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Wow, Swordwind is the last actual publication for EpicA?? God this is going worse than I thought. Pretty lame. Well, I guess future gamers will get to thumb through two nice books covering Space Marines, Imperial Guard, Orks, Eldar, Siege Masters, and Feral Orks, and a bunch of paper print-outs of online articles.
This is really a shame. . . I just don't get it though. How was a box set released for a franchise on it's way out (Battle of Five Armies), but not Epic? I really think if they had just done a new box set that could have been released in stores versus a book, things could have gone differently.
I pass up on books all the time. Why? Becuase with a box set I get the rules AND a few minis to play with right away. Take Reaper's Warlord for example. I think the Rulebook was $25-30 I think, and each army set is $35-40 each. The Army sets each include about the same amount of minis as the two armies that are included in the starter set, which runs $60 or so. Now, I know there are a lot of ways at looking how you spend your money, but if I had the option of dropping over $100 versus $60. . . hell, even if it turned out I didn't like one of the armies included in the set, I still have plenty of cash to pick up a third army. I really think box sets are the best way to introduce someone into a game, and they are cheaper.
BTW, has anyone been to my site lately? http:www.system17.com. I posted a pretty elaborate page on table-top games most of you know about, but there might be some there that you guys don't know much about and maybe are curious on. I plan to go through my whole collection. Pretty sick, I know.
Oh well. I imagine Fanatic will last about another year before it folds. I don't think GW is going to be able to justify Jervis siting in a room almost by himself answering emails or writing up an article here or there. When the Battle of Five Armies goes down, and I expect interest to drop real soon, there won't be any big $$$ coming in to justify the Fanatic resources. And personally, I'd rather see Jervis's talents go towards something that really has a lot of resources behind it, like 40k. I hate to see Epic crumble, but if GW wasn't going to put their muscle behind it, why would I put my wallet?
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But I'll let you know once I get an issue of Fanatic, which may be weeks from now !? 
Doug will probably be getting any of my extras ! 
