Tau fluff

[iyama]

I'm thinking about writing a descent sized book about Tyranids. I had planned on writing it verses space marines but I realized I know very little about marines and the empire in general, plus you can't even throw a stone without finding books already about them (and before people suggest I read them I don't have the time available to read enough to get a good enough handle on them). So I figured I might base it on Tau verses Nids instead as I don't believe either have been covered yet very much.

Okay, now the rambling is over my question is does any one know a good source of extra Tau fluff other than the obvious Tau Codex (got my brothers one right beside me) and other info people fancy sharing/sending my way would be appreciated also.

[blindmage]

Imperial Armour 3: the Taros Campaign. It's all about the Tau va Imperials and is a great read for Tau fluff.

[robomummy]

everything you need is on the 40k wiki and here wh40k.lexicanum.com/wiki/Main_Page.

[iyama]

Ah yea, my brother has that armour book and I always forget about wiki. cheers

[The Hive Mind]

Would love to read it iyama when it's done Tau and Nids are my favourite 40k races. With Tau I'd look to eastern warfare for inspiration, just replace swords with ion guns and you can't go far wrong.

[snowdaman]

Well there is the fire warrior game. And maybe a novel not sure tho. There are also some kills teams novels that have tau in them. I haven't read them my self but i think i might look them up.

Also there is the novel the greater good. I haven't finished it yet but in the beginning it has tau vs IG from the IG perspective and hints they both might fight nids later together

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[drakiskier]

advancedtautactica.com/

this has everything you need to know about Tau and how the society works.

[FTGTEvan]

As snowdaman mentioned, they play a fairly big role in the Last Chancers novel: Kill Team by Gav Thorpe; this novel was written about the same time as tau were released and actually established a fair amount of their fluff. The Greater Good has a little bit of Tau included, but not enough to really make it worth your while from a research standpoint. There is also a novel coming out next month - Fire Warrior - that might be a good source too.

[carnogaunt]

Here are the designer's notes from the 3rd Ed codex:
web.archive.org/web/20030608084659/http://www.games-workshop.com/40kuniverse/warhammer40k/tau/tau_designers_notes/default.htm

I assume you have a copy of their 4th Ed codex, but I recommend reading the 3rd Ed version too if you can find a copy.

[snowdaman]

Yes the new book i think its called fire caste seems interesting. Im going to pick it up when it comes out. From the little exert in the greater good it seems like it will be a human detectors prospective which should be interesting

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