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Two new model forces for specialist games; a new board game and a new titan unit from FW. That's quite a big release in itself so yeah I can see that being all the news from this event.
Lets not forget they've got other events coming up and ORKS this weekend too for a big pre-order event. So there's quite a bit happening
Overread wrote: Two new model forces for specialist games; a new board game and a new titan unit from FW. That's quite a big release in itself so yeah I can see that being all the news from this event.
Lets not forget they've got other events coming up and ORKS this weekend too for a big pre-order event. So there's quite a bit happening
*still wants Escher cats.....*
We got the daemons box, Blackstone Fortress, Delaque and Chapter Approved coming in the immediate future, I think? Seems like plenty to cover in the upcoming events, and that's just stuff we know is around the corner.
A small glimpse of Delaque wouldn't go amiss at this point. Seriously, Necromunda's release schedule is painfully drawn out.
Is it too much to hope that they redid the kitties? I remember that they didn't get much of a good reaction, unlike the croc and the bomb rats.
Nehekhara lives! Sort of!
Why is the rum always gone?
Yeah but WD isn't the cutting edge of releases any more, its often a month or so behind. Which is actually quite sensible, rather than GW having WD and their own community pages competing and WD competing with the rumour mill.
Far better for WD to focus on the odd bit of news, but to primarily be there for the hobby side of things. Then you can let the community side of GW's communication deal with upcoming releases, events and rumours - since if a rumour goes out early it doesn't "harm" a paying product (which WD is) and instead only harms the freely distributed marketing.
Dunno, but it’s been like that since the new format. Hence why there were no Orks in the last one. It’s like 2 weeks back 2 weeks ahead. We know Blackstone Fortress at least is late November because it’s being demoed at an event then.
I think GW is going to keep Necromunda around semi-long term. I think that is their attitude with legacy games at present; esp the old ones that kept being popular even when they were off-sale. Rather than let other companies make niche games, GW is aiming to make a range of games - some major and some niche - and support them to corner more of the market.
Killteam is also very different in that its not a game unto itself, but rather a gateway game. It doesn't actually have any models unique to itself (save for the single Rouge Traders - which is a mini game anyway). Its pure intent is to market 40K to the market with a small scale game that is fast to play and easy to buy into so that people get tempted into 40K proper.
Necro is very different and has its own unique model range and isn't designed to be a gateway game.
Kid_Kyoto wrote: I'm getting a bit worried. Apparently the game is mail order only, and not stocked in GW stores.
Could Delaque be the end of the plastic series?
With Kill Team sucking up all the air I can imagine GW moving it to resin only, folding it into KT or dropping it entirely.
It’s stocked in stores depending on the size of the store. I’ve been in some with Necromunda products on the shelves, and some with no Necromunda at all.
But the execs and manufacturing is all the same and if its between releasing plastics for Necromunda or plastics for Kill Team I think we know which they'd decide.... but I don't think that's happening here.
That said I think Specialist Games and Necromunda are victims of their own success... in particular Blood Bowl which sold so well they decided Titanicus should be done in plastic. If we go back in time to when all these were first announced, Specialist Games and FW were excited because they were going to get a dedicated machine for producing plastic terrain and some of the specialized game components. Blood Bowl was the first game and now has a history as a strong performer... It is because of that history a its a higher priority. Titanicus came out not too long ago and they were probably producing the starter kits and release day kits right up until then. Now that its out the door they're able to get back to the more metered releases of their different games.
That said there is a fixed amount of space is GW stores for Specialist Games product and the intent for them was originally to stock what was necessary to get started into the game. Again Titanicus was originally only going to be plastic terrain and a book and token starter set, with all the minis being resin and mail order only... with that taking up that much more shelf space, its no surprise the only other -not-Blood Bowl specialist game was displaced.
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I think GW is open to the fact that their stores can't stock everything - they've got 800+items on direct order only. Heck today GW just being on the highstreet is an abnormality as more and more hghstreet stores come under pressure to close up.
So I think GW is quite happy to have products that are direct order only or which are just not in stock in every store and only hold the core items. Heck you could likely hold the core items of all 3 specialist games on a single unit of shelving.
Also don't forget GW is building a brand new factory so next year (probably end of) production will get a big increase in capacity - lots more room for volume and specialist games!
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Part of me hopes that might ease up or even reverse once the new factory is made. Clearly its easier on their production ned to have more on direct order only and thus make only what is needed; rather than having to make excess for the 3rd party and own store network.
Kid_Kyoto wrote: I'm getting a bit worried. Apparently the game is mail order only, and not stocked in GW stores.
Could Delaque be the end of the plastic series?
With Kill Team sucking up all the air I can imagine GW moving it to resin only, folding it into KT or dropping it entirely.
I know this has sort of been covered by other replies, but just for clarification, Necromunda going Direct Only is not unique to Necromunda.
All Specialist Games are initially sold in GW stores at release. Once the initial stock is sold through, they then go Direct Only. Depending on the store and how much volume they typically do, they may only order a small allotment above pre-orders and then be done with it.
This doesn't mean Necromunda is going away due to KT or anything else. This is why they created the Specialist Studio in the first place. With all the concepts and ideas having been shared, I think Necromunda has a ton of potential ahead of it, so long as people stay interested and keep buying the products.
I'm hoping we do get a compendium book if they release a new Outlanders type starter set in the future. My only complaint with Necromunda is shuffling all the books, and if they do keep expanding to new factions we can't be expected to carry around 10+ books for a skirmish game.
You can never beat your first time. The second generation is shinier, stronger, faster and superior in every regard save one, and it's an unfair criticism to level, but it simply can't be as original. - Andy Chambers, on the evolution of Games Workshop games
