News: The hobbit won’t stop 40k Releases

Posted on November 30, 2012 by Ben Jackson

This appeared on the net just under an hour ago!

” via secret squirrel from the Faeit 212 inbox I get to see product launch briefs when they come out and one thing jumped out at me from the hobbit product brief, I’ve pasted it below; “We will continue to support Warhammer and Warhammer 40,000 customers by launching new products every month. The Lord of the Rings releases historically replaced Warhammer and Warhammer 40,000 sales. This time, any Hobbit releases are on top of our existing Warhammer and Warhammer 40,000 plans.” So, to all the people who say “they should concentrate on 40k and not waste any months on LotR” can go to sleep happy as there will be a 40k/WFB launch every month next year and the hobbit will just be extras on top.”

Now we know what they’ve been doing we the new designers they recited last year. Thank Goodness that White Dwarf won’t be cover to cover with short hairy men!

Ben

News: GW removing terrain from in-store Game boards !!!!

Posted on November 29, 2012 by Ben Jackson

I just came across this rather shocking report on Bolter and Chainsword. I hope this is just a local Area Manager going a bit off the official company line and not a sign of things to come.

Gunrunr From: Houston, Texas

Hello Brothers,
I just wanted to share the latest bad experience at my local GW store. I will not mention which store but I can tell you the manager is a good guy and he along with the new friends I have made there have resparked my interest in the hobby…..well, them and finding this website. Just last week I noticed that one of the tables that used to have a campaign board on it was gone. It was a large board painted up like space and was broke into sections with hand made model planets. People would go in every weekend to play games of 40K to see who would advance on the table. I asked the manager if the campaign was over all ready and he said no. He said that GW was doing audits and when they came in and saw the game board they got p****d and told him to take it down. Never mind the fact that everyone purchased Battlefleet Gothic models from that very store to use for campaign pieces. GW said they didn’t care and that the focus of the store was to push their new stuff….not their old. To add insult to injury, the store manager was told to put away all the terrain pieces and leave only bare tables for people to play on. GW stated that they do not want terrain to be furnished to players any more that way they would be forced to start buying pieces themselves. Yeah, like on top of taking my armies (Templars FTW) I’m now suppose to take a box full of terrain too.

News: The Hobbit vs Forge World Space Marines – There can be only one

Posted on November 24, 2012 by Ben Jackson

This weekend Games Workshop released the hobbit. Is this the right time to bring it out a game for a film that hasn’t been released yet? Maybe once the film is released people will be rushing out to grab a copy of the latest Limited edition, which can then sit at the back of the cupboard with Dreadfleet and Space Hulk.

Forgeworld also released a number of lines this weekend.

Legion Champion & Master of Signal (GBP 22.00)

Autocannons for Support Squads and Breach Squads (GBP 12.00 for five weapons)

Heavy Bolters for Support Squads and Breach Squads (GBP 12.00 for five weapons)

Mk II “Crusade” Armour Assault Squad (GBP 33.00 for the five)

This Assault squad looks like a massive improvement over the old Mkii assault squad. Which just looked a bit weird.

Forge world have also put out two other new weapon packs

VOLKITE CALIVER SET £11.00

VOLKITE CHARGER SET £11.00

It’s looks like Christmas is going to be all about Forge World.

News: White Dwarf 396 leaked – Parade Ground features ten converted aircraft

Posted on November 21, 2012 by Ben Jackson

Leaked pictures from White dwarf 396 have apeared on the internet. The biggest surpires is the source of the leak they’ve been published on…. whitedwarf daily on Gamesworkshop.com

There are picture of

Keith Robertson’s Ogre Kingdoms army
Ork Fighter conversion
Wolf Guard Terminators and Ork Nobs having a who’s the hardest fight.

There is no mention of the issue being double sized or any bigger than normal for that matter. Gamesworkshop policy prevents me from linking to their site, so you will have to copy and paste the URL yourself sorry 🙁

New GW Campaign book:The Crusade of Fire and individual bunkers on advance order

Posted on November 17, 2012 by Ben Jackson

With no real indication, other than the 2 year old rumours there would be two sixth edition box sets which would combine to form a campaign. GW has released a new Hard back campaign book called. The Crusade of Fire.