kryyst
13 Aug 2009, 10:15pm
Not sure if there are any Warhammer fans here but there is a new edition on the way
Fantasy Flight Games (“FFG”) announced today they will release Warhammer Fantasy Roleplay 3rd Edition, a new version of the classic roleplaying game set in Games Workshop's Warhammer world. This version features an entirely new innovative approach to role-playing, one that FFG hopes will attract a whole new generation of gamers to the role-playing experience.
"We're proud to re-introduce the Warhammer world to role-playing with this revolutionary approach,” said Christian T. Petersen, CEO of FFG. “It is one that harnesses the flavor of prior WFRP editions, but brings about that experience in a more evocative, tactile, and visual way than the past," he continued. "We’ve worked long and hard to to publish a game that we hope will represent a positive paradigm shift in roleplaying game design, production, and play experience. This is not another re-tread of the traditional RPG approach, this is something new, something exciting. Something that existing RPG fans will want to test for themselves."
The massive Warhammer Fantasy Roleplay 3rd Edition box, which will retail for $99.95, contains everything a group of adventurers will need to play – four different rule-books, 36 custom dice, over 300 cards, counters, “character keeper” boxes, and much more.
"We're bringing something new to the table," added Jay Little, Senior RPG Developer for the Warhammer Fantasy Roleplay line. "This is a roleplaying system that captures the grim and gritty Warhammer world that fans have grown to love, wrapped up in an innovative design and shipped with the stunning production quality that FFG is known for."
Jay Little will be hosting seminars showcasing Warhammer Fantasy Roleplay 3rd Edition at the Gen Con games convention in Indianapolis, IN August 13-15, where a preview of the core set and its components will be on display in FFG’s booth. Preview articles will begin their publication on FFG's website – www.fantasyflightgames.com – in the weeks following the Gen Con convention and will continue leading up to the game's release this Fall.
For more details check out the Full Site (http://www.fantasyflightgames.com/edge_minisite_sec.asp?eidm=93&esem=1)
I'm a long time Warhammer fan from 1st edition including 2nd edition. I was aware they had something up their sleeves but I was in no way expecting this. My initial reaction is shock and screaming NO GOD NO!!! But as I'm calming down and reading through the current info as impartially as I can (I have a really big pillow to scream into). I can't help but see some potential in this game.
They are bringing in some positive things. Concepts like dice results telling more then just pass fail. A group being an identity and greater then just the sum of it's parts. Characters being empowered into the story mechanically and not just wandering through it.
There are some similarities to D&D 4e with the action cards for example. But I have a feeling this will play far leaner then 4e does. I have a feeling this game though will be far more about the action and less about the tactics. Just thinking of other FFG board games that use cards for combat resolution, this could certainly be interesting.
I also can see the potential here as a Gateway game. I've got friends that would never consider playing an RPG under normal circumstances, but I could see them playing something like this.
Right now the big concern is the $100us price tag. That's a big number to overcome.
Either way though I'm interested. Every current Warhammer product has been fantastic, Fantasy Flight Games production values are through the roof and they are trying to do something new, which I have to applaud.
Fantasy Flight Games (“FFG”) announced today they will release Warhammer Fantasy Roleplay 3rd Edition, a new version of the classic roleplaying game set in Games Workshop's Warhammer world. This version features an entirely new innovative approach to role-playing, one that FFG hopes will attract a whole new generation of gamers to the role-playing experience.
"We're proud to re-introduce the Warhammer world to role-playing with this revolutionary approach,” said Christian T. Petersen, CEO of FFG. “It is one that harnesses the flavor of prior WFRP editions, but brings about that experience in a more evocative, tactile, and visual way than the past," he continued. "We’ve worked long and hard to to publish a game that we hope will represent a positive paradigm shift in roleplaying game design, production, and play experience. This is not another re-tread of the traditional RPG approach, this is something new, something exciting. Something that existing RPG fans will want to test for themselves."
The massive Warhammer Fantasy Roleplay 3rd Edition box, which will retail for $99.95, contains everything a group of adventurers will need to play – four different rule-books, 36 custom dice, over 300 cards, counters, “character keeper” boxes, and much more.
"We're bringing something new to the table," added Jay Little, Senior RPG Developer for the Warhammer Fantasy Roleplay line. "This is a roleplaying system that captures the grim and gritty Warhammer world that fans have grown to love, wrapped up in an innovative design and shipped with the stunning production quality that FFG is known for."
Jay Little will be hosting seminars showcasing Warhammer Fantasy Roleplay 3rd Edition at the Gen Con games convention in Indianapolis, IN August 13-15, where a preview of the core set and its components will be on display in FFG’s booth. Preview articles will begin their publication on FFG's website – www.fantasyflightgames.com – in the weeks following the Gen Con convention and will continue leading up to the game's release this Fall.
For more details check out the Full Site (http://www.fantasyflightgames.com/edge_minisite_sec.asp?eidm=93&esem=1)
I'm a long time Warhammer fan from 1st edition including 2nd edition. I was aware they had something up their sleeves but I was in no way expecting this. My initial reaction is shock and screaming NO GOD NO!!! But as I'm calming down and reading through the current info as impartially as I can (I have a really big pillow to scream into). I can't help but see some potential in this game.
They are bringing in some positive things. Concepts like dice results telling more then just pass fail. A group being an identity and greater then just the sum of it's parts. Characters being empowered into the story mechanically and not just wandering through it.
There are some similarities to D&D 4e with the action cards for example. But I have a feeling this will play far leaner then 4e does. I have a feeling this game though will be far more about the action and less about the tactics. Just thinking of other FFG board games that use cards for combat resolution, this could certainly be interesting.
I also can see the potential here as a Gateway game. I've got friends that would never consider playing an RPG under normal circumstances, but I could see them playing something like this.
Right now the big concern is the $100us price tag. That's a big number to overcome.
Either way though I'm interested. Every current Warhammer product has been fantastic, Fantasy Flight Games production values are through the roof and they are trying to do something new, which I have to applaud.