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Woh woh woh hang on a second

those bases are zones mortalis bases.

the heck?

man and i casted a ton of my own ones too :(

New plastic Arbites or not, atleast my Necromundian gangs would be wise to stay well within the Lex Imperialis...

 kendoka wrote:
New plastic Arbites or not, atleast my Necromundian gangs would be wise to stay well within the Lex Imperialis...

Wait, is that a Judge Dredd scheme? If so well played
If not, why?

 NobodyXY wrote:
I like the idea of block platforms to make alley's like that. Good job! How are the block plaforms done if you don't mind?

If you don't mind me hazarding a guess, It's blocks of pink foam. He then used something like a straight edge/ruler and a pen to engrave the brick pattren into the foam to detail it.

I've seem people who this, did then then used hirtart blocks or O-Scale plastic windows/doors to detail the blocks into buildings after.

 Theophony wrote:
If the new Escher are much larger than the older ones my older ones will just be juves, problem for me SOLVED.

*Ding! Ding! Ding!* We have a winner!

Seems a workable solution to me. (If any of my group still has their old Eschers... pretty sure that the two we had started using Raging Heroes' Jailbirds instead.

And, for the record - this is the first GW product that I have started salivating for in over a decade!

Thank you Mr. Rountree!

The Auld Grump

 Galas wrote:
You know what could be cool? Rules for a Primaris Reiver to fuction as a "late-game campaing" boss or something like that.

With a mission like Predator 2 (The one with the black cop), the movie. He could give your gang a grapling hook if you kill him

That's what Spyrers are for. A solo Malcadon with all credits dumped into starting XP is basically a Predator.

 JohnHwangDD wrote:

 Galas wrote:
You know what could be cool? Rules for a Primaris Reiver to fuction as a "late-game campaing" boss or something like that.

With a mission like Predator 2 (The one with the black cop), the movie. He could give your gang a grapling hook if you kill him

That's what Spyrers are for. A solo Malcadon with all credits dumped into starting XP is basically a Predator.

And a Space Marine, let alone a stronger Primaris is akin to Super Predator.. The fact someone would send an eversor or something against scum underneath that's barely anything worthwhile is a hilarious waste that amuses me though.

 ZebioLizard2 wrote:

 JohnHwangDD wrote:

 Galas wrote:
You know what could be cool? Rules for a Primaris Reiver to fuction as a "late-game campaing" boss or something like that.

With a mission like Predator 2 (The one with the black cop), the movie. He could give your gang a grapling hook if you kill him

That's what Spyrers are for. A solo Malcadon with all credits dumped into starting XP is basically a Predator.

And a Space Marine, let alone a stronger Primaris is akin to Super Predator.. The fact someone would send an eversor or something against scum underneath that's barely anything worthwhile is a hilarious waste that amuses me though.

Totally agreed. An Eversor is the upper limit for that sort of thing.

 TheAuldGrump wrote:

 Theophony wrote:
If the new Escher are much larger than the older ones my older ones will just be juves, problem for me SOLVED.

*Ding! Ding! Ding!* We have a winner!

Seems a workable solution to me. (If any of my group still has their old Eschers... pretty sure that the two we had started using Raging Heroes' Jailbirds instead.

And, for the record - this is the first GW product that I have started salivating for in over a decade!

Thank you Mr. Rountree!


The Auld Grump

Isn't Rountree gone? I wouldn't credit him with anything other than damaging the hobby.

 IFC_Casting wrote:

 TheAuldGrump wrote:

 Theophony wrote:
If the new Escher are much larger than the older ones my older ones will just be juves, problem for me SOLVED.

*Ding! Ding! Ding!* We have a winner!

Seems a workable solution to me. (If any of my group still has their old Eschers... pretty sure that the two we had started using Raging Heroes' Jailbirds instead.

And, for the record - this is the first GW product that I have started salivating for in over a decade!

Thank you Mr. Rountree!


The Auld Grump

Isn't Rountree gone? I wouldn't credit him with anything other than damaging the hobby.

No, that's Kirby.

Roundtree is the chap who took over and started the return of the good (but still expensive) times and talking to their customers

 ZebioLizard2 wrote:

And a Space Marine, let alone a stronger Primaris is akin to Super Predator.. The fact someone would send an eversor or something against scum underneath that's barely anything worthwhile is a hilarious waste that amuses me though.

Our story for the Eversor battle wasn't that any of the gangs were the actual target, they were just in the way.

When is GW announcing a Made to Order (cast on demand) for the old Necromunda minis?

I have a few Escher and a bunch of Van Saar I'd like to order!

 ZebioLizard2 wrote:

 JohnHwangDD wrote:

 Galas wrote:
You know what could be cool? Rules for a Primaris Reiver to fuction as a "late-game campaing" boss or something like that.

With a mission like Predator 2 (The one with the black cop), the movie. He could give your gang a grapling hook if you kill him

That's what Spyrers are for. A solo Malcadon with all credits dumped into starting XP is basically a Predator.

And a Space Marine, let alone a stronger Primaris is akin to Super Predator.. .

It would be just an Imperial Fist going down the hive to visit some relatives (or their offspring). But then some gangs mistake him for a dumb cosplayer from the spire and attack.

I think the new rule set for necromunda explains the release of the old ruleset as shadow wars.

Old necromunda players will want to use the ruleset they like, But new players of 8th don't want to use mechanics from second.

Release the old ruleset as a new game , new players can build their gangs out of 40k factions, Old players can retrofit their gang stats into shadow wars.

New 8th players get a fresh intro to necromunda , old players don't feel liek their ruleset has been abandoned.

 Dryaktylus wrote:

 ZebioLizard2 wrote:

 JohnHwangDD wrote:

 Galas wrote:
You know what could be cool? Rules for a Primaris Reiver to fuction as a "late-game campaing" boss or something like that.

With a mission like Predator 2 (The one with the black cop), the movie. He could give your gang a grapling hook if you kill him

That's what Spyrers are for. A solo Malcadon with all credits dumped into starting XP is basically a Predator.

And a Space Marine, let alone a stronger Primaris is akin to Super Predator.. .

It would be just an Imperial Fist going down the hive to visit some relatives (or their offspring). But then some gangs mistake him for a dumb cosplayer from the spire and attack.

That is actually pretty funny. I can just imagine a Salamander getting lost on the way to the bakery or something, and running into a gang
Do you think they'll turn the game into more a standalone skirmish game? Necromunda was more of a RPG, in that your gang gains experience with every game.

 nicromancer wrote:
I think the new rule set for necromunda explains the release of the old ruleset as shadow wars.

Old necromunda players will want to use the ruleset they like, But new players of 8th don't want to use mechanics from second.

Release the old ruleset as a new game , new players can build their gangs out of 40k factions, Old players can retrofit their gang stats into shadow wars.

New 8th players get a fresh intro to necromunda , old players don't feel liek their ruleset has been abandoned.

Speaking as an old necromunda player, I'd be happy to see the old ruleset abandoned.

Ah, so that what the laspistol is from.

Meh.

JohnHwangDD wrote:When is GW announcing a Made to Order (cast on demand) for the old Necromunda minis?

I have a few Escher and a bunch of Van Saar I'd like to order!

We've seen Made to Orders for Blood Bowl, so assuming GW still has the molds, I wouldn't be surprised at all to see Necromunda Made to Order shortly after the relaunch.

GW undoubtedly has the masters to make new molds for M2O.

 CthuluIsSpy wrote:

Do you think they'll turn the game into more a standalone skirmish game? Necromunda was more of a RPG, in that your gang gains experience with every game.

I would hope that they stick with the campaign system, as that's what made Necromunda so much fun. Having said that, making starter gangs a little less useless at everything would have made one-off skirmishes a lot more fun as well... Although you could get around that by allocating a number of upgrades to each gang before the game.

We actually wound up doing something like that even for campaigns... It never made much sense that Juves very quickly amassed more skills than starting-roster gangers and heavies, so we used to assign upgrades based on starting experience and how many levels they would have gone through if they had started from 0. Made starting gangers a little better, and get past those first few really boring games of the campaign before anyone learns which end of the rifle is the hurty end.

Voss wrote:

 nicromancer wrote:
I think the new rule set for necromunda explains the release of the old ruleset as shadow wars.

Old necromunda players will want to use the ruleset they like, But new players of 8th don't want to use mechanics from second.

Release the old ruleset as a new game , new players can build their gangs out of 40k factions, Old players can retrofit their gang stats into shadow wars.

New 8th players get a fresh intro to necromunda , old players don't feel liek their ruleset has been abandoned.

Speaking as an old necromunda player, I'd be happy to see the old ruleset abandoned.

As I mentioned in an earlier post. The old Ruleset had alot of issues, could be tuned, could be abandoned. I just don't want it to be the exact same.

Be honest folks with your nostalgia. There were lots of good things about old Nec, but there's a lot of antiquated 80s-90s rules conventions that are pretty much objectively better by today's game design standards.
Now, if GW actually writes it well? That's a whole different story. They're perpetually 5 years behind the curve as far as rules go in modernity.

Also, remember that Necromunda introduced us to the best holiday ever, Fistmas, Rogal Dorn's birthday.

One open day report was mentioning a tunnel-fight scenario in the starter set. So if that report is correct there may be (some) floor plans in the new boxed game.

This sounds a bit like another GW classic product, JD/40k urban floorplans.







It was 40k's first steps into hive war/cityfights back in 1987




After Overkill, First Strike and Know No Fear and with Rictus' info there will be papercard terrain in the starter I could see them releasing something like a mix of the Infinity starters and the original Necromunda. That would be pretty cool, actually

Necromunda was 2nd edition 40K with an advancement and campaign system added on.

Necromunda as 8th edition 40K with an advancement and campaign system added on would work just as well.

99% of the advancement and campaign system wouldn't even have to change to be compatible.

Warhams-77 wrote:
One open day report was mentioning a tunnel-fight scenario in the starter set. So if that report is correct there may be (some) floor plans in the new boxed game.

This sounds a bit like another GW classic product, JD/40k urban floorplans.







It was 40k's first steps into hive war/cityfights back in 1987




After Overkill, First Strike and Know No Fear and with Rictus' info there will be papercard terrain in the starter I could see them releasing something like a mix of the Infinity starters and the original Necromunda. That would be pretty cool, actually

I would really love this in plastic.

 Lockark wrote:

 NobodyXY wrote:
I like the idea of block platforms to make alley's like that. Good job! How are the block plaforms done if you don't mind?

If you don't mind me hazarding a guess, It's blocks of pink foam. He then used something like a straight edge/ruler and a pen to engrave the brick pattren into the foam to detail it.

I've seem people who this, did then then used hirtart blocks or O-Scale plastic windows/doors to detail the blocks into buildings after.

They are actually clear acrylic photo/picture frames in sizes from 4"x6" up to 16"x20" like these: https://www.walmart.com/ip/Acrylic-Box-Photo-Frame-Set-of-6/21683045

They were purchased from Walmart, Michaels and Aaron Brothers art supplies. One of the cool things about them is that they can nest inside each other, simplifying transport.

The brick texture and sidewalk pattern are textured styrene sheets from Evergreen and Plastruct.

Build how-to starts in post #35 in my Yaktribe scenery blog: https://yaktribe.org/community/threads/sevastopol-sector-terrain-blog.487/page-2

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Well, if nothing more I will have new Guard models

As much as I don't like 8th edition, if it's the basis for the new rules I could actually see it working.

The problems with 8th are the way vehicles don't work like vehicles, army construction is broken, 1st turn slaughters from whoever goes first. None of these apply to necromunda.

If playing with only 8 - 15 models in a terrain heavy board (with some proper rules for terrain). Add in alternate activation and it could be on to a winner.

Would also make much more sense as an introductory game if there was a large rules carry over between this and 40K.

But a good and detailed campaign system is a must, it's why the original succeeded.

But I guess if the new rules stink, I can always just keep playing the original with new models.

 master of ordinance wrote:
Well, if nothing more I will have new Guard models

Which is pretty cool if you really think about it, a small gang force vs a Tyranid army.

 master of ordinance wrote:
Well, if nothing more I will have new Guard models

Chaos cultist for me thanks