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I wonder if the Spawn of Cryptus or Patriarch will be a clamshell. As of this moment there's been 2 plastic broodlords and now the Patriarch. None of which have seen a release outside of their respective games.

Wonder whats on page 13 of that wd ? Would seem weird for them to have a random page in the middle of the pages of cult pictures?

 CURNOW wrote:
Wonder whats on page 13 of that wd ? Would seem weird for them to have a random page in the middle of the pages of cult pictures?

Hopefully, an explanation of how to play the game or a full shot of all the hobby goodness you get in the box.

I WANT IT ALL.

It's mine! You can't have it!

new pic from twitter

Sisters vs Hrud.

Edit: Are these Marines looking a bit taller than usual or are the cultists smaller? Or am I plain crazy?

I'm still a bit confused why the whitescars dude has a bike. The salamanders terminator atleast has a teleport beacon so he can join the action, but why would you ride a bike in a mine?

Personally I was hoping for a deathwatch dreadnought (before the patriarch was leaked), because I felt 1 big unit was still missing.

Will still pick it up regardless though.

Ohh, I hope those cards have stats for actual 40k on them! that would be sick!

Nice pics!

That game looks like it is close to "Assassinorum: Execution Force" in scale and scope... was that game any good?

 Alpharius wrote:
Nice pics!

That game looks like it is close to "Assassinorum: Execution Force" in scale and scope... was that game any good?

I enjoyed it. It's nice to have a game that is strictly "cooperative"(each player gets an Assassin) or that you can bust out and play by yourself if you want to.

Shiny, gakky photo though

It's too bad that GW "phoned this one in" as others said, or else we might have gotten something REALLY nice.

Seriously though, this is quite the release even if you aren't as big of a Cultist as I am. So many nice touches the more you look at them.

To me, the Aberrants are screaming "look at us, we're a new unit type coming in the codex!" I'm not sure they would have spent the energy on a new concept if it was only for a couple models in a board game.

Is Tim Huckleberry in the house? I feel like all of us old cultists need to raise a glass or something.

Looks alright, but no, not really interested in buying.

Ltd edition?

 Zywus wrote:
When GW makes bad models (Fyreslayers, Wulfen) they do deserve the scorn and derision they get.
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That's scorn coming from a subjective point of view, though. I think the Wulfen and Fyreslayer minis are amazing, and they deserve praise for them.

Does this mean we have to settle this dispute...in the Thunderdome?

Its a shame the board doesn't use the same system as the BaC tiles. Lots of variation with those without being to fiddly, this looks like a single (possibly double sided) tile.

Edit- Looking at the size next to the box it looks like two tiles.

 M0ff3l wrote:
I'm still a bit confused why the whitescars dude has a bike. The salamanders terminator atleast has a teleport beacon so he can join the action, but why would you ride a bike in a mine?

Personally I was hoping for a deathwatch dreadnought (before the patriarch was leaked), because I felt 1 big unit was still missing.

Will still pick it up regardless though.

Ohh, I hope those cards have stats for actual 40k on them! that would be sick!

Deathwatch Dreadnought? Genestealers may as well shut up shop if the Deathwatch side had one of those. It'd annihilate them lol.

So I guess Purestrains are moving to 32mm bases?

WOW!

Very happy.

Now I just need to put Kyoto Secunda and her Clone Sister Kyoto Secunda Prime in a coin locker for a few weeks so I can actually paint them.

That White Scar looks hilarious cruising around on his bike in a cramped interior location

 gorgon wrote:
So I guess Purestrains are moving to 32mm bases?

Would make sense. Models in running poses are horrible on 25mm bases.

The minis are beautiful, but I don't understand this as a concept for a boardgame. 50 premium "game pieces" makes the board look ridiculously cluttered. It's like they jammed a 4x4 with two 2000 point armies and said "Look how awesome this is!" nevermind the fact that you can't actually move or play a tactical game in such a cramped space.

Why the boardgame pretense? Who is the target audience if not tabletop wargamers? I know most of you don't care as long as you get your minis, but these are the questions you should be asking. But I'll let everyone get back to their "new GW Golden Age" and "Kirby's well and truly dead" hyperbole.

Purestrains in particular too.

 angelofvengeance wrote:

 M0ff3l wrote:
I'm still a bit confused why the whitescars dude has a bike. The salamanders terminator atleast has a teleport beacon so he can join the action, but why would you ride a bike in a mine?

Personally I was hoping for a deathwatch dreadnought (before the patriarch was leaked), because I felt 1 big unit was still missing.

Will still pick it up regardless though.

Ohh, I hope those cards have stats for actual 40k on them! that would be sick!

Deathwatch Dreadnought? Genestealers may as well shut up shop if the Deathwatch side had one of those. It'd annihilate them lol.

Mining lasers and power hammers/picks could have some effect... But my point about the bike still stands, why is there a bike in the mine...

Why is the Magus bigger than the other 4th gen hybrids?

50 Models
8 Gaming tiles
14 Character cards
30 Broodmind cards
48-page manual (9 missions, "lots of fluff and new art")

"First battle of humanity against the cunning Genestealer Cult"
"Mining world Ghosar Quintus"
"Broodkin of Ghosar Quintus"
"Chaplian Cassius of the Deathwatch"

Like Space Hulk this is an historical incident.

 M0ff3l wrote:
I'm still a bit confused why the whitescars dude has a bike. The salamanders terminator atleast has a teleport beacon so he can join the action, but why would you ride a bike in a mine?

Personally I was hoping for a deathwatch dreadnought (before the patriarch was leaked), because I felt 1 big unit was still missing.

Will still pick it up regardless though.

Ohh, I hope those cards have stats for actual 40k on them! that would be sick!

I feel like a Dreadnought would be just as unmanoeuvrable as a bike in a mine.

 the_Armyman wrote:
The minis are beautiful, but I don't understand this as a concept for a boardgame. 50 premium "game pieces" makes the board look ridiculously cluttered. It's like they jammed a 4x4 with two 2000 point armies and said "Look how awesome this is!" nevermind the fact that you can't actually move or play a tactical game in such a cramped space.

Why the boardgame pretense? Who is the target audience if not tabletop wargamers? I know most of you don't care as long as you get your minis, but these are the questions you should be asking. But I'll let everyone get back to their "new GW Golden Age" and "Kirby's well and truly dead" hyperbole.

The only question I'm asking is why you chimed in only to piss on people's parades.

I'll say this in language you should understand -- total jagoff move there, pal.

Chad Warden wrote:
Why is the Magus bigger than the other 4th gen hybrids?

Pretty sure it's just the collar on his outfit.

Re the bike- ffs use your imagination. The mine is probably quite big. You can't get the same sense of scale in a boardgame.

I suspect they've just put all the models on there to display them on the board. It could be like Space Hulk where there's reinforcements for the Genestealers, and the Deathwatch have to do their thing before they get overwhelmed.

 ImAGeek wrote:

 M0ff3l wrote:
I'm still a bit confused why the whitescars dude has a bike. The salamanders terminator atleast has a teleport beacon so he can join the action, but why would you ride a bike in a mine?

Personally I was hoping for a deathwatch dreadnought (before the patriarch was leaked), because I felt 1 big unit was still missing.

Will still pick it up regardless though.

Ohh, I hope those cards have stats for actual 40k on them! that would be sick!

I feel like a Dreadnought would be just as unmanoeuvrable as a bike in a mine.

A dreadnought moves relatively slow, and can bust down walls to make space for itself. A bike cant possibly hope to accelerate into combat speed, and having to move tight turns constantly isnt very optimal for a bike. That was what I was thinking

Went to bed just as the pricing was announced and had a lot less enthusiasm. But those lovely, lovely hybrids have brought me back.

I don't think we'll get the 2 pages of additional Space Hulk rules I was hoping for if the manual is only 48 pages with missions, but I guess that leaves something for the community to work on.

Did I miss a better picture of the big gribbly? Can't find it in the thread.