hobgoblinclub Posted April 29, 2016 Share Posted April 29, 2016 Tickets and hotels are booked for our road trip to Warhammer Fest! The plan is Warhammer World on Saturday May 14th and into Nottingham to drink afterwards. Then, on the Sunday, we're off to Warhammer Fest in Coventry. There's five of us I think, so it should be a blast. Hopefully we'll bump into some of you there. The last time I attended such as event was the final Games Day, which was one big rubbish Forge World. With all of the brilliant decisions GW are making at the moment, do we think there's a chance Warhammer Fest might actually be amazing this year? They are so full of surprises at the moment, I can see the day being a real treat. Guesses? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Jabber Tzeentch Posted April 30, 2016 Share Posted April 30, 2016 I think it could be the best one for many years. And I'm sad that I've had to cancel. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ben Posted April 30, 2016 Share Posted April 30, 2016 I'll be going on Saturday. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hobgoblinclub Posted April 30, 2016 Author Share Posted April 30, 2016 4 hours ago, Ben said: I'll be going on Saturday. That's a shame. Is Golden Daemon on the Sunday? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ben Posted April 30, 2016 Share Posted April 30, 2016 No idea. I picked saturday in part due to any news at the event would be new rather than seeing it all online the day before Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hobgoblinclub Posted April 30, 2016 Author Share Posted April 30, 2016 I've not heard about this year. Just remember at the last Games Day it was on the Sunday. Seemed strange to me why people went on the Saturday. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Veterannoob Posted May 2, 2016 Share Posted May 2, 2016 Hopefully Ben or some podcasts will give us some coverage:) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gaz Taylor Posted May 3, 2016 Share Posted May 3, 2016 I'm very very tempted to go to this now. Originally I wasn't but with some of the extras GW seem to be throwing in (free bag, Blood Bowl exclusives, event only models, etc), I'm finding my resolve being worn away. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
UrbanJesus Posted May 3, 2016 Share Posted May 3, 2016 I really want to go but I don't have anyone to go with me, but I think it will be amazing, with all the specialist stuff like Blood Bowl, the new Middle Earth SBG, Warhammer Quest silver tower (I think it's called) And the generals handbook, and more. theres loads I'm itching to find out about. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Painted by G Posted May 3, 2016 Share Posted May 3, 2016 Looking forward to our trip! Less than 2 weeks! Kind of crept up. Yeah last time was great (2013), but yeah seemed to be the same both days except Sunday has Golden Demon too. No idea why anyone would go on Saturday unless that's thier only choice of course.. They should do something really cool on the Sat only to make me buy a ticket for both days.. Live shows from Bad Dice and other podcasts? I'd go both days for that! I think Blizzcon does that with thier top fan cats and it's a massive hit. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hobgoblinclub Posted May 3, 2016 Author Share Posted May 3, 2016 Cannot wait! Are we all getting the free goodie bag as part of our tickets? It seems too generous for GW. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gaz Taylor Posted May 3, 2016 Share Posted May 3, 2016 17 minutes ago, hobgoblinclub said: Cannot wait! Are we all getting the free goodie bag as part of our tickets? It seems too generous for GW. Yup free bag. http://warhammerworld.games-workshop.com/2016/04/25/event-exclusives-and-first-access-items-at-warhammer-fest/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sehryth7 Posted May 3, 2016 Share Posted May 3, 2016 I'm driving up on the Saturday, anyone know roughly what to bring for the "bring and battle"? Couple of units and a hero? or more? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hobgoblinclub Posted May 3, 2016 Author Share Posted May 3, 2016 4 hours ago, Gaz Taylor said: Yup free bag. http://warhammerworld.games-workshop.com/2016/04/25/event-exclusives-and-first-access-items-at-warhammer-fest/ That's great news! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Veterannoob Posted May 4, 2016 Share Posted May 4, 2016 For this bad boy...you all enjoy! https://www.forgeworld.co.uk/en-GB/blog/blog.jsp?_requestid=32531250 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shane Posted May 4, 2016 Share Posted May 4, 2016 I'll be there on the Saturday. Whilst Golden Daemon is the Sunday it's way worse for travel. I'll already be doing a 2.5-3 hour solo train journey each way. Looking forward to seeing what Bloodbowl is on display and playing a demo game of Silver Tower. Also picking up a FW order; sensible way to cut that shipping cost. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chikout Posted May 4, 2016 Share Posted May 4, 2016 Wow looks cool. Need another angle on the face. That amazing army from the south coast grand tournament really changed my opinion of the chaos Dwarves. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shane Posted May 4, 2016 Share Posted May 4, 2016 Here for viewing: Spoiler Looks great...really keen to see what other models FW release for AoS in the future. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hobgoblinclub Posted May 4, 2016 Author Share Posted May 4, 2016 More chaos dwarfs? I thought they were phasing them out again? Has AoS rescued them? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shane Posted May 5, 2016 Share Posted May 5, 2016 16 hours ago, hobgoblinclub said: More chaos dwarfs? I thought they were phasing them out again? Has AoS rescued them? They're FW only. The format of AoS (i.e. no traditional army restrictions) allows them to be more creative. I expect this has encouraged the team to do more AoS models (larger ones at that). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gaz Taylor Posted May 5, 2016 Share Posted May 5, 2016 33 minutes ago, Shane said: They're FW only. The format of AoS (i.e. no traditional army restrictions) allows them to be more creative. I expect this has encouraged the team to do more AoS models (larger ones at that). Yup. This is pretty much how they want to work on and release models and AoS fits right into this way of releases. A couple of years ago at a GW Studio day, some of the design staff (Jez Goodwin, Phil Kelly and Martin Footit?) were chatting about the new process they were phasing in. Basically they all work on really cool stuff all the time, but some of it never sees the light of day due to how they used to do releases in Blocks. Sometimes they would have to wait for a block to be complete or have room for them to release something, while having smaller releases works better. With AoS, having all the scrolls online and not needing a book, they can release models whenever they want. I suspect 40K will go this way at some point as there are rumours about a new edition coming out soon (new flyer rules almost cement this happening in next 12 months). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hobgoblinclub Posted May 5, 2016 Author Share Posted May 5, 2016 I imagine future releases will be more closely tied to sales now. In the past, if an army wasn't selling well, they had the problem of trying to write a new army book that reinvigorated them. Now, if a faction flops, they can just ditch it and it's never seen again. No player has committed all their efforts to it as it's likely just part of their allied force. At the same time, if a faction sells well, Ironjaws for example, they'll reappear a couple of years down the line. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shane Posted May 5, 2016 Share Posted May 5, 2016 Or, they'll no longer need to 're-do' lines. They can add a new faction instead. No more traditional army restrictions either (Matched Play pending). At an Open Day a couple of years ago the design team said they did not want to go through the "Dark Eldar" process ever again. In otherwords, having to do a complete army to get it through the doors. AoS has been evidence of that. Smaller, more focused releases with multiple builds in a box. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hobgoblinclub Posted May 5, 2016 Author Share Posted May 5, 2016 Yep. I doubt they'll ever re-do stuff again. What's the point in updating a kit, thus limiting the potential audience, when you can do something new? Some people just don't need to update old stuff. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chikout Posted May 6, 2016 Share Posted May 6, 2016 This is the AOS t-shirt for the event. I don't recognise the logo. Anyone know what it is? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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