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I will happily pick one up. I miss the Zoats of old, and this one looks to be a ton larger.

I'm hoping it's at least plastic dragon ogre size.

If it was an enemy I wonder if we'll see any other vaguely Tyranid related baddies at some point?

I mean, I'd be totally fine playing him as a hero, but that's just me and my strange preferences...

It’s not specified in the article but the wording does sound like enemy rather than hero.

Probably an enemy, probably $60 and probably won't come with a new explorer.

I'll probably pick it up though - the nostalgia factor is strong in this one!

Yeah, the Zoat will probably be like the Ambul expansion. One big model with some tokens, cards and a mini campaign in which it’s the main adversary.

Aeneades wrote:
It’s not specified in the article but the wording does sound like enemy rather than hero.

Could be an enemy, could be a Retinue character.

Apparently he's called "The Archivist"?

I'm so hoping he gets 40k rules and the 'Unaligned' keyword

 highlord tamburlaine wrote:
I'm hoping it's at least plastic dragon ogre size.

If it was an enemy I wonder if we'll see any other vaguely Tyranid related baddies at some point?

I mean, I'd be totally fine playing him as a hero, but that's just me and my strange preferences...

What did you have in mind for tyranid related baddies? Catachan Devils?


A Zoat hero isn't that unreasonable. That's what they functionally were in WFB, and 40k Zoats free of the tyranid's pheromones could have hero profiles and psychic powers.

Voss wrote:

 highlord tamburlaine wrote:
I'm hoping it's at least plastic dragon ogre size.

If it was an enemy I wonder if we'll see any other vaguely Tyranid related baddies at some point?

I mean, I'd be totally fine playing him as a hero, but that's just me and my strange preferences...

What did you have in mind for tyranid related baddies? Catachan Devils?


A Zoat hero isn't that unreasonable. That's what they functionally were in WFB, and 40k Zoats free of the tyranid's pheromones could have hero profiles and psychic powers.

Catachan devils would be awesome. And would be a thematic release if that rumor engine is indeed related to plastic Catachan. Though, we already have a buggy enemy in the form of the ambull, and devils tend to be massive. (Unless they sell it as a young one, which you should kill before it grows too big)

Voss wrote:

 highlord tamburlaine wrote:
I'm hoping it's at least plastic dragon ogre size.

If it was an enemy I wonder if we'll see any other vaguely Tyranid related baddies at some point?

I mean, I'd be totally fine playing him as a hero, but that's just me and my strange preferences...

What did you have in mind for tyranid related baddies?

Grabber-Slashers and Mind-Slavers (and slaves).

BSF actually seems like a place for a couple Enslavers and some thralls to appear.

The Zoat is awesome.

Agree that the power of nostalgia compels me in this case.

...and the desire to use it in Wrath & Glory.

Ooooooh! I may fail my Will save on that Zoat! The nostalgia....it beckons!

New expansion

"No Respite"

So much excitement for Zoat...

GW: have some existing E-Z build Nurgle models in a pricey BF box.




Every other thing for BF has at least been a new sculpt, most of which were pretty good to excellent. This is...

I guess the Fortress isn't bothered by Nurgle incursions any more then..?

Voss wrote:
So much excitement for Zoat...

GW: have some existing E-Z build Nurgle models in a pricey BF box.




Every other thing for BF has at least been a new sculpt, most of which were pretty good to excellent. This is...

Actually sorta surprised they didn't throw the Zoat in this boxing of already available cheap nurgle minis then charge $250 for it.....

Dudes.

It’s more play. That’s never a bad thing,

Hang.

 Mad Doc Grotsnik wrote:
Dudes.

It’s more play. That’s never a bad thing,

Hang.

Or at least wait to see how much the card element of the box costs before kicking off

damn i thought i quit buying expansions already. i can always be wrong

I'll be interested to see if this is cheaper than the expansions with new minis in

if so its excellent (although I wouldn't have said no to new poxwalker sculpts and a few more deathguard even if that was a bit more expensive)

I'm just getting tired of dealing with Chaos in this Xenos labyrinth. Hopefully the added gameplay makes up for it.

I hate having spare/extraneous miniatures. I already own these ones, and don't require any more poxwalkers.

And I wonder how much this'll cost compared to the 40K Starter that has the same minis.

Maybe it would have been better if these had been those three exclusive Plague Marines. Or some of those great space marine hero PMs

Can we now dispense with the extra punctuation marks in the thread title?

I know it’s unintended, but it is close to negative connotations, and at this point frankly pointless?

 OrlandotheTechnicoloured wrote:
I'll be interested to see if this is cheaper than the expansions with new minis in

if so its excellent (although I wouldn't have said no to new poxwalker sculpts and a few more deathguard even if that was a bit more expensive)

Considering those minis are $30 total (available right now), and the BF expansions have been $60, $60, and $110, it'd be a real travesty if they aren't.
The AoS box for Gloomspite is cheaper than buying that box and a half separately, even with the AoS cards.

GaroRobe wrote:
Maybe it would have been better if these had been those three exclusive Plague Marines. Or some of those great space marine hero PMs

Yeah, that would definitely have helped.

This is going to have to be pretty cheap.

 kilcin wrote:
I'm just getting tired of dealing with Chaos in this Xenos labyrinth. Hopefully the added gameplay makes up for it.

So much this. No more Nurgle (should be a campaign slogan for the Imperium), please. The ambull and now zoat are exactly what is needed. now just add more xeno tech smaller dudes.

What would be really awesome would be a set of xenos adventurers for next round. Like a sslyth, cryptek, big mek, and earth caste engineer.

Look like another 60$ expansion for 20-30 $ worth of miniature.

Should've been fine if this also include the super exclusive "plague marine reinforcement" that is now 40$ on the store.