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Last months releases were announced around the 15th. I would expect abou tyre same this month.

Someone was saying on a FB group that they were on holiday.

A bit frustrating since I feel they still have a large amount of work to do imo but I hope they give us new models at the end of this month.

KM continues to operate as though their consumer base is a nuisance...hearing they are on Break for a month as a rumor is just bad business.

How is taking a vacation bad for business? they're a small company that releases 3+ models a month at LEAST with a very large IP that needs pre-approval at every step. It's a massive undertaking, they can't take a holiday?

I'm not sure why everything KM does bothers you so much. Going through your posts on here seems unnecessarily negative on every one.

And by small company, we're probably talking around 6 people or less. At that sort of level, effectively shutting the office is probably an efficient thing to do, rather than going through a long period of disruption when everyone is out at different periods.

Plus, it's not like the games are in a poor state now anyway. The Arrow faction just got fleshed out in a big way for Batman. The Brotherhood, a whole new Marvel faction, just came out and already has enough models for a tournament game.

It's as good a time as any.

And it's not like them going on holiday suddenly bans every store on the planet from selling their models for a month.

...but but but, people aren't allowed to take a break from making man-dollies for a game I like!

That just isn't fair!

An odd teaser:

Hmm... I wonder if this might be an actual 2-faction starter set, since it says 'game box'... Which would definitely be something I'd be interested in! Good to see them getting a tie-in out relatively close to the release, though, that bodes well and should hopefully expand the audience a little if they can strike while the iron is hot.

Wrong Joker quote, though, I can't believe they chose that over 'I can't wait to show you my toys!' to advertise minis... though in the context of wallets, the one they went with works well enough!

Hopefully Slipknot will be really cheap, and come with a special rule that lets you keep him off table unitl...

one of your more interesting characters might get hurt, then slipknot is brought onto the table, takes the damage instead and is then removed as a casualty

I'm thinking "Game Box" is just going to mean a larger than single/double model box.

After the Brotherhood of Mutants was not a "Starter Set," and did not come with a rulebook for Marvel, I'm betting they are sour on using the word starter.

Depending on what's in it, I'm definitely going to consider getting the Suicide Squad box.

Im hoping its a 2 player starter type deal, ala operation ice storm for infinity.

My money is on a rebox of existing sculpts with a couple of new ones?

We have at least one style of the following already: Deadshot, Harley, Killer Croc, Cap Boomerang, Katana.

All we need is a Flagg an El Diablo for the main set, with potential for a Slipknot token (oh what an awesome screen presence)

I would love it if it was a new resculpted version of them all but I am not going to hold my breath.

Licensing being what it is, I doubt WB/DC would be happy with Knight releasing non-movie sculpts in a movie-branded box, especially in the case of Harley, Deadshot and Boomerang and Croc who have very different designs to the existing models. To be honest, I hope it is all new stuff as I already have Harley and just bought Deadshot a month ago, so I don't want to double up on sculpts.

My guess is that this (if it's not just a 4-model starter under a different name) will either be a 2-faction double starter with the Squad vs the movie's villain, which does lend itself quite nicely to a crew set/expansion blister with


Or it'll be something like the whole squad in a box. Harley, Deadshot, Diablo, Boomerang, Slipknot (ha!), Croc, Katana and Flagg... that'd be a lot of new sculpts, but on the other hand if it's their only release this month then it's doable.

I just hope if they are new sculpts they don't end up like the Dark Knight licensed ones, with massive heads, presumably to ensure likenesses (Ra's stands about 4-5mm taller than the comic version, he's as tall as AK Bats including the Tactical Gargoyle).

A friend just asked me if I had seen the Dark Avengers.

I had not.

They look pretty damn fine.

Those are just stunning, fantastic models and a great choice of team. The rules look solid too, some very heavy hitters there and the only surprise is that Sentry isn't Neutral, as he has been an Avenger fairly often.

Thing and Dr Doom are also up:





No DC stuff as yet this month.

Its interesting that the Fantastic Four will be included in the Cosmic powers. I think that's a good avenue to explore rather than sticking completely with the Guardians, which seems pretty limited.

Though, maybe that is a hint that we might have themed lists coming.

New releases look pretty good! I'm hoping they do a two player box, as my group is looking to get into these games.

Speaking of, do you dakkanauts know of a good "starting point" guide or anything? Also, how many rep points do you generally play?

 The Fragile Breath wrote:
New releases look pretty good! I'm hoping they do a two player box, as my group is looking to get into these games.

Speaking of, do you dakkanauts know of a good "starting point" guide or anything? Also, how many rep points do you generally play?

BMG tournaments are usually 300-350 Rep. A good starting point is around 200 Rep.

Marvel seems to play well at about 50. Starting at around 30 (which s close to the starter sets of most of them, seems like a good place to play with the rules.

There will likely be a Good Sentry at some point. Bob isn't known for carrying round severed skulls normally.

I'm. Liking these new Marvel releases. I may have to finally break down and start buying.

Teams have been introduced to the Marvel line:

http://labibliotecadealfred.blogspot.co.uk/2016/08/well-known-teams-arrive-to-mumg.html

For the cost of 1 level, a Team consisting of the Guardians of the Galaxy adds +1Speed to 3 characters for the game.

Can't wait to see other incarnations added as more and more characters make it tot he game.

That's a neat addition, I look forward to seeing the rest.

Yeah, its nothing game breaking, but some of the traditionally slow Guardians, like Rocket and Thing, now don't have to be.

And, depending on wording when it becomes official, it does not have to be the Guardians only; so Doom could be faster and therefore not in range of your own models. And that +1 might be for every movement type, giving some really fast fliers.

Diablo joins the Suicide Squad.

Very nice mini, simple but very accurate.

Diablo model looks great, shame about his lackluster card. Slipknots card must be devoid of anything lol

The card does seem a little underwhelming, but he is the cheapest model the squad can use (other than animated series Harley), so even if he just concentrates on going for objectives, he's not losing out. There's also the fact that one of his 'weapons' is one-use and the other has to reload, so you wouldn't be attacking every turn anyway. Use him to start/finish fights the heavier hitters don't have time for, and score points when they can't sit still on objectives.

 Motograter wrote:
Diablo model looks great, shame about his lackluster card. Slipknots card must be devoid of anything lol

He only has one ability: "Your head asplode!".

 H.B.M.C. wrote:

 Motograter wrote:
Diablo model looks great, shame about his lackluster card. Slipknots card must be devoid of anything lol

He only has one ability: "Your head asplode!".

All joking aside, this could actually work! SS have a rule where a random member gets killed if you don't have a certain amount of VPs at the end of each turn, giving Slipknot a very low cost and a special rule that means you skip the random element and he's guaranteed to get blown up, it allows you to slip up once and not risk losing someone like Deadshot or Croc.