Salut à tous,
Voici un petit FAQ à propos de la sortie d'Epic Armageddon.
On y apprend, entre autre, que la sortie est prévue pour février 2004, que le jeu sera vendu comme Warmaster (livre de règles + blisters et "boites" - environ 8 boites et 20 blisters sont prévus pour l'instant), que les premières armées disponibles seront les Gardes Impériaux, les Space Marines et les Orks, que le Chaos, les Eldars, les Tyranides, les Nécrons et les Tau sont en prévision (au rythme d'une armée tous les 6 mois), etc. Le reste est en anglais...
"Q: When will the game be released'
A: Epic Armageddon is tentatively scheduled to be released Feb, 2004.
Q: Will the game be released as a boxed set'
A: No. The game will be released in a manner similar to Warmaster. The main rules will be available in a rulebook and miniatures will be available separately in blisters and boxed sets. Current plans are for 8 boxed sets and approximately 20 blisters.
Q: What armies will initially be released'
A: The game will initially see the release of the Imperial Guard, Space Marine and Ork armies.
Q: What other armies are planned'
A: Currently Jervis has mentioned plans to release figures and army lists for Chaos, Eldar, Tyranid, Necron and Tau armies.
Q: When will the other armies be released'
A: Plans are for new armies to be released in 6 month increments. The current order for release is Eldar, Tyranid Nids are scheduled for next summer, pushing the timeline up - Eldar and Nids both in about a 6 month intervaland then Chaos. More tentatively, the next two armies will be Necron and Tau, in that order.
Q: Does that mean I'll have to wait 6 months to a year before I can play my favourite army?
A: If you already have figures for Eldar, Chaos or Tyranid armies from a previous version of Epic you can start playing right away as test army lists for them will be available with the release of the game. There are already working versions of Tyranid, Eldar and Chaos army lists that you can use right now.
Q: Will all the figures be metal'
A: No. Basic infantry for each army will be available as plastic figures similar (if not identical) to the plastic sprues used in the last version of the game. Some more specialised figures (like Rough Riders) will be removed from the sprues. Specialised units will be made available in metal. Vehicles will also be available in metal.
Q: Will official points values be published for Forgeworld vehicles and Variant Titans'
A: No. Stats will be made available for some variant vehicle patterns and for some different Titan weapons. But these units and weapons will not be included in the official GT army lists. To do so would penalise people who do not have access to out of print Titans and vehicles or who have access to the Forgeworld range of models. There is nothing to stop you using the snazzy Forge World models in any game you play, it's just that sometimes you'll have to use the stats for the units they 'count as' for the game.
Q: Will there be more Titan variants produced and will there be plastic Titans'
A: Initially there will only be models for the Titan variants available in the GT Army lists. They will be sold as boxed sets, with one weapon configuration per box. Over time there will be new weapon configurations produced for existing Titan patterns, as well as getting new Titan patterns produced. These will be sold as new boxed sets that will be added to the range. These will be metal Titans. There will not be any plastic Titans produced.
Q: Why not produce Titans with multiple weapon "bitz" in each box?
A: The current method (one weapon config per box) reflects the way that we can sell *metal* models. Making a metal model with a bunch of variant weapons simply increases its cost and gives customers a bunch of expensive spare metal parts they can't use. Doing the same thing with plastic kits is not nearly such a problem (the plastic is cheap, it's the mould that costs the money), which is why plastic kits can include redundant parts. Since it is prohibitively expensive to create moulds for plastic figures we are limited to producing metal Titans which means that we will be producing one weapon kit per boxed Titan."
François Bruntz,
La Tribune de Laïtus Prime,
Site dédié à Epic
http://www.laitus.fr.st