Was below avarage this year, 2 hour que just to get into the retail area (including black library and forgeworld). The que then cut through the gaming area which made it extra crowded.
The design studio area was very disappointing, the only thing they were showing were Dreadfleet, ogres and storm of magic. I didn't see a single model there that was new. While I wasn't expecting to see a whole range like last year with the Dark Eldar it would have be good to see something.
What did steal the show for me was Forgeworld and Warhammer Forge. We managed to get tickets to the Forgeworld seminar and Tony Cottral gave a good presentation and was quite open answering questions.
Alot of the forgeworld stuff everyone knows about but
IA 12 sounds good, set on a prison world where the battles take place underground involving penal guard, minotuar space marine and tzeentch.
It was Warhammer Forge that got me most excited. The Throne of Chaos book is beautiful (wish I could have got a copy) but the Monsterous Arcana book coming out Jan/Feb next year looks awesome. Had a look at the book but a lot of it was empty apart from the names of the monsters. The book will contain 50 odd monsters to be used in Storm of Magic but with extra rules and opitions to include the monster in your army if they fit (the Coatal for the Lizardmen for example.)
The plan is for all models to be out within a year of publication and there are rules for every monster already released and those we've seen already. Exciting stuff.
Defo my last games day for a while if not ever. The lack of organisation and content was really bad for the £30 price tag.