[40k] [FW] Imperial Armour Apocalypse

On Nov 4, 12:25 pm, Myrmidon <im....TakeThisOut@home.com> wrote:
> In article <-5WdnTyKsZCaZrDanZ2dnUVZ_gudn....TakeThisOut@comcast.com>,
> "Ishkabibble" <spook66(at)hotmail(dot)com> says...
>
> > I sometimes think Games Workshop should sue themselves for diluting their
> > own product line...
>
> That one made me smile. File it!
>
> Myr :~)

Definitely!
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On Sun, 4 Nov 2007 07:35:17 -0500, Myrmidon <imnot.RemoveThis@home.com> wrote:

>In article <1194172041.804745.312070.RemoveThis@57g2000hsv.googlegroups.com>,
>hurlgen40k@aol.com says...
>>
>> Hey,
>>
>> http://www.forgeworld.co.uk/iaapocalypse.htm
>>
>> It was only a matter of time . . .
>>
>
> Well, it was pretty much a given considering that they've totally
>retooled the Super Heavy and Gargantuan rules. No more 'mass points'
>for creaures (which was damn fiddle when combined with wounds), which
>means a reworking of the Nids stuff along with the Ork Giant Squigqoth.
>The flier rules are fairly different, and the vehicle damage / 1/2 or
>zero movement rules affect a ton of stuff already out, but not covered
>directly in the core 40KA rules, which gives GW yet *another*
>opportunity to sell a book.
>
>Heck, it might even be a decent book if they: A - drop Gav's butt-awful
>attempts at fluff writing, and B - actually do a decent job of covering
>all the other vehicle stats for items they've already released.

It's supposed to cover a LOT of stuff, replace the yearly update, and
use data sheets to convey the rules, so it should cover most every FW
model available and not have much fluff. Both of which are certainly
bonuses.

I'll check out the copy our resident Forge World nutter is getting
before grabbing a copy myself.

--
Erik

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In article <-5WdnTyKsZCaZrDanZ2dnUVZ_gudnZ2d.DeleteThis@comcast.com>,
"Ishkabibble" <spook66(at)hotmail(dot)com> says...
>
> I sometimes think Games Workshop should sue themselves for diluting their
> own product line...
>
That one made me smile. File it!

Myr :~)



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"Myrmidon" <imnot.DeleteThis@home.com> wrote in message
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> Heck, it might even be a decent book if they: A - drop Gav's butt-awful
> attempts at fluff writing

thankfully, Gav doesn't write for forge world, it's Warwick Kinrade and Tony
Cottrell (remember him from WD?) - both of whom are solid enough writers,
even if they don't do much proofreading
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In article <3tlXi.42595$7_4.22542@fe3.news.blueyonder.co.uk>,
malafex.DeleteThis@blueyonder.co.uk says...
>
> "Myrmidon" <imnot.DeleteThis@home.com> wrote in message
> news:MPG.2197867266c2939a98abf4@news-server.woh.rr.com...
>
> > Heck, it might even be a decent book if they: A - drop Gav's butt-awful
> > attempts at fluff writing
>
> thankfully, Gav doesn't write for forge world, it's Warwick Kinrade and Tony
> Cottrell (remember him from WD?) - both of whom are solid enough writers,
> even if they don't do much proofreading
>
I know Gav wrote some of the fluff for at least one of the IA
books. I did a review of it ages ago, and yeah, par for Gav it was
grammatically correct, and utterly forgettable.


Myr



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new, assemble it, and then leave it unpainted for months.

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>
> http://www.forgeworld.co.uk/iaapocalypse.htm
>

So after a couple of weeks of waiting, got my copy in the mail today,
opened it all hot and anxious.....

Hmmm.....well...

Lots of nice pictures. Apocalypse versions of the Tyranid Gargantuan
creatures like the Trygon, Harridan, and Malanthrope. Datasheets for
almost any kind of IG tank you could possibly buy from FW. TONS of
skimmers and flyers for the Eldar (nice) and something very, VERY
nasty for Necron players (Undying Legion).

But...

Battle formations seem to have been shafted in this book, Undying
Legion aside. The Pylon Network is exactly similar to the Monolith
Phalanx, The SM Droppod Assault merely confers only a single
Strategic Asset, And the Tyranid Spore Chimney Infestation....its
special rule, its single special rule is that the chimneys and towers
are placed along with terrian in the 'Nid's deployment zone! By
Typhus' crawling balls, at least tell me what the damn things do
without me having to shell out another $80US for IA4 as well!! All
in all, this should have been released as a collection of PDF's on the
FW site rather than an overpriced catalog of FW stuff that I can't
afford and don't really need more than a couple of anyway.

At least the new release of Blade Runner I bought today rocks ass, so
the day isn't a total loss.
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Hey,

On Dec 21, 11:23 pm, Anubis <geoffreyofcasti... RemoveThis @yahoo.com> wrote:
> got my copy in the mail today

The Q&A's already out:

http://www.forgeworld.co.uk/pdf/iaapocqanda.pdf

> the new release of Blade Runner I bought today rocks

New in what way?


Playa
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On Dec 22, 11:05 pm, Anubis <geoffreyofcasti....TakeThisOut@yahoo.com> wrote:
<snip>

Does this version have the completely arbitrary dream-sequence that
seemed as out-of-place as the History Channel pulling a Godwin during
a documentary of ancient Rome?
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On Dec 23, 7:18�pm, Seamus <fomorianw....TakeThisOut@gmail.com> wrote:
> On Dec 22, 11:05�pm, Anubis <geoffreyofcasti....TakeThisOut@yahoo.com> wrote:
> <snip>
>
> Does this version have the completely arbitrary dream-sequence that
> seemed as out-of-place as the History Channel pulling a Godwin during
> a documentary of ancient Rome?

It does. I get what they were trying to do with it, I just wish they
had done it in a way that wasn't so jarringly contrasting with the
rest of the movie. Ah well...
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