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Well, that announcement is kind of sad. This is a hoax, and a low-budget one at that. Could they not be bothered to take an extra ten seconds to run the spellchecker?

If this is true it could be pretty cool. I've always been intrigued by things like Blood Bowl, Necromunda, Inq28, Mordheim, even LotR but I got there a little late so it would be cool to see them brought back.

Figured now is a better time than ever to join dakka.

If Matt from the Hobart store is saying it's true, then it is. Guy is one of the most honest people around.

Just have to see now what we'll be receiving from this.

Even if true I wouldn't get too excited. It seems the studio is just getting set up which means a year or more till we see their first product.

More if plastics are involved.

GW Belconnen made the image to hype what he's heard. It's what I figured.. a non-artist made it to circulate. What exactly it means.. well.. we'll have to see.. could be exciting.. could be disappointing..

 Guildsman wrote:
Well, that announcement is kind of sad. This is a hoax, and a low-budget one at that. Could they not be bothered to take an extra ten seconds to run the spellchecker?

Too many stores have confirmed it for it to be a hoax. The poor quality image has already been explained.

jinnai wrote:
Figured now is a better time than ever to join dakka.

If Matt from the Hobart store is saying it's true, then it is. Guy is one of the most honest people around.

Just have to see now what we'll be receiving from this.

Thanks for that, jinnai! And welcome to Dakka

People seem to be missing that this is just a flyer made by a single store. If there's a spelling error, it's just that one person's mistake... the fact that we're getting the news like this is not their fault, but GW HQ for not telling us what the heck they're doing even a few days out (or even after the point of having stores in some parts of the world publicly reveal it!).

 Breotan wrote:
Well, say goodbye to Forge World then. It was a good run while it lasted.

That does concern me. Currently FW is the one area in GW that seems to be run by adults. BL used to be like FW, but got sucked into the Horus Heresy vortex or endless padding, and have yet to recover. FW on the other hand go out of their way to show of previews, hold proper seminars, get people excited for their products, act as part of the miniature gaming hobby (rather than acting like a hobby unto themselves) and generally act like a miniature company should.

I'm worried that the people making these decisions will not be making decisions for this larger entity, and GW's Iron Curtain of Needless Secrecy will fall upon FW as well.

If they properly want to release and support ~5-6 old games, they need to stock up on good designer, play testers etc.

There is no way the current, rather small, team of FW can support everything.

If this is a hoax then it is a collusion between several Australian managers. In a few hours whats new today should update, it will be interesting to see if it mentions anything.The next white dwarf is just paints and stuff, so it is a good time to announce something like this.
P.S
What if one of the old favourites they are bringing back is warhammer?
Pps. Forgeworld is currently hiring for artists and designers. Maybe they are staffing up.

 H.B.M.C. wrote:

 Breotan wrote:
Well, say goodbye to Forge World then. It was a good run while it lasted.

That does concern me. Currently FW is the one area in GW that seems to be run by adults. BL used to be like FW, but got sucked into the Horus Heresy vortex or endless padding, and have yet to recover. FW on the other hand go out of their way to show of previews, hold proper seminars, get people excited for their products, act as part of the miniature gaming hobby (rather than acting like a hobby unto themselves) and generally act like a miniature company should.

I'm worried that the people making these decisions will not be making decisions for this larger entity, and GW's Iron Curtain of Needless Secrecy will fall upon FW as well.

I just read it as FW will be contributing some models towards it (like they do/did for 40k) rather than they were completely being brought into this new department but I don't know.

 Guildsman wrote:
Well, that announcement is kind of sad. This is a hoax, and a low-budget one at that. Could they not be bothered to take an extra ten seconds to run the spellchecker?

Games Workshop spelled the names of their own models incorrectly in official legal filings presented in court. Never underestimate them.

 ImAGeek wrote:

 H.B.M.C. wrote:

 Breotan wrote:
Well, say goodbye to Forge World then. It was a good run while it lasted.

That does concern me. Currently FW is the one area in GW that seems to be run by adults. BL used to be like FW, but got sucked into the Horus Heresy vortex or endless padding, and have yet to recover. FW on the other hand go out of their way to show of previews, hold proper seminars, get people excited for their products, act as part of the miniature gaming hobby (rather than acting like a hobby unto themselves) and generally act like a miniature company should.

I'm worried that the people making these decisions will not be making decisions for this larger entity, and GW's Iron Curtain of Needless Secrecy will fall upon FW as well.

I just read it as FW will be contributing some models towards it (like they do/did for 40k) rather than they were completely being brought into this new department but I don't know.

I can't imagine them doing much more than letting the rules stand as is (an occasional PDF update, maybe) and just releasing the odd model here and there, and producing old ones. Still so much better than it was, though, with everything being OOP for no good reason (easy to allow things to be mail ordered / cast on demand).

Might be related to this guy who was very active on the Inquisitor scene getting a job at GW HQ.

I sure hope so, since having a new version of I (with 28mm plastic minis) is an old and recurrent phantasm of mine.

Bur as said previously, they'll probably only release the old rules and recast the old miniatures, unfortunately

That sounds like anything but unfortunate to me!

I'd be very happy if they recast old minis and rereleased old rules.

My worst fear at this point (other than it being a hoax) is that they produce crappy snap fit plastics that can't compare to the old metals and the rules are all Age of Sigmarfied.

And I say that as an Australian who also has to fear a BFG starter set costing $300 for 10 ships.

10 ships? LOL! The original box had, what, 4? 8?

Holy smokes.

Necromunda is coming back?????

I'm holding my breath (and my eBay purchases).

Will they sell bulkheads again!?

I would buy a chapter fleet. My Ultramarines need a ride, after all.

Bringing back 'specialist' games seems like a good idea, but this is gw so i'm expecting the implementation to be horribly flawed. Would be nice to find i'm wrong, but, this is gw.

I want to believe......

Before getting too excited about the possibility of seeing the reboot of games from 10-20 years ago, do keep in mind that even if by some Christmas miracle this actually happens, we won't see the prices of 10-20 years ago. Get ready to cough up a lung.

Wow, this could be a great thing. Yes, there are other game systems that does things better than the GW predecessors, but I like thestyle of the BFG models quite a lot, so I would be all over that!
And LotR with Support? That would be great! I never got into the game when the movies came out and regret it to this day.

MeanBone wrote:
Before getting too excited about the possibility of seeing the reboot of games from 10-20 years ago, do keep in mind that even if by some Christmas miracle this actually happens, we won't see the prices of 10-20 years ago. Get ready to cough up a lung.

Yeah, that's a given.

MeanBone wrote:
Before getting too excited about the possibility of seeing the reboot of games from 10-20 years ago, do keep in mind that even if by some Christmas miracle this actually happens, we won't see the prices of 10-20 years ago. Get ready to cough up a lung.

I've been paying eBay prices in the interim. So it can't be that bad. (eBay search 'Necromunda Escher' if you want to see horribly inflated prices).

Those eBay prices will fall when the models are no longer OOP.

I am sure a retraction will be soon posted and the person who leaked it will be punished in a GW manner


Although i want it to be true, i am skeptic about it

MeanBone wrote:
Before getting too excited about the possibility of seeing the reboot of games from 10-20 years ago, do keep in mind that even if by some Christmas miracle this actually happens, we won't see the prices of 10-20 years ago. Get ready to cough up a lung.

Not to mention that GW prices from 10 years ago were already ridiculous, for Epic especially; £1 per 6mm infantry figure?

My biggest worry should this be true is that they 'reboot' the rules. GW simply can't be trusted to go that anymore. Some of the Specialist games badly need an overhaul, Necromunda springs to mind, but it needs to be done carefully and competently.

 Jehan-reznor wrote:
I am sure a retraction will be soon posted and the person who leaked it will be punished in a GW manner

Although i want it to be true, i am skeptic about it

It's been confirmed by several store managers now. It's not a one man says something type of situation.

Also, at least one of the US stores have confirmed: https://www.facebook.com/GWFreewayV/?fref=ts&hc_location=ufi

 Silent Puffin? wrote:

MeanBone wrote:
Before getting too excited about the possibility of seeing the reboot of games from 10-20 years ago, do keep in mind that even if by some Christmas miracle this actually happens, we won't see the prices of 10-20 years ago. Get ready to cough up a lung.

Not to mention that GW prices from 10 years ago were already ridiculous, for Epic especially; £1 per 6mm infantry figure?

My biggest worry should this be true is that they 'reboot' the rules. GW simply can't be trusted to go that anymore. Some of the Specialist games badly need an overhaul, Necromunda springs to mind, but it needs to be done carefully and competently.

In my opinion Necromunda doesn't need any overhaul. I actually dislike all the changes GW added in and still play by the original book rules.

As an aside, isn't it amusing our hypothetical situation we talked about is possibly coming true? :-)

is this the real life
is this just fantasy