Changes in the sourcebooks with the Hobbit arrival?

Eruntalon · **Posted:** Fri Nov 23, 2012 8:12 am

I'm interested in buying the Kingdoms of Men sourcebook. But i dont know if they are going to change it now and i dont want to buy something that's gonna be useless in a couple of months.

So my question is(if anyone knows): Is GW gonna change those rulebooks too or just the big one?

Telchar · **Posted:** Fri Nov 23, 2012 2:06 pm

Probably yes, but possibly no. I think it'll be clearer with the release tomorrow.

Ardboe · **Posted:** Fri Nov 23, 2012 10:00 pm

awk naw id say itd be years before theyre obsolete not months. i think gw released the source books to wrap up lotr rules before the hobbit comes out!

SouthernDunedain · **Posted:** Fri Nov 23, 2012 10:12 pm

In the new WD there is a A4 page dedicated to the sourcebooks so I reckon you are fine to buy them.

Eruntalon · **Posted:** Sat Nov 24, 2012 10:32 am

I saw the new releases of GW and still i cant understand what the hell they are going to do with the sbg rules.
Ok now the game is split in 2 parts. Hobbit sbg and lotr sbg.
The hobbit rulebook is going to have all rules(including the lotr ones? )
And finally, why at the lotr books i now see the first 3 rulebooks? (fellowship of the ring, two towers and return of the king)

Anyone knows what are GW's plans according the rules?

Raggbur · **Posted:** Sat Nov 24, 2012 1:54 pm

Those aren't the old rulebooks mate, they're the 'old' scourcebooks.

If you wanted to collect say... Uruks, you needed the One Rulebook + two towers.

SouthernDunedain · **Posted:** Sat Nov 24, 2012 8:30 pm

Raggbur wrote:

Those aren't the old rulebooks mate, they're the 'old' scourcebooks.

If you wanted to collect say... Uruks, you needed the One Rulebook + two towers.

You would actually need the One rulebook/ hobbit book and the Fallen Realms sourcebook if you wanted the latest profiles.

Telchar · **Posted:** Wed Nov 28, 2012 8:21 pm

That's why he used past tense - it's no more.

Fëanor, the mighty elf · **Posted:** Wed Nov 28, 2012 9:46 pm

From what I've read over on TLA (see here: http://www.thelastalliance.com/viewtopic.php?f=8&t=5795 ), the 5 'new' LotR Army Books are completely compatible with The Hobbit SBG. The Hobbit SBG is said to be a new version of the LotR SBG, not an entire new system.
The source has read this in this month's White Dwarf, so that should be pretty solid.

So, from what I know, they can still be used and points values etc will not change. That's a good thing I think, now I can finally consider buying some of the Army Books (at first, I half expected them to become obsolete with The Hobbit rules, but gladly, they don't!).

RangerofTheNorth · **Joined:** Tue Feb 15, 2011 6:54 pm **Posts:** 483

Check the FAQS, GW updated most of them, Riders of Rohan now have no bow limit among other changes

Changes in the sourcebooks with the Hobbit arrival?

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