Changed Forever: Nagash leading charge into The End Times: Four books (and kit releases) coming
Prophetic words ? or just publicity?
Interesting days ahead. So the rumour drums are drumming.
So if there's a smoke signal, is there a fire?
It appears that GW has finally woken to the fact that they are not making enough of their fluff, and definitely not enough sales out of the Lord and Hero level characters. They've taken a page out of 40K (not that I know enough about it to pass comment any longer, as GW lost me with the release of the last 40K rules update and nerf of my armies.) Have they changed everything? Forever? Can we believe the poster above?
Rumour has it we'll be getting 4 WHFB books in the End Times. Undead/Tombkings/ Nagash this Saturday. VC and Tomb Kings rolled into one, allowing you to field more Lords points and greater freedom of choice w magic. Monstrous Cav/Flyers. Every Wizard and necromancer being able to raise the dead (?) or only those on the Dark side (?).
November's rumour is a Chaos-focused book. This fits with the rumour of plastic Greater Daemon kits.I also wont be surprised if we see an Archaon along the lines of Nagash, swiftly followed by kits of other notable fluff lord and hero level models at $200 a piece.
December - nothing as yet, but hey, who wouldn't want Nagash or Archaon in their stocking by then?
January is rumoured to be Skaven focussed. The fourth book will be in March. Scant details as yet, but "races not covered prior" Most likely Empire, (Lots of juicy lord level characters there! Can we expect to see Sigmar and Valten or a redefinition of the Knightly Orders? Please GW, go this way, not more monstrous cavalry or infantry!)
Brets, Dwarfs and Greenskins may well feature. It would of course be hard not to bring some Uberhero on the "good" side into the fray. Aenarion, maybe? I think Sigmar (or Valten) more likely. Or will be see a pure magic wielder ? I think not, he'll have to be a cannon. What do the stunty lovers suggest? I'm not that well versed in Dwarven lore. Likewise with the Brets. The Lady on a monstrous base ? She's too much of a target at present.Slann? Lord Croak or Mazdamundi beefed up? Not cannon enough.Malekith (sorry, Dark Side) My money's on Sigmar Heldenhammer.
Summer (in the UK and US) 2015 will likely see 9th Edition. Are we to see a change in force composition? Not sure if this is what is indicated by the direction GW is taking with the End Times Lord/Herohammer. And yes, big expensive kits are more lucrative than $50 a packet rank-and-file.
More questions. What will this mean for the (Non-GW supported) tournament circuit? Will it too become Herohammer? Speculation? We'll know by next week this time.
Exciting times ahead? I'm still torn about it all. As much as I love the fluff, do I want to embark on this path?
Still adding the $$ in my head, and it seems to be getting worse by the moment.
Not sure whether it is my Dutch or Scots ancestral blood, but something is cringing at the thought of it all.
Just more of the same GW... reinvent the game and armies every year or so and make you buy the next round of inflated priced figures and rules year on year... consigning your much loved and slavishly painstakingly painted army to the trash heap...
ReplyDeleteScott, I fear not just for an army, but a whole room full of models.
DeleteExactly Herman.... still, if you wish to remain a social gamer rather than a tournament junkie, there is still 'oldhammer' - just keep playing with the models and rules you have that you like... I guess you are only forced to buy in to the arms race if you wish to participate meaningfully in the tournie setting...
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