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I say the announcement of the return of Specialist Games.

I can't see a downside to this right now. Granted, it's always possible for GW to muck up individual releases (e.g. Dread Fleet) but that must be balanced against the possibility of excellent games like Space Hulk.

For me it has to be the (hopeful) start of a range of Horus Heresy plastics.

But the return of Specialist Games is also a welcome announcement, I've missed out on way too many of their "good" gaiden games, so it will be fun to catch up and see what they were all about.

I had the same thoughts as Brook before opening the thread. Either plastic HH in a starter box game, or the return of Specialist Games.

As I said on the mistakes thread I am fearful of the execution not the ideas.

Specialist games is a good idea can they deliver it? do the new jobs advert saying we want people who can churn games in 6-9 months time frame gives any hope?

So far I think no, time will tell.

Making tentative steps to improved engagement with the (Internet) community? More video tutorials, and requesting input into tutorials, ePubs (admittedly with a heavy Apple focus). Granted it may not seem a great deal as written but it's more progressive than GW has been in ~15 years.

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Ignoring the Specialist Games thing since I'm not even sure the announcement is actually official yet, I'd say the HH box set. People have wanted plastic heresy era marines for a long time, I don't think anyone wanted the board game but GW either listened to it's fans or make one hell of a lucky guess.

HH box set paving the way into FW.

Battlescrolls. They reduce the complexity of the core rules whilst still allowing all of the flavour.

Battle at Calth. Plastic heresy marines allowing existing HH collectors to expand their armies more cheaply and luring new players into taking the first step towards heresy resin-ruination.

They did quite a few good things, I'd say.

-Specialist Games returning
-Plastic Horus Heresy miniatures, possibly a new range?
-Ad Mech/Skitarii miniatures
-Rules included in boxes

A plastic kit for an old mark of power armour that can be used by CSM or loyalist SM players is something even I have argued they should make. Whether or not the return of Specialist Games is a good thing depends on whether they feth it up, and how much effort they put into it. I still doubt they're going to get me back with a multipart plastic House Escher kit, but it's worth watching what they do.

 Kilkrazy wrote:
I say the announcement of the return of Specialist Games.

I can't see a downside to this right now. Granted, it's always possible for GW to muck up individual releases (e.g. Dread Fleet) but that must be balanced against the possibility of excellent games like Space Hulk.

I will hold my judgement on the return of SG until we see the very first one.

Until then - Betrayal at Calth.

I really like daemonkin but i think Calth is the winner

 Lithlandis Stormcrow wrote:

 Kilkrazy wrote:
I say the announcement of the return of Specialist Games.

I can't see a downside to this right now. Granted, it's always possible for GW to muck up individual releases (e.g. Dread Fleet) but that must be balanced against the possibility of excellent games like Space Hulk.

I will hold my judgement on the return of SG until we see the very first one.

Until then - Betrayal at Calth.

Aye. They already brought back Path to Glory and it was... not the same.

The reappearance of a variety of bundles with real discounts attached harking back to the battleforces of old

(I'd say specialist games, but since they've not really released anything yet i'll leave that until we see what they come up with)

I think the best idea they had is more subtle, its the way they have allowed out the idea that perhaps, just perhaps, they are slowly changing direction and perhaps realising a little bit of creativity is to return.

Time will tell what they do with it

I'll say Betrayal at Calth for best product/idea. I think the sprues are stamped 2014 but using the only metric that counts (an on the shelf ready to sell product) it's a 2015 product. I suspect the return of Specialist Games will be my vote for 2016 best product/idea as it should have something physical to show in that year. I can't count a few sentences of a press release for much especially since the "new" idea is nothing new but rather bringing back what they previously canned.

If they do a good job with that as well as continuing to support BaC 30k products in plastic, I'd say that GW has finally pulled its corporate head out of its ass far enough to see daylight in one eye for the first time in years.

BaC was clearly their best idea.

 Kilkrazy wrote:
I say the announcement of the return of Specialist Games.

I can't see a downside to this right now. Granted, it's always possible for GW to muck up individual releases (e.g. Dread Fleet) but that must be balanced against the possibility of excellent games like Space Hulk.

I would say this if they had something to show for it. For me it was the Horus Heresy Betrayal at Calth that opened my wallet for the first time in a while for GW.

Free rules for AoS, even if the game is not to my taste, is a very good idea.

I definitely approve of Battlescrolls as a concept, and I think it is a much more modern and accessible way to distribute content than gigantic, expensive, hardbound books.

Return of Specialist Games could be great, but I will wait and see what they mean by it before I decide.

 Kilkrazy wrote:
I say the announcement of the return of Specialist Games.

I can't see a downside to this right now. Granted, it's always possible for GW to muck up individual releases (e.g. Dread Fleet) but that must be balanced against the possibility of excellent games like Space Hulk.

The specialist games are returning?!

Which ones?

You're obviously on here a lot, might be worth hanging out in News and Rumours a little more!

http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/list/670148.page

 Da Boss wrote:

I definitely approve of Battlescrolls as a concept, and I think it is a much more modern and accessible way to distribute content than gigantic, expensive, hardbound books.

There are other, arguably better alternatives to gigantic, expensive, hardbound books, though.

Which sums up my general feeling about the topic. There are... not-bad things that GW have done, but like PsychoticStorm, I can't shake the feeling they could've done them in better ways, or under better circumstances. Difficult to pick one out from that mass of grey. I'd maybe go with their 30K starter set. Absolutely no interest in it myself, but HH afficionados seem to like it.

The good thing about Battle Scrolls is they collect all the essential info about each type of unit into a single place. You can copy or print out just the ones you need for a game, and everything is there.

I have bad memories of the 5th edition Tyranid Codex, which sometimes required me to look up info on eight separate pages in two different books to use a single unit.

 Kilkrazy wrote:
The good thing about Battle Scrolls is they collect all the essential info about each type of unit into a single place. You can copy or print out just the ones you need for a game, and everything is there.

I have bad memories of the 5th edition Tyranid Codex, which sometimes required me to look up info on eight separate pages in two different books to use a single unit.

The idea of the battle scrolls is paste and copy of WMH.
I like the idea of AoSification of 40k.

I agree with you, KK. Specialist games return is the best idea of 2015

I don't know if it's true or not, but Forge World being sold through retail, or at least 30k becoming more accessible, is also near the top.

Free stuff; Rules, Painting tutorials, advent calendar tuts and battle brothers.

Managing to not reinstate Kirby as CEO for a whole year.

I guess a plastic version of existing FW 30k stuff and a return of sg are both good but I would not say either is really new.

There only really new ideas is AoS "shudder"