Following hot on the heels of Games Workshops recent re-release of Warhammer 40,000, Target Games have recently announced that they will soon be launching a new 2^nd edition of their award winning sci-fi skirmish game Warzone. The new set will be released in a new format for the company, in the shape of a boxed set containing 3 rule books, dice, die cut templates, and 80 plastic miniatures (Bauhaus and Imperial) and should be out by the end of the month. Many gamers who have recently purchased the rules supplements and compendium may be disappointed to learn that they will be obsolete in the new edition. Target Games have not as yet contacted me about the new rules, to clarify this fact.

Some very observant readers may remember me posting this fact way back in July of this year (had to remove it for legal reasons.) but now it seems second hand news. Still. Target have signed a deal with the paint manufacturer Humbrol to place both Warzone and Chronopia products in many of the companies retail outlets, Beatties. The move will bring both systems to the forefront of the hobby and it looks as if the stores may be running demo games of both systems! Also if the plan goes ahead and sales justify it, Airfix one of the largest manufacturers of plastic injection kits (also a subsidiary of Humbrol) will be bringing a full range of plastic tanks and such out to support the systems in the future. Again Target didn't comment as of posting. We will keep you up too date on this subject.

The long awaited and much anticipated mass combat system from Flintloque designers Crescent City Industries, Slaughterloo is due to hit stores all over the world in the next few weeks or so. The system will allow players to field hundreds of models at once without losing much of the simplistic and fun gameplay that has made Flintloque so popular. The system will come as a set of rules with templates, and CCI are planning to release army packs at a much lower price to allow players to build up their armies.

CCI are perhaps now one of the only games companies in the world who are supplying pre-painted miniatures to order for their Flintloque system. The models will come as a full unit, presented in a special shrink-wrapped packaging, and will retail for £25.00 for 8 well painted models. CCI have already taken hundreds of advanced orders for these from around the world (with the Americans going nuts for them) so get yours while you can.

Forge World is the latest addition to Games Workshop and is all set to produce some of the best terrain pieces that you have ever seen. Forge World will work mainly in resin and will also be the guys who will produce the larger scale miniatures as reported by me here last month. More on the large scale kits just in. The kits will be in high quality resin and will measure around 220mm high (almost 6 inches) and the first up will be the Terminator. Forge World have also created the new Golden Demon awards for the ceremony this week end and they are rumoured to be the business.

News broke last week of the sad demise of West End Games, one of the longest running games companies in the roleplaying industry and creators of some of the finest film and television tie-ins. West End are perhaps best known for their award winning Star Wars roleplaying game, a system that was so detailed that Star Wars creator George Lucas made the information in the West End Games system official Star Wars mythos. West End recently released the Xena and Hercules RPG, based on the two hit fantasy television shows, and speculation about the company began to arise when the system was released almost six months after the deadline. West End will be greatly missed. We at Gamers Web would like to thank all the hard working staff at West End who have brought us some of our most memorable gaming moments and wish them all the very best in the future.

More on the new version of 40K 3^rd Edition now. The game will include both Space Marines and Dark Eldar as reported on both Gamers Web and Portent, but will not include a plastic Dreadnought as was thought but will include an all new plastic Landspeeder, one of the two new designs being created for the game. The rules are more simplistic in their approach and it is possible to custom build your army around a theme. Look out for a pre- release at this years Games Day UK in September.

 July 18^th 20.00 hrs GMT

Warzone tanks on the go?