Reply To: WHtOW boxed set

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It is certainly possible that WHtOW will be nothing but a disappointing money grab, but I’m pretty sure that if I want to have any chance whatsoever of playing a fantasy battle game in my area with anyone other than myself, I will have no choice but to buy at least the rule book and an army book or three. Experience has taught me that.

The announcement that they will – oh so graciously – ‘allow’ us to use our existing minis – mine go back to the 1970s and consist of many different manufacturer’s products – does sound too good to be true, but since there isn’t an ‘official’ GW store within many hours of my place, I don’t care which minis Nottingham HQ deems ‘legal’ or not. If new players want to play with Bretonnian knights who have 5 arms and wings coming out of their crotches, they may do so, mine will still look like normal knights.

Can’t fully agree with the statement that every reboot GW does is a flop. Battlefleet Gothic was definitely an improvement over Star Fleet, 3rd edition WHFB over the first 2 – thereafter, it becomes a matter of taste, 2nd edition Blood Bowl  was better than 1st – arguably, 3rd edition was more playable and less chaotic and confusing, but also somewhat less creative, I’m not sure which edition of 40K – 1st, 2nd or 3rd – I prefer, similar could be said for Space Hulk.

Generally, though, the first edition/series/book/movie whatever of everything tends to be the best of the bunch.