Traitor's Gorge, Mephiston: Lord of Death and other Black LIbrary Live 2013 news

Just read on the Black Library blog that there will be an exclusive "Space Marine Battles" novella entitled "Traitor's Gorge" authored by Mike Lee This will be on sale for the first time at Black Library Live! 2013 (2nd March) and other Black Library events only. This probably means that you will be able to pick it up at the Weekender and perhaps Games Day 2013.

No mention of it being a limited edition though so chances are it will be in the format of Flesh of Cretacia and Yarrick: Chains of Golgotha (see here of a rundown of Black Library Limited Editions). Hopefully this means it will be retailing at £12, not £30-35 like the limited editions. I will be most likely picking up one or two at BL Live this year, although Mike will not be there in person to sign them for me...

Mephiston: Lord of Death released in less than 24 hours, with new pictures

Just a quick update with a couple of new pictures of Mephiston: Lord of Death, showing what the product actually looks like, rather than a mock up. Have to say that these have me even more excited, definatly getting my copy tomorrow.

A Brief Look at Warhammer 40k Role-playing Games from Fantasy Flight Games

Fantasy Flight Games (FFG) hold the licence to produce role-playing games produced in both the Warhammer Fantasy Battle (WHFB) and Warhammer 40,000 (40k) settings. They produce one WHFB game entitled “Warhammer Fantasy Roleplay” and (currently) five 40k role-playing games with a degree of interchangability between them. These are Dark Heresy, Rogue Trader, Deathwatch, Black Crusade and the latest addition: Only War.

Each game is based around the same system but focused on a different aspect of the Imperium:

Dark Heresy: Inquisitorial Alcolytes and conspiracies

Rogue Trader: Rogue Traders and the frontiers of space

Deathwatch: The Deathwatch and space marine combat

Black Crusade: Chaos and a view from the other side

Only War: The Imperial Guard and human combat/war

The Emperor's Might: Warriors of the Imperium, Art Book Review

The Emperor’s Might:Warriors of the Imperium is the 2^nd in John Blanche’s latest series of art books published by Black Library, following on from “The Emperor’s Will: Agents of the Imperium”. It retails at £25 from the Black Library website but as it’s not an exclusive you can pick it up on Amazon for around £16. It was released in November 2012.

"Mephiston: Lord of Death" and "Yarrick: Chains of Golgotha"

Two fancy new releases form Black library announced over the past couple of days.

Number One - Mephiston: Lord of Death

Firstly the latest in the Black Library Limited Edition/Collectors Novella category “Mephison: Lord of Death” written by David Annandale. 

Warhammer Forge Next Book: Battle of Black Fire Pass

Here it is, the cover of the next Warhammer Forge release: The battle of Black Fire Pass.

The Wonderful World of Black Library Limited Editions

Updated 16/03/13 to include latest releases

 
I hope to do a number of pieces on various aspects of the Games Workshop publishing arms; this is number one, looking at the rise of the phenomenally successful although financial contentions Limited Editions from Black Library.

Black Library has produced an increasing number of limited edition books over the years. These can be divided up into three categories: novellas, anthologies and chapbooks. The Novellas are all hardcover with a high production quality, almost always signed and numbered containing a bookmark ribbon and some form of internal art pages and are usually 128 pages long. Anthologies are hardback, unsigned 128 pages long, with a lower production value and all contain six short stories from Warhammer and 40k almost always including a Horus Heresy and a Time of Legends short story. The Chapbooks are always softback and without a spine, never signed and usually only 32 pages long. These chapbooks are all tie-ins to either UK Games Days or Black Library Live! events

January and the future

I have just realised I missed out on getting the new Dark Angels Limited Edition Codex, at least its no longer available for order on GW's site. If these were like the Chaos Space Marine Limited Editions then there were 1000 of them. At a RRP of £55 I felt these were very highly priced considering that IA books are generally <£45, the "limited edition" tag really seems to command massive prices although it remains to be seen if these editions retain their value or if they find themselves devaluing like so many "limited eds".