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 NH Gunsmith wrote:

It was a shame that I didn't see the Sevens mode in the table of contents when he flashed those pages real briefly.

I'm not terribly worried about that.

Sevens is a very simple modification to the basic rules.

Star players! Get’cher star players!
All the “missing” stars (only sixteen in the rulebook) are now available to download from Warhammer Community.

Because this ever growing list of Star Players can’t fit in the rulebook

... why?
Am I missing something that would prevent them from increasing the number of pages to accommodate the full range?
It's nice that they are providing them for free, I'm just curious as to why they've decided to only include a small selection rather than the whole lot.

Mozzamanx wrote:

Because this ever growing list of Star Players can’t fit in the rulebook

... why?
Am I missing something that would prevent them from increasing the number of pages to accommodate the full range?
It's nice that they are providing them for free, I'm just curious as to why they've decided to only include a small selection rather than the whole lot.

Bigger books cost more to make.

Well yes, obviously. I'm more interested in why they've said "can't" when it feels far more appropriate to say "won't".
Clearly someone has sat down and made a decision that von Drakenborg is in the book while Grombrindal is in the PDF, I'm just puzzled as to why.

Was there a specific page count that limited what they could publish at a certain price point?
Was there a specific price that the production cost of the book had to fall below?

I'm aware that I am complaining about receiving things for free, I'm just uncomfortable with the sentiment that doing half a job is not only acceptable but in fact inevitable.
Also I am slightly annoyed in having to carry around a rulebook while still relying on my phone to access rules, and also having to remember which Star Player is in which document for no obvious benefit to either party.

Do you guys not know that you can only expand books in fixed increments? Like, you can’t “just add a page” it’s eight pages or none. If you add eight pages you need eight pages of content.

 Mr_Rose wrote:
Do you guys not know that you can only expand books in fixed increments? Like, you can’t “just add a page” it’s eight pages or none. If you add eight pages you need eight pages of content.

Yes. It's more apparent on hardcovers where the group of folded pages are bound together and can be seen by looking at the top (or bottom) of the book near the spine.

Mozzamanx wrote:
Well yes, obviously. I'm more interested in why they've said "can't" when it feels far more appropriate to say "won't".
Clearly someone has sat down and made a decision that von Drakenborg is in the book while Grombrindal is in the PDF, I'm just puzzled as to why.

Was there a specific page count that limited what they could publish at a certain price point?
Was there a specific price that the production cost of the book had to fall below?

I'm aware that I am complaining about receiving things for free, I'm just uncomfortable with the sentiment that doing half a job is not only acceptable but in fact inevitable.
Also I am slightly annoyed in having to carry around a rulebook while still relying on my phone to access rules, and also having to remember which Star Player is in which document for no obvious benefit to either party.

They chose not to. Nothing else to it.

Pre-orders are up, and once again, the cards are not available to order in France. That's I think the 3rd time in a row (after LI & Necromunda) that cards are not available in France for a Specialist Game.
Really weird, and irritating.

 schoon wrote:

 NH Gunsmith wrote:

It was a shame that I didn't see the Sevens mode in the table of contents when he flashed those pages real briefly.

I'm not terribly worried about that.

Sevens is a very simple modification to the basic rules.

Very true, I was just hoping that I would be able to only bring a single book instead of two books when heading down to the store to play Sevens.

Pre-Orders are live.
Not only is there no ebook pre-order on Warhammer Digital, the entirely removed the Blood Bowl section. I think the last ebook they released was the Arcane Journal Beastmen.

Random question based off that?

Has there ever been a fully Beastman team? I know they’ve been positional and Big Guys.

They have a Secret League team but have never had an official one AFAIK.
https://fumbbl.com/help:BeastmenT2020

Reckon they might be on the slate as a new team for the 3rd Season?

 Mad Doc Grotsnik wrote:
Reckon they might be on the slate as a new team for the 3rd Season?

It’s always a possibility but given certain changes to other options, it’s much more likely that the next chaos team(s) will be Slaanesh or Tzeentch flavoured with matching beastman varieties.