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But it'll just be Blood Bowl, with its terrible rules that nobody born after 1980 can enjoy and has no reason to try anyway given that legitimately good sports games are a dime a dozen these days.
The old meta is dead and the new meta struggles to be born. Now is the time of munchkins.
I do have to say my anticipation for Adeptus Titanicus decreased when they said it would be all about the Titans (at least initially) and not the 40k Epic style of micro infantry, etc.
NewTruthNeomaxim wrote: I do have to say my anticipation for Adeptus Titanicus decreased when they said it would be all about the Titans (at least initially) and not the 40k Epic style of micro infantry, etc.
Is there a summary of these Titanicus rumors? I like Titans and boxed games and am just getting back into 40k stuff, so this is all news to me.
Basically:
8mm
Titans / knights of different variety
Set in the heresy
Game likely to have Necromunda campaign like rules where your titans gain experience
Plastic scenery set likely - all other models will be resin
If successful Marines and other forces to follow
Vorian wrote: Basically:
8mm
Titans / knights of different variety
Set in the heresy
Game likely to have Necromunda campaign like rules where your titans gain experience
Plastic scenery set likely - all other models will be resin
If successful Marines and other forces to follow
Thanks! That all sounds like something I will want. Nice that they are a slightly larger scale than Epic, but that's obnoxious for people that already have Epic models. Would they really release a boxed game with resin models instead of plastic, tho?
NewTruthNeomaxim wrote: I do have to say my anticipation for Adeptus Titanicus decreased when they said it would be all about the Titans (at least initially) and not the 40k Epic style of micro infantry, etc.
Mine increased. I want granular stats and damage for titans again, not rough approximations to speed things up and make room for tons of infantry and tanks.
Vorian wrote: Basically:
8mm
Titans / knights of different variety
Set in the heresy
Game likely to have Necromunda campaign like rules where your titans gain experience
Plastic scenery set likely - all other models will be resin
If successful Marines and other forces to follow
Thanks! That all sounds like something I will want. Nice that they are a slightly larger scale than Epic, but that's obnoxious for people that already have Epic models. Would they really release a boxed game with resin models instead of plastic, tho?
AT probably won't be a "boxed game" in the same sense as more recent GW releases, it'll be a Specialist Game - the models will be resin, the "boxed set" will just be a big box of plastic terrain, maybe with a rulebook inside.
And start harvesting your family's kidneys to sell now, because barring some mad discounting policy a resin AT force is going to cost almost as much as collecting an all-FW Knight Household.
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Most of the rumors I've read say the Adeptus Titanicus will be Forgeworld, so that pretty much rules it out for this midnight mystery release. My money is on either Fenris: Part 2 or Thousands Sons. Maybe even both! My hope is that this will be the rumored Tzeentch Arcanite release or some thing for Grand Alliance: Death.
Edit: double post
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2000 Khorne Bloodbound (Skullfiend Tribe- Aqshy)
1000 Tzeentch Arcanites (Pyrofane Cult - Hysh) in progress 2000 Slaves to Darkness (Ravagers)
2016/09/28 21:50:36
Subject: Re:GW 25 november midnight secret release.
LMFAO. I wonder if that would garner more outrage than the destruction from the old world. People loosing sleep for over this? I don't think so. Maybe if Kirby was at the helm he would do it to despise us, but not Kevin Roundtree. He really seems to be doing something to give an "image" of GW changing and being better than before.
Agies Grimm:The "Learn to play, bro" mentality is mostly just a way for someone to try to shame you by implying that their metaphorical nerd-wiener is bigger than yours. Which, ironically, I think nerds do even more vehemently than jocks.
Everything is made up and the points don't matter. 40K or Who's Line is it Anyway?
Auticus wrote: Or in summation: its ok to exploit shoddy points because those are rules and gamers exist to find rules loopholes (they are still "legal"), but if the same force can be composed without structure, it emotionally feels "wrong".
Dread fleet 2 would be awesome. The Old World is back? Sweet.
The original game had great minis and fluff--even the tie in novel was fun--but suffered for trying to be something different. Not that it matters now, because we all know Dreadfleet isn't going to happen.
Mine increased. I want granular stats and damage for titans again, not rough approximations to speed things up and make room for tons of infantry and tanks.
I still have those up/down, left/right dice from the titan damage location chart.
Mine increased. I want granular stats and damage for titans again, not rough approximations to speed things up and make room for tons of infantry and tanks.
I still have those up/down, left/right dice from the titan damage location chart.
The original game had great minis and fluff--even the tie in novel was fun--but suffered for trying to be something different. Not that it matters now, because we all know Dreadfleet isn't going to happen.
It suffered for being incredibly boring to play.
The Laws of Thermodynamics:
1) You cannot win. 2) You cannot break even. 3) You cannot stop playing the game.
Colonel Flagg wrote:You think you're real smart. But you're not smart; you're dumb. Very dumb. But you've met your match in me.
The original game had great minis and fluff--even the tie in novel was fun--but suffered for trying to be something different. Not that it matters now, because we all know Dreadfleet isn't going to happen.
It suffered for being incredibly boring to play.
That is a fairly big flaw. Fortunately(?) my bar to beat is set at Monopoly, so I'm easy when it comes to game mechanics.
Maybe it's finally time for the Adepta Soro...... nvm.... ofc it's not them... If anything we are more likely to get Demiurg as they were featured in the Tau trailer for Battlefleet Gothic: Armada
Matt.Kingsley wrote: Yeah Adeptus Titanicus has a planned release coinciding with the next Horus Heresy Weekender (February) last I heard. I doubt it'd all be done 2-3 months in advance.
Which is a shame as it has such pretty minis, including things that you just don't see any more (an Ind ship, a Chaos Dwarf sub).
Yeah, the miniatures were excellent. It's just a shame they put nowhere near the amount of effort into the game making side of it. Making it a one-off thing was also a dumb move as there were still factions who they could've released ships for, like the Dark Elves (you know GW, that race that conducts pirate raids as a coming of age ceremony for their nobles and has literal floating fortresses as their flagships).
The Laws of Thermodynamics:
1) You cannot win. 2) You cannot break even. 3) You cannot stop playing the game.
Colonel Flagg wrote:You think you're real smart. But you're not smart; you're dumb. Very dumb. But you've met your match in me.
2016/09/30 21:07:11
Subject: Re:GW 25 november midnight secret release.
So, the release of one stand alone boxed game probably wouldn't be worth a midnight opening... But a multiple release specialist games thing to kick each line off and gather some support, maybe hold each of them in store for a month or so before they all disappear off to Forge World... so my money would be on us seeing Adeptus Titanicus, BFG, BloodBowl and maybe a couple of other specialist games releases, all in one big bang, just in time for black friday, and then available in store for a few weeks/month or so (ideal to catch the waves of clueless aunts looking for a standalone christmas present for little Timmy) before they all disappear into Forge World and gain the shipping cost penalty... That's what my money would be on anyway
Nat, the Reactor Mek
Pariah Press wrote:Help! Jervis just jumped through my window, wearing a ninja costume! He's taking my 4th edition rule book! He's taking my 4th edition rule book!
2016/09/30 21:17:58
Subject: Re:GW 25 november midnight secret release.
Nuclear Mekanik wrote: So, the release of one stand alone boxed game probably wouldn't be worth a midnight opening... But a multiple release specialist games thing to kick each line off and gather some support, maybe hold each of them in store for a month or so before they all disappear off to Forge World... so my money would be on us seeing Adeptus Titanicus, BFG, BloodBowl and maybe a couple of other specialist games releases, all in one big bang, just in time for black friday, and then available in store for a few weeks/month or so (ideal to catch the waves of clueless aunts looking for a standalone christmas present for little Timmy) before they all disappear into Forge World and gain the shipping cost penalty... That's what my money would be on anyway
Business 101 says you never cripple a given product's initial impact by sharing its time in the sun with other releases. Its basic logic, and even rival film studios get out of the way of each-other's big releases. It definitely ISN'T this. :-p
Nah. It'll be Blood Bowl, and I will be thrilled. :-)
11527pts Total (7400pts painted)
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3730 Total (210pts painted)
2016/09/30 22:03:06
Subject: Re:GW 25 november midnight secret release.
11527pts Total (7400pts painted)
4980pts Total (4980pts painted)
3730 Total (210pts painted) 
2000 Khorne Bloodbound (Skullfiend Tribe- Aqshy)
1000 Tzeentch Arcanites (Pyrofane Cult - Hysh) in progress
