I've been looking over WFRP for a while now and don't know if I'll pick it up or not. I'll have to familiarize myself with the Warhammer setting first to see if I like it or not.

One criticism I've heard is that the spin Fantasy Flight put on it has essentially turned it into a board game. I'm rather partial to this format as the presentation looks very high quality (Fantasy Flight, along with Rio Grande, is one of my favorite gaming companies) and I haven't seen an RP game presented in this format before.

Do you think that the 'board game' aspects add to or detract from the roleplaying game as a whole? I could see how 2nd and 1st edition fans might not like it and in that case it's probably akin to the DnD 4th Edition upset in that respect.