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Wow, Swordwind is the last actual publication for EpicA?? God this is going worse than I thought. Pretty lame. Well, I guess future gamers will get to thumb through two nice books covering Space Marines, Imperial Guard, Orks, Eldar, Siege Masters, and Feral Orks, and a bunch of paper print-outs of online articles.
This is really a shame. . . I just don't get it though. How was a box set released for a franchise on it's way out (Battle of Five Armies), but not Epic? I really think if they had just done a new box set that could have been released in stores versus a book, things could have gone differently.
I pass up on books all the time. Why? Becuase with a box set I get the rules AND a few minis to play with right away. Take Reaper's Warlord for example. I think the Rulebook was $25-30 I think, and each army set is $35-40 each. The Army sets each include about the same amount of minis as the two armies that are included in the starter set, which runs $60 or so. Now, I know there are a lot of ways at looking how you spend your money, but if I had the option of dropping over $100 versus $60. . . hell, even if it turned out I didn't like one of the armies included in the set, I still have plenty of cash to pick up a third army. I really think box sets are the best way to introduce someone into a game, and they are cheaper.
BTW, has anyone been to my site lately? http:www.system17.com. I posted a pretty elaborate page on table-top games most of you know about, but there might be some there that you guys don't know much about and maybe are curious on. I plan to go through my whole collection. Pretty sick, I know.
Oh well. I imagine Fanatic will last about another year before it folds. I don't think GW is going to be able to justify Jervis siting in a room almost by himself answering emails or writing up an article here or there. When the Battle of Five Armies goes down, and I expect interest to drop real soon, there won't be any big $$$ coming in to justify the Fanatic resources. And personally, I'd rather see Jervis's talents go towards something that really has a lot of resources behind it, like 40k. I hate to see Epic crumble, but if GW wasn't going to put their muscle behind it, why would I put my wallet?
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Doug will probably be getting any of my extras ! 
) Speaking of which, I was talking to one of the guys working at GW HQ and he claims that Jess has said that the intention is to rework the Phantom and Warlock Titans in the style of the Revenants, will be interesting to see if that comes to pass.
