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LIFE IN THE BUNKER
Some highlights of life down in the Fanatic bunker over the last month:
* The Battlefleet Gothic Annual was due to be published this month, but we've decided to hold it back and instead bring out a supplement that we are calling Battlefleet Gothic: Armada. This book will come out in December and will cover all of the new fleets that have been produced for Battlefleet Gothic since the game came out, and will become a permanent part of the range. Fans of the Annual shouldn't worry though, it will be back in all its glory in 2004.
* After over a year of development and play-testing the new Epic rules are entering their final editorial stage. By the time you read this the Fanatic team will be hard at work making Epic terrain, painting Epic models and taking Epic photographs ready for the new book, and a host of miniature designers will be working on new Epic miniatures to go in the Epic range. You can find out more about the new Epic rules by visiting the Epic website at www.epic40000.com.
* Steve Hambrook and Rick Priestley have been putting the finishing touches to the Mighty Empires campaign system for Warmaster. We're also doing our best to get the Studio Warhammer development team to write some rules for using Mighty Empires to run a Warhammer campaign too. You can find details of the Mighty Empires rules on the Warmaster website at www.warmaster.co.uk.
* Jervis Johnson has started work on the Pit Fighter game that he promised to have finished back in December. Unfortunately Pit Fighter had to be put on a back burner while Jervis finished off the Epic rules. Now that the Epic manuscript is finished Jervis has been able to return to Pit Fighter and hopes to have the game ready ASAP. More on his progress next month....
QUESTIONS OF THE MONTH
Every month a message is plucked from the dozens sent to us to be answered in the newsletter. This month I've decided to answer to commonly asked questions.
"Now that Necromunda is back out, are there any plans to re-release Gorkamorka?"
Necromunda Senior Editor Matt Keefe Replies:
"Once we have the Necromunda rules review up and running the sensible thing to do would be to use it to go over all the existing Ash Wastes material we have produced and slowly begin to make it all official. This will eventually lead us to a point where we can combine it into a stand alone supplement, acting as both a new setting for the game, and providing additional rules for vehicles. This will leave us in a position to deal with Gorkamorka...
I say the above with some hesitance because, to be brutally honest, Gorkamorka is years away from being something Fanatic will be in a position to support. The game just wasn't that popular first time around, so we've spent our (rather limited) time and resources supporting Necromunda instead, which has always been very popular. I know Gorkamorka has it's adherents - hello to everyone who has been systematically bombarding me with emails from the various mailing list and web communities out there - we do know you exist. The truth is, Gorkamorka won't ever get its own magazine, or a relaunch as a brand new game, but somewhere down the line we will probably be in a position to treat Gorkamorka in the same manner we do the Ash Wastes - as a new setting that uses the Necromunda rules. What this means is that we'll probably release Gorkamorka as a kind of sourcebook that can be combined with the Necromunda rules, throwing in all the background, gangs and campaign rules that appeared in Gorkamorka and Digganob. The book would be unnecessarily long (and costly!) if we were to reprint the basic game rules, so you'd need the basic rules from Necromunda: Underhive, and the new improved vehicle rules from the (eventual) Ash Wastes supplement to play.
I'm sure this approach won't please everyone, but in truth it's actually by far the best way of making Gorkamorka available again, since it will broaden its appeal by putting it into a format that is easily accessible to Necromunda players. The success of Mordheim's alternate settings (Lustria, Land of the Dead, the current Empire in Flames etc.) is a good indicator for how best to treat Gorkamorka in relationship to Necromunda. And, I say again just for clarity, this is all years away anyway."
CONCLUSION
At that is all for this issue of Fanatic News. Please don't hesitate to get in touch with us at fanatic@games-workshop.co.uk or write to us at Fanatic, Games Workshop Ltd, Willow Road, Lenton, Nottingham, NG7 2WS, UK if you have any comments, questions or suggestions about anything you've read.
Best regards,
Jervis Johnson
Head Fanatic
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Appears good, the summer is looking very good, Mature Necromunda, cool new Blood Bowl Minis and the fact that epic:A is finally off to the printers 
_________________ Currently WAY too busy for his own good! Bah weep granah weep ninibong St.Anger is coming....
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