Hi!
The Fanatic "ideal' is truely inspiring of hope. It seems to work well for most of the games they support. I only wish they would have decided on a new epic game from scratch, IMO this would have given them a lot more advantage, first and foremost that of no preconceptions! As it stands, I predict a flurry of enthusiasm that will last as much as it did when epic40k came (not much). It irks me to no end that they DO recognize the problems with epic and its revival and yet do not take any REAL actions to remedy it. Lets face it, the "new" rules will perhaps be well accepted by those who favor E40k (and perhaps not even that) and gain "some" new blood, but the droves of people who left epic simply will not come running back for it. You don't revive a dead man, you should nuture a new born babe.
Sorry for the "doom and gloom", but I really think they have a good opportunity to revive epic if only they just thow out everything, start from scratch and support ALL armies from the get-go, not just IG and Orks. Oh well, I'll just save my pennies and buy whatever they dish out before it goes out of print again.....
Peter
----- Original Message -----
From: "P.J.T" <paul.j.t_at_btinternet.com>
To: <netepic_at_yahoogroups.com>
Sent: Wednesday, March 13, 2002 10:36 AM
Subject: Re: [NetEpic ML] Evidence that GW really is geared up for the you nger generation
> Agreed - Young Blods is a hellish day in the stores! I'm currently painting
> some display pieces for my local store (LOTR, a Few 40K characters etc.) and
> was asked to go in on Sunday to paint. Little did I know it was young
> bloods!
>
> They did manage to keep it relatively quiet, though I was constantly
> pestered by sprogs with painting questions who would ask "What colour should
> I paint my Ultramarine?" and when I answerd "Blue", they'd dissapear for 5
> minutes come back with a 100% blue marine under half a centimeter of paint
> asking "What do you think?" expecting a rave review....and that did happen!
>
> Anyway, my point:
> GWmain is definitely aiming at the younger players in its rules and
> concepts. HOWEVER, The Specialist games rage, i.e. fanatic is definitely
> (IMNSHO) aiming at more the veteren end of the market. I said on the epic
> list a few days ago, that I see Fanatic's current situation as the best
> possible for us. We get the benefits of a small "Games for gamers by
> gamers" style operation as well as the security provided by its backing in
> mega-money launderer GW.
>
> Oh, and the 40K whirlwind upgrade is are a "mere" �10 BTW, they can be
> viewed at:
> http://www.forgeworld.co.uk/acatalog/QUATERMASTERS_STORE_PRE_ORDERS_11.html
>
> Cheers,
> Paul "TuffSkull" T.
> http://epic40k.com - If its Epic, Its there! (Now an Official Warpgate
> Network site!)
> http://welcome.to/weird_world - Weird World Wargaming.
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Millett, George" <George.Millett_at_budget-emea.com>
> To: <netepic_at_yahoogroups.com>
> Sent: Wednesday, March 13, 2002 2:20 PM
> Subject: RE: [NetEpic ML] Evidence that GW really is geared up for the you
> nger generation
>
>
> More formalised over here. Every Sunday the stores are taken over by hordes
> of young kids wanting to play the game and their parents.
>
> Isn't actually that good for sales as there are usually 3 staff in the local
> one all running the games so can't take money over the till, logic?? Plus
> whilst the rules are aimed at the younger generation everything else is
> aimed at us veterans.
>
> F.Y.I. new 40K Vindicator and Whirlwind models will be round �30 from forge
> world.
>
> G
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