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Post by KevinC on Dec 22, 2017 21:40:45 GMT
Forge World had created a huge amount of books and models to play games of "Warhammer 30,000" (set during the Horus Heresy), but use the main rules of Warhammer 40,000 7th edition (the previous edition). They are telling players this: "Following the release of the new edition of Warhammer 40,000, if you already play games set during the Horus Heresy, you can continue to use the previous edition of the Warhammer 40,000 rules for the time being. In the not so far future, we will be releasing a Horus Heresy rulebook which will continue to be compatible with all of the rules in this book [their line of HH campaign books]. Keep an eye on our Facebook page for further updates!" Horus Heresy Link
So, why can't they do this for Warhammer Fantasy Battles? They don't have to write a new rulebook, just continue selling the 8th edition rulebook and army books, and continue to write campaign books like Tamurkhan: The Throne of Chaos and other expansion like the Monstrous Arcanium book. Obvious they could create new monsters, war machines, characters....and if the sales are there...entire new armies... Thoughts?!?!? |
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Post by strutsagget on Dec 22, 2017 21:42:54 GMT
Think we all would love that... Still, hoping that FW will pick up WHF.
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Post by NIGHTBRINGER on Dec 22, 2017 23:06:07 GMT
So, why can't they do this for Warhammer Fantasy Battles? They don't have to write a new rulebook, just continue selling the 8th edition rulebook and army books, and continue to write campaign books like Tamurkhan: The Throne of Chaos and other expansion like the Monstrous Arcanium book. Obvious they could create new monsters, war machines, characters....and if the sales are there...entire new armies... Thoughts?!?!? Wouldn't that be great! I'd love to see it. However, I suspect that those expansions must not have sold very well. Forge World gave Warhammer Forge a big push, but then they abandoned it. They produce all that Horus Hersey stuff becomes I assume it sells exceptionally well. |
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Post by KevinC on Dec 23, 2017 2:15:43 GMT
However, I suspect that those expansions must not have sold very well. Forge World gave Warhammer Forge a big push, but then they abandoned it. They produce all that Horus Hersey stuff becomes I assume it sells exceptionally well. Right, but I don't see how they lose to offer the WFB rules, army books, and expansions for sale in digital and create new supplements and models (which could be used in both WFB and AOS). Forge World models were originally create for niche gamers and collectors. They could keep that alive for WFB at a minimal cost and if it proved to be popular... expand on it. There was as WFB campaign book nearly released/finished called "Black Fire Pass" (if was even advertised in at least two issues of WD), which never came to pass because of AOS. They could release that book, along with digital availability of the WFB rulebook and army books and merely see what happens in terms of interest with very little effort. |
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Post by KevinC on Dec 23, 2017 2:19:50 GMT
Also, Forge World is really pushing the Hobbit (which is great), but does that really bring in so much money to be worth it? Wouldn't WFB bring in an equal, in not more, amount of cash?? I don't know, but it seems like it could not hurt GW.
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Post by grandmasterwang on Dec 23, 2017 12:51:13 GMT
I think they will do something like this eventually, but for now they will let nostalgia build up for a bit longer.
Things like Hobbit and Bloodbowl will take up their non 30k resources for a while.
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Post by mottdon on Dec 23, 2017 16:33:28 GMT
I sure hope they do pick it up. Has anyone written them something to this effect?
Personally, I think that they simply don't want to contradict their decisions with End Times and don't want to "take away" sells from AoS. I don't have anything to support that theory, but I have yet to be wrong in my predictions regarding GW's big moves.
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Post by KevinC on Dec 23, 2017 22:17:12 GMT
I sure hope they do pick it up. Has anyone written them something to this effect? Personally, I think that they simply don't want to contradict their decisions with End Times and don't want to "take away" sells from AoS. I don't have anything to support that theory, but I have yet to be wrong in my predictions regarding GW's big moves. ----------Well it wouldn't contradict the End Times. It's merely playing WFB in the original setting, and through new campaign books. Just as Horus Hersey is about playing WH40K games in a different time period. As for AOS, all models produced would have rules for use in AOS as well. For example, all the current monsters from forge world would have AOS and WFB rules. |
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Post by strutsagget on Dec 23, 2017 22:45:56 GMT
This will be my new year's wish  |
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Post by alanthemoderate on Dec 26, 2017 18:55:16 GMT
I suspect the unholy huge sale numbers from Total War Warhammer will probably push them into this court eventually. I am sure they are realizing just how much money they are missing right now, even if they just brand it as a tie in.
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Post by warlordghazak on Dec 26, 2017 20:13:17 GMT
It would be great that FW would support WFB. I still don't know why they came up with AOS...
Cheers,
WGG
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Post by roughtimes on Dec 30, 2017 18:10:39 GMT
It makes sense to sell those books that have already been produced, unless they are overly concerned about hurting AOS (seems unlikely (.
I would guess it has more to do with poor past performances of FW fantasy models and rules.
The fantasy stuff from FW has been hit or miss for many Warhammer players. Some of it's decent, but there was a lot of rubbish too.
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Post by gjnoronh on Dec 30, 2017 20:44:48 GMT
You have seen my thoughts on this before so I won’t belabor the point except to say the 30K FW situation is very different then launching 8th again through FW.
Maybe it will happen one day.
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