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 Looky Likey wrote:
I enjoyed that audio drama as well, are there more planned?

Apparently there are more planned but crazily only on audio. No novels to come from the series at all. I think this is a pity good characters with good scope for a solid series. Requires a book to properly flesh it out

Personally I feel some series would work better in shorter audio format than others. The performance of the actors really helps in selling this.

I like the audios but they are so short it feels rushed and I feel a little cheated out of the wider story as they tend to focus on such a short period of time. I like longer novels for detail.

Fabled hero of the Warhammer Old World, Gotrek Gurnisson is reborn and cast into the Age of Sigmar for a brand-new, feature-length audio adventure.

Gotrek Gurnisson was the greatest monster slayer of the age, who met his doom at the End Times. The heroic duardin stepped forth into the Realm of Chaos to fight the daemons gnawing at the world's ending and satisfy his death oath, leaving behind his companion Felix Jaeger. Now Gotrek has returned, having outlived the old gods and the Old World. Spat from the ruinous depths with his redemption unfulfilled, he emerges into the Mortal Realms, a strange new world where gods walk the earth and dark forces are ascendant. Nothing is as he remembers. His oaths are dust, and the lands are torn asunder by Chaos. Yet when Gotrek learns of human champions being elevated to immortality for Sigmar’s fight against this darkness, the so-called 'Stormcast Eternals', he knows why fate has brought him into this new age. To find Felix. For only then can he find the peace in death he seeks. But is there more to Gotrek's apotheosis than even he can fathom? Has he truly been chosen by Grimnir and for what purpose?

This audio drama boxed set contains a four-part story read by a stellar cast, recounting the much anticipated return of Gotrek Gurnisson.

You've gotta hand it to Gotrek, not even the end of the world can finish him properly.

He's back. And he's looking for his bro and kick ass. And his bro is nowhere to be seen now.

I foresee mobile users whining soon.

Also, that description..

Yup I am getting that when it comes out.

Ah goodie, so they can't even stick with their own material for a couple of years. Wonder who else they're going to dig up and rob of the tiny shred of catharsis and closure the End Times could charitably be credited with giving.

As much as I love Gotrek I reckon this is pretty pathetic. I think AoS fiction has been struggling after the disaster of the realm gate wars. They need good new fiction to bring people in, not bringing back old dead characters. Dallas all over again

I wonder if it's a setup to explore the forging of a stormcast, and what happens to destroy their memories after reforging,

Gotrex seeks out and finds Felix who now remembers nothing , the teller of tales and chronicler wordless

 Knockagh wrote:
As much as I love Gotrek I reckon this is pretty pathetic. I think AoS fiction has been struggling after the disaster of the realm gate wars. They need good new fiction to bring people in, not bringing back old dead characters. Dallas all over again

And it's struggling based on...

Because, really, I would say it's on a faaaar wealthier and healthier spot now than back in 2015-2016.

Black Library in general feels like it is slowly recovering from the pit they fell into a few years back, especially prioritizing hardbacks for HH and LE/Premium/bite-sized/minute-reads nonsense.

It helps that new releases, while in hardback, are competitively priced now at €22,- which IMHO is a good move.

That authors pump out a lot of good stuff (YMMV obv) at a steadier pace is also good. Two Imperial Knight novels in the span of two years is great, it usually takes much longer for a sequel to happen.

Can't wait for the next installment of Eight Lamentations either.

Now if only they'd speed up the release schedule of their legacy formats..

 BrookM wrote:
Personally I feel some series would work better in shorter audio format than others. The performance of the actors really helps in selling this.

Same for me. I really like the audio dramas as they are more like radio plays than an audio book, just wish Radio 4 with their bigger budger would do an adaptation of HH. The short form audio books I don't like so much.

 Knockagh wrote:

 Looky Likey wrote:
I enjoyed that audio drama as well, are there more planned?

Apparently there are more planned but crazily only on audio. No novels to come from the series at all. I think this is a pity good characters with good scope for a solid series. Requires a book to properly flesh it out

All of the Garro audios were finally published as a novel with additional linking sections.

You may have to wait a couple of years......

 BrookM wrote:
It helps that new releases, while in hardback, are competitively priced now at €22,- which IMHO is a good move.

That authors pump out a lot of good stuff (YMMV obv) at a steadier pace is also good. Two Imperial Knight novels in the span of two years is great, it usually takes much longer for a sequel to happen.

Can't wait for the next installment of Eight Lamentations either.

Now if only they'd speed up the release schedule of their legacy formats..

read the preview of the Imperial Knight novel and loved it - almost BattleTech like so ordered the first one - reading tonight.

Various novels looking forward to but especially 2nd part of the Eight Lamentations should be great - love the characters and world building and Mortarch of Blood cos Neferata.

Hoping we may get a Daughters of Khaine novel.

Still holding out hope for new Ciaphas Cain book or even a third book in the Dark Heresy series by the same author

Gotrek - I liked the books but often was more interested in the support characters than the main duo.

I think that the Dark Heresy series is dead and gone now, while I want to learn how the story ends, the action was awfully dull in those books. Its main draws were the characters and the world building it did for the game itself.

I'm halfway through the second Imperial Knights novel and I am loving it. It has a current of hope running through it that other 40k novels don't have. It's still grimdark bolter fiction, but things feel less futile and depressing for a change.

I also dearly hope that elements from the novel will be picked up by GW proper for fleshing out the background and some of the mechanics. Sacristans driving around in massive Baneblade sized repair vehicles, festooned with point defence weaponry and servo-repair machinery for infield repairs and rearmament. Knights supported by swarms of servo-skulls and cherubs creating a network that fly overhead as an eye in the sky.

WE NEED DAMNED DROPKEEPS. Knights don't use landing craft, they don't use drop pods, hell no! They drop small castles / fortresses onto the planets below as an instant secure drop zone and base, then stride out from there!

 BrookM wrote:

WE NEED DAMNED DROPKEEPS. Knights don't use landing craft, they don't use drop pods, hell no! They drop small castles / fortresses onto the planets below as an instant secure drop zone and base, then stride out from there!

Hang out around appliance stores and ask for empty Washer/Dryer boxes!

I am tempted to build something like that for Armies on Parade next time.

 BrookM wrote:
I think that the Dark Heresy series is dead and gone now, while I want to learn how the story ends, the action was awfully dull in those books. Its main draws were the characters and the world building it did for the game itself.

Agreed!

I rather liked that series, and I'm kinda of bummed we'll never know what happened.

Last book ended on a rather big cliffhanger, IIRC?

The worst thing ever for any GM: a split party was about to come together again, only to be split once more.

That and their Inquisitor was absent for most of the story without any explanation given.

I wish it was a book and not audio drama, but I loved the oldhammer Gotrek and Felix books.

 Knockagh wrote:
As much as I love Gotrek I reckon this is pretty pathetic. I think AoS fiction has been struggling after the disaster of the realm gate wars. They need good new fiction to bring people in, not bringing back old dead characters. Dallas all over again

Disagree. Bringing back a familiar face and exposing them to an entirely different world, and getting their reactions, could be interesting and fun. It also gives me hope that my scaly boi Kroq-Gar gets remembered in all his glory into existence. I'd love to see a new Lizardmen/Seraphon story or novel.

 Carnikang wrote:

 Knockagh wrote:
As much as I love Gotrek I reckon this is pretty pathetic. I think AoS fiction has been struggling after the disaster of the realm gate wars. They need good new fiction to bring people in, not bringing back old dead characters. Dallas all over again

Disagree. Bringing back a familiar face and exposing them to an entirely different world, and getting their reactions, could be interesting and fun. It also gives me hope that my scaly boi Kroq-Gar gets remembered in all his glory into existence. I'd love to see a new Lizardmen/Seraphon story or novel.

Agreed.

Have you read Pestilans by Josh Reynolds - some great bits with the Seraphon in that

 Kid_Kyoto wrote:
I read something about him scaling back for a while, is it that simple?

There were health issues involved. Really glad that those have passed and he's back writing again.

provisional date etc etc I'm sure

https://www.amazon.com/dp/1784967335/

Inferno #1 Paperback – September 4, 2018

A new collection of short stories, penned by debut and established authors, showcasing the best works from across Black Library’s many universes.

The classic title returns as a new anthology of short stories, penned by debut and some of Black Library's fan-favourite authors. This collection showcases some of the best new works from across Games Workshop’s many universes; from the grim darkness of the 41st millennium, to the brutal underhive of Necromunda, through to the sprawling realms of the Age of Sigmar, and the savage sports fields of Blood Bowl. Featuring stories from Josh Reynolds and a new fantasy from Guy Haley, this anthology is a brutal, gritty, and occasionally fun, dash through some of Black Library’s newest short fiction.

That they are staying true to the old format pleases me immensely. Hopefully they'll offer subscriptions of these as well.

...this anthology is a brutal, gritty, and occasionally fun, dash through some of Black Library’s newest short fiction.

I mean, I *think* I know what they meant there, but still...

I think its a nod towards the more whimsical stuff like Blood Bowl, Ciaphas Cain and the like. Maybe a return of the good old comics they used to run in Inferno! back in the day, like Deff Skwadron and.. well not Obvious Tactics, blergh.

Right, that's what I thought, but it still reads funny - as if, you know, most of the stuff in there won't be fun to read!

Most of it is outright depressing, futile and grim dark, which would appeal to many of the vinegar pissers out there.