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**Flashman**

MeanGreenStompa wrote:Use your Total Power Card!!1!

...no...wait...

I liked the card system. I thought it was quite dynamic and added a level of poker into the magic phase where you had to outguess you opponent.

**MeanGreenStompa**

Yep, I did too.

Although I had an undead army at the time and Curse of Years was a bit of a raison d'etre with me, so when I got total power it was fairly easy to read my maniacal grin.

**olympia**

I wonder how the changes will affect Dwarfs? Perhaps I'll get the stumpy guys off the shelf.

**reds8n**

Kroothawk wrote:Well, no official announcement today. Disappointing.

Incoming Email

The Warhammer world is a place riven by relentless warfare and the corrupting power of dark magic. It’s a place where vile creatures and titanic monsters roam the lands, where vast armies of evil warriors unleash slaughter upon their victims and only the unceasing valour of the forces of Order prevent the whole world slipping away into chaos and death.

Amidst this tapestry of conflict and carnage are races fair and foul, warriors chivalrous and brutal. These are the combatants who fight for dominance of the world. From the blasted north come warmongering tribes of Chaos Warriors, armour-clad barbarians who have thrown their lot in with the Dark Gods of Chaos. In the Badlands gather the greenskinned marauders known as the Orcs and Goblins, vicious, brutal creatures whose insatiable lust for war grows almost as quickly as their vast numbers. Beneath the cities of the civilised realms nestle the repulsive ratmen, subhuman creatures whose machinations spread disease and distrust – these are the Skaven and they wish only to destroy and dominate all others. Even the forests of the Old World are not safe, for the trees themselves are things of malign presence and the Beastmen dwell within, the children of Chaos – braying beasts who crave slaughter and the chance to enact their savagery on the civilised races.

The Warhammer world is a place where you must bury your dead deeply, for Necromancers and Vampires raise the legions of undeath in their war against the living. Far away in the south the legendary kings of a long-dead kingdom now awaken, leaving their vast tomb cities to wage war upon all under the sun, their skeletal legions a chilling parody of their once glittering majesty.

All these examples of horror are enough to cause weaker hearts to quail, but there are those who resist the darkness, kingdoms and realms that fight for survival. The Empire, greatest of all the nations of Men musters regiments of brave soldiers. Armed with faith in Sigmar, their warrior god, and with tempered steel and black powder weapons they defend their lands. South and east of the Empire lies Bretonnia, a land of chivalry and noble tradition. There, bold knights harken the call of their mighty king and ride out to crusade against the monsters of the Old World. Dwarfs, in their mountain strongholds, are as unyielding as the stone around them as they battle above and below the ground. Loyal allies, but terrible enemies, the Dwarfs are brave-hearted and steadfast as they protect their once-great realm.

In far-off lands the Elves fight out their bitter blood feud against one another – a mighty civilisation that spanned the continents but is now riven with strife and betrayal. Perhaps the greatest warriors in all the world, their numbers are now few and too many of those that remain are lost each day in the unending war between Ulthuan and Naggaroth.

This is a world where victory and death rest upon a knife-edge and the fate of the world, be it damnation or salvation, will soon be decided.

Warhammer, the Game of Fantasy Battles will be released in July. The preparation for this date has been a time of great excitement here in the Studio as we have lavished detail, care and attention onto the rulebook and the fantastic Citadel miniatures range that it accompanies.

Now is the time to gather your regiments, paint your armies and prepare for a battle like never before. If you have a Warhammer army, dust it off and finish up those last few models. If you’ve always been tempted to collect a force there really has never been a better time to start! Warhammer is coming and it’s going to be great.

**Jin**

Did Sigmar's Hammer turn into a rocket?

EDIT: Stupid double post

**FlammingGaunt**

Jin wrote:Did Sigmar's Hammer turn into a rocket?

LMAO well looks like Carl Franz is getting a ranged attack.

**Kroothawk**

So judging from the email, GW will launch a Fantasy tabletop game in July? And the major information is that the game will feature humans, orcs and elves? And people are asked to dust off their Fantasy miniatures?

Seems like they haven't done any marketing for a loong loong time

Small tidbit from Spain: One of the last countries to use centimeters in Warhammer Games will turn to inches as well.

**Morathi's Darkest Sin**

Hehe, didn't read it till Kroothawk noted that.

Well I suppose that sums up GW's thoughts on Warhammer, obviously none of us are playing.

Nice to think its only a few months away though.

**RogueMarket**

Never played fantasy in my life, wonder if this is the time to start ;P

**Lord Harrab**

Awesome, I've been looking to start fantasy at some point, but had been put out by rumors that a new edition was inbound, now i can just wait until the new edition comes out.

**Bloodthirster**

Hang on! "The preparation for this date has been a time of great excitement here in the Studio as we have lavished detail, care and attention onto the rulebook and the fantastic Citadel miniatures range that it accompanies...." possiblilty of new new models being relaeased perhaps.

**Kanluwen**

Morathi's Darkest Sin wrote:Hehe, didn't read it till Kroothawk noted that.

Well I suppose that sums up GW's thoughts on Warhammer, obviously none of us are playing.

Nice to think its only a few months away though.

Depending on your area's make-up:
There are huge swathes of their market that sell practically no Fantasy stuff.

**Kroothawk**

But pretending that there is no current Fantasy tabletop game by GW and implying that everyone who has ever bought Fantasy miniatures from GW has his army shelved for years and dust covered, is nothing a professional made promotion text should do. It is as if they are embarrassed by the bad quality of their current product.

**Buttlerthepug**

The cover looks pretty sweet although I like the 7th ed hammer better (that on doesnt look much like dwarf craft... looks fairly chaosy to me :( ) although the twin tailed fire (comet) is a nice touch.

**Erasoketa**

Kroothawk wrote:So judging from the email, GW will launch a Fantasy tabletop game in July? And the major information is that the game will feature humans, orcs and elves? And people are asked to dust off their Fantasy miniatures?

Seems like they haven't done any marketing for a loong loong time

Small tidbit from Spain: One of the last countries to use centimeters in Warhammer Games will turn to inches as well.

What? Our 8th will be in inches too?

Edit: I just chedked my mail and saw the newsletter. Yes, we are going to swap to inches. It also says that they are going to reprint all the current army books changing the measures to inches, correcting the errata, and adapting the rules to the new edition.

**skyth**

I love the part where they suggest you start an army before you see what the rules changes are...

**Kanluwen**

Kroothawk wrote:But pretending that there is no current Fantasy tabletop game by GW and implying that everyone who has ever bought Fantasy miniatures from GW has his army shelved for years and dust covered, is nothing a professional made promotion text should do. It is as if they are embarrassed by the bad quality of their current product.

Or it could just be to build up anticipation for the people who've been inundated with 40k stuff lately

**c34r34lk1ll3r**

WTB O&G updated book and the new TK book if it ever comes out. Hell, I probably wouldn't even contemplate O&G if OK had a new book also.

heres to hoping we get some spoiler pictures from the 8th edition rulebook about some of the armies that need updates.

**Alpharius**

Yeah, that "dust off" comment was...odd.

And I have to admit, given the rumors we've heard so far, I am more than a little worried about where we're headed with this edition.

**Ostrakon**

Alpharius wrote:Yeah, that "dust off" comment was...odd.

And I have to admit, given the rumors we've heard so far, I am more than a little worried about where we're headed with this edition.

Best part of being a new player is being immune to rules changes. And since the army I'm interested in is included in the starter, it's fairly unlikely that they've been nerfed to oblivion by the new rules.

**Sidstyler**

Kroothawk wrote:It is as if they are embarrassed by the bad quality of their current product.

They should be. They have a lot of incredibly dated-looking models still plaguing a lot of the ranges (really ugly metal models at that), and the "dust off" comment is right since I imagine everyone probably gave up on the game a while ago, either that or switched over to Daemons of Chaos, since there's no point in playing anything else. Especially if you're one of the unfortunate ones with an O&G or OK army.

And once again another annoying announcement. "We're all really excited, Warhammer is going to be great!" Yeah, awesome...how about giving everyone else a reason to be excited, too? Or do they expect the news of a new edition, which we already all knew was coming for months now, is enough?

**H.B.M.C.**

I hereby endorse the coming of Rockethammer!

**BrookM**

The Arjack Rockfist crossover is a fact?

**Flashman**

Bizzare cover and amazingly almost devoid of skulls. There is however a skull on the handle of Ghal Maraz.

**Karon**

God damnit, why am I not getting this email?

Love the confirmation.

**TBD**

That cover is almost as fugly as the helmetless head of the marine on the front of the Blood Angels codex. Absolutely horrible.

**Flashman**

TBD wrote:That cover is almost as fugly as the helmetless head of the marine on the front of the Blood Angels codex. Absolutely horrible.

The really fugly bit on the cover of Codex Blood Angels are the scribbled Assault Marines in the background.

**TBD**

Indeed those aren't pretty either

The artist who did the cover of the Space Wolves codex can do some more if it were up to me.

**JOHIRA**

"This is a world where victory and death rest upon a knife-edge and the fate of the world... will soon be decided. "

OMG GW advancing the timeline????!!!!WUT

**Kroothawk**

Erasoketa wrote: Yes, we are going to swap to inches. It also says that they are going to reprint all the current army books changing the measures to inches, correcting the errata, and adapting the rules to the new edition.

This is a nod to global economy, where metric systems are obviously phasing out

skyth wrote:I love the part where they suggest you start an army before you see what the rules changes are...

Another weird thing. My Skaven army is on hold until I know if spears or two hand weapons are better (and I know the contents of the starter box). I am currently only doing metal models with fixed weapons.

Sidstyler wrote:
Kroothawk wrote:It is as if they are embarrassed by the bad quality of their current product.

They should be. They have a lot of incredibly dated-looking models still plaguing a lot of the ranges (really ugly metal models at that), and the "dust off" comment is right since I imagine everyone probably gave up on the game a while ago, either that or switched over to Daemons of Chaos, since there's no point in playing anything else. Especially if you're one of the unfortunate ones with an O&G or OK army.

The rulebook was not the problem, the imbalanced and not thoroughly playtested army books were.

H.B.M.C. wrote:I hereby endorse the coming of Rockethammer!

Sigmar's Hammer is a Kerosin fueld missile now, obviously

JOHIRA wrote:"This is a world where victory and death rest upon a knife-edge and the fate of the world... will soon be decided. "
OMG GW advancing the timeline????!!!!WUT

That was one of the rumours.