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Jin wrote:Bit of an uninspired name for the box, no?

Agreed with Little Lord Fauntleroy on the lack of content confirmation, though.

Uninspired maybe but it sounds interesting to say the least, from the name I'll guess that Chaos will be one of the armies.

Ok I just got the newsletter Email from GW and it shows High Elves fighting Skaven.

Do we need any more conformation? I don't think so.

For those who don't get it this is what is says:

"In this issue: New: Warhammer Boxed Game

Incoming! The Island of Blood

The Warhammer world; it is a place riven by battle, where mighty armies clash for glory, honour or the entertainment of Dark Gods. Darkened skies, tortured by cataclysmic magics tear open and rain blood upon the ceaseless combatants and the landscape is wracked by the carnage around it. Trees writhe in mutated agony, lashing out with limb and branch and rivers flow thick with the corpses of the slain. All upon the land are consumed by the unending battle, an age of war in which victory and defeat hang in the balance.

Cast against this macabre tableau fight mighty armies -warriors by their million raise banners of defiance or icons of dismay, taking up arms in the clash for survival. Beleaguered and surrounded, the forces of Order fight desperately to stem the tide of the armies of Destruction. Delighting in the carnage and ruination, the Dark Gods look on.

The Island of Blood is but one battleground upon the face of the Warhammer world, a mystical and dangerous place that has been twisted and mutated by the warping power of Chaos. In ages past the Island of Blood was a battleground upon which armies have bled and died in the ageless battle for supremacy... and they will do so again. Soon.

The Island of Blood is the new boxed game for Warhammer and is released this September. Packed full of stunning plastic Citadel miniatures and containing all the rules, dice and templates you'll need to play, it's the essential purchase for fans of the Warhammer hobby.

Meanwhile, if you like the Battle for Skull Pass boxed game (and who wouldn't with all those Goblins and Dwarfs) then it only seems fair to point out that once the last few remaining copies are gone they're gone, and they're never coming back! Pick one up while stocks last.

In August we'll feature more information about The Island of Blood on games-workshop.com and the full details will be released in September's White Dwarf."



Done in my opinion.

Turalon wrote:Done in my opinion.

Not done till they show us the models

I believe there was no pic with that email. So pic or it didn't happen.

Pic from the email :-)

Just got the same email, something tells me though that we aren't even getting a 1/3 of what's in that picture.

Slackermagee wrote:Just got the same email, something tells me though that we aren't even getting a 1/3 of what's in that picture.

Probably not, but it still seems like GW's way of telling us without actually telling us.

Oh, if only that pic were WYSIWYG for the box set. Still, it's enticing. I've wanted to play Fantasy for years, Skaven in particular. This might just be the time I jump into it.

I wonder how I can convert those high elves into dark elves....bourbon, maybe.

Yeah that would be awesome if they were easily converted to DE . . . but then if that was the case I would buy the Mantic Games Elves and convert them =p

Oshova

while were all speculating maybe the infamous ICE ELVES will make a showing.

I bet that either skaven or high elves wont be in it. One might be, but the others wont.

How much? I can always use some money

Platuan4th wrote:

doubled wrote:The skaven must be getting a new HQ model somewhere in plastic, all the Starter kits have an HQ and the only HQ''s in Skaven are metal, the High elves as well I think.

Not ALL Skaven Characters are metal: Screaming Bell/Grey Seer and Plague Furnace/Plague Priest. Added bonus, whichever version you don't build, the other character type can be put on a regular base(with a little work needed for the Grey Seer).

That said, rumours point to a plastic Warlock Engineer and Chieftain if Skaven are truly in.

Whudya mean, whichever one you don't build? I magnetized mine...


Back on topic though, the rumors I've been hearing for months have been Skaven VS High Elves, the pic sent with the webway email recently (see several posts back) confirms it for me. Everyone else is in denial. Cheap Skaven FTW!

Well it seems pretty apparent to me (at least ) that there are going to be 2 ways to build an army in 8th edition. Either a small elite force or a vast horde.

Skaven and High Elves are the two best armies at doing this (which have not been in a starter set before).

Also look at all the rumors about 8th that have come true. All the rumors that were validated were ones that we leaked. All the evidence that GW is sending out is suggesting that this will be true.

That's why I think that this rumor is done.

I wouldn't interpret too much into the starter box races. Night Goblins weren't exactly the best army in 7th edition.

why the drip feed from GW?

Could someone please explain why the reluctance to actually just come out and say something please?

I just don't see what purpose it serves.

My only theory is to test the staff to keep things under their hats and not spill the beans to mix metaphors.

I think all the "Internet Cool guys" that are posting to crap on the name should post their own ideas for names. I'm sure they have some brilliant ones...

Chibi Bodge-Battle wrote:why the drip feed from GW?

Could someone please explain why the reluctance to actually just come out and say something please?

I just don't see what purpose it serves.

My only theory is to test the staff to keep things under their hats and not spill the beans to mix metaphors.

I think they drip feed because it creates more hype. If we new the exact details there wouldn't be half the discussion and discussion is free advertising. As for how the drip feed works, I think it's partly intentional and partly inevitable. They know full well that once they send out the new rules to 1000's of employees one of them will end up spilling the beans. I also think they have staff members they allow to post on forums and talk to people who run forums so they know what will get leaked and roughly when. All the uncertainty of the big box is making people feverish which means some who might have waited for the box will cave in and buy the big book. Also those that are interested in those armies will start to buy auxiliary units to pad out what they expect will be in the box.

I think it will all depend on the quality of the models in the box, the dwarfs in Skull Pass were horrible.

Even if they are terrible skaven players can always use more slaves, heck people may just convert the HE into slaves...or at least thats what I intend to do.

Erm...not really what the Boxed Games are aiming at. It's a recruitment tool, more than anything.

But I do hope the recent and continued improvement in plastics continues into this set

Casper wrote:I think it will all depend on the quality of the models in the box, the dwarfs in Skull Pass were horrible.

As were the models in Battle for Macragge. Mind you this was years ago, and what GW can do with plastic now is goddamn incredible. Black Reach quality is more what I'd go for with this new set.

Brother SRM wrote:

Casper wrote:I think it will all depend on the quality of the models in the box, the dwarfs in Skull Pass were horrible.

As were the models in Battle for Macragge. Mind you this was years ago, and what GW can do with plastic now is goddamn incredible. Black Reach quality is more what I'd go for with this new set.

Yea Black reach was so good, the price (when it came out) the amount of models and actual balance between both sides actually made me pretty mad that they haven't done this before and I hope they continue doing box sets like black reach.

narceron wrote:I wonder how I can convert those high elves into dark elves....bourbon, maybe.

Give the high elves blackface, easy conversion.

Brother SRM wrote:

Luthon1234 wrote:So from what we know will we actually have a plastic lord on griphon, plastic Swordmasters AND plastic hell pit? Man now I know how my friend felt about the 5th edition black reach set full of win and I get to use both sides! Anyone know about the price, will it be like black reach when it was first released?

Ill be very sad if this is over 100 dollars.

Figure it's the same price as Black Reach is for 40k. 75 is the ballpark here.

AoBR is $90 now.


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juraigamer wrote:

narceron wrote:I wonder how I can convert those high elves into dark elves....bourbon, maybe.

Give the high elves blackface, easy conversion.

...on second thought, I'm going to let someone else have this one.

Chibi Bodge-Battle wrote:why the drip feed from GW?

Could someone please explain why the reluctance to actually just come out and say something please?

I just don't see what purpose it serves.

My only theory is to test the staff to keep things under their hats and not spill the beans to mix metaphors.

I've explained this before:

Revealing upcoming releases leads to people getting excited about those upcoming releases, and getting excited almost always leads to instant death.

GW is just thinking of your health.

High Elves, Skaven, and what not...

The strange thing about the picture, come to think of it, is the extreme lack of terrain that you can buy in a store.

I mean, the surface isn't a RoB (like virtually every picture GW puts out nower days), and the trees are not Citadel Woods. In fact, that statue there - unless it's coming soon - is a scratch build.

How dare GW insinuate that there's a way to get terrain that isn't via their stores!!!

I think the trees are mounted on GW hills, if that makes you feel better. And it MIGHT be a ROB board, just one of the flatter parts.

Mad Doc Grotsnik wrote:Erm...not really what the Boxed Games are aiming at. It's a recruitment tool, more than anything.

I hope it's not $90, that would be a hard sell for a new player (looking at a minimum of $120 just to get started). I would hope they did something like AoBR, start it at $60 or $75 to get interst into the new edition and then raise the price later.