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Voss wrote:

 Mad Doc Grotsnik wrote:
Oh goddamit.

I’m jonesing over here, GW! Just like, release it already.

If not a release, then a rough window. I'm putting off buying stuff for other projects because I don't know if this is coming soon or coming 'you know, whenever.'
And the weird 40k schedule isn't helping either. 'We're going to talk about War Zone whatever.' Great, but... is there other chaos stuff coming with Be'lakor? Do I need to get some 'start collectings' before a price rise? Are there orks before June? Something, anything? Bueller?

I mean, I guess I can keep not spending money just in case this comes out before April. Or in April. Or maybe May.
Let me plan my hobby budget, idiots.

See, they rely on impulsive purchases for stuff like this. You feel you HAVE to have this so it doesn't really matter when it's released or how much notice you get. But if they put out the newest version of "Captain Blahbiitty blah" then you might fail that Will save and buy it too!

Oh great, we're getting another hot mess 40k box set first. Very disappointing.

Billicus wrote:
Oh great, we're getting another hot mess 40k box set first. Very disappointing.

That's no surprise. This boxset was teased ages ago, way before we even had an inkling of Cursed City. Plus, its just a normal, weekly release kind of set. People will buy it for the sisters and lelith, and then try to sell the DE half online

Billicus wrote:
Oh great, we're getting another hot mess 40k box set first. Very disappointing.

It pushes potential CC release dates out past my payday, so I'm OK with it

Every time I think I am done with GW, they drag me back with awesome new releases.

Time for one of my fav things in the world: Tiles!!!

Pretty!


Just release it already!

Or at least tell us when. I've got a month with 3 pay days rather than the usual 2 coming up, and I want to budget for it.

These look hand drawn. Bravo GW. Better than the Silver Tower computer composites...

 Mad Doc Grotsnik wrote:
Pretty!


Just release it already!

No, I dont have money

Wonder if the tiles are revealed like previous Warhammer Quest or if the map is set at the beginning of the game like in Black Fortress.

The gateways are a bit underwhelming. Would have love to have plastic models for those. Oh well, it's not like it's hard to find / build.

I notice there are different "gateway-like" at the sides of the board showed. Looking like exits / entrances ? One is different from the others. Maybe reinforcements entries ?

 SlaveToDorkness wrote:

Voss wrote:

 Mad Doc Grotsnik wrote:
Oh goddamit.

I’m jonesing over here, GW! Just like, release it already.

If not a release, then a rough window. I'm putting off buying stuff for other projects because I don't know if this is coming soon or coming 'you know, whenever.'
And the weird 40k schedule isn't helping either. 'We're going to talk about War Zone whatever.' Great, but... is there other chaos stuff coming with Be'lakor? Do I need to get some 'start collectings' before a price rise? Are there orks before June? Something, anything? Bueller?

I mean, I guess I can keep not spending money just in case this comes out before April. Or in April. Or maybe May.
Let me plan my hobby budget, idiots.

See, they rely on impulsive purchases for stuff like this. You feel you HAVE to have this so it doesn't really matter when it's released or how much notice you get. But if they put out the newest version of "Captain Blahbiitty blah" then you might fail that Will save and buy it too!

If that's what they rely on, they're idiots. I feel I want this, not 'have to have' it, so I'm not spending on current projects I could get distracted from.
They've set up the exact opposite of impulsive purchases.

Sarouan wrote:
Wonder if the tiles are revealed like previous Warhammer Quest or if the map is set at the beginning of the game like in Black Fortress.

The gateways are a bit underwhelming. Would have love to have plastic models for those. Oh well, it's not like it's hard to find / build.

I notice there are different "gateway-like" at the sides of the board showed. Looking like exits / entrances ? One is different from the others. Maybe reinforcements entries ?

the once at the sides could also be spawning points

They're okayish but I get the feeling GW didn't put in a lot of effort on rules and components other than the miniatures.

Nothing give that impression.
Yet anyway..

The inconsistent colour grading is a bit off putting, it's like it's nighttime outside but daytime inside.

Billicus wrote:
The inconsistent colour grading is a bit off putting, it's like it's nighttime outside but daytime inside.

I mean..
maybe it is exactly that..?

Maybe some of the indoor areas have lights.

Crazy, I know...

In at least two of those rooms you can see sun beams coming in from windows. No torches or candles or anything like that. It really does look like daytime indoors and nightime outdoors. Not sure what to make of that.

 NephMakes wrote:
In at least two of those rooms you can see sun beams coming in from windows. No torches or candles or anything like that. It really does look like daytime indoors and nightime outdoors. Not sure what to make of that.

Tyrion beams in mysterious ways?

 lord marcus wrote:

 NephMakes wrote:
In at least two of those rooms you can see sun beams coming in from windows. No torches or candles or anything like that. It really does look like daytime indoors and nightime outdoors. Not sure what to make of that.

Tyrion beams in mysterious ways?

Tyrion melts steel beams?!

 H.B.M.C. wrote:
Maybe some of the indoor areas have lights.

Crazy, I know...

Yeah sure, but they're drawn in such a way as to suggest shafts of bright daylight coming in through windows.


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 NephMakes wrote:
In at least two of those rooms you can see sun beams coming in from windows. No torches or candles or anything like that. It really does look like daytime indoors and nightime outdoors. Not sure what to make of that.

Yeah this.

I'm wondering if they are reversible, with day-time on one side and night-time on the other, as the night time one with the flowerbed is the same shape (flipped) as the daylight one with the skull and cross-swords on the floor. It might be that each map is set up either daytime or night-time, and they are just trying to show off the tiles by mixing them?

They're purposefully colored different to differentiate them. Indoor tones are different because they have different light sources and the artists understand this because they have years more formal study and training than the average dakkanaut who doesn't.

Probably the tiles will represent both day and night, so they just went with something atmospheric. The light through the windows could be the sun, or it could also be the moon. This is why the light from the windows is a neutral whitish color. The moon isn't blue, it doesn't shine blue light.

I like the tiles though, I think they look really good and have some real inspiration behind them.

Lighting.

If you’re hunting Vampires, do try to do it in daylight. It is advisable.

They've all got the same light source for the most part - the sun. They probably are reversible, but that makes it a weird choice to take the photo with the indoor ones clearly on the daylight side and the outdoor ones on night.


That whole "they have years of study you don't" thing is laughable, any idiot can see what I'm talking about, it is jarring as hell.

I like it. For a 2D play area (I’m sure some champion of the people will create stl files for 3D gaming), it offers a clear delineation between indoor and outdoor locations.

And it’s clear the city is meant to be crowded and higgledy piggledy. I dunno if anyone else has been to Brighton, but it’s very much like The Lanes. Twisting, winding, super narrow alleys and streets.

If the outdoors are meant to be night, why do they have shadows?

I doubt the tiles are reversible for day/night. But who knows after all.

Leggy wrote:
If the outdoors are meant to be night, why do they have shadows?

Because at night, sunlight reflects off the moon, this tends to be represented in art by soft light with a blue tint. But I haven't had the years of art school necessary to know that so this comment must be a figment of your imagination