Warhammer is Dead!

[Steve J]

Well, I'm not sure how to sum up my reaction to GW ditching Warhammer as we knew it for 'Age of Sigmar'. Shock probably best describes it. For more detail see below:

http://johnstoysoldiers.blogspot.co.uk/2015/07/review-of-age-of-sigmar-rules-by-gw.html?showComment=1436124008100#c6370275159819375198

http://www.gameinformer.com/b/features/archive/2015/07/04/games-workshop-reinvents-warhammer.aspx

I'm going to be stocking up on some paints this week just in case it all goes Pete Tong.

[jchaos79]

I do not know what to say. Never played WHFB, but played warmaster in this setting. Now the setting is gone. It does not matter too much for me. What I like is warmaster system. I could play the system in heroic fantasy, plain fantasy, GW fantasy, historic, tolkien fantasy, etc...

Ironically, now there is another force: the sigmarites, and models similar to this concept in 10mm is cover by the angles of magister millitum.

[petercooman]

 


smells like warmachine 

[Matt J]

Been following this the last couple of weeks (even bought the latest WD  ). I can see what GW are trying and well I don't think its all bad. The warhammer world was beautifully visualised and created over decades, I grew up with it so I m sad to see its loss but its still there as an historical setting.
The new mini's look great and I'm tempted to buy the new box set even though I haven't bought any GW for eons. However the background fluff and rules are just a bit pants. I'm no gamer but the rules seem simplistic to the extreme. Maybe it the Hail Caesar/Black powder approach, no points, no set in stone rules just have fun, but I don't think it'll work for GW (power) gamers.
Might be great to introduce my son to wargaming though.

[petercooman]

From the orcs and goblin warscroll:

WAAAgh! horns
Models in this unit may carry Waaagh!
Horns. You can add 2 to the charge rolls of
a unit that includes any Waaagh! Horns,
but only if you bellow 'Waaagh!' when
rolling the dice





Nothing for me im afraid, i played warhammer for the look of rank upon rank of fantasy soldier and mighty heroes leading their regiments. If i want golden pansies flying about with white wings, i'll buy 40k blood angels, wich have a similar look.

This is how a warhammer army looks for me,it's my smallest but the only one i have a picture of that i can find:

[Ithoriel]

Stupidly expensive figures, dross rules and and a background "reboot" that makes no sense to me and which seems to exist only as an excuse to make more new, stupidly expensive figures.

I'm glad I do my fantasy gaming in 10mm these days!

[Techno]

No points system ?
Did I read that correctly ?

So basically, whoever's prepared to spend the most money on an army, wins ?

Cheers - Phil

[FierceKitty]

Sounds same as always.

[GordonY]

I think we're witnessing the last desperate thrashing of a dying behemoth, they've finally realised that they really cant have yet another edition of that bloated monster call Borehammer so here's the result. Sorry GW, epic fail.

[Nosher]

Which all goes to prove you cant polish a turd

In five years time Warhammer will be released as the 'all new singing and dancing thing'

[Luddite]

I think its worth noting that Mantic are really pushing hard to take those WFB players GW just kicked in the teeth.   

http://manticblog.com/2015/07/06/kings-of-war-foreword-by-rick-priestly/

Given that Mantic is basically run by the people who used to make GW a success, this makes me laugh.   

[fred.]

Yep. Mantic's emails over the weekend were particularly funny.

They nicely merged the American Independence day and WHFB themes

[slimreidy1]

and that ladies and gentlemen is why I have already sold everything I had Warhammer/Gamesworkshop!!!

[toxicpixie]

Well, we knew it was coming... Brave new world and all that. Warhammer for me is stuck somewhere between weird skirmish-semi roleplay 1st ed, comedy 2nd and some actual big battle 3rd and, errr, whatever it was when we restarted for a year or two what's now probably ten years back!

So this is a bit odd and slightly retro but not feeling.

[petercooman]

Well i watched a battle report for the new rules, and found it very dull.

Now idon't want it to fail, and some people will like it, i'm sure they will, but i just can't comprehend why they would do this.

As a side project (like dreadfleet etc..) i would understand it, but as a replacement for warhammer, that i don't get. If you want to play skirmish battles like that, there are enough decent rules in that category out there with wich you can still use your warhammer models anyway.