new warhammer fantasy stuff

[AndrewGPaul]

Aww, did I miss some internet fighting? rubbish.

I'm kinda looking forward to this. It'll hopefully be like Man O' War, but not fiddly and annoying. Anyway, we'll find out more on Saturday.

http://www.warseer.com/forums/attachmen ... 1315843839

http://www.warseer.com/forums/attachmen ... 1315843839

[Primarch]

Aww, did I miss some internet fighting? rubbish.

Yep, sorry about that. Next time we're going to organise some cage fights and sell popcorn.

Man-o-War was a cool game way back in the day and I used to like it a lot, but it did tend to suffer from the same overly-fiddly rules that a lot of the specialist games used. Hopefully this Dread Fleet game will be streamlined and easy to get into. Its just a shame that it is going to be a one shot deal with no support afterwards. I think I'll be sticking to Uncharted Seas to get my fantasy naval fix in, (Though that hasn't seen any real support since Dystopian Wars came out), but I am keen to see what GW do with it.

For anyone wondering what all the big deal is, I suggest reading Fell Cargo by Dan Abnett, its a pirate story set in the Warhammer Fantasy world and is a darn good read.

[job]

Aww, did I miss some internet fighting? rubbish.

Yep, sorry about that. Next time we're going to organise some cage fights and sell popcorn.

Man-o-War was a cool game way back in the day and I used to like it a lot, but it did tend to suffer from the same overly-fiddly rules that a lot of the specialist games used. Hopefully this Dread Fleet game will be streamlined and easy to get into. Its just a shame that it is going to be a one shot deal with no support afterwards. I think I'll be sticking to Uncharted Seas to get my fantasy naval fix in, (Though that hasn't seen any real support since Dystopian Wars came out), but I am keen to see what GW do with it.

For anyone wondering what all the big deal is, I suggest reading Fell Cargo by Dan Abnett, its a pirate story set in the Warhammer Fantasy world and is a darn good read.

Oh, gosh, no!!! Cages are horrible things for gangly skinny guys like me. I might be able to fight (pester) in an open field, but I'm be mangled or tortured in a cage.

I'm rather eager about this. I'd like an expansion on the Warhammer scene. If it isn't an expansion of minatures and more of a board game, I'd be also happy, as I'm looking for that kind of escape. It seems like a win-win to me.

[Danguinius]

Blood Bowl and Man`O`War got me into wargaming in the first place (nearly 20 years ago). I have pretty much everything for Bloodbowl (except enough dedicated players to run a league), but I was sad the was MoW fell by the wayside. I still have two fleets that I repainted - they`re all ready to go (yes, I also have all the rules, cards, counter etc. too). I loved that game. It was incredibly fiddly - especially compared to today`s streamline games - but it was great fun. In college, we`d play huge team battles that lasted 10-12 hours (all night)...we played until the last ship (none of this preset number of turns candyass stuff)! When I first heard about this upcoming release, I was all geeked about it, but now it appears it will be a whole new animal from MoW. They could have totally redone all the rules, as long as it left it open to play with the old MoW figs, but it seems that will not happen. Oh well, I guess there`s always Uncharted Seas...

Danguinius

[The Other Dave]

Game info's up:

http://www.games-workshop.com/gws/catal ... od1350015a

The ships are generally pretty cool-lookin', I'll give them that. Nice mat, too.

[Primarch]

Game info's up:

http://www.games-workshop.com/gws/catal ... od1350015a

The ships are generally pretty cool-lookin', I'll give them that. Nice mat, too.

Why'd they make the mat 5' by 3.5'? Every other game is 6' by 4'
Still it all looks nice and looks to be the right scale for Uncharted Seas, especially with all the optional extras in the box like islands and wrecks and what not. I can see it being about 16000 yen if we get copies over here though. Hmmm, sadly I dont need the boats or rules that much.

[The Other Dave]

Why'd they make the mat 5' by 3.5'? Every other game is 6' by 4'

If I was going to be cynical, I'd say "just to be contrary," but I wouldn't be surprised if it's so they can fold it up neatly into their standard-sized box.

[me_in_japan]

box size related, for sure.

While Im not so keen on the two flagships, some of the others are very nice. Nautical games aint really my thing, but it looks to be a nice box for those who fancy it, Im sure.

Now if it was space fleets? Then, I'd be all agog...