An interesting article about the next edition

[The Other Dave]

I'm sure it is safe to bet that it will involve, $more$ models.

Of course! This is GW, after all. Never forget that they are primarily a minatures company that happens to produce rules to play games with their minis, and not a games company that happens to produce minis to use with their games.

And don't they do points percentages anymore? I have not really looked at FB since, like 5th ed. They used to have like 50% Heros, 25% core, etc.etc. 40K did too for that matter.

WFB8 is indeed apparently going back to percentages. It's something like up to 25% Lords, up to 25% Heroes, at least 25% Core, etc., with limits on how many duplicate entries you can get from the Special and Rare sections.

[Primarch]

Back on topic...
The one thing I hope the changes brings about is seeing more models on the table.

The rumoured Character caps and minimum core unit percentages might well help in that area.

I'm sure it is safe to bet that it will involve, $more$ models.

Everyone keeps saying that unit sizes will get bigger. Where are these extra models coming from? You still only have the same number of points. So rather than having 2 medium sized units people are going to use one big one? Ok. The only way to consistently increase the number of models on the table is to reduce points costs.

[The Other Dave]

Everyone keeps saying that unit sizes will get bigger. Where are these extra models coming from? You still only have the same number of points. So rather than having 2 medium sized units people are going to use one big one? Ok. The only way to consistently increase the number of models on the table is to reduce points costs.

Maybe - but if a big block of regular infantry is now on more-equal footing with a small block of elites, people might choose to field proportionately more units of lower-cost models, which could bring overall model counts up.

(Of course, as always in WFB discussions, I'm probably just talking out my butt, not yet having played a game.)

[Colonel Voss]

There's also been a lot of discussion that the regular game size cap is going to 3,000 which makes fielding the larger units much easier.

[Primarch]

Maybe - but if a big block of regular infantry is now on more-equal footing with a small block of elites, people might choose to field proportionately more units of lower-cost models, which could bring overall model counts up.

But if a HUGE block of infantry is now the equal to a small unit of elites, which one would you rather buy and paint?

There's also been a lot of discussion that the regular game size cap is going to 3,000 which makes fielding the larger units much easier.

Well of course the model count will go up if the game size increases

[The Other Dave]

Maybe - but if a big block of regular infantry is now on more-equal footing with a small block of elites, people might choose to field proportionately more units of lower-cost models, which could bring overall model counts up.

But if a HUGE block of infantry is now the equal to a small unit of elites, which one would you rather buy and paint?

Me? A huge block of infantry!

[Colonel Voss]

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