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i've been pretty unsucessful with this run even when pre-ordering

with FP unable to supply stuff (oops sorry have a refund), or claiming there was an issue with the CC (there wasn't), please redo your order (oops sorry sold out)

frustrating, but I guess it means i spend less on toys i don't really need

Thats kind of the problem. I have no need of Wraithguard, but they are nice models, and for only £10 its mental not to.

If you actually didn't need it then you're not saving anything even if it's 95%-off

I wonder if local newsagents can cherry pick issues for purchase (if they can be bothered doing it for you)?

 RustyNumber wrote:
If you actually didn't need it then you're not saving anything even if it's 95%-off

I wonder if local newsagents can cherry pick issues for purchase (if they can be bothered doing it for you)?

They can. Whether they will or not depends entirely on if they want to or not. I've not done it myself, but know other people who have with varying success.

Ive been able to ask my newsagent to "save" specific issue (along with paying early for it) so they can get it for me and if they get enough people doing that they request extra copies, this was successful for the Primaris Dreadnought copies that were very popular otherwise, i think they ended up getting double the amount they normally ordered.

FYI - I just got an email saying that preorders for 40K Combat Patrol are now available in the US at $14.99/issue or $17.99/issue at the premium level.

Supposedly, it will start shipping in March, but I'm guessing your milage may vary.

Things are moving faster than I thought. Maybe It will be released in Japan before the end of the year.

M.

semajnollissor wrote:
FYI - I just got an email saying that preorders for 40K Combat Patrol are now available in the US at $14.99/issue or $17.99/issue at the premium level.

Supposedly, it will start shipping in March, but I'm guessing your milage may vary.

Any word on updating the contents like the Militarum one?

Also, doesn't seem to be as good a discount as previous Subs.

 Vain wrote:
Ive been able to ask my newsagent to "save" specific issue (along with paying early for it) so they can get it for me and if they get enough people doing that they request extra copies, this was successful for the Primaris Dreadnought copies that were very popular otherwise, i think they ended up getting double the amount they normally ordered.

I hit mine up today and the manager is happy to give ordering specific issues a try when it comes to Aus (hooray for living in a small country town where people know each other)

semajnollissor wrote:
FYI - I just got an email saying that preorders for 40K Combat Patrol are now available in the US at $14.99/issue or $17.99/issue at the premium level.

Supposedly, it will start shipping in March, but I'm guessing your milage may vary.

I signed up, but got a 502 error after confirming my payment method. The charge still went through so fingers crossed it worked out.

 ScarletRose wrote:

semajnollissor wrote:
FYI - I just got an email saying that preorders for 40K Combat Patrol are now available in the US at $14.99/issue or $17.99/issue at the premium level.

Supposedly, it will start shipping in March, but I'm guessing your milage may vary.

I signed up, but got a 502 error after confirming my payment method. The charge still went through so fingers crossed it worked out.

Had the same problem. Logged in and have 2 subscriptions pending, one from the error and another that when through nominally. Just sent them a message to confirm only one and cancel the other.

IIRC, that was a common issue for Stormbringer as well.

Smaug wrote:

 ScarletRose wrote:

semajnollissor wrote:
FYI - I just got an email saying that preorders for 40K Combat Patrol are now available in the US at $14.99/issue or $17.99/issue at the premium level.

Supposedly, it will start shipping in March, but I'm guessing your milage may vary.

I signed up, but got a 502 error after confirming my payment method. The charge still went through so fingers crossed it worked out.

Had the same problem. Logged in and have 2 subscriptions pending, one from the error and another that when through nominally. Just sent them a message to confirm only one and cancel the other.

So, I would LIKE that problem, but dangit, I cannot find the website for the US...

Can someone PM me the link to participate?

This one seems like it's way less interesting that the previous; the last one you got IIRC a pretty big Marine and Necron army, plus a set of terrain, plus some stuff for a third army.

This you get... what? Nine combat patrols (a basically dead game mode that nobody plays) with a couple of extras?

What is a normal person going to do with 9 combat patrols? I could MAYBE see a gaming club chipping in to do this so you had armies on hand at the club (or a game store for the same reason) but for an individual? Hard pass IMHO.

I mean, last year and this year I played combat patrol and spearhead almost exclusively. They’re both quite fun and I can get in three games in the time it takes to play one 40K game…so, I mean, I play it...

 godswildcard wrote:
I mean, last year and this year I played combat patrol and spearhead almost exclusively. They’re both quite fun and I can get in three games in the time it takes to play one 40K game…so, I mean, I play it...

we tried when 10th came out and not only was it completely unbalanced but nobody really had fun. We ended our league two weeks early because nobody really wanted to play and nobody has touched it since.

Wayniac wrote:
This one seems like it's way less interesting that the previous; the last one you got IIRC a pretty big Marine and Necron army, plus a set of terrain, plus some stuff for a third army.

This you get... what? Nine combat patrols (a basically dead game mode that nobody plays) with a couple of extras?

What is a normal person going to do with 9 combat patrols? I could MAYBE see a gaming club chipping in to do this so you had armies on hand at the club (or a game store for the same reason) but for an individual? Hard pass IMHO.

My plan is to flip some of the stuff like the Eldar and Votann. I collect a fair amount of factions just for painting and conversion fodder so the rest is all good.

Is anyone else on the premium subscription (in the UK)? I've just been looking at my invoices and for the february invoice there's the cost for the four mags (£9.99 each) plus the cost for the premium (£2 extra per issue) then there's an additional charge of £10.99 on a blank line. Anyone know what that's for? Is it for the supposed 'free gift' of the company champion? If so, why is it not free and why is it more expensive than the 'character pack' charge for Tigurius from the previous month?

I've had a couple of issues with Hachette already: they sent me the free gift brush set, but it was a set of the synthetic brushes rather than the standard citadel brush set that was advertised, and one of them was snapped in half. I took it up with them and they said it was a mispick and they'd send a replacement set of the standard brushes, but when they arrived they were the synthetic brushes again. When I took it up with them again, they said it was a 'free gift' and they were within their rights to change what the free gift was. As I'm a painter who doesn't use synthetic brushes, I wasn't too pleased. Later, the special binder to keep the magazine issues in arrived with crumpled corners. I didn't take it up with them this time as I couldn't be bothered with the hassle.

Anyone else having issues with them? And can anyone tell me what the £10.99 additional charge is for?

I'll guess it's one of the binders mentioned here https://warhammercombatpatrol.hachettepartworks.com/


'Subsequent binders (without dividers) will be sent to all subscribers with Issues 23, 43 and 63 at the price of £10.99 (€13.99).

As a subscriber, you will also automatically receive special issues as they become available (items and prices vary).

You will be automatically opted in to receive binders and special issues throughout your collection, though you may opt out of receiving these by contacting our Customer Service Team.'

if you contact them you'll probably be able to return it for a refund (and/or stop them sending you the other charged for binders if you don't want them) Edit: if you've still got the paperwork from the previous delivery they may have warned you about the binder coming with the next delivery (i know they did with some of the earlier warhammer magazines, but i'm not getting Combat Patrol so i'm not sure if they have here or have just expected you to read all the hard to find smallprint on the website)

Ah okay, yeah that explains it. Oh well...

The £10.99 charge is for the bonus Chief Librarian Tigarius issue. There should have been a letter in a previous shipment giving you the option of opting out.

So we've had Tigarius as a special issue, anyone heard anything about what other special issue are incoming and when?

 godswildcard wrote:
I mean, last year and this year I played combat patrol and spearhead almost exclusively. They’re both quite fun and I can get in three games in the time it takes to play one 40K game…so, I mean, I play it...

I hear loads of people talking Combat Patrol locally and in general online saying it’s good, so assumed people are playing it.

But I guess not, if that one anecdotal group tried it and didn’t like it

It appears that the first issue is now shipping in the US, at least to subscribers.

Got a email offering Battlezone Fronteris Nachmund for just £75 (as opposed to £155 for GW if you paid full price)
You have to order it from them if you're subscribed, it won't be included automatically.

https://hachettepartworks.com/en-en/Terrain-Special/

Not bad at all.

Yeah, I already have that set so I probably won't bite, but that's an exceptionally good offer.

Can't find these magazines anywhere... Before you could always get some from forbidden planet but they seem to only have the issues no one wants, like paints...

Scalpers gonna scalp

 NAVARRO wrote:
Can't find these magazines anywhere... Before you could always get some from forbidden planet but they seem to only have the issues no one wants, like paints...

I was in FP yesterday and they had a ton of the Wraithlord ones on the shelf.

 Inquisitor Gideon wrote:
Scalpers gonna scalp

Or it might be that people are just going to FP on release day, and since they're popular, they sell out fast...

Or it might be the boogeyman!