So what is going on?
It seems like the Warhammer Fantasy world is crashing down and smashing into pieces! But do not fear I want to try and kill this panic before it completely overruns our minds and kills our families...
So over on Faeit 212's Gor shit website, he decided to post a rather damaging and annoying post about the future of Fantasy and dared to state that, 'Bretonnia, Tomb Kings, Wood Elves & Beastmen will be dropped and become unsupported by Games Workshop'. Now before I begin, I want to continue by saying that I'm a very calm person, but this completely pissed me off for a few reasons.
1. Faeit 212's author is a bloody idiot and pretends to know the ins and outs of a game that he doesn't play, but still thinks he's knowledgeable enough to talk about a subject he's not well versed or interested in.
2. If it is true then my army was soon to be squatted, which pissed me off.
3. If it is false then I'm pissed off, mainly for Faeit 212's author for wasting my time and making me angrier than a Razorgor sucking on a thistle...
So after I calmed down and decided to think rationally, I did some digging, and it wasn't long before the truth surfaced.
Simply, Games Workshop are moving certain plastic kits out of their stores and to 'direct only' this means that for the foreseeable future you'll only be able to purchase the Battalion, Gor Regiment, Bestigor Regiment, Ghorgon/Cygor Boxset and Great Bray Shaman Clampack from your local gaming store. This means that the kits that have been removed include the Ungor Regiment, Minotaur Regiment and all Finecast miniatures *due to Finecast being phased out of production*. So overall nothing to panic about, unfortunately it means that to purchase the missing kits you'll have to order directly from GW's online store, but the army is not going to 'die' so to speak.
Now that's settled, let's talk about White Dwarf and pray that Faeit 212 and all his associates are digested by a Ghorgon.
White Dwarf Daily
There's a lot of speculation about what is going to happen with the release schedule when the new White Dwarf hits, and it seems that we have some confirmations. To start with we'll be getting new releases every week, how this will effect future army releases is unknown, but we'll surely be getting a lot more miniatures than we currently are. This new way of thinking will open up a whole array of new release slots allowing GW to update old models as well as releasing new miniatures for armies that perhaps haven't been touched for a while as White Dwarf Daily will have rules contained within them.
Exciting stuff ey? So I'll wager Beastmen will have a plethora of kits by the end of the year...
As well as White Dwarf weekly, we've also got Warhammer Visions and look at how thick the damn thing is....
So with all this Warhammer shenanigans, I'm pretty excited; I think it's been a long time since everything has been shaken up like this and I personally think it's going to be a new era for the Games Workshop hobby. Watch this space people.
Find Games Workshops press release about their new magazines here:
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