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BrassScorpion wrote:Okay, let's make this simpler. The "Mystery Box" is so named because it's supposedly a mystery. The Bugman's Game is not a mystery, it was already advertised in White Dwarf magazine with pictures. This, therefore, makes it unlikely to be the "Mystery Box" to be unveiled for the first time in Germany this coming Saturday.

So the mystery is that they're expanding the sales of the Bugman's game to Germany, which makes sense, given they love beer as well. I guess the next big thing will be bringing it to Australia, as we drink heaps of beer as well. America will have to wait though, I guess, as they drink expensive water that's coloured like beer.

This is all great stuff Scoprs. Keep us informed when you learn more.

Just so everyone knows, I was just kidding....Yes I have the White dwarf, that is why I was making fun of it.

It was clear that you were kidding. Some others, not so sure. Oh, and I'm not taking the bait from the troll above. Why does every forum have someone like that? I've never insulted anyone here or given anyone a hard time no matter what I thought of their posts here. Civil discussion on forums tends to attract jerks and bullies for some reason.

I guess it's partly frustration, but just like the thread on this topic before it and just as I posted early on in this thread, there has been virtually no useful information posted here. This thread has proven to be near useless as far as any real information appearing in it. Just jokes and idle speculation. Fortunately, this will likely end on Saturday.

Really it is a limited edition Jervis in terminator armour sitting on the Golden Throne, mini.

H.B.M.C. wrote: America will have to wait though, I guess, as they drink expensive water that's coloured like beer.

You sir are out of line. Come to NorCal and I shall teach thee about the California micro brewery. Everything that's good about beer, plus Santa Claus on the label.

But seriously. I think the WTF box is going to be filled with new minis of female space marines, along with their own codex.

JohnHwangDD wrote:Property-wise, perhaps GW could do a licensed game called "Time Lord".

Then they could rehash the old Dalek mini from ages ago!

It would allow them to easily justify a new mini for at least one character every couple years...

BrassScorpion wrote:It was clear that you were kidding. Some others, not so sure. Oh, and I'm not taking the bait from the troll above. Why does every forum have someone like that? I've never insulted anyone here or given anyone a hard time no matter what I thought of their posts here. Civil discussion on forums tends to attract jerks and bullies for some reason.

Get thicker skin Skorps.

I wasn't trolling, insulting you or doing anything in any way related to trying to attack you or anyone. I just wanted to lampoon the Chinese Whispers that usually take over threads such as this, and how once innocent bit of supposition can turn into the gospel truth a page later.

Ah, 20 pages in...

At least there hasn't been a mention of...

Oops!

Almost blew it there!

Carry on!

Until the 16th!

Grow thicker skin... Alpha... no wait... that doesn't make any sense...

Ignore me...

H.B.M.C. wrote:Grow thicker skin... Alpha... no wait... that doesn't make any sense...

Ignore me...

Nah, Johnny can ignore you enough for the rest of us.

Isn't that like the old "tree falling in the forest and no one's there" bit though?

OT, I am genuinely surprised that GW has been able to keep this a secret!

Or that we think they have. If it turns out to be Space Hulk it'll be just like everything else they do - we sorta knew about it, but weren't 100% sure.

Note that this applies to rumours and to official releases. GW gives so little away even when they're being transparent that them telling us what they're about to do sometimes feels like a stab in the dark.

With all this hype, this damn box had better contain out-of-this-world.

Like a portal straight to the Warp. That'd be a kick in the nuts.

Shelegelah wrote:With all this hype, this damn box had better contain out-of-this-world.

As if GW could possibly live up to the hype with anything short of a Thunderhawk or Warhound Titan...

Mystery box content = blastscape craters

Mystery Box = GW Factory priceing on what it actually costs to produce each and every sprue in the current line... along with what they charge. )

Oh my god, oh my god, oh my god!
Not sure I'll be able to sleep tonight!

Alex Kolodotschko wrote:Oh my god, oh my god, oh my god!
Not sure I'll be able to sleep tonight!

I'm excited too. I'm looking forward to playing Space Hulk.

(I hope.)

So, my local GW store's employees have this info:

-It's a self-contained game - all you need to play is in the box (rules out plastic Titans/etc.)
-It's about 5.5 kilos all up
-It's limited edition

**coughSpaceHulkcough**

I never got the Space Hulk love. It was a cheap way of acquiring minis but the rules weren't all that to me. If GW was doing a board/hybrid game thing, I would much rather see an update or re-release of Warhammer Quest, but that'll never happen.

So whats the joy?

Mystery box = destruction of the last bits of intelligence and common sense of Dakka.

Mayhaps the long lost plastic Seekers, Plaguebearers and Horrors

Well Daemons Wave 2 is a complete mystery to everyone, so it fits. Also explains the "never done before", if that means "deliver on a promise" or perhaps "carry through with something right to the end".



And Brook - Get with the program man. This is fun!

It's past twelve o' clock where I am. Why isn't the world revolving around me? Why haven't I found out what the fabled Mystery Box holds? Why isn't Games Workshop pandering to my needs?! WHY ISN'T GERMANY CHANGING IT'S TIMEZONE TO MATCH MINE?!?

...I'm going to grow a neckbeard if this keeps up.

well this is one release i am going to miss out on. Given the predicted price theres not much chance of me buying it. Unless my friend grabs two copies of it.
Speaking of which. I know its being announced this weekend but is it hitting the stores the same day or a date further down the line?

BoW- John

I asked Ross Watson today in Indy about the pic. He instantly knew what I was talking about. He said he knew of no FFG product that matches the pic.

No Fantasy Flight Games product. Meaning, possibly, that it is a GW product.

This is very interesting to read, we all have good imaginations But I guess that's why we play wargames... Ok that's a bit moot, but you get what I mean.

sA

H.B.M.C. wrote:

statu wrote:i doubt this is going to be helpful, but earlier today i saw a poster for the mystery box, with blue harvest written underneath, wheter or not that is a clue of some description or not, i don't know

Blue Harvest was the fake working title for Return of the Jedi.

It is a clue. Good eyes. I'd keep that quite. about where you saw that perhaps.

A big clue.

..Blue Harvest was also the name of the Family Guy remake of Star Wars yes ?

Hey reds8n, got any info on that Dark Heresy-related pic? I don't think it has anything to do with the mystery box, but more to do with a DH 2nd Edition in the same style as the newly announced WFRPG 3rd Ed.

And that has me terrified.

Sadly I agree with you on pretty much every level there.

I am sure that is nothing to do with the mystery box. Which, I still think, is Space Hulk.

My worry having seen that pic would that FFG would perhaps not see it as viable to support two pretty much identical versions of a game, especially if they have a fuller control over one of them, seeing as they have done all the design work etc for one of them rather than inheriting it as they did with DH.

I've noticed, as I'm sure you have too-- unless I'm confusing you with other posters on here-- that the PCs in RT seem much more powerful and competent than even fairly experienced PCs in DH.

Looking at the new WFRPG and other recent games the current trend in games design to my eyes is much more towards more powerful PCs even at lower levels. I haven't played it but I keep hearing things like 40 HP 1st level characters in D & D 4th edition. DH really does go against this, perhaps even too much, especially given the gakky weapons that a lot of the Pcs start off with.

I have also heard some complaints and grumblings that the current DH game doesn't quite do what a lot of people thought they'd be able to do : which is pretty much play Harlon Nayl or Patience Kys or other Inquisition novel characters straight away. And they do have kind of a point, I do think the psykers powers at lower levels are often almost useless and not helped by his crappy weapon options and so on.

I apologise for the way this rambles, bad hangover.

So... I'm wondering if we might see the DH books, ,post the ones they have said are coming out, maybe moved to electronic pdf format-- like the WFRPG stuff ( the last few releases of that delayed hugely too.. oh, like the DH books !) -- whilst a new DH box set descent type game is unveiled. Obviously as the original DH and the forthcoming RT -- an entire chapter on navigators ! -- systems are compatible they could then keep producing books for RT which would, handily, also be compatible for the DH RPG as well, whilst selling the new improved DH board game type affair as an introductory set.


I hope this isn't what happens, and the snap is merely some thing amateur thing for someone's own game or a demo maybe.