Hi as an ex necromunda player I was sad to hear that it looks like GW are finally pulling the life support plug on specialist games. However it appear that Mantic may be picking up the slack with a new skirmish game and modular plastic multi level buildings/terrain, there are free alpha rules available which look promising and there looking to start with 6 factions for further info and links to the rules downloads head to http://jamplify.com/HG5jE2

Yeah I spotted that, backed for the terrain sprues, little else. Also backed Tablescapes earlier in the month for a single 4x4 foot table. Nice modular terrain is always useful, so worth getting at that price.

The main miniature game kickstarters I'm really waiting for is Darklands by Mierce Miniatures (delivery has started, but mine are being sent in a later wave, partially on request by me) and Kingdom Death : Monster, which is slated for November, but I'm counting on early 2014 for that to be honest, as it far exceeded expectations.

They arent even casting new models for the specialist range? Damn... end of an era.

Remember in the future, you will be able to 3D print anything you want, even long old forgotten minis.

I for one want the WH40k Dwarfs in space before the retcon , I mean ... SQUATS

Hi as an ex necromunda player I was sad to hear that it looks like GW are finally pulling the life support plug on specialist games. However it appear that Mantic may be picking up the slack with a new skirmish game and modular plastic multi level buildings/terrain, there are free alpha rules available which look promising and there looking to start with 6 factions for further info and links to the rules downloads head to http://jamplify.com/HG5jE2

All this talk about custom figures and different game types that I never heard of made me remember something.

It has been forever since I played a good game of Risk.

I for one want the WH40k Dwarfs in space before the retcon , I mean ... SQUATS

Remember in the future, you will be able to 3D print anything you want, even long old forgotten minis.

I for one want the WH40k Dwarfs in space before the retcon , I mean ... SQUATS

And it's been forever since I played a good wargame with hexes and punch-out counters. Avalon Hill, SPI, GDW... Squad Leader, Wooden Ships and Iron Men, Richthofen's War, Starship Troopers, Panzer Leader, Tobruk.

And now, once again, the giant clock inside GW HQ ticking down to the epic Squat rerelease has been reset by another five hundred years. For every time the word "Squat" is said or written, the ten full-plastic kits, the three resin fliers, the sixteen finecast character models and the codex itself are all withheld, the massive clockface whirring to the screams of Jervis Johnson as fate once more conspires against the beloved Space Dwarves...

men memories

you forgot to mention SPQRn, great battles of Alexander, ( actually the whole series is great) the rise and fall of the luffwaffe ( and all its expansions
operation barbarossa ( the whole series all all 7 boxes ) all GMT games
the original Advanced squad leader

Actually GMT games isprobably the best known publishers that still makes those sort of games and regular reprint their old games

Sadly i do not have the time anymore to sit there with some friends bend over a map pushing counters and debating if those german divisions in front of moscow are in supply or not

You can get a lot of those old games, in good condition and at reasonable prices, at Noble Knight Games.

But, as you said, finding the time (and an opponent) for a marathon hexes-and-counters fest is tough. As a substitute, I used to play John Tiller games by PBEM. Those and HPS Simulation games are basically digitized board wargames. PBEM via Wargames Clubs was actually a lot of fun. Only one turn per 24 hours usually, but if you have two or three games going at once, that's a lot of wargaming per evening. The skill level of the opponents is typically pretty damn high, too.

men memories

you forgot to mention SPQRn, great battles of Alexander, ( actually the whole series is great) the rise and fall of the luffwaffe ( and all its expansions
operation barbarossa ( the whole series all all 7 boxes ) all GMT games
the original Advanced squad leader

Actually GMT games isprobably the best known publishers that still makes those sort of games and regular reprint their old games

Sadly i do not have the time anymore to sit there with some friends bend over a map pushing counters and debating if those german divisions in front of moscow are in supply or not

GW specialist games are going away, huh? I used to be into Mordheim years ago. I started out with 40k, then FB, and even some LotR stuff later. My favs were the Orks (and the Orcs!) and the Tyranids because of the great modeling opportunities. Wow...it's kind of embarrassing to think how much I spent on that overpriced GW stuff...yikes I had hundreds of orks, hundreds of nids, scratch built some ork tanks/planes/transports (which turned out pretty good if I do say so myself), modeled up my own spacemarine chapter, had various other armies as well. It was all a lot of fun, but I realized a severe drug habit might have been cheaper... Got rid of it all and actually hadn't thought about it much for some time until reading this thread. Was fun, though. *goes down memory lane*

My Tau army is about 5000 points if you include the Kroot mercs and the human auxiliaries. I'm trying to figure out how to include a Skaven regiment next, and a unit or 3 of Squa...!? I mean Demiurg would fit right in. Haven't actually had time to throw down on a table in over a year though.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8ezlSAC7iqo