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Dreadfleet 2.0: Dread Fleeter

EDIT they are Underworlds coins so this is likely for the Ogor Pirate warband

 Kanluwen wrote:

Spoiler:

Maybe you lot will finally get Vampirates!

That would be terrible. We'd need a new meme.

 Theophony wrote:
Dreadfleet 2.0: Dread Fleeter

Dredflytte. It's AoS. You have to spell it right!

I don't see those coins as ogor-y, but I'm still in the ogor pirate camp.

I'm telling you, that treasure chest rumor engine has to be for a pirate maneater

 Togusa wrote:
Whatever happened with the [Redacted] Chaos Worshipping Eldar lore that was in the 8E Craftwords Codex? Have they done anything with that yet?

The same thing that happened to the genestealer-grafting Vorgani dark eldar from the 8th edition codex: ignored for the next edition and not mentioned in the codex!

 GaroRobe wrote:
I don't see those coins as ogor-y, but I'm still in the ogor pirate camp.

I'm telling you, that treasure chest rumor engine has to be for a pirate maneater

It looks stylized much the same as the Necromunda skullquila, in this case mashing together a skull and flames.

I don't think we have any faction from Aqshy that fits the pirate bill, but undead occasionally have spectral flames. Vampirates, ghost pirates or zombie pirates seems more likely to me than ogres if we base our guesses on the coins.

But yeah, that chest if I remember correctly looked so much like a paymaster chest that it would be odd not to be related to a mercenary unit or faction.

Maybe it's urgold and the flamey dwarfs take to the high seas at last!

We're in Ulgu, not Aqshy.

Ulgu has Misthavn, a literal pirate home.

The coins are generic coins (glory tokens) for the Underworlds game I wouldn't read anything into the design it just points to an Underworlds reveal with a nautical theme by the wording and map.

Whatever it is will probably fit the ship back rumour engine

Warhammer day promotions - "special price" bundles

But that’s not all – look out for yet more Warhammer Day promotions this weekend on Games-Workshop.com, where we’ll have special prices on a range of sets to help get you started with new games

I have classes tomorrow half hour after the show starts.

Not like I can't split the screen.

So based on the countdown, Warcry Red Harvest, blood bowl human team, Nurgle for AoS, and Ogre Warband for Underworlds seems what’s on the menu for tomorrow.

And there's going to be some Warhammer Day store offers - there's some terrain bundles up already on the UK site.

Specials look like a 30% reduction across the board, at least from a glance at the AU site. The Charadon terrain set would be tempting if I wanted the cardboard bits.

Dominion down to £87.50 they're really struggling to shift it.

My gods its happening - GW is doing DISCOUNTS

The end times are here - confusion and chaos spread!

GW doing actual discounts on products? That is genuinely a surprise, I never thought that would happen...

I'm not that familiar with the Charadon box or the thing that's bundled with it for this "deal."

Is the gist of it that you effectively get a couple of cardboard play surfaces for -X%?

If that's the case I'm gonna go ahead and assume that this sale only exists because nobody is interested in buying the expensive cardboard and GW has more stock sitting around than they want.

It's almost like a real, actual, genuine sale. Never thought I'd see that from GW. Even if it has an air of clearance about it.

 DaveC wrote:
Dominion down to £87.50 they're really struggling to shift it.

Thats a good price.... if you want the ugly orcs too.

Warcry Catacombs is heavily discounted too.

 Geifer wrote:
It's almost like a real, actual, genuine sale. Never thought I'd see that from GW. Even if it has an air of clearance about it.

Totally this. Looking at what’s on offer, it’s a stock clear-out for end of line stuff. The Underworlds sets, the Sigmar “launch box”, even the original AI box, all stuff that’s been sitting around for a while not shifting, and has to go. I’m not complaining - the Sigmar box is now cheaper than my usual online FLGS, and if I didn’t have a pre-pre-order in with them for the Killteam Sisters/Tau box this weekend, I’d be sorely tempted. But, hey, only so much in the hobby budget…

Wow, I just got put into a queue waiting to get to the main website. Bananas

 The Power Cosmic wrote:
Wow, I just got put into a queue waiting to get to the main website. Bananas

Not really, this is GW's new approach to big events to save their servers after last year.

The new Killteam box went up on the NZ and AUS sites about 20 minutes ago so the queue is in place for that more than the bundles.

 Altruizine wrote:
I'm not that familiar with the Charadon box or the thing that's bundled with it for this "deal."

Is the gist of it that you effectively get a couple of cardboard play surfaces for -X%?

If that's the case I'm gonna go ahead and assume that this sale only exists because nobody is interested in buying the expensive cardboard and GW has more stock sitting around than they want.

The Mechanicus terrain has always confused me so I'm not that familiar myself, but looking at the individual boxes makes me think the inherent discount of the bundle box isn't just free cardboard boards but some of it is in the plastic terrain as well.

I don't think people are just put off by the included cardboard artificially increasing the price or decreasing the discount on the things people actually want from the box. While GW's terrain is certainly neat and plastic is always a selling point, GW has overinflated terrain price pretty considerable in recent years. Creating a board from GW terrain is not a cheap proposition and bundles these days tend to decrease the price of terrain from ridiculously expensive to just overly expensive. I think the last time we saw good terrain bundles was in the first year of the previous Kill Team edition. With such prices still in people's memories, the new prices are a hard sale even after a bundle discount.

Speaking of discounts, I just checked with my online retailer of choice and MSRP for the box should be 120€ and GW discounts it to 112€. Unless the former is an old price and there's been an MSRP increase in the meantime, it's not that great a deal especially when you put it next to the Warcy box or Dominion.

 The Power Cosmic wrote:
Wow, I just got put into a queue waiting to get to the main website. Bananas

Me, too, but only for 15 seconds or so. I assume they timed the launch of the discount boxes so they could just leave the queue system on for pre-orders tomorrow. With the release of a new Kill Team box and time limited models, that would be one of those instances when on it's on.


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 DaveC wrote:
The new Killteam box went up on the NZ and AUS sites about 20 minutes ago so the queue is in place for that more than the bundles.

Hah! Those crazy Antipodeans, shamelessly living in the future!

jullevi wrote:
Warcry Catacombs is heavily discounted too.

Still more expensive than the original Warcry box that came with more models and way more terrain. :(

 Mad Doc Grotsnik wrote:
Well, they did have a French Letter dispenser in the bogs at Warhammer World.

Whilst I think it’s now gone, that has to be the most optimistic Blob Machine the world has ever known!

Could you repeat that without the slang? Because I have no earthly idea what it is you were trying to say.

Bob Lorgar wrote:

 Mad Doc Grotsnik wrote:
Well, they did have a French Letter dispenser in the bogs at Warhammer World.

Whilst I think it’s now gone, that has to be the most optimistic Blob Machine the world has ever known!

Could you repeat that without the slang? Because I have no earthly idea what it is you were trying to say.

Condom machine

GW has the weirdest discount system. Every other comapany is able to state the regular price, cross it out and give you the percentage you are saving. That is the 101 of discounting. I'm not angry, I'm just amazed that they are repeatedly unaware of anything anyone else does on the planet.

But then, it doesn't matter for me anyway. Only 9 items, and only one is remotely interesting for me. But I already have enough terrain (and pile of shame). I hope anyone else finds something intersting there.