If Tyranids are somehow in December along with The Hobbit.....

[Benjamin]

The Hobbit has some good models for 40k proxy. The Goblin Warriors box has 18 models for $35 and they'd make great plague zombies, while the Balrog model is one of GW's best, IMO.

But I don't know anyone who's played the game outside the demos Sam ran.

[PhoenixFire]

I'd like to see a December tournament, sure.

Bugs are fun to squish.

A December tournament would be nice but it's a difficult month with Christmas parties and people traveling, i think we had this problem last year which is why the Invitational tournament got pushed to January.

If BG did try to get a tournament done in December i imagine either early in the month before Saturdays are taken over by Christmas parties might be a safe bet, maybe after Christmas would work as well?

It stands to reason that Januarys tournament would be 1850 for Templecon prep, a doubles or trios would be cool for December but if BG wanted to do it early in the month thats short notice to put together teams.

[Chase]

If Tyranids are Dec, has the rumor mill mentioned anything about Jan?  Is it a straight flip-flop of the release schedule?

The Hobbit is a cool game and the models are nice, but it's... well... Let's just say it's not very popular.

I've got what I think is a cool idea for an event, but jamming it into Dec is tough.  MAYBE December 28th, but that's not ideal.  I'd rather run on the 1st and 3rd weekend in Jan.  We'll have an event for the miniature gaming community in Abington early this  December for sure, but it's not a tournament.

Have I ever mentioned that I absolutely HATE that GW doesn't tell me anything about their release schedule?

[PhoenixFire]

If Tyranids are Dec, has the rumor mill mentioned anything about Jan?  Is it a straight flip-flop of the release schedule?

The Hobbit is a cool game and the models are nice, but it's... well... Let's just say it's not very popular.

I've got what I think is a cool idea for an event, but jamming it into Dec is tough.  MAYBE December 28th, but that's not ideal.  I'd rather run on the 1st and 3rd weekend in Jan.  We'll have an event for the miniature gaming community in Abington early this  December for sure, but it's not a tournament.

Have I ever mentioned that I absolutely HATE that GW doesn't tell me anything about their release schedule?

All I've seen is pre orders Nov 30th and release Dec 7th seems pretty solid. I've seen nothing about hobbit getting pushed or flopped but I don't really follow that stuff.

It does stand to reason they'd want it to coincide with the movie but I guess time will tell

[MM3791]

The Hobbit has some good models for 40k proxy. The Goblin Warriors box has 18 models for $35 and they'd make great plague zombies, while the Balrog model is one of GW's best, IMO.

The Dwarf warriors are excellent too, way better then the Fantasy range.

If Tyranids are Dec, has the rumor mill mentioned anything about Jan?  Is it a straight flip-flop of the release schedule?

An alternate rumor is that Tyranids will get a 2 month release window, just like Dark Elves did for Oct/Nov. Either way we will all know for sure in about two weeks, since GW does all its preorders on the last Saturday of the month.

[Chase]

Any updates on this?

[Mad Dok Rob]

How sad is it that they guy that owns the store that sells the GW product has to relay on rumors from the customers about the products he is supposed to be selling.

[PhoenixFire]

Any updates on this?

seems like it was solid for pre-orders next Saturday but now is pretty questionable, especially given as we haven't seen any White Dwarf leaks

This Tyranid thing is just about killing me. Simply because we had several sources here that have a solid track record saying Tyranids are moving up, mostly due to issues with the Hobbit and more specifically the Smaug model.


This mornings rumor, is telling us that Tyranids in December is not going to happen, and that the Smaug issue is not enough to move the release forward. Tyranid rumors are exhausting of late.

Please remember that these are rumors.

via an anonymous source from the Faeit 212 inbox.
- Nids still in January
As I was told, it`s false to asume that Nids are preset to December because of the Smaug disaster

- Smaug
The Dragon was not rejected by WB due to the model but due to the size. GW was told when they want to make one it has to be in the same proportion as the
other model range leaving us with a roughly 35” Dragon which is not going to happen

Looks like December might be the Escalation supplement (super heavies in normal 40k games)

[spoonsaur]

I for one would buy a 36" dragon

[andalucien]

Dang...   I started making a Tyranid display board already, in a desparate attempt to finish a full size Tyranid army by Templecon... even though I don't know what nids are actually going to be in the army yet, haha.  If the book & new models don't come out Dec 7 it makes that plan unrealistic, unless I just kind of commit to using all of the models I already have, regardless of rules, & adding a few more...

[PhoenixFire]

Dang...   I started making a Tyranid display board already, in a desparate attempt to finish a full size Tyranid army by Templecon... even though I don't know what nids are actually going to be in the army yet, haha.  If the book & new models don't come out Dec 7 it makes that plan unrealistic, unless I just kind of commit to using all of the models I already have, regardless of rules, & adding a few more...

It sounds like GW wants to start spreading releases over 2 months, it'll be strange if they release new models before the codex though. Guess we will know in a week, hopefully nids sneak in under the 30 day wire for templecon

[Pat.H]

Dang...   I started making a Tyranid display board already, in a desparate attempt to finish a full size Tyranid army by Templecon... even though I don't know what nids are actually going to be in the army yet, haha.  If the book & new models don't come out Dec 7 it makes that plan unrealistic, unless I just kind of commit to using all of the models I already have, regardless of rules, & adding a few more...

It sounds like GW wants to start spreading releases over 2 months, it'll be strange if they release new models before the codex though. Guess we will know in a week, hopefully nids sneak in under the 30 day wire for templecon

Well considering half the tyranid units in the codex don't have models it wouldn't be unrealistic.

[Benjamin]

Put me in for one Tyranids vs Hobbits battle box.

[PhoenixFire]

Well here's the nail in the coffin Chase, a trailer is out for the new expansions. Pre orders Saturday


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[andalucien]

Boooooooo.