Naah, this is where you are wrong :p 7th is a serios downgrade from 6th ed. That doesn't mean I dislike 8th or T9A, I play that too, it is just a bit of personal preference. If you mean, it was the smart choice because most active people liked the 8th edition, well, I can't say anything to that, because I don't know about it, but I would have prefered it, if the T9A rules would have been closer to 7th than 8th. We played 5th edition hero hammer long into 7th editions time and I played a 7th edition game last year.

And there being a new edition was no reason to not play any edition we wanted. I myself played from 5th through 8th and many in the hobby in my area did too. In my area, nobody retired when a new edition came out (they might retire at any point for various reasons, but edition change was never one of them). All of the 6th ed crowd had been in retirement for 5-10 years by 2015, while there were still thousands of active 8th ed players. While I myself have a somewhat ambivalent history with 8th ed, this was clearly the smart thing to do. It's already a way more practical game for me to actually play on work weeknights for example!). (BTW I seriously reckon for my tastes, I will actually like T9A EoW, especially with the Advanced rules when finished, moreso than T9A FB in some aspects. Heck if you read the T9A news you'll know we even have totally FREE (barring some printing) options for people to play now too: It also might just be a great way for you to entice new players or those that don't want to play because of the need for large armies. (see the forum thread linked on my signature if you have feedback ) It's called T9A Essence of War and it's already in a good state and being developed further now and we could definitely use your help and input too If you like playing with smaller units, smaller model counts per army, smaller width ranks still counting, less powerful units meaning a greater emphasis on flanks and CR etc, then T9A project already has a game you really might enjoy, & maybe even more to your preferences than T9A Fantasy Battles. I know I'm like a broken record in this thread, but I'm just gonna have to say it again louder since very few people seem to realise this still.

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