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@PsychoticStorm: i'll believe it when i see it...
plenty of other lines from the same era grabbed me, like Celtos' Celt ladies

@ImAGeek: oh well, guess i'll just have to buy Mushashi next...
life is full of tough choices

cheers
jah

Is this "CB launches a Fantasy Wargame" thing for real, or just a rumor of a rumor?

I can't find any hard info on it.

Or...much on the INFINITY presentation either?

Did we get a timeline for the next book?

It was a slide in the presentation, part of a segment called CB does Shameless Market Research.

Other slides were for things like a Red Veil expansion,and an ALEPH v. Combined box. Photos here https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=1284794421545814&set=oa.1162754840414518&type=3&theater

Find the whole presentation here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ab2UjQc97Ig Sound quality is abysmal.

No timelines for the next book.

Ah, found some notes
https://docs.google.com/document/d/10OqRENM38BfQcBn_IqaonX0fW5M60-hqOXEJvs6yTvE/edit

She needs the giant head tail. Otherwise it's just not an imperial agent

There's a convenient circular indentation at the back of the helmet. I'm sure it wouldn't be hard making a ponytail for it, or finding a suitable one.

 Red Harvest wrote:

Spoiler:

It was a slide in the presentation, part of a segment called CB does Shameless Market Research.

Other slides were for things like a Red Veil expansion,and an ALEPH v. Combined box. Photos here https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=1284794421545814&set=oa.1162754840414518&type=3&theater

Find the whole presentation here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ab2UjQc97Ig Sound quality is abysmal.

No timelines for the next book.

Ah, found some notes
https://docs.google.com/document/d/10OqRENM38BfQcBn_IqaonX0fW5M60-hqOXEJvs6yTvE/edit

Thanks for that - much appreciated!

A CB Fantasy game that was the spiritual successor to Confrontation with some sort of mash up ruleswise with INFINITY would certainly have me interested - especially with the quality of miniatures that would certainly go along with it!

I am a bit surprised there wasn't even a vague 'expect the next book sometime around (x)' though...

I think Carlos mumbled out next May for Acheron Falls book, but wasn't really forthcoming beyond that and avoided much else.

It was noted the MRRF stuff will be in that book though.

In the Q&A after the presentation Carlos said he wasn't allowed to talk about the next book. All he said was they haven't even started playtesting Aleph yet.

Of course Aleph could be the last faction they need to test but it could also be the first.

Damn you, CB my wallet wakes up screaming enough when you only made a damn fine scifi game. I am terrified to think of the woe it will endure once you produce a fantasy game as well!


When can I preorder?

Ugh. I'm just thinking of a possible fantasy starter set like Ice Storm and it feels so good.

Aren't the miniatures for Sword & Sorcery being sculpted by a bunch of Corvus Belli's sculptors? I'd imagine that if CB did indeed do a fantasy game, the figures would look a lot like those ones.

Sniper Shot of the week.

I think it's a butt.

Deadpool!

I'm going with a Marauder butt.

Just want to get Kans hopes up.

[Edit] GenCon Ninja Shopper for the win!

 Bladerunner2019 wrote:

Spoiler:

She needs the giant head tail. Otherwise it's just not an imperial agent

I hope this female agent comes with an alt head.

I do not play Haqq, but I must say I'm also a little disappointed with these dzjanbazans



I don't see why they have the high cowling around their faces?

Still can't beat this old classic:

Agreed, not impressed with the new Djans. I kind of like the hacker but overall meh. Lots of other exciting things in the new reveals though so I suppose I'll make do.

Bladerunner2019! You beautiful creature!

I had not seen the large picture of the Djanzabans yet and this has shown me something I really wanted to see.

Namely that the left shoulder pad had the Djan logo, and the right shoulder has the HAQ LOGO not the QK.
There is a legit possibility that they might be coming to the Task Force after all. If there was the QK flower like the Azra'ils I would have buried this hope. But now it blooms once again!


I liked the kneeling sniper pose but disliked the the rest of them due to their looks. These I can definitely live with, as the only think I don't like is the exposed muscle arm on the HMG.

Would like a similarly padded out female hacker, though EDIT: Scratch that, the hacker is right there looking at me.


Quick question. Where did the doctor get that pistol from?
His pistol is still in the holster?

 Vain wrote:
Quick question. Where did the doctor get that pistol from?
His pistol is still in the holster?

Same place the Sekban holding his Chain Colt (while still having two in his holsters) got his.

Just a problem with generic bodies and alternate arms. If it bothers you, you can easily snip off and file down the grip coming out of the holster.

It's a ranged Pez Dispenser. It fires aspirin.

That is odd. He is holding his medical bag in with his other hand. One would think that he would have his medi-pistol out. Unless he's a former trauma doc and can't tell the difference...

 TalonZahn wrote:

[Edit] GenCon Ninja Shopper for the win!

One of my Age of Sigmar group was going to GenCon as a vendor for a local game(dunno details so don't ask!), he nabbed me the Terminator Captain from FW and Unknown Ranger. So that works out great for me.

Just a shame that there's no Marauders this month so I can finally get to playing regularly; I'm not interested in running a ton of Grunts with no Marauders damnnabbit.

Rumors during con from after-hours talk was 'Marauders box this year, Minutemen early 2017'.

Makes sense given how releases are public currently through october. So that leaves 3 months for that.

 Red Harvest wrote:
That is odd. He is holding his medical bag in with his other hand. One would think that he would have his medi-pistol out. Unless he's a former trauma doc and can't tell the difference...

You're recklessly assuming it's a medical bag.
It's actually a bag of pistols and mediikits. Which will he pull out? Inshallah.

Anyone else notice that the Doc isn't wearing a mask like the others? He's just wearing sunglasses. I'm kind of wishing they looked a bit more like the dossier art with the lower collar bit. As it is, they'll be too easily confused for Naffatun on the table, I think.

 Killionaire wrote:
Rumors during con from after-hours talk was 'Marauders box this year, Minutemen early 2017'.

Makes sense given how releases are public currently through october. So that leaves 3 months for that.

Given that Marauders were supposed to be a June release and Minutemen "by the end of the summer", yet we haven't seen dossiers for either?

I'll wait until they're up for preorder before buying into that predicted timeframe.

I don't think a lack of dossiers has any bearing on release timeframe though seeing as we have the models. And actually, we got the dossiers back when they did the USAriadna BoW week.

 Barzam wrote:
Anyone else notice that the Doc isn't wearing a mask like the others? He's just wearing sunglasses. I'm kind of wishing they looked a bit more like the dossier art with the lower collar bit. As it is, they'll be too easily confused for Naffatun on the table, I think.

With a little bit of conversion work on the helmetless female naffatun I'm hoping for that very effect lol. 5th team member (secretly hafza) here I come.

Also the Djans give off a Ba'athist or Iraqi vibe to them that I like, though am not sure why they do.

 ImAGeek wrote:
I don't think a lack of dossiers has any bearing on release timeframe though seeing as we have the models. And actually, we got the dossiers back when they did the USAriadna BoW week.

Spoiler:

We got the male dossiers, yes.

When we get the male and female dossiers both, it usually is a sign of the unit box being on the way.

You're right that to an extent, public release of dossiers doesn't have a real bearing on a release timeframe.

However if they have not done the dossier, which is where the Blackjack still is at(STILL!)? It's very unlikely we will see anything anytime soon.

Or we could see a lot of goodies at the Interplanetario which is at the end of this month (26-28 August). Cb must have held some stuff back at GenCon.

I read that Bostria will be at the NOVA Open tournaments over the Labor Day holiday (1-4 September), and will have surprises relating to the ITS2017.

That'll be 2 more presentations within the next 4 weeks. I doubt that we will see anything about October releases, but I suspect that we will see more renders.

Just to say - updates from GenCon really appreciated guys!

Great one keeping Dakka in the loop like that.