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Necromunda!!!!
With some wicked new terrain!!

Secret surprise Tau codex update!!!

/wishful thinking

Gorkamorka could be amusing - and provide for a new Ork vehicle kit or two, maybe.....

Whatever it is, let's hope it's not a "finecast" product

Necromunda is the new leader in the clubhouse then?

Or maybe this Ghost21 is wrong and it actually is Warhammer Quest.

But Necromunda would be cool too. As long as it is some sort of skirmish game I'll probably be happy.

As long as it kicks ass, I won't care actually.

Necromunda still doesn't 'make sense' for a 'one and done' release...

Of course it doesn't, but the mistake we're making is assuming that anything GW does makes any sense.

It will not be a specialist game related release, mainly due to the fact all specialist games are direct only purchese, i have walked intl at least 6 GW in my local area and i have never seen one specialist game product on any of their shelves for at least 6 years, and quite frankly kids are not interested in the Specialist games, they want off the shelf stuff, also modern GW stores just do not have the space to have 40000K, Fantasy, Lord of the Rings accessories, books and other stuff as many don't have storerooms to keep stuff in "Back".

As i have previously stated according to someone i spoke to in GW Australia management, the September "Secret Release" will be Apocalypse related, now what can they release for this well, i have been told that it will be Imperial and Chaos related and it will be an Imperial/Chaos Warhound Titan.

Now even with inside knowledge it still is a rumour until proved, but what was told to me is that Specialist Games just don't sell well in Australia (to be fair apart from Blood Bowl) and a few other regions, the September "Secret Release" must be tied in with GW Core Product Lines as these are popular the world over.

I am always right until proven otherwise.

TBD wrote:But Necromunda would be cool too. As long as it is some sort of skirmish game I'll probably be happy.

Yeah, Necromunda would be sweet, but I'm not gonna hold my breath. The original system still holds up today and I don't see GW going all "hobby" on us with Specialist Games releases over the newest, shiny thing that will sell to everyone.

Still, and skirmish game release would be awesome. I would speculate something like this would be held over until 6th edition and be added in the rulebook, or made an expansion, but that's assuming they would do something with skirmish rules in the first place.

A smaller scale port from the 40k game to compete more evenly with Warmahordes would be a good idea on GW's part. A necromunda style game that used the standard 40k line would be great.

Nvs wrote:A smaller scale port from the 40k game to compete more evenly with Warmahordes would be a good idea on GW's part. A necromunda style game that used the standard 40k line would be great.

Warmachine/Hordes is on a larger scale than a 40k kill team mission and a much smaller scale than 40k. With one book they could include 2nd edition 40k/necromnunda style rulebook for playing 40k in on a warmachine/hordes scale battle. Besides having existing model lines to compete with warmachine/hordes it would help draw new players into normal full scale 40k that would normally be put off by the cost of a 2,000 point army.

BrookM wrote:It would be a real zinger if it turned out to be Inquisitor.

That would be sweet.

I love necromunda, and the system was left decent. I think it's not a one and done system, but I think the easiest to farm out to fans to expand. I think multiposable kits could fit in the IG or LATD lines so would be smart to encourage mini usage to fit common needs.

However I am curious. WHQ seems lame, as does an expansion for SH. BFG was fun ages ago, and I no longer have me orks.Mordheim would be cool as necromunda, and as far as BB is concerned Meh.

Inquisitor.. I liked, but only for painting, I played one or two times and enjoyed, but sadly only scratched the surface of that game.

Re-releasing Inquisitor would put them in competition with FFG's own line of 40K games.


And that means that it is exactly what GW will do.

H.B.M.C. wrote:Re-releasing Inquisitor would put them in competition with FFG's own line of 40K games.


And that means that it is exactly what GW will do.

Inquisitor is a combat system with miniatures, FFG does classic rpgs. I don't see how that would put them in competition. In fact, having an alternate combat system for Inquisitor and/or a good source of highly detailed, customizable miniatures would most likely increase gains for both companies.

Not that it would happen, sadly...

A freind of mine who runs a gaming club here in NZ, speaks to Jervis via e-mail occasionally and was told about Epic being rereleased.
He was told this 4 months ago.

Id imagine it will probably be in Resin,using alot of the Forge world moulds they have for Epic like Tau.

Alot of GW Epic stuff was metal.

Likely it will be that.

Timing seems right on considering there new change to Resin.

The only news I want:

They hired a new game designer to redesign 40k on the sly. It won't be compatible with current army books and is designed first and foremost for a good gaming experience and not as an aid to selling miniatures. It will give a deep and enjoyable play experience whether you're playing with 10 miniatures or 100. It will include new starter boxes for each army that will be around the $50-70 range.

Kroothawk wrote:Didn't want to start a thread on what could be the "special release" in September (see stickied release schedule), but now we have a hint by Harry:

Harry wrote:

CitizenNick wrote:Anyone who is friends with GW on facebook may have noticed how much they've been talking about Blood Bowl lately. Jervis mentioned it in standard bearer a couple months back. And it was mentioned in a "what's new today" post not long ago.

Is this a hint at what's coming in September?

Well it may be nothing .... but Jervis wrote the first edition of BloodBowl in 1986 ....

Do the maths.

Reminder: Space Hulk was the 25th anniversary edition
(Warhammer Quest missed its 15th anniversary last year)

Do you have a link?

I would like to read the thread in context.

If it was a plastic titan I think they would sell pretty well. How many of us could really say no to something like that? It would give enough time for kids to get excited and get their parents to buy it for Christmas.

I'm hoping for more plastic fliers as I'm playing Aeronautica 40k scale, but that's just a wish. Wasn't there a rumour about a plastic thunderbolt?

Suppose it could be a thunderhawk also. That's be nice.

I firmly believe in a Warhammer Quest release.

It can't be a Specialist Games release because all of these games relied on whole ranges of products, while Warhammer Quest, like Space Hulk doesn't need extra releases: it's a full game box.

It will almost certainly be Warhammer Quest, besides I have heard of the WQ being in the works for awhile now.

I shudder at the thought of the plastic titan. God only knows what GW would ask for one of those. Probably a kidney, your first born, a gonad or two, and all of your grandmother's jewels.

At this rate I wouldn't be surprised if it was sold at the same price, or maybe about $50 cheaper, with the reason being that now it's in plastic it makes assembly and conversion sooo much easier that the added cost is worth it.

AvatarForm wrote:Do you have a link?
I would like to read the thread in context.

You know how Warseer works: They quickly shoved the news thread to general discussions and deleted it two days afterwards.
Be quick to read the second thread on that topic: http://www.warseer.com/forums/showthread.php?t=305049
(it just got shoved to general discussion, so you have one or two days )

A plastic titan is...unlikely. Forming that complex a 3D shape out of essentially 2D plastic pieces? I know the CAD for modelling has come a long way, but i just cant see it.

Dont get me wrong - I'd love one. I need another chaos one and im NOT building those frigging feet again (gah!) to do it - i just doubt it.

Plus it would be aorund the £120 mark, making it a very expensive purchase. Far less than FW, but still....

Kroothawk wrote:

AvatarForm wrote:Do you have a link?
I would like to read the thread in context.

You know how Warseer works: They quickly shoved the news thread to general discussions and deleted it two days afterwards.
Be quick to read the second thread on that topic: http://www.warseer.com/forums/showthread.php?t=305049
(it just got shoved to general discussion, so you have one or two days )

Cool thanks.

They tend to hide threads according to the last post, rather than what the general topic is.

You will find the Malifaux P&M blogs in the Fantasy section...

The general gist is now that it will NOT be WQuest...

Though I honestly would not mind if it were BB or WQ

Yes, Bloodbowl or Warhammer Quest would be the best choices economically, but knowing the management, they might revive the economic flop Man O'War just to harm Spartan Games (and then see that they can't and raise prices for the rest even more).

Manchu wrote:I mean, my Space Hulk is still shrink-wrapped. Sorry, I just can't resist bringing that up.

Mine too. Won't we look like idiots when it's re-released...


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GAZ_NZ wrote:A freind of mine who runs a gaming club here in NZ, speaks to Jervis via e-mail occasionally and was told about Epic being rereleased.
He was told this 4 months ago.

Id imagine it will probably be in Resin,using alot of the Forge world moulds they have for Epic like Tau.

Alot of GW Epic stuff was metal.

Likely it will be that.

Timing seems right on considering there new change to Resin.

I don't think re-releasing Epic is a good idea. GW should capitalise on their big range of AFV's, and do a new game that focuses on armoured combat, in a scale somewhere between WH40k and Epic. That would mean large scale battles that are a bit more credible than the traffic jams you see in WH40k, but the models would be large enough to interest the 'hobbyists'. And they'd be directly competing with FoW's fanbase. It won't happen, of course. And I realise this is a bit OT.

Achaylus72 wrote:It will not be a specialist game related release, mainly due to the fact all specialist games are direct only purchese, i have walked intl at least 6 GW in my local area and i have never seen one specialist game product on any of their shelves for at least 6 years, and quite frankly kids are not interested in the Specialist games

The entirely sold-out run of Space Hulk begs to differ...