The Forgeworld 2017 News & Rumors Thread

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**Xenomancers**

Tannhauser42 wrote:
alleus wrote:
Perfect! I've been looking forward to this. Hopefully they will release a digital version as well.

Unfortunately, the digital version will be in that damnable epub format.

Speaking of which - what viewer do you download to make the thing actually work?

**Tannhauser42**

Xenomancers wrote:
Tannhauser42 wrote:
alleus wrote:
Perfect! I've been looking forward to this. Hopefully they will release a digital version as well.

Unfortunately, the digital version will be in that damnable epub format.
Speaking of which - what viewer do you download to make the thing actually work?

When you have the answer to that, let me know.

The last time I tried was with that Death from the Skies supplement, and I couldn't get it to display nicely on a Kindle Fire (it showed up on one quarter of the screen and I couldn't zoom in), and while I got it to display on my PC, it didn't format quite right and I still couldn't zoom. And I think GW incorporates some DRM or something because the software I tried to convert it to PDF locked up every time.

**SeanDrake**

Tannhauser42 wrote:
Xenomancers wrote:
Tannhauser42 wrote:
alleus wrote:
Perfect! I've been looking forward to this. Hopefully they will release a digital version as well.

Unfortunately, the digital version will be in that damnable epub format.
Speaking of which - what viewer do you download to make the thing actually work?

When you have the answer to that, let me know.
The last time I tried was with that Death from the Skies supplement, and I couldn't get it to display nicely on a Kindle Fire (it showed up on one quarter of the screen and I couldn't zoom in), and while I got it to display on my PC, it didn't format quite right and I still couldn't zoom. And I think GW incorporates some DRM or something because the software I tried to convert it to PDF locked up every time.

The only reader that works every time on a fire is "Kobi" and you will have to download It as 3rd party. 99% of the time on other Android devices Play Books works.

I spent days trying to get something on Fire that worked and nearly gave up but got there in the end. It could be worse and still be only Apple devices.only bleh.

**Red_Five**

Google's Play Books opens the two FW books I purchased.

It is slow and clunky though. Honestly, the base file is just too massive.

**alleus**

I use an iPad for all my Games Workshop digital books, and it works great. Haven't used an Android tablet in a while unfortunately.

**Red_Five**

alleus wrote:
I use an iPad for all my Games Workshop digital books, and it works great. Haven't used an Android tablet in a while unfortunately.

It is not good. GW clearly makes their stuff for Apple products, then ports it over for everyone else. It is less than ideal.

**SirDonlad**

I don't suppose someone else spotted this stuff already?

Spoiler:

What really perked my attention were these two..

Spoiler:

The LR prometheus arrives in 30k?!?!?

**BrookM**

Doors were released a few weeks ago but were met with the usual complaints of it not being *insert product here*

**Red_Five**

BrookM wrote:
Doors were released a few weeks ago but were met with the usual complaints of it not being *insert product here*

Pretty much. Which is sad, because the doors look really good.

**Davespil**

Red_Five wrote:
BrookM wrote:
Doors were released a few weeks ago but were met with the usual complaints of it not being *insert product here*

Pretty much. Which is sad, because the doors look really good.

Yeah, but they're not *insert product here*

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

The doors do look good... but LR Prometheus? Always wanted one of those.

**tneva82**

Davespil wrote:
Red_Five wrote:
BrookM wrote:
Doors were released a few weeks ago but were met with the usual complaints of it not being *insert product here*

Pretty much. Which is sad, because the doors look really good.

Yeah, but they're not *insert product here*

Or they are so minor release they don't really spark long conversation. No new units or anything. Just doors. I'll be getting them later but hardly going to speak about those.

**SonicPara**

A post on B&C claimed that the Astraeus would be coming in at 220 GBP and (curiously) $363 USD, a whole $70 more than the exchange rate dictates.

Unless these are rumored event prices for some upcoming event FW will be at then I find the cited USD pricing curious as it is not only wrong but also FW seems to only deal in GBP.

The odd listing of USD pricing leads me to think this isn't legit but has anyone else heard any rumblings of pricing that aligns with either of these?

**em_en_oh_pee**

Xenomancers wrote:
Tannhauser42 wrote:
alleus wrote:
Perfect! I've been looking forward to this. Hopefully they will release a digital version as well.

Unfortunately, the digital version will be in that damnable epub format.
Speaking of which - what viewer do you download to make the thing actually work?

I use Readium for my epubs.

**beast_gts**

SonicPara wrote:
A post on B&C claimed that the Astraeus would be coming in at 220 GBP and (curiously) $363 USD, a whole $70 more than the exchange rate dictates.

Unless these are rumored event prices for some upcoming event FW will be at then I find the cited USD pricing curious as it is not only wrong but also FW seems to only deal in GBP.

The odd listing of USD pricing leads me to think this isn't legit but has anyone else heard any rumblings of pricing that aligns with either of these?

Seems to be from a leaked flyer / catalogue:

Spoiler:

**SonicPara**

beast_gts wrote:
Seems to be from a leaked flyer / catalogue

Oh wow okay. What is the deal with the USD pricing then? When this is on the website for 220 GBP then it will only be about $291 USD when the payment is converted at the bank/paypal level.

I also take it this means it is going up within the month?

**Alpharius**

FW's 'conversion rate' is laughable at this point!

**whalemusic360**

The usd prices are what they use at shows that are state side like Adepticon. It is almost never worth getting due to the inflated conversion rates, especially if you can hit free shipping at the 250gbp point.

**Peregrine**

whalemusic360 wrote:
The usd prices are what they use at shows that are state side like Adepticon. It is almost never worth getting due to the inflated conversion rates, especially if you can hit free shipping at the 250gbp point.

This. This is nothing new, FW have been doing this for years. Their catalog prices are always set on a principle of "make 200% sure that no matter what the exchange rate does between when we print the catalog and when the customer places an order we will make a profit", and it's never worth buying in anything but GBP.

Also, getting a catalog early is not new, it's happened in the past. It's probably legitimate.

**MajorWesJanson**

Peregrine wrote:
whalemusic360 wrote:
The usd prices are what they use at shows that are state side like Adepticon. It is almost never worth getting due to the inflated conversion rates, especially if you can hit free shipping at the 250gbp point.

This. This is nothing new, FW have been doing this for years. Their catalog prices are always set on a principle of "make 200% sure that no matter what the exchange rate does between when we print the catalog and when the customer places an order we will make a profit", and it's never worth buying in anything but GBP.

Also, getting a catalog early is not new, it's happened in the past. It's probably legitimate.

FW has been set at the 1.65 USD to the pound in the catalogue for years now.

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

Some of them had Australian prices which are bonkers, but they never charge that much, 'cause everything is in £.

**Crazyterran**

Did anyone notice the prices go up a bit? Ultramarines Praetorian Torsos went from 11 quid to 12. Looking at it, almost everything went up .5 - 2 quid.

**Carnikang**

Hey guys, noticed this yesterday (busy busy) on my FB. had made a comment somewhere and they responded 26 days later after the fact.

Probably just stirring the pot or what not.

**CragHack**

Crazyterran wrote:
Did anyone notice the prices go up a bit? Ultramarines Praetorian Torsos went from 11 quid to 12. Looking at it, almost everything went up .5 - 2 quid.

Even more. Brass Scorpion is now 160 (was 155), Questoris Knights are 125 (was 120), Warhound Titan weapons are 43 (used to be 40)... Hey, at least Warlord Titan stayed at 1250. I just opened my order history and Cerastus Knight - Atrapos went from 175 to 185 in a period of almost 3 years.

**beast_gts**

The Horus Heresy: Age of Darkness Rulebook Delayed

We know that you were expecting to be able to pre-order the Horus Heresy Age of Darkness Rulebook, but we’re afraid you’ll have to wait a little longer before you can order your copy.
As your constant companion in your Legion’s battles in the 31st Millennium, it’s important that the Horus Heresy rulebook is as good as it can possibly be. Following a print quality check, the decision has been made to delay the rulebook in order to make sure it meets the exacting standards you expect from all Forge World products.
We know you’re eager to get battling in the Age of Darkness, and you can rest assured that the team at Forge World are working as hard as they can to get the rulebook ready as soon as possible, and it will have all the great content we promised it would.

**alleus**

The Horus Heresy book is delayed with no new release date, because of quality checks.

Read more here.

EDIT: Aww, ninja'd!

**Looky Likey**

FW doing quality checks on rulebooks? Wow, it really is a new GW.

**xttz**

Looky Likey wrote:
FW doing quality checks on rulebooks? Wow, it really is a new GW.

Perhaps it required fewer errata than the 8E indexes, so they had to add in more mistakes to meet the usual standards we expect from Forge World products

**zedmeister**

Bloody hell, what have they found? Sounds quite serious. As in, pulp the full run and reprint serious...

**CragHack**

I'm more amazed that they actually waited for Friday to announce 'no new releases'.