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Guess it had to happen eventually :p


This does look good though, i do find it odd that a lot of GW's better stuff nowadays seems to be coming from affiliated/offshoot companies though. Still it can only be a good thing

As a huge fan of the HH fluff, I can't wait for this to release! I wasn't all that excited about Space Hulk, but I will be getting this day one!

Ummm.... I like FFG and I like 40K and I like the HH.... But this board game looks rather boring, honestly. How is this meant to represent the entire Heresy?

The game looks like fun but the figures are so so looking.

Scottywan82 wrote:Ummm.... I like FFG and I like 40K and I like the HH.... But this board game looks rather boring, honestly. How is this meant to represent the entire Heresy?

I think it's just the siege at Terra.

The figures are pretty... raw. Those of you who bought Space Hulk will be pretty sad with what FFG has for figures. I suggest you get the old Epic titans and use them instead. Swap in GW figs for loyalists/chaos as soon as possible.

The board looks interesting and that's where FFG does it better than GW. Their games and rules are an order of magnitude higher quality than what GW used to put out. You can really tell that GW could give a crap about rule design.

Nice looking game but I think I'll pass.

It looks like a relaunch of the 1992ish game Horus Heresy. That was a game depicting the siege of the Emperor's Palace and came out the same time as a game covering the second war of Armageddon.

I don't want to sound like a bum but that Choas Titan looks like a piece of garbage. Other wise the game sounds really good if not better than Space Hulk, I only hope the rest of the minis in this aren't like that titan otherwise I wont even think about getting it.

Buy the game, and play with epic minis methinks.

Or, buy the game and realize that you might not be able to use the miniatures in 40K?

Seriously, this is a HUGE upgrade from the cardboard tokens that the original came with, in my opinion.

This looks to be a LOT of fun, and I can't wait for more details and, more importantly, a release date!

Yeah, it's a board-game. These are simple board-game pieces.

I will drink deeply of this game's flavorful offerings. Looks to be a blast, and not as long to set up as Space Hulk.

Not 40k scale. Color me saddened.

Chaos in the Old World was not Fantasy scale, either. But that hasn't stopped them from flying off the shelves.

Well, I just shat myself. Screw RISK, I'm picking up this badass

Seems like a decent move by GW. However I agree that the mini's have a lot to be desired especially if the price approaches around the new Space Hulk.

I wonder if there are any third party companies that are going to capitalize on this (hint hint for any of those guys reading).

Yeesh! Anybody who is caught up over the game pieces is missing the point of this game completely. Its a board game not a miniatures game. Just because its using a GW license doesn't mean it has to have anything to do with minis.

Also Fantasy Flight Games are not Games workshop! So stop crediting GW with the awesome!


Rant over...

Looks pretty good and will pick this up eventually, but I've still yet to get warhammer invasion :(

Grinshanks wrote:Yeesh! Anybody who is caught up over the game pieces is missing the point of this game completely. Its a board game not a miniatures game. Just because its using a GW license doesn't mean it has to have anything to do with minis.

EXACTLY!

Is everyone upset with the 'quality' of the miniatures in Risk?

Seriously - this is an opportunity to re-fight the SIEGE OF TERRA!

Expecting to that with 40K scale and quality miniatures outside of an Apocalypse game of approximately 40,000 (ha!) points per side = setting yourself up for disappointment.

Gee, who could have predicted that FFG would reissue board games so soon after GW and those C&Ds

As exciting and original as space marines fighting space marines sounds , I'm going to be passing this one up.

But I'm happy for those who are excited about it.

Game look great and FFG sure as F knows how to write rules.

ShumaGorath wrote:Not 40k scale.

I understand that sarcasm doesn't carry over very well via text as one cannot interpret inflections and tone in text.

So I'm going to go ahead and just assume you were being sarcastic.

::faints::

This seems like wasted effort to me. Not gonna bother with this at all.

Oh my fething G.. *faints*


Yeah I'll be buying this baby, one of the many games I used to love, but where lost when I sold all my stuff for that one year I dropped out of the hobby in 96-97.

Looks awesome.


Hmm, maybe there was a reason GW was going after some of their older more obscure titles reccently after all?

If the minis were 40k scale and better quality the game would cost a lot more.

I just hope there is a way for the Emperor and Horus to killl each other at the same time!

Yeah, shouldn't the game have the same ending every time you play?

Why? Does Axis and Allies end the same way every game?

infilTRAITOR wrote:This seems like wasted effort to me. Not gonna bother with this at all.

This seems to be the trend for those who didn't get to enjoy it the first time 'round.

Those of us who did, however, seem to be wetting ourselves in excitement.

I have the original HH game and don't feel the need to buy a new "upgraded" version from FF. Even if the artwork is nice. I bought HH: Collected Visions to slake my thirst for Heresy-era art.