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**English Assassin**

It's a reasonable guess, if not one which fills me with optimism.

**Ratius**

Forgive me, any rumours on a mini rulebook ala the BR boxed set. Original is cool albeit very unweildy.

**Breotan**

No rumors other than the expectation that there will be one, given how past starters have been packaged.

**kingjayko**

I'm really interested in how they are going to design the miniatures. if you look at the marines from aobr, you can see that they don't have any symbols, so you can use them for any chapter you like. since this is going to be DA, I'm wondering if they have the same design...

**Anpu42**

kingjayko wrote:I'm really interested in how they are going to design the miniatures. if you look at the marines from aobr, you can see that they don't have any symbols, so you can use them for any chapter you like. since this is going to be DA, I'm wondering if they have the same design...

I wonder if they are going to be like the Space Hulk ones. Part of me hopes so.

**Commander Cain**

One can only hope! I don't see why not, they were made on a single sprue and push-fit same as aobr.

**Lorizael**

Think about the purpose of the core starter sets.

It would be crazy if the models were chapter specific.

**sennacherib**

If the models are legion specific then i will have to pass on the Marines side of the box. IF however they lack all of the DA iconography i may want an entire starter to myself. We shall all know soon.

**Mantle**

I can imagine the termie captain and deathwing etc. to be chapter specific but the standard marines maybe not, I feel with the price and everything that GW is aiming at players who already play rather than new players, hoping that people will be tempted to start a new army.
Seems a bit crazy though.

**Lorizael**

Mantle wrote:I can imagine the termie captain and deathwing etc. to be chapter specific but the standard marines maybe not, I feel with the price and everything that GW is aiming at players who already play rather than new players, hoping that people will be tempted to start a new army.
Seems a bit crazy though.

Nope. The starter set is just that- a starter set. It's made with starters in mind.

With the (odd) rumours of different boxes maybe there's a collectors set for existing players, but generally the starter box is there purely to sell to new players starting out.

**Vitruvian XVII**

If the split box/ levels rumour is true, then i'll be very happy. Not only would it be easier to get the armies separately, but it would mean GW is actually listening to people.

**Kanluwen**

Vitruvian XVII wrote:If the split box/ levels rumour is true, then i'll be very happy. Not only would it be easier to get the armies separately, but it would mean GW is actually listening to people.

Nah.

It would mean they're stealing an idea I posted ages ago about "Campaign Starter Boxes".

**tyrant of loserville**

September is going to be real busy for me. Football season and school will be in full swing. Good thing i can paint/homework while watching the games. Maybe ill paint up more termies in team colors like i did 5 years ago.

OT: read on other rumor posts about terrain included. Yay/nay?

**Imperial Monkey**

notprop wrote:
H.B.M.C. wrote:
zombie wrote:Well lets hope that they have paid their fees to the Olympic committee or they can expect a visit from the trademark police

Not really. There's nothing to stop them using gold/silver/bronze. The Olympics doesn't 'own' that more than GW owns any of the silly things like "arrows" and "skulls" in their CHS lawsuit documents.

Curiously enough they do, certainly within context and locality, but also a whole raft of terms that you might consider common use. The IOC actually has had people walk around games event locations warning traders not to use a hole list of terms and symbols that they own or face sanctions.

On the BBC news they followed one such person into a pub in Cardiff near to the millennium stadium who had posters about a promotion resulting in the winning of tickets and Olympic themed stuff. Suffice to say he was warned and took down the offending promotion.

Daft but true.

Daft at the olympics is McDonalds banning all other food sellers at the olympics from selling "chips" because being a sponsor of the olympics gives you ultimate power!!
With the starter set...I like the tiered idea, especially if the bronze level is reasonably cheaper than the silver and gold.

**Kirasu**

I hope there is no mini rulebook.. I miss the days of 3rd edition where I had to lug around a big rulebook + codex + white dwarfs + Index astartes + chapter approved + supplements!

Kept my arms in shape.

**MightyGodzilla**

It would badass if they made mini rulebook for your Kindle, Ipad, Android Tablet. They'd make an f'ing killing on that sale.

**pretre**

Why would you want a mini one for a digital device? Why not the full version?

**Do_I_Not_Like_That**

It's not £75 when you're getting a 20% discount at your FLGS

and if you're only after one side - sell the other half. Everybody is a winner with GW

**kronk**

pretre wrote:Why would you want a mini one for a digital device? Why not the full version?

Since it will have fewer bits, it will weigh less.

Duh!

**pretre**

@kronk: Aha, very good point.

**protonhunter**

less clutter? cheaper maybe?

**MightyGodzilla**

pretre wrote:Why would you want a mini one for a digital device? Why not the full version?

Mainly because there's less to sift through when you're looking for something. I suppose they could do both, but my original intent would was just core rules and the indexes that are in the back. I guess it doesn't matter a whole lot, admittedly I forgot all of the rules are in the front section, before the fluff, hobby, etc....

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and yes as protonhunter mentioned....cheaper too.

**KalashnikovMarine**

A minidex for a digital device would please me greatly, hell set it up as a full app. $XX for the app which includes access to the Minidex, FAQ and Erratta, all stored locally and updated regularly when you're on Wifi or whatever. You can then buy access to the codexes of your choosing so an extra $10 for the Guard codex or whatever. Or a big group pack price for all the Codexes including ones like the SoB WD update.

**Platuan4th**

Kanluwen wrote:
Vitruvian XVII wrote:If the split box/ levels rumour is true, then i'll be very happy. Not only would it be easier to get the armies separately, but it would mean GW is actually listening to people.

Nah.

It would mean they're stealing an idea I posted ages ago about "Campaign Starter Boxes".

Or, it could mean they're following the examples of other companies out there that have been doing separate faction started for years.

**MightyGodzilla**

Yeah, but isn't two seperate "campaign boxes", one for each faction just a battleforce box to GW?

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

MightyGodzilla wrote:It would badass if they made mini rulebook for your ~~Kindle~~, Ipad, ~~Android Tablet~~. They'd make an f'ing killing on that sale.

One out of three ain't bad.

No wait yes it is...

**Scottywan82**

H.B.M.C. wrote:
MightyGodzilla wrote:It would badass if they made mini rulebook for your ~~Kindle~~, Ipad, ~~Android Tablet~~. They'd make an f'ing killing on that sale.

One out of three ain't bad.

No wait yes it is...

No actually, it's not. It means one third of the customers who have such devices can get it. As opposed to ZERO thirds.

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

You're missing the point...

**Scottywan82**

H.B.M.C. wrote:You're missing the point...

Swear to God, I'm not. Having some availability doesn't preclude increased availability in future. It just means limited right now. Limited is better than none. Limited is not perfect. Eventually it may not be limited.

**protonhunter**

If they release rules for the units in the new starter set would it stand to reason that those will be the new stats that will be in the new codex? Like if they say the cultist will be X points with Y weopon skill would it be likely that that would be their respective point value and weopon skill in the upcoming CSM codex?