The LAF Games Workshop Discussion Thread

[zemjw]

The Assassins game is up for pre-order on the GW site. Ships 2nd May.

Usual "limited edition" nonsense and the fairly standard (if too expensive) £75.00 ($125.00) price tag

In addition to the Parkour figures you get 15 Chaos Cultists and 3 Chaos Space Marines

[beefcake]

So it's prpbably cheaper buying this game rather than just the minis by themselves.

[beefcake]

Lol didn't read that bit. Should have expected highly limited edition (except for when we find thousands more under the CEOs mattress)

[zemjw]

Is this the start of a new GW strategy - a few exclusive miniatures, a bunch of old ones, and a game that will never be supported or expanded

It does not bode well  

edit: just realised that it's not really new for them, although I think the inclusion of old figures is. Guess they're just jumping on the boardgames bandwagon...

[Dr. Zombie]

"Limited edition" from GW means the same as "Pro painted" does on Ebay..

[FramFramson]

 

[YPU]

At least pro painted is a self fulfilling prophecy, the moment your buying it the guy is getting paid for his painting, making him "pro" Of course that says nothing about skill.

[3 fingers]

"Limited edition" from GW means the same as "Pro painted" does on Ebay..

Or in some cases oop

[Andym]

"Limited edition" from GW means the same as "Pro painted" does on Ebay..

Genius!

[Kitsune]

love this bit

This is available while stocks last - given the quality of the game, and that this is the only place to get the Imperial Assassin miniatures deployable in Warhammer 40,000, we don’t expect these stocks to last long at all! Order Assassinorum Execution Force now to avoid missing out.

Reads to me as "the game is a bit shite and then some but if you want our 28mm assassin crack, fanboy u gonna pony up big time."

Only place to get assassins for 40K?

What about these then: http://www.games-workshop.com/en-GB/Warhammer-40-000?N=102296+4294966276&Nu=product.repositoryId&qty=12&sorting=phl&view=table&categoryId=cat440130a-flat

[Tactalvanic]

Only place to get assassins for 40K?

What about these then: http://www.games-workshop.com/en-GB/Warhammer-40-000?N=102296+4294966276&Nu=product.repositoryId&qty=12&sorting=phl&view=table&categoryId=cat440130a-flat

What!!! why would you want them old ones without  boxed limited edition game. next you will be not wanting the not new included chaos marines, but the separately sold versions.

Clearly they are inferior, old, Not the same ones, as they don't have integral scenery attached bases, aaaannnnd most likely will be OOP soon....

and probably the next version of the rules likely says they must be the ones from the boxed limited edition set to be valid for play....


and pro-painted 

[Major_Gilbear]

Great, an old Chaos Lord model (which, along with the Assassins themselves, is really not in anyway a "boardgame" model in terms of assembly), re-used models from DV, and some snap-fit Chaos Marines from before the current box of Chaos Marines... Stunning value! 

It's a thinly-disguised way of getting folks to buy all four assassins now (with the game as "packaging"), rather than just maybe buying the one or two they want later on when they inevitably get released in individual plastic clamshells.

The funniest thing is that I can't see many folks buying this for the game - at least judging by the scores of comments on dedicated forums!

Just bizarre.

[Vermis]

Once bitten by Dreadfleet... Though there are still people who think that's a fun, well-written game.

[Modhail]

Once bitten by Dreadfleet... Though there are still people who think that's a fun, well-written game.

Hehe... Mine is still in the closet, everything on the sprues. But then I didn't buy it as a stand-alone game, for me it is a bitz pack for Man O'War. The comment I heard about it the most is that it's an okay-ish game with dismal replayability, but they sure made it look pretty. I believe the LGS still has one or two copies on the shelves.
The Assassin box set (I can't even remember it's proper name, that's a bad sign) looks to be even less of a "proper" game.
GW in a nutshell: skulls, gimmicks and manipulative totalitarianism...

The only way they'll get me to spend money on a "limited edition"  boxed game is if they do a proper re-release of Necromunda (with terrain!) or Warhammer Quest (both 20 year old games by now).

[beefcake]

Amen to that.