The LAF Games Workshop Discussion Thread

[Cubs]

If could wave the magic wand and wish for things I know wouldn't happen, I'd wish for all the vintage Citadel models locked away under IP protection laws to be released again. Some of the old sculpts, maybe retouched, tidied up, cast properly and available for sale? Wouldn't that be a beautiful thing. Imagine a world of 'cast on demand' where those elusive models you've been seeking for years was suddenly available to the drooling fans once more.

[Sir_Theo]

You are quite correct it is almost a direct port from 2nd & Necro, but thats part of the charm I feel. I just hate this whole battleforged nonsense and endless warlord traits etc trap that the modern stuff seems to have fallen into. Yawn!

I desperately tried to like it (bought into killteam/40K 8 & 9th) but I can`t get on with the reams of special rules it reminds me of trying to play "Fizbin" on the wrong day  . Oh and the endless rulebooks to buy

Glen

The best thing they ever did was all the Index books.when 8th 40k was released. If they'd have just stopped there id have liked it a lot more!

[beefcake]

I'm looking forward to it. If not just to see what they do with it. I'll still base my ogres (not ogors) on round bases whenever I get around to painting them (probably when they kill of the old world again).

[Storm Wolf]

The best thing they ever did was all the Index books.when 8th 40k was released. If they'd have just stopped there id have liked it a lot more!

Even better would have been including them in the rulebook, like 3rd edition did. Oh and the heady days of a £8 full codex and £4 minidex, instead of the over-inflated and expensive nonsense we have now that may only last for a year or maybe two at the most

[Tactalvanic]

So good luck to them, mainly maybe, some miniatures - new but with old aesthetic would be interesting.

smells of marketing the old thing as the next great new thing, but with all the extra modern cards, special rules etc, combined with the classic OOP/new versions releases routines in place.

If there is a free basic rules release to take a look at, ok

Otherwise I am good.

Even better would have been including them in the rulebook, like 3rd edition did. Oh and the heady days of a £8 full codex and £4 minidex, instead of the over-inflated and expensive nonsense we have now that may only last for a year or maybe two at the most

Yes but we are meant to have grown up and abandoned it all to the skip after two years, so that the next edition/generation of customers can start burning their parent's money...

[Storm Wolf]

So good luck to them, mainly maybe, some miniatures - new but with old aesthetic would be interesting.

smells of marketing the old thing as the next great new thing, but with all the extra modern cards, special rules etc, combined with the classic OOP/new versions releases routines in place.

If there is a free basic rules release to take a look at, ok

Otherwise I am good.

Yes but we are meant to have grown up and abandoned it all to the skip after two years, so that the next edition/generation of customers can start burning their parent's money...

Well I am a wargamer so I never grew up , plus where is the fun in that 

[sonicReducer]

I have been on a big GW kick recently having bowed out of GW games about 10 years ago. I think it is stress induced nostalgia 
Hitting my upper 30's, massively stressful 18 months with 4 kids at home, living in a building site for 6 months .... definitely got me pining for simpler times when a mini dex cost £4 and a Space Marine Captain not much more.

I wouldn't know where to start with GW games now. I looked at the Dominion box but there is just something off for me with these new orruks ... They are technically excellent but just missing some of the soul of the older minis that I find in sculpts like the Perrys and Foundry. I could just be a grumpy grognard (I suspect this is the case). The older minis had a bit of whimsy and slapstick to them.

What dropped me hardest from GW was the constant revolving door of money. New editions, codexes, mini prices ... I remember considering starting a Dark Elves army when plastic Witch Elves came out for something like £30 for a box of 10, needing 2 or 3 boxes for one unit in the army. I noped out of the whole system and sold off a big Word Bearers army and 2 WHFB armies including some OOP metals. Can't see myself going in for this Old World rehash. I did pick up the new Bloodbowl box on a whim and I'm pretty keen to play 7's which looks a good beer and buddy game.

[Sir_Theo]

I'm exercising my own GW nostalgia by rewriting my own version of 40k (which I've basically spliced Bolt Action and 2nd ed 40k together) and Fantasy battle (a mishmash of 2/3 and 4th with chunks of other games I've enjoyed over the years) so the games play the way I want, raiding my mums attic where thankfully I've still kept a lot of my oldest stuff, and keeping a sharp eye on ebay and selling sites. Its getting harder but there are still bargains out there, particularly with 40k, I picked up an entire Space Wolf army with the majority of the special characters for about 40 quid  about 2 or 3 years ago. Im also a fan of the clearly hand sculpted models of yield GW and it gives me.great joy to own them amd paint them!

[Storm Wolf]

I'm exercising my own GW nostalgia by rewriting my own version of 40k (which I've basically spliced Bolt Action and 2nd ed 40k together) and Fantasy battle (a mishmash of 2/3 and 4th with chunks of other games I've enjoyed over the years) so the games play the way I want, raiding my mums attic where thankfully I've still kept a lot of my oldest stuff, and keeping a sharp eye on ebay and selling sites. Its getting harder but there are still bargains out there, particularly with 40k, I picked up an entire Space Wolf army with the majority of the special characters for about 40 quid  about 2 or 3 years ago. Im also a fan of the clearly hand sculpted models of yield GW and it gives me.great joy to own them amd paint them!

Go Sir Theo, Go.

More power to your elbow and good luck and happy gaming

Glen

[beefcake]

I'm exercising my own GW nostalgia by rewriting my own version of 40k (which I've basically spliced Bolt Action and 2nd ed 40k together) and Fantasy battle (a mishmash of 2/3 and 4th with chunks of other games I've enjoyed over the years) so the games play the way I want, raiding my mums attic where thankfully I've still kept a lot of my oldest stuff, and keeping a sharp eye on ebay and selling sites. Its getting harder but there are still bargains out there, particularly with 40k, I picked up an entire Space Wolf army with the majority of the special characters for about 40 quid  about 2 or 3 years ago. Im also a fan of the clearly hand sculpted models of yield GW and it gives me.great joy to own them amd paint them!

Look out for your C&D letter 

[FramFramson]

Look out for your C&D letter 

I think he only has to worry about that if he tattoos the rules onto his back. 

[Tactalvanic]

Well I am a wargamer so I never grew up , plus where is the fun in that 

This is of course utterly true, and as my better half will happily admit, and agreee, I fit well within that spectrum.

[aktr]

I'm exercising my own GW nostalgia by rewriting my own version of 40k (which I've basically spliced Bolt Action and 2nd ed 40k together) and Fantasy battle (a mishmash of 2/3 and 4th with chunks of other games I've enjoyed over the years) so the games play the way I want, raiding my mums attic where thankfully I've still kept a lot of my oldest stuff, and keeping a sharp eye on ebay and selling sites. Its getting harder but there are still bargains out there, particularly with 40k, I picked up an entire Space Wolf army with the majority of the special characters for about 40 quid  about 2 or 3 years ago. Im also a fan of the clearly hand sculpted models of yield GW and it gives me.great joy to own them amd paint them!

those rulesets sound amazing - would you be willing to share them?

[Sir_Theo]

those rulesets sound amazing - would you be willing to share them?

I dont know if amazing is the right word!

Certainly once they are in a place where I am happy with them I can share them in Dropbox etc. I'll let you know.

[jetengine]

Welp, looks like GW are flushing their good will down the drain again. Any fanmade media will now be legally challenged, irrespective of its profit earning capabilities. Guve it 5-10 years and they'll have "changed again". Then rinse/repeat.