Forge World Open Day took place this past Sunday and a lot of information came out during it. Come take a look at the latest news and rumors.
Recalcitrant Daze was at the Forge World Open Day event this last weekend, and wrote up a great roundup of information that was put out. Let’s see what they had to say and splash in some pics of the painting competition while we’re at it, also courtesy of Recalcitrant Daze. He seems pretty spot on but add some salt just in case!
Specialist Games:
First a bit of info from chatting to the Specialist Games team.
NOTE: I’m not a reporter, I wasn’t recording things or taking notes so:
- I may have misheard,
- I may have mis-remembered,
- I may have misunderstood and
- things change.
So while I am happy to pass on anything I heard it is no guarantee things won’t happen differently…
Specialist Games is all plastic, so that’s BB teams, Necromunda gangs etc. Star Players, special characters etc will remain resin though. While they would like these to be plastic they just don’t have enough designers to do that. Most star players are done in peoples free time outside of work and then bought by FW on a freelancers rate.
Necromunda is not the reason for Adeptus Titanicus being pushed back. Necro has been in the plans since March (I think it was March) and the release date is pretty much still on course. AT has been pushed back because it has grown far beyond what was originally planned.
The White Dwarf which has the pictures of Mortarian which leaked recently also has the Necro preview in, so it’s a surprise pics of that didn’t leak as well.
Blood Bowl:
Gobbo pitch won’t be around till there is a second team to go on the back of it (so presumably the Elven Union).
Elven Union will hopefully be out for Christmas.
Minotaur (first previewed at Warhammer Fest) comes with alternative heads and arms.
The forthcoming second Troll is resin and if the previews are still the same will come with alternative heads.
Necromunda.
Yup, Necromunda…the buggers kept that quiet.
Plastic gangs – Escher and Goliath in the box set which will not contain plastic terrain but will have card terrain so it can be used straight out of the box. This keeps the price down as many will already have terrain for it.
More gangs beyond the original houses will be coming out.
The rules are not just the last versions but all new, biggest change will be going away from the I go – you go turns.
Bases will be available separately, nothing bigger than 40mm currently planned.
Plastics will have lots of options and interchangeability etc. Lots of ways to customise.
So it looks like the Elvin Union will hopefully be out by Christmas time frame, the Minotaur is coming with two head options, and it appears the new Troll model might as well. The bases that the models for Necromunda were seen on look like they won’t be coming with the box set, they’ll be available separately, but nothing bigger than a 40mm. The miniatures will be made of plastic and will have interchangeable parts giving you a lot of room for customization.
Once again, these are just rumors, nothing to be taken as 100% truth as GW themselves love to change things as well!
What do you think about this year’s Forge World Open Day and the information that was put out? Let us know in the comments below.
