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Do we know how many metal Cypher models GW is sitting on and trying to sell at $17.00 each? If it's a lot, I expect his rules to be amazing!

Just convert your own. Lord knows there are enough bits floating about to do it and do it pretty well.

Very interested in the Cypher stuff (ya know, like erruhbuddy else). Most of the rest i'm lukewarm on, though some of it might be interesting.

Of note though, updated kill-team = awesome.

Given away on t'previous page but for completeness sake.

http://www.blacklibrary.com/2013-advent


Creatures of the chaos wastes and the BL story features Logan Grimnar.

 Ouze wrote:

"This was very handy even back home years ago, when we were hanging out together? He'd know if the quarterback was on coke. He'd know if his girlfriend was knocked up. He'd know the wind velocity for the field goals. He'd know the different bounce you'd get of the different kinds of wood they'd use on college basketball courts, you know? There was nothing about a game he could bet that he wouldn't know. Season after season, the jerk was the only guaranteed winner I ever knew. But he was so serious about it all that that I don't think he ever enjoyed himself. But, that's just the way he was.

Back then, the Chapter Master's didn't give a feth about whether he enjoyed himself or not; to them, he was a cash register. All they had to do was ring the bell and take the money, especially Sicarius, who was a fething degenerate gambler who always lost... I mean, unless Tigurius made his bets."

- Battle Brother Pesci, 2nd Company

Have an Exalt, compliments of the house. And stay out of corn fields.

Direct image if anyone is looking

Seeing as I bought the creatures of the chaos wastes I thought I would buy the new dataslate for it, well that was a waste of money really!, I can use them in any army and they act as ambushers but thats the only rule that is different (although I think the vortex beast now has 5+ regen).

Seems they sell copy-paste parts of Apocalypse and Storm of Magic now as new products "for regular games".
Plus Codex Tigurius of course.

So, nothing for IG, SoB, Orks...just bunch of speca marines...and more space marines...any mooooaaaar space marines...?

No new imperial guard...son, i am disapoint. Also, no new charecters at all as far as i can see. That's a shame.

So, Cypher will get rules (again) and they are now selling Kill team.

Also, would "on contaminated ground" give environmental rules like the DeathWorlds supplement?

 UlrikDecado wrote:
So, nothing for IG, SoB, Orks...just bunch of speca marines...and more space marines...any mooooaaaar space marines...?

You'd think they would have done a dataslate for every army to increase sales.

 Ravenous D wrote:

 UlrikDecado wrote:
So, nothing for IG, SoB, Orks...just bunch of speca marines...and more space marines...any mooooaaaar space marines...?

You'd think they would have done a dataslate for every army to increase sales.

Yeah But to be honest, I would be completely satisfied with just some fluff for IG character or regiment. The stormbolter spam is annoying... "And we will tell you about first love of Dante...and add dataslate for GenericMarineFromWhateverChapterWithAwesomeHeroicFluff! Because everyone loves our powerarmored MarySues!"

xruslanx wrote:
No new imperial guard...son, i am disapoint. Also, no new charecters at all as far as i can see. That's a shame.

My understanding is that the "Warlords of the Dark Millenium" items are basically just fluff and a reprinting of the existing rules.

All of the characters--except for Cypher, who is labeled "Dataslate"--are labeled "Warlords of the Dark Millenium".

 UlrikDecado wrote:

 Ravenous D wrote:

 UlrikDecado wrote:
So, nothing for IG, SoB, Orks...just bunch of speca marines...and more space marines...any mooooaaaar space marines...?

You'd think they would have done a dataslate for every army to increase sales.

Yeah But to be honest, I would be completely satisfied with just some fluff for IG character or regiment. The stormbolter spam is annoying... "And we will tell you about first love of Dante...and add dataslate for GenericMarineFromWhateverChapterWithAwesomeHeroicFluff! Because everyone loves our powerarmored MarySues!"

Not like there is an old IG character who doesn't have rules anymore *Cough* MACHARIUS*Cough*.

I just hope that Cypher can be taken in both C: DA and C: CSM. The DA have to get something eventually and there is Cypher fluff in the codex (he was part of the chapter pre-fall). I just don't wanna get excited and be screwed in the end. I mean I like the model and I love the fluff for Cypher; I want to be able to use him (especially if a fallem supplement is on the way now they have Cypher rules to play off of).

Macharius would have been $ in the bank. Maybe they are waiting for the new IG dex? Here's hoping.

Here I was hoping they would make a new Cypher model.... eh he would have been Finecast anyway. I just love his backstory though and I feel the current model doesn't do him justice.

Now off course it is dissapointing to see that there is not more Dataslates or formations, but when you think about, it it is only the firsts ones to be released.

Now maybe there will be a few released each month, or even each couple of months.

now someone might argue that Dataslates for characters are only characters that have models but no rules for the moment.

Well yes, but why not make new special characters that promote the release of a model, like the recent Psyker or Captain plastic models.

The new plastic clampacks characters could be generic HQ's and then a Dataslate to have some rules if you want to play it a specific way or something.

But then i realise that would be a bit far fetched now does it?...

But i am most certainly sure that we will see new formations has the new codexes comes, and once all codexes are out, to accompagny new kits( i'm still waiting for new Zerkers, Chosens and a Dread kit).

 Kroothawk wrote:
Plus Codex Tigurius of course.

But it has no rules, it's not a codex. eBooks in that series, Warlords of the Dark Millennium, are just fluff pieces on special characters.

8th of December: Eldar Ghost Warriors

http://www.blacklibrary.com/games-workshop-digital-editions/Dataslate-Eldar-Ghost-Warriors.html

Please explain to me how cypher could be in codex dark angels? They spend all their time chasing him, he is a fallen dark angel. They are not going to fight along side him are they? How would it work?

 monkeypuzzle wrote:
Please explain to me how cypher could be in codex dark angels? They spend all their time chasing him, he is a fallen dark angel. They are not going to fight along side him are they? How would it work?

Maybe you take him in your list then hand the model to your opponent and he fields it, then if you kill it you get extra VPs?

 CoteazRox wrote:
8th of December: Eldar Ghost Warriors

http://www.blacklibrary.com/games-workshop-digital-editions/Dataslate-Eldar-Ghost-Warriors.html

Ta.


http://www.blacklibrary.com/horus-heresy/advent-day-eight-kharn-the-eightfold-path-mp3.html

is the link to the Kharn short.

UlrikDecado wrote:So, nothing for IG, SoB, Orks...just bunch of speca marines...and more space marines...any mooooaaaar space marines...?

xruslanx wrote:No new imperial guard...son, i am disapoint. Also, no new charecters at all as far as i can see. That's a shame.

So IG getting half the entries in Escalation is not good enough?

 Kroothawk wrote:

UlrikDecado wrote:So, nothing for IG, SoB, Orks...just bunch of speca marines...and more space marines...any mooooaaaar space marines...?

xruslanx wrote:No new imperial guard...son, i am disapoint. Also, no new charecters at all as far as i can see. That's a shame.

So IG getting half the entries in Escalation is not good enough?

As far as I know, this is already stuff from IA/ FW? I was talking simply about new stuff, new fluff. I dont need new dataslate for superawesomeguardformation, I would settle with simply some fluff think for Macharius, Straken, some regiment...well, anything that isnt gazilionth version of generic guy in PA. So no, its really not enough.

 Kroothawk wrote:

UlrikDecado wrote:So, nothing for IG, SoB, Orks...just bunch of speca marines...and more space marines...any mooooaaaar space marines...?

xruslanx wrote:No new imperial guard...son, i am disapoint. Also, no new charecters at all as far as i can see. That's a shame.

So IG getting half the entries in Escalation is not good enough?

No, since hardly anyone will use escalation. Though it seems that only sixth edition codexes are getting these rules so meh.

People who don't like the FOC free, regular games Apocalypse formations from Escalation probably won't like the FOC free, regular games Apocalypse formation from Dataslades either. So join the queue of people waiting for constructive new additions to their army.

So having bought the Ghost Warriors data slate I must confess to being a little confused as to how the Formation actually works.

There's no restrictions in the rules on the formation's units having to work in coherency or unison that I can see, so I assume you can deploy them wherever you want and have them act independently from their peers? In which case the special rules you gain from purchasing formations seem to work a little...oddly.
I can, for example, deploy a Wraithguard unit from the formation that provides a bubble effect due to their special rules, but exactly the same unit chosen from the normal codex, stood next to it on the table, doesn't. Which is just weird to my mind.

What exactly does the formation do?