Forum adverts like this one are shown to any user who is not logged in. Join us by filling out a tiny 3 field form and you will get your own, free, dakka user account which gives a good range of benefits to you: No adverts like this in the forums anymore. Times and dates in your local timezone. Full tracking of what you have read so you can skip to your first unread post, easily see what has changed since you last logged in, and easily see what is new at a glance. Email notifications for threads you want to watch closely. Being a part of the oldest wargaming community on the net. If you are already a member then feel free to login now.

You realize last week they had the rules for Battle of the Five Armies in White Dwarf, right?

Can anybody make out numbers on the units in the Blood Angel and Flesh Tearer detachments? For folks that wanted to run all-Jump Pack armies, those may go a way towards satisfying that desire.

It is really hard to read. Hopefully there will be better pics from another source soon

WayneTheGame wrote:
Something for free? Cards like the old days?

What is this madness? What's next, card terrain?

I would welcome that. Some card-board mission objectives please

Guess I'm getting white dwarf next week.....Oh well, I do love cards and formations

Wait, not only free-cards, but free mini-games rules?!

Madness! But the good kind of madness!

The rules on the Angel's Wrath formation might make them almost too good. Come in as a single unit, no scatter and hit enemies on landing? Yes please!

Monolith required in the Necron Formation. That's all I could read.

The Archangels Strike Force detachment seems to be custom made for those few players who ran full Death Company armies in the old codex.

 Ghaz wrote:
The Archangels Strike Force detachment seems to be custom made for those few players who ran full Death Company armies in the old codex.

Except for the entire part where you cannot take Death Company in this Detachment

Kangodo wrote:

 Ghaz wrote:
The Archangels Strike Force detachment seems to be custom made for those few players who ran full Death Company armies in the old codex.

Except for the entire part where you cannot take Death Company in this Detachment

Counts-as VVeterans plus Counts-as Furioso Dreads.

What the... White dwarf is actually useful again? The pictures above actually looks good. Sure, it's not like the old glory days but this, at least looks really good and useful!

Shamanlord1961 wrote:
The rules on the Angel's Wrath formation might make them almost too good. Come in as a single unit, no scatter and hit enemies on landing? Yes please!

Where are you getting that? The text in those pictures was completely illegible.

Kangodo wrote:

 Ghaz wrote:
The Archangels Strike Force detachment seems to be custom made for those few players who ran full Death Company armies in the old codex.

Except for the entire part where you cannot take Death Company in this Detachment

Too early and didn't see that part

Crap that's the old one.

 Colpicklejar wrote:

Shamanlord1961 wrote:
The rules on the Angel's Wrath formation might make them almost too good. Come in as a single unit, no scatter and hit enemies on landing? Yes please!

Where are you getting that? The text in those pictures was completely illegible.

Not totally illegible...I read it just fine.

Guided Drop: This formation must be placed in Deep Strike Reserve. Make a single reserve roll for the entire formation. If successful, all units arrive from the formation. The formation’s unit of vanguard veterans must be placed first, and units of assault marines do not scatter so long as the first model is placed within 6” of the Vanguard Veterans Unit.

Meteoric Impact: Immediately after deploying, any enemy unit within 6” of any unit from this formation suffer a str 4 AP- hit for each of their models which is within 6” of a model from the formation. In addition, these enemy units must move as if they are in difficult terrain until the end of their next turn.

 Ghaz wrote:
The Archangels Strike Force detachment seems to be custom made for those few players who ran full Death Company armies in the old codex.

I was excited for 3 seconds as well until I looked closer and realized you can't take deathcompany


Automatically Appended Next Post:

 House Griffith wrote:

 Colpicklejar wrote:

Shamanlord1961 wrote:
The rules on the Angel's Wrath formation might make them almost too good. Come in as a single unit, no scatter and hit enemies on landing? Yes please!

Where are you getting that? The text in those pictures was completely illegible.

Not totally illegible...I read it just fine.

Guided Drop: This formation must be placed in Deep Strike Reserve. Make a single reserve roll for the entire formation. If successful, all units arrive from the formation. The formation’s unit of vanguard veterans must be placed first, and units of assault marines do not scatter so long as the first model is placed within 6” of the Vanguard Veterans Unit.

Meteoric Impact: Immediately after deploying, any enemy unit within 6” of any unit from this formation suffer a str 4 AP- hit for each of their models which is within 6” of a model from the formation. In addition, these enemy units must move as if they are in difficult terrain until the end of their next turn.

Wow, regardless of effectiveness that is an awesome rule for a JP formation!

**Nevermind** It wasn't blanked out anymore and I didn't read further.

I can't seem to find it now but wasn't there a flesh tearer formation with like 1 assault squad, 1 vanguard squad, 2 tacitcal squads and a dreadnought or something. I remember seeing it but I can't find the info anywhere. I thought it was supposed to be one of the WD exclusives but they only list 4 and it isn't there...

 House Griffith wrote:

 Colpicklejar wrote:

Shamanlord1961 wrote:
The rules on the Angel's Wrath formation might make them almost too good. Come in as a single unit, no scatter and hit enemies on landing? Yes please!

Where are you getting that? The text in those pictures was completely illegible.

Not totally illegible...I read it just fine.

Guided Drop: This formation must be placed in Deep Strike Reserve. Make a single reserve roll for the entire formation. If successful, all units arrive from the formation. The formation’s unit of vanguard veterans must be placed first, and units of assault marines do not scatter so long as the first model is placed within 6” of the Vanguard Veterans Unit.

Meteoric Impact: Immediately after deploying, any enemy unit within 6” of any unit from this formation suffer a str 4 AP- hit for each of their models which is within 6” of a model from the formation. In addition, these enemy units must move as if they are in difficult terrain until the end of their next turn.

Thanks for that. It is indeed a cool formation, though it still does scatter- the vanguard veteran squad does, at least.

 Hulksmash wrote:
**Nevermind** It wasn't blanked out anymore and I didn't read further.

I can't seem to find it now but wasn't there a flesh tearer formation with like 1 assault squad, 1 vanguard squad, 2 tacitcal squads and a dreadnought or something. I remember seeing it but I can't find the info anywhere. I thought it was supposed to be one of the WD exclusives but they only list 4 and it isn't there...

It's right there on the first page of this thread with all the WD pics.

 Colpicklejar wrote:

 House Griffith wrote:

 Colpicklejar wrote:

Shamanlord1961 wrote:
The rules on the Angel's Wrath formation might make them almost too good. Come in as a single unit, no scatter and hit enemies on landing? Yes please!

Where are you getting that? The text in those pictures was completely illegible.

Not totally illegible...I read it just fine.

Guided Drop: This formation must be placed in Deep Strike Reserve. Make a single reserve roll for the entire formation. If successful, all units arrive from the formation. The formation’s unit of vanguard veterans must be placed first, and units of assault marines do not scatter so long as the first model is placed within 6” of the Vanguard Veterans Unit.

Meteoric Impact: Immediately after deploying, any enemy unit within 6” of any unit from this formation suffer a str 4 AP- hit for each of their models which is within 6” of a model from the formation. In addition, these enemy units must move as if they are in difficult terrain until the end of their next turn.

Thanks for that. It is indeed a cool formation, though it still does scatter- the vanguard veteran squad does, at least.

Correct, it would appear the Vanguard Vets still scatter. But this is easily mitigated somewhat if you can bring ol' Dante along in some way, or get really lucky in rolling Descent of Angels as your warlord trait.

 SilverDevilfish wrote:

endlesswaltz123 wrote:
Since a mod short sightedly closed the last blood angels thread before the whole release was finalised, going to need a new thread to keep up for the next few weeks.

Anyway:

First pic of a formation from the new book:



Whilst it is still slightly strange, it puts into context the new blood angels terminator kit somewhat.

So does the first company just never deploy with Sang Priests... you'd think they'd have the most with them being vets and all. No Command Squads for some reason too. Wait, why can't Dante be included in the formation? He's the Chapter Master, he can go to battle with whatever company he wants. Ditto with Meph who is even in the picture for the detachment.

Oh well, I dub thee "Sternpod" detachment.

I have no doubt in my mind here will be separate formations/detachments for fielding lots of DC/SG

@WayneTheGame: I know right? Crazy.

 Redemption wrote:

 Hulksmash wrote:
**Nevermind** It wasn't blanked out anymore and I didn't read further.

I can't seem to find it now but wasn't there a flesh tearer formation with like 1 assault squad, 1 vanguard squad, 2 tacitcal squads and a dreadnought or something. I remember seeing it but I can't find the info anywhere. I thought it was supposed to be one of the WD exclusives but they only list 4 and it isn't there...

It's right there on the first page of this thread with all the WD pics.

Actually it's not. The one I'm referring to didn't have a stormraven and had tactical marines. Which I don't think the one on page 1 has. Maybe I'm wrong though. But I remember seeing a clear picture of the formation at some point.

 Hulksmash wrote:
Actually it's not. The one I'm referring to didn't have a stormraven and had tactical marines. Which I don't think the one on page 1 has. Maybe I'm wrong though. But I remember seeing a clear picture of the formation at some point.

WD46?

FLESH TEARERS VANGUARD STRIKE FORCE

ORMATION:

3 Tactical Squads

1 Assault Squad

1 Vanguard Veteran Squad

1 Furioso Dreadnought

RESTRICTIONS:

None.



SPECIAL RULES:

Leading by Example: Whilst this Formation’s Vanguard Veteran squad is alive and on the battlefield, all units in this Formation ignore the penalties for disordered charges (including the penalty described in The Red Thirst, below) and have the Stubborn special rule.

The Red Thirst: In a turn in which a model from this Formation charges into combat, the model adds 1 to its Initiative characteristic until the end of the Assault phase. A model that has made a disordered charge that turn receives no benefit from the The Red Thirst.

That's the one. It was in WD46? I didn't see it when I flipped through it at my FLGS. Oh well. Thanks

Note objective in pics not stratagems, sadly will they still exist?

 Hulksmash wrote:
That's the one. It was in WD46? I didn't see it when I flipped through it at my FLGS. Oh well. Thanks

Yeah, I have the digital one. The one with BA Terms on the front and the 'shred til' they are dead' quote.

Well I'll be darned. Have to double check that but might just pick up the digital one. They didn't even advertise it had it on the cover or on the BL webpage like the normally do.

Can anyone read the rules on the Mephrit Formation for necrons? I can't make it out.

I ... don't understand.

I see a regulation deck of cards in those pictures under the dragon...

I have lost faith in GW if they don't produce a "GW centric" deck of playing cards required for the minigames... Hobbit, WHFB, and 40k themed decks even..

-p