My guess would be the title to the new game would be " Inquisitor: Innocence Proves Nothing". With the mongers calling it Innocence for short.
It makes a great deal of sense for GW to tip its toe into the skirmish waters in such a fashion. If it Dreadfleets, little gets lost and at least people have the ruleset to try their own skirmish games. If it succeeds, they can make it a sort of expansion like Cityfight, Battle Missions, or Apocalypse.
To be more on the nose, the motto of Inquisitor is "Everything You Have Been Told Is A Lie"
Or to give it it's full and glorious due:
You have been told of the Inquisition; that shadowy organisation which defends Mankind and the Emperor from the perils of heresy, possession, alien dominance and rebellion.
You have been told the Inquisition are the ultimate defence against the phantoms of fear and terror which lurk in the darkness between the stars.
You have been told the Inquisition are the bright saviours in an eclipse of evil; purest and most devoted warriors of the Emperor.
You have been told the Inquisition is united in its cause to rid the galaxy of any threat, from without or within.
Everything you have been told is a lie!
While infinity is good/popular you need metric tonnes of terrain which makes it unviable for a lot of people.
Most people I've seen playing Infinity do it at FLGSs. I, myself, have only played 40k at someone's house a couple of times.
I liked the idea of Innocence being bundled with some terrain. I don't know about you, but I'd pay $100 for rulebooks, cards, tokens, enough bits to make an Inquisitorial warband, and some terrain. Maybe I'd even pay more, up to the $150 to $200 range. I mean, what I'm hypothesizing here is a) a complete game and b) contains minis and c) terrain that are compatible with 40k. That's a way to cram quite a lot of value into a single box.
If the minis aren't usable in 40k or the box doesn't contain terrain, yes, then the price I'd pay for it goes down.
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If its a half decent rule and a good fun game, then whether GW support it beyond release is a moot point because we as a community can do so with our own rule sets and additions just as we did with Necromunda, Gorkamorka, Quest et all.
But I would hope the have learnt from the Space Hulk fiasco with regards to support. An article once every 2 months and may a cool character or two to go with it - its something the design team could do in their own time for fun ffs - it can't be that hard to do!
Was Space Hulk a fiasco? They were totally upfront about it being a one time only release, something fun and extra, with the complete game in the box. There were conspiracy theories at the time that they'd find a way to produce another 'limited run' as some sort of evil master plan, butthey never did. They were completely honest.
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If this thing comes with some nice mutants\Daemons i so want it.....
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Hell I'd settle for some new inquisition minis, it's been a while.
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