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 judgedoug wrote:
Wait, what is it supposed to be? It just looks like some bizarre starship deck plating that has skulls and dirt underneath. Nothing looks like roads or sidewalks

In Imperium of Man, sidewalks walks over YOU!

Ehhh screw it just ordered a frontline urban gaming mat, hopefully it suits me well.

Yes - can't quite understand what look they are aiming for. The roads also are very narrow.

My go to cheap bases are these chaps
http://champindustries.net/bases.html
but their look is somewhat staid compared to this table...

Still would like to sees better picture of the Badrukk bundle for the new ammo runts.

Any chance of that happening (folks with copies in hand)?

 Tombard wrote:
But confirmed...the new board is 2 tiles and you get those two 3 times each.

Yay for taking the cheap way out and charging a premium price for it.

And in one article they mention problems with rolling dice on the surface (it is moulded, not printed - you have to paint the thing, there is a "how to" in the WD) and advice you to roll them in a box instead.....yeah, thanks.

I found that you really need to do the same with the original RoB board as well. It's horrible for rolling dice on.


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 gorgon wrote:
City streets tend not to have bright copper areas, etc.

City streets also tend to no have raised reinforcing bands every 6 feet, and footpaths specifically designed to break pedestrians' ankles.


I honestly can't figure out what they were going for with this thing. The roads are just silly, and the footpath and 'ground' areas look far more like walls. It's like someone tried to build a city on the side of a space hulk, but wasn't quite sure what roads are actually for...

Yep, I have to agree it looks pretty awful. No idea what they were trying to pull off, but it doesn't really look like a city tile.. I think best use for it would be to saw it into pieces and use it as ruined walls

I thought it could make an okay space station or something, until I saw the dirt peeking through.

I could be tempted to get a pair of tiles to incorporate into a larger board, but that's just an absurd amount of unnecessary texture for a whole map.

 insaniak wrote:

 Tombard wrote:
But confirmed...the new board is 2 tiles and you get those two 3 times each.

Yay for taking the cheap way out and charging a premium price for it.

And in one article they mention problems with rolling dice on the surface (it is moulded, not printed - you have to paint the thing, there is a "how to" in the WD) and advice you to roll them in a box instead.....yeah, thanks.

I found that you really need to do the same with the original RoB board as well. It's horrible for rolling dice on.


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 gorgon wrote:
City streets tend not to have bright copper areas, etc.

City streets also tend to no have raised reinforcing bands every 6 feet, and footpaths specifically designed to break pedestrians' ankles.


I honestly can't figure out what they were going for with this thing. The roads are just silly, and the footpath and 'ground' areas look far more like walls. It's like someone tried to build a city on the side of a space hulk, but wasn't quite sure what roads are actually for...

In fairness- normal city streets dont march giant stompy robots or roll giant tanks like Baneblades down there.

The only cool thing there is that demon rhino thing. All those pink arms haha.

Its too busy though. It looks like walls are in the ground and its kind of confusing to look at. Since it has foot paths and so on it doesnt look like you can change it up too much without being restricted to a few zones where buildings/ rubble can be placed.

Over all its a bit much for very little. However the opposite is true for cost.

stormboy wrote:
Still would like to sees better picture of the Badrukk bundle for the new ammo runts.

Any chance of that happening (folks with copies in hand)?

I would also like to request pictures of the new grots please.

 Swastakowey wrote:
The only cool thing there is that demon rhino thing. All those pink arms haha.

Its too busy though. It looks like walls are in the ground and its kind of confusing to look at. Since it has foot paths and so on it doesnt look like you can change it up too much without being restricted to a few zones where buildings/ rubble can be placed.

Over all its a bit much for very little. However the opposite is true for cost.

** Edit Looks like a Tzeentch possessed Rhino. Not a bad idea with the horrors poking out of it

The board is positively excremental. It doesn't look like a functional piece of scenery. just like the GW plastic buildings, which look like theater props.

I love how everyone tries to outdo the previous poster with more colorful ways to say that they don't like the board.

 pretre wrote:
I love how everyone tries to outdo the previous poster with more colorful ways to say that they don't like the board.

Didnt want to be the usual broken record we hear from complaints.

Nothing worse than reading the same complaint for a few posts. Gotta change it up.

Allow me to perform a vital social function on the internet:

That board is literally Hitler.

There, we're good, we can all move along now until the next amusingly awful GW idea rears its head.




To appear constructive, this thing honestly hits every bad mark it possibly can; gaudy, ludicrous design in all the wrong ways (silly skull pits, GIANT AQUILAS, PRAISE THE EMPEROR, the bonebreaker 3000 sidewalks, etc), repetitive with only two giant gaudy tiles, and extremely expensive.

I scoffed at the Forgeworld RoB boards, as while I liked the aesthetic and obvious attention to subtle detail, worn where it should be just sufficiently to look like, with a good paintjob, that they'd pass as a city of the grim darkness of the far future, or a plausible fortification, but at $700 for a whole board, I'd never consider them without one hell of a windfall. My club has one of the Necron complexes (two, technically), and they're awesome, but they're too rich for my blood. This GW...thing offers less variety, worse aesthetic choices and is still ridiculously expensive. The only thing it accomplishes is makes the FW ones look more attractive, to say nothing of the competition.

Honestly, aside from Secret Weapon and a handful of others, most people seem to be leaning more and more towards decent mats or other inexpensive options; I'll drop some money to give a table a nice aesthetic, but once we breach the $200 mark for a blank plastic/resin surface, even with my limited time and skills, I'd rather try to make something.

Looks good to me. Could do with more subdued paintjob but I like it anyway.

A small point (although I realize most folks on this thread do not like the board).

-The WD indicates this board and the Imperial Sector is $400 US. Individually, the Imperial Sector is $120 US, so they are somewhat discounting if you buy the bundle. Standard Delivery is no charge and Fast Delivery is $15.

Right now, I'm 50/50 on buying it.

 insaniak wrote:
I honestly can't figure out what they were going for with this thing. The roads are just silly, and the footpath and 'ground' areas look far more like walls. It's like someone tried to build a city on the side of a space hulk, but wasn't quite sure what roads are actually for...

Imperial Defensive Works. The bands on the roads and the ankle breaking foot paths are all defensive measures designed to make attacking Hive cities even more deadly for an outside force. You can't dodge bullets when your fibula is sticking out of your pants!

I'm also enjoying how all those huge models are making the whole board look tiny. Looks like there's a tons of space for maneuvering and tactics

I didn't mind the board (because I won't buy it), until I realized that this means we'll see every fight in White Dwarf somewhere between Skull Pit Plateau and Shattered Fibula Promenade. Ugh.

These would have made nice Space Hulk walls, though.

the board looks great, I love the basing kit that goes with it

you guys are a bunch of bitches

 RedFox wrote:
the board looks great, I love the basing kit that goes with it

you guys are a bunch of bitches

Glad you like it. That'll be at least one sale. Sadly, I don't quite like either the new board or the bases. The bases in the kit seem a little small for toppers and the board is massively cluttered. Fortunately, I've got a set of Secret Weapon urban rubble tiles coming in so I don't have to worry much about my 40k games. I'll probably try to snag a used set of GW regular RoB boards for Fantasy. Yes, foam is cheaper but hard plastic is never going to need replacing unless you are a walking disaster area.

 pretre wrote:
I love how everyone tries to outdo the previous poster with more colorful ways to say that they don't like the board.

Aggy gets special dispensation because he's Dakka's Eeyore.

Haha Agamenmon..

 BrookM wrote:
Pity that the basing kit is so expensive, it looks rather useful actually.

I've heard some pretty good things about these kits, which are somewhat more reasonably priced:

http://www.antenocitisworkshop.com/wargames-bases-basing/basecrafts-base-kits.html

If I want a tub of flock I'll buy local, thankyouverymuch,

Photos from the orc bundles incoming, as requested:



The grots:

Some lovely looking new models there.

Thanks very much for the pics.

Yeah, i like the grot in the pirate outfit

I may have to get those grots; hopefully they'll be available on their own!

Some of those grots look familiar - I'm sure I've seen them in metal a few years back. If this is just a Finecast rerelease of those same models, I'm not interested, but would buy several kits if they're in plastic.