The LAF Games Workshop Discussion Thread

[Andrew Rae]

Someone said it's not all the terrain, but that would make it a weird product shot.

[stone-cold-lead]

It's intriguing as it looks like it could be plastic terrain, but if it is then it might have a higher price tag. Not sure what to think of that now. 90 quid for fancy terrain but only a handful of old models...? Unless it's Blood Bowl price? Bloody teases! 

[nic-e]

Games workshop put out a bunch of annoucnements at 2 in the morning and the internet bust a collective nut.

Necromunda rules reworked into a kill team style squad game with planned organised play.
https://www.warhammer-community.com/2017/03/15/war-returns-to-armageddon/

New sky pirate dwarves,
Plus a reboxing of the aos starter set into coloured sprues cheaper box with cardboard terrain.
Plus something that seems suspiciously like an AoS mordheim relaunch...
https://www.warhammer-community.com/2017/03/15/a-new-race-descends-on-the-mortal-realms/


I was already dreading the next couple of weeks of pre orders..now I think I need a riot shield for work the way people are raving over those airships and plastic hive scenery.

(I want 2...)

[Mason]

I can see a whole new breed of Squats on the tables of the future.
 

[Shub-Nullgurath]

Jesus, those dwarves might have me buying from Games Workshop.

[stone-cold-lead]

Dwarfcast. 

[Ray Rivers]

A picture is worth a thousand words:



Looks like an easy conversion for VSF folks.

[3 fingers]

Seen the pics on facebook actually quite like the dwarves,might pick some up depending on prices.

[Ray Rivers]

April release.

My birthday! 

[Elbows]

If you remove some of the clunk I really really like the dwarfs, but not at all as any kind of fantasy race...they're squats plain and simple.  I think they'll be seeing a TON of non-GW gaming use from people.  I'd definitely consider building up a cool Squat side-force for 2nd ed. 40K.

[Elbows]

PS: This is a new pic making the rounds and may represent the "real" terrain from the box?  If so, much much better (about double what was shown earlier).  Two or three boxes of this would set up a serious table for those doing the game.

[Duncan McDane]

Well, don't forget "influenced by"-manufacturers who will certainly release loads and loads of Non-GW terrain pieces. Will get this game for sure  .

[Andrew Rae]

I think it's actually the same content as what was shown before, just spread out a bit more. The raised bit on the right is on the end of the other bit in the first image. Does look rather nice though, and beyond the Admech symbols and the massive spider skull, not too many random skulls. I think I'd want to make an in between level with part of the set.

Also, I'm a sucker for a bulkhead door.

[Jagannath]

I'm actually a little disaapointed, but only because ever since the Genestealer Cultist release I've been excited to see what they might do with plastic gangers - seems like the idea with this game is to encourage people to buy a box or two from an army they don't collect (makes sense!) and maybe take a bite of all the stuff going on with Inq28.

It's a great idea and should be loads of fun - I just wanted plastic 'civilians'!

[Elbows]

I personally won't be getting it as I don't give two sharts about playing 40K small squads in a setting like that.  If it stays around and I ever get into a big Necromunda push I'd consider it for some terrain - but even then it'd have to be better than the loads of MDF options which exist.  As I guessed the "12 factions" represent one squad/model type from each army.  Yawn.

I think it's probably a good entry level thing for new gamers (particularly since scenery is the hardest thing to drum into new player's heads), but as a useful product?  Meh, I'll play Necromunda.

PS: With the new Adeptus Titanicus game I could actually see using some of this terrain --- drop the ladders and remove any scale-indicative bits and you could build a large production world setting using this stuff as well.