The LAF Games Workshop Discussion Thread

[beefcake]

Is that new DLC (not free I imagine?)
Do you have them. Are they any good?

[Andrew Rae]

Got my copy of Burning of Prospero today. The figures are technically great as usual. I've only assembled one Sister of Silence so far, but I like her a lot more than I'd expected from seeing the photos. She's pretty big though, the same height as a Mk4 space marine in a similar pose. Amusingly, in the latest White Dwarf the sculptor said 'my first goal was to get their scale right compared to the space marines'. It's a bit of a shame as the recent Genestealer Hybrids seemed to suggest GW were reducing their 'human' figures in size, while also making Space Marines a bit bigger with the Deathwatch. Maybe the Mk3 marines are larger than Mk4.

Not convinced by the rules on first look. Nothing seems particularly coherent; first there's a card games for the psychic phase, then one player move all their figures followed by the other, then players alternate taking activations for shooting and combat. Why not alternate movement? I'm assuming there must be a reason but it's hardly an elegant turn sequence.

None of it seems half as neat as Betrayal at Calth, which I really enjoyed. Hopefully White Dwarf will include rules for retro fitting some of the Prospero stuff into the earlier game.

[Elbows]

The only thing which genuinely shocked me was that the game was not compatible with BaC.  Seemed like a no-brainer to create a linked series of games...but alas it was not so.

[YPU]

Not convinced by the rules on first look. Nothing seems particularly coherent; first there's a card games for the psychic phase, then one player move all their figures followed by the other, then players alternate taking activations for shooting and combat. Why not alternate movement? I'm assuming there must be a reason but it's hardly an elegant turn sequence.

"So what kind of activation are we going to use, cards? Alternating? IGUGO?"
"Yes."

[3 fingers]

Just preordered blood bowl from local games store release date is 25th Nov.

[pocoloco]

Just preordered blood bowl from local games store release date is 25th Nov.

Thanks for the reminder, placed my order to FLGS as well.

[beefcake]

Just saw it on GW site $195nz for base game, or I could pre-order from wayland games (and get sent from a UK address and probably save $50. The teams look fairly priced... comparatively

[3 fingers]

My local store can discount GW items I had it for 58.50

[stone-cold-lead]

My local store can discount GW items I had it for 58.50

£52 at Wayland.

[Duncan McDane]

Price is good, but as I don't like the look of these new models ( nor the fact that they come as sprues ) means I'll pass...

[3 fingers]

£52 at Wayland.

Had bad experience with wayland,will never buy from.them again.

[Elbows]

Price is good, but as I don't like the look of these new models ( nor the fact that they come as sprues ) means I'll pass...

I'm actually quite curious to see how many people do buy into this.  The rules themselves aren't different (and if I'm honest...not very brilliant either) and there have been loads of third party minis available for a long time.  There are some brilliant neoprene-based boards/tables for it, etc.  I wonder how many folks are going to buy in.

[nic-e]

blood bowl is really popular still and alot of people really want official support for it . (yeah yeah, fan made projects ect ect but people always want official support.) Interest in it has been bigger than prospero which was a complete sell out, so i expect this will fly.

[Major_Gilbear]

[...] people always want official support. [...]

And I'll never know why! 

You have the game (plus it's better balanced by the fans than GW ever managed), and you have many different miniatures for every team (and more) ever conceived by GW, and it's been doing just fab without any interference from Nottingham... So why are so many folks so desperate to give all that up just to see BB support become "official" again? That's going backwards (and not in a good nostalgic way) surely? 

[Elbows]

What intrigues me is that all of the people I know have said "oh, cool, Blood Bowl is coming back" as opposed to "oh hell yes, I'm going to buy a copy!".  Either way, I'll continue to sit patiently and wait for Necromunda to be re-released (or Mordheim, doubtful).

They dashed my hopes of a real Warhammer Quest replacement, so my options are getting thin.