mister__joshua
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My least favourite thing about those new team sets is that there's only one sculpt for each position |
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Mr_Foulscumm
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| mister__joshua wrote: | | My least favourite thing about those new team sets is that there's only one sculpt for each position |
Yupp, annoying. |
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tussock
Joined: May 29, 2011
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Dec 18, 2016 - 02:03 |
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They're a business, and this is their plan to produce an expensive and tiny niche product like bloodbowl and also stay in business.
It involves cheaply produced blisters that in a pair make for a playable team of 12 with expansion via positional players and bigs to 16 as desired. Many of the extra players that result work in various other teams, so Unders and Pact get the spare Humans and Skaven, respectively.
It'll either sell well enough to make them a useful profit compared to the staff numbers they've thrown at it, or they won't even bother finishing the books and teams. So here's hoping it works, eh. |
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Shushnik
Joined: Feb 27, 2006
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Dec 18, 2016 - 02:44 |
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I don't really care one way or the other whether it succeeds. I am happy with the lrb. I just want to be able to buy a team when they are selling one, not bits and pieces of an incomplete team I have to haggle with other people to supplement. |
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Ghoulguts
Joined: Dec 15, 2016
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Dec 23, 2016 - 20:05 |
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| MattDakka wrote: | | Ghoulguts wrote: | | Oh yeah, Dire Reapers went from three men to one. |
You meant Dark Reapers, I guess. |
Yeah Dark Reapers ! |
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DrDeath
Joined: Mar 27, 2011
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Dec 23, 2016 - 20:19 |
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The other sneaky thing they did was enlarge the model scale, so only their miniatures would fit the new board. But although they look quite good that could really backfire. There are many other miniatures companies now which have made many excellent miniatures all in the old scale. I've spent several years painting up such teams - including old Citadel ones. Why the he'll would I want to buy a new team in a scale which doesn't match those I have? I'd imagine many players feel the same way, will be interesting if the scale switch happens amongst the general community |
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Matthueycamo
Joined: May 16, 2014
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Dec 23, 2016 - 21:38 |
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Enlarging is no problem. Shrinking would be. |
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Raughri
Joined: Oct 11, 2011
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Dec 23, 2016 - 22:32 |
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I've played on the new board with old models. It isn't really a problem. |
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awambawamb
Joined: Feb 17, 2008
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Dec 23, 2016 - 23:14 |
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but... do the WH models fit with the new BB models? can I make an orc team from a box of orcs, or a Norse team from a box of marauders...? |
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Grod
Joined: Sep 30, 2003
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Dec 23, 2016 - 23:30 |
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| DrDeath wrote: | | The other sneaky thing they did was enlarge the model scale, so only their miniatures would fit the new board... |
That was the whole point of the new release? They are creating a new standard blood bowl size that makes older models obsolete, hoping that fans will start there collections again from the beginning. It is working to an extent as well, getting people excited over something that feels vaguely new when its just the old game with a larger scale and a few rule tweaks.
Interestingly, the best independent maker of Blood Bowl miniatures (in my opinion) is Willy Miniatures. They were sometimes criticised as being too large, but now they fit the new scale perfectly  |
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spubbbba
Joined: Jul 31, 2006
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Dec 24, 2016 - 00:37 |
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Something important to remember is that GW models have steadily got larger over the years. So the size increase is likely more to encourage us to buy 40k or Aos models to convert. Or maybe even get some people to buy BB models to use in other games.
The new skaven copy some parts from the clan rats and stormvermin exactly, making conversionsure much simpler. |
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TFRiley
Joined: Mar 12, 2014
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Dec 24, 2016 - 00:52 |
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All new GW basic troops are using 32mm bases?
For experienced players, these new changes shouldn't pose any problems. |
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