The NOVA Open has come and gone and folks have packed away their armies and forces. I’ll have another post with my thoughts on the convention, but while you await that, here’s some photos of some of the amazing figures and armies that were on display and played with.
In case you missed it, here’s the first batch of photos.
For those paying attention to Games Workshop‘s Warhammer Fantasy, something was up. GW has announced the Age of Sigmar, a brand new system that launches July 11. GW has informed stores that they are now good to go as far as promoting the game.
What is the Age of Sigmar? Well the details are slim, but what we know directly from GW:
From their website:
These were the End Times. The world is no more, torn apart by treachery and Chaos. And yet… endings beget beginnings.
Listen carefully. Can you hear it? The cruel laughter of dark gods? It dances on the winds between worlds, striving to be heard, for the ruinous powers bore easily, and they seek tirelessly for new realities to conquer. Where there is life, Chaos will find it, and misery and bloodshed will soon follow.
The world is gone, but all may not be lost.
The descendants of the Old Ones left before the Chaos moon destroyed their homelands, that much is certain. But where did they go?
And if they escaped, did anyone else?
Can what is dead ever truly die?
Who remains lost in the void?
To what does he cling?
And when a world dies…
…what happens next?
It also worth noting that retailers were asked to count their inventory to see how many they had of:
Games Workshop has announced a new Chief Executive Officer after their search. Kevin Rountree will take the role of CEO beginning January 1, 2015.
The acting CEO and Chairmon Tom Kirby will remain with the company, and take up the position of Non-Executive Chairman starting January 1 as well.
Rountree is a long time GW vet, having joined the company in 1998. He is currently the Chief Operating Officer of the Company.
Rountree has a tough road ahead as the company faces a rough market and issues as far as product, distribution, and their general future.
NOVA Open 2013, a set on Flickr.
Running August 29 to September 1, the NOVA Open is all about gaming tournaments. Warhammer 40K, Warhammer Fantasy Battle, Magic: The Gathering, Infinity, Hordes and War Machine were all represented as well as “how to” seminars.
This was my first time attending the convention and it’s definitely not what I was expecting. I’ll be following up with my impressions of the convention in a further post.
Do you remember Diskwars? If you’re like me, I’m sure it doesn’t bring back great memories. Fantasy Flight Games has decided to ressurect the disk play mechanic with the release of Warhammer: Diskwars which will retail for $39.95. The new game is “a fast-paced, tactical battle game for 2-4 players that can be played in an hour or less.” The new game is based on that “classic” which was designed by Christian T. Petersen and Tom Jolly with an updated setting of Games Workshop‘s Warhammer world.
There is a slight difference though. The original Diskwars was a collectible disk game focused on armies and not much personality. The new Warhammer: Diskwars has been updated and features flexible rules for more of a “hero-centric army building.” The collectible aspect has been shelved as well for the initial release with everything you need to play for two players in the initial set.
The game debuted this past weekend at Gen Con 2013 with demos being run at the Fantasy Flight booth. The game features disks which represent individuals or large units and each disk has statistics and some have special abilities. To move you flip the disk over and over on its end affected by terrain and other disks. When you land on another disk you stop and “pin” the desk beneath. The one beneath can’t move and the two then have to fight each other.
Having played the original game, the mechanic was fun a few plays in but quickly wore out it’s welcome. The game was somewhat popular with sales plummeting months after the release (at least at the shop I worked in at the time).
Since this new game will be set in the Warhammer world, you can expect characters, creatures and armies from that set including Orcs, Chaos, High Elves and the Empire. The initial set will include twenty-four command cards, five terrain cards, five scenario cards and more than sixty disks.
For those that kept theirs, now’s a chance to dust off the old discs collecting dust.
