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Offline JamesValentine

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Re: The LAF Games Workshop Discussion Thread
« Reply #10230 on: August 20, 2019, 07:53:53 AM »
She's just reaching out begging someone to stop her reading that damn ungainly "where the hell do i carry this" giant ass book and just tend to her wounds instead of shouting off into the distance completely ignoring her existence.

Offline Belligerentparrot

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Re: The LAF Games Workshop Discussion Thread
« Reply #10231 on: August 20, 2019, 01:19:03 PM »
She's just reaching out begging someone to stop her reading that damn ungainly "where the hell do i carry this" giant ass book and just tend to her wounds instead of shouting off into the distance completely ignoring her existence.
I actually really like the idea of imperial medics giving a faith (morale) boost to surrounding troops, but no actual medical aid.

Offline Cosmotiger

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« Reply #10232 on: August 20, 2019, 02:52:40 PM »
I like the idea of the Sisters medic but more as a diorama rather than as a gaming mini.

Yep, I know GW's heor figures have gotten bigger and bigger over time, but what's the size of that base? 50mm ? 60mm? more than that? You're basically pushing around a terrain feature.

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Re: The LAF Games Workshop Discussion Thread
« Reply #10233 on: August 20, 2019, 05:58:59 PM »
The figures are separate from the base. You can clearly mount them in other ways if you please.

The reading actually sort of works, if you imagine the servos doing any medical work, while the hospitaller tends to, um, spiritual needs. Also that medic has multiple arm and head options, so I'm sure there's other ways to make the figure work.

Not the greatest figure, but far from horrible. I'm sure it'll be possible to put together a couple of decent medics out of the various hospitaller bits.



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Offline Duncan McDane

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Re: The LAF Games Workshop Discussion Thread
« Reply #10234 on: August 20, 2019, 06:52:01 PM »
I'll probably buy her if it's a bit affordable ( as in, less than 30 euro's ), quite like the scene.
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Re: The LAF Games Workshop Discussion Thread
« Reply #10235 on: August 20, 2019, 07:01:22 PM »
Yeah, there was a time when you could engage with each of GWs games but there are sooo many now and such a rate of releases you'd have to be Elton John to afford it .

Woooaaahh! Hold your horses there!

So GW started with a catalogue of RPG's and games based in various universes from generic fantasy tropes through to Dr. Who and Judge Dredd. In many ways, this didn't really stop until the death of specialist games in the mid 2000's.

The 1990's saw the releases of Epic, Necromunda, Warhammer Quest, Gorkamorka, Mordheim, Talisman, Inquisitor, Man O'war, Warmaster, Space Hulk and various other little games like the Ork fighter aircraft boxed game. Any back catalogue or old White Dwarf will identify that this isn't unusual for GW. In fact, what was unusual was the period from around 2000 when specialist games became confined to web support only until a couple of years ago when GW woke up and realised that with the boom in tabletop gaming they have such a rich universe in which to base games they could aim at that market.

I don't think they expect you to buy into everything, they hope you do but they are not foolish enough to think everyone can afford to buy into all of the games and systems.
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Re: The LAF Games Workshop Discussion Thread
« Reply #10236 on: August 20, 2019, 08:02:03 PM »
There's a humble bundle at the moment for what looks like all the Dark Heresy RPG PDFs - link

$1 for the core book and some others up to $18 for the whole lot

Offline Belligerentparrot

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Re: The LAF Games Workshop Discussion Thread
« Reply #10237 on: August 20, 2019, 08:34:31 PM »
Woooaaahh! Hold your horses there!

Dunno if I agree with everything you say there, but maybe it is also my perspective that has changed. Most of those 90s games you mentioned seemed like shit to me at the time, so I cared not for them. Now I want all the shiny shiny things!
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Offline Lost Egg

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Re: The LAF Games Workshop Discussion Thread
« Reply #10238 on: August 21, 2019, 06:59:08 AM »
Woooaaahh! Hold your horses there!

So GW started with a catalogue of RPG's and games based in various universes from generic fantasy tropes through to Dr. Who and Judge Dredd. In many ways, this didn't really stop until the death of specialist games in the mid 2000's.

The 1990's saw the releases of Epic, Necromunda, Warhammer Quest, Gorkamorka, Mordheim, Talisman, Inquisitor, Man O'war, Warmaster, Space Hulk and various other little games like the Ork fighter aircraft boxed game. Any back catalogue or old White Dwarf will identify that this isn't unusual for GW. In fact, what was unusual was the period from around 2000 when specialist games became confined to web support only until a couple of years ago when GW woke up and realised that with the boom in tabletop gaming they have such a rich universe in which to base games they could aim at that market.

I don't think they expect you to buy into everything, they hope you do but they are not foolish enough to think everyone can afford to buy into all of the games and systems.

Dunno if I agree with everything you say there, but maybe it is also my perspective that has changed. Most of those 90s games you mentioned seemed like shit to me at the time, so I cared not for them. Now I want all the shiny shiny things!


:D Yeah I think my memory might be cherry picking here...plus not all of those games were out at the same time.
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Re: The LAF Games Workshop Discussion Thread
« Reply #10239 on: August 21, 2019, 07:14:27 AM »
Somewhere along the line, without even realizing it, I've become a collector of all those nineties GW games. So now I have a copy of almost every boxed GW game that was released in those years. Yes; that includes the 'Wargame Series' and the smaller, simpler versions of the large ones. I'm only short a couple of games and sufficient shelf space now... ::)

But seriously; I remember walking into the only GW store in the Netherlands at the time and being gobsmacked by the amount of different games they had on the shelves; all shiny, all unobtainable (because money) and I'm probably making up for my inability to buy them back then by collecting them, but it's become a somewhat important part of the hobby for me.

And to be honest, most of them aren't even that good. There obviously are a few gems in there, but the majority are just OK at best and there are even a few stinkers too, but it's always fun to take one of those ancient beasts out for a spin, even if it's just for nostalgia's sake... :)
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Offline Tactalvanic

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Re: The LAF Games Workshop Discussion Thread
« Reply #10240 on: August 21, 2019, 07:23:28 AM »
GW over the years like most companies have had larger and smaller active game ranges.

Of course some are hits, some misses, and its difficult to understand/accept why some get dropped faster than others over the years.

Then they end up for a while with barely 2 active game/products as such, everyone bemoans the lack of GW variety, the closure of specialist games etc.

Now they have in effect brought some back, are we heading towards bemoans of to many games?

To much cost, high prices, always but too many?

Pick and choose, enjoy the ones you like and hope they are not the ones they drop in the near future instead?
 
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Offline Lost Egg

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Re: The LAF Games Workshop Discussion Thread
« Reply #10241 on: August 21, 2019, 07:53:02 AM »
Not always. In fact too much choice can actually be a problem, people can psychologically seize up unable to make a choice.

I think a middle road is best, offering a few choices that cover a range of areas or else you risk the options crossing over and then, from a business point of view, you risk competing with yourself.

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Re: The LAF Games Workshop Discussion Thread
« Reply #10242 on: August 21, 2019, 03:30:09 PM »
The GW release schedule is far too fast for my liking but that's mostly down to their pricing being high and my own limited toy funds and hooby time.

I have no hope of keeping up with buying everything I want so have to pick and choose, while if there were some or more quite periods I could go and see what I missed and have a breather.

Though I will say some other companies are getting as bad (Warlord and too a lesser degree Mantic).


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Re: The LAF Games Workshop Discussion Thread
« Reply #10243 on: August 21, 2019, 04:32:10 PM »
The GW release schedule is far too fast for my liking but that's mostly down to their pricing being high and my own limited toy funds and hooby time.

I have no hope of keeping up with buying everything I want so have to pick and choose, while if there were some or more quite periods I could go and see what I missed and have a breather.

Though I will say some other companies are getting as bad (Warlord and too a lesser degree Mantic).
QFT...

While I expect planned obsolescence from GW products, unexpectedly with  Man O' War, >:( I never expected an accelerated rate, especially with rule and army books, like a 3rd edition of Blades of Khorne book in 4 years. Will the Book of Judgment and the Book of Peril be re-released as a single streamlined title in 2 years, meaning I've wasted around $82, in addition to the $110+ for the core rules and gangs book and the cards?

Offline JamesValentine

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Re: The LAF Games Workshop Discussion Thread
« Reply #10244 on: August 21, 2019, 04:37:01 PM »
Now we know the origins.

 

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