Warhammer 40k: Inquisition. Skirmish game rumours

[Ben_S]

I said when they discontinued Specialist Games that GorkaMorka and Necromunda should be looked at not as profitable in themselves but as gateways to 40k or new 40k armies. This (if 28mm) might work similarly. Perhaps it could go hand in hand with new Sisters of Battle?

[Robert John Walker]

I like this idea a lot. I hope they will re-do Mordheim too...my favourite GW game by far. I would look for 'warbands' from all races though, not just Inquisitorilal forces.

[Slacker]

I love this idea, especially if it's 28mm. I've wanted to play some kill team but it just seems kind of clunky, shoe-horning existing 40k into a skirmish sized game, especially since 6th ed came along. This might be something really cool to run instead.

[Kirsten]

Careful what you wish for Eldargal.

The issue with Blanche Eldar females would be the 5" techno stilettos and the inevitable posterior mounted bright lance. There's also a general 15% chance of a motorcycle for no apparent reason.

Unless you're into that kinda thing - then it's all good

sounds good to me. personally I am just missing the heels...

[Heroka Vendile]

Inquisitor mistake?!?! Are you people crazy? Inquisitor was great! I'm a part of the long-standing community in the UK that still to this day runs small campaign days and the Inquisitor Grand Tournament at Warhammer World.
Being 54mm is part of what made Inquisitor special and it's own thing. The "can't be used in my main armies" argument against the large scale was always just a nonsense when you look at the weird and wonderful range of mid-tier games that loads of people play nowadays that have no possible models to share between them: FoW, Warmachine, Wyrd, Dropzone Commander, Dystopian Wars, Infinity, etc., etc.

That said though, I don't care whether people play Inquisitor in 28mm or 54mm, both are just as good for different reasons. The big problem with Inquisitor was that many people approached from a desire different to what the designers intended – it was never meant to be a game for a squad of super-powerful space marines hunting aliens and heretics, it was meant to be about mere humans struggling to survive in fights driven by their schemes and ideologies. A game intended to be approached from a more RPG stance than tactical military strategy.

While obviously I disliked the inevitable discontinuation of Inquisitor support from GW, I'm still very much in support of GW breathing new life into this area of the IP, as it's just so rich and vibrant it deserves to be more than just the material for a 3rd-party RPG.
I don't mind either way what scale the new game comes in, I just hope it's not a game filled with overpowered deathwatch kill teams.

[Praxeti]

Kinda cool really... me and several of my friends made up our own rules for this and made our own retinue and so on... cool that GW is actually making this (hopefully)

[eldargal]

Inquisitor mistake?!?! Are you people crazy? Inquisitor was great! I'm a part of the long-standing community in the UK that still to this day runs small campaign days and the Inquisitor Grand Tournament at Warhammer World.
Being 54mm is part of what made Inquisitor special and it's own thing. The "can't be used in my main armies" argument against the large scale was always just a nonsense when you look at the weird and wonderful range of mid-tier games that loads of people play nowadays that have no possible models to share between them: FoW, Warmachine, Wyrd, Dropzone Commander, Dystopian Wars, Infinity, etc., etc.

It was great, I love Inquisitor and bought All The Things. But because it was 54mm scale it was doomed to be a niche thing and fail as a gateway product. A 28mm scale means people will be able to use it's models in 40k and vice versa, if they keep it updated via digital products it could be an amazing addition especially if they make it a hybrid RPG system ot at least support RPG style campaigns with it. Basically 28mm scale would synergise with the main 40k range much more effectively. The kitbashing opportunities for Inquisitional retinues, heretic bands or xenos factions is just damned exciting.

[Gotthammer]

Inquisitor was great in theory, but being 54mm (terrain is the big one [/pun] here IMO) and metal (conversions, lol) killed it stone dead. Also some of the minis were kinda awful. It's insane they didn't do it in 28mm to tie in with the recent Witch / Daemon hunter's codex when it first came out. Played it in 28mm with Necromunda terrain and assorted minis and it was a great game (though easy to break in two - space marines did more damage throwing their bolt shells than firing them...).

If this is true I'll be very happy so long as it isn't to Blanched up the wazoo as Red alluded too.

[magickbk]

The biggest problem with using the Inquisitor game as a gateway is that as a role-playing style game, it was not a gateway into 40K, as it used an utterly and completely different ruleset. In my mind, there is already a gateway RPG game. If they want this to be a widespread, easy gateway game, then it needs to use a simplified version of the basic 40K rules, with additions for things that are necessary in a skirmish-sized game like hiding and so forth. Necromunda was a great gateway into 2nd edition 40k as they shared many core rules. This needs to do the same, if it exists. If not, someone is really enjoying their rumor-mongering.

[Asymmetrical Xeno]

Rampant wishlisting: this would be an ideal opportunity to introduce some 28mm scale female eldar, say a ranger and a farseer. Inquisitor had a relatively high proportion of female sculpts (15%) as does Blanche Inquisitorial artwork and we know some Ordo Xenos Inquisitors maintain connections with them. Original Inquisitor had an eldar ranger

Or even a way to introduce minor xeno races /hasnopersonalbiasatall