History AndTheFandomRejoiced / TableTopGames

The announcement of new games or new expansions [[AndTheFandomRejoiced can often cause euphoria]] among gamers.

** And then this, an excerpt from the White Wolf blog from July 24th, hit the forums: "Ex3. This year. John and Holden and Geoff. Talk amongst yourselves." A new edition of Exalted out by the end of the year? Grabowski, Exalted's creator, back on the team? Talking did, indeed, commence.

** Okay, Konami, you know have full control of the game on both sides of the Pacific. When are you going to stop with the FlipFlopOfGod and give us a clear answer on what the ruli...[[http://yugioh.wikia.com/index.php?title=Forum:UDE%27s_Rulings_now_unofficial&t=20110507151226 Oh...]]
* "Green Ronin has a big licensing announcement coming up... wonder what it'll be? ''{{Torg}}''? No. ''MassEffect''? Nope. Wait... '''DCComics???''' And it'll be compatible with ''MutantsAndMasterminds''? ''HELL YEAH!!!''

* ''NewWorldOfDarkness'': ''Mummy: the Curse''...not sure if want...holy crap. Greg Stolze and Michael Goodwin are working on it? And Greg did the ''Cult'' rules? Where do we sign over our firstborn children?

** And then this, an excerpt from the White Wolf blog from July 24th, hit the forums: "Ex3. This year. John and Holden and Geoff. Talk amongst yourselves." Talking commenced. Oh boy, did it commence.

** This happened again with the Commander preconstructed decks. At first, everyone was like, "EDH is RuinedForever!" and "Wizards is taking over the format!" Then came the announcement that every deck would have a copy of Sol Ring, and soon ''everyone'' wanted one. That, and the Commander decks are gonna be the limit of Wizards' influence over the EDH format.

** Wait's over. It turned out pretty damn good.

* The spoiled plane cards in ''{{Magic The Gathering}}'''s ''Planechase'' box set surprised quite a few fans when some older planes were announced. Who woud have thought they'd bring back Segovia, which was mentioned on only one card (Segovian Leviathan) and created entirely to explain that card's abnormally small power/toughness[[hottip:*:The plane of Segovia is roughly 1/100 the size of Dominaria]]? Who would have thought they'd bring back Moag, which appeared only in one of the books? Who would have thought they'd bring back Shandalar from the 90's {{Card Battle Game}}? Needless to say, many old-school fans were happy.

* "Green Ronin has a big licensing announcement coming up... wonder what it'll be? ''{{Torg}}''? No. ''MassEffect''? Nope. Wait... '''DCComics???''' And it'll be compatible with ''MutantsAndMasterminds''? ''HELL YEAH!!!''
* Games Workshop finally confirmed the long awaited 5th edition update for Dark Eldar in ''{{Warhammer 40000}}'', with new models and a codex written by Phil Kelly (also behind the Orks, SpaceWolves, and Eldar codices). The fluff turns the Dark Eldar into psychotically evil bad-asses with megalomaniacal and grandiose schemes-- case in point: when they decided Commorragh needed a source of light and heat, they figured the simplest solution was to go and ''steal a few stars''. The Internet's response?

* ''NewWorldOfDarkness'': ''Mummy: the Curse''...not sure if want...holy crap. Greg Stolze and Michael Goodwin are working on it? And Greg did the ''Cult'' rules? Where do we sign over our firstborn children?

* When news broke out that designer Monte Cook was forced out of WizardsOfTheCoast and was therefore taken off of development of ''DungeonsAndDragons'' 5th Edition. For context, Cook is often blamed for 3rd Edition's shortcomings, such as making wizards (who he admitted were his favorite class) overpowered while making non-caster classes weaker, and his "Ivory Tower" design philosophy making the game very unfriendly to new players. To many fans, Cook's departure can only mean good things for 5th Edition.

* When news broke out that designer Monte Cook was forced out of WizardsOfTheCoast and was therefore taken off of development of ''DungeonsAndDragons'' 5th Edition. For context, Cook is often blamed for 3rd Edition's shortcomings, such as making wizards (who he admitted were his favorite class) overpowered while making non-caster classes weaker, and his "Ivory Tower" design philosophy making the game very unfriendly to new players.

* Huh, the changes to ''{{Pathfinder}}'''s paladins from [[DungeonsAndDragons D&D 3.5]] are kind of cool, but those [[LinearWarriorsQuadraticWizards nerfs to fighter feats]] seem kind of pointl- DREAMSCARRED PRESS IS DOING THE PSIONICS SYSTEM?!

** And then they went and upstaged even ''those''. I mean, Bolas's Meditation Realm?

**** On the gripping hand, Karn – first and only artificial Planeswalker – escapes Phyrexia's clutches, regains his Spark, and has a shiny new [[http://gatherer.wizards.com/Pages/Card/Details.aspx?multiverseid=214350 Planeswalker card]] to join you as a ''combination [[http://gatherer.wizards.com/Pages/Card/Details.aspx?multiverseid=135242 Legacy Weapon]] and TimeMachine''. Phyrexia may have won Mirrodin, but this war ain't over yet, bub.
** This happened again with the Commander preconstructed decks. At first, everyone was like, "EDH is RuinedForever!" and "Wizards is taking over the format!" Then came the announcement that every deck would have a copy of Sol Ring, and soon ''everyone'' wanted one.
*** Also, the Commander decks are gonna be the limit of Wizards' influence over the EDH format.
* Ugh, [[GameBreaker Synchro after Synchro after Synchro...]] When will Konami stop pandering to the hardcore ''{{Yu-Gi-Oh}}'' gamers and ignoring their casual players? Wait... is that what I think it is? Guardian Eatos? ''Orichalcos Shunoros?!'' '''Playable Egyptian God Cards with artwork done by Kazuki Takahashi himself?! ''[[ArsonMurderAndJaywalking New support for Gravkeeper's, Spirits, and Daedalus decks?!]]''''' Konami, you are forgiven. This time...

* When Games Workshop finally confirmed the long awaited update for Dark Eldar in ''{{Warhammer 40000}}''.

** It gets better. Not only were the Dark Eldar models shown at the 2010 Games Day UK, they were absolutly.....freaking.....FANTASTIC!!!! Not to mention that said codex is being written by Phil Kelly himself (also behind the Ork, Space Wolf, and Eldar books), meaning that the army list is going to rock.
*** It gets even better when you actually read their fluff; they are not only psychotically evil bad-assess, but everything they do is a flat-out ''{{Beyond the Impossible}}'' and/or ''{{Crowning Moment of Awesome}}''. Case in point, when they decided Commorragh needed a source of light and heat, they figured the simplest solution was to GO AND STEAL A FEW STARS!
** Plastic. Sisters. Of. Battle. PRAISE THE EMPEROR!
* Huh, the changes to ''{{Pathfinder}}'''s paladins from [[DungeonsAndDragons D&D 3.5]] are kind of cool, but those [[LinearWarriorsQuadraticWizards nerfs to fighter feats]] seem kind of pointl- DREAMSCARRED PRESS IS DOING THE PSIONICS SYSTEM?!

* ''{{Exalted}}''[='=]s fanbase had been [[{{Understatement}} somewhat divided]] about the idea of including the Infernal Exalted in Second Edition. Not so much about the Green Sun Princes existing, as about just what the hell they were supposed to be like. When it was announced that Michael Goodwin, the writer for Manual of Exalted Power: The Abyssals, was going to be doing the Infernals, all the backdraft shut up and we're waiting to see what he'll come up with.

->ATTN: GAMES WORKSHOP. ALL IS FORGIVEN. EVERY PRICE RISE. EVERY BROKEN CODEX. EVERY SNUB TO THE FANBASE. ALL OF IT. THANK YOU.

* The spoiled plane cards in ''{{Magic The Gathering}}'''s ''Planechase'' box set surprised quite a few fans when some older planes were announced. Who woud have thought they'd bring back Segovia, which was mentioned on only one card (Segovian Leviathan) and created entirely to explain that card's abnormally small power/toughness? Who would have thought they'd bring back Moag, which appeared only in one of the books? Who would have thought they'd bring back Shandalar from the 90's {{Card Battle Game}}? Needless to say, many old-school fans were happy.

** This happened again with the Commander preconstructed decks. At first, everyone was like, "EDH is RuinedForever!" and "The new Join Forces mechanic sucks!" Then came the announcement that every deck would have a copy of Sol Ring, and soon ''everyone'' wanted one.

** Wait's over. It turned out pretty damn good.
** Indeed, although it's odd that is was printed [[{{Discontinuity}} without the first four chapters.]]
** Pretty much every Ink Monkeys project/errata/fix does this for Exalted's fanbase.

*** Eh, so it goes in the Extra Deck? *sigh* ''Another'' GameBreaker card type that will take no actual effort to Summ... wait, you mean they ''aren't'' Boss Monsters? And are actually ''balanced'' in comparsion with normal Effect Monsters? '''Whoa'''.

*** Returning to the metal plane of Mirrodin and bringing back poison both got a pretty big pop from the crowd...and then Wizards got an even bigger pop by having Phyrexia return as the BigBad.

* ''Exalted''[='=]s fanbase had been [[{{Understatement}} somewhat divided]] about the idea of including the Infernal Exalted in Second Edition. Not so much about the Green Sun Princes existing, as about just what the hell they were supposed to be like. When it was announced that Michael Goodwin, the writer for Manual of Exalted Power: The Abyssals, was going to be doing the Infernals, all the backdraft shut up and we're waiting to see what he'll come up with.