of worlds and a separatist race of militaristic, expansionist, capitalist bunnies.

Yeah, bunnies. Did I mention it was furry? Yeah, totally [[furry]]. Except there is no yiff. Just political arguments and shooting each other.

The game is based off the awesome comic "Erma Felna:EDF" by Steve Gallacci. According to furry historians (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Furry_fandom) the term "furry" arose due to discussion of his work.

This should merit him eternal scorn except for two facts. Nobody remembers this seminal work in the field of comic books and those who do must admit his complicated mix of politics and military action is pretty cool.

It has seen a number of editions from various publishers. The most recent one is known as Albedo:Platinum Catalyst (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Albedo_(role-playing_game)

Gallacci served in the United States Air Force where he worked as a technical illustrator. Accordingly his comic (and the games based off of it) are peppered with cutaway diagrams of various advanced military vehicles for those into that sort of thing.

==Albedo Combat Patrol==
Interestingly, as of fall 2018 a 28mm tabletop war game is being being kickstarted (and has raised over twice its goal) for Albedo called Albedo Combat Patrol, and just like the source material, it's actually pretty cool. The game features multi-part miniatures for both EDF and ILR infantry, weapons, terrain, and eventually, even vehicles. Even with the Kickstarter still ongoing, miniatures for basic troop squads and conversion kits are already available, along with a modular terrain set.

Plus you can use the cat conversion kit to make [[Felinid|Felinids]]. So that's something.

==See Also==
*[https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/179272384/albedo-combat-patrol-the-28mm-sci-fi-miniatures-ga?ref=home_recommended Albedo Combat Patrol Kickstarter]
*[https://wargamesbuildings.co.uk/epages/950003459.sf/en_GB/?ObjectPath=/Shops/950003459/Categories/Albedo_Patrol Albedo Combat Patrol Miniatures]

[[Category:Furry]]
[[Category:Roleplaying]]
[[Category:Skirmish-Level Wargames]]

Felinid

2018-10-30T08:47:38Z

2001:5B0:2400:4608:8CD0:F839:D031:2D41: /* Modeling */

[[File:AZZEhPn.png|300px|right|thumb|What /tg/ imagines them to look like. Unfortunately they don't, but we can dream...]]
Felinids are a strain of [[Abhuman]]s that reside on a very pimpish name for a planet; '''[[Carlos McConnell]]'''. They go by the scientific name ''Homo sapiens hirsutus''. They are on the short list of 'tolerated abhuman strains' maintained by the [[Administratum]], which means that at one point in the story of the Imperium someone high up (probably an [[Inquisitor]] with a furry fetish) decided they were a-okay and did not need to get purged (yet).

Thus ends the entirety of the canonical information on the Felinids. I wish I was kidding.

Judging by their name they might as well be Imperial [[Catgirl]]s, if not full-on [[furries]] (hirsutus = hairy), although the idea on why humanity started growing feline-like traits is beyond the realm of contemporary science. Since almost nothing is known of them, nor their planet, the flood gates were opened for /tg/ to imagine up their relationship with the Imperium; as something only the [[Inquisition|Guys with fancy hats]] would have [[PROMOTIONS|the permission to]] [[/d/|"Study" them.]] Although it would be quite the hilarity to vision a Space Wolf Wulfen chasing down a Felinid.

Speaking of Space Wolves, they may give an explanation as to why Felinids (and all abhumans in general) potentially exist. In Space Wolves fluff, there is a saying that there are no wolves on Fenris. Not to mention that it's implied that Fenrisian Wolves are former humans. And if we take into account the tech of the Dark Age, its quite possible that Felinids (and abhumans in general) are simply the descendants of human colonists who added and modified their genes to survive on the planets they lived on.

== What their role in the Imperium is ==
Although almost nothing is known about the Felinids, we can speculate that they might be used as road (and book shelf) cleaners or construction workers or anything that has to do with civilian work, since they are never mentioned to be part of the military. Furthermore, due to their location on one planet, they might also be used as exotic dancers or sex slaves by your average Imperial Joe. '''''"IF"''''' they were in the Imperial Guard, then they could either be used as scouts, thieves or assassins, but this is mainly a stereotype of Cat-people so it might not be true.

== Their Biology ==
There are three possibilities for Felinid biology, and they depend on their origin. First, as mentioned above, they could be the descendants of human colonists who altered their DNA to survive on their planet. That means we should expect more of an Imperial analogue to [[Catfolk]], with specific biological changes depending on planetary conditions - improved night vision would be very probable, as well as claws, either optimized for speed, like a Cheetah, or for climbing, like most other cats. Other changes would very heavily depend on the cat or cats chosen - tiger felinids and lynx felinids would be fairly different, although both would probably have an unhealthy obsession with string.

Their scientific name, ''hirsutus'', which means "Hairy" in Latin, could also suggest that they are [[Furries]], although how hairy/furry their body could be is up for [[Skub|debate.]] But it must be remembered that even just a little hair would be hairy enough for the Imperium to call them "''hirsutus''" since they just need to be hair''ier'' than normal humans. This possibility has more credence based on the theory that Canis Helix was introduced to [[Fenris|Fenrisians]] to make them hardier, resulting in latent wolf-like traits, [[Wulfen|some]] to the point of [[Fenrisian Wolf|full wolf-like appearance]]. Though again, this isn't hard fact.

The second option is that given our own... fascination with [[catgirl]]s, they could be a case of a [[/tg/|high class member of society]] attempting to create the perfect Waifu, only to find out the Felinids did not like BEING the Waifu and eventually branched off, when their population became big enough, into another Abhuman race. This case would have the Felinds look more like the 10% on the graph down there rather since they were created with looks in mind, not functionality, just like dogs and cats on Terra in M2. In this case they would be much more human-looking, with only a few cat-like physical traits and mannerisms. Some fa/tg/uys have chosen to imagine them as catgirls with glam-rock hair, which given 40k's setting, is very likely. But seeing how grimdark this galaxy is, it can always be [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iUuvHPr4BGk much worse.]

The third option, of course, is that they're simply misclassified Beastmen, with the specific Beast of some sort of cat. Given the usual Beastmen aesthetic, that nearly guarantees a large cat was chosen - probably a lion or tiger, since they have the greatest reputation as "man-eaters" on Terra.

== NOW WITH PROFILES AND RULES ==
[[Image:Furry chart.jpg|thumb|right|The options]]
'''Felinid "Cat's Paws" Squad (70 pts - Troops):'''

The most common Felinid Squad. Thanks to their natural capabilities, Cat's Paws require less training than the average Guardsman and are used in outflanking and surprising enemy formations.

{| class="wikitable"
|-
! Name !! WS !! BS !! S !! T !! W !! I !! A !! Ld !! Sv
|-
| Felinid || 3 || 4 || 3 || 3 || 1 || 4 || 1 || 7 || 5+
|-
| Felinid Weapons Specialist || 3 || 4 || 3 || 3 || 1 || 4 || 1 || 7 || 5+
|-
| Felinid Alpha || 4 || 4 || 3 || 3 || 1 || 4 || 2 || 8 || 5+
|}

Unit Type: Infantry. Felinid Alpha (Infantry, Character).

Unit Composition: 7 Felinids, 2 Felinid Weapons Specialists and 1 Felinid Alpha.

Wargear: Lasgun, Flak Armor, Frag Grenades

Special Rules:
*'''Outflank'''
*'''Crusader'''
*'''Cat's Eye'''
*'''Cat's Grace'''

Options:
*Felinid Alpha may take items from the Ranged Weapons list.
*Felinid Alpha may replace her Lasgun with a Close Combat Weapon and Laspistol for free.
*Felinid Alpha may replace her Close Combat Weapon for a Power Sword for 15 pts.
*Felinid Alpha may take Melta Bombs for 5 pts.
*Felinid Alpha may carry a Medi-pack for 15 pts.
*Felinid Alpha may replace her Flak Armour with Carapace Armour for 5 pts.
*Felinid Weapons Specialist MUST replace their Lasguns with the items from the Specialist Weapons List.
*The Squad may take Krak Grenades for 10 pts.
*One of the Squad members may carry a Vox Caster for 5 pts.

'''Tiger Squad (100 pts - Elites):'''
A more aggressive breed of Felinid, these abhumans are born with a characteristic striped pattern to their fur and have a strong predatory instinct, unlike most Felinids. Tigers are notorious for savoring the effort in prying the can open to consume their prey.

{| class="wikitable"
|-
! Name !! WS !! BS !! S !! T !! W !! I !! A !! Ld !! Sv
|-
| Tiger || 4 || 4 || 3 || 3 || 1 || 4 || 1 || 7 || 5+
|-
| Alpha Tiger || 4 || 4 || 3 || 3 || 1 || 4 || 2 || 8 || 5+
|}

Unit Type: Infantry. Alpha Tiger is (Infantry, Character).

Unit Composition: 9 Tigers and 1 Alpha Tiger.

Wargear: Flak Armour, Tiger Claw

The Tiger Claw is essentially an enormous chain-axe with the teeth replaced with torches.

{| class="wikitable"
|-
! Name !! Range !! S !! AP !! Type
|-
| Tiger Claw || Melee || X2 || 1 || Two-Handed, Unwieldy, Armorbane, Gets Hot
|}
Special Rules:
*'''Outflank'''
*'''Cat's Eye'''
*'''Cat's Grace'''
*'''Furious Charge'''
*'''Monster Hunter'''
*'''Tank Hunters'''
*'''Doctrine: Mobility''': A model with Doctrine: Mobility treats all vehicles they are embarked upon as an Assault Vehicle.
*'''Tank Chasers''': A model with Tank Chasers may reroll failed charges against Vehicles.
Options: The Squad may take a Taurox as a dedicated transport. If it does, the Taurox also gains Outflank, whether or not the squad chooses to begin the game embarked upon it.

'''Jaguar Squad (100 pts - Fast Attack):'''

Jaguars are characterized by black or very dark skin and fur. These abhumans are used as forward vanguards or assassins due to their natural affinity for stealth, by the few Guard Regiments that can afford these specialists. They are particularly fond of dipping their Jaguar Claws (extremely large monomolecular clawed gauntlets designed to separate flesh from bone with the ease of snapping one's fingers) in venom before deployment.

{| class="wikitable"
|-
! Name !! WS !! BS !! S !! T !! W !! I !! A !! Ld !! Sv
|-
| Jaguar || 4 || 4 || 3 || 3 || 1 || 4 || 1 || 8 || 5+
|-
| Alpha Jaguar || 4 || 4 || 3 || 3 || 1 || 4 || 2 || 9 || 5+
|}

Unit Type: Infantry. Alpha Jaguar is (Infantry, Character).
Unit Composition: 4 Felinid Jaguar and 1 Felinid Alpha Jaguar. May take up to 5 additional Jaguars for 20 pts/model.

Wargear: Flak Armour, Two Jaguar Claws, Sniper Rifle.

{| class="wikitable"
|-
! Name !! Range !! S !! AP !! Type
|-
| Jaguar Claw || Melee || User || - || Shred, Poisoned (4+), Rending, Specialist Weapon
|}

Special Rules:
*'''Crusader'''
*'''Cat's Eye'''
*'''Cat's Grace'''
*'''Crusader'''
*'''Fleet'''
*'''Infiltrate'''
*'''Scout'''
*'''Stealth'''
Options:
*Any Jaguar may carry a Medi-pack for 15 pts.
*Alpha Jaguar may take improved poison for 15 pts. This grants her close combat attacks the Instant Death special rule.
*Any Jaguar may replace their Sniper Rifle with any weapon from the Imperial Guard Specialist Weapons List at the specified cost.
*The entire Squad may replace their Stealth USR with Shrouded for 1 point per model.

'''Special Rules:'''
*'''Cat's Eye:''' Felinids have the Night Vision and Acute Senses USRs, and Preferred Enemy (anything with Toughness and Strength 2 or less).
*'''Cat's Grace:''' Felinids move exactly as though they were Beasts, despite having the Infantry type. When hit by a non areal weapon a unit of Felinids must take a Beast Reflexis test wich give them a 5+ invulnerable save.

== Modeling ==
If you really want to field an army of catgirl guard, you'd better have an overabundance of free time, sculpting skill and greenstuff. Otherwise you're just SOL, because there's virtually nothing else to work with. No conversion bits, no kits from other games to convert, nothing. Not if you want an army of them. There are, however, plenty of individual catfolk models for RPGs and such, so Felinids could conceivably see the 40k tabletop as characters for Inquisitor warbands. Which, from a fluff perspective, is probably where their abhuman talents would see the best use anyway, as count-as death cult assassins or something.

Scratch all that, as of Fall 2018 the appearance of the [[Albedo]] Combat Patrol Miniatures Game has brought with it a cat conversion kit for 28mm models available from Sally 4th, so at long last you can finally have some proper Felinid Imperial Guard.

==Gallery==
<gallery>
Image:DeathCat.jpg|Please ignore how exposed cleavage contravenes the purpose of a gasmask.
Image:Loyalist Cat.jpg
Image:Fishbowl Guard.jpg
Image:IG_Felinid.png|For the Emperor! Nyaaah!
Image:Sister of Battle Felinid.jpg
Image:Felinid Chapter Serf.jpg|Almost Heresy, and you thought he was angry before.
Image:Felinid Guard.jpg
Image:Catpack.jpg|The Carlos McConnellan 51st Flying Pussyfoots always land on their feet!
Image:Blue cat.jpg
Image:Daawww_IG.jpg|Making the enemies of Man go Daaaaawwwww....
Image:Signofthingstocome.jpg
Image:Felinid.PNG|NO ONE CAN SAVE US FROM THIS GRIMDARK FUTURE.....NO ONE.....
Image:Wh40k felinid by captain asparagus-d9jp3v5.png |Felinid guardsman
Image:Mittens.jpg |Power fists offer fantastic replacements for natural claws
Image:Felinid Imperial Guard Krieger Girl.png |You wish your cat was even just half as awesome
Image:54ce4921c38f27b20a305185_565e01cefd3bbc5948161e28_320.jpg|Sweet, sweet heresy....
Image:Tumblr_niy6wg0gLm1r9y4r9o1_500.jpg
Image:Tumblr_oavx3xmivO1r9y4r9o1_500.png|Felinids are sometimes used as effective squad morale booster!
Image:Felinid Wulfen Bait.png|They're also pretty effective as Wulfen bait.
Image:FelinidSister.jpg|The reason why Sisters of Battle don't recruit Felinids
Image:A_fe0bacc1.jpg
Image:Felinid sexual harrasment by sexual yeti-d9yybmm.png|TAKE IT OFF
Image:A Love To Rival "Love Can Bloom".jpg|A crack ship that can rival LIIVI and Taldeer's.
</gallery>

{{Imperium}}

Albedo

2018-10-30T08:46:51Z

2001:5B0:2400:4608:8CD0:F839:D031:2D41: Undo revision 528378 by 195.62.68.228 (talk) I don't know if you've noticed, but there are a ''lot'' of links to miniatures stores and kickstarters around here

{{Oldschool}}

==Overview==
Albedo is a science fiction role-playing game revolving around a conflict between a multi-racial socialist confederation of worlds and a separatist race of militaristic, expansionist, capitalist bunnies.

Yeah, bunnies. Did I mention it was furry? Yeah, totally [[furry]]. Except there is no yiff. Just political arguments and shooting each other.

The game is based off the awesome comic "Erma Felna:EDF" by Steve Gallacci. According to furry historians (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Furry_fandom) the term "furry" arose due to discussion of his work.

This should merit him eternal scorn except for two facts. Nobody remembers this seminal work in the field of comic books and those who do must admit his complicated mix of politics and military action is pretty cool.

It has seen a number of editions from various publishers. The most recent one is known as Albedo:Platinum Catalyst (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Albedo_(role-playing_game)

Gallacci served in the United States Air Force where he worked as a technical illustrator. Accordingly his comic (and the games based off of it) are peppered with cutaway diagrams of various advanced military vehicles for those into that sort of thing.

==Albedo Combat Patrol==
Interestingly, as of fall 2018 a 28mm tabletop war game is being being kickstarted (and has raised over twice its goal) for Albedo called Albedo Combat Patrol, and just like the source material, it's actually pretty cool. The game features multi-part miniatures for both EDF and ILR infantry, weapons, terrain, and eventually, even vehicles. Even with the Kickstarter still ongoing, miniatures for basic troop squads and conversion kits are already available, along with a modular terrain set.

==See Also==
*[https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/179272384/albedo-combat-patrol-the-28mm-sci-fi-miniatures-ga?ref=home_recommended Albedo Combat Patrol Kickstarter]
*[https://wargamesbuildings.co.uk/epages/950003459.sf/en_GB/?ObjectPath=/Shops/950003459/Categories/Albedo_Patrol Albedo Combat Patrol Miniatures]

[[Category:Furry]]
[[Category:Roleplaying]]
[[Category:Skirmish-Level Wargames]]

Albedo

2018-10-30T08:30:56Z

2001:5B0:2400:4608:8CD0:F839:D031:2D41:

{{Oldschool}}

==Overview==
Albedo is a science fiction role-playing game revolving around a conflict between a multi-racial socialist confederation of worlds and a separatist race of militaristic, expansionist, capitalist bunnies.

Yeah, bunnies. Did I mention it was furry? Yeah, totally [[furry]]. Except there is no yiff. Just political arguments and shooting each other.

The game is based off the awesome comic "Erma Felna:EDF" by Steve Gallacci. According to furry historians (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Furry_fandom) the term "furry" arose due to discussion of his work.

This should merit him eternal scorn except for two facts. Nobody remembers this seminal work in the field of comic books and those who do must admit his complicated mix of politics and military action is pretty cool.

It has seen a number of editions from various publishers. The most recent one is known as Albedo:Platinum Catalyst (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Albedo_(role-playing_game)

Gallacci served in the United States Air Force where he worked as a technical illustrator. Accordingly his comic (and the games based off of it) are peppered with cutaway diagrams of various advanced military vehicles for those into that sort of thing.

==Albedo Combat Patrol==
Interestingly, as of fall 2018 a 28mm tabletop war game is being being kickstarted (and has raised over twice its goal) for Albedo called Albedo Combat Patrol, and just like the source material, it's actually pretty cool. The game features multi-part miniatures for both EDF and ILR infantry, weapons, terrain, and eventually, even vehicles. Even with the Kickstarter still ongoing, miniatures for basic troop squads and conversion kits are already available, along with a modular terrain set.

==See Also==
*[https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/179272384/albedo-combat-patrol-the-28mm-sci-fi-miniatures-ga?ref=home_recommended Albedo Combat Patrol Kickstarter]
*[https://wargamesbuildings.co.uk/epages/950003459.sf/en_GB/?ObjectPath=/Shops/950003459/Categories/Albedo_Patrol Albedo Combat Patrol Miniatures]

[[Category:Furry]]
[[Category:Roleplaying]]
[[Category:Skirmish-Level Wargames]]

Furry

2018-10-30T08:29:25Z

2001:5B0:2400:4608:8CD0:F839:D031:2D41: /* See Also */

{{promotions}}
{{heresy}}
[[Image:BAWWW.jpg|right|thumb|Fig. a: This furry is not making any friends here.]]
{{Topquote|I have run with the tigers and I know wild beasts better than the priests. Animals are neither gods nor fiends, but men in their way without the lust and greed of man.|Kull, Exile of Atlantis}}
''If you're looking for actual /tg/ races that are based on the principle of "humanoid animal", see [[Beastfolk]].''

'''Furries''' are people who are (often obsessive) fans of anthropomorphic animals. Some furries are merely keen on Disney, the Rats of NIMH, [[My Little Pony]], or Usagi Yojimbo; at the other end of the spectrum lie the Otherkin, people who [[What|genuinely believe]] that they are animals or dragons trapped inside human bodies. Some furries make and wear fursuits in an attempt to resemble their avatars in real life; such efforts nearly always fail miserably and make the participants look ridiculous.

The Furry community is based mostly in meritocratic elitism, with good [[drawfags]] in the upper levels of their social pyramid and the average Disney/Warner Brothers' animation fanboy in the lowest. Drama, misanthropy and other emo behaviors are very common in the hierarchy, often representing humankind as sociopathic or genocidal in their literary works or comics. Many furry comics have a homosexual or bisexual theme, not unlike anime. Many are avid supporters of the LGBT movement, being as they are part of it; for what it's worth, most of them don't care about furries, barring those involved in the fandom, and are only considered a problem when they become... ''obnoxious''.

On that note, the type of furry most commonly referred to by /tg/ and 4chan is the erotic furry, also known as furvert, which is a specific sexual fetish for anthropomorphic animals. Erotic furries are fond of [[cybering|cybersex]], which they refer to as "yiffing", supposedly for the sound a fox makes while copulating. There are fewer erotic furries in the furry community than the average fa/tg/uy believes, but by the same token there are more of them than the average furry will admit to, depending on the furry in question. Due to how seemingly common extreme fetishes are in the furry scene (more on that in a bit), this type of furry is considered by 4chan, out of all possible factions, as the vilest and most nauseating form of [[heresy]] in all of existence, with only the ultimate [[Exterminatus|Banhammer]] as the solution.

[[File:Unconventional Armour.jpg|250px|right|thumb|/tg/ bitches about anthropomorphic animals all the time in sci-fi and fantasy settings, yet they have a insatiable fetish for cat women in skimpy armor. The irony is real.]]

Antipathy toward furries on /tg/ and 4chan runs high principally due to a profound weariness with thin-skinned furries complaining of persecution. If you are a furry and feel the need to talk about it, the best way to survive on /tg/ is to admit from the outset that you are a sick bastard and that you don't expect anyone to praise you for it. (Addendum: Since 40k has very little to do with the fandom, it's generally safe to just not refer to yourself as one, lest ye call down the collective nerd rage of the fa/tg/uys on you, as shown in fig. a.) Furry threads make for very effective [[troll]]ing experience, especially if erotic furry art is involved.

In a somewhat ironic twist, /tg/'s burning hatred for furries is what allowed /tg/ to come into being; [[Warhammer Wednesday]] was created as a direct response to furries attempting to spam /b/ every day of the week. The popularity of this day caught Moot's attention, leading to the creation of the /tg/ board.

Furries have their own RPGs, most notably ''[[Ironclaw]]'', and its Asian themed companion book ''Jadeclaw'', as well as ''[[Furry Pirates]]'' and ''[[Albedo]]''.

/tg/, /v/, /x/ and other boards (not really /b/, because half of them are furfags anyways) have a profound hatred for all things furry and will [[Exterminatus|rage, sage, kill, maim and ultimately burn]] the thread into the desolate wastelands of 404. (Any thread you may happen to see featuring monstergirls, centaurs, gnolls, or other sexualized sapient creatures is merely a figment of your imagination.)

Note: some furfags like to take it to the extreme and have recently tried to take /tg/ for themselves, only to have to resort to copious amounts of samefagging after the majority of fa/tg/uys got bored of saging their threads into oblivion. It is also theorized that furfags that invade /tg/ usually come from the bottomless pit of horror called tgchan.

[[image:Dragons on a car 1.jpg|thumb|right|Example of an erotic scalie fantasy.]]

Scalies are anthropomorphic creatures of the reptile and amphibian variety. As furries are nicknamed such for their humanoid shape covered in fur, scalies tend to have a coating of scales much like the animals they represent. However, some scalies, including draconids, have very light or no true scales, but flesh more like a human's.

Scalies are also furry fans with a preference for lizard, reptile, dragon and dinosaur characters and themes. It is also a self-moniker for the users of alt.fan.dragons, a Usenet discussion group for all things drakōn. They are not to be confused with [[dragonborn]] (because they don't ask to be fucked and raped constantly).

==Yiffing==
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[[File:Damn Furry DMs.JPG|thumb|right|A 'typical' furry DM in action.]]
Yiffing refers to sex between furries, and is most commonly used outside the fandom in the form of "Yiff in Hell", indicating to publicly erotic furries that they or their sexual practices are not welcome in a given locale. As mentioned before, it frequently ventures into [[/d/|absolutely wild territory guaranteed to squick even the most hardened of internet users.]] For the most part, furries might have been tolerated had the fandom simply left it at "animal people fucking" and not become host to an array of utterly fucked up shit: watersports, adult babies, various forms of vore(most not even from natural orifices), and scat is just scratching the surface.

Of course /tg/, being /tg/, knows everyone gets off to ''something'' that would be considered fucked up by at least a significant amount of people - after all, we have to let loose somehow and not all of us are the same. Plus, there's no fetish amongst furries that isn't already expressed in plenty amongst non-furries - [[8chan]] has ''an entire fucking board'' dedicated to non-furry vore, for example, and that's not counting the fetishes ranging from bondage to guro in non-furry world [[Roman Empire|since the fucking Romans]]. Furries are simply the poster child for people who take it to completely unfathomable heights, such that one may feel an insatiable urge to drink bleach afterward.

==You might be considered a furry (by some) if...==

As the only attribute really required to be considered a furry is an interest in anthropomorphic animals (def: having human characteristics, such as human speech, clothes, etc) you might be a furry if you are identify with and/or a devoted fan of:

*[[Beastmen]]
*[[Skaven]]
*[[Lizardmen]]
*[[Minotaur]]
*[[Centaur]]
*[[Satyr]]
*Some subspecies of [[Demon]]

(Clarification: Just because you are interested in any of these does NOT force you to become a furry. It's a fandom like anime is. You can like something and not associate with the ravening horde of crazy fanboys/girls.)

==Things That are Not Furry==
[[Image:Furry chart.jpg|thumb|right|[[Meme|100% is fine too]].]]
[[Image:Cheesy.jpg|thumb|right|DANGEROUSLY CHEESY]]

Distaste for furries often backfires on /tg/ when overly zealous anons cannot find any furries to abuse and turn their attention to people involved in innocuous practices. In particular, you should check yourself if you find you are calling someone a furry for any of the following:

*Playing [[Bunnies and Burrows]] (without masturbating).
*Discussing ''Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles and Other Strangeness'' (without masturbating).
*Watching Disney movies and other movies with anthropomorphic characters (again, without masturbating). Disney movies may cause anthropomorphic animals to pique your interest, but does not, by default, MAKE you a furry.
*[[Monstergirls]]. Suggesting they count as furry to any stray weeaboo on /tg/ will result in them [[Eversor|broiling over with rage]].
*Playing [[gnoll]]s, [[minotaur]]s, [[Ork]]s, [[kobolds]] and in some extreme cases [[Eldar|elves]] (without masturbating).
*Discussing something such as ''Ruby Quest'' (without masturbating), which primarily has given the characters animal features in order to easily differentiate between them within its simple style.
*Discussing [[Werewolves]], playing [[Werewolf: The Apocalypse]] or [[Werewolf: The Forsaken]] (without masturbating) as, despite the frequent overlap, they are not furry by themselves.
*Playing [[Space Wolves]] (without masturbating).
*Playing [[Tyranids]] (without masturbating).
*Playing [[Beastfolk]] in general (without masturbating).

Dispute rages over what exactly constitutes furry. As a general guideline "If it has a snout, it's out." works well-enough, however (and especially on /tg/) fantasy races complicate that particular equation a bit. [[Gnoll]]s, [[Minotaur]]s, [[Beastmen]] and their ilk are a well-established part of many a RPG/Wargame setting and have been there long before the furry craze. It's important to note the difference however: Beastmen, Wulfen and the like are clearly set out in the lore as monsters-they aren't sexualised and aren't really tolerated. There's no Beastman-Human relationships in Warhammer, because the lore is quite clear on them being hated and reviled, with every interaction starting and ending at the tip of a sword.

There are two major schools of thought on the subject. [[Skub|One holds that catgirls and other essentially near-hairless human characters with only one or two animal features]] (such as ears, minute resemblance of claws/fur on the body or a tail) [[Skub|are not furry, and the boundary of furry is only breached when you start sighting other obviously animal characteristics]] such as an altered skeletal structure, a face that resembles an actual animal and full-body-fur (this does not stop trolls from calling [[Horo]] furry, however). On the other hand, the second school of thought maintains that nobody fucking cares. There are hints of a still forming third school developing around the idea of [[Exterminatus|exterminating]] all of them and let [[Gary Gygax]] sort it out.

=== Monstergirls vs. Furries ===

One will note that the above doesn't constitute a strong defense of [[Monstergirls]] as not being Furry (as, unlike the other non-furry fur-adjacent-fandoms mentioned above, the two do share a rather ''*ahem*'' one-handed approach to things). This is because, sadly, Monstergirls has some overlap with furrydom. There are a few distinctions that may be worth making between the two, though:

* Monstergirls are usually driven by a desire to make monsters '''more''' human, whereas Furries are frequently driven by wanting to make people (usually the furry fan in question) '''less''' human.
* Monstergirl settings usually make a point of having humans be present. Furry works are frequently describable as "ordinary (if perhaps porny) life, but '''everybody''' is an animal".
* Monstergirls are, well, monsters who happen to be conventionally attractive. Most Monstergirl works make a point of discussing and showing differences in thinking (whether cultural or biological) between the Monstergirls and normal humans. Again, Furry works are frequently describable as "'''ordinary''' (if perhaps porny) life, but everybody is an animal".
* Furry erotica has an especially bad habit of going into too many weird (and/or sickening) fetishes; Monstergirl-related porn tends to be more "mass market" in their erotic goals, with a good chunk of written fiction being completely romance-oriented.
* Monstergirl fans seem to be an ordinary (if porn-heavy) fandom. Furrydom overlaps more with being a "lifestyle".
* Perhaps most importantly, Sanity. Erotic Furries are well-known for their blurring of fantasy and reality in their minds and fan-conventions; Monstergirl fans seem to be more clear on the distinction between the two.

A close reading of Webcomics of Furries crying about "fursecution" can be highly enlightening on several of these points, if you're of strong enough stomach to do so.

Whether these distinctions actually differentiate the two is up to the reader to decide.

==Furries on /tg/==
[[Image:Buggy_chart.jpg|400px|thumb|right|Insects are furry too.]]
Besides the usual angst over furry porn getting spammed, if furries are brought up at all, this is mostly in the context of fantasy roleplaying games that feature anthropomorphic species like Gnolls and Kobolds, etc. As mentioned above, this is a gray area where playing one of these characters does not necessarily mean one is a furry; even so, accusations can still be made, since genuine furries can use playing a canon furry species as a smokescreen for creating their [[magical realm]]. The key is to figure out ahead of time whether the player in question cares about roleplaying an adventurer and not roleplaying a sexual fetish. Actually, that's a good general rule to go by, furry or not.

With regards to WH40k, there's less ambiguity. The Imperium's stance on non-humans is [[heresy|quite clear]]. Yes, [[Wulfen]] do technically straddle the line into anthro territory, but the fluff makes it clear that they're barely tolerated as it is, and the [[Inquisition]] is too busy dealing with daemonic shit to get into another fight with the [[Space Wolves]]. Yet despite all this, you do have the occasional furry try to slip something in that, by all rights, should ordinarily result in [[Exterminatus]] right from the get-go. Because of this, furries have been classified as [[Extra Heresy]]. See the [[Fur Heresy]] for one such example.

===Flare===
Originally introduced to /tg/ by some creepy furfag that would spam her picture in [[drawfag]] threads constantly, Flare was since kidnapped from her creator to receive an extreme makeover in the hands of /tg/: Hated by absolutely everyone, she had to endure constant abuse and fighting ever since childhood, turning her into a sociopathic fuckup. Posting an image of old Flare with or without text used to be the easiest form of trolling on all of /tg/ (Not even [[4e]] could have elicited as much blind rage from the board) but the new Flare has since cut the worst edge out of it. More importantly, what /tg/ did to her is bugging the shit out of the original Flarefag, which is awesome.

There is no art of her anywhere except the original image and the ones that drawfags have made. Trolls sometimes refer to Flare as a mascot of /tg/, but this is so unthinkably wrong and horrifying that you are advised to stop thinking about the possibility {{BLAM|before we make you.}}

===Chakat===
Like Flare, this is an imported concept that /tg/ rapidly grew to hate. The short story is that [[Chakat]]s are a race of hermaphroditic furry centaurs [[Mary Sue|who are super amazing at everything and everyone wants to fuck them]], and engage in [[FATAL|metric fucktons of sexual fetishes including incest]]. And if you're not sexually attracted to them, then you're a horrible person and [[rape|they'll ''make'' you love them]]. In short, they're everything wrong with furries in one package. Originally a [[Star Trek]] fanfic race, they've since attempted to [[Chakats Meet the Hammer of the Emperor|invade]] every other sci-fi franchise, despite being hated even by other furries. So if one of your players attempts to play a Chakat character, you'll know what to expect. On the other hand, with a few tweaks, they'd make for a great villain...

Also, their inventor is a [[My Little Pony|brony]]. Make of that what you will.

===The Furry Test===
If you are developing a character or race, or are looking at someone else’s, and are wondering if they are technically furry or not, take this simple test. Just go through the list of traits and add the indicated points for each one that applies.
Note: Some of these traits are also synonymous with [[Mary Sue|Mary Sues]], and indeed, the two inevitably go hand in hand. The worst furries most worthy of purging (read: most of them), are almost without exception blatant and shameless Mary Sues in addition to their other [[heresy|depravities]].

*Add 1 if they resemble an anthropomorphic animal.
*Add 2 if they are ''specifically'' an anthropomorphic animal (fox, wolf, etc.).
*Add 3 if they are a Sonic fan character.
*Add 4 if they are a [[My Little Pony]] fan character.
*Add 3 if their sexual characteristics are gone into with ''any'' detail.
*Add 1 if they have a vibrant and unnatural coloration (often a lazy attempt at [[Original character, do not steal]]).
*Add 3 if they are portrayed (in either art or description) as physically attractive.
*Add 9 if they are the subject of fetish material.
*Add 5 if they are are the subject of fetish material in universe.
*Add 2 if they are always depicted on the side of good.
*Add 3 if Humans are the real monsters.
*Add 3 if they are [[Chakat|overly perfect, physically and/or morally]].
*Add 4 if their furry traits grants them any powers,

Now add up your final score.
Anything over 10 is definitely furry.
Anything over 20 is firmly in "you sick bastard" territory. Your synthetic abominations will be converted into a cybernetic slaves of the Auric Bara'ki empire, or else Age backwards into their infancy and mind-wiped, so as to free them from your lingering horror, {{BLAM|you sick bastard.}}
Anything over 30 is indescribably fucked up.

<gallery>
Image:Animalabuse.jpg|Why any sane person should hate furries.
Image:Geek-hierarchy-pic15.jpg|Furry [[LARP]]ers.
Image:Dnd.jpg| Furcadia, an infamous furry graphical MUD.
Image:D&d_beasts__senmurv_gay_pride.jpg|A suspiciously furry D&D creature.
Image:Exterminatus.jpg|This is what /tg/ actually believes.
Image:DeathToTheFurries.jpg|[[/b/|/b/rothers]] do not like any more than [[/tg/|fa/tg/uys]] do.
Image:SuiseisororitasHQ.JPG
Image:Get_furry_out_of_here.jpg
Image:Anonymarines_vs_furries.jpg
Image:One_wing_troll_dragon.jpg|Flare before
Image:True Flare.jpg|Flare after
Image:Flarebanned.jpg|No mods on /tg/ you say?
Image:Flaresprons_anonib.jpg
Image:RatAssMacro.png
File:Space_wolves_sergeant_by_GordonFreeguy.png|Not sure if heresy...
File:Art.png
File:Animated_yiff_furry_marines_1211613516571.gif|HERESY IN THE EXTREME
File:5_years_later_still_ruining_by_flyingdebris-d488kxr.jpg|Five years later - the war is still going strong.
File:M_does_not_approve.jpg|[[/m/]] supports /tg/ in its quest against the Fur-Tide.
File:Gnoll.jpg|Another awesome fantasy race is consumed by the fur-tide.
File:Dr. Steinman Parody.png|That's what happens when you <del>do drugs</del> draw furry porn for years. It screws up your mind.
File:Making chaos cultists look sane.jpeg|Congrats, fuckwit, you just made Khornate Guardsmen look reasonable
</gallery>

==See Also==
* [[Albedo]] - A hard sci-fi furry setting that manages to earn /tg/'s grudging respect by being both old school and surprisingly well thought out.
* [[Beastmen]] - When furries become violent [[Chaos]] worshipers.
* [[Space Wolves]] - When furries become violent [[Emperor]] Worshipers.
* [[Confrontation]]
* [[Fur Heresy]]
* ''[[Furry Pirates]]''
* ''[[Ironclaw|Iron Claw]]''
* [[Chakat]], something most furries prefer, understandably, to not be associated with.
* https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h1Dyqas6Sm8
** [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zEmh5a_wSyw| Slaaneshi furries nearly destroy the world, but an unsung hero named Viktor stops them]
* [[Sergal]], like Chakats, a homebrewed race that is still based on humanoid animals (in this case a sort of wolf/shark/lizard mix).
* [[Centaur]]s, although people argue if they are furries or [[monstergirl]]s.
* [[Minotaur]]s, which like centaurs get claimed by both sides.
* [[Catfolk]], who despite being furries are somehow more /tg/-acceptable than [[catgirl]]s.
* [[Lupin]]s, an actual D&D race of anthro wolves who went from Renaissance French swashbucklers in [[Red Steel]] to pseudo-Native American werewolf hunters who ride around on giant wolves.
* [[Ratfolk]], another race marginalized for "official furriness!"
* [[Gnolls]], anthro hyenas who mostly manage to avoid the furry connections
* [[Lizardfolk]], because some furries prefer scales.
* [[Dragonborn]], who really appeal to furries.
* [[Kobold]]s, an anthro lizard race who manage to be popular on /tg/ despite being anthro.
* [[FAPP]], Furry tabletop game for players who enjoy exploring the most perverse of [[Magical Realm]]s
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Albedo

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==Overview==
Albedo is a science fiction role-playing game revolving around a conflict between a multi-racial socialist confederation of worlds and a separatist race of militaristic, expansionist, capitalist bunnies.

Yeah, bunnies. Did I mention it was furry? Yeah, totally [[furry]]. Except there is no yiff. Just political arguments and shooting each other.

The game is based off the awesome comic "Erma Felna:EDF" by Steve Gallacci. According to furry historians (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Furry_fandom) the term "furry" arose due to discussion of his work.

This should merit him eternal scorn except for two facts. Nobody remembers this seminal work in the field of comic books and those who do must admit his complicated mix of politics and military action is pretty cool.

It has seen a number of editions from various publishers. The most recent one is known as Albedo:Platinum Catalyst (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Albedo_(role-playing_game)

Gallacci served in the United States Air Force where he worked as a technical illustrator. Accordingly his comic (and the games based off of it) are peppered with cutaway diagrams of various advanced military vehicles for those into that sort of thing.

==Albedo Combat Patrol==
Interestingly, as of fall 2018 a 28mm tabletop war game is being being kickstarted (and has raised over twice its goal) for Albedo called Albedo Combat Patrol, and it's actually looking pretty cool. The game features multi-part miniatures for both EDF and ILR infantry, weapons, terrain, and eventually, even vehicles. Even with the Kickstarter still ongoing, miniatures for basic troop squads and conversion kits are already available, along with a modular terrain set.

==See Also==
*[https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/179272384/albedo-combat-patrol-the-28mm-sci-fi-miniatures-ga?ref=home_recommended Albedo Combat Patrol Kickstarter]
*[https://wargamesbuildings.co.uk/epages/950003459.sf/en_GB/?ObjectPath=/Shops/950003459/Categories/Albedo_Patrol Albedo Combat Patrol Miniatures]

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