Cryptic rumour for Warhammer Fantasy summer 2011

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**Kroothawk**

Well, the following rumour is very unspecific, but as it comes from one of the best rumour mongers, 75hastings69 over at Warseer, I post it anyway:

Skaven = Jan
O&G = March
Summer = VERY INTERESTING for WFB players
& TK and maybe OK as well as second wave releases for other WFB armies.
(On the question Wood Elves in 2011) AFAIK "No".
Only thing I heard is a rather LARGE WE "type" mini in the works
(...)
Well after the recent fantastic minis released by GW (pretty much all the IoB stuff, new skaven etc.) the stuff scheduled for next year is again very very special, and should interest players of ALL races make of that what you will

Have to add it's the most excited I've been about WFB for a long long time.
(...)
(On the question, if this is the monsters) Hmmm, very interesting my friend ....... very interesting indeed, obviously there'd need to be much more than a Chimera for me to get excited, perhaps the return of some long forgotten stuff might excite some old duffer like myself that's been in the hobby for over 25 years....
("If I'm allowed to wishlist I'd rather say Siege.") You're not

**kenshin620**

Apocalypse for Warhammer Fantasy? Just bring back the generals compendium!

**HiveFleet**

ooooH!

Cockatrice!

**lord_blackfang**

If everyone will be interested, it's probably a "superheavy" that anyone can use. A fantasy Baneblade, if you will.

Actually, my first thought was some of that terrain with funky rules that's in the new rulebook, but that probably wouldn't make Hastings quite that excited.

**RiTides**

Sounds awesome... I wish it would be some stuff like chaos dwarves, a land train or such! But that wouldn't apply to all races... would excite someone who had been in the hobby for a long time, though.

I agree about the "super heavy" idea being a good fit, but wouldn't that match up with forge world better? And wouldn't they be stealing some of forge world's 2011 thunder? Or maybe they think it will be a stepping stone to getting people to invest in large fantasy forge world models.

Nice rumor, thanks for sharing! Has me very interested, indeed!

**Kroothawk**

Well, we get a Chaos Dwarf Land train by Warhammer Forge.
Personally I always hope for good terrain (no not another skull tower, but maybe Elven buildings), but that doesn't quite fit the description.

But how about an updated Warhammer Quest box with current quality plastics! Just personal speculation though. But then again, it isn't Warhammer Fantasy BATTLE so doesn't fit either.

**CaptainLoken**

I'm thinking it is a huge Summer Event, like a Chaos invasion or some such, that will effect the entire Warhammer world. This way, all armies are envolved, and you could have some specific miniatres that are the main characters in the overall story. Maybe even some specific terrain that will also be important. They've done it before, and would be really fun to bring the game into the spotlight.

Maybe Nagash is going to make a return, since they have already done a Chaos Invasion. That would also bring the Tomb Kings up from the South.

Just an idea...

**Flashman**

Yeah, guessing Summer Campaign or Warhammer expansion like Apocalypse/Spearhead.

Warhammer Monsters sounds like fun, though I really need more encouragement to paint the old rank and file.

**Kanluwen**

You can cross campaign off, in all likelyhood.

They've said they're not going to do them after Storm of Chaos/Fall of Medusa. Too many moving parts that can feth up.

More likely is their rumored "Apocalyptic Battle" rule set, and some kind of generic "fortress", and perhaps a plastic Emperor Dragon.

**AgeOfEgos**

No WE Codex.....BLAH

**Flashman**

Kanluwen wrote:...More likely is their rumored "Apocalyptic Battle" rule set, and some kind of generic "fortress"...

What, like this generic fortress that they already sell?

**BrookM**

That fortress is way too generic! It needs more skulls, crude stonework and bling baby, lots and lots of bling!

**Kid_Kyoto**

CaptainLoken wrote:I'm thinking it is a huge Summer Event, like a Chaos invasion or some such, that will effect the entire Warhammer world. This way, all armies are envolved, and you could have some specific miniatres that are the main characters in the overall story. Maybe even some specific terrain that will also be important. They've done it before, and would be really fun to bring the game into the spotlight.

Maybe Nagash is going to make a return, since they have already done a Chaos Invasion. That would also bring the Tomb Kings up from the South.

Just an idea...

A while back Jervis wrote a column to the effect of 'yeah we have these massive campaigns but nothing will ever change' basically saying that while fluff is nice it won't be refelected in the game since they don't want to tell players they can't play Ultramarines anymore because the nids ate them (though they have no trouble telling squat players that).

So I doubt a campaign would excite an old vet.

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Flashman wrote:
Kanluwen wrote:...More likely is their rumored "Apocalyptic Battle" rule set, and some kind of generic "fortress"...

What, like this generic fortress that they already sell?

That must be the oldest model still in production, certainly the oldest plastic.

**Kanluwen**

BrookM wrote:That fortress is way too generic! It needs more skulls, crude stonework and bling baby, lots and lots of bling!

It's generic, but it's also decidedly human.

**gorgon**

Yeah, this definitely sounds like WFB Apoc with rules for monsters and maybe Siege thrown in, but I guess we'll see.

Although I will say that if Hastings is keen on it, it's probably pretty good. In addition to being one of the best rumor guys out there, he's not afraid to give his unbiased opinion on releases (see Beastmen).

**Minsc**

I'm hoping we don't see the Fortress re-released, as I'm happy there's at least one GW scenery model that isn't covered to the brim with skulls, decay, or marks of chaos. Do they think we're going to forget we're playing a GW game if they don't hammer it into even the very scenery of the game? "That wood is leafy, they might think they're playing Hordes!"

**Leggy**

Kid_Kyoto wrote:

That must be the oldest model still in production, certainly the oldest plastic.

I dunno. Pretty certain the Eldar jetbike is still older

**Mr Mystery**

Oldest model are some of the Snotlings.

But yes..colour me deeply intrigued.

Almost certainly an expansion of some kind. Perhaps not Apocalypse is size though. Siege would be my bet.

**quakejake13**

could it be the return of the "Dogs of War" and "Regiments of Renown"?

**Pael**

floating fortresses!!! Can you see it!!!!

**MajorTom11**

DragonLance Flying Citadel? That would be BOSS.

**Grimstonefire**

Why is it the 'Big summer event' always seems to be next year...? We never actually seem to get there

**Kroothawk**

... and it is always Nagash

**nels1031**

Kroothawk wrote:... and it is always Nagash

Because the Nagash miniature stands the test of time and people want a reason to purchase it and have awesome rules for it!

lol?

**ChiliPowderKeg**

lord_blackfang wrote:If everyone will be interested, it's probably a "superheavy" that anyone can use. A fantasy Baneblade, if you will.

Actually, my first thought was some of that terrain with funky rules that's in the new rulebook, but that probably wouldn't make Hastings quite that excited.

That's the more likely case as it meshes with the rumors of O&G getting a super heavy spider thing mentioned from the their previous "rumor thread".

**Death By Monkeys**

FIMIR!

No, I expect it will be something like Kanluwen suggested - a big friggin' dragon that everyone and their mother has access to.

**AlexHolker**

quakejake13 wrote:could it be the return of the "Dogs of War" and "Regiments of Renown"?

Either that or a wave release of assorted regiments that need redoing. Those are the only things that would really come close to universal appeal.

Death By Monkeys wrote:No, I expect it will be something like Kanluwen suggested - a big friggin' dragon that everyone and their mother has access to.

Except most armies wouldn't have access to it.

**Kanluwen**

AlexHolker wrote:
quakejake13 wrote:could it be the return of the "Dogs of War" and "Regiments of Renown"?

Either that or a wave release of assorted regiments that need redoing. Those are the only things that would really come close to universal appeal.

Except most armies have never had access to most of the regiments. Undead(either flavor), Chaos(any flavor), Dark Elves, Lizardmen, and Ogres had no entries for the RoRs.

Death By Monkeys wrote:No, I expect it will be something like Kanluwen suggested - a big friggin' dragon that everyone and their mother has access to.

Except most armies wouldn't have access to it.

Says who? The Emperor Dragon has a statline in the main rulebook. Just because it, at this moment, is only available to people with a specific Lore doesn't mean that you can't just use it without the Lore.

Same with any of the monsters in there. Cockatrices, Chimerae, everything has a stat line and can be fielded without the Transformation of Kadon--provided your opponent is okay with it.

**Flashman**

If it's a monster that everyone can use, then I shall be disappointed. They did that already when they released the Warhammer Giant i.e. made it available for most races, but later went "Ho hum, did we say that? Well maybe it's ok in friendly games, but it's not really official. Oh you went out and bought a Giant for your VC army. Er... I guess you could use it as a background scenery piece."

I'm ok with some form of Monster/Legendary Battles Expansion but so long as they don't change their minds about it six months down the road.

**Kanluwen**

Flashman wrote:If it's a monster that everyone can use, then I shall be disappointed. They did that already when they released the Warhammer Giant i.e. made it available for most races, but later went "Ho hum, did we say that? Well maybe it's ok in friendly games, but it's not really official. Oh you went out and bought a Giant for your VC army. Er... I guess you could use it as a background scenery piece."

Where did they ever say that?

Plus, in the case of an Emperor Dragon or the like...don't think of it as "Hey Giant Dragon, come fight for us!" think of it as "Oh balls. We've woken a sleeping monstrosity. Oh well, let's try to poke it and blame the other guys!"