The LAF Games Workshop Discussion Thread

[beefcake]

I hope late July, I'm going to be hording my pennies for it (which will take a while considering the legal tender here is dollars and cents).

[Belligerentparrot]

I'm guessing they'll announce the release date (and hopefully another gang) at Warhammer Day next week - it seems like Warcry is the biggest new project in the can at the moment, so it'd be a fitting headline for Warhammer Day. If it is the usual fortnight notice, mid-July pre-orders I guess?

Hoping (against hope_ all the gangs are available at once, as I really want those crows!

[beefcake]

Staggered release I'd imagine given gws  regular release format. but probably staggered of sets not previewed I'm wondering if they'll have a few different boxes sets of 2 war bands as starter sets with the ones we've seen.

[AWu]

They was to ba a playable demo of it at the next GW event (end of the month so probably upcoming saturday.

[Duncan McDane]

I'm guessing they'll announce the release date (and hopefully another gang) at Warhammer Day next week - it seems like Warcry is the biggest new project in the can at the moment, so it'd be a fitting headline for Warhammer Day. If it is the usual fortnight notice, mid-July pre-orders I guess?

Hoping (against hope_ all the gangs are available at once, as I really want those crows!

Warhammer Day seems to be about Apocalypse, not Warcry, as I understood our local GW store manager correctly :-).
Expect Warcry to be released in july or early August.

[Belligerentparrot]

Yeah, that does seem much more likely, unfortunately (from the point of view of someone who couldn't care less about Apocalypse).

I guess we might get one more gang preview next weekend at best, then? Ho hum.

[Andrew_McGuire]

Thanks everyone. So - late July / August. I wonder how long it will stay in print? I'm just getting used to the idea that the best GW games seem to have a relatively short lifespan (e.g. Underworlds: Shadespire and Warhammer Quest: the Silver Tower)
or maybe this just applies to the ones I'm attracted to. (I know Shadespire has been replaced by Nightvault, but there seem to be differences of opinion as to whether it's an improvement.)

[Duncan McDane]

Normally "specialist" games have a lifespan including support/new releases for about 1,5 year. Wouldn't wait too long buying their basic boxed set, though, sine Kill team was sold out ( and oop-d ) after only 3 months. We'll have it on pre-order, just to be sure ;-).

[beefcake]

I'm glad to have found a way around the southern hemisphere price gap now by buying from a UK stockist through ebay that does free shipping. No more second hand GW stuff for me, except for nostalgia or it is super ridiculously priced (which may be most things).

[Red Kop]

I'm glad to have found a way around the southern hemisphere price gap now by buying from a UK stockist through ebay that does free shipping.

Oohh, from one inhabitant of New Zealand to another, I'd be interested in knowing more if you don't mind...

I'm always looking for ways to avoid paying the bottom of the world tax on GW stuff...

[Duncan McDane]

Saturday on Warhammer Day will be a special "limited  " model in store and on mail order, a Sister of Battle ( Sister Superior Amalia ). No idea if she will be available later on through mail order, so if you want one better get one on saturday or be prepared to pay eBay scalper prices. The new SoB army will be released later this year.

[Duncan McDane]

Oohh, from one inhabitant of New Zealand to another, I'd be interested in knowing more if you don't mind...

I'm always looking for ways to avoid paying the bottom of the world tax on GW stuff...

Wayland perhaps? I hardly buy second hand GW anymore, price level is ridiculous, be it "Oldhammer" or oop's plastic from 6 months ago. And in the wake of that classic Ral Partha, Grenadier, Harlequin, Heartbreker etc. price levels are rising aswell, although much of that stuff is still being released by other compagnies.
Sheer madness these days... 

[zemjw]

I thought GW clamped down on companies sending games abroad a few years back. Wayland used to do it, but had to stop under threat of not getting any more stock - old dakka thread on the subject

I wonder how the ebay seller is getting around it, or if they're just ignoring the restriction and hoping GW don't notice

Basically GW says to the stores "If you want to be allowed to sell GW products you can't ship them to overseas buyers." Among other things.

So your store has to sign a deal with GW to get any product to sell, and part of that deal is an agreement to sell only to "authorised" buyers, namely people in your region.

The store is free to sell any GW stuff it gets to anyone it wants, and no one can stop that. But if they do, GW won't sell them any more GW products and they'll have to stop because they have nothing to sell.

[Lost Egg]

I wonder how that works with eBays Global Shipping Program where the seller sends it to an address in their own country.

[AWu]

. (I know Shadespire has been replaced by Nightvault, but there seem to be differences of opinion as to whether it's an improvement.)

Oh, Its most definitely improvement as a gaming set.

One might argue against Living Card Game model and seasonal (MTG like) changes, but starter itself presents much more playable teams and easier start in the game.
Both Shadespire warbands are sold separately with much better cards now, but while I like to play and see regularly Garruks Khorne, Steelhearts  Eternals were just neither fun nor interesting to play..
I suggest giving it a go.