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Forgeworld just announced they will release a series of.books covering the Heresy. First book to be this fall. Hinted that Primarch models
will be included

Who's "Foreword"?

Do you mean "Forge World"? Where did they announce this?

Details are nice.

Nothing about this on their website, and you spelled it wrong.

False/10.

Harriticus wrote:Nothing about this on their website, and you spelled it wrong.

False/10.

Well no, he might be right and typing from an iPhone or something at Games Day Chicago.

Things like this though are why I've always advocated using a pen/paper to write things down asap and just keep a pocket notebook and transcribe notes later.

Alan made the announcement at the Forgeworld seminar at Todays Gamesday. He advised video showed during seminar to be posted in the next couple of days.

Seems quite obvious from a business standpoint

They already released tons of pre heresy/heresy era armor, weapons, and vehicles. All you got to do now is make a few books with primarchs/SC/specific rules/scenarios. Not too mention they already done the Badab War which is a bit like a small scale HH

Makes sense. Rumors have been pointing to this for some time. I kind of feel like Primarches have to be included, to separate the timelines. And then they have to make the rules work so it doesn't become P. vs P.

Should be a big moneymaker.

Cue the whining.

The GW website just had a video up that they tookk down talking about this. I went back to see it and it has been takin down. Someone on warseer copied what it said and posted it there under the CSM rumor thread. I know that it said something else from the eye of terror and something from games day about forgeworld.

dienekes96 wrote:Makes sense. Rumors have been pointing to this for some time. I kind of feel like Primarches have to be included, to separate the timelines. And then they have to make the rules work so it doesn't become P. vs P.

Should be a big moneymaker.

Cue the whining.

This is excellent news!

And hopefully the whining will be drowned out by the cheering!

I'm cautiously optimistic.

Having a Lion El'Jonson model would give me a great excuse to actually do an entire Dark Angels force in the original colors...

I have absolutely no interest in the HH, but I know a lot of you guys are, so I'm glad for you guys. So, 2 degrees of excited.

Back at the hotel, so a little more detail from seminar. As I said the Horus Heresy will be a series of books. The first to be released Fall 2012. Alan indicated the books will cover the equipment and forces involved. When asked about the primarchs he wouldn't give a yes but said the books would include personalities of the Heresy. The books will be battle focused, allowing for different forces to be featured in each book.

He indicated advance notice of what will be in each book, will be kept to a minimum to increase "excitement".

In other Forgeworld news expect the release of the remaining fantasy monsters covered in Arcanum to be released over the next six months.

Absolon wrote:

He indicated advance notice of what will be in each book, will be kept to a minimum to increase "excitement".

It has to be weird to hear such bass ackwards thinking spoken out loud.

Did everyone laugh, thinking it was a joke, only to realize that it wasn't, and then get uncomfortable in the awkward silence that followed?

Alpharius wrote:

Absolon wrote:

He indicated advance notice of what will be in each book, will be kept to a minimum to increase "excitement".

It has to be weird to hear such bass ackwards thinking spoken out loud.

Did everyone laugh, thinking it was a joke, only to realize that it wasn't, and then get uncomfortable in the awkward silence that followed?

He could have been more subtle that is for sure

Guess pre orders are out of the question for now, I want to see those table of contents

Absolon wrote:When asked about the primarchs he wouldn't give a yes but said the books would include personalities of the Heresy.

This statement seems to lean more towards "No on the Primarchs, but we'll compensate that by giving you your favorite characters from the BL series!"

Personally, I'd rather the Primarchs stay unplayable, as much as I'd love official Lion and Magnus models.

Seriously. This "tight-lipped until release" may generate small spurts of excitement, but between those nodes of interest is a wasteland of apathy. A rising tide lifts all boats, and all that.

And I'd bet CASH MONEY that Primarches will be included, as well as other named characters that have mattered in the BL series.

Happy to see the content, depressed to see FW stuck in the GW mode of advance hype.

Pre-Heresy Kharn and the other legion donkey-caves would be nice though.

I'd love to see some Primarchs figures, but could understand if there were no rules for them.

Also, this is the only thing from GD so far?

urgh, I hate this secrecy thing. If they said "Book one is out this year and will have X, Y and Z, and book two will be out next summer and have A, B and C" I could start saving now for things in book 2. As it is, that money's going on dropzone commander

It's pleasing news, but it still doesn't reignite my enthusiasm for Narrativehammer.

Primarchs would make for some cool models, and I'd love to see alternatives to the "not Primarchs" of varying quality you see coming out from third party manufacturers. I'd prefer they didn't have rules though, as having literal gods on the battlefield stretches far, far beyond the realms of Herohammer. I'd rather have my commander support my army, not the other way around.

If GW can crank out rules for a Daemon Angron, I'm sure they can do likewise for regular Primarchs.

Brother SRM wrote:Primarchs would make for some cool models, and I'd love to see alternatives to the "not Primarchs" of varying quality you see coming out from third party manufacturers. I'd prefer they didn't have rules though, as having literal gods on the battlefield stretches far, far beyond the realms of Herohammer. I'd rather have my commander support my army, not the other way around.

Then maybe a game set during the Horus Heresy isn't for you?

Now would be a good time to buy stock in GW

I would be all over this. I would even do Ultramarines so I can use 'the' spiritual liege.

If we can field titans, we should be able to play with primarchs I think.

They've just put up a video trailer too. Autumn 2012, it seems.

English Assassin wrote:They've just put up a video trailer too. Autumn 2012, it seems.

Link?

Here is the trailer!!!! AWESOME INCOMING.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fxvPhsfqkfc&feature=player_embedded

I'd bet real money this book will be on sale at UK GD.