@Richard.
Re: ” If they are not designed for tournaments, why are they still being produced? I am really tired of seeing something new and then being told it will upset play balance or create some other issue. Either allow new things to be used or stop creating them.”
You appear to have the polar opposite take on Theatre and Campaign books to that taken by Warlord themselves.
From their FAQ re those books:
“For this reason, when organising a Bolt Action tournament, we
recommend to choose armies from the ‘Armies of ’ series of
books only (as well as this Errata & FAQs PDF). The other
books are more suitable for themed campaign days and other
non-competitive events.”
The intent of the theatre and campaign books appears to be that they are the place for ‘flavour’ and capturing the character of the different battles, not for tournament gaming. Before there is any suggestion of changing that, I would hope to see a continuity editor go over all the books (Armies of books included) and sort out the various author differences/quirks and biases/outright errors, remove all free units, free abilities etc. If you want it for tournament use, let’s make it tournament ready first.
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