2016 GW possible releases & rumours

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**Breotan**

casvalremdeikun wrote:
Hmmm, I kinda want the Space Marine one for that SFU Terminator Captain, but I will just watch for him to show up on eBay. I don't need another Tactical Squad, and definitely don't need/want another Dreadnought.

Weighing in at around 45% off, I think I'm going to have to pick up the Tau Battalion box.

**casvalremdeikun**

Breotan wrote:
casvalremdeikun wrote:
Hmmm, I kinda want the Space Marine one for that SFU Terminator Captain, but I will just watch for him to show up on eBay. I don't need another Tactical Squad, and definitely don't need/want another Dreadnought.

Weighing in at around 45% off, I think I'm going to have to pick up the Tau Battalion box.

I see that the bundle prices are $85 USD. That is a fairly good deal, though I really don't need anything from them. Worst part is that eBayers are going to charge like $40 USD for that captain. I wouldn't MIND another Dreadnought, but I don't even run the one I have. Getting another Tactical Squad would bring me closer to having a full Battle Company, though.

I kinda wish they had a Blood Angels box. Though it would probably have one of the HQs I already have.

**Requizen**

~40% off for the AdMech box. Given that I already have a Knight and a friend is offering some AdMech stuff NIB at a discount, a War Convocation doesn't sound too bad...

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

Hmm... the AdMech box is interesting.

**migooo**

l0k1 wrote:
40k endtimes?

And age of blandmar mk2 returns. However I think its stopping discounts from other retail outlets

**notprop**

New paint range to replace the old new paint range.

**Kid_Kyoto**

notprop wrote:
New paint range to replace the old new paint range.

With even stupider names.

**casvalremdeikun**

Kid_Kyoto wrote:
notprop wrote:
New paint range to replace the old new paint range.

With even stupider names.

Oh god, I can see it now. Adeptus Astartes(R) Blue. Adeptus Astartes(R) Dark Blue. Astra Militarium(R) Beige.

**coldgaming**

Those look like some great sets. I just wish they had a set for every single army. Better yet multiple sets. These sort of things get me buying.

**General Kroll**

migooo wrote:
l0k1 wrote:
40k endtimes?

And age of blandmar mk2 returns. However I think its stopping discounts from other retail outlets

That would effect more than just 40k.

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General Kroll wrote:
migooo wrote:
l0k1 wrote:
40k endtimes?

And age of blandmar mk2 returns. However I think its stopping discounts from other retail outlets

That would effect more than just 40k. Reps hyping up larger retail stores sounds like something to do with the whole specialist games being brought back to life with a shift towards targeting the booming board game market.

Perhaps we are about to see the return of something akin to Space Crusade.

**notprop**

Kid_Kyoto wrote:
notprop wrote:
New paint range to replace the old new paint range.

With even stupider names.

I'll tell you something even stupiderer.

My Mrs just bought me into this range with that Project Paint as a Chrimbo present so they are bound to can the whole lot now I have it!

(what can I say i'm getting old and am too stupid to work out my own highlight colours

)

**reds8n**

NewTruthNeomaxim wrote:
I'm just going to leave something here, but while I definitely don't want to be a rumor-guy, I did think it worth sharing something I heard repeated a few times today in circles that might know (the same folks who mentioned how multi-wound monster multi-profiles would work in Age of Sigmar well before we knew what that game was actually like... so I give them some credence).

Apparently "something" nasty is brewing involving 40k and reps are beginning to try to hype up bigger retail stores regarding it (or rather they are starting by talking to high-volume stores).

All I gleaned was that it isn't a new edition, it isn't a new army, and when sarcastically pressed about all the things players would actually want (IE better pricing, etc...) I was ensured it wasn't any of those things.

Whatever it is, it is supposed to be very big, however, and should be discussed by the end of January.

Probably the plastic HH kits.

**gorgon**

That would seem to fit.

**NewTruthNeomaxim**

The only thing I can think to add regarding the rumor I was hearing was that it was something this particular retailer "thought was a good idea, for a long time, but didn't expect."

I try to keep my hype tempered though, as one of the two places I heard these very similar whisperings was a large-volume seller of Warmahordes product, who essentially stocks and supports almost nothing else.

If its something 40k related that would get a Warmahordes vender enthused about stocking more 40k... well, I just don't know.

The other source I heard stuff from was the guy who drip-fed me Age of Sigmar stuff before the dam broke regarding its news.

**Kanluwen**

Breotan wrote:
I didn't see this posted elsewhere so I'm dropping it here. A bunch of "battalion" style boxed sets are going to be up for sale. Some are better value than others but basically you get a free HQ for the price.

From Facebook.

I have a feeling that this might be what you heard about.
Small boxes that might have some kind of formation rules in the box allowing for players to use them straight out of the box without worrying about meeting the CAD requirements.

**Azreal13**

Can you clarify how you used the word "nasty" in the original post, or if that was the word used by your source, the context you believe they used it?

Because that means something we're not going to like to me, but with the non-inflection of text, may be meaning something good.

**NewTruthNeomaxim**

The individual using the term intended it to mean "big/unexpected", from the context he used it in. Both made it sound like something good, both specifically said it wasn't a new edition of rules, points rebalances, etc...

The store owner also jokingly said it wasn't "actual play-testing" when prodded about it. :-p

As Kanluwen above says, it might indeed be something like those proper "starter" boxes, which I know have been big sellers in Warmahordes (the Army-in-a-Box sets), and likewise would offer a few more accessible SKUs to lure in new players?

We'll probably find out soon, and if it is indeed those starters I suspect i'll hear it confirmed today.

**Kirasu**

Fleets of plastic thunderhawks ridden by new plastic Squats and Sisters!

**maceria**

I'm calling right now: Plastic Thunderhawks formation. $2500 USD but will have four kits, with 90% of the bits you need, and a new, box deal only, formation where the Thunderhawks cost 125pts each, get free upgrades, can spawn Tac squads and Dreads, and all their weapons are S : D as long as more than one Thunderhawk is alive.

**AncientSkarbrand**

Those box sets are cool and good and everything, but does that really fit the description of big/unexpected? Doesn't seem like a very big deal to me.

**OrlandotheTechnicoloured**

I think it could well do, especially if they are going to be sticking around rather than sold out and gone like stormclaw.

There's been such ridicule about GWs 'no saving' 1 click bundles that bundles with a decent saving always being around would be a big thing

(plus making it much easier to tempt a new player with nothing for that particular army to take the plunge. Veterans will never be as enthusiastic as they'll usually have some of it already so not get the full benefit of the saving)

**NewTruthNeomaxim**

I don't know? I know a lot of FLGS decry 40k and GW for being inexplicable to new prospective customers, etc... I guess from a vendor perspective this could be "big"?

I wouldn't call it such, if that is what it is... only because I feel like GW needs to do major triage on 40k to ensure its most loyal/vocal fans are happy first. In a world where more and more folks are discovering just how excellent many other rules systems are, 40k is just bloated, clunky, unbalanced, etc...

A serious effort to rein it in, and garner some good will would be a better step towards eventual new players (by first earning positive word of mouth). But what do I know. :-p

**Sanguise Extremis**

Azreal13 wrote:
That wouldn't qualify as "nasty" would it?

Would help to know if this were a crunch thing or a fluff thing (I've a big campaign or something.)

- Plastic thunderhawk sure would be nasty on the price!!!

As far as the army boxes go - there's a release schedule on http://natfka.blogspot.co.uk/ that shows the
percentage saving compared to buying separately averageing 20 - 30 something percent

**Kanluwen**

If that price list is right, the Skitarii box is a friggin' amazing deal.
$85 for an Onager Dunecrawler, a box of Skitarii Vanguard/Rangers, and a Techpriest Dominus?
WHY WOULD I EVER BUY A DUNECRAWLER BY ITSELF!

This is definitely making me think more and more that this is it, as one of the big complaints that I've personally heard is that there's no decent "box" that someone can pick up as a gift/starting point.

**Nevelon**

Kanluwen wrote:
If that price list is right, the Skitarii box is a friggin' amazing deal.
$85 for an Onager Dunecrawler, a box of Skitarii Vanguard/Rangers, and a Techpriest Dominus?
WHY WOULD I EVER BUY A DUNECRAWLER BY ITSELF!

This is definitely making me think more and more that this is it, as one of the big complaints that I've personally heard is that there's no decent "box" that someone can pick up as a gift/starting point.

Between affordable starter boxes, and the new Gamer’s edition digital rules, the price of getting new blood into the hobby is a lot lower. Which is a good thing. If GW can shift to selling more reasonably priced boxes to more people, as opposed to squeezing a smaller number of old guard for fewer, expensive boxes, I think everyone will be happy.

I know I’ll be.

More player mean just that: more opponents for the game. And reasonable prices means I can add more stuff to my armies without selling organs on the black market.

<fingers crossed>

**Nvs**

All they need to do now is make a scaled back 40k game that players can use these new boxes with.

**pretre**

Yeah, that doesn't even count as a rumor. 'Something new is coming...'

**Azreal13**

Sanguise Extremis wrote:
Azreal13 wrote:
That wouldn't qualify as "nasty" would it?

Would help to know if this were a crunch thing or a fluff thing (I've a big campaign or something.)

- Plastic thunderhawk sure would be nasty on the price!!!

As far as the army boxes go - there's a release schedule on http://natfka.blogspot.co.uk/ that shows the
percentage saving compared to buying separately averageing 20 - 30 something percent

If it's on natfka, I won't be clicking.

Is it an actual document, or a post citing an "anonymous source?"

**Kanluwen**

It's an actual document, which seems like the one that Judge Doug sometimes posts snippets of.

**Verviedi**

Crisis Suits, Fire Warriors, and an Ethereal for $85?
Sounds great! I just need a way to get rid of all of those Ethereals... What would Farsight do?