WHFB 8

[Dewbakuk]

is there a link with pictures?

Nope, it was on the GW site for a very short time. It had a blurb and a pic of the cover (just artwork I think) but got pulled very quickly, obviously wasn't supposed to be shown yet.

[joroas]

Island of Blood

Enter, if you dare, the Warhammer world; it is a strange and dangerous realm, riven with battle, bloodshed and slaughter, twisted beyond sanity by the warping power of Chaos.

The Island of Blood is the new boxed game for Warhammer and is released this September. Packed full of stunning plastic Citadel miniatures and containing all the rules, dice and templates you'll need to play, it's the essential purchase for fans of the Warhammer hobby. Meanwhile, if you like the Battle for Skull Pass boxed game (and who wouldn't with all those Goblins and Dwarfs Dwarfs) then it only seems fair to point out that once the last few remaining copies are they're gone, and they're never coming back! Pick one up while they last.

In August we'll be featuring more information about The Island of Blood here on the website and the full details will be released in September's White Dwarf, so keep your eyes peeled.

supposedly High Elves V Skaven like all the rumors have stated.

skaven.
2 rat ogres
plague mortor
warpfire thrower
clan rats

High elves.
Spear Elves/Sea Guard
Swordmasters
Ellyrion Reavers

and Characters for both

[OSHIROmodels]

Surely the 'Island of Blood' will be Ulthan (or however you pronounce/spell it), the Elves island home.

Pictures of inside spreads have shown a mass Dark Elf attack on a High elf enclave so this is probably the theme of the new box set.

Doesn't bother me whatever the theme is, I'm stil getting the rules  Just think of the eye candy 

cheers

James

[postal]

I think I well stick with 7th edition for a while longer.

[mweaver]

The local store had a preview copy of the new rulebook that I briefly flipped through yesterday, and it is indeed very pretty.  There is at one fold-out picture of a city being stormed that is 4 pages wide (both facing pages fold out). 

I think the regular release of new editions of the rules is a marketing thing, sure, but games that see a lot of tournament play are going to see more frequent releases than games that don't.  How many editions of Magic: The Gathering are there now?

[joroas]

This just arrived from GW, obviously unwilling to release details yet.

Incoming! The Island of Blood
The Warhammer world; it is a place riven by battle, where mighty armies clash for glory, honour or the entertainment of Dark Gods. Darkened skies, tortured by cataclysmic magics tear open and rain blood upon the ceaseless combatants and the landscape is wracked by the carnage around it. Trees writhe in mutated agony, lashing out with limb and branch and rivers flow thick with the corpses of the slain. All upon the land are consumed by the unending battle, an age of war in which victory and defeat hang in the balance.
Cast against this macabre tableau fight mighty armies -warriors by their million raise banners of defiance or icons of dismay, taking up arms in the clash for survival. Beleaguered and surrounded, the forces of Order fight desperately to stem the tide of the armies of Destruction. Delighting in the carnage and ruination, the Dark Gods look on.
The Island of Blood is but one battleground upon the face of the Warhammer world, a mystical and dangerous place that has been twisted and mutated by the warping power of Chaos. In ages past the Island of Blood was a battleground upon which armies have bled and died in the ageless battle for supremacy... and they will do so again. Soon.
The Island of Blood is the new boxed game for Warhammer and is released this September. Packed full of stunning plastic Citadel miniatures and containing all the rules, dice and templates you'll need to play, it's the essential purchase for fans of the Warhammer hobby.
Meanwhile, if you like the Battle for Skull Pass boxed game (and who wouldn't with all those Goblins and Dwarfs) then it only seems fair to point out that once the last few remaining copies are gone they're gone, and they're never coming back! Pick one up while stocks last.
In August we'll feature more information about The Island of Blood on games-workshop.com and the full details will be released in September's White Dwarf.

[P_Clapham]

I'm interested in starting a discussion thread on LoTR and WoTR.  What the two rule sets do, and their differences.  Also your point is spot on.  I'm one of those people who wanted to do the larger battles.  Of course now I'm considering going with a 15mm figures.   

Doomsdave: "That War of the Ring ruleset looked like they were warhammerizing LOTR.  I think LOTR was their best game.  Then they put it on steroids to sell more figs"

Actually I think it had at least as much to do with people asking for a larger scale game to do the big battles from the movies and books. Giving the people what they want and selling more stuff at the same time? What a concept!

[Ramshackle_Curtis]

I plan to try to get hold of the little rule booklet that comes in the starter box, maybe ebay it or something. I do like looking at the big chunky GW books, loads of nice pictures(even if 50% are recycled), but I cant afford them at the moment. Also I have no use for elves or skaven. I have a vast orc and goblin army.

I am in the middle of painting a huge orc archer force at the moment. 115 archers! Painted 30.....still a way to go. Im actually excited about it all.

[OSHIROmodels]

Well, just put my name down for a copy in my local shop   

Talking to the shop assistant was rather funny. He asked if I played Warhammer and I said I starting playing with Third and still do, slightly bemused look and then asked if that was the one with High Elves and goblins. Que rolling of eyes    The slightly disturbing thing was he wasn't that much younger than me 

You're right Rob, that double spread is rather pretty, I can see lots of building kits being bought in the near future 

cheers

James

[joroas]

They are a lot cheaper at Wayland and Maelstrom, both of whom have about 15% off at the moment...........

[Argonor]

and magic seems to change for the better (even harder, but also much much wilder).

I don't think that's an improvement. Just makes the outcome of a battle more random.... I prefer games where the outcome depends on the tactics and movement of troops, not on a few bad or good rolls.

[Argonor]

I'm interested in starting a discussion thread on LoTR and WoTR.  What the two rule sets do, and their differences.  Also your point is spot on.  I'm one of those people who wanted to do the larger battles.  Of course now I'm considering going with a 15mm figures.   

I'm considering 10 mm - that way I could use Copplestone's and Kallistra's minis along with those from Battle of Five Armies...

[joroas]

Quote from: P_Clapham on Today at 08:07:38 AM
I'm interested in starting a discussion thread on LoTR and WoTR.  What the two rule sets do, and their differences.  Also your point is spot on.  I'm one of those people who wanted to do the larger battles.  Of course now I'm considering going with a 15mm figures.   



I'm considering 10 mm - that way I could use Copplestone's and Kallistra's minis along with those from Battle of Five Armies...

Why not just use Warmaster?

[dijit]

Why not just use Warmaster?

That was going to be my point exactly. Then you can come over here to Vejle Niels, where we have Denmark's highest concentration of Warmaster players (there are at least 6 of us who regularly play warmaster here).
Duncan

[Argonor]

That was going to be my point exactly. Then you can come over here to Vejle Niels, where we have Denmark's highest concentration of Warmaster players (there are at least 6 of us who regularly play warmaster here).
Duncan

Warmaster can easily be played with the same minis - which was also my intention 

If I want to recreate some epic battles of Middle-Earth, though, I have the points and army lists ready in WotR.

And I may also play some Song of Armies and Hordes when that comes out 

All this is, of course, subject to never being realized, if I fail to get some minis painted