Necromunda The Sump: General hobby venting thread (Beware: old men shouting at clouds)

[MusingWarboss]

Funny thing is… they did re-release classic Necromunda in 2017… as Shadow War: Armageddon.

So… I guess they couldn’t pull that stunt twice. Especially as they promised support for SW:A and then quietly dropped it before the year was out.

If they’d just spent a bit longer on it, and kept it as Necromunda - that scenery bundle with the two new gang sprues would’ve been an amazing set!

I suspect it being made by the regular games team not Specialist Games was the reason it came into existence as purely a means of testing the water for Necromunda and as a means of offering a bundle of the new terrain.

Terrain which seeming now has been mostly discontinued.

 

[TopsyKretts]

Mostly discontinued yeah. Not much terrain to speak of left on games workshop store. No replacements for Mechanicus and Imperialis. I think stuff like that and cities of death should be sold forever. The newer fronteris stuff is ok but much more bland and interacts with minis almost on the level of cardboard boxes.

 

[MusingWarboss]

I’ve never understood this policy (which seems to have existed for years) that they only run terrain for a while then it’s gone.

I could understand if it’s replaced with a newer like-for-like kit but in most cases it just… vanishes.

It could easily be made for decades, and they could do actual bundles too but they won’t.

 

[Aulenback]

Anyway looks like the new spoiler skips over the poor old delaque!

At this point it's basically just a meme.

I mean, to me the image just looks like a Van Saar ash wastes accessories pack. The web page text suggests another Aranthian Succession book.

 

[MusingWarboss]

The web page text suggests another Aranthian Succession book.

Excellent!! That’s just what we all wante…d…

…do they think they’re making Game of Thrones here or something??

 

[Punktaku]

When you play the game of Hives, you win or you die.

 

[Lord_Ikka]

When you play the game of Hives, you win or you die.

You win or you get dumped in the Sump.

 

[Ben_S]

Mostly discontinued yeah. Not much terrain to speak of left on games workshop store. No replacements for Mechanicus and Imperialis. I think stuff like that and cities of death should be sold forever.

I’ve never understood this policy (which seems to have existed for years) that they only run terrain for a while then it’s gone.

It could easily be made for decades, and they could do actual bundles too but they won’t.

Some OOP terrain has turned up on Hachette magazines. I bought several copies of Stormbringer for it.

 

[Gunkaiser]

Galvanic Magnavent is still around as far as I know, though mine is still shrink wrapped. Still a bummer the old pipes aren't sold. I think we're on v3?

 

[MusingWarboss]

Galvanic Magnavent is still around as far as I know, though mine is still shrink wrapped. Still a bummer the old pipes aren't sold. I think we're on v3?

Temporarily out of stock - as it has been for a while now.

The set with just walkways is also out of stock AND online only!!

There’s really has been quite a lot go OOP.

@Ben_S Good news about the Hachette magazines, if you can get them I suppose. Bizarre they will make them for that but not generally available - unless it’s really old stock they made for them ages ago?

 

[ClockworkOrange]

Could be wrong but I think the scenery is the stuff made in China, a lot of the boxed games certainly are.

 

[MusingWarboss]

Could be wrong but I think the scenery is the stuff made in China, a lot of the boxed games certainly are.

Yeah I think that’s correct. So it could be that GW is getting it sent to Hachette direct as part of a distribution deal.

Still odd that they won’t sell it still though.

 

[Punktaku]

Maybe Hatchette is getting the Temu version?

 

[Burgraph]

God willing, Nottingham will fall into the sump one day

 

[ClockworkOrange]

Seems a little harsh! no lead belt no hobby!

 

[Karandrassh]

Bring GW back to Newark-on-Trent (I have been watching too many of the Rick Priestley interviews)

 

[Burgraph]

Seems a little harsh! no lead belt no hobby!

I don't know what that means, though from the way 10th has been, I'm guessing it's a drinking water thing

 

[Heart of Storm]

I don't know what that means, though from the way 10th has been, I'm guessing it's a drinking water thing

Lead belt (wargaming) - Wikipedia

en.m.wikipedia.org

Nope, it refers to the clustering of wargaming manufacturers in Nottingham

 

[Condottiero Magno]

Everything gets squatted eventually...


What’s Leaving the Warhammer Age of Sigmar Range?

 

[Punktaku]

Wow, that’s a lot of models. I see the Cypher Lords (which I’ve finally gotten around to starting painting) are going away. As are the Corvus Cabal, which has seen a lot of converting to Necromunda minis…