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SPECIALIST GAMES NEWS
News For Fans Of The Specialist Games Range
By Jervis Johnson
Apologies to all subscribers for not sending out a Fanatic newsletter
last
month. Regular service will be resumed from now on!
April sees the release of some really lovely new models for Inquisitor,
Warmaster and Battlefleet Gothic. In all three cases the models that are
coming out are designed to add real depth and variety to the games, but
without requiring players to buy a whole new army.
The Daemon Hunter, Daemon Host and Familiar are three very good examples
of
what I mean. Inquisitor players have been crying out for some female
character models for the game for some time now, and Mark Bedford's new
Daemon Hunter will allow players to include a really superb female
Inquisitor as the leader of their intrepid band on adventurers. Bob
Naismith's Daemon Host gives the Daemon Hunter someone suitably daemonic
to
hunt, and these two models are nicely complemented by Juan Diaz's Familiar
and Michael Anderson's Force Weapon Booster Pack. Taken all together the
four releases open up a whole range of gaming possibilities for games
matching members of the Inquisition against followers of the Chaos Gods.
Rules, background and modelling tips for all these miniatures can be found
in Exterminatus Magazine 6.
Warmaster players with Orc & Goblin or Dwarf armies should be delighted
with
this months Warmaster releases. We have two new units for the greenskins
in
the shape of Bob Naismith's Forst Goblin Infantry and Colin Greyson's
Spider-riders. These lovely models can easily be included in an existing
Orc
& Goblin army in order to add a bit of variety and colour, or can form
the
basis of a whole new army in their own right. Meanwhile Colin Greyson's
Dwarf Hammerers will provide much needed reinforcements for Dwarf armies
beset by our new Goblin horde. Rules, background and a battle report
featuring the Hammerers can be found in Warmaster Magazine 16.
Last but very far from least we have Mark Bedford's version of the
Apocalypse class battleship for BFG. The rules for the Apocalypse appeared
as part of the Armageddon campaign that we ran a couple of years ago, and
there was so much demand for a model that in the end we just had to let
Mark
make a version of the ship. You can find updated rules and background for
the Apocalypse in BFG Magazine 14.
Woops! I almost forget!! This month also sees the release of the 2003 Blood
Bowl Annual. This years annual includes the finding of the 2003 Blood Bowl
Rules review, new teams, an updated FAQ and a collection of the best
articles from Blood Bowl Magazine over the last year. It also includes
a
small four-page appendix at the back that contains a pr?cis of the FAQ,
new
rules and new teams from the 2002 Annual. What this means is that as long
as
you have the Annual you will be completely up to date on all the latest
Blood Bowl rules. No serious Blood Bowl coach should be without a copy!
NEW RELEASES
This section lists all of the latest releases for the Specialist Games
Range. Please note that the release date is based on the earliest possible
date that the miniature can go on sale, and this date may vary from country
to country round the world. The best way to find out specific release dates
and prices is to contact your local Mail Order department or visit your
local Games Workshop store.
Item Game Release Date
Town Cryer 24 Mordheim March
Dwarf Treasure Hunter Warband Mordheim March
Dwarf Noble/Champion Mordheim March
Dwarf Engineer Mordheim March
Dwarf Treasure Hunters Mordheim March
Dwarf Beardlings Mordheim March
Blood Bowl Magazine 6 Blood Bowl March
Blood Bowl Ogre Blood Bowl March
Blood Bowl Ogre Thrower Blood Bowl March
Necromunda Magazine 12 Necromunda April
Exterminatus 6 Inquisitor April
Daemon Hunter Inquisitor April
Daemon Host Inquisitor April
Familiar Inquisitor April
Force Weapon Booster Pack Inquisitor April
Warmaster Magazine 16 Warmaster April
Forest Goblin Infantry Warmaster April
Forest Goblin Spider-Riders Warmaster April
Dwarf Hammerers Warmaster April
Battlefleet Gothic Magazine 14 BFG April
Apocalypse Class Imperial Cruiser BFG April
2003 Blood Bowl Annual Blood Bowl April
SURFING THE WEB
All the specialist games have great websites full of free downloads,
resources
and up-to-date news. Here are their URLS:
www.BloodBowl.com
www.Mordheim.com
www.Epic40000.com
www.Necromunda.com
www.Warmaster.co.uk
www.BattlefleetGothic.com
www.Exterminatus.com
www.Specialist-Games.com
The websites now contain an article archive. This will tell you rules are
experimental, official or House rules. Some can be downloaded as free PDFs.
Check out the website for more details.
Keith adds new material to the website every week. Here are the latest
updates:
* Editorial and News from Warmaster Mag 16
* Blood Bowl Newsletter
* Blood Bowl Tournament Results
SPECIALIST GAMES MAGAZINES
Most of the specialist games have their own bi-monthly magazine, jam-packed
full of new rules, articles, letters and other cool stuff. Here's a list
of
the magazines that are currently available:
Blood Bowl Magazine
Town Cryer Magazine (for Mordheim)
Necromunda Magazine
Warmaster Magazine
Battlefleet Gothic Magazine
Exterminatus Magazine (for Inquisitor)
Fanatic magazines are extremely popular and are always highly sought after.
The only way to guarantee your copy is to have it delivered to your door
by
subscription! Subscriptions run for the next 6 issues, plus you get the
following benefits:
* Your copy delivered direct to your door
* You'll never miss an issue
* You'll save money on the postage
To find out about prices and availability you can visit your local Games
Workshop store, or contact your local Games Workshop Mail Order department.
EVENTS CALENDAR
The following events feature one or more of the games in the specialist
games range. Events marked with an '*' will feature a Fanatic stand manned
by members of the Fanatic team, and display cabinets crammed with our
upcoming releases. Further details of the events can be found on our website
at www.specialist-games.com. If you are planning to run an event and would
like it listed here then mail us with the details at
fanatic@games-workshop.co.uk.
FANATIC FRIDAY*: On the first Friday each month you will find the Fanatic
team playing games from 11am to 6pm in the Warhammer World gaming hall
at
the Games Workshop head office site in Nottingham UK (visit
http://www.games-workshop.com/news....ult.htm
to
find out how to get here). Please feel free to come along to see what we're
up to and ask us any questions you may have about the specialist games
range. The buying of drinks from Bugmen's Bar for thirsty members of the
Fanatic team is, of course, completely voluntary!
2003 Events Calendar
Conflict: Leeds, 6th April 2003. Visit
www.games-workshop.com/news/uk/events/events.htm for more information on
Games Workshop events being held in the UK & Ireland.
GenCon UK, 18-21st April 2003, London Olympia. For details visit
http://www.genconuk.com/
or http://www.genconeurope.com/,
or e-mail
enquiries to evtcustserv@gencom.com.
Conflict Edinburgh, 19th April 2003. Visit
www.games-workshop.com/news/uk/events/events.htm for more information on
Games Workshop events being held in the UK & Ireland.
Salute, 26th April 2003, Olympia 2, Kensington, London, UK. Visit
www.salute.co.uk/saluteframe.htm for more information.
French Games Day, 27th April 2003. Visit www.games-workshop-fr.com for
more
information on Games Workshop events being held in France.
Conflict: Manchester, 11th May 2003. Visit
www.games-workshop.com/news/uk/events/events.htm for more information on
Games Workshop events being held in the UK & Ireland.
Games Day Los Angeles, 30-31st May 2003. Visit
www.games-workshop.com/news/us/community.us for more information on Games
Workshop events being held in the USA.
Conflict: London, 1st June 2003. Visit
www.games-workshop.com/news/uk/events/events.htm for more information on
Games Workshop events being held in the UK & Ireland.
Games Day Baltimore, 20-21st June 2003. Visit
www.games-workshop.com/news/us/community.us for more information on Games
Workshop events being held in the USA.
Conflict: Bristol, 29th June 2003. Visit
www.games-workshop.com/news/uk/events/events.htm for more information on
Games Workshop events being held in the UK & Ireland.
LIFE IN THE BUNKER
Some highlights of life down in the Fanatic bunker over the last month:
* Work carries on apace with playtesting of the new Epic rules. The Chaos
army list has gone up Epic Armageddon playtesters vault, and an Eldar list
should be up by the time you read this. You can find out more about joining
the Epic playtesting team by visiting the Epic website at www.epic40000.com.
* Colin Grayson has delivered some fantastic new Skaven units for Warmaster,
and playtesting has just begun on the Skaven army list. While on the subject
of Warmaster, Rick Priestley confounded all expectations by actually winning
a Warmaster battle report game recently. You can read about Rick's amazing
and quite unexpected triumph in Warmaster Magazine 16.
* Work is progressing well on the Empire in Flames project for Mordheim.
Empire in Flames will appear as a series of articles in Town Cryer that
provides rules, background and scenarios allowing Mordheim players to take
their warbands out of the city and into the surrounding countryside. We
plan
to collate the material together after is has appeared in Town Cryer in
order to create the first official supplement to the Mordheim game.
* Tim Adcock has finished some more ships for the upcoming Tau fleet for
Battlefleet Gothic, and they really are superb models. It won't be long
now
until we have the whole fleet, and I for one can hardly wait!
QUESTION OF THE MONTH
Every month a message is plucked from the dozens sent to us to be answered
in the newsletter. This month the question is:
"HOW CAN I GET HOLD OF EPIC MODELS?"
As many of you fans of the Epic rules will be aware, getting hold of Epic
models has been difficult over recent months. I have both good news and
bad
news about this situation. The good news is that our mail Order Trolls
have
scoured all the dark and dingy corners of the warehouse and found lots
of
Epic models and plastic sprues that you can buy during the month of March.
The bad news is that once this stock has gone there no Epic models will
be
available until Epic: Armageddon is released at the end of the year.
March Stock Clearance
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As already noted, we've tracked down all of the Epic models in our
warehouse, and have made them available in the UK On-Line store. Below
I
list what is available, but before I do I need to make two things crystal
clear:
* Stocks are limited, in some cases VERY limited, and will be sold on a
first come first served basis. Please order early to avoid being
disappointed. Please also bear in mind that we may not be able to supply
some of the models you order. You won't be charged for the models you don't
get, but we cannot put them on back order either.
* The stock will be available until the end of the month. To be honest
I
think it very unlikely we will have much, if any, stock left at that point,
but any that is left will be disposed of to make way for the new Epic range,
so make sure you get your order in before the end of the month!
The stock is available on this page in the UK online store:
http://uk.games-workshop.com/storefr....t2&_do=
DoRace&game=6
Information on how to order from anywhere in the world can be found here:
http://www.games-workshop.com/store_ima ... /howto.htm
What's Available
Here is a list of what is available at the time of writing. Please note
that
some items may well sell out within hours if not minutes! All items come
in
packs of one or more models.
Code Description (qty in pack)
99060305001 Leman Russ (3)
99060305005 Imperial Shadowsword (1)
99060305012 Imperial Sentinels (5)
99060305014 Marauder Bombers (2)
99060306001 Tyranid Dominatrix (1)
99060306007 Tyranid Zoanthropes (4)
99060306009 Tyranid Exocrines (3)
99060306011 Tyranid Trygons (3)
99060304010 Eldar Cobra (1)
99060304013 Eldar Fire Prisms (1)
99060304014 Eldar Vampire (1)
99060304015 Eldar Phoenix Bombers (2)
99110304003 Phantom Titan (1)
99060304004 Revenant Titan (1)
99110303003 Ork Great Gargant (1)
99060303007 Ork Fighter-bommers (3)
99060303009 Ork Mekboy Speedstas (1)
99060303011 Ork Squiggoths (1)
99060301002 Thunderhawk Gunship (1)
99060301003 Razorbacks (3)
99060301001 Vindicators (3)
99060301007 Attack Bikes (5)
99060301008 Command Land Raiders (2)
99380304001 Eldar Plastic Infantry Sprue
99380305001 Imperial Guard Plastic Infantry Sprue
99389999036 Space Marine Plastic Tank Sprue
99389999037 Space Marine Plastic Infantry Sprue
99389999038 Ork Plastic Infantry Sprue
99390399004 Mega-Gargant Plastic Weapon Sprue
99390399003 Mega-Gargant Plastic Body Sprue
99390399001 Imperator Titan Plastic Body Sprue
99390399002 Imperator Titan Plastic Weapon Sprue
The New Range
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At the end of the year we will be releasing a new range of Epic models.
All
of the units in the tournament army lists in the play-testers vault will
be
included in the range. Many of these models will be familiar to you, as
they
will be based on the models used in the current Epic 40,000 range. However,
we will be re-mastering almost all of the models so that vehicles come
with
track sections attached (i.e. you'll get a hull plus turret, rather than
hull plus turret plus tracks like you do now). In addition all of the
plastic Epic models will be replaced with new metal versions, and we'll
be
making a number of new models too!
CONCLUSION
At that is all for this months 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
Cheers
Chris
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Chris
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