Month: May 2008
AT-43 — Hussar Strider Preview
Rackham in Cry Havoc Online #89 showed a preview of the Hussar.
The Hussar is built on a modified Kossak frame, with a medium rocket launcher – to fight infantry or armored fighting vehicles – and a medium missile launcher – for antitank combat and to take care of fortifications. The Hussar´s powerful acquisition radar makes it an excellent reconnaissance unit and its weaponry makes it an exceptional combat unit.
Once again, the Revolution has demonstrated its superiority. When will the reactionary forces admit it?
AT-43 — Molot Strider Preview
Rackham in Cry Havoc Online #88 showed some shots (image 1, image 2) of the upcoming AT-43 Molot. The Molot is a new Red Blok strider with two RA2 Light Flamers. It is based on the Nakovalny chassis with a new ‘hood’. It is also painted in the new Operation Frostbite scheme but, unlike the U.N.A. troops, this means a smooth white pattern over a light olive or khaki for the Red Blok.
Space Marine Drop Pod Sighted?!
Warseer has a picture of what is supposed to be the long rumored plastic Space Marine Drop Pod. It does indeed look legit. The Drop Pod looks larger than the Forge World one, in fact it looks close to the size of the Dreadnought Drop Pod. It has a weapons mount inside above the troop compartment. Rumored price is $35 but who knows. Overall very nice. Let’s hope this is the real thing.
More photos released for the Drop Pod and other new Space Marine minis.
This is all confirmed now and is scheduled for release on 4Oct08 along with a lot of other new Space Marine miniatures.
Games Workshop now has a step-by-step guide to building the new plastic Drop Pod.
[Updated 4OCT08]
AT-43 — News
Rackham released various updates on AT-43 activities. First up is a full description of the upcoming Operation Frostbite campaign book,
• New rules for terrain new elements (crystals, outdoor gaming tiles, and so on.) and neutral fighters, such as the civil engineers and the MedTec medics;
• Support unit rules to use the specialists from the Attachment Boxes;
• Troop transport rules;
• New combat drills;
• New troops and exclusive heroes for the U.N.A., the Therians, the Red Blok and the Karmans;
• A new campaign game mode for 2 to 4 players;
• Optional rules to give experience to companies;
• 37 exclusive missions to play as part of the campaign or in one-off games;
• The official AT-43 errata.
We got a preview of a production sample of the upcoming Karman hero box Saint Anuman and Jinod-Un model. It is sort of a cross between Planet of the Apes and American Graffiti!
More information about the Cogs should be coming soon.
Games Workshop Website Redesign
Games Workshop has finally redesigned their Website. The old site was very hard to get around. The new site seems to be a vast improvement over the old site. For example, on the home page is a main navigation bar with a ‘hobby’ button. This expands with selections for all GW hobby items like scenery and cases. Finding these items before was tricky. The three main games, Warhammer 40,000 and the other two, get their own highlights as well as main sections on the site. Again the navigation drops down with a selection of subsections that makes getting around easier. Perhaps the biggest change is that the shopping cart is now integrated with the site. So, for example, if you go to look at Space Marines you get taken to the shopping cart for the Space Marines where you can see the available products and prices but also details on each product even including stats (click on the product picture for details). Yes they have the basic stats and wargear rules listed! This is excellent help for the new player and handy for the veteran as well. Note, the FAQs are now listed under Gaming Articles.
All in all the new site finally reflects the status GW holds within the hobby community.
Line of Fire #2 — Review
Lock ‘N Load Games just released the latest edition of their house PDF-magazine, Line of Fire #2. They did not quite make the quarterly deadline but close enough. LNL is selling Line of Fire #2 for a couple dollars cheaper ($14.99) than Line of Fire #1 but the issue is a bit shorter than the first. Read the rest of this entry »
Warhammer 40,000 — News
The Bell of Lost Souls has some great info on the upcoming Warhammer 40K 5th Edition rules. There will be three versions, a limited Collector’s Edition deluxe book, a 40k Gamer’s Edition rulebook packaged with templates and counters in a metal ‘ammo box’, and of course the basic rulebook. You can pre-order the Deluxe/Gamer’s packages at Games Workshop Hobby Centers now or from GW direct in June.
Also there are strong rumors for Apocalypse Reload. It is an Apocalypse expansion with more data sheets, new assets, and a huge battle report. The big question is whether the new datasheets will include those published online or if they will all be new. Overall nothing particularly exciting but useful for Apocalypse players. We still hope to see the rumored Planetstrike product this year.
Federation Commander: Briefing #1 — Review
Federation Commander: Briefing #1 is Amarillo Design Bureau’s latest expansion to their Federation Commander starship combat games. Briefing #1 is basically a scenario set with some miscellaneous material thrown in. It is a 64-page black and white book with color card stock cover. The layout is typical FedCom. Read the rest of this entry »
Dark July: The Battles for Prokhorovka Announced
Lock ‘n Load Publishing announced a new title for their Lock ‘n Load: Band of Heroes game system, Dark July: The Battles for Prokhorovka.
The game depicts the battles fought west of the Russian city of Prokhorovka on July 10-12, 1943.
Designed by Juan Carlos Cebrian (A las Barricadas!), the game features 85 new counters; a 22” x 34” historically accurate map complete with the famed Hill 252.2, the Soviet trenches to the east, and the Oktiabrskii State Farm to the north; and six historical scenarios. Here’s every gamer’s chance to be a part of one of the Second World War’s climactic battles on the Eastern Front; and the squad-level nuances of the Lock ‘n Load gaming system will put you in the middle of it. Be the Germans, be the Soviets. Be there!
The View from the Turret 
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