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    Well, that should be really nice and I appreciate a lot.

    I marry your idea of an implementation set for HH fan..
    But... Don't know.. At that point why simply not put out a "battalion" box set?

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    well a 'new game' might have more of a mass appeal, of a better excuse to make it limited edition. hell, maybe it is just some cool rules somebody came up with and wanted to implement, and this was a handy way to do it.
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    With the last rumor of an hex-based game seem more similar to a reboot of mighty/galactic empire campaign set. But again, why with minis?

    GW holy misteries.

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    via Warseer's [URL="http://www.warseer.com/forums/showthread.php?412928-Horus-Heresy-Plastics-in-late-2015-Mk-II&p=7526089&viewfull=1#post7526089"]Wintermute[/URL]

    It is Ultramarines vs Word Bearers.

    According to my sources: the rules are not 8th Ed and they haven't been Sigmared simplified. The major difference is that the 'read this first' sections and the reference cards have simple to follow tables. For example the BS rule instead of being the traditional 'BS3 =4+' style in fact has the BS as '4+'. All other rules are as per 7th edition which will also be in the box.

    I can tell you there are no points values in the box its intended to be a stand alone game but it will teach the basics of 7th Ed.

    (Editor's note - Regarding price of the game): I was hoping you wouldn't ask me that. What would you pay?

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    Quote Originally Posted by Kirsten View Post
    possible, but then with the Heresy offerings previously being an older player's game (given costs and skill required to build compared to plastic) it could be that GW envisage a more mature take up of the set. not so much a starter set for beginners, but a product for the veterans who will spend a lot of money on Forge World extras. not much point releasing heresy marines if you can't put FW shoulder pads and upgrade sets on them...
    I'm not so sure the recent starter sets have been entirely geared toward beginners... The Sigmarines especially required someone to have a clue what they're doing. But maybe AoS was a special case, since the last WFB and 40K starter boxes both had snap-fit models (though they're both a few years old by now).

    I actually think it's very possible more because of the cost effectiveness to GW. They can just make one type of sprue for a squad and sell it in this box and separately. Why spend more on creating multiple sets of molds when you only need to create one set?

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    via Warseer's [URL="http://www.warseer.com/forums/showthread.php?412928-Horus-Heresy-Plastics-in-late-2015-Mk-II/page14"]grissom2006 [/URL]9-18-2015

    Regarding the Plastic Horus Heresy Boxed Set:

    Well according to my sources within GW the price tag floating around in here of it being £95 is wrong and it's going to be a three figure price tag. Not going to say the amount as it would be all to easily sourced back to my source. As for those after a release date start thinking about the end of October (expected preorders) start of November time (actual release).

    ...I'll expand slightly on the thinking behind why the pricing is likely to be in the realms of what i keep on hearing. The current think is that GW is looking at three gaming systems AOS being the first stage entry level gaming quick to pick up and play and complete with free rules. 40K more complex game to play and greater cost due to codices add ons etc.. Horus Hersey being the top end of the gaming spectrum and aimed at veterans/experienced gamers supposedly complete with even more complex rules.

    Ohh and just to add into the mix there may not be just one set release but TWO!!

    ...I can see how one can think Marine on Marine will be simpler. But the formations the weapons the specialist rules that each chapter had could be become a lot more engaging and much bigger than that of the chapter tactics we currently have. We are talking about an era in which the Primarchs were in command not a set of chapter masters that we currently have. A marine is a remarkable creation but that could never achieve what the Primarchs could. There are units that operated weapons and other things all lost with the Hersey. The game is set while all that stuff is very much still there for use and hasn't become the stuff of legends and myths. So there is plenty of scope for it to be more complex even if the basic starting block isn't that gets supplied in the box which is meant to be PACKED to the GILLS.
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    "it's going to be a three figure price tag."

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    I think he's referring to pounds sterling, where GW have very rarely ever broken the £100 mark for a single box.

    The rest of the text is really wishlisty though and I wouldn't trust it, especially as they don't seem to be aware that the FW HH game is a thing.

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    None too pleased with the "veterans" edition being the one that's a boring tin can on tin can dickpunching contest.
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    Okay, wait a minute... The company keeps swearing they're not a game company and gamers are a tiny part of their business, but the one game aimed at "veteran" gamers (a very small part, and one it sounds they don't even want) is the most expensive one, least likely to be attractive price wise? Okay, maybe they just assume that the five or six customers they believe they have who are "veterans" will just pay whatever price they put, and for some people that's true. But for a starter set that's a horrible idea.

    Then again, so is having a starter set that's no longer simple for new modelers to assemble, and they've done that this year. So... yeah. Sounds about right.

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