[40k] Official Apocalypse Updates

Hey,

Myrmidon wrote:
> many folks get caught in that mindset and can't turn
> it off long enough to play a 'fun' game.

That's it, exactly!

> I look forward to the Scything taloned Nids version

Nid players may have to settle for the "Without Number" sets -
* 120 Gaunts priced at @25% below retail (pre-Neal)
* 5 Carnifex Deep Striking Brood at the same discount, etc.

> wonder why it is that Armorcast was able to do
> large resins at the price of GW plastics

Shhh! (GW has quietly made plastics more expensive than metals.)
Seems only yesterday that 1in plastic infantry figs were 2 for $1.
Lead infantry was all 1-4 dollars in direct relation to their weight.
FF to 2007: 9 bucks for a Termi? 17 for a Techmarine? Incredible.
See? They've made $3-5 plastic infantry seem *relatvely* cheap.

> hope they come up with 1 or 2 decent big Nid kits in plastic

Good luck with that. :- /
GW have always been great at exploiting other people's creativity.
But, where original thinking/ hard work are needed they founder.
We'll be lucky to get an outsized version of a current Nid fig.

> a hideously expensive version of 'Rock, Scissors, Paper'

The rucksack with Big Gun dice, plates and book is just US$95! ;- P

> don't think it's unreasonable that a larger battle take 3 or 4
> hours to play out

Of course it still can, if you know that you'll have that sort of
time.
The Vortex etc, rules compensate for the loss of FOC restriction.
Ideally, 3kpt games will last exactly as long as 1500pt games.
Ideally . . .

> spending an afternoon playing a fun game is enjoyable

The key to 40kA's appeal will be the inevitable first turn bloodbath.
Every player will know that great swathes will perish in the first
turn!
To me, that sounds pretty enjoyable, and there'll be a side-benefit:
That foreknowledge will kill game-winnng 'no-brainer' Unit combos.

Drop Pod Army? Fine. Zilla Nids? Whatever. Fish of Fury? Bring it.
Siren Prince? First and Ten? Daemon Bomb? Firin' Warriors?
Armoured Column? Choir? Asscannon Spam? More Cowbell?
All are equal under the 40kA Instakilly Template of No-save Doom.

> I'll wait and see how well it plays out for other folks

Yeah, I'll take point on this one.


Playa

On 2007-08-01, Patriarch <patriarch.TakeThisOut@westnet.com.NOSPAM.au> wrote:
> jockelinde wrote:
>> The current Skyray kit contains the Hammerhead sprue too.
>>
>
> Finally, I hear it from someone who knows! Looks like I might get a
> Skyray, then... No-one at my FLGS could give me a straight answer on
> this question...

Do they happen to have a lot of Hammerhead kits in stock? Since the
Skyray and Hammerhead cost the same I guess it would become difficult
to sell the Hammerhead kits if everyone knew that that you get all
sprues with the Skyray. The local GW store here has even stopped
carrying Hammerheads due to this.

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Joakim