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**dashrendar**

From BOLS <-----click for link

BOLS wrote:
Hi guys,

More whispers regarding the best Warhammer 40k boardgame ever made, Space Hulk.

Talk about the tubes is that when Games Workshop sets their mind on something they go all the way. Space Hulk is being described as a full bore rework with all the bells and whistles you could ever want.

Sources say to expect it in Q3 2009, and we have heard tales of modular plastic boards, an extensive set of large scale sprues with all the termys and genestealers you can shake a stick it, and all new fancy elements such as sliding doors and the like. There might even be a need for batteries (perhaps). Expect a full sized boxed game that will make all you cry with tears of joy.

~I was somewhat excited after our last Space Hulk rumor, but its looking like its not going to be just a simple re-release but a hefty overhaul. Now I'm excited!

**jp400**

Cant wait.

**Kid_Kyoto**

I also heard something like this. My friend who once went to England said the artwork is fantastic, the fluff is brilliant the models are way cool and everyone will want to play Space Hulk.

**Goon3423**

If true this news kicks all sorts of ass! Damn GW and their slow moving schedule of releases.

**jp400**

Like I said... I cant wait.

**H.B.M.C.**

This has me mildly concerned:

extensive set of large scale sprues

I hope by 'lage scale' sprues they mean big sprues (ala Baneblade) filled to the gills with Space Hulk goodness, and not 35mm+ Genestealer/Termy models.

On the bright side, if it does turn out to be a game with a different scale, the tiles will be quite large, and great for Dark Heresy (biggest issue with current Hulk tiles is that most of them are 1-square-wide corridors... and tracking down the 3-wide corridoes from Genesteler is a bitch).

Still, I am looking forward to this even if it is just from a modelling perspective.

**Mattlov**

I would love a 35mm, or even better, Inquisitor scale, Terminator.

But I guess they will just be packed.

**Platuan4th**

H.B.M.C. wrote:35mm+ Genestealer/Termy models.

I'd heard this might be a possibility(which will tick off a huge part of the market, as will this next part) as well as them being Prepainted(don't tear me apart for this, it's just what I'd heard as something they're considering).

**IRPurple**

i wonder if thell be deathwing or BA like they were origonaly....(sorry for my spelling, i havent found an addon that can cope with my error rate,

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**Reecius**

That would be stupid if they were the wrong scale, they would be eliminating a big part of the market. All kinds of 40K players would snatch those up, jut like AoBR. So long as the boxed termies are of higher quality, people will still buy them.

I never played spacehulk, but I am looking forward to it. If you can use the models in 40K too, I will grab a copy of it.

Now if they will only redo Heroquest (Of Warhammer Quest, whatever). That game brings back some great childhood memories.

**Platuan4th**

Reecius wrote:That would be stupid if they were the wrong scale, they would be eliminating a big part of the market. All kinds of 40K players would snatch those up, jut like AoBR. So long as the boxed termies are of higher quality, people will still buy them.

This is, absurd as it may sound, the exact reason that they are considering larger scale models. They're apparently afraid that if it's priced in the $60-80 price range, people would constantly plop that down for 10 Termies + 'Stealers instead of $50 for 5 multi-part termies.

**George Spiggott**

35mm models would be cool (since I've stopped playing 40k anyway) if a bit of a pain for people who kept their old editions.

**JD21290**

huge termies?
real scale marine players dreams come true

and i can get some super stealers

cut 1 set of claws, add talons and you have a unit of warriors that fit a stealer theme

**Platuan4th**

JD21290 wrote:huge termies?
real scale marine players dreams come true

and i can get some super stealers
cut 1 set of claws, add talons and you have a unit of warriors that fit a stealer theme

Add an Inq scale 'Stealer and you've got a Fex, too.

**Jack of all games**

Platuan4th wrote:
Reecius wrote:That would be stupid if they were the wrong scale, they would be eliminating a big part of the market. All kinds of 40K players would snatch those up, jut like AoBR. So long as the boxed termies are of higher quality, people will still buy them.

This is, absurd as it may sound, the exact reason that they are considering larger scale models. They're apparently afraid that if it's priced in the $60-80 price range, people would constantly plop that down for 10 Termies + 'Stealers instead of $50 for 5 multi-part termies.

Well I have to say that as excited as I am about the 'Hulk and what I'm hearing about it, a different scale will definitely make me sit back a moment and say "Hmmmm...."

Part of the fun of the original game was that it was a cool lead in to 40K/Rogue Trader. Heck I don't play 40K now, but if I already had 10 40k scale Terminators and however many Genestealers, I might just decide to start up an army.

The other part of the fun was that you could easily have other races on the Hulk. After all Chaos and Orks also make a great Hulk infestation

**JD21290**

nah, thats too big, stealers look too squishy for a fex stand in, would have to go to town on carapace and a exo-skelly for him, more trouble than its worth when you can grab 3 fex's for £50

**JD21290**

just a side note here, but if its cheap (ie, like black reach) then of course they will sell tons more.
i know plenty of people on dakka that brought 5+ AOBR box sets simply for the cheap models

**Platuan4th**

Jack of all games wrote:Part of the fun of the original game was that it was a cool lead in to 40K/Rogue Trader. Heck I don't play 40K now, but if I already had 10 40k scale Terminators and however many Genestealers, I might just decide to start up an army.

No doubt, and I hope it's not true, I'd love to buy a couple sets(and a couple more AoBR sets) to bulk up my Death Wing.

**ShumaGorath**

and we have heard tales of modular plastic boards, an extensive set of large scale sprues with all the termys and genestealers you can shake a stick it

No, you're thinking of Litko Aerosystems, they make a couple of great kits called space corridors and industrial towers.

**Quintinus**

Space Hulk sounds like a lot of fun.

It would be too bad if they decided to make them 35mm, my friend plays Double Wing, and I'm sure that he'd love to pick up some cheap Terminators, while my friend who wants to play Tyranids would gladly pay for this set as well.

Plus the corridors sound like a lot of fun.

In the end though, if it's cheap, I'll want to get it.

Shuma, I think I've heard of Litko Aerosystems. Don't they make those nice Space Corridors and Industrial towers?

**H.B.M.C.**

Oh Jesus not this again...

Shoudln't Space Hulk be gagateway drug for 40K? Making the models unusable in 40K would seem to go against that.

**ShumaGorath**

Oh Jesus not this again...

HBMC hates laser cut wood terrain.

Shoudln't Space Hulk be gagateway drug for 40K? Making the models unusable in 40K would seem to go against that.

At least it would make truscale marines easier? *shrug*

You would think they would learn from LOTR about figure scale.

**mattyboy22**

ShumaGorath wrote:

and we have heard tales of modular plastic boards, an extensive set of large scale sprues with all the termys and genestealers you can shake a stick it

No, you're thinking of Litko Aerosystems, they make a couple of great kits called space corridors and industrial towers.

Thread won.

**Platuan4th**

H.B.M.C. wrote:Shoudln't Space Hulk be gagateway drug for 40K?

Should it? I thought the whole reason for it being remade was to appeal to vets, not to the new kids.

**H.B.M.C.**

Kill two birds with one stone. How many vets want up-scaled Termies they can't use with their existing army?

**Asmodai**

Platuan4th wrote:
Reecius wrote:That would be stupid if they were the wrong scale, they would be eliminating a big part of the market. All kinds of 40K players would snatch those up, jut like AoBR. So long as the boxed termies are of higher quality, people will still buy them.

This is, absurd as it may sound, the exact reason that they are considering larger scale models. They're apparently afraid that if it's priced in the $60-80 price range, people would constantly plop that down for 10 Termies + 'Stealers instead of $50 for 5 multi-part termies.

With 5 Termies, a Tac Squad and a Dreadnought (plus some miscellaneous non-Space Marine stuff) in the AoBR box, is this really an issue anymore?

If competing with the Terminators box was really an issue, I don't think they'd have been included in AoBR. (Thinking about it, those Terminators are actually pretty big to begin with - 40mm base and probably close to 35mm tall already.)

**Reecius**

Exactly.

**Daggermaw**

I don't think they're going to be a larger scale. I think the large scale sprues is meant to say that the sprues will be big like the baneblade or stompa.

I do hope the full overhaul of the rules gives us something really nice, hopefully something similiar to decent.

**BrookM**

Why does a shiver run down my spine at the prospect of completely rewritten rules?

Oh well, hopefully the terrain will make it a worthy purchase. I can already see the boarding parties fighting ship security over an objective.

**Druidic**

Are there not some 1st ed rules floating arround out there to down load? If so, if they remake everything, but the rules suck it, may just go back to my old favourite 1st ed, but with spanking new scenery! :-) I'd still be a happy bunny!