Deathwatch Overkill (Deathwatch vs Genestealer cult board game) - 40k rules, free download pg1

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Kavish wrote:
deadairis wrote:

It's a solid game but man, it's tough to advance without spending money. The pay chokepoints are too clear to feel good.

It hasn't cost me anything. You know you can re-play levels for loot and xp right?

Agreed. I've not paid anything extra towards it, I just replay some levels and sell off the unwanted gear and team members

**Ashiraya**

Maybe it's an Eldar genestealer cult. Genestealers are hardly specialised to target humans, no?

No, I know, of course it will be human cultists. But it is a cool idea.

**Sinful Hero**

Ashiraya wrote:
Maybe it's an Eldar genestealer cult. Genestealers are hardly specialised to target humans, no?

No, I know, of course it will be human cultists. But it is a cool idea.

Actually, is there any fluff regarding a Gene Cult with any race other than humans?

**Matt.Kingsley**

There is.
From memory it states it's possible, but rarer because most races are more resistant and aren't as numerous or spread out or just don't reproduce fast enough.

**Slinky**

There was definitely at least one Ork hybrid model.

**Zroll**

During Rouge Trader one of the ork books ”Freebooterz” had a genestealers hybrid mob, for orks to use. It contained ork hybrids, ork genestealers and orky orks, they had different stats from the human species.

**Rayvon**

I remember I had orc hybrids chilling with my coven.

I am really looking forward to seeing what the new hybrids are all about, monopose is good as long as the poses are decent.

I just hope its not all dancers jumping off rocks with one leg in the air like a lot of the new stuff.

**Verviedi**

The novel "Redemption Corps" features an Ork Genestealer cult. Basically they become smart Orks with pseudo-Synapse.

**Hybrid Son Of Oxayotl**

Verviedi wrote:
smart Orks

What does that even mean? Are they like Orkimedes? Or are they just less humorous?

**Nicorex**

One of the Cain novels ended with an "Infected (Implanted) Tau" being taken back to his people.

**highlord tamburlaine**

I think one of the Cain novels had a Cult eventually infect a Tau sept that was also on planet, or the Cult was in the process of getting them infected.

They never went into much detail about it unfortunately, and I thought it was an interesting idea.

**gorgon**

Sinful Hero wrote:
Ashiraya wrote:
Maybe it's an Eldar genestealer cult. Genestealers are hardly specialised to target humans, no?

No, I know, of course it will be human cultists. But it is a cool idea.

Actually, is there any fluff regarding a Gene Cult with any race other than humans?

IIRC, the fluff also mentioned that Eldar Genestealer hybrids were possible, but it could be up to 20 generations of hybrids before purestrains were born.

**Warhams-77**

Infestation of Orks and Eldar is known in the fluff. I'm not sure sure about Ogryns, Squats and other (ab)human factions

For those who would like to read the Genestealer Cult fluff - the first pages of the original army list (White Dwarf 114) and the story of Dryaktylus (WD 118)

Spoiler:

NSFW (mild gore)

Spoiler:

**Tyran**

Any biological race can be infected by a Genestealer, but humans are the most common ones.

**ShaneTB**

That art brings back a lot of memories.

**Warhams-77**

Paul Murphy

Spoiler:

**Kesher**

Via Captain Citadel 2-17-2016

http://forum.spikeybits.com/showthread.php?21941-Genestealer-Cult-vs-Deathwatch-Roundup

A mate of mine passed along that GW has blacked out the following dates for their store employees: Feb 28, Apr 16, and May 7th. I assume that means big releases on those dates.

**ShaneTB**

Feb 28th is a Sunday.

**Nostromodamus**

Ork hybrids were a thing before the fungal reproduction cycle was a thing, I wonder if it still works for them?

If it does, Orks would be the ideal host species, as they reproduce insanely fast and would theoretically produce purestrains at a quicker rate due to Genestealer DNA being present in the singular "parent", no diluting it with non-infected.

Also the physical characteristics and latent psychic power would be beneficial.

**gorgon**

That's why they update old fluff.

**Sinful Hero**

Thanks For the informative Hybrid replies all!

**Zwan1One**

Nostromodamus wrote:
Ork hybrids were a thing before the fungal reproduction cycle was a thing, I wonder if it still works for them?

If it does, Orks would be the ideal host species, as they reproduce insanely fast and would theoretically produce purestrains at a quicker rate due to Genestealer DNA being present in the singular "parent", no diluting it with non-infected.

Also the physical characteristics and latent psychic power would be beneficial.

Unfortunately anything un-orky would most likely be killed early in its life, making it hard for a cult to take root. Which is also why ork chaos cults never get too far before getting shut down.

**CURNOW**

Well orks are all ready synapse creatures lol the more of them the more waaagh energy put out .it would be funny if genestealers didn't like the taste of them and they couldn't get infected. They are supposed to be the old ones universal cure after all .

**Lord Scythican**

With Genestealer cults just around the corner, I think that this vehicle would make a great counts as for one of these:

Kid_Kyoto wrote:

http://stores.ebay.com/montastore?_trksid=p2047675.l2563

**highlord tamburlaine**

Man, do those rules and fluff ever bring back memories.

Thanks for the feels!

Now, about someone hurrying up and leaking some pictures already...

**Lance845**

Ive been looking at those cars for months waiting for genestealer cults to show up.

**aka_mythos**

I thought they had already retconned the other genestealer hybrids when they effectively had nids absorbing the biomass of orks to make the spore launching biovores and Eldar to make Zoanthropes?

**Sinful Hero**

aka_mythos wrote:
I thought they had already retconned the other genestealer hybrids when they effectively had nids absorbing the biomass of orks to make the spore launching biovores and Eldar to make Zoanthropes?

That's older fluff from the 4th dex that's mostly been abandoned(the Biovores from Orks and Zoanthropes from Eldar).

**aka_mythos**

Good bye old fluff, long live older fluff!

**Warhams-77**

Great cars, thanks, bookmarked

Bryan Ansell still has the original Cult from the Studio. In 2012 Mr. Casey from The Eldritch Epistles blog could inspect them

http://eldritchepistles.blogspot.de/2013/06/bryan-ansells-genestealer-cult.html

Also revealing how they did the BTTF 'wheels' on the skimmer Limo. Easy

Windshield skyline for proper pimp cars

Second car - unreleased RT prototype Tyranid - metal hybrids