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http://gt.us.games-workshop.com/2008/gt_promo/default.htm

They are keeping the points at 1750.

They have gone to the check boxes for Sportsmanship and Painting.

Overall I like what they are doing.

One thing I found interesting:

Which Edition?
In some situations, we may have a change of rules editions during the season. Our standing rule for this situation is: If a new edition of a game system is released less than 60 days prior to the event in question, we will use the previous rules edition.

For complete clarity you should keep an eye on the Updates page of this site for the latest information.

This seems to confirm to me that 5th edition 40k is definitely on its way.

They're heading back to the Hotel's!

I'm totally happy with THAT decision. Sounds like a comback of the GT's of old. Finally.

1850 would have been better

Dave,

Thanks for taking the criticism. Putting these things together can be thankless and difficult.

I'll be looking forward to attending at least one of the GT's this year.

Dave... (If you're reading this)

Looks like some phenomenal work there.

Quick question: Was the exclusion of Dogs of War from the Fantasy side deliberate?

Bill

So only players who painted their own armies can win Best Overall. Very interesting...

And the daemon codex is called Codex: Daemonic Legions. I've heard it called so many things I was beginning to wonder.

Fare thee well my sweet Kroot Mercenaries...

Don't cry, they're taking you to a farm upstate where you'll play in flowery meadows with squats and zoats and lost and damned!

You'll be so happy you'll never even want to come back.

You will also find the Chaos Dwarves there too.

Looking solid.

Checklist sports is obviously influenced by Adepticon, though it's a bit longer. Actually resembles my system as much as it does Adepticon's.

We have the GW site blocked here at work so I can't check the site. Do we know when the tickets will be on sale yet?

Anyone know why they switched from 1850 to 1750?

Seems like a rather arbitrary decision, and I'm pretty sure I've never heard "why?".

Kid_Kyoto wrote:Fare thee well my sweet Kroot Mercenaries...

Don't cry, they're taking you to a farm upstate where you'll play in flowery meadows with squats and zoats and lost and damned!

You'll be so happy you'll never even want to come back.

The latest lottery winner is... Kroot Mercenaries... Congratulations, you're going to The Island where you will be reunited with our old friends the Squats and the Lost and the Damned...

I think in the past they had to many games going over the 2 1/2 hour limit. That could be a reason why they lowered it by 100 points.

1850 is a weird number, you have to admit.

And I prefer to think of that pasture as somewhere on the other side of a warp gate, where the Old Slann protect their creations from the universe that rejected them...

Seems like a nice blending of old and new ways. I like this. GT's are seem like they will have some old school appeal again. I do like that it is all in one place again in Hotel ballrooms. That means I can drink a lot if I want and then stumble back to my room.

Capt K

Negativemoney wrote:We have the GW site blocked here at work so I can't check the site. Do we know when the tickets will be on sale yet?

From GW's Site wrote:Tickets will go on sale May 5. Check back soon for more information.

gorgon wrote:1850 is a weird number, you have to admit.

And I prefer to think of that pasture as somewhere on the other side of a warp gate, where the Old Slann protect their creations from the universe that rejected them...

I'll admit that, but then, so is 1750!

Why not a nice round 1500?

and I just finished the kroot's for this

can stop working on there display board....dammmm

ther's actually a fair chance that they just overlooked them

Is this true Dave????

Do I need to bribe you with beer and chicken wings to keep them in

or begging

Blackmoor wrote:You will also find the Chaos Dwarves there too.

And the Dogs of War - who actually *had* an Army Book back in 5th Edition.

I like the song aboyt the dogs of war by Pink Floyd. The original singer of the band (Sid Barrett) went insane and they made the movie about his life.

- G

They did not overlook the Kroot. They have an apocalypse datasheet now, dontchaknow?

Damn, I hate seeing the most highly-converted armies fall by the wayside.

I know I'm in the minority, but I'm not crazy about quantitiative appearance judging. It inevitably ends up creating little spread between scores. But it looks to be a better system than the one they had a couple years ago, at least. Overall, I'm pretty happy with the rules this year.

Savnock wrote:They did not overlook the Kroot. They have an apocalypse datasheet now, dontchaknow?

Damn, I hate seeing the most highly-converted armies fall by the wayside.

Bah. If you don't like it, go play Apocalypse!TM*

*Go play Apocalypse! is GW's trademarked stock answer to any questions regarding rules issues, army list availability and balance problems for Warhammer 40,000, a miniatures wargame set in the grim darkness of the far future.

I think the way they broke it down will create a decent separation. It's definitely better than having the all-over-the-map scores we sometimes saw last year.

There was an army for Kroot Mercenaries?...lol (sarcasm)

Capt K

So the missions are the same as in the 2007 GT package?

As a separate topic: I don't like the Community Development Team referring to the players as “nerds”. Read: “...’geeking out’ with your nerd buddies” and “get ready for some great nerd weekends!” I don’t fit that mold and neither do certain other players. The majority of players my fit the label of nerd, but it alienates those that don’t.

~Logic

Sensitive much? Let the rest of us have a sense of humor about our nerdy hobby. I know you'll probably have three hot chicks with you at your table, so don't worry. We all know you're not a nerd like us.

What about those of us who go to GTs so we can try to pick up fellow nerds?

I kid, of course. I, as an internet male, obviously only go to the baltimore inner harbor to pick up chicks.