[Confessions of an English Undead Fancier] Blurred Lines and Special Characters

An oft-voiced objection to the Warmachining and the Hordesery often goes along the lines of "I don't want to take a special character in every game, I want to make up my own dude, if I don't I don't feel invested in the game." We all know someone like that: someone who gives all their troops names, who starts to twitch worryingly if their commander dies, someone who vomits on your shoes every