it would be extremely kind of you to send a me a copy.
(AKA: me too!!!!!!!)
Alexis Delgado
Alexis_usb_at_...
>
>Carl if you could pass me the Necro info off line (KayJay77_at_...)
>
>> ----------
>> From: Carl Woodrow[SMTP:carl.woodrow_at_...]
>> Sent: Wednesday, June 17, 1998 10:09 AM
>> To: Space Marine Mailing List
>> Cc: Tyler Provick; Shervin Fatehi; Francois Bruntz; Chris Pinson;
Alun
>> Gallie
>> Subject: [Epic] NEWSFLASH - Epic future under doubt
>>
>> I know a lot of folks on the list have been wanting to know when the
Chaos
>> army is finally going to be released. I can now reveal that the army
will
>> in
>> fact be released in the UK this weekend (i.e. Saturday 20th). The
army is
>> featured in this months White Dwarf which is due out tommorow
(thursday),
>> which I was fortunate enough to be given a sneak preview of.
>>
>> One of the reasons that the release has been kept so quiet, but not
the
>> main
>> reason, is that a decision was made by GW management a few weeks ago
to
>> discontinue the Epic gaming system immediately following the UK
Overstock
>> clearance sale. I am happy to say that the decision has now been
>> overturned
>> and the future for Epic looks a lot brighter. Although I am not
informed
>> as
>> to why the decision was taken to discontinue Epic, I can only
speculate
>> that
>> it was due to disapointing sales. I have been informed however that
one of
>> the reasons for overturning the decision was due to the likely
backlash
>> from
>> gamers if the Epic system was dropped for the third time.
>>
>> Now that a decision has been made to continue with the Epic system it
>> would
>> appear that GW are going to continue supporting it in the medium term
at
>> least (i.e. at least the next 1-2 years). This would seem sensible as
>> plans
>> are definately afoot to release Epic scale WHFB within the next 12
months,
>> although any firm news on this is still strictly unofficial and
merely
>> based
>> on comments by GW staff after seeing not only plastic Epic scale
spearmen
>> but also metal Bretonnian Knights in Epic scale.
>>
>> Anyway...for those who cannot wait for WD the Epic Chaos army is as
>> follows:
>>
>> Unusually for Epic the army comes almost entirely in one box which
slots
>> in
>> somewhere between the standard infantry boxed sets and the larger
army
>> deals. The box contains not only the new infantry, but also a
collection
>> of
>> 'metal' vehicles as well. The vehicles include Rhinos, Predators,
Land
>> Raiders and Command LR's and what could arguably be a Razorback or
two. It
>> is difficult to identify the immediate variants due to their somewhat
>> 'chaotic' look. One thing I would say is not to take too much stock
in the
>> picture in last months WD of the 'spiky' rhino. The new LR's look
awesome
>> as
>> do the new Predators.
>>
>> The infantry included (as I could see) are Noise Marines,
Terminators,
>> Thousand Sons, Khorne Beserkers, Standard Chaos marines, Cultists,
>> Beastmen,
>> Flamers, Daemonettes, Blood Letters and Hounds,Plague daemons and
others
>> that I cannot remember (I only saw them for a few minutes...sorry)
>>
>> Because of the size of the boxed set it retails at a whopping 25.00
UK
>> pounds. This may seem a lot, but the box does seem to contain a great
deal
>> of infantry and vehicles for the money...it remains to see if most
gamers
>> can afford to splash out that kind of money in one go.
>>
>> Other releases are going to be the Khorne War Engines which are
exactly
>> the
>> same as previously, the new Plague Tower and Catapult, and the
Firelord
>> (which also has not changed any). Finally the Slaanesh walkers round
off
>> this weekend releases.
>>
>> I have a few more interesting items concerning the future of some of
the
>> other gaming systems, namely Necromunda, but as this is predominately
an
>> Epic list I will refrain from going off topic unless there is a real
>> demand.
>>
>> I hope this clears a few mysteries up :)
>>
>> Regards
>> Carl
>>
>> Carl Woodrow
>> Project Gene-seed and Dropship designer
>> http://www.bigfoot.com/~Geneseed
>>
>>
>
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