Praecautus

I want to get my mojo back and paint stuff up. I am trying to work through some stuff for memoir 44 which is a world war 2 game. I also have a couple of Bloodbowl teams in need of painting. I want to clear out my collection of painted minis so someone can get some enjoyment from them. I will be running a wfrp campaign and would like to get back into wargaming if the time allows.

I went for other. I’ve not played aos since the pandemic despite loving it before then. I do keep on top of what gw are up to and stop by tga everyday. But I have found so many fun games that my main game cycles on a regular basis. Currently it’s WArhammer fantasy role play, Gloomhaven and memoir 44. Am looking forward to epic and some guys at my club are getting into Mordheim which looks interesting

Chaos-order alliance confirmed! That’s double plus good

Just got back into Warhammer fantasy roleplay after playing soulbound. Loving the quality of the books across the full range. Really nice to just flick through and read bits of. I had forgotten how much I like the old world. Starting a campaign in ubersreik on Thursday, my poor players won’t know what hit them

Will be interesting to see what they do re khorgorath, khorgus Khul, bloodstoker and bloodswcrator as I assume the goreblade war and box is being replaced with the vanguard box.

It would be great to see the ip licensed out properly. I could see a company like CMON being interested to see what they could do with a Warhammer license. They seem very interested in applying their brands and ideas to as many IPs as they can already. I will say though, that if you are interested in board and card games then go and check out board game geek or sites like shut up and sit down. Your wallet may not thank you though - it is a golden age of gaming

The GW of the 80s definitely would be making board and card games. But the GW of today is more mini focussed and rules second. They are clearly market leaders in minis but I don’t think they would take the risk / investment into the board game arena. It’s very competitive and crowded space that GW would need to invest heavily in for potentially marginal returns. Most games disappear unless they are truly special eg Gloomhaven, memoir 44, nemesis etc. the rules, depth and crunchy-ness of these games blows GW out the water. I recently introduced 7 other people at my club to Gloomhaven and the consensus was he games like cursed city were like riding a bike with stabilisers on. Saying that, some games developer could do an amazing job with the Warhammer IP or even simple reskins. Memoir 44 would make an amazing mini Warhammer game, nemesis would make a great looking space hulk type game, betrayal at house on the hill just oozes chaos corruption, eclipse or twilight imperium as a 4x simulation of the galaxy at war. Heat is squig races and so on. I think this is a more likely route, assuming these manufacturers want to get into bed with GW and some of their practices.

It’s the same in my group for both 40k and AoS. We went from the club being exclusively GW Warhammer games to practically everything else. The reasons generally come down to irritating rules, constant book buying, badly thought through army design eg votann, which get needed before being released. The models are considered awesome but the games need improvement. I have missed having my khorne army out. But I have very much enjoyed the different games and systems being played - asoiaf, corespace, godtear, memoir 44, Bloodbowl, gooomhaven, soulbound, and so on. The atmosphere has been great. The club is full almost every week with up to 6 players ar some tables for games. P are laughing and not arguing about inconsistent rules. Saying that boarding actions has raised some interest for a 16 player tournament. I think due to the streamlined rule set and smaller force sizes. I can’t see the big Warhammers getting much of a hold again

I’ve barely played aos since 3rd dropped and it’s the same for both groups I go to. The pandemic killed second ed off before it got going and I wish gw had delayed third as a result. I’m seeing 40k go a similar way since the pandemic. One group which was heavily 40k now plays a huge variety of games and almost all 40k and aos has gone, the other has switched to Horus heresy. I am very much enjoying the wide mix of games I play now - soulbound and alien rpg, core space, Bloodbowl, memoir 44 and a range of modern board games. Plus more are on going at the club. It’s lots of fun and always packed. we will be doing a path to glory, but I worry it will fail mainly due to the too many games to enjoy and not enough time factor leaving limited dates for people to play. Bloodbowl on the other hand has been a huge success

Not had much painting time recently. But I would like to complete the 3 npcs from the core space starter set. Anything else is a bonus

I would say painting, reading rules and then gaming. I have plenty of built models now so have not done a lot on that front. I have loads to paint due to buying various board games recently. So that is taking up most of my time. I am running a few board game campaigns. Gloomhaven, Core Space and Core Space First Born with different groups so often have a couple of games a week on the go. then reading rules to make sure I can run the campaigns socia media and browsing sites, games and forums also takes up a lot of time too warhammer itself is quite low down, but there are two slow grows coming up in the near future where I live so I plan to try to play a game in each once or twice a month to help grow interest in that system

I have been really down on AoS so not painted anything GW for several months. I have however been painting things for lots of other systems and games. All sci fi stuff from many manufacturers and I got a like from someone well known in the field not sure why some photos are upside down. I checked and my kitchen where I paint has not been vertically transposed

If this was a uk football match, it would be at about this point the crowd would be chanting “you don’t know what you’re doing” to I the opposition/their manager. Given this slurry of updates I feel like chanting it now to GW.

I got momentarily excited when there was an update announced, then I saw it. Nothing more I can say which hasn’t been said. The armies of Lord Blackraven will sit on the shelf a while longer 😞

Nearly all my games in 3rd Ed have been at 1000 points and it really feels like a sweet spot. It’s fast, you don’t get lost in the rules and new abilities, it’s FAR easier to reach. Plus 1000 points is an interesting value to build lists, you can fit most things in but you need to know your army to get the most from the few things you can get on the table. So different to 2k where games lasted hours and often didn’t finish. I am finding it hard to go back to 2k