Preeettttyyy sure I mentioned this when I was looking through the price lists...
Rough translation:
The forth expansion for WH40K arrives soon, titled Planetary Empires. The three previous expansions covered urban combat (CityFight), orbital assault (Planetstrike) and battles on a grand scale.
Planetary Empires is different and uses a system of plastic hexagons similar to Mighty Empires (and compatible with it too!) [Yeah yeah...quelle surprise!]
It allows you to play campaign games etc. and
The box comes with 48 hexagonal pieces and includes among others, ruined cities, roads and spaceports.
GW is proposing (perhaps going) to sell tiles seperately.
Like Mighty Empires, you use the hexagons to play a game of your own design, following the system suggested (created?) by Jervis Jonson in the enclosed rulebook. The voluntary rules are simple and are designed to enrich the infinite number of games of your own invention. (Sorry..little awkward)
Thanks to Planetary Empires, you'll be able to tell stories with your games of Apocalypse, WH40k and Epic, and see it evolve in three dimensions.
More will be revealed in the coming months.
Or something like that! =)
Allaire
· 6 months ago
I can follow it now. Thanks for that Macfeegle.
larousse
· 6 months ago
You beat me to it!
Macfeegle
· 6 months ago
Any chance you can get the bits I missed Larousse? Or check my translation. My French is extremely rusty having not used it for more than a decade.
Del Coro
· 6 months ago
Not that I don't really dig the idea of Planetary Empires, but...
"and see it evolve in three dimensions."
I'm pretty sure it's only two dimensions. Unless the tiles stack like Jenga or something.
Herald of Nurgle
· 6 months ago
We already have 2d (Mathhammer), 3d (playing the game), so it must be 4d? The overview of battle, and it's manipulation through TARDIS
Voxnovanion
· 6 months ago
Since the plastic tiles and city/fortress pieces have depth to them, I'm guessing that is what's meant with the third dimension. As opposed to, say, flat paper tiles.
Del Coro
· 6 months ago
That's a pretty lane-ass third dimension.
Allaire
· 6 months ago
Anyone speak French want to gives us Yanks a translation.
Cydalone
· 6 months ago
This would sound like this I guess:
The fourth extension for WH40K will arrive shortly, and will be called Planetary Empires. The first three extensions focus respectively on city fights, on orbital assaults, and on large scale battles; but Planetary Empires is slightly different, since it relies on a hexagonal bases system similar to (and compatible with!) Mighty Empires. This allows the players to stage campaigns as series of games linked together within the same story. It is one of the aspects the most satisfying of the Hobby, for you can witness your forces evolve and take their revenge against their enemies. Thus Planetary Empires will help you organize thrilling campaigns. The box will contain 48 plastic hexagons including ruined cities, roads, spatioports, and so on. GW Direct will offer one hexagon for a hive city sold separately. As in Mighty Empires, you will be able to use these hexagons to devise a campaign of your own invention, or simply following the rule system proposed by Jervis Johnson in the leaflet included in the box. These rules, kept purposely simple, can be adapted and developed infinitely by the most inventive players. With Planetary Empires, you will be able to link together your games of Apoc, WH40K or even Epic, and watch your fiefdom evolve on a 3-dimension map. We will tell you a lot more in a few months!
Lord Gir of Irk
· 6 months ago
did you even bother to read the other comments before commenting? it's right above you
Dan
· 6 months ago
It's about friggin time.
faolan_conall
· 6 months ago
Until it's published in English, it's not real and it doesn't matter.
Once it's published in English, it's slightly more of both.
Macfeegle
· 6 months ago
I assume that's sarcasm, or at least I hope so.
If not, this is real and is included in the price list referred to previously (in English no less!) =)
Galahad
· 6 months ago
so - perhaps this fall?
that would be great - I already have 2 boxes of ME and PE would givethe ability to make a really nice combo map
Jean Claude
· 6 months ago
The 4th extension for Warhammer 40,000 is coming soon and will be titled Planetary Empires. The first three extensions covered urban fighting, orbital assaults, or larger scale battles, but Planetary Empires is a little different in that it uses a plastic hexagonal system like Mighty Empires (compatible with the latter!). It allows one to play campaigns as several games linked by a story. Which is one of the hobby's most rewarding aspect, because you can watch your army evolve and take revenge on its adversaries for their previous defeats. Planetary Empires will thus allow you to set up thrilling campaigns. The box will contain 48 plastic hexagones including among others city ruins, roads and spatioports. Games Workshop Direct will also offer a "ruche?" city hexagone sold separately. As in Mighty Empires, one can use these hexagones to play one's own crafted campaign, or use the system proposed by Jervis Johnson in the rulebook. Those rules though voluntarily simple can be retooled and improved (enrich) by the more inventive players. Thanks to Planetary Empires, one can link games of Apocalypse, 40k, or even Epic and watch one's province evolve on a three dimensional map. We'll reveal much more in following months.
Galahad
· 6 months ago
ruche = Hive
so direct services will sell the hive city hex (plus something else on a 2 hex sprue?)
obsequiousmelon
· 6 months ago
Ah so the mistery wh40k release this year has been resolved then!
Herald of Nurgle
· 6 months ago
WHAT?
AUGUST IS PLANETARY EMPIREs Guess what that means for the schedule: - Skaven September - Wolftime November - Probz some LotR thing after?
Wookiegunner
· 6 months ago
Anyone else notice that one of the tiles has a smiley face?
Idaan
· 6 months ago
Could it be a "Watchmen" reference, didn't notice that earlier. Nice.
Mike X
· 6 months ago
Woohoo!!!
Xzandrate
· 6 months ago
Hmm, I got my new White Dwarf yesterday here in Canada, and it has this exact page in it, totally in english.
Not alot of details to it though. Just alot of 'Just like Mighty Empires" but in space, type comments.
suffocate
· 6 months ago
wow, another dull dissapointment from GW. as predicted its typically imperial stuff, and of course the planet is generic and dull, how can do all kinds of interesting alien worlds with this rubbish ? what if you want to fight on planets that arent imperial i.e. necron, chaos, tyranid ? this year is the worst GW year in ages...I sure hope they release something half-interesting, otherwise its the first time iv not spent cash on them.
Mike X
· 6 months ago
I'm not completely sure, but I believe you build/decorate and paint each tile yourself... that way you can do alien landscape with ease...
Xelloss
· 6 months ago
Yeah some preview thanks to usagi3 ! La France en force XD
zealot
· 6 months ago
sex!
Myu
· 6 months ago
This looks awsome! I'll buy it as soon as it comes out in english.
Culial
· 6 months ago
OK, who here has a board laid out as one huge crater? Or an Imperial Space Port THAT big? Or a Hive City for that matter...
I'm not feeling this, personally.
TaranRinn
· 6 months ago
So, Planetary Empires has washed up at the around same time as Planetstrike.
Coincidence?
I think not...
Hopefully me mates will also be interested in this, and fingers crossed, a group purchase will be made. And further down the line, we may see the emergence of xenos based tiles (Pyramids for Necrons, Bio-domes or forested areas for Maiden worlds, Orky settlement gubbinz, etc... TM :P), and the reflected scenery for these within PS.
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Rough translation:
The forth expansion for WH40K arrives soon, titled Planetary Empires. The three previous expansions covered urban combat (CityFight), orbital assault (Planetstrike) and battles on a grand scale.
Planetary Empires is different and uses a system of plastic hexagons similar to Mighty Empires (and compatible with it too!) [Yeah yeah...quelle surprise!]
It allows you to play campaign games etc. and
The box comes with 48 hexagonal pieces and includes among others, ruined cities, roads and spaceports.
GW is proposing (perhaps going) to sell tiles seperately.
Like Mighty Empires, you use the hexagons to play a game of your own design, following the system suggested (created?) by Jervis Jonson in the enclosed rulebook.
The voluntary rules are simple and are designed to enrich the infinite number of games of your own invention. (Sorry..little awkward)
Thanks to Planetary Empires, you'll be able to tell stories with your games of Apocalypse, WH40k and Epic, and see it evolve in three dimensions.
More will be revealed in the coming months.
Or something like that! =)
"and see it evolve in three dimensions."
I'm pretty sure it's only two dimensions. Unless the tiles stack like Jenga or something.
The fourth extension for WH40K will arrive shortly, and will be called Planetary Empires. The first three extensions focus respectively on city fights, on orbital assaults, and on large scale battles; but Planetary Empires is slightly different, since it relies on a hexagonal bases system similar to (and compatible with!) Mighty Empires. This allows the players to stage campaigns as series of games linked together within the same story. It is one of the aspects the most satisfying of the Hobby, for you can witness your forces evolve and take their revenge against their enemies. Thus Planetary Empires will help you organize thrilling campaigns. The box will contain 48 plastic hexagons including ruined cities, roads, spatioports, and so on. GW Direct will offer one hexagon for a hive city sold separately. As in Mighty Empires, you will be able to use these hexagons to devise a campaign of your own invention, or simply following the rule system proposed by Jervis Johnson in the leaflet included in the box. These rules, kept purposely simple, can be adapted and developed infinitely by the most inventive players.
With Planetary Empires, you will be able to link together your games of Apoc, WH40K or even Epic, and watch your fiefdom evolve on a 3-dimension map. We will tell you a lot more in a few months!
Once it's published in English, it's slightly more of both.
If not, this is real and is included in the price list referred to previously (in English no less!)
=)
that would be great - I already have 2 boxes of ME and PE would givethe ability to make a really nice combo map
so direct services will sell the hive city hex (plus something else on a 2 hex sprue?)
AUGUST IS PLANETARY EMPIREs
Guess what that means for the schedule:
- Skaven September
- Wolftime November
- Probz some LotR thing after?
Not alot of details to it though. Just alot of 'Just like Mighty Empires" but in space, type comments.
Or an Imperial Space Port THAT big?
Or a Hive City for that matter...
I'm not feeling this, personally.
Coincidence?
I think not...
Hopefully me mates will also be interested in this, and fingers crossed, a group purchase will be made.
And further down the line, we may see the emergence of xenos based tiles (Pyramids for Necrons, Bio-domes or forested areas for Maiden worlds, Orky settlement gubbinz, etc... TM :P), and the reflected scenery for these within PS.