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2016/05/09 12:56:01
Subject: Age of Sigmar News & Rumours ~ Silver Tower 5/14 Pre-Order
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zedmeister wrote: Fenrir Kitsune wrote:
Not seeing a roleplay book listed in the contents? "Guide" (rules?) book and Adventure Quest book.
No, I had a second look at the adventure book and it appears quite thin - I can see the staples. It'd be a pity if they didn't include something like the Roleplay book like the original including linked campaigns as well as leveling up. Not to mention stats for every beastie they had at the time...
Major omission to the "new edition" of the game, if its not in there. I spent most of my WHQ reading time in that book alone and it + warrior packs were the source of the games gold.
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2016/05/09 13:06:15
Subject: Age of Sigmar News & Rumours ~ Silver Tower 5/14 Pre-Order
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The Last Chancer Who Survived
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The priest is ok, but what who cares when he has little gryphound pet? That makes 2 for my sigmarines now. I think I'll name him Scruffy.
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2016/05/09 13:11:09
Subject: Re:Age of Sigmar News & Rumours ~ Silver Tower 5/14 Pre-Order
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What I really like is that these heroes are archetypes. That means it can be used to make your own hero with its own name and story. Same for the "monsters", they sound more like a generic entry for armies than unique characters.
Seems like the white dwarf will have some means to use even more heroes in it (it says it is described page 30).
The setting of this box is clearly the Silver Tower. I don't expect full rules to use others settings, since I'm pretty sure the tiles are very specifics.
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2016/05/09 13:15:51
Subject: Re:Age of Sigmar News & Rumours ~ Silver Tower 5/14 Pre-Order
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Fixture of Dakka
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I might have to fall off the cliff to buy this game just for the chaos champion alone.
figures look really good, though I'm not really digging the game itself. I have to think that these are some of GW's best works, aside from the skewered backstory and ... uh... interesting.... questlines.
I'd be so far as to take that chaos guy in, just to kill everyone else, and take their stuff, just to leave and come back with a whole bunch of new meat.. er companions and repeat the process.
Grudgingly, I'm honestly looking at a buy in to get the chaos guys......
It takes Blood for the Blood god to a whole new level. Automatically Appended Next Post: Sarouan wrote:What I really like is that these heroes are archetypes. That means it can be used to make your own hero with its own name and story. Same for the "monsters", they sound more like a generic entry for armies than unique characters.
Seems like the white dwarf will have some means to use even more heroes in it (it says it is described page 30).
The setting of this box is clearly the Silver Tower. I don't expect full rules to use others settings, since I'm pretty sure the tiles are very specifics.
Which means.... Expansions. whoohoo!!!
When we played Warhammer Quest, we ended up using who we wanted, with minor alterations, figures were easy to insert, if you did not go too overboard on stat padding.
Quest was versatile enough, as well, that you could use the expansion material and add in who you wanted. I distinctly remember using a Grot in one game. He ended up ganking a couple of the players and becoming the life of the party as people started rooting for him. ( I might have to try that one with one of these spiderbabies.)
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2016/05/09 13:31:19
Subject: Age of Sigmar News & Rumours ~ Silver Tower 5/14 Pre-Order
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Mighty Vampire Count
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BrotherGecko wrote:I really enjoy that the warpriest is sculpted to be a black man features wise. GW usually just skin color swaps models but this one seems to be deliberately sculpted, which is a nice touch I think.
Agreed
Is the Mistweaver male or female - I cant quite tell from the pic? Same with the Shard?
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I AM A MARINE PLAYER
"Unimaginably ancient xenos artefact somewhere on the planet, hive fleet poised above our heads, hidden 'stealer broods making an early start....and now a bloody Chaos cult crawling out of the woodwork just in case we were bored. Welcome to my world, Ciaphas."
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"I will admit that some Primachs like Russ or Horus could have a chance against an unarmed 12 year old novice but, a full Battle Sister??!! One to one? In close combat? Perhaps three Primarchs fighting together... but just one Primarch?" da001
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2016/05/09 13:31:48
Subject: Age of Sigmar News & Rumours ~ Silver Tower 5/14 Pre-Order
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Executing Exarch
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Mistweaver is female according to the text. Shard is male
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2016/05/09 13:43:43
Subject: Age of Sigmar News & Rumours ~ Silver Tower 5/14 Pre-Order
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Fresh-Faced New User
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I notice they say 'the miniatures will be compatible with regular games', plural, but presumably the Tzeentch beastmen, summoner, wizard guys and the heroes won't be compatible with 40k. What are the odds of 40k rules for the brimstone and blue horrors, and does anyone who can read French know if Ogroid is a demon?
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2016/05/09 13:44:11
Subject: Age of Sigmar News & Rumours ~ Silver Tower 5/14 Pre-Order
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Mighty Vampire Count
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Thanks That's kinda what I thought but it was hard to tell
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I AM A MARINE PLAYER
"Unimaginably ancient xenos artefact somewhere on the planet, hive fleet poised above our heads, hidden 'stealer broods making an early start....and now a bloody Chaos cult crawling out of the woodwork just in case we were bored. Welcome to my world, Ciaphas."
Inquisitor Amberley Vail, Ordo Xenos
"I will admit that some Primachs like Russ or Horus could have a chance against an unarmed 12 year old novice but, a full Battle Sister??!! One to one? In close combat? Perhaps three Primarchs fighting together... but just one Primarch?" da001
www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/list/528517.page
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2016/05/09 13:49:18
Subject: Age of Sigmar News & Rumours ~ Silver Tower 5/14 Pre-Order
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Executing Exarch
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Scylla wrote:I notice they say 'the miniatures will be compatible with regular games', plural, but presumably the Tzeentch beastmen, summoner, wizard guys and the heroes won't be compatible with 40k. What are the odds of 40k rules for the brimstone and blue horrors, and does anyone who can read French know if Ogroid is a demon?
No I hhink he's just an evil Sorcerer. He's an underling of the Gaunt Summoner leading his troops into battle.
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2016/05/09 13:53:20
Subject: Age of Sigmar News & Rumours ~ Silver Tower 5/14 -pics page 3
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Kanluwen wrote:Binabik15 wrote:A guy on warseer says that according to Atia those are not Skaven but four legged spider goblins.
Squinting really hard I think I see four legs and two arms as well on the little buggers. Interesting.
I've seen NOTHING on Atia's blog suggesting that, so...he's full of crap.
Because they're Skaven, you can see that pretty clearly without needing to squint.
I guess my squint-Fu is strong
I don't like the grot as goblins, I prefer the Brian Nelson gobbos with huge heads, but with skulls, human heads and some gribbly bits or lanterns to look like angler fish, yeah, they'd fit right in. One will walk on four hands instead of feet, of course.
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2016/05/09 14:09:54
Subject: Age of Sigmar News & Rumours ~ Silver Tower 5/14 Pre-Order
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Repentia Mistress
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BrotherGecko wrote:
Okay never having played the original and not knowing exactly what the new is supposed to be, would this be a good game for say a game night with friends/brothers? Is it something that is played in an evening ...?
If it's like the original, exactly that.
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2016/05/09 14:23:55
Subject: Age of Sigmar News & Rumours ~ Silver Tower 5/14 Pre-Order
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Longtime Dakkanaut
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Fenrir Kitsune wrote: zedmeister wrote: Fenrir Kitsune wrote:
Not seeing a roleplay book listed in the contents? "Guide" (rules?) book and Adventure Quest book.
No, I had a second look at the adventure book and it appears quite thin - I can see the staples. It'd be a pity if they didn't include something like the Roleplay book like the original including linked campaigns as well as leveling up. Not to mention stats for every beastie they had at the time...
Major omission to the "new edition" of the game, if its not in there. I spent most of my WHQ reading time in that book alone and it + warrior packs were the source of the games gold.
A point raised on another board is that GW have licensed RPG stuff for Warhammer to Fantasy Flight for the near-term.
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2016/05/09 14:26:50
Subject: Age of Sigmar News & Rumours ~ Silver Tower 5/14 Pre-Order
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privateer4hire wrote: Fenrir Kitsune wrote: zedmeister wrote: Fenrir Kitsune wrote:
Not seeing a roleplay book listed in the contents? "Guide" (rules?) book and Adventure Quest book.
No, I had a second look at the adventure book and it appears quite thin - I can see the staples. It'd be a pity if they didn't include something like the Roleplay book like the original including linked campaigns as well as leveling up. Not to mention stats for every beastie they had at the time...
Major omission to the "new edition" of the game, if its not in there. I spent most of my WHQ reading time in that book alone and it + warrior packs were the source of the games gold.
A point raised on another board is that GW have licensed RPG stuff for Warhammer to Fantasy Flight for the near-term.
That would be the reason then. But I wonder if there will be any advancement opportunities post quest? Ideally fantasy flight would release a tie in roleplay book.
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2016/05/09 14:44:14
Subject: Age of Sigmar News & Rumours ~ Silver Tower 5/14 Pre-Order
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ShaneTB wrote: BrotherGecko wrote:
Okay never having played the original and not knowing exactly what the new is supposed to be, would this be a good game for say a game night with friends/brothers? Is it something that is played in an evening ...?
If it's like the original, exactly that.
Righteous! I may just have to pick this up then.
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2016/05/09 14:44:16
Subject: Re:Age of Sigmar News & Rumours ~ Silver Tower 5/14 Pre-Order
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Using Object Source Lighting
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OMG spider gobbos
Yep Love the new GW direction and AoS and WHQ are just a clear examples on how to spice up the stagnant WFB.
My head is already thinking on converting some spider clan gobbos!
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2016/05/09 14:45:06
Subject: Age of Sigmar News & Rumours ~ Silver Tower 5/14 Pre-Order
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RogueSangre
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I dont think you need a proper RPG book, just a set of advanced rules for character levelling, travel, travelling to towns / taverns and randomally generating dungeons.
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2016/05/09 14:58:29
Subject: Age of Sigmar News & Rumours ~ Silver Tower 5/14 Pre-Order
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Owns Whole Set of Skullz Techpriests
Versteckt in den Schatten deines Geistes.
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Campaign rules, as opposed to RPG rules. I don't think I've ever used the RPG rules in Quest, but the campaign rules? All the damned time. Those campaign rules are one of the reasons why my group says that Quest isn't fair (and we're fine with that). The "random town event" table and especially the "walk back to town" table are just brutal.
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2016/05/09 15:21:00
Subject: Age of Sigmar News & Rumours ~ Silver Tower 5/14 Pre-Order
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Rampaging Reaver Titan Princeps
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H.B.M.C. wrote:Campaign rules, as opposed to RPG rules. I don't think I've ever used the RPG rules in Quest, but the campaign rules? All the damned time. Those campaign rules are one of the reasons why my group says that Quest isn't fair (and we're fine with that). The "random town event" table and especially the "walk back to town" table are just brutal.
God yeah, it keeps me playing. Also, especially enjoy the sailing journey chart to Lustria from White Dwarf and the dodgy Captain with an eye patch you swear was on his other eye earlier!
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2016/05/09 15:30:04
Subject: Age of Sigmar News & Rumours ~ Silver Tower 5/14 Pre-Order
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Fixture of Dakka
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There might be expansions, but the example set by Space Hulk and the other recent board games would suggest otherwise. Until I see otherwise, I'm assuming the game will be a single box, with the odd extra mission in White Dwarf on occasion.
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2016/05/09 15:36:12
Subject: Age of Sigmar News & Rumours ~ Silver Tower 5/14 Pre-Order
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Enigmatic Chaos Sorcerer
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I'm expecting White Dwarf and PDF support for existing kits. I'll be happy with that.
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2016/05/09 15:40:20
Subject: Re:Age of Sigmar News & Rumours ~ Silver Tower 5/14 Pre-Order
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Grey Knight Psionic Stormraven Pilot
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Tzeentch models are top notch.
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2016/05/09 15:56:50
Subject: Age of Sigmar News & Rumours ~ Silver Tower 5/14 Pre-Order
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Thermo-Optical Hac Tao
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I don't usually like Tzeentch, but looking at these models I couldn't for the life of me tell you why...
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2016/05/09 16:00:32
Subject: Re:Age of Sigmar News & Rumours ~ Silver Tower 5/14 Pre-Order
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Experienced Saurus Scar-Veteran
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I could see them doing something like the battletomes for adding existing figures in.
While I'd certainly like that stuff to be included with the game, it seems like it won't be.
I'm wondering if there will be any sort of out of dungeon progression or events available. Or purchasable gear.
Maybe they'll surprise us and have an add for such a book on the back of the rulebooks.
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2016/05/09 16:02:33
Subject: Age of Sigmar News & Rumours ~ Silver Tower 5/14 Pre-Order
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Norn Queen
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Is Silver Tower basically like a Warhammer Quest style game?
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Dman137 wrote:
goobs is all you guys will ever be
By 1-irt: Still as long as Hissy keeps showing up this is one of the most entertaining threads ever.
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2016/05/09 16:03:14
Subject: Age of Sigmar News & Rumours ~ Silver Tower 5/14 Pre-Order
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Grey Knight Psionic Stormraven Pilot
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Ratius wrote:Is Silver Tower basically like a Warhammer Quest style game?
Yes.
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2016/05/09 16:04:19
Subject: Age of Sigmar News & Rumours ~ Silver Tower 5/14 Pre-Order
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Norn Queen
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Sweet, thanks.
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Dman137 wrote:
goobs is all you guys will ever be
By 1-irt: Still as long as Hissy keeps showing up this is one of the most entertaining threads ever.
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2016/05/09 16:13:17
Subject: Age of Sigmar News & Rumours ~ Silver Tower 5/14 Pre-Order
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Is this game fully cooperative, or does someone play the bad guys? I guess it must be cooperative if the max number of player is 4, and we know the max group size is 4 heroes. But it also says the minimum number of players is 2, and if it were fully cooperative you could play solo.
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2016/05/09 16:26:04
Subject: Age of Sigmar News & Rumours ~ Silver Tower 5/14 Pre-Order
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The Daemon Possessing Fulgrim's Body
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IIRC WHQ had one DM and then the other players shared the adventurers, but it's been a looong time, so I may be wrong.
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2016/05/09 16:28:31
Subject: Age of Sigmar News & Rumours ~ Silver Tower 5/14 Pre-Order
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Fixture of Dakka
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Azreal13 wrote:IIRC WHQ had one DM and then the other players shared the adventurers, but it's been a looong time, so I may be wrong.
It required no DM.
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2016/05/09 16:30:29
Subject: Age of Sigmar News & Rumours ~ Silver Tower 5/14 Pre-Order
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Those Horrors look fantastic. I love the aesthetic! Really excellent evolution on the current Horrors. That big Pink Horror is just amazing, and I love the little Brimstone Horrors.
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