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Anyone remember that photo from way back that looked like a plastic demiurg prototype? Some of the materials in that photo looked inquisition-like, was it ever revealed what that was for?

Found it

http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/list/390/250574.page#900066

That was a fan project for Dark Heresy IIRC.

Does anybody remember what they did before Gorkamorka?, they had like race reports and like odd articles about , like a drag circuit car wars / chariot race/ dark future type thing... maybe this is this Blanche thingy alludes too.

Wish we could've seen more of that fan project. It looked very interesting.

I hope it's something good regardless.
My inteests have shifted away from the larger scale games like 40k and WFB, and onto the small skirmish scale games like Urban war and Malifaux.
Something small in scope would be on my "to buy" list.

Well I was hoping for BB, I guess an inquisition skirmish game would make a lot of people happy though.

This is an interesting rumor. At the same time it leaves me a bit confused. Why would GW eliminate 'Specialist Games' only to replace them with these limited runs? Unsupported games never do well.

It sounds like this Inquisition game is going to be Inquisitor meets Necromunda. I am sure there will be new rules but where it fits in the over all scheme of things will be the same.

I am eager to see if and how this materializes.

Actually, their limited runs tended to sell. Not only that, they would sell them to stores to either quickly run out if the game was good, or languish on shelves if not. Either way, they sold their stuff to stores.

In some cases, stores would have to buy a certain amount of the stuff to maintain a level of GW partnership.

Personally I think GW would do very well with a Skirmish sized 40k game. I for one can't afford to start a new army but there is at least 1 box/unit from each army that I would like to buy. If there was a decent rules set to allow me to use 5-10 models then I'd be in my element!

I've got to say I would have preferred Blood Bowl. This will be interesting to see but I can't see myself buying it. I get my fill of 40k playing it tbh.

That said it is more interesting to me from a GW strategy perspective. Do seem to be a move to a lower cost game, more possibly aimed at new players. Very interesting.

I'm a bit concerned to be honest. I've been begging for a scaled down 40k game for awhile. Something that's quicker to play, more strategic and a little more tournement friendly. While I like the idea of the scaled back game, I'm concerned that if this doesn't have rules for other races it won't be much fun. And if the early remarks are true that they want this to be a gateway to the greater 40k universe, the last thing we need is even more players thinking there's nothing to the universe but 10 different flavors of human.

Nvs wrote:
I'm a bit concerned to be honest. I've been begging for a scaled down 40k game for awhile. Something that's quicker to play, more strategic and a little more tournement friendly. While I like the idea of the scaled back game, I'm concerned that if this doesn't have rules for other races it won't be much fun. And if the early remarks are true that they want this to be a gateway to the greater 40k universe, the last thing we need is even more players thinking there's nothing to the universe but 10 different flavors of human.

Hey, ten different flavors of human would be an improvement over the current "Fifty Shades of Space Marines" we have.

Grel777 wrote:
This is an interesting rumor. At the same time it leaves me a bit confused. Why would GW eliminate 'Specialist Games' only to replace them with these limited runs? Unsupported games never do well.

I know it's probably just wishful thinking, but I'd love to see if they do actually support it, and this turns out to just be a weird roundabout way of updating Inquisitor/Necromunda to fall more in line with the current ruleset.

Bondage marines!
But seriously, I agree with Erzanj.

MandalorynOranj wrote:

Grel777 wrote:
This is an interesting rumor. At the same time it leaves me a bit confused. Why would GW eliminate 'Specialist Games' only to replace them with these limited runs? Unsupported games never do well.

I know it's probably just wishful thinking, but I'd love to see if they do actually support it, and this turns out to just be a weird roundabout way of updating Inquisitor/Necromunda to fall more in line with the current ruleset.

Me too.

 Igandris wrote:

Bondage marines!

Emperor's Children ? ^^

Now, end of the off-topic, and back to the mystery box. If it is really Inquisition-themed, I just hope they stay true to the atmosphere of Inquisitor/Dark Heresy/the Witchhunter Codex. Also, not too many skulls.

 BrookM wrote:
Three actually..

http://www.games-workshop.com/gws/catalog/productDetail.jsp?catId=cat440273a&prodId=prod1630084

Ouch, it was 5 for £5.50 last time I looked...

Herzlos wrote:

 BrookM wrote:
Three actually..

http://www.games-workshop.com/gws/catalog/productDetail.jsp?catId=cat440273a&prodId=prod1630084

Ouch, it was 5 for £5.50 last time I looked...

You might be confusing it with the Combat Squad box, which was five regular marine models. The push fit model box has always been three.

If it is an Inquisitor/Skirmish scale game I really hope it doesn't end as a one off release.

Mystery box this year will be Battlefleet Gothic because the 40k White Dwarf T-Shirts came in tubes which had destinations on them. One was sent to Armageddon and the other was sent to Cypra Mundi Docks.

yukihyou wrote:
Does anybody remember what they did before Gorkamorka?, they had like race reports and like odd articles about , like a drag circuit car wars / chariot race/ dark future type thing... maybe this is this Blanche thingy alludes too.

yeah it was dark future i think...

it used hot wheel sized cars and 20mm scale figs.

GW dropped it as soon as it became apparent that people could just scavenge thier old hotwheels instead of buying the box set of plastic cars they were shilling...

I'm so glad it's not bloodbowl. Yes, it's a popular nostalgic game but just like dreadfleet the models have absolutely no use *outside* of Bloodbowl. Part of the reason 28mm model kickstarters do well and also why space hulk did well is because you can buy the game AND use the models for other things.

People who love bloodbowl already probably made themselves a customized board so a rerelease is pointless. Those who can't get a copy of blood bowl are probably playing the fairly superior version called dreadball anyhow.

 FarseerAndyMan wrote:

yukihyou wrote:
Does anybody remember what they did before Gorkamorka?, they had like race reports and like odd articles about , like a drag circuit car wars / chariot race/ dark future type thing... maybe this is this Blanche thingy alludes too.

yeah it was dark future i think...

it used hot wheel sized cars and 20mm scale figs.

GW dropped it as soon as it became apparent that people could just scavenge thier old hotwheels instead of buying the box set of plastic cars they were shilling...

Ignoring the fact that White Dwarf at the time featured tons of those converted Hot Wheels/Matchbox cars and ideas on how to convert them to cars for the game? I don't think it will have anything to do with this, but I liked those old Mad Max-inspired models.

Now if they could combine Dark Future and Gorkamorka at 28mm scale...

 FarseerAndyMan wrote:

yukihyou wrote:
Does anybody remember what they did before Gorkamorka?, they had like race reports and like odd articles about , like a drag circuit car wars / chariot race/ dark future type thing... maybe this is this Blanche thingy alludes too.

yeah it was dark future i think...
it used hot wheel sized cars and 20mm scale figs.
GW dropped it as soon as it became apparent that people could just scavenge thier old hotwheels instead of buying the box set of plastic cars they were shilling...

Dark Future (1988) was WAY before GorkaMorka (1997). DF was from the days of detergent-bottle flyers, White Dwarf-published blueprints for Plasticard Baneblades and the Dark Future articles all showed them using a mix of the official models and Hot Wheels cars. You're projecting modern GW values onto the GW of the day.

I myself am pretty pumped at the prospect of a new 28mm Inquisitor

yeah,
I have mixed feelings...
I kinda want an official hard copy of the BloodBowl living rule book with all the art/fluff put back in!
And the rumoured plastic pitch sounded awesome...

I have enough unpainted 40k to last me a life time!

PAnic...

I love this so much, had a rumbling feeling this would happen since Blanche returned with his feature in WD. Kinna one of those things if you say it out loud it won't come true, inquisitor returns!!

No need for a new bloodbowl anyway, current version is great and available on GW's site.

 nwns wrote:
No need for a new bloodbowl anyway, current version is great and available on GW's site.

Would be nice to have plastic teams done to the standard of Dark Vengeance, though.