The LAF Games Workshop Discussion Thread

[Momotaro]

Probaby have gone a bit soft on them - I've started buying stuff that I think may go OOP in the near future.  My uruk scouts fill out a decent orc army for me, and there are a number of other LotR figures I'd like before GW cans the line.  I've always wanted a lizardman army too, not necessarily to play with WFB.

The next of the rumours from our friends in Spain suggests that there may be a WFB 9th announcement as early as a week today.  So let's see.  The secondary market is definitely spooked - I got the hardback WFB 8th rulebook for £5 on eBay this week!

[Cubs]

If it's too much for you then it's too much, fair enough, but it isn't a bad price.

Hang on, have I started defending GW? 

No, it's a fair point. Like I say, it's not that it's not good value for money, it's just that I don't think I personally want it that much.

[Tactalvanic]

Well, I am almost undecided 

Space Hulk.

Now I have actually gone to the GW site, looked at it, got annoyed with the 360 degree nonsense loading individual images..

My initial glow of interest has faded.

I have looked, looked at my mountain, looked again.

 Although interested I am having difficulty being actually interested enough, even if its good value for a GW product from the point of view of their pricing.

Now from the point of view of them actually bringing back some of the specialist  games - would be nice. Epic, Mordheim, Necromunda etc, luverly.

But than them messing up/updating the rules. Adding to them via digital downloads, etc. Charging silly money for everything.

Releasing new minis with to many skulls - might be difficult at 6mm scale but hey, they could do it if anyone can.

not sure I would want them to do it, almost can't see them making any of them better in any way, with the way that they actually do things, by actually supporting them now.

hmmm.... Mordheim with a new version Nagash themed/based force anyone?

[Modhail]

hmmm.... Mordheim with a new version Nagash themed/based force anyone?

Khemri, city of the dead.
In the ancient city of Khemri, capital of Nagash's realm, there may lie the key to defeating the King of all Necromancy. An oppressive place, it is built by stacking the skulls of the fallen into towering buildings. Brave adventurers are sent by the realms of Man, Elf and Dwarf to the city to search for a way to stop Nagash. Others, like the Dark Elves and Skaven have also sent covert emmisaries, but with far more nefarious goals. One thing all the cautious infiltrators have is common, is that they are forced to cover themselves in skulls and bones to avoid detection by the unsleeping dead....
 

[Tactalvanic]

 

Damn.

Think you just called it.

That's got so much skull possibility in it, its off the scale.

Add it to the future product release list, if its not already. 

[Vermis]

Modhail:

Probaby have gone a bit soft on them - I've started buying stuff that I think may go OOP in the near future.  My uruk scouts fill out a decent orc army for me, and there are a number of other LotR figures I'd like before GW cans the line.

Ditto! If I can at least scrape a few dwarfs-with-legs and 'sensible' orcs before they pull the plug, I'll be reasonably satisfied.

[3 fingers]

Modhail:

Ditto! If I can at least scrape a few dwarfs-with-legs and 'sensible' orcs before they pull the plug, I'll be reasonably satisfied.

Same here before it is oop and silly money on eBay,I bought gaunts ghosts ,but need more hunter orcs

[Mr Brown]

Space hulk sold out in a couple of hours on pre order. A few friends of mine very annoyed as they haven't been able to get a copy. Know of at least one person though who has registered his family with online GW accounts so he could pick up twelve boxes. Three max per person doesn't mean much to those out to scalp the rest of their hobby community...

[Dr. Zombie]

I think that is a new stragety from GW to create more hype and a sense of exclusiveness about their products. Nagash also sold out very quickly. But came back in stock again. So will Space Hulk. Even if it is an exclusive once in a lifetime one print only. Just give it a few years and they will print it again...

[Major_Gilbear]

I think that is a new stragety from GW to create more hype and a sense of exclusiveness about their products.

Crying "Wolf!" this often will not last long as a successful marketing strategy.

I might have been interested in a hard-bound book with all three SH expansions for Ultramarines, Dark Angels and Space Wolves in it, but over-priced digital editions from the i-fail store is as about as appealing to me as swimming for my life naked in the Arctic sea whilst being chased by a hungry polar bear...

[Momotaro]

Crying "Wolf!" this often will not last long as a successful marketing strategy.

I might have been interested in a hard-bound book with all three SH expansions for Ultramarines, Dark Angels and Space Wolves in it, but over-priced digital editions from the i-fail store is as about as appealing to me as swimming for my life naked in the Arctic sea whilst being chased by a hungry polar bear...

I thought the Ultramarines expansion was "paint your models blue" 

[3 fingers]

Spacehulk doesn't do anything for me,preferred the original stealers as well.

[Tactalvanic]

Sad.

I missed another opportunity to give GW some of my money.

I will just have to keep it for something else then - put it towards the mortgage maybe

now will have to wait 5 years for the next re-issue of the limited edition SH.

On the plus side, when it does come around again, the retail price should be the same as the over the top ebay OOP pricing 

Still now will they have to state whether tis' 2009 limited edition or 2014 limited edition  with extra tokens....?

[pixelgeek]

Space Hulk sells based on nostalgia value. There are a lot better survival horror games available on the market now.

[Too Bo Coo]

I just got an email from GW telling me to rush and get my 100 euro copy of Space Hulk!  Absolutely once in a lifetime offer is almost out (until reprinted in a few years)

Oh, and Tom Vassel dissing the game on his YT boardgame show