Can You Save The Galaxy? - Assassins Next

[DrBored]

It's not Horus Heresy next week.

It's Assassins.

WD Teaser:


Can You Save the Galaxy?

Atia (http://www.bolterandchainsword.com/topic/303600-rumours-assassins-standalone-boxed-game/page-2)from Bolter and Chainsword: 4-18-2015


ok guys, here's a little teaser of next week from me:

"fear, stealth, rage, precision"

you will get more information @ monday ;)

greetings,
Atia


We do not determine the guilty; we do not decide the punishment; we are merely the cold instruments of the Emperor's vengeance. There is no form of death unknown to us; there is no form of terror beyond our means; there is no enemy outside our reach. We are the blade that hovers over the throat of the traitor; we are the bullet that awaits the heretic's skull; we are the poison in the throat of the alien.

you will get a teaser video at monday ;)

From Hastings a while ago:


Assassins Standalone box game, on sale for a few months, then models become part of the 40k range.

via Bird in the Trees 4-18-2015


4 Assassin models in the box, one for each temple.
Various non-imperial opposition models.
A board game in the general style of Space Hulk.

Latest Assassins Game Info:

via Sad Panda (http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/list/0/645016.page) on 4-19-2015

Miniatures are not snap fit, but the game(s) in the box(es) is(are) definitely more board-game-ish, played on 2D card-board tiles.


via Colonex_Kex (http://www.warseer.com/forums/showthread.php?408044-New-assassin-models!!!) on 4-19-2015

New assassin models!!!
Caught a glimpse of next weeks white dwarf cover and NEW ASSASSIN MODELS!!' All 4 of them get new models introduced in some sort of either minigame or spece hulk like boxed game. They looked awesome!!!

Assassins teaser video from GW 4-20-2015

Stealth Precision Fear Rage

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K7qAWauBAkM

via BrookM (http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/list/645016.page)(Dakka) 4-20-2015


Thanks to BrookM we have got info about the content. The Assassins and the game itself is new - the Chaos side consists of already released models.

Contents
A brand new co-operative game for one to four players who control four Imperial Assassins, as they attempt to assassinate a Chaos Sorcerer and end a dark ritual, which will destroy a star system.

It contains everything you need to play to defeat the Chaos Space Marines Sorcerer. The game comes with:

- 4 brand new multipart plastic Imperial Assassins – a Callidus, a Cullexus, an Eversor and a Vindicare
- A Chaos Space Marines Terminator Lord and familiar (existing 43-12)
- 3 Chaos Space Marines (existing 35-31)
- 15 Chaos Cultists (existing 3x 35-34)
- A rulebook, board sections, cards, counters and dice
- A missions book

Price: 100 EUR / 125 US$

Chaos Models (current GW range models)
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via MOOSE PUNCHER 4-20-2015


White Dwarf #65 cover
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via Captain Citadel (http://forum.spikeybits.com/showthread.php?21775-GW-teaser-New-Assassins-Game) 4-22-2015


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[Bigred]

Rumor Roundup Continued

via Gamerstrust.de (http://www.gamestrust.de/tabletop/news,assassinorum-execution-force-bilder-box-gussrahmen-bauanleitungen-abgelichtet,id42841.html) 4-28-2015

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via Bird in the Trees 4-18-2015


4 Assassin models in the box, one for each temple.
Various non-imperial opposition models.
A board game in the general style of Space Hulk.

[Mr Mystery]

LAWKS-A-MERCY-A-LORDY,

Am I glad it's payday next Thursday....

[Asymmetrical Xeno]

Good way to update all 4 assassin models, I guess they will each be a clampack and then go on a general release after the inevitable limited edition run that it probably will be runs out. Curious about the non-imperial stuff though and whether they will be existing kits or not.

[eldargal]

I like the sound of this a lot.

[Kirsten]

yeah, will have to pick this up

[Houghten]

Various non-Imperial opposition models, you say?

This intrigues me immensely.

[Cap'nSmurfs]

Oh man. That sounds excellent. I love the Assassins but the old models are a bit off-putting.

As an extra hint, if any were needed, Paint Splatter's "next week" feature says "highlighting black".

[Haighus]

Oh dear, I was really trying to avoid spending extra money this term :( I don't think I will be able to pass up an Assassins board game in a similar style to Space Hulk. What sort of price are we expecting? somewhere between £60 to £75? It shouldn't be as pricey as Space Hulk, it looks like it contains a lot less models, but this is GW.

[Houghten]

£75 seems entirely likely. As four separate blisters they'd come to £72 total, add in the board and the targets...

[Haighus]

Well, Deathstorm was a huge bargain, and Space Hulk was cheaper than it's component units if they were bought as multi-part kits, so there is hope for a cheaper board. Or maybe there will just be huge numbers of targets/chaff/guard models to avoid or kill for the Assassins.

[DrBored]

I'm hoping that the non-imperium models are cultists. Would be nice to get some that aren't Dark Vengeance copies.

[Mr Mystery]

Ditto. Plus, they're a bit cack to be going up against Assassins.

Looking forward to the pics!

[Asymmetrical Xeno]

It would be cool if they had targets that were heavily guarded, like a rogue planetary govenor or such you had to assassinate, but have to get past his guards first.

[Bigred]

Latest Assassins Game Info:

via Sad Panda (http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/list/0/645016.page) on 4-19-2015

Miniatures are not snap fit, but the game(s) in the box(es) is(are) definitely more board-game-ish, played on 2D card-board tiles.


via Colonex_Kex (http://www.warseer.com/forums/showthread.php?408044-New-assassin-models!!!) on 4-19-2015

New assassin models!!!
Caught a glimpse of next weeks white dwarf cover and NEW ASSASSIN MODELS!!' All 4 of them get new models introduced in some sort of either minigame or spece hulk like boxed game. They looked awesome!!!

[Mr Mystery]

Looking forward to the inevitable pics.

[Kirsten]

really want some new assassins, especially in plastic, mmmm.

[Bigred]

Assassins teaser video from GW 4-20-2015

Stealth Precision Fear Rage

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K7qAWauBAkM

[Nate Mangion]

I'm really intrigued by what the opposition models might be. Stuff not commonly found in 40k would be cool, so things like plantery governor, rogue warlords, stuff like that, maybe even if its normal units/characters from the larger game, im hoping for new cool-pose stuff like the chaos veterans & cultists

[spagunk]

Nice. Looks like chaos cults are the targets. Only regret is if it costs the same as Space Hulk, I probably won't be able to afford it. =(

[Mr Mystery]

Hmm. Perhaps an in-store exclusive, with no pre-order? It's probably me being daft, but the '25th April, GW Stores' bit has me intrigued.

[daboarder]

Hmm. Perhaps an in-store exclusive, with no pre-order? It's probably me being daft, but the '25th April, GW Stores' bit has me intrigued.
Sounds like a typical braindead marketing idea that would blow up in their face....so sure why not

[Path Walker]

Its pre-order on saturday morning in store, not online the friday evening before.

[Mr Mystery]

Sauce?

[Path Walker]

Couldn't possibly say, hush hush wink wink and that, but yeah, ,thats whats happening, this weekend isn't a "red" weekend, its amber, next weekend is though,its also the last week of GWs financial year

[shaundimx]

Apparently the game will be called 'Execution Force' and will contain 4 new multipart Assasin figures plus a Chaos Terminator Lord, 3 Chaos Marines and 15 Cultists which are all existing miniatures, with game board sections, rules, missions etc.

[eldargal]

Aw, Chaos marines and cultists again, really? Meh. Might wait for assassin clampacks then.

[Haighus]

All existing? Dammit. Probably means this set for the Chaos Marines: http://www.games-workshop.com/en-GB/Chaos-Space-Marines-3-models
and the really outdated multi-part plastic Lord if that is the case. The Cultists will all have more modern, better sculpts too. They could have at least tried to make new models for the older kits. I hope it isn't true they are existing kits.

[Asymmetrical Xeno]

the games sounds nice, but i wouldnt be interested in all those old chaos models nor the monopose cultists. May get an assassin or two later down the line though.

[shaundimx]

It's definitely true. I was privy to an email I probably shouldn't have seen and that's what it says. Even listed the product codes. No mention of pricing, just that it is a standalone game in the 40 Universe, where you are attempting to kill a Chaos Sorcerer.

[Bigred]

via BrookM (http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/list/645016.page)(Dakka) 4-20-2015


Thanks to BrookM we have got info about the content. The Assassins and the game itself is new - the Chaos side consists of already released models.

Contents
A brand new co-operative game for one to four players who control four Imperial Assassins, as they attempt to assassinate a Chaos Sorcerer and end a dark ritual, which will destroy a star system.

It contains everything you need to play to defeat the Chaos Space Marines Sorcerer. The game comes with:

- 4 brand new multipart plastic Imperial Assassins – a Callidus, a Cullexus, an Eversor and a Vindicare
- A Chaos Space Marines Terminator Lord and familiar (existing 43-12)
- 3 Chaos Space Marines (existing 35-31)
- 15 Chaos Cultists (existing 3x 35-34)
- A rulebook, board sections, cards, counters and dice
- A missions book

Price: 100 EUR / 125 US$

Chaos Models (current GW range models)
137361373713738

[Kirsten]

will probably wait and just buy the assassins in future. was interested, but it doesn't really grab me enough when there are other things I want to buy.

[Mr Mystery]

Ditto to be honest.

Unless the Assassins are really, really nice models.

[Path Walker]

I'll probably get it to paint as a set to play the game with, I like a nice little Co-Op board game, so a 40K flavoured one would be nice, I have just sold all my abandoned Chaos Space Marines so I need to replace them on the shelf.

[Erik Setzer]

$125 for four Assassins, some current models that are "eh," and a bit of gaming stuff for a game that, given its very limited contents, almost certainly doesn't have much replay value?

I think I'll just pick up Imperial Assault for $25 less (that's retail... I can order it on Amazon for $55 less), which gives me a full game with variety and the ability to add on for even more variety. Or Twilight Imperium for $25 less. Or even Horus Heresy for $25 less. Or that Conan game with a lot more figures (and they look nice) for just $10 more.

I could keep on going, but I think the point is clear.

Space Hulk is still on shelves at the same price, with a lot more stuff. (I'd consider it, but I really don't feel like paying that much just to get the extra handful of missions. Still got my set from a few years earlier.)

[Bigred]

via MOOSE PUNCHER 4-20-2015


White Dwarf #65 cover
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[Tzeentch's Dark Agent]

Well aren't they nice?

[Haighus]

Wow! I'm liking that Eversor! :D Great action pose.

[Houghten]

"Full rules inside for Assassins in Warhammer 40,000"

I sure am glad I never bought Codex: Assassins (edit: Sorry, I mean "Dataslate: Officio Assassinorum"). That's saved me £7.59 right there

[Tzeentch's Dark Agent]

Hmmmm, for the right price I may consider it.

[Haighus]

I believe that has been leaked as £75/$120/100euro.

[Tzeentch's Dark Agent]

Hmmmm... 75 pounds for four pretty cool assassins and the rules to play them...

Maybe worth...?

Or maybe I buy 75 pounds of Eldar and make the Assassins disappear...

Or maybe find 3 buddies and split the box but pay a premium for the ruleset...

[Houghten]

Hmmmm... 75 pounds for four pretty cool assassins and the rules to play them...

I'm predicting that once the boardgame is all sold out and they're released as blisters, they'll go for £18 each, since that's the price of a Space Marine plastic blister. So it's a bit like paying £3 for the rules, which seems entirely reasonable.

(Whether or not you think £18 for an assassin is reasonable is another question entirely, of course...)

[Tzeentch's Dark Agent]

If I minded paying GW's premium prices then I wouldn't play this game. :p

[40kGamer]

If I minded paying GW's premium prices then I wouldn't play this game. :p

Cheap enough source of entertainment.

[Tzeentch's Dark Agent]

As someone who has just sold his entire Magic the Gathering collection for nearly four figures (and it's fairly depleted anyway), I agree!

[Asymmetrical Xeno]

ooo those look really nice, great updates. I like the more dynamic poses which remind me of the harlequins style a bit. Suits the assassins well IMO. Will probably pick up one or two when they are sold seperately.

[Deadlift]

They look nice, won't buy the game but I may be tempted by the models.

[Asymmetrical Xeno]

I like whichever one is the blank, I can't remember it's name. It would be cool to do a named fallen version that has sided with necrons, with some subtle conversion and suitable colour scheme to show it's alliegence.

[daboarder]

Callidus looks b*tching. Love it

edit: Though the base of that braid is off puttingly large...wtf is with that?

[Tzeentch's Dark Agent]

I'd have to change the Vindicare to look like Sinon from Sword Art Online 2.

http://i.imgur.com/1jJCOy7.jpg

[DrBored]

Models look great. I like that they're keeping with the aesthetic that the assassins already had, and the poses with the terrain just make it all the more awesome. The one running on the side of that one piece of structure is great, and the Vindicare pressed up against the column is perfect.

Can't wait to see the 360's on them!

[Erik Setzer]

"Full rules inside for Assassins in Warhammer 40,000"

I sure am glad I never bought Codex: Assassins (edit: Sorry, I mean "Dataslate: Officio Assassinorum"). That's saved me £7.59 right there

I did buy it.

With that, 40K 6th edition, and Escalation (Stronghold Assault and Codex Imperial Knights still have a few pages of rules that weren't obsoleted 2-5 months later), I'm really scoring high on the "GW Sucker Scale."

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As someone who has just sold his entire Magic the Gathering collection for nearly four figures (and it's fairly depleted anyway), I agree!

MtG can be obscenely expensive, true (which makes it funny that a friend is thinking of getting into it after giving up on WFB and getting disillusioned a bit with 40K even), but I have individual armies that I can sell for nearly four figures... or possibly even four figures. If I sold my whole collection, it'd be quite well up there. Especially as I have some rare and older models, which is where value stacks up with MtG collections.

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Assassins look similar enough to the current ones that I'll only need models for the ones I don't have. Though I can't seem to find my Callidus or Eversor, so that's pretty much all of them except Vindicator (which I have like three or four of because my dad kept getting them in lots and had one or two of his own).

[daboarder]

so, looking at that cultist in the background it appears that they might just be a recut of the Dark Vengeance ones.

[Deadlift]

so, looking at that cultist in the background it appears that they might just be a recut of the Dark Vengeance ones.

Yes they are, it's been said as much with the rumours. Same as the 3 chaos marines and The Lord. All current models.
Me I think I'm becoming more a collector now and couldn't resist a bit of a splurg on some Orks. They are fun to paint. I will maybe get the Assassins when they become available on their own but I don't need the game.

[Spy_Smasher]

I wonder if the 40K rules for the Callidus includes "may never receive cover save unless behind mountain." ;)

[daboarder]

Yes they are, it's been said as much with the rumours. Same as the 3 chaos marines and The Lord. All current models.
Me I think I'm becoming more a collector now and couldn't resist a bit of a splurg on some Orks. They are fun to paint. I will maybe get the Assassins when they become available on their own but I don't need the game.

right, missed that, I'll pick this up if I have some spare cash at the end of the week (2 minute noodles for a few nights should do it) I am at the point where about all im interested in from GW are its stand alone games. I'd pass if it was just the assassins but the board game as a whole might be fun.

Do we know if it is two player only? or is it 5 with one person for each of the assassins?

edit: Read the first page, sounds cool. Bit surprised at the suggestion that the Chaos Sorcerer was the terminator kit....surely its more likely that its along the style of the character blisters (I expect that for the assassins as well) given that the cultists and CSMs are that style

[Syphid]

via MOOSE PUNCHER 4-20-2015

What is the WD hint, and is it Dark Angels??

[Houghten]

I did buy it.

With that, 40K 6th edition, and Escalation (Stronghold Assault and Codex Imperial Knights still have a few pages of rules that weren't obsoleted 2-5 months later), I'm really scoring high on the "GW Sucker Scale."

Oh, I'm not far behind you. Hell, I bought the Collector's Edition of 6th Edition, that one still hurts. Two years I got out of it! Two years! And yet I didn't learn anything because I bought the Munitorum Edition of 7th Edition to get the weeny rules and the objective tokens, and within a couple of months it was made entirely redundant because I had objective tokens from the Warboss Edition of the Ork Codex and a weeny rulebook from the Librarium. In my defence, I couldn't possibly have predicted that we'd start getting limited edition codexes with something other than different dust jackets, but still. Pain.

[Kirsten]

Disappointed with the vindicare, he needs to be firing. Still, at least it saves me £75

[Houghten]

He's definitely the weakest of the four. I like the Eversor, bit more dynamic than my metal "it is perfectly natural for me to arrange all my limbs on the same plane... what do you mean 1990s mould limitations?" one, but... eh, whether or not I buy the whole game will probably depend entirely on what mood I'm in on the day.

[Tzeentch's Dark Agent]

Hahahaha, Houghten, that's usually the same reason I buy things. xD

@Erik Setzer, my "collection" was only 2 decks. Hahaha

[Path Walker]

I like that he's not firing, he's waiting, knowing he doesn't even need to aim until the last second, thats much creepier.

[eldargal]

Callidus is nice, as is the Eversor. Others are ok. Waiting for clampacks though.

[Tzeentch's Dark Agent]

http://1d4chan.org/images/f/f0/LCB_Eversor_badend.jpg

[spagunk]

Not quite thrilled that they went "BIG BEWBS" for the Callidus this time.

[Path Walker]

Not quite thrilled that they went "BIG BEWBS" for the Callidus this time.

They didn't, that model doesn't have big boobs, I'm as eager as the next person to have decent representation of women in the miniatures but she isn't a problem, boobs aren't big or sexualised, they're there, she has tits because she's a woman.

[Cutter]

Not quite thrilled that they went "BIG BEWBS" for the Callidus this time.

Her plait is as wide as her head, while amazingly her ""BIG BEWBS"" are not the size of her head.

The model has issues, her t*t* aren't one of them.

Or even two of them.

[Mr Mystery]

I'm torn.

Might have to read about the game before making a decision.

Really like the models, but not sure I can justify the price this month, because I need to get The Beast back on the road.

Oh, and I'm LARPing (now THAT is an expensive hobby!)

[Haighus]

LARPing?

[Path Walker]

Pre Order this or spend money at Salute on models for ridiculous games I'll never play?

Or both. hmmmm

[eldargal]

They didn't, that model doesn't have big boobs, I'm as eager as the next person to have decent representation of women in the miniatures but she isn't a problem, boobs aren't big or sexualised, they're there, she has tits because she's a woman.

Yup. They are quite a modest size actually. If there is a criticism it's that the rest of her is too small too and she is a bit Waif-Fu-esque.

I mean it would have been nice to get a Callidus model that looks like she could kick a Marines balls out the back of their head then steal their identity rather than a petite little killer ballet dancer but that's just my preference.

[Erik Setzer]

LARPing?

Live Action Role Playing.

Was really big in the '90s. I think the people doing it these days are more level-headed than the folks back then. I'd imagine cost depends on how much you want to spend on props (armor, weapons, clothing, etc.) and travel, and possibly renting locations to use...

[Dlatrex]

Yup. They are quite a modest size actually. If there is a criticism it's that the rest of her is too small too and she is a bit Waif-Fu-esque.

I mean it would have been nice to get a Callidus model that looks like she could kick a Marines balls out the back of their head then steal their identity rather than a petite little killer ballet dancer but that's just my preference.


The landing leg of the model looks like it could possibly be distorted/elongated into a more digitigrade fashion. I think that would be fun, showing some shapeshifting out of a strictly humanoid anatomy. That said, it is probably just a trick of the painting/picture as that would be a very bold sculpting choice.

[Mr Mystery]

Live Action Role Playing.

Was really big in the '90s. I think the people doing it these days are more level-headed than the folks back then. I'd imagine cost depends on how much you want to spend on props (armor, weapons, clothing, etc.) and travel, and possibly renting locations to use...

£60 for the weekend, and £100 on a shield so far this year. Then there's scran and booze at the event.

Oh, so much booze. So. Much. Booze.

[Erik Setzer]

£60 for the weekend, and £100 on a shield so far this year. Then there's scran and booze at the event.

Oh, so much booze. So. Much. Booze.

Booze is not cheap...

I find it a bit concerning that I typically end the week with about the same amount of money now as I did five years ago. I have a lot of figures and stuff, and while I was paid a bit less at that time, I still can't figure out how I went through the same amount of money, except that maybe going with friends to bars and movies and restaurants and stuff adds up a lot more than you think until you're not doing that stuff and you're putting your money toward something physical that you can actually look at later.

With LARPing, I can't imagine the expense will stay as high past the first few weeks. Have to buy the equipment, and then it's just event costs (which, admittedly, I didn't know could be that high, unless that's some sort of convention?).

But hey, imagine how much GW gaming would cost if you have a club with a place to play and could bring in food and drinks and that was part of the expense. Guess it's a good thing for my wallet those aren't allowed in game stores. ;-)

Though if I could figure out how to get the money and all to run a store, I think I'd want to do a store that was open late and allowed for some adult beverages and stuff "after hours." Or maybe I just need to convince people to do a club that meets outside the stores.

[Bigred]

via Captain Citadel (http://forum.spikeybits.com/showthread.php?21775-GW-teaser-New-Assassins-Game) 4-22-2015


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[Mr Mystery]

K....bit more tempted now...game sounds kind of cool, and price wise it more or less matche similar board game.

[Kirsten]

very nice indeed, definitely going to have to get one each of those for my games.

[40kGamer]

I really like the new Assassin models but not sure about the game. Looks less Space Hulk and more Talisman from the board.

[Mr Mystery]

Booze is not cheap...

I find it a bit concerning that I typically end the week with about the same amount of money now as I did five years ago. I have a lot of figures and stuff, and while I was paid a bit less at that time, I still can't figure out how I went through the same amount of money, except that maybe going with friends to bars and movies and restaurants and stuff adds up a lot more than you think until you're not doing that stuff and you're putting your money toward something physical that you can actually look at later.

With LARPing, I can't imagine the expense will stay as high past the first few weeks. Have to buy the equipment, and then it's just event costs (which, admittedly, I didn't know could be that high, unless that's some sort of convention?).

But hey, imagine how much GW gaming would cost if you have a club with a place to play and could bring in food and drinks and that was part of the expense. Guess it's a good thing for my wallet those aren't allowed in game stores. ;-)

Though if I could figure out how to get the money and all to run a store, I think I'd want to do a store that was open late and allowed for some adult beverages and stuff "after hours." Or maybe I just need to convince people to do a club that meets outside the stores.

Ongoing costs can be surprising. Initial kit can range from £100ish to thousands, depending on what you want to play. Then comes the ongoing event costs, and more kit, and wanting an in-character tent, and 'looks the part' cooking equipment, and so on and so forth.

This event, I've already paid for. So petrol there and back, probs about £30, sleep in car, £40 for cooked meals all weekend, lord knows how much for booze (Mead is about £12 a bottle, and pints around £3..). In theory, that's my spend, as I'm fully equipped otherwise. But I could do with new trousers.....split my current pair about three years ago, and maybe a new undershirt....

But hey, what does the price matter when you're enjoying yourself!

[40kGamer]

Although having said that I've already booked a copy. :p

[tu_shan82]

Hi all, just curious if anyone knows how much this game is going to cost in Australian dollars?

[daboarder]

210 aud....

Nope just nope. Thays the better part of a tables worth of terrain for infinity. Or another army and spare change.

Theres nothing really exclusive to this box to tempt me. Just no GW just no

[Cutter]

210 aud....

Nope just nope. Thays the better part of a tables worth of terrain for infinity. Or another army and spare change.

Theres nothing really exclusive to this box to tempt me. Just no GW just no

Yep, silly money.

[Mr Mystery]

It's a toss up between this and LARP. And I've already paid for the LARP entry.

Ah well. Perhaps if it's still about next month.

[ShadowcatX]

Assassins have been spoiled. I believe I can't link to it but if you check reddit you'll find it.

[deinol]

Assassins have been spoiled. I believe I can't link to it but if you check reddit you'll find it.

Other than a clarified wording on dead shot, any actual changes? Do we expect the Dataslate to be updated to match?

[ShadowcatX]

That's the only change I am aware of. I have no clue about the dataslate.

[Asymmetrical Xeno]

It's up now :
http://www.games-workshop.com/en-GB/Assassinorum-Execution-Force

Can't afford anything that much myself, but it does look rather nice. I do hope the assassins will be available seperately as rumoured, I only want the Culexus.

[Cleon]

I only want the Culexus.

I've come to the same conclusion. I sat there with it in my basket for about 20 minutes before deciding not to get it. I have the other 3 original metals, the Eversor is an improvement but needs cutting off the silly wall, the Callidus needs a hair re-sculpt and the Vindicare is just lacking in menace.

[eldargal]

I like that the Culexus looks bustier than the Callidus. Still not sure about getting the game though. Good value if you play Assassins or Chaos but I don't.

[Kirsten]

not really sure about any of them now that I have seen good pics. didn't like the vindicare anyway, don't like the callidus weapons or pose, culexus helmet has slightly too much going on, eversor is fine, that's about it.

[YorkNecromancer]

Love the Eversor; happy with my old one.
Callidus has always had stupid hair; now is no exception. Pass.
Eversor looks great. Great.
Vindicare looks pretty much like usual. Pass.

Game seems fun... But £75? For a fugly Chaos Terminator Lord, 3 (3!) fugly old Chaos Marines (not even Chosen!) and 15 cultists that I can pick up off the eBay for pennies?

£75?

When 'Space Hulk' came with a massive set of totally custom minis, more of them, a twenty-year pedigree and was £10 cheaper?

I haven't smoked a fist-sized lump of meth this morning, so no, GW. No, I will not be buying your worth-£30-at-most game. If the non-Assassin models had been a little better, maybe. But no.

[Asymmetrical Xeno]

If they sell them seperately I'll pick up the Culexus. I wonder if I can saw off the necron Ankh from a warrior torso and put it on the Culexus' chest. I always liked the idea of a Culexus assassin that has turned traitor and joined up with a necron overlord. I miss the Necron Pariahs, would look good leading a squad of them.

[eldargal]

I think the Callidus would look nice if you took the hair off completely.

[Cap'nSmurfs]

The Callidus would make a great basis for a DE Archon or maybe a female Solitaire with head/weapon swaps, but that's not enough to spend 100 dollars plus.

[Ssyrie]

I like that the Culexus looks bustier than the Callidus. Still not sure about getting the game though. Good value if you play Assassins or Chaos but I don't.
I really like the new Culexus. I always thought that on the older models the helmet was way too big for the body.

[YorkNecromancer]

I really like the new Culexus. I always thought that on the older models the helmet was way too big for the body.

Not if you used a different body...

http://i206.photobucket.com/albums/bb183/MaltonNecromancer/Culexus%20Assassin/DSC00384.jpg
http://i206.photobucket.com/albums/bb183/MaltonNecromancer/Culexus%20Assassin/DSC00383.jpg

[Ssyrie]

Nice. Although I'd really like to have one based on the Culexus from the cover of Nemesis.



http://www.blacklibrary.com/Images/Product/DefaultBL/xlarge/Nemesis.jpg

[The Sovereign]

Preordered the box today. Tried to resist, but couldn't help myself. Love all of the new assassin models too much (especially that eversor!).

[daboarder]

Love the Eversor; happy with my old one.
Callidus has always had stupid hair; now is no exception. Pass.
Eversor looks great. Great.
Vindicare looks pretty much like usual. Pass.

Game seems fun... But £75? For a Chaos Terminator Lord One of the best kits EVAR!, 3 (3!) fugly old Chaos Marines (not even Chosen!) and 15 cultists that I can pick up off the eBay for pennies?

£75?

When 'Space Hulk' came with a massive set of totally custom minis, more of them, a twenty-year pedigree and was £10 cheaper?

I haven't smoked a fist-sized lump of meth this morning, so no, GW. No, I will not be buying your worth-£30-at-most game. If the non-Assassin models had been a little better, maybe. But no.

fixed that for you, but other than that, yeah totally my thoughts on the matter too.

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[deinol]

I don't have it, but according to the Black Library website the Assassin Dataslate has been updated to the latest revisions.

(In other news the Eldar Ghost Warriors Dataslate is no longer for sale, so it probably isn't getting an update.)

[Mr Mystery]

I am torn on this.

The more I see, the more I think it looks kind of fun, and the Assassin models are really, really nice.

But, it's not a cheap investment - and although the reveals continue, I've not yet seen enough to let me make a decision whether it's quality for munneh.

[40kGamer]

But, it's not a cheap investment - and although the reveals continue, I've not yet seen enough to let me make a decision whether it's quality for munneh.

If they had done new Chaos sculpts buying it would have been a no brainer. I'd have bought at least two.

[Mr Mystery]

True.

Only disappointment are the CSM themselves. Sorceror and Cultists I'm rather partial to.

[40kGamer]

True.

Only disappointment are the CSM themselves. Sorceror and Cultists I'm rather partial to.

True. The CSM Terminator Lord is a nice enough model and a great base for conversions. Cultists are definitely 'good enough'. The CSM would have been better served by recycling the chosen from the Dark Vengeance set.

[daboarder]

If they had done new Chaos sculpts buying it would have been a no brainer. I'd have bought at least two.

honestly, Im surprised they didnt just lift the chosen out of Dark Vengeance.

[Path Walker]

Think the DV Chosen sprue comes with loads of other bits on it for other DV models, could be confusing

[Mr Mystery]

The CSM would have been better served by recycling the chosen from the Dark Vengeance set.

Preach it, brother!

[Erik Setzer]

While I'd prefer the Chosen, I imagine they already had sprues set up for the CSM (and probably a lot of them still sitting in stock somewhere), whereas Chosen would have required setting up a new sprue and producing those. Keeps the expense down. As a board game, that's not really a problem, but since people look at this as a collection of models for playing 40K that happened to have a board game tossed in (the complete WRONG way to look at it), they judge the models by how they'd look or work in a 40K game.

I ordered the game as a game I might be able to play with friends. The Assassins are a handy bonus. The Cultists would add more beef to my Khorne Cultist forces. The Sorceror... well, my main CSM forces are Iron Warriors and Khorne, so he's not as useful, unless I paint him Word Bearers and use him as the start for that force. But mainly, it's just a really expensive board game that, like Tyranid Attack, Battlemasters, Space Hulk, Space Crusade, and one or two others, happens to have models that are useful playing a different game. And to that end, basic CSM models are okay. (Heck, maybe I'll even paint them like Crimson Slaughter, which is what they're supposed to be in the game's story.)

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