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2009/11/25 14:05:25
Subject: Forthcoming GW WWII game reported
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Stitch Counter
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I just got hold of the new Wargames Illustrated ( http://www.wargamesillustrated.net/) from my local newsagent this lunchtime and came across an interesting news item: Apparently at the Historical Wargames group held at Warhammer World last month, Warwick Kinrade was demonstrating a new WWII game that Forgeworld are planning to release next year. Apparently it is aimed at 20mm or 15mm rather than 28mm and has a planned release date of "early on" next year. The mechanics are reported as owing nothing to Warhammer. No comment about whether figures will accompany the rules, although it sounds unlikely looking at the comment about it being applicable for a couple of (admittedly only slightly) different scales. Could be the first fruits of Warhammer Historical's subsumation within Forgeworld? An interesting rival to FoW?
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This message was edited 2 times. Last update was at 2009/11/25 15:22:12
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2009/11/25 14:31:09
Subject: Forthcoming GW WWII game reported
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The Last Chancer Who Survived
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if only forge world makes the models, I'm sure everyone that plays it will be using the FOW models instead. Aren't they 15mm? Is Epic 15mm also? or smaller?
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2009/11/25 14:35:50
Subject: Forthcoming GW WWII game reported
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Oberleutnant
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Forgeworld publishing the rules would put themselves behind a rock of thier own making. How can you hope to compete when your business practices dictate you don't sell via other parties?
Further, 15mm is a scale that none of GW's games are in. Why bother when there is already so much out there?
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2009/11/25 14:52:05
Subject: Forthcoming GW WWII game reported
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Most Glorious Grey Seer
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Necros wrote:Is Epic 15mm also? or smaller?
Epic is 6mm.
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2009/11/25 14:53:27
Subject: Forthcoming GW WWII game reported
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Combat Jumping Rasyat
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This is just an elaborate plot by GW to produce 15 mm WWII models then at a later date send a cease and desist letter to Battlefront for stealing their business.
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2009/11/25 14:54:52
Subject: Re:Forthcoming GW WWII game reported
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Anointed Dark Priest of Chaos
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I'd file this rumor away under "never gonna happen" or "not a chance in hell".
Now if GW itself did something radical like WWII figs in 40K scale with a rules supplement for WWII battles using the 40K rules engine as a base I think they would have a gold mine on their hands.
Imagine GW quality plastic WWII kits using 40K rules...
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2009/11/25 14:58:30
Subject: Forthcoming GW WWII game reported
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5th God of Chaos! (Yea'rly!)
The Great State of Texas
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FOW superior GW inferior.
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-"Wait a minute.....who is that Frazz is talking to in the gallery? Hmmm something is going on here.....Oh.... it seems there is some dispute over video taping of some sort......Frazz is really upset now..........wait a minute......whats he go there.......is it? Can it be?....Frazz has just unleashed his hidden weiner dog from his mini bag, while quoting shakespeares "Let slip the dogs the war!!" GG
-"Don't mind Frazzled. He's just Dakka's crazy old dude locked in the attic. He's harmless. Mostly."
-TBone the Magnificent 1999-2014, Long Live the King!
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2009/11/25 15:05:15
Subject: Re:Forthcoming GW WWII game reported
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Foul Dwimmerlaik
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CT GAMER wrote:Imagine GW quality plastic WWII kits...
That would be awesome!
CT GAMER wrote:using 40K rules...
Oh, yeah...nevermind.
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2009/11/25 15:09:43
Subject: Re:Forthcoming GW WWII game reported
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5th God of Chaos! (Yea'rly!)
The Great State of Texas
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CT GAMER wrote:I'd file this rumor away under "never gonna happen" or "not a chance in hell".
Now if GW itself did something radical like WWII figs in 40K scale with a rules supplement for WWII battles using the 40K rules engine as a base I think they would have a gold mine on their hands.
Imagine GW quality plastic WWII kits using 40K rules...
Tamiya does them better. Tamiya does them cheaper. If 40K tried they'd get their heads handed to them.
If you go FOW level you have multiple competitors and rulesets for simple ( FOW) and real math level historical wargaming.
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-"Wait a minute.....who is that Frazz is talking to in the gallery? Hmmm something is going on here.....Oh.... it seems there is some dispute over video taping of some sort......Frazz is really upset now..........wait a minute......whats he go there.......is it? Can it be?....Frazz has just unleashed his hidden weiner dog from his mini bag, while quoting shakespeares "Let slip the dogs the war!!" GG
-"Don't mind Frazzled. He's just Dakka's crazy old dude locked in the attic. He's harmless. Mostly."
-TBone the Magnificent 1999-2014, Long Live the King!
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2009/11/25 15:09:43
Subject: Forthcoming GW WWII game reported
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Stitch Counter
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To be honest, I find the FoW 15mm models to be a little lacking in crispness and a bit bloblike for my tastes. I prefer to game in 20mm (or 1:72 to be more correct) which is usually a lot cheaper as you can get very cheap and good-looking plastic vehicle kits and the figures of humans still are crisp. You can get some nice 15mm metals from the likes of Eureka though if you enjoy that scale. No need for FW to produce the models when they won't get any shelf space in GW stores anyhow as there are plenty of extant models. # @GT Gamer. Nope, I think you're wrong. It *has* already happened. Or so the photograph accompanying the article would indicate. I have no reason to doubt the voracity of Wargames Illustrated's reporting. In the past WH have published plenty of sets of rules produced by GW staff "in their spare time" (e.g. the "Legends of..." series, which were created by Mark Latham.) I have no direct knowledge of the process but I suspect the authors are paid on commission rather than through salary so can afford to do it "out of hours". There is absolutely no reason why GW/FW should not produce a WWII ruleset when they already have numerous historical titles under their belt, most recently a set for WWI called "Great War". Warwick Kinrade is an self-acknowledged "tread head" so why not? By all means be skeptical, but the evidence is all positive. What makes this article noteworthy to me is that it seems to be a totally new crfeation rather than an adaptation to a new period of a set already in GW's stable as it were.
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2009/11/25 15:12:46
Subject: Forthcoming GW WWII game reported
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Unhealthy Competition With Other Legions
Calgary Alberta
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Are you sure that this isn't someone mistaking them using the old 40K WWII rules that were/are circulating around the web?
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2009/11/25 15:14:11
Subject: Forthcoming GW WWII game reported
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Combat Jumping Rasyat
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I can just imagine playing Warhammer World War. "My Tiger has Front AV14 to represent its thick armor" "So what's the Panther have?" "AV14 to represent its advanced sloped armor." "So what's the King Tiger have?" "Because the King Tiger has super thick and sloped armor, it has AV14."
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2009/11/25 15:15:49
Subject: Forthcoming GW WWII game reported
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Blood-Drenched Death Company Marine
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avantgarde wrote:This is just an elaborate plot by GW to produce 15 mm WWII models then at a later date send a cease and desist letter to Battlefront for stealing their business.
I support this messsage.
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Something is happening on the 24th, we sent you a poster.
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2009/11/25 15:19:06
Subject: Forthcoming GW WWII game reported
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Stitch Counter
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Oh and to add to the chorus of derision of the thought of GW producing plastic tanks...
Can I link you to the popular 28mm range of WWII tanks produced by Warlod Games for their "Bolt Action" range: http://shop.warlordgames.co.uk/german-vehicles--crew-132-c.asp At around £16-£25 a pop they are much less than the price of GW's tanks, and made of resin to boot...
Lovely models, although personally I tend towards 1:72 scale myself. At around £5 a pop for a very detailed model from the likes of Italaeri and the like (or from rapid-fire.co. uk if you prefer resin at the same scale and a similar price) you can't do better for satisfying your tanky urges! Automatically Appended Next Post: And I have edited my OP to highlight the comment that the forthcoming rules allegedly owe nothing to 40k. Which fact only recommends them more to me.
It'll be interesting to see whether GW can raise their game to compete in the highly competitive but very popular "grown ups" arena of WWII gaming and away from the cosseting of their fanatical and oh-so-forgiving 40k fanbase!
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2009/11/25 15:29:47
Subject: Forthcoming GW WWII game reported
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Battleship Captain
The Land of the Rising Sun
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If BOEING can trademark C-47 or B-24 I don´t know why GW can´t start their own WWII game and trademark Panzer II as a unit or Rommel and Hitler as especial characters.
M.
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Jenkins: You don't have jurisdiction here!
Smith Jamison: We aren't here, which means when we open up on you and shred your bodies with automatic fire then this will never have happened.
About the Clans: "Those brief outbursts of sense can't hold back the wave of sibko bred, over hormoned sociopaths that they crank out though." |
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2009/11/25 15:41:13
Subject: Forthcoming GW WWII game reported
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Nasty Nob on a Boar
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Ew, I see what you did there. . . .
Isn't Warmaster in 15mm?
I find it interesting they had to explain it wasn't going to be in anyway related to Warhammer.
I would agree that 28mm WWII would strike my interest.
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No madam, 40,000 is the year that this game is set in. Not how much it costs. Though you may have a point. - GW Fulchester
The Gatling Guns have flamethrowers on them because this is 40k - DOW III
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2009/11/25 15:41:26
Subject: Forthcoming GW WWII game reported
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[SWAP SHOP MOD]
Killer Klaivex
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I can just see GW's IP page now.... 'Hitler, Stalin, Nazi's, Axis, Allies, Soviet Union, T-34, Panzer, and Germany are all trademarked, and copyright to Games Workshop, and are its sole intellectual property. Any infringement upon it....'
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2009/11/25 15:48:58
Subject: Forthcoming GW WWII game reported
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Bryan Ansell
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This may make me look at ww2 for gaming purposes. Can't say I would hold much hope for the ruleset if they came from GW head office but historicals look like they play okay so maybe there is hope?
Maybe i should look at historicals point blank and leave the grimdark behind?
Would it be such a bad thing if FW/GW went in this direction surely the business would realise it had to step up with direct competition in the market place? They would have top be better than 'me too' with such a project..wouldn't they?
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2009/11/25 16:04:01
Subject: Forthcoming GW WWII game reported
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Stitch Counter
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Ketara wrote:I can just see GW's IP page now.... 'Hitler, Stalin, Nazi's, Axis, Allies, Soviet Union, T-34, Panzer, and Germany are all trademarked, and copyright to Games Workshop, and are its sole intellectual property. Any infringement upon it....'
Don't laugh... Lucas did accidentally (or so they claim) lay claimt to the trademark of the word "Nazi"! The story goes that some Indiana Jones action figures were produced, some of which were WWII German SS soldiers and the like. In producing their list of the names of the figures they had "Indian Jones ( TM)", etc, and "Nazi ( TM)"! Didn't do them any favours... Automatically Appended Next Post: Mr. Burning wrote:Maybe i should look at historicals point blank and leave the grimdark behind?
Never a bad move...
There are lots of WWII rulesets out there. One of the most accessible for former GW players (in that it plays a bit like 40k in that you need a handful of dice, you have squads and an army about the size of a 40k one, you have similar concepts such as "saving throws", etc.) is Battlefield Evolution: World at War ( http://www.mongoosepublishing.com/miniature/detail.php?qsID=1591&qsSeries=47. At £15 for the rulebook its worth a punt. And it plays ok at pretty much any scale. I play at 20mm scale on a 6x4 board, but it would work equally well with probably anything from 10mm to 40mm scale. Even 6mm on a smaller table or 54mm on a bigger one wouldn't be too bad.
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2009/11/25 16:10:31
Subject: Re:Forthcoming GW WWII game reported
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Alluring Sorcerer of Slaanesh
Union, Kentucky United States
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The funny thing about this is that years ago when FOW was thought up it was presented to GW in hopes of them buying it I remember it's founders stating. GW said it would never sell, and now look at it. They are trying to form their own. Sounds honestly like a bad investment. Now if they went WW1 maybe it could swing as theirs not much out their on that.
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Listen, my children, as I pass onto you the truth behind Willy Wonka and his factory. For every wonka bar ever created in existance, Mr. Wonka sacraficed a single Oompa Loompa to the god of chocolate, Hearshys. Then, he drank the blood of the fallen orange men because he fed them a constant supply of sugary chocolate so they all became diabetic and had creamy, sweet-tasting blood that willy could put into each and every Wonka bar. That is the REAL story behind willy wonka's Slaughter House! |
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2009/11/25 16:10:40
Subject: Forthcoming GW WWII game reported
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Bryan Ansell
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I can imagine some new characters so GW can secure some IP.
'Hitring'
'Gorler'
'Churchgomery'
What special effects would these guys confer on armies and units?
(Shudder)
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2009/11/25 16:14:41
Subject: Forthcoming GW WWII game reported
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Longtime Dakkanaut
Misery. Missouri. Who can tell the difference.
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I don't know. 15mm GW WWII. hmmmm... if it was 28mm then maybe I could be in for some more plastic crack, but at FW prices it would truly hinder most from collecting. GW and FW should just stay out of WWII since there is already so many games that to it better and cheaper. If they did a game that was 28mm pre-war Indiana Jones or Pulp Fiction style game that would be better.
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2009/11/25 16:32:23
Subject: Forthcoming GW WWII game reported
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Bryan Ansell
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Maybe last time it wasn't right for GW to enter.
I'm sure if the board thinks it is feasible and they will have all the info they will green light it. Its a popular format?, GW need to give investors a return and by moving into different markets they can secure new business and improve on their growth.
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2009/11/25 16:32:27
Subject: Re:Forthcoming GW WWII game reported
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Stitch Counter
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Empchild wrote: Now if they went WW1 maybe it could swing as theirs not much out their on that.
*Ahem*
They already do!
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2009/11/25 16:46:37
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5th God of Chaos! (Yea'rly!)
The Great State of Texas
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Mr. Burning wrote:
Maybe last time it wasn't right for GW to enter.
I'm sure if the board thinks it is feasible and they will have all the info they will green light it. Its a popular format?, GW need to give investors a return and by moving into different markets they can secure new business and improve on their growth.
Or inversely take losses as they get shanked.
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-"Wait a minute.....who is that Frazz is talking to in the gallery? Hmmm something is going on here.....Oh.... it seems there is some dispute over video taping of some sort......Frazz is really upset now..........wait a minute......whats he go there.......is it? Can it be?....Frazz has just unleashed his hidden weiner dog from his mini bag, while quoting shakespeares "Let slip the dogs the war!!" GG
-"Don't mind Frazzled. He's just Dakka's crazy old dude locked in the attic. He's harmless. Mostly."
-TBone the Magnificent 1999-2014, Long Live the King!
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2009/11/25 16:46:40
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Fixture of Dakka
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Problem is 'The Great War' is based upon 40k mechanics and suffers badly for it.
It'll be interesting to see what Warwick Kinrade can do outside of the 40k arena (where his works are so-so). The big problem is long term support, I don't trust Forgeworld or GW to give any.
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2009/11/25 16:57:28
Subject: Re:Forthcoming GW WWII game reported
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Alluring Sorcerer of Slaanesh
Union, Kentucky United States
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Osbad wrote:Empchild wrote: Now if they went WW1 maybe it could swing as theirs not much out their on that.
*Ahem*
They already do!
I meant miniatures not just rules wise. I understand a WW1 would be more to a genre of 40k but to a lesser extent so is WW2. A lost of combat in general in the 20th century was geared more to a squad/platton level in rl. This became very much more true to the point as the russian revolution ended and weapons/tactics finally advanced out of the old ways. FOW does a great job bringing to account the larger battles while keeping them at a level say no bigger then a company and I give them great pops for their authenticity and dedication to it. That said maybe GW could do a great WW2 but I would say it would have to be in more of a 40k format then 15mm being as FOW has really corned the market well on this with amazing prices, GREAT PRIZE SUPPORT for events, and all around amazing customer service. The way a certain company(to rename namely so as to not bash) used to be.
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Listen, my children, as I pass onto you the truth behind Willy Wonka and his factory. For every wonka bar ever created in existance, Mr. Wonka sacraficed a single Oompa Loompa to the god of chocolate, Hearshys. Then, he drank the blood of the fallen orange men because he fed them a constant supply of sugary chocolate so they all became diabetic and had creamy, sweet-tasting blood that willy could put into each and every Wonka bar. That is the REAL story behind willy wonka's Slaughter House! |
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2009/11/25 18:22:39
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The Last Chancer Who Survived
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This was just leaked by my Sister's cousin's boyfriend who know 4 different redshirts.
One of the abilities for the Hitler special character is called "Crybaby Sore Loser" and he will kill himself if the germans are losing the game in turn 4.
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2009/11/25 19:33:25
Subject: Forthcoming GW WWII game reported
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[MOD]
Anti-piracy Officer
Somewhere in south-central England.
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No reason why GW should not make a ruleset for WW2.It's isn't an expensive or very difficult thing to do, and there are plenty of rulesets already out there which they can draw upon, including their own.
Making models for such a game is a very different matter. All GW models rely on being unique IP to prevent competition. Any WW2 players can pick form a huge range of vehicles and troops in scales from 6mm, 15mm and 28mm. There is no reason for GW to do models for WW2.
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2009/11/25 20:21:13
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Decrepit Dakkanaut
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The problem for GW here is their proprietary scale model stuff.
FoW does 15mm, and players can leverage existing 15mm models.
If GW did 15mm, they'd compete with FoW, and likely see a lot of non-GW models being used.
So I can see GW going a bit larger to 20mm just to be "different", like 54mm Inquisitor and 10mm Warmaster...
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