Forge World's New Game

[lordofmidgets]

Hi everyone

I'm not entirely sure on its name but its the new game that Forge World are creating where you get to play with all the atmosphere flying vehicles and involve them in missions like bombing raids and dogfights

Does anyone know when this is going to be realeased??
And is anyone going to get it??

~Lordofmidgets

[Torquemada Coteaz]

releasedate: unknown, currently in early/mid stages of dev as far as i know
but im definitely getting it
Aeronautica Imperialis. by name
the game will include tiny flyers (around epic size)
th wikipedia article is, well, a wiki and currently in dev. not much news since photos from last games day.
here's some pics (notice the new bases that are used for this game specifically http://www.epic-battles.de/index.php...&p=10135#10135)

some info from gamesday scots:

The rules should be released around Games Day and are separate to the Imperial Armour series;
- There are no plans to redo any of the existing Epic scale aircraft;
- You'll need minis to play the game - no plans for card counters;
- All aircraft will have a min & max speed and a thrust rating;
- There will be 9 different height levels;
- There are 10 different maneuvres - 1-4 are simple and can be performed by any aircraft, 5-8 are more complex and can only be performed by the faster more agile aircraft, and 9+10 are real suicide bomb run stuff;
- Each maneuvre has an impact on your speed and height;
- All aircraft will use a modified LotR clix base to show speed and height;
- Shooting takes place after movement, although you can shoot before the movement phase if "you're on someone's six"!!
- You can also opt to hold the trigger down longer to increase your chance of a hit but at more risk to yourself;

and finally. the FW explanation:

Originally Posted by ForgeWorldOfficialRelease

So what is it then? ‘Aeronautica Imperialis’ is the name of our new game of aerial combat in the 41st millennium currently in development. It is a complete, stand alone game using the existing Forge World Epic 40,000 aircraft range, with additional new models we are now working on. ‘Aeronautica Imperialis’ is far more than just dog-fighting; there will be bombing missions, intercept sorties, troop insertions and extractions, strike missions, as well as pure air-to-air, fighter-vs-fighter combat. ‘Aeronautica Imperialis’ will be a large format hardback book, containing all the rules, aircraft datasheets, manoeuvre cards and scenarios needed to play the game.
Of course there will be lots of background information on each of the aircraft in this big book, as well as many colour profiles and ‘photos’ of them locked in deadly combat. Imperial Navy players will be able to fly missions using Thunderbolts, Lightnings, Marauders and Marauder Destroyers. Imperial Space Marines provide some heavy support with their huge Thunderhawk Gunships and Transporters while facing off against the fighters and bombers of the Tau, Eldar, Orks and Chaos. We’ve also designed a new plastic flying base for the aircraft to use that cleverly shows arcs of fire as well as keeping track of the speed and altitude too.
I’ve watched quite a few games now and played a couple during play-testing and I really enjoyed it. Each of the different airforces do have their own ‘character’ and have to be used in quite different ways. Just don’t let an Ork Fighta get up close behind you is all I can say! ‘Aeronautica Imperialis’ should be released later this year and we promise to keep everyone up to date with it’s progress via the Forge World Newsletter.

note that there is no user called "ForgeWorldOfficialRelease" i used that to denote this is their actual official release info for the game.
i think it was originally from my FW Newsletter, you should sign up !

hope this helps

[hairyyahoo]

i actually tried to make up a dogfight style game myself years ago when the minis for the epic fighters first came out, but i lost interest when i realised just how complex it would get. i hope FW keep it as simple as pos to make the game flow smoothly. this is a really exciting lil devolopment

[Torquemada Coteaz]

it wont have infinite heights and stuff.
it's more or less 3D bfg with faster stuff (given that they use maneouvers and stuff)

[DeAd_cOmMaNdO]

ive been looking forward to this game for the past 6 months or so. it will be ncie to get back to a nice complex epic-style game, pity its just fliers. but im sure if this proves successful (which im sure it will - just look at those fiddly bases! beauty!) FW will try their hand at something else.

[hairyyahoo]

i wonder if this will lead to cross-over rules to intergrate it with epic?

[Torquemada Coteaz]

well probably not.
they might expand / add rules for more flyers into epic
but a combo game probably won't happen.

[DeAd_cOmMaNdO]

i doubt it considering theyre different rules-systems.

though one may inspire the other