I have not left any doubt about the way I feel about the new Chaos army book. I think that Games-Workshop really messed up with the entire concept.
At the Direwolf GT in Orlando last weekend their was a representative from Games-Workshop who did a small presentation about Warhammer Fantasy. He tried his best to explain to all of us why the Chaos army book was a good thing.
Basically what he said was that G-W expects Chaos to be the "entry level" army for Warhammer Fantasy and he called them the "Space Marines of the Old World." He stated that G-W expects between 1/3 and 1/2 of all fantasy players to collect a Chaos army.
He also explained away the escallating of the power in each army book as being the best way to keep the game system new. He said that there are plans for White Dwarf updates for some of the older army books to keep them competitive. Maybe everybody will be getting a Steam Tank style device.
About Bretonnia's book: He said that the book should be out in Winter 2003. He confirmed that it will be Bretonnia that saves the Old World from the invasion of Archaon. It sounds like we will get the most powerful book of all.
He gave away a pre-production sample of a Skink Shaman. No, I did not get it. The face is awesome, it looks like a stub-nosed Terradon! He also had pre-production samples of some of the new plastic sprues coming soon. I was not able to get close enough to inspect them.
At the Direwolf GT in Orlando last weekend their was a representative from Games-Workshop who did a small presentation about Warhammer Fantasy. He tried his best to explain to all of us why the Chaos army book was a good thing.
Basically what he said was that G-W expects Chaos to be the "entry level" army for Warhammer Fantasy and he called them the "Space Marines of the Old World." He stated that G-W expects between 1/3 and 1/2 of all fantasy players to collect a Chaos army.
He also explained away the escallating of the power in each army book as being the best way to keep the game system new. He said that there are plans for White Dwarf updates for some of the older army books to keep them competitive. Maybe everybody will be getting a Steam Tank style device.
About Bretonnia's book: He said that the book should be out in Winter 2003. He confirmed that it will be Bretonnia that saves the Old World from the invasion of Archaon. It sounds like we will get the most powerful book of all.
He gave away a pre-production sample of a Skink Shaman. No, I did not get it. The face is awesome, it looks like a stub-nosed Terradon! He also had pre-production samples of some of the new plastic sprues coming soon. I was not able to get close enough to inspect them.