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 lord_blackfang wrote:
Anyone taking bets on how much they're jacking up BSF price?

20%?

 Mad Doc Grotsnik wrote:
I wouldn’t say no to a reprint of the card packs, particularly the one I missed.

Completionist weirdo right here!

All I am missing is the Abominable Intellect deck...and while I am a completionist at heart, I am content on not spending hundreds of dollars for a deck of cards...

Still, it is only cards...it can't cost that much to do a print run of 1000 or so.

I think that’s the same one I’m missing.

 lord_blackfang wrote:
Anyone taking bets on how much they're jacking up BSF price?

Just take a look.

So not at all then in the U.K. Same old £95 its always been.

Why would they raise the price now anyway? It's just a restock and the annual price increase only comes in March.

 Mad Doc Grotsnik wrote:
So not at all then in the U.K. Same old £95 its always been.

Well, whenever I took a look in the shop in the past year(s), BSF was there (albeit not the German version or any expansions), so the WarCom announcement was kind of confusing. Maybe it was OOP in other regions?

BSF is a good game and worth it at the current price. With a bit of discount you really can't go wrong

I'd recommend the extra effort to locate the 2019 annual and The Dreaded Ambull, as they add a lot more bang for buck. It made BSF feel like The Mines of Moria in space; in the end it all comes down to Espern and the Ambull...

"RRRRRROOOOOOOAAAAARRRRR!!!!"

"Seriously ol'chap...you shall not pass."

...which is more like Gnaws and John Steed, but you get the idea. Just do as I command and treat yourself already!

Ah BSF. If you're getting promo from Warcom, might the day ever come when I get another shot at the Ambull I missed?

Had it gone to "Last Chance to Buy" before simply disappearing forever, I would have known there was a risk of losing my shot; unfortunately, GW doesn't effectively use "Last Chance to Buy."

I'd buy another Zoat or two as well- I'd like to be able to run a small zoat crew for a narrative arc with radical Ordo Xenos types.

BSF is £95 for now but goes up to £105 on 7th March
Cultists go from £15 to £16

I'd be tempted if they let us know about the expansions coming back. As I got into the hobby about halfway through the BSF run some of the expansions were already OOS and the thought of enjoying it and then not being able to get the expansions was frustrating. I fear if this re-release is to gauge the interest in continual support of BSF it may not be enough as people wait to see how much support it gets.

It doesn’t really need support. The base game is enjoyable and complete, even if none of the expansions get rereleased, and I find that unlikely. As a self contained board game it also doesn’t need on going balance support and constant fiddling with options and points costs.

I wasn't arguing for balance changes as due to the nature of the game that is unnecessary.

Ascension is now OOP despite containing the end of the game (or that is what GW made it out to be). I'd be very weary of buying a narrative game where yes a game can be played from rules stand point completely with just the base box but the story is only wrapped up in an unavailable expansion.

Not Curse City related, but since we're talking about Blackstone Fortress, I wonder if GW will re-release the "Servants of the Abyss" set, which was basically just half of the chaos fodder (since the main set just has two sprues of those.)

Given that the original set was a pretty good price, but the more recent releases are ridiculously priced (Radukar's Court, the characters/units bundles from Indomitus and AOS, etc), I imagine they'd just jack the price way, way up.

Looks like you'll be missing out then.

The BSF core set was up for sale at GW long after the expansions had vanished to eBay. As such, I really wouldn't hold out much hope for the expansions to come back.

The BSF core game wraps up its' story as is. Its like you can watch Alien without ever watching ALIENS or Alien3, as opposed to Fellowship of the Ring which is definitely left unresolved and relies on watching Towers and King for the complete story.

For £95 its a complete experience, but if you can get it with discount then I'd say don't miss out. Warhammer Quest is only getting more expensive and it could be a while before we see another 40K quest game.

Only thing I'd recommend is to remove the combat cards with four enemy groups as the combats can tend to drag on sometimes, especially without a player to take control of the hostiles. Maybe dial down the number of exploration cards too, maybe 2 combat and 2 challenge cards for your first expedition.

You can speed up the gameplay quite a bit by rolling once in the behavior table for each hex with enemies, not for each individual enemy model

Yes, definitely worth doing with the 4 enemy group battles.

Cursed City back next week:

https://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/list/1950/799474.page

 Inquisitor Gideon wrote:
Cursed City back next week:

https://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/list/1950/799474.page

On a 2-week MTO (according to the video)...

Ah gakballs, what did it go for in Euro's last time around? Do want it, but budget is tight as is, FFS.

Cursed City link from GW's email, which is currently dead (404'ing).

 BrookM wrote:
Ah gakballs, what did it go for in Euro's last time around? Do want it, but budget is tight as is, FFS.

€155 that was direct from GW just checked my account

beast_gts wrote:
Cursed City link from GW's email, which is currently dead (404'ing).

Yeah, I just got that email and error as well. So weird...

A 2-week made to order? Does that mean it won't be available after those two weeks?

SamusDrake wrote:
A 2-week made to order? Does that mean it won't be available after those two weeks?

Pretty much.

Unless there’s an entirely hypothetical future MTO.

And assuming they don’t make it Big GW Store exclusive. Again entirely hypothetical.

I find the idea of it not be available odd as they've already stated they're making expansions. Not much point making expansions without a core set to play them with. Unless every expansion will be MTO only.

 Inquisitor Gideon wrote:
Unless every expansion will be MTO only.

Or they MTO the main box every time they release an expansion...

I wonder what their minimum order level is for a MTO run?

 DaveC wrote:

 BrookM wrote:
Ah gakballs, what did it go for in Euro's last time around? Do want it, but budget is tight as is, FFS.

€155 that was direct from GW just checked my account

OOF, cheers for checking though.