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Re: 5th Edition Rule Book for 40k!

Posted: Mon Jul 14, 2008 10:24 pm
by Aaron
Deepcrush wrote:GW, good on games and stories, bad on business.
Yup. I'm hoping when GW goes boobs up that someone buys the license for the novels.

Re: 5th Edition Rule Book for 40k!

Posted: Mon Jul 14, 2008 10:53 pm
by Sionnach Glic
Damn straight. It'd be a shame to let a universe that rich in background and originality die.

Re: 5th Edition Rule Book for 40k!

Posted: Tue Jul 15, 2008 1:31 am
by Mikey
Agreed. I'm sure someone like WizKids would pick it up. They could probably turn the franchise into mega-bucks.

Re: 5th Edition Rule Book for 40k!

Posted: Tue Jul 15, 2008 2:50 am
by sunnyside
By the way Mikey if you were thnking about getting into 40K on the tabletop now would be the time to get the main rulebook. It'll give you the maximum time before GW comes up with another edition.

Re: 5th Edition Rule Book for 40k!

Posted: Tue Jul 15, 2008 4:55 am
by Mikey
sunnyside wrote:By the way Mikey if you were thnking about getting into 40K on the tabletop now would be the time to get the main rulebook. It'll give you the maximum time before GW comes up with another edition.
Good idea. That'll give me what, like three weeks?

Re: 5th Edition Rule Book for 40k!

Posted: Tue Jul 15, 2008 6:01 am
by sunnyside
Mikey wrote: Good idea. That'll give me what, like three weeks?
Realistically? 3-5 years.

Re: 5th Edition Rule Book for 40k!

Posted: Tue Jul 15, 2008 3:28 pm
by Mikey
Please allow me my sarcastic digs, thank you. :wink:

Re: 5th Edition Rule Book for 40k!

Posted: Tue Jul 15, 2008 5:58 pm
by sunnyside
Mikey wrote:Please allow me my sarcastic digs, thank you. :wink:
Well the sarcasm about GW is grounded in reality. They do make a good product. But they will almost certainly hit you up for another rulebook after 3-5 years. Less frequently than that with the codex though.

Re: 5th Edition Rule Book for 40k!

Posted: Tue Jul 15, 2008 10:56 pm
by Deepcrush
Codex normally change every 3 years, the rule books between 5 and 6 years apart.

Re: 5th Edition Rule Book for 40k!

Posted: Tue Jul 15, 2008 10:57 pm
by Deepcrush
Sunny, when is the next starship battle?

Re: 5th Edition Rule Book for 40k!

Posted: Wed Jul 16, 2008 5:10 am
by sunnyside
Maybe when I'm finally Dr. Sunny

Re: 5th Edition Rule Book for 40k!

Posted: Wed Jul 16, 2008 3:17 pm
by Deepcrush
Damn you! *kicks your shin and pouts.*

Re: 5th Edition Rule Book for 40k!

Posted: Sat Jul 19, 2008 3:55 pm
by Jabber Swarky
Cpl Kendall wrote:
Deepcrush wrote:GW, good on games and stories, bad on business.
Yup. I'm hoping when GW goes boobs up that someone buys the license for the novels.
Wait, what? Who said anything about GW going boobs up? o.o
Mikey wrote:Agreed. I'm sure someone like WizKids would pick it up. They could probably turn the franchise into mega-bucks.
Eh, but the thing about Third parties - especially ones that are allready hugley popular - is that they have a nasty habit of ripping the soul out of a franchise, or doing a 4Kids and removing all the lovley gorey bits and swearing. Hrm.

Re: 5th Edition Rule Book for 40k!

Posted: Sat Jul 19, 2008 4:01 pm
by Aaron
Jabber Swarky wrote:
Wait, what? Who said anything about GW going boobs up? o.o
Their massive drop off in profits suggest that they are headed for the grave.

Re: 5th Edition Rule Book for 40k!

Posted: Sat Jul 19, 2008 6:42 pm
by Mikey
Jabber Swarky wrote:Eh, but the thing about Third parties - especially ones that are allready hugley popular - is that they have a nasty habit of ripping the soul out of a franchise, or doing a 4Kids and removing all the lovley gorey bits and swearing. Hrm.
WizKids did OK with Shadowrun, IMHO.