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Pancakey wrote:
So I contacted all the local GW’s in the area (5) and not one had stock of necromunda in store.

Is this game already dead?

GW stores don't carry Necromunda. They don't carry most of their specialist games, like blood bowl, titanicus, LOTR. They carry the big 40k and AoS stuff.

Is it a dead game? heck no. There are a lot of really loyal players. It just has a slow release schedule, that's all.

My local GW stocks AT & Necromunda(albeit) limited in selection.
the FLGS stocks pretty much every specialist game GW makes and judging by how the stocks ebb & flow, they cant keep BB/necromunda in the store. Titanicus & AI are another story as I'm only sure about 2-3 other players locally. Tho I am currently trying to set up a couple demo days for AI since it's one of the most fun games I've played in a while. I've had some interest from the local X-Wing players so hopefully we can get a campaign going.

Still playing and loving it here, my 1.5 year long campaign is still running. We've not even delved into the later books. Enough content to keep us going for years and now they bring out a plastic zone mortalis? This is expensive...

Not a dead game. Although I have not played a single game of it, I keep collecting minis, books and other stuff related to it. Not many of my friends play it, alot of focus is at 40k, aos and killteam. I still think that necromunda is a way better game than a killteam, for it's balance.

Necromunda is like DnD in a way. Whenever it's brought up, I hear a lot of people saying "Man, I'd love to play it, but I can't find a game."

Actively working to bring people in my city together to game more and slowly but surely it's working. For many of these specialist games, you gotta sometimes just push to make it happen. Show people how enthusiastic you are about it, the good points, the fun that can be had, the gorgeous models and terrain, and usually the rest comes together.

New starter, more gangs, more supplements. Seems pretty alive for me. Instead Aeronautica Imperialis seems already dead!

Johanxp wrote:
New starter, more gangs, more supplements. Seems pretty alive for me. Instead Aeronautica Imperialis seems already dead!

That game had a REALLY rough time getting off the ground. Only now, months later, are people starting to take notice of it. It is a really good, well-rounded game system, but the starter box being zero value (no full rules, pathetic paper map, need to buy full map, ground assets, and full rulebook outside of the starter set) and the built up hype for it being next to zero... that was rough..

Necromunda, as I said, has a really loyal fanbase that kept it alive for years of zero support. Now that it's getting some good releases, albeit slower than other GW games, it's at a really good point.

I had to wait a year for my Delaque.

drbored wrote:

Johanxp wrote:
New starter, more gangs, more supplements. Seems pretty alive for me. Instead Aeronautica Imperialis seems already dead!

That game had a REALLY rough time getting off the ground. Only now, months later, are people starting to take notice of it. It is a really good, well-rounded game system, but the starter box being zero value (no full rules, pathetic paper map, need to buy full map, ground assets, and full rulebook outside of the starter set) and the built up hype for it being next to zero... that was rough..

Necromunda, as I said, has a really loyal fanbase that kept it alive for years of zero support. Now that it's getting some good releases, albeit slower than other GW games, it's at a really good point.

Absolutely.

The game survived many, many years in a strong fashion without any GW support whatsoever (other than the rules being published and permission to keep the rules in circulation).

I would say other than Blood Bowl it was probably the most popular non-supported GW game, prior to the recent round of releases.

Take a look at YakTribe - the new releases have been lapped up by the community, the rules already with some player-community amendments, and I'm sure it will keep going for many, many years.

Think it all comes down to it being an extremely cool concept and a bloody brilliant game, so there will always be people that want to play it!