Hordes MK2 Field Test announced- November 24!

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**malfred**

http://privateerpress.com/company/hordes-mk-ii-field-test-date-announced

After nearly a year of restless anticipation, Privateer Press is proud to announce that the HORDES Mk II Field Test will open on November 24th.

The HORDES Mk II field test documents will be available for download from the HORDES Mk II field test site at http://fieldtest.privateerpress.com. Players will need to register on the site in order to provide feedback and download the HORDES field test documents. Registration will open with the release of the HORDES Mk II field test documents at 10:00 am PST, November 24th. Note that players who register for the WARMACHINE Field Test will need to re-register to partake in the HORDES Mk II Field Test.

Following the conclusion of the HORDES Field Test, Privateer Press will release an amended field test document online on January 2, 2010. This document will be adopted as official for all Privateer Press organized play events that include HORDES. The amended document will not be the final version of the rules, but will include some changes made from field test feedback to provide HORDES players with the best rule set possible until HORDES Primal Mk II officially releases in summer 2010.

Holy crap, this is a lot sooner than we expected.

Could all the dates be pushed up? I hope this doesn't mean they're rushing on
the quality...

**Moz**

Hoping here that the official release dates stay the same, while the tests and free PDFs keep flowing as they are available.

Also noticed that there are some re-sculpts planned for the December releases. Good stuff!

**RogueMarket**

This is pure awesomeness.

BTW Moz, what resculpts are coming out?

**malfred**

December lists Caine, but we haven't seen beyond that.

**Da Boss**

*Please let them resculpt champs.Please let them resculpt champs*

This is great news!
I look forward to reading the changes.

**malfred**

You don't like Champs?

I'd much rather they redo warriors in plastic than worry about the Champs.

**Metsuri**

I hope they redo pHaley as the original sculpt is one of the weakest minis on PP's catalog.

**RogueMarket**

Instead of redoing models - i think we need MOAR.

**mikhaila**

malfred wrote:http://privateerpress.com/company/hordes-mk-ii-field-test-date-announced

After nearly a year of restless anticipation, Privateer Press is proud to announce that the HORDES Mk II Field Test will open on November 24th.

The HORDES Mk II field test documents will be available for download from the HORDES Mk II field test site at http://fieldtest.privateerpress.com. Players will need to register on the site in order to provide feedback and download the HORDES field test documents. Registration will open with the release of the HORDES Mk II field test documents at 10:00 am PST, November 24th. Note that players who register for the WARMACHINE Field Test will need to re-register to partake in the HORDES Mk II Field Test.

Following the conclusion of the HORDES Field Test, Privateer Press will release an amended field test document online on January 2, 2010. This document will be adopted as official for all Privateer Press organized play events that include HORDES. The amended document will not be the final version of the rules, but will include some changes made from field test feedback to provide HORDES players with the best rule set possible until HORDES Primal Mk II officially releases in summer 2010.

Holy crap, this is a lot sooner than we expected.

Could all the dates be pushed up? I hope this doesn't mean they're rushing on
the quality...

They don't have any choice, having painted themselves into a corner. Sales on WM and H were dropping, with many players not wanting to buy models that might get nerfed in the new system. Hoards players were especially twitchy about buying more, as they were looking at a time period in which you could not mix the two systems, potentially losing them opponents, or tournaments.

By putting out the 'playtest', at least there is some hope for the hordes players, and guidlines for using them in MK2 style tournaments.