WHFB 8

[joroas]

With the new rules coming in at a hefty £45, plus new bits, I think it's time I shed my armies or looked for some new rules........... 

[Doomsdave]

Or just use the old ones.     The good news about 8th ed. is that my flgs sold the 7th ed. starter box for $40 US.  So I finally bought 7th ed. as it's going out.   

[Spong]

I always loved 4th/5th Ed the most and would always play them over more recent incarantions by preference. I'm not sure I still have my 4th Ed books though .

[OSHIROmodels]

For 528 glossy pages it's not bad value at all really. I'll be getting mine straight away 

At least it's not a tournament version (or that's what I've heard)

cheers

James

[supervike]

Warhammer really captured my imagination, but I really grew tired of the 'new revamp' every year or so.  I'm glad I got off the merry-go-round.

[Spong]

Warhammer really captured my imagination, but I really grew tired of the 'new revamp' every year or so.  I'm glad I got off the merry-go-round.

Quoted for Truth.

[Thantsants]

Never understood the need to follow GW's incessant rule and army list changes - Go SOBH!

For skirmishes at any rate! 

[joroas]

It's a complaint about the rapidly spiralling cost of books, if you do a number of periods and they get reissued regularly.

This last year then, FOW and 2 army books (version 3) at £30 each, the WHFB 2 at £32, now WHFB 8 at £45. To buy them once is expensive, but knowing that they will be obsolete in a year or two is annoying..........
                             

[rob_the_robgoblin]

If I buy it, it will be for the fluff and for the full colour images.

£45 is not that much to ask for those things.

That aside, there will be places selling it for far less, 15% off? 

If you do want another system, there's loads out there too.

[Tacgnol]

No chance of getting your gaming group to stick with the current edition Joroas?

[joroas]

Well, you know how these things will go, someone will buy it, go to a tournament, whatever.  At the back of my mind, though, is the thought, "Do I still want to do this?"................. 

[Momotaro]

The only hardback GW rulebooks I've bought are for Lord of the Rings game, and I feel they're heavily padded with pictures and painting advice for beginners to justify the price tag.  Since I'm not currently a WFB player, I can't see this pulling me in.

What I am looking forward to is the boxed starter set - both Skull Pass and Black Reach were excellent value, and the Black Reach figures were really nice.  I can see it as a future purchase.

[Backyardpatrol]

Is the new system a total revamp, in the vein of LOTR?
What miniatures come with it?

[joroas]

For now there is only the rulebook................

[Agger]

Actually, and I dropped out of large scale gaming a while a go, I think this edition sounds quite promissing. As far as I can judge It's back to infantry, more empasy on regular troops instead of totally overpowered characters (at least for most armies), and magic seems to change for the better (even harder, but also much much wilder).

Still, I guess I could get more fun out of warhammer historical or another of such wargames, mixed with homebrewed rules for unnatural stuff... But I'm actually tempted by this edition... god help me!