First look at Warhammer 40,000: Armageddon!

[Gusington]

Hug?

[Fetrik]

Hug?

I appreciate your effort. I just don't Think one hug is enough.
FFS!!! I played Shadow of the horned rat, Dark omen, chaos gate and Rites of war. I want evolution!!!
Yes i also played SM, Dw and Dw 2.
So, Gus. hugs and kisses? :)

[Gusington]

Let me think about it :)

[Fetrik]

O M G ! 11on3!

My heart aches for compassion, and you will only suckle my toes!  :(

[undercovergeek]

well this got weird quick!

[Yskonyn]

Nothing wrong with a little manly love.

[undercovergeek]

but theres man love and then theres Gus love..........

.........shudder

[Jarhead0331]

I'd gladly take a modernized chaos gate. That game kicked so much a$$!

[Nefaro]

Hug?

I appreciate your effort. I just don't Think one hug is enough.
FFS!!! I played Shadow of the horned rat, Dark omen, chaos gate and Rites of war. I want evolution!!!
Yes i also played SM, Dw and Dw 2.
So, Gus. hugs and kisses? :)

I'd be quite happy with a new iteration of Chaos Gate.

It's probably not too much to ask considering the other X-Com style tactical turn-based combat games are fairly popular right now.

[CptHowdy]

Hug?

I appreciate your effort. I just don't Think one hug is enough.
FFS!!! I played Shadow of the horned rat, Dark omen, chaos gate and Rites of war. I want evolution!!!
Yes i also played SM, Dw and Dw 2.
So, Gus. hugs and kisses? :)

I'd be quite happy with a new iteration of Chaos Gate.

It's probably not too much to ask considering the other X-Com style tactical turn-based combat games are fairly popular right now.

what I was thinking when playing x-com EU. this would be cool with bigger maps and WH40k units!

[JasonPratt]

^^ TRUTH!

It occurred to me the other day, though, that we may never get an actual translation of Warhammer tactical rules (40K or otherwise) to the computer, precisely because if that ever happened Games Workshop would be competing against itself. We'll get all kinds of other approximations of the system in different real-time and turn-based applications, but not the inspiration for those approximations.

The recent Space Hulk PC conversion doesn't necessarily contradict this principle, if GW treats it as a gateway to get people to buy and play the (very expensive) boardgame, instead of a way for people to effectively play the boardgame on computer. In other words, so long as all we get is the first campaign, and maybe a followup campaign DLC (or maybe not), and no way for people to 'build' their own campaigns or missions, the new SH game is really just an advertisement for the boardgame where GW may recoup their advertising costs directly through purchases of their advertising medium.


I do have to admit that the Blood Bowl PC game seems (by its latest iteration anyway) to be a total conversion, so that would be an exception to the principle.

[Cyrano]

GW has largely been walking away from its one-offs and lesser children.

I'd be curious to know what the numbers of Space Hulk (box) were, but, given the high number of remainders available, I doubt Dreadfleet did very well at all, and we all know what happened to Warhammer Historicals. 

Its core business is Warhammer and Warhammer 40K.  It is there that it wrings, twists, squeezes, and extorts.  It is there that it must not compete with itself which is why the near-certain cash cow that a digital 40K would be has never appeared.  This is no secret -- its reps have said as much.

That said, BB -- Chaos Edition is a REALLY good game and Space Hulk is a nice implementation of the rule set.  I guess this is why the early looks at the Armageddon are not being greeted by enthusiasms...there's much more there that could be done, but GW has no interest in letting it happen.

FWIW, my fantasy game remains a full-blooded redo of Final Liberation:  All armies, 3D terrain, and the Living Rules.  Most everything past 2ed 40K is pretty much rubbish in my eyes.

Best,

Jim
"Cyrano"
:/7)

[Lord Zimoa]

Teasing you with Warhammer 40K: Armageddon Orks. WWAAAAAGGGGHHH!!!

http://www.pockettactics.com/news/ios-news/gork-mork-ork-tanks-slitherines-warhammer-40k-armageddon/

[Lord Zimoa]

Great informative article about Warhammer 40,000: Armageddon based on our presentation at HOW14.

http://www.pcgamesn.com/warhammer-40000-armageddon-waaahggame-anyone-can-play

[Martok]

Nice article.  I'm starting to get a little excited for this one again.