Specialist Games return?

[Lex]

I live in Nottingham. I know lots of people that work at GW

Still....  the news from down under could/should have been echoed by an official press statement.......  more so for a stockholder....... 

[Lex]

I live in Nottingham. I know lots of people that work at GW

Mind you, not saying you are not right, or in the know....   just that AFAWKRN it is not been backed by any official release.

[Geep]

It's been backed by Hastings on Warseer, who's a pretty reliable rumour-monger. He's being cryptic though- it may be that stand-alone boxed games will be released, rather than a full reintroduction of what has gone before.

[Stormwind]

If it's FW specifically - I don't think they would do boxed sets as that is always plastic.  It all depends on whether this is 100% for "Fanatics" like us as we were called in the day, or something that is going to see acknowledgement in White Dwarf / stores.

Mind you though... Even the modern White Dwarf is always plugging FW and Black Library, way more than it used to, I think.

[Dranask1]

I agree that it is surprising there haven't been releases of data from shops or corporate bodies as the sun has risen over the continents beyond the land of OZ.

Could be someone has jumped the gun, a new managerial vacancy in a shop in OZ or reprimand if he is lucky.
However until it's confirmed from another source..................

[Stormwind]

Mark I think the only thing that would get you a reprimand in a GW nowdays is if you don't light the requisite number of candles for the shareholders at the money shrine, or let your photo of Dear Leader Kirby get dusty.

[Bessemer]

I've already said the BFG forum that I want this to happen, but until I see in writing (Properly this time!) I just can't bring myself to believe it.

For the old world stuff...they killed the world! I'm sorry, but I just can't see it happening. Yes they've got some computer games incoming, but these were licensed out before AoS hit.
I really think GW pulled the plug on SG to license them out as computer games instead, to generate interest for their main games at no cost to themselves.

The very idea of Sigmarines in BB or Mordheim....http://www.nooooooooooooooo.com/

[Stormwind]

I'm guessing that Blood Bowl would be the easiest for them as it could be a one off with two plastic teams and a manual with encouragement to go kitbash all the other races.

Necromunda would be a bit harder for them as the original was defined by the cardboard terrain, and they have completely sworn that off as they want everyones' battlefield to be 100% plastic.

[Bessemer]

The game-in-a-box route then? Any confirmation as to whether FW would expand the ranges?

[Malika]

I'm guessing that Blood Bowl would be the easiest for them as it could be a one off with two plastic teams and a manual with encouragement to go kitbash all the other races.

Necromunda would be a bit harder for them as the original was defined by the cardboard terrain, and they have completely sworn that off as they want everyones' battlefield to be 100% plastic.

Well, GW are doing board games again, so having cardboard elements back in Necromunda might not even be that far fetched...

[Irisado]

I've removed a couple of posts for not containing any content.

I do not believe that Specialist Games will return in the way in which we understand them.  There are no rules and no models, and so GW wouldn't think that it made business sense to bring back the games from the dead, even though others, like a number of us here, may disagree.

It's been backed by Hastings on Warseer, who's a pretty reliable rumour-monger. He's being cryptic though- it may be that stand-alone boxed games will be released, rather than a full reintroduction of what has gone before.

This is what I believe will happen, if anything transpires.  One off boxed games à la Dreadfleet is the most likely way in which they would release or re-release any of the games we know and love.

[Stormwind]

It's weird, but consider this, about Epic, we had this evolution:

Adeptus Titanicus - Space Marine - Space Marine 2nd. - Titan Legions - Epic 40k - Epic: Armageddon

It started out as plastic box sets and the majority of your army could be built with those £5 army boxes back in the 2nd ed. days.  It was the later editions from 40k onward which moved all the vehicles to metal.

If they could just make a few sprues, you could have most of the infantry and small vehicles variants packaged up neatly in cardboard boxes like that all over again.

[andys]

...If they could just make a few sprues, you could have most of the infantry and small vehicles variants packaged up neatly in cardboard boxes like that all over again.

...and, being GW, charge metal prices for the plastic.

[adaird153]

Spoke to a couple of former GW employees - they confirmed that the rumours appeared on Monday around Nottingham though its all short on detail. Apparently a senior manager responsible for the SG "back in the day" has taken control and wants to reinstate which mayjust mean that we get re-releases of the original games rather than the Dreadfleet one offs. Still not holding my breath for Warmaster (worse luck), I reckon its more likely to be Man O War, BFG and Epic. Still I'm hoping.....

[Darkson]

This has been confirmed on the Warhammer app, though there's not much detail at the moment.