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Warhammer Quest, Mordheim, Necromunda would be my picks, they are such great games.

What GW should do is just release the boxed sets like they used to. Then people can still buy 'normal' models to use in those games.

I'd like to see BFG become more widely played and supported. I've never played it myself, but the idea of space fleet combat is really good and opens a lot of options for rules and units.

Any specialist game reboot would be great due to the new plastics such a release would inevitably entail.

However, I don't get the comments in the vein of "I wish they would redo game X so I could play it." It's not like the existing rulebooks and models self-immolated when GW dropped support. The core miniatures range for most of them is still for sale form GW and most of the rulebooks are free to download. You don't need a reboot to play. The models are there, the rules are there and they still work (if they didn't, people wouldn't even be asking for a new edition).

There is also the community support. I thin each game has at least one website dedicated to keeping the game up to date with new house rules and stuff. I run a little Necromunda/Gorkamorka thing myself...

My vote goes to BFG and Blood Bowl.

Whatever loses them the most money and moves GW that much closer to the edge of failure.

Or Blood Bowl. Blood Bowl also works.

lord_blackfang wrote:However, I don't get the comments in the vein of "I wish they would redo game X so I could play it." It's not like the existing rulebooks and models self-immolated when GW dropped support. The core miniatures range for most of them is still for sale form GW and most of the rulebooks are free to download. You don't need a reboot to play. The models are there, the rules are there and they still work (if they didn't, people wouldn't even be asking for a new edition).

The problem is that the OOP games come with OOP prices and are subject to being... well... OOP and so difficult to get hold of

I dunno, I got a Necromunda gang direct from GW last month and it was cheaper than a box of Marines.

BFG it's self is fine, the rules are excellent.

Certain of the fleets and xenos need some serious balance work done to them though...

Then again the balance between armies is something that GW has difficulty dealing with in it's mainstream games so hardly surprising.

I would love to see blood bowl get some new models, maybe that would attract some people to or back to the game so I'll have some one to play it with.

Well, BFG should stay as it is. I'd be glad if it would move into a greater focus.
Mordheiim or Inquisitor? I never played.

Hi all.
To the op, all the SGs have exelent rules as they are!(Blood Bowl-Mordhiem,Warmaster, E.A. , B.F.G, Dark Future, Necroundia,etc.)
ALL they need is support in the way of new up to date minatures !The rules are so good GW has to hide them from core game players!

Which GW plc game has NEVER had a rule set written specificaly for it?
That the one that REALY needs a re-boot.
Its still 'WHFB in Spaaaace!' over 20 years later....

Blood Bowl purely because I have dreams about box sets of customisable teams

For my money, Epic 40K is the best game GW have every produced.

Mordhiem!

Thread needs a poll...

BFG all the way IMHO.

Mordheim.

Bonus points if they are smart enough to print the warband lists in the back of the army books, bringing the two games closer together.

BFG or inquisitor id say

Epic needs it, if nothing else just to expand the number of races and units available.

A reboot of Necro would be great as well. Easily my favourite game of all time. The commercial possiblilties for Necro are so big that I am always suprised that GW are still sitting on thier hands. The fact that you only buy one gang of 10-15 models (rubbish who only buys one?) is not the limiter it appears to be. If they started a range of Necro scenery/terrain peices like the Garden of Morr kith they would reap in the cash from Necro and 40K players alike.

LavuranGuard wrote:Dark Future - used to love playing that plus you make the cars from toy ones at next to no expense. Plus now have small magnets, changing turrets etc would be so easy!

If there's no player expense, there's no way GW would do it.

A huge pity though.
If they redid the cars in Finecast, with alternative packs of weapons for gangs and corps, there's a lot they could do with it.
It's perfect for a computergame version, too. Cars, guns and gore usuall seems to sell.

WHFB or 40k.
The SGs, while not supported, have working rules systems.
Get your house in order before you move on to other projects.

Korraz.
WhFB has had its rules written specificaly for it.And apart from the obviuos focus on selling toy soldiers to children , the game mechanics are sound for its game paly.

40k HAS NEVER HAD A RULE SET WRITTEN FOR ITS CURRENT GAME PLAY!(That was used, that is!Andy CHambers left because GW plc corperate wouldnt change the WHFB game mechanics in 40k.)

I think BB still functions pretty well today as-is, both rules wise and miniatures wise (beyond the obvious price issues - BB teams are obscenely expensive). Aside from that, BB seems to have been treated fairly well compared to other Specialist Games.

In terms of a reboot, my personal preference would be for Man O War or a BFG re imagining but these assume that GW would take the step of re-releasing the miniature line since neither game would function as a self-contained stand alone box in the manner of Space Hulk.

If we are talking about a space Hulk type re-release, ie something that doesn't require any support beyond the original release and can be considered completely self-contained, then I guess Warhammer Quest.

Personally, I would like to see HeroQuest / Space Crusade get a reboot since the amount of people that have been introduced into the hobby via those two games was phenomenal.

What they ought to do is release the specialist games as limited editions in the same way that they did for Space Hulk (although possibly with more copies available). Most of the systems need no tweaking at all in terms of rules, just re-releasing a box set would provide a massive sales and player boost. I know I'd definitely go for Necromunda and Blood Bowl, and probably most of the others as well.

grrr

They should reboot Warhammer Skirmish in a new setting (like Karak Azgal) with a big new box full of figures and terrain.

But I aint holding my breath.

BFG and Bloodbowl.

Battlefleet Gothic and Blood Bowl are both good enough in rules terms that they could just be relaunched the way Space Hulk was, without the necessity of a reboot.

Of the remainder of GW's out of print games, all of which are so badly out of date they would need rewriting from the ground up, the only one I'd be excited to see would be Necromunda. Well, that and Dark Future, obviously.