The LAF Games Workshop Discussion Thread

[eilif]

Major Gilbear,
      Thanks for the info on the unreleased Van Saar.  Really too bad.  I agree that the Heresy gangers are really well done.  Not for me though for 2 reasons.  First, they're just a bit out of my price range.  Secondly, I'm not a fan of the Matrix'ish poses and attitude that most of the sculpts seem to have.    I'm also rather attracted to converting up a gang that not many other folks have.

ModHall,
    It's been a dream of mine to play Inquisimunda sometime.  There's a fellow here in Chicago that wrote a pretty good system for playing out Inquisitor'ish games with the Necromunda ruleset.
http://empireofghosts.blogspot.com/p/inquisimunda-resources.html

[Timbor]

Hmm, interesting.  I guess that means that if its a skirmish game then GW can halve the contents of all the boxes and keep the price the same, right?  

[YPU]

Hmm, interesting.  I guess that means that if its a skirmish game then GW can halve the contents of all the boxes and keep the price the same, right?  

Yea, in my cinical mind this is the thinking:

People are paying for the minies at their rather high prices, and buying new ones to play the game. But they are not buying becouse they still "have so many unpainted miniatures" And, the most expansive models, ie most profit, are heroes. So, why not do a hero heavy skirmish game. Les to paint, more buying more profit.

[Dr.Falkenhayn]

WFB with round Bases then...Kings of War(Hammer) 

[Too Bo Coo]

I wonder if in a year or so this thread will have to be renamed "Nostalgia About The Former Games Workshop"

[beefcake]

I wonder if in a year or so this thread will have to be renamed "Nostalgia About The Former Games Workshop"

 

I'd be more interested in WFS (Warhammer Fantasy Skirmish, you heard it here first )
Probably be able to crank out some of my older minis for that, even if Nagash turns everyone into zombies or vampires.

Makes me think though, are they going to turn it into "Warhammer, The Walking Dead".

[Cubs]

It's not as expired as all that.

You can't kill an idea, man ... it's like ... the world's baby now ...

[Major_Gilbear]

@ Ajsalium:

I've heard that rumour a few times now, but it still seems unlikely to me. I can see the effort being made to re-do all the army books and plastic regiment kits for 8th, and can't see how 9th will abolish that. That 9th has a lower model count requirement I could understand,  and even that it has a skirmish subset of rules.

But otherwise,  I actually wonder if we'll see WHFB and 40k skirmish games (I.e., one each) to fill the void that will be left when the LOTR licence finally runs out/dry.

Yea, in my cinical mind this is the idea:

[...], the most expansive models, ie most profit, are heroes. So, why not do a hero heavy skirmish game. Les to paint, more buying more profit.

Scary, but I could see GW thinking exactly like that.

[beefcake]

I got out of the hobby shortly after Mordheim came out. Last white Dwarf I bought was probably when the first couple of White Dwarf's introduced Mordheim but before the game became official in a book/boxed set.

[Tactalvanic]

But isn't the Nagashaplypse an optional scenario still?

 Sorry i don't spend to much time looking at gw stuff as I tend to laugh to much at the web page.

Back on topic - its optional scenario? so you can do "world destroyed by Nagash and dragons now look like flying skull horses..."
 or not?

So all the old game styles still apply - with the new rules you need to buy first of course, new skermishy stuff applies, mass massive combats, original (with new rules) style WFB etc etc.

So you end up with more gaming options, granted, more books to buy,

- Not really affordable as the prices will hike accordingly scaled to the reduction of box content

"yes thats a huge number of 1 soldier per box mate - massive" 

So you can pay more for less and still play... Something.

So then when they do the next release, which will be shockingly close to this one, maybe Chaos will get to be the next optional Apocalypse?

"But dad, you said dragons are skelly horses with wings, now they aren't?"

" don't be so last month son - let me finish selling your soul to get the latest chaos destruction Ryder lords of Apochaoslypse... TM."




 

[3 fingers]

Gw release boxed set of the 4 horsemen of the apocalypse , loads of  skulls and then claim copyright of the idea.

[beefcake]

I was having a look at the new releases, reading the description and found something that actually looks like a good move by GW. The new undead minis seem to have the rules included in the box. It does say full rules in book blah blah blah but also rules are included in the box! Weird. Maybe they are trying to get people to buy their stuff now by making it within people's budgets... Somewhat.

[majorsmith]

The new spirit hosts look fantastic and 3 for £15 is not bad for gw!

[Too Bo Coo]

To be honest, I REALLY like the new Dark Elf hero with the octi-mask.  It will work great with my underdark skirmish force!

[3 fingers]

I need more hunter orcs.quite like the dark elf assassin .I've got no problem buying their products when it's sensibly priced etc.just don't like their ethics I suppose .