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Heard from my ususal source that Necromunda is getting a release at xmas

suggested that the original six gangs will be getting plastics releases.

this is not in response to SW:A, but rather was a planned release as part of the specialist games spin up.

did not say new terrain, but did say that the current release of terrain is not yet over and there is more to come.

source was previously correct on all of the releases for Gathering Storm a few months before release

Never had much interest in SW:A but if they release the original gang style Necromunda I'll be all over it.

Fingers crossed.

Meh, personally I have never been a fan of the punk/bands aesthetics, only the Redeemers.
But I'm glad for the people that really like it. I'm here, waiting for a new Mordheim. Frostgrave can do the trick but... Mordheim is Mordheim

If the gangs do all get plastic kits, that could be very interesting. A lot of potential for conversions and alternative models for chaos cultists, genestealer neophytes, imperial guardsmen and inquisitorial acolytes. Hopefully they update the styles a bit though.

I am hype, please be true! My current gang is just converted chaos cultists, would love a "proper" gang in plastic from GW!

Does that mean SW:A will only be just another cash grab like Kill Team was?

Necromunda with all OG gangs getting plastics? Much skepticism here...

 CragHack wrote:
Does that mean SW:A will only be just another cash grab like Kill Team was?

More like a tie in to push the new terrain kits. Just like the old cities of death or stronghold assault or planetstrike.

 Nostromodamus wrote:
Necromunda with all OG gangs getting plastics? Much skepticism here...

That would be six gangs right?
Right now we have four plastic bloodbowl teams released with a fifth confirmed and I'd be stunned if we didn't get one plastic elf team.
I don't think it's a crazy stretch.

Unlikely. Titanicus is next. GW said themselves plus stuff has been seen.
While itd be cool its unlikely

I suppose we could see the rulebook being reprinted (or being repurposed as a supplement for Shadow War), and perhaps an On Demand release of the gangs, but a boxed game? I don't think so.

To be really honest, I'd like to see it released, but not with the same six House gangs. Set it in a different Hive - move it to Trazior hive, invent six new Houses (no new rules required; the only rules difference was which skill table each gang had total access to) and that way there's something for new and old fans to get excited about.

This doesn't really fit with GW that well though. Unless they go a Blood Bowl route (which would be sad, because feth resin). Necromunda starts as one big box, but there would be a large amount of support models necessary.

Yeah, doubt it, at least the time slot. BB and SW prpbably guarantee a bigger plastic range for any planned SGs, though.

Give me the original gang designs (not the ugly SG ones) in plastic and some Redemptionists, bounty hunters and the undead rat in any medium and I'll add everthing to the pile'o'shame in double or tripple quantities.

Plastic Escher

 Motograter wrote:
Unlikely. Titanicus is next. GW said themselves plus stuff has been seen.
While itd be cool its unlikely

That was before it got pushed back a year because they were seeing the demand and decided not to do resin but go with plastic.

Hopefully they have multiple groups working on all these projects.

 CragHack wrote:
Does that mean SW:A will only be just another cash grab like Kill Team was?

It was a stand alone game, a rulebook of 200 pages for 30 euros. Osprey puts stand alone rulebooks that are very fun for 16 euros for like 60 pages. How is that a cash grab?
Being a critical customer is a good thing, but sometimes we just ask for impossibles.

Wouldn't surprise me. What I was thinking is:
Copyright only holds so long for unsupported material. All the old specialist games should be popping soon. If they give a quick re-release that copyright gets held for another couple decades, no third parties can produce "Necromunda".
As for a fully fleshed out release and lots of support, probably unlikely.

Funny how many comments on here so confidently state this isn't a possibility when GW themselves have stated publicly the Specialist Games Studio was started to rerelease Specialist Games, and GW employees have openly stated Necromunda will be released through Specialist Games Studio. The only actual question was when.

Plastic Arbites would make me dangerously excited.

PourSpelur wrote:
Wouldn't surprise me. What I was thinking is:
Copyright only holds so long for unsupported material. All the old specialist games should be popping soon. If they give a quick re-release that copyright gets held for another couple decades, no third parties can produce "Necromunda".
As for a fully fleshed out release and lots of support, probably unlikely.

This sounds reasonable. So a limited box run and the old models so that forgery world can't legally start pumping out resin Escher.

Doubt it. They were having trouble finding a spot in the release schedule for Titanicus, let alone the game after it.

 Starfarer wrote:
Funny how many comments on here so confidently state this isn't a possibility when GW themselves have stated publicly the Specialist Games Studio was started to rerelease Specialist Games, and GW employees have openly stated Necromunda will be released through Specialist Games Studio. The only actual question was when.

No-one's saying it's impossible. They're saying the publication schedule has already been discussed by GW and FW staff, and they've said that Adeptus Titanicus is next and it's been delayed until 2018.

Of course, things change, but the point is there's nothing been said to suggest that. Yet.

As for copyright, I didn't think the publication status of the work affect the copyright term; it's 70 years from publication, so the copyright on the Necromunda 1st edition rulebook and miniatures will expire in 2065 or thereabouts. There might be other IP issues (if it were a novel, the rights to publish Necromunda would probably have reverted to the author by now), but I don't think you even need to sell the items publically to "refresh" those; do a print run of three copies and keep 'em in the company archive, that'll do.

 Galas wrote:

 CragHack wrote:
Does that mean SW:A will only be just another cash grab like Kill Team was?

It was a stand alone game, a rulebook of 200 pages for 30 euros. Osprey puts stand alone rulebooks that are very fun for 16 euros for like 60 pages. How is that a cash grab?
Being a critical customer is a good thing, but sometimes we just ask for impossibles.

I could just write a wall of text, why I would could and do call it a cash grab, but I'm too lazy to argue on the internets. Though my point was that I wouldn't like to see it discontinued, like they did with Kill Team. It's just not nice.

How is a product which was originally only meant to be a bonus for those who purchased the Sector Mechanicus bundle, but was extended to a full release after overwhelming demand by GW's customer base a 'cash grab'?

 CragHack wrote:

 Galas wrote:

 CragHack wrote:
Does that mean SW:A will only be just another cash grab like Kill Team was?

It was a stand alone game, a rulebook of 200 pages for 30 euros. Osprey puts stand alone rulebooks that are very fun for 16 euros for like 60 pages. How is that a cash grab?
Being a critical customer is a good thing, but sometimes we just ask for impossibles.

I could just write a wall of text, why I would could and do call it a cash grab, but I'm too lazy to argue on the internets. Though my point was that I wouldn't like to see it discontinued, like they did with Kill Team. It's just not nice.

I can understand that, they don't need to discontinued it now that they have the rulebook separated.

 Mr Morden wrote:
Plastic Escher

That's the first thing I thought. Need more chicks to go with the wargames exclusive cars. In fact I had been planning on dusting off necromunda, ash wastes, and GorkaMorka to use for my regular weekly RPG game and would be deep into the swing come Christmas. Go GW!

 AndrewGPaul wrote:

 Starfarer wrote:
Funny how many comments on here so confidently state this isn't a possibility when GW themselves have stated publicly the Specialist Games Studio was started to rerelease Specialist Games, and GW employees have openly stated Necromunda will be released through Specialist Games Studio. The only actual question was when.

No-one's saying it's impossible. They're saying the publication schedule has already been discussed by GW and FW staff, and they've said that Adeptus Titanicus is next and it's been delayed until 2018.

Of course, things change, but the point is there's nothing been said to suggest that. Yet.

No, Adeptus Titanicus was next, and then was delayed so they could put it out in plastic and not resin. They never gave any indication that they wouldn't release anything in place of that. You're making assumptions that because they said it was next that remains the case even though it was delayed.

Things do change and this thread is suggesting that is the case.

The thought of plastic gangs is excellent, but then again Blood Bowl got teams of 6 miniatures repeated once over, with no variation.

I'm worried that that'd be their approach.

 H.B.M.C. wrote:
The thought of plastic gangs is excellent, but then again Blood Bowl got teams of 6 miniatures repeated once over, with no variation.

I'm worried that that'd be their approach.

Well, if they're plastic, they'll be easier to convert using Neophytes, Cultists and Guard models.

Hopefully.

If the rumor is true.

PourSpelur wrote:
Wouldn't surprise me. What I was thinking is:
Copyright only holds so long for unsupported material. All the old specialist games should be popping soon. If they give a quick re-release that copyright gets held for another couple decades, no third parties can produce "Necromunda".
As for a fully fleshed out release and lots of support, probably unlikely.

No, that's just factually wrong. Copyrights last for decades whether or not the work in in print.

You may be thinking of Trademarks which do expire if there's no product being produced. That was/is the question about the new Hero Quest and Space Crusade games. Although GW has produced and marked Necromunda stuff as recently as 2011 as well as whatever comics or video games they've put out.

Anyway... of two minds. I spend a bloody fortune on Necro models the last few years and love some of the designs - Redemptionists, Pit Slaves, Enforcers. Not too impressed with the original gangs, Orlocks are nice generic future gangers, Van Sarr are good post-apoclyptic figures but some of the designs are pretty dreadful. The sculpts and poses were good but you'd lose some of that in multipost plastics. But more mutlipart plastics are always good news.

So hope it's true.