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rstandable connection that these potential rules being thought about sneak peak rules from 8th edition to be clear as far as any of us are concerned there is no new edition announced or immediately forthcoming there could be but we don t know unfortunately any better than the rest of you nevertheless the announcements and subsequent community reaction caused a mass of questions to begin to fly our way all generally asking will nova open use 8th edition 40k well what 8th edition this question has more value than simply the rhetorical side of it the way we answer depends heavily on variables we have no idea about at this time is it going to be a massive change is it going to drop in june or august or never is there even a new edition until these are answered it s impossible for us to subsequently answer that question when it comes in with any degree of meaning or clarity but what i will provide is some rough guidelines to how we think as a way for people to have a clue how we will try to progress if there is in fact a big something special brewing from gw i m not really sure there is at least not in time for nova but best to be prepared 1 this happened to us 2 times before where gw dropped a new edition the summer before nova in both cases we went with the new edition that said in both cases we had at least 2 months to prepare 2 there s a large difference on the impact on primers between a mild revision like 6th 7th and a massive change like 5th 6th how big a change is implemented whenever gw does update the game again will directly impact the time we need and the types of changes we d need to implement 3 we aren t going to be able to provide any kind of firmer answer with present information beyond we re planning for an awesome series of 7th edition events check out your primers for rules if something changes we ll be right on top of it and we eagerly nom up and analyze all the rumors just as much as or more than you guys we won t be caught off guard at least no more than anybody else carry on posted by mike brandt mvbrandt gmail at 1 26 pm 19 comments monday march 27 2017 the direction of games workshop adepticon announcements and nova 2017 updates i am often reminded that i do not post on whiskey 40k often enough to be fair a lot of that is i fell off a fair bit from gw games for a while lately that s changed quite a bit first off some nova open updates it s a super exciting year i say that every year but it keeps getting more interesting which is a great thing here are some short hand highlights in a very random order games workshop is attending yup they re promising some really cool things at nova most of which they won t even talk to us about yet after what happened at adepticon i m stoked fantasy flight games made the nova open the host of its star wars national championships events for all star wars game systems this includes the brand new and very popular destiny card game star wars card game imperial assault armada and x wing nearly all events are sold out warlord games is attending and running a full weekend of bolt action antares and konflict events and tournaments plus they ll have a vendor booth that came out of the blue we re super excited we re at around 350 faster registrations than last year swag bags sold out on the first night supernova bags lasted 32 seconds this is enormously liberating for us as organizers we feel everyone is excited and we can focus more on prep and quality and less on haranguing the regulars to sign up earlier than later unfortunately this does mean many of the regulars who sign up later historically will miss out on things like swag bags this year semi bummer around 1 000 people are already signed up to attend compared to roughly 300 at this time last year things that didn t historically sell out quite as fast have done so this year seminars are a particularly good example of this painting a bust in atmosphere painting osl roman s blending school the shaded basecoat technique are all sold out less than 5 spots remain in a large of others including roman s color theory the other shaded basecoat technique class iteration building a display base building a solid base and many others people have signed up for a bunch of board game events even already many most of which are free 40k and 30k excitement are returning to nova it would seem compared to last year most of our registration in those event paths is up anywhere from 100 200 30k was capped at 32 people last year but 68 are already registered across its events this year with 47 64 spots sold out in the escalation campagin the 40k gt which typically has slower registration due to the incidence of lvo and adepticon during its first couple months of registration is nearly at 100 spots already which is over triple its pace by this time last year the direction of games workshop last year right before nova games workshop reached out to the organizers of adepticon lvo and the nova open hank greg chris reece frankie and i among others ended up spending a long weekend with them in nottingham they recently shared at adepticon that they d been engaging with reece frankie chris myself and others from the community and while there isn t much i can really share i can say that it is part of a trend they ve shown over the past couple years of changing their entire approach and outlook to their community of gamers as a whole whether it s hilarious videos jumping on top of and taking ownership of new and breaking rumor leaks being the actual leaders in providing first look and early hint information to the community engaging their fans and supporters for feedback and input or just being more connected to what s going on in the heads of their consumers gw is absolutely crushing it lately in terms of their pr side of the house for years it felt as though the only customer they were concerned with was their shareholder side customers a common fault seen when niche or hobby focused or really any companies go public this certainly cannot be said to be the case lately lately image shares and other things also support that this has been good for them on the public shareholder front anyway as buzz is on the rise and long absent fans are returning while better engagement and better expansion to other media like video computer games seems to be doing a better job of generating newer customers i also think people have an erroneous impression of a lot of the inner workings of gw again i can t really share much in terms of details but jervis johnson is a good idea i met the man over a cup of coffee while in nottingham and was nothing but impressed by his thoughts words outlook and the things he shared he was not the gamer hating crotchety old bugaboo that many including at times myself have in the past purveyed him to be this is mostly just a bit of my rambling thoughts but i ll simply say that i m very excited about the direction gw s been heading both in the tactical sense with regard to their game design choices and releases blood bowl age of sigmar s general s handbook etc and in the strategic sense with regard to their changing methods and approaches for engaging with the community and taking ownership of how their own consumers see them and interact with them adepticon announcements i was enthused to hear gw s announcements at adepticon for a couple reasons one because it gives me a lot of excitement about what they might announce at nova they don t tell us this sorta thing so i have no idea if they ll even do any kind of big reveal but i m certainly hoping two because the stuff they revealed was overall very exciting to those i chat with regularly it s no secret that i haven t enjoyed 40k lately the game today is very centered on micromanaging super units abusing the psychic phase adding hundreds or even thousands of free points to your game etc i find the very thought of a model with only a 1 36 chance of failing a save just mind bogglingly dumb and can t help but feel one of my eyebrows rising in incredulity when those who play such units ardently defend them as good design elements so while gw hasn t announced anything as near term as a new edition it sure seems from the acon announcements that they are looking at some hefty changes to core rules mechanics the very fact that they re at least labbing and talking about these things in the design studio makes me think or at least hope that some kind of meaningful game shake up is in the future it may not be something that occurs anytime soon or by nova but at least it s percolating and this gets me stoked until such a thing happens however there s blood bowl i ll be joining a blood bowl league dan boyd is starting up later this year and i ve got a couple of the new plastic teams sitting at home waiting for me to get around to actually painting them if i ever have that kinda time i hope to post more as we move forward especially as it relates to further announcements and releases from gw in the meantime make sure to sign up for whatever nova events look best to you it s going to be a helluva big year posted by mike brandt mvbrandt gmail at 9 06 am 23 comments thursday july 28 2016 charity pub sing music board games nova open 2016 each year we try to find more and more things to add to the nova for the cost of the cap to help transform it over time into a well rounded convention instead of its early founding as primarily a gaggle of collocated but ultimately isolated tournaments two things stand out as heavily expanded and fleshed out this year to that end giving people a lot more to do socially and gaming wise for the cost of attendance and nothing more first off we re bringing back the board game room from last year but expanding it pretty dramatically atlantis comics and games which runs the room will be running board tournaments events collaborative games and more all weekend long with a proper robust schedule of activities so there ll actually be organizational support potential rewards and more furthermore all events are free w a cap or day pass in the same room we ll have a lot of free magic the gathering activities as well throughout each day with at cost limited booster events in the evenings stay tuned to the newsletter for a list of all the board gaming events for the weekend it s a ton and it s gonna be awesome second off last year a few musical members of the staff wound up pulling out guitars and other things to jam in the charity lounge in support of that and with a few of the members of http embrymusic com yes this is my and my wife s band as well as a few members of the nova open staff we ll be jamming most nights in the lounge but we ll also have a couple of 2 hour more formal sets with a wide range of fun sing along able songs to play ranging from rowdy irish drinking songs to popular music we all know and love from the last 50 or 60 years you can check out the embry set list for an idea of the types of things you might hear this is another outgrowth of what makes nova happen each year a combination of the developing passions of our various organizers board members and volunteers as well as responsiveness to the outcome of surveys and feedback that attendees provide folks loved the lounge jamming last year and wanted more people didn t quite know about the board game room last year and wanted a more robust and well organized time to enjoy it around cya at nova posted by mike brandt mvbrandt gmail at 12 22 pm 6 comments saturday july 16 2016 the nova open is around the corner and age of sigmar is sold out rumors of my demise have been greatly overstated well i don t know if there are any rumors but hi so i haven t posted in a really long time and that s my bad i used the blog to keep people posted and wax in eloquent about the game for a long time and i should get back to that first off i ve never actually blogged about whiskey so drink lagavulin why ron from parks and recs drinks it that s why also it s like licking candy off a grill so c mon it lacks the downsides of peaty whiskeys while owning all the upsides win win it s a little overpopular cliche these days b c it s awesome in a way that laphroig and others in my opinion simply cannot be maybe b c i don t like a whiskey that tastes like i imagine a tire doused in iodine to taste broken seals on my long post absence and on my never actually really talking about whiskey on the whiskey 40k blog nova s around the corner and registration is lookin great 40k trios only has one spot left that s pretty awesome and it s under new management this year with some upgrades lots of the x wing malifaux and other events are sold out or nearly sold out b c those games rock wyrd is coming to nova this year fantasy flight games is coming to nova this year the owner of corvus belli is coming to nova this year there s a lot more i m super excited are you also even before the new actual points system for age of sigmar released the singles event sold out too cool we added guildball we added firestorm armada we said we wouldn t add things but we did b c it makes things more fun for you guys we re rejiggering magic to support the free ability to do sealed limited events in the evening for all attendees including those whose primary game isn t magic but who ve always wanted to be able to play it or who play it casually so i m finding out everybody we have a cool show mini coming entire game boards and terrain sections dedicated to battling it out in las vegas or to battling it out on ancient viking warships in a non nautical game we re also bringing live music more formally to the lounge this year keep a weather eye on the schedule so sign up if you haven t get on your horse and we ll be talking about some things here and elsewhere as we lead up i m excited about nova on a personal level i don t play as much 40k as i used to i dabble in magic casually and i just started traveling to events again to attend a malifaux etc style team tournament formally done with fantasy as the focus called bragging rights up in connecticut and with tony kopach owen beste and casey campbell as teammates we won the thing made me feel like gettin into another 40k tournament again also flex that old competitive muscle can t wait to see everyone at nova and to talk more about some of the nuances and details going forward only about a month and a half to nova jeesh posted by mike brandt mvbrandt gmail at 12 00 pm 6 comments monday february 1 2016 nova open 2016 registration opens tonight do not miss out well today s the day nova goes live for more than just the feverishly busy exec board and leads website novaopen com webstore novaopenstore com schedule https drive google com file d 0b6qmuag1utyaujlzret2d1o3vzg view hotel rooms https aws passkey com g 55247835 things i d recommend snagging while they last tonight supernova passes these lasted only one hour last year i have no problem saying they are the best vip program bags you can find at a tabletop gaming convention any...