Games Workshop to buy 2000ad!!

[Last of the V8's]

I don't know if it has been reported here atall but I've just read in the new Comics Int. that there was a roumer that Games Workshop wanted to buy 2000ad.
Turns out to be hog wash, I would have thought this is just the thing for GW to aquire.
Still seems a deal is being struck for GW to produce games and metal figures again.
Any official word on this?

[GordonR]

Don't know about the games and figures thing.  The deal that Rebellion have made with GW is with its Publishing division: GW, through their new non-Warhammer Black Flame imprint have the licence to do 2000AD novels, the first of which was the Dredd-Death novelisation.  The full range will be starting up this year.

See www.blackflame.com for details of the first books announced in the range.

Like I said, the only deal I know of is with the Publishing division, which has nothing to do with the games and figures side of GW's business, so this is possibly just another case of CI talking out its arse once again.

[Queen Firey-Bou]

hmmm, so does this mean more GN's & spin off stuff?

[madgirl]

As far as i know it's just novels.

[ukdane]

Speaking of the novels, thought I'd share these (courtesy of Amazon)

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Link: http://www.amazon.co.uk/exec/obidos/search-handle-

[ukdane]

Sorry, I've arsed up the link again!!!

[Marbles]

Foundry announced a month or so ago *they* were going to produce more new 2000AD miniatures, not GW.

Link: http://www.wargamesfoundry.com/collections/2000AD/1/index.asp" target="_blank">Foundry 2000AD figs news

[IndigoPrime]

Nice BAC Warriors cover. Awful Dredd one.

[Stu]

Apparently, Mongoose Publishing (who do the current Dredd and Slaine RPGs) are branching out into miniatures games, one of which will be a skirmish level game using the Dredd license.

There was an official looking post on a Warhammer newsgroup asking for playtesters, so it seems genuine. Perhaps this is linked to Foundry's statement about making more 2000AD minis?

[Grant Goggans]

I wonder if there's any connection between this supposed miniatures game from Mongoose and the unusually tight lips from anyone connected with Rebellion and 2000 AD's future with Indy Heroclix.

--Grant

[Steamboy]

tooth and gamesworkshop, nice team up covers both my main hobbies...pity its all rumours, anyone out there read Warhammer Monthly comic its got some cool stories and art in it that wouldnt be out of place in tooth, spose thats because most of its written by Mr Rennie and Mr Abnett(the better stories anyway)all in black and white for the retro fans out there...

CU Krestel