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Presumably because it sells well. It’s also likely cheap to produce for, as each Warband is a single sprue. And with baked in seasonal availability, you’ve a sales encouragement.
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What are the odds the Custodes get the rest of their resin models in plastic?
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Same. Makes me think that any upcoming release will be something routine that don't really fit into a big preview show, like plastic Armigers or terrain.
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Mad Doc Grotsnik wrote: Presumably because it sells well. It’s also likely cheap to produce for, as each Warband is a single sprue. And with baked in seasonal availability, you’ve a sales encouragement.
Seasonality is GW's holy grail. You just know the council of suits are drooling at the idea of being able to rotate out models as quickly in all their games as they're doing in Kill Team.
I just threw up in my mouth a little - unfortunate, when pizza is on the way.
Seems a safe bet that the 40k side of things should be 11th, but I guess it could be more about Armageddon - or maybe both?
No idea who's due for AOS - do we have a currently-valid roadmap, or are we pulling guesses from thin air (and/or video hints) at the moment? Rumour engine teases do indicate CoS, admittedly.
I'd be happy with a wave of SA stuff, especially if it means we get the Ogryns from LI in plastic. Maybe also the other heavy weapon Mymidon Destructors for the Mechanicum, if we're lucky?
Has the Tomb World series of sets finished for Kill Team, or would this be the last set of that wave?
No idea on Underworlds - again, are we still within scope of an existing roadmap?
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Confirmation of why no-one should listen to Kanluwen when it comes to the IG - he doesn't want the IG, he want's Kan's New Model Army...
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I just threw up in my mouth a little - unfortunate, when pizza is on the way.
Seems a safe bet that the 40k side of things should be 11th, but I guess it could be more about Armageddon - or maybe both?
No idea who's due for AOS - do we have a currently-valid roadmap, or are we pulling guesses from thin air (and/or video hints) at the moment? Rumour engine teases do indicate CoS, admittedly.
I'd be happy with a wave of SA stuff, especially if it means we get the Ogryns from LI in plastic. Maybe also the other heavy weapon Mymidon Destructors for the Mechanicum, if we're lucky?
Has the Tomb World series of sets finished for Kill Team, or would this be the last set of that wave?
No idea on Underworlds - again, are we still within scope of an existing roadmap?
All rumours state CoS is next with a big wave. Also on the cards are 'new dwarves again' and an ogre do-over in the run up to 5th edition.
Mad Doc Grotsnik wrote: Presumably because it sells well. It’s also likely cheap to produce for, as each Warband is a single sprue. And with baked in seasonal availability, you’ve a sales encouragement.
Seasonality is GW's holy grail. You just know the council of suits are drooling at the idea of being able to rotate out models as quickly in all their games as they're doing in Kill Team.
And it's anathema to a hobby game where people might take months to paint their models and only play once or twice a year, and is why I've largely given up on actually *playing* their games and just treat them as a boutique model company for mini agnostic games now.
Mad Doc Grotsnik wrote: Also surprised we’ve nowt for The Old World. Pretty sure all those in the initial books now have their armies, and Cathay is seemingly complete.
So….what’s coming next then?
I'm fairly sure ToW is rarely featured in shows but gets big drops anyway? Didn't the whole Marauder glowup drop on a random Monday a week or two away from a preview show?
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On the lack of Legions Imperialis, the game will reach the end of it's presumed three year cycle at the end of this year. We might be looking at a new core boxed game as the next notable release.
And it's anathema to a hobby game where people might take months to paint their models and only play once or twice a year, and is why I've largely given up on actually *playing* their games and just treat them as a boutique model company for mini agnostic games now.
I feel the same way. I was into AOS at one point but the models I bought with Frostgrave in mind.
Mad Doc Grotsnik wrote: Also surprised we’ve nowt for The Old World. Pretty sure all those in the initial books now have their armies, and Cathay is seemingly complete.
So….what’s coming next then?
It's actually the second time it isn't features in one of their big preview events. Apart from another wave of cathay (third book about Cathay in half a year) which had already been previewed 5 months ago we've seen exactly nothing new or previewed apart from a few MTO's of old models.
The release has no real consistency: every army and book released in a year and a half(which was needed, i get that), a whole new army, some nicely redone core troops for another army (chaos warriors) and some story driven arcane journals the half year following that and after that...nothing new previewed for 5 months, barely anything about the game on the Community in months.
It's just all over the place.
Maybe they are just trying to catch up after underestimating the popularity of the game, but to me it does feel like it looses some momentum right now. With the new edition of 40k over the summer I can't see there being much room for the game in the near future either.
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SamusDrake wrote: The Old World might ease up a bit for the rest of the year as next january it will be three years old. Mordheim might also make a return...
Time for a second edition of Old World! Maybe compile all those Cathay journals into one big book about the army, and then a second round of those for every army with a new character or unit, then on into Kislev.
Mad Doc Grotsnik wrote: Presumably because it sells well. It’s also likely cheap to produce for, as each Warband is a single sprue. And with baked in seasonal availability, you’ve a sales encouragement.
Seasonality is GW's holy grail. You just know the council of suits are drooling at the idea of being able to rotate out models as quickly in all their games as they're doing in Kill Team.
And it's anathema to a hobby game where people might take months to paint their models and only play once or twice a year, and is why I've largely given up on actually *playing* their games and just treat them as a boutique model company for mini agnostic games now.
Agreed, but such is the conflict of interest between customer and company. We want as much value as possible from our purchase, while GW wants to reduce it. It's a tug of war that will never end.
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Not sure that follows.
Once I’ve bought some models? They’re mine. And whether you paint them or not, once assembled they’re usable near as dammit forever. The more we use them, the more value we get from the initial investment.
Sure, stuff is replaced, stuff is Legended. Whether a unit still fits in your army can be subject to change due to codex etc updates. But it’s not like GW are sending round the heavy mob to smash your existing collection up, is it?
Oldhammer is a tricky one. Not only can it be difficult to find a gaming group for your preferred edition or era, but in any given edition or era there are armies which got the poopy end of the stick, which can make it discouraging to people trying it out. And so whilst I’ll champion playing whichever edition tickles your fancy, I’m not going to present it as a solution due to those restrictions.
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Once I’ve bought some models? They’re mine. And whether you paint them or not, once assembled they’re usable near as dammit forever. The more we use them, the more value we get from the initial investment.
Obviously the models are not being smashed. But some people are more gameplay-oriented than others. If you are someone who are, being told that your 3 Raveners or Stealth Suits are now unusable because the new box is in 5s definitely stings (to say nothing of stuff just being tossed, like the Horus Heresy rug pull at the start of 40k 10e).
Or the example given being Kill Team, where teams that are just a few years old are no longer playable because GW wants to keep the treadmill spinning.
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Very much the same (well, maybe I'm a bit more pointed to proper Tilea and Estalia lists, and mercs getting ported over to the border princes) but it would be a crazy surprise to see that happening before Kislev.
Mad Doc Grotsnik wrote: Presumably because it sells well. It’s also likely cheap to produce for, as each Warband is a single sprue. And with baked in seasonal availability, you’ve a sales encouragement.
Seasonality is GW's holy grail. You just know the council of suits are drooling at the idea of being able to rotate out models as quickly in all their games as they're doing in Kill Team.
And it's anathema to a hobby game where people might take months to paint their models and only play once or twice a year, and is why I've largely given up on actually *playing* their games and just treat them as a boutique model company for mini agnostic games now.
I didn’t think people actually played kill team. joking a bit, but I kinda just think of it as a 40K delivery system. So they can put releases out as a single box for some factions. Would be curious if they have good numbers for it separate from 40K
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