Weekender XLBS: Warhammer Fest Round Up – What’s Ahead?
May 22, 2016 by brennon
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You can’t even down vote it either 😉
Dont count on that yet, were still closing a little ‘LOOPHOLE’ there lol
I’ve nothing witty to reply with that.
There you go, my vote…lol
-1 😉
Well that was a sinister start. Justin and Ben being tortured in Brno and you’d live stream it!?!?
Actually, in retrospect, we see that every Sunday morning anyway. Nevermind.
lol
Happy Sunday!
Happy Sunday!
I can’t remember what year it was, but the last GW day I bothered to attend felt like simply a big GW/FW shop surrounded by a few displays.
Oh man, Dark Future. Now THERE’s a blast from the past. Still got some of the novels around here somewhere….
And lest we forget Chainsaw Warrior…
Ref Hobbit & LOTR, if GW are going back to the era of The Last Alliance to expand things might we get Elendil’s younger son Anarionn in miniature form?
Great xlbs guys.
@warzan in re-releasing their classic board games, GW are clearly attempting to rekindle sentiment in veteran wargamers. They seem to have been careful not to bastardise the original games so to appeal to the nostalgia of older gamers, bit like driving the new Mini. I’m sure GW have many new titles waiting in the wings but for now they need to renew confidence in the gaming community and these rereleases will act as ground bait.
Wedding photos please
Hi guys, I’m looking to put together an army of Redcoats and Jacobites for a pitched battle at Culloden. Given its one of the most famous British battles I’m struggling to find 28mm figures and rule sets. Any help would be much appreciated.
http://www.frontrank.com/product-category/18th-century/
There should be loads more as well making a suitable figures
. It s not a period I am really interested in but given the unusual nature of the Battle trying to find a 18th rulebook to reflect this might be hard. Best bet might be some FIW rules and and adapt them
You could see if anything here takes your fancy
http://www.frontrank.com/product-category/18th-century/
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Many thanks 🙂
That Leman Russ mini is outstanding. I’ve always loathed him (for some reason even in Rogue Trader, even before he murdered the Thousand Sons); but that mini is outstanding.
The best Primarch yet? Could be.
http://www.frontrank.com/product-category/18th-century/
There should be loads more as well making a suitable figures
. It s not a period I am really interested in but given the unusual nature of the Battle trying to find a 18th rulebook to reflect this might be hard. Best bet might be some FIW rules and and adapt them
You could see if anything here takes your fancy
http://www.frontrank.com/product-category/18th-century/
No Canyon was formed in a matter of days.It is just simply impossipleto do that
A new start for Games-Workshop I wonder who was talking about that not so long ago…
They are moving in the right direction that for sure, Ben did meet the lawyers in the door handing him a C&D letter
Companies can’t turn on a dime as one bloke said in the thread I put up. So all I can say to that is this, they are improving 🙂
I did and do still agree with you.
Some nice new models there.
the golden demon was interesting as always, but other than that I only liked the houses and that they will make them. But my question would be can you fight in them as well and how much will they cost? I’m a bit afraid that they going to be the same price as 4ground buildings or even more expensive. The rest was just same old same old. I really hope GW is pulling their heads out of the sand and are doing something new and innovative instead of the same thing over and over again. And no I don’t think… Read more »
GW don’t license LotR/Hobbit from the movie studio, rather both the movie studio and GW license from Middle-earth Enterprises. M-eE took the rpg license off ICE in 1999 because ICE had stopped making new product for the game. I assume GW are at similar risk of losing the license to make miniatures games based on the IP if they cease making new product. The ‘new’ GW has been apparent since the release of Age of Sigmar last year. As of yet, though, I’ve seen little evidence of a commitment to producing high quality games, as opposed to re-treads or vehicles… Read more »
I’m glad I’m not the only one with Scary Baby Monitor Experiences! When we lived in Bristol we used to get some bleed over from another baby monitor in the area and that baby used to cry a *lot*. When the mother would come in to the room to pick up the baby, the voice was really distorted and it sounded pretty freaky.. but that’s radios for you. But then we had our second child a few years later and for the 2 – 3 years where the monitor was in his room, we continued to get the same interference… Read more »
“What’s a Tiefling” he says? (Sorry, commenting live).Only the best D&D race ever. Tiefling bard FTW!
@warzan if you are a fan of psychological horrors and haven’t seen ‘It Follows’ your missing out buddy. It’s a modern one and plays more on your mind than anything else and does have a zombie like feel to it although much more menacing.
Warzan. Can you please put in a link to that exorcism book?
I believe this is it: https://www.amazon.co.uk/Ebooks-Exorcist-Tells-His-Story-ebook/dp/B0167ND1LS?ie=UTF8&qid=1463916747&ref_=la_B001JXWW6W_1_1&s=books&sr=1-1
And I haven’t read this yet: https://www.amazon.co.uk/Excorcist-More-Stories-Gabriele-Amorth-ebook/dp/B01AYEYFSO?ie=UTF8&qid=1463916747&ref_=la_B001JXWW6W_1_2&s=books&sr=1-2
Adeptus Titanicus. I have had a smile on my face since that poster was revealed. I loved that game, I just think the scale suits the world so much better than 28mm. While the 29mm warlord is hugely impressive, I voted for it as model of the year at the awards, its a display piece really, it is far, far too big to be practical on 99% of the tables people use to play 40K, including mine. A highly details version that is 6″ tall, the size of a 40K knight? That actually fits properly onto a 6×4 with in… Read more »
Happy sunday… well as someone who entered the hobby in the good old days of GW I am pleased to see that they seem to be trying to recapture that Mojo. Now if they now start to realise that they are not isolated in the industry and are a leader in what is now a much much bigger industry then I think that they will become what they should be. I see GW as like Japan many years of isolationism, a sudden backlash then some time of reflection before embracing the world around them and work out what they are… Read more »
@warzan and @brennon you should cover Ardacon in Manchester in the end of October. 120 participant The Hobbit tournament! It’ll be a mini world tournament with teams from all over! We’re coming with a 6 man team from Norway! It’s going to be epic!
Do you know the organisers? Get (or Put them) In Touch
James Clark is the organiser of Aradcon, he’s one of the hosts of the GBHL
https://www.facebook.com/james.clark.967806?fref=ts
Happy sunday folks!
Happy Sunday all! I love seeing some of the reboots of some classic franchises like bloodbowl/mordheim/necromunda/lotr etc – and the fact that they have said the rules will basically be the same as they always have been for bloodbowl is great news. On the other hand, Silver Tower?!?! Just doesn’t look or feel anything like Warhammer Quest as we remember it – the soul just isn’t there. It almost feels like GW have become a 2 personality company – half of it are hobbyists that just want to make cool stuff, the other half are the self obsessed types that… Read more »
Carnt wait for the new GW stuff 🙂 blooooood bowls 🙂
Ben: Will the new LotR/Hobbit use the same rule set? an update ruleset or a complet new one?
i.e with the new models coming out…will i be able to adept them to use for the rules from the Hobbit Rule Book and/or the LotR Strategy Battle game Rules?
It’s exactly the same ruleset, the Middle Earth team have been very upfront about that and SBG is here to stay. The rules for the new minis will be likely be released along with them so you can use them straight away