Monstrous arcanum

[Ender Shadowkin]

Can't wait to get my hands on this. Will probably run another SoM campaign this summer now...

[SunTzu]

Erm... not sure what makes you think that, Book 2 is very much in development, in fact I'll be very surprised if they don't have samples on show at the Open Day.

Almost inevitably...

[Gen.RifulasDykes]

All I needed to see and read was Colossal Squig and my Night Goblin Warboss's empire demands I purchase this book for his future scheming. For we all know, the world needs MOAR SQUIGS! I wish I could manage to get in Sunday dangit.. would love to get my hands on this early while friends are back in town for Easter. :'(

[Kronos]

Really looking foward to this book,, great to see some new and orginal concepts for monsters in the warhammer world. In particular I want to see the Dread Maw as a model, ( I have a sneaking suspicion the large ghoul looking creature with the distended mouth in the video is the dread maw though thats just speculation).

Also of the Colossal cave squig is made into a model i hope they approach it by making it into several pieces with a hollow interior, would make for a lighter model and cheaper. I just can't imagine how much that would cost if it was made as one solid chunk of resin, it;s near to chaos mammoth in stature in the artwork by the looks of it.

[Valaraukar]

I must say I'm a bit disappointed to be honest. Tamurkhan was a fantastic book and worth every penny crammed full of new artwork, background and a host of new unit entries. If the list posted earlier is correct a significant number of the 32 entries in MA are ones already presented in Tamurkhan leaving only just over 20 new entries and I fear a very weak campaign / narrative added to excuse their use, it just feels a very poor follow up to Tamurkhan and at only the size of a normal army book quite expensive at £32 in comparison to the £45 for Tamurkhan.

I hope I will be proven wrong and I'll take a look on Sunday at the open day and feedback my impressions here but this just feels a bit of a let down after the promised 90 monster tome just like Tamurkhan whilst fantastic made me very disappointed they didn't carry on with their original 4 book plan even if interspersed with other books to keep other factions appeased. I literally could not wait to get my hands on Tamurkhan but this one I may well skip as voting with the wallet appears to be the only language business understands and I expect more from Warhammer Forge in terms of the books so really hope they go back to the quality and scope we saw in Tamurkhan.

[Snorlaxboom]

Forgot: wondering if this is buyable via GW like Tamurkhan?

im hoping it is!

[Deaf Paradox]

Due to recent petrol strikes that are yet to be happening and having everyone panick buying fuel, I shall not be driving for 2hours up to Nottingham. Damn those *********** jobsworth bastards nobodies job is safe, point of rant is. I hope those of you who do go can send us just juicy information, which will be greatly appreciated by me.

[ChrisMurray]

Due to recent petrol strikes that are yet to be happening and having everyone panick buying fuel, I shall not be driving for 2hours up to Nottingham. Damn those *********** jobsworth bastards nobodies job is safe, point of rant is. I hope those of you who do go can send us just juicy information, which will be greatly appreciated by me.

I agree with this. If I remember philbrad2 is going and he generally posts up live updates to warseer at these events (to which we are very grateful), so those of us who can't attend should still get a detailed view of whats happening\on show\discussed.

[Col. Tartleton]

You silly Brits and your government going out of its way trying to destroy your economy... lol. At least my US government is only doing nothing to help our economy.

The reason why they didn't do four Tamurkhan books was because they changed the plot to a single stand alone campaign rather than a new 4 part Storm of Chaos, not because they didn't want to do four books. I think it was a good move. That way they can do more of the campaigns which fit into the background. I predict they'll explore more of the periphery stuff. Albion, Araby, Southlands, Cathay, Nippon, Hob Goblins, and whatever else strikes their fancy.

I just added up the cost of all the hardcover stuff and including the Rulebook, 5 new armybooks (including Empire), Storm of Magic, Monstrous Arcana, and Tamurkhan its like 450 USD. Eh... worth it.

[Daniel36]

Only the flaw in that is that neither Forgeworld nor Games Workshop have a 100% rep of keeping to their promise. Most recent example is the FW Painting Masterclass Book 1, of which Book 2 probably will never ever see the light of day. Another great example is the Lustria setting book, of which I am pretty certain they also promised it would be one in a series of books.

So don't simply expect them to make a series just because they are saying so.

OUCH... Not a day after I say this... and they release Volume 2.
Who's got egg on his face?

ME!

[Swope]

The First in a series of books ehy? Maybe we will see all 90 monster after all just in multiple books

[TrojanWolf]

I'm looking forward to it, for sure. There's gonna be a 4k SoM tourney later on in the year, and I'd dearly love to be able to take the Exalted Vemin Lord and Wolf Rats with official rules!

[Mr. Ultra]

Anyone knows what is exactly a preyton?

[Fen]

Anyone knows what is exactly a preyton?

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peryton

I'd bet on that,with added grimdarkification

[Damien 1427]

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peryton

I'd bet on that,with added grimdarkification

Pretty much. They're apparently stags that have been corrupted by Beastmen shamans. They're driven by hate and rage.

[SunTzu]

Is anything in Warhammer driven by love and altruism?

[Ludaman]

I think it's just the everqueen these days, and grandpapi nurgle, but nobody wants his love...

[DivineVisitor]

Think il need to get another Forgeworld order set up, time to phone a friend and see who else is chipping in on the trip to free shipping!

[Ouroborus]

Very excited to see all kind of new monsters with rules and great models!

[DarKolia]

Hi

Have you noticed that all optional rules from the forgeworld site have disappeared with the appearance of the Arcanum?...
I hope the rules for the marienburg class landship will included somewhere...
Sincerely

DarK