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2015/07/06 19:22:17
Subject: Age of Sigmar 4th July WD leak and new names pg 1
Las wrote: Does anyone have their hands on the fluff book and would they be able to shed some light on this apparent cluster feth of a setting?
It's a very simplified Planescape based off of the 8 winds of magic imagined as 'realms' along with the realm of Chaos as Realm 9, the baddies realm.
Is that all we know? Do we know anything about the other factions, how/where they live and are organized? Or are the realms just different battlefields for the super good guys to fight the super bad guys for reasons?
The factions are still the old Endtimes ones basically but with the added "Grand Alliances":
It might be a screwup as they're organizing (since Undead are "Skeletons, Mummies, Vampires"), but under Destruction its got Troggoth or something as their own.
I hope with the smaller potential games they look into more minor factions in Warhammer. There were some great ones possible (the fact I never got Wolfpriests still upsets me..)
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That's actually pretty cool.
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2015/07/06 19:29:42
Subject: Age of Sigmar 4th July WD leak and new names pg 1
Las wrote: Does anyone have their hands on the fluff book and would they be able to shed some light on this apparent cluster feth of a setting?
It's a very simplified Planescape based off of the 8 winds of magic imagined as 'realms' along with the realm of Chaos as Realm 9, the baddies realm.
Is that all we know? Do we know anything about the other factions, how/where they live and are organized? Or are the realms just different battlefields for the super good guys to fight the super bad guys for reasons?
The factions are still the old Endtimes ones basically but with the added "Grand Alliances":
Not to be a dick, but do you have sources for this? I just find it hard to believe there is still an empire if the old world was destroyed thousands of years ago in the setting.
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2015/07/06 19:30:21
Subject: Age of Sigmar 4th July WD leak and new names pg 1
Las wrote: Does anyone have their hands on the fluff book and would they be able to shed some light on this apparent cluster feth of a setting?
It's a very simplified Planescape based off of the 8 winds of magic imagined as 'realms' along with the realm of Chaos as Realm 9, the baddies realm.
Is that all we know? Do we know anything about the other factions, how/where they live and are organized? Or are the realms just different battlefields for the super good guys to fight the super bad guys for reasons?
The factions are still the old Endtimes ones basically but with the added "Grand Alliances":
Not to be a dick, but do you have sources for this? I just find it hard to believe there is still an empire if the old world was destroyed thousands of years ago in the setting.
Main site has the factions listed if you filter under each "Grand Alliance". It could be a placeholder until they properly come up with the new Empire-equivalent though. All Warscrolls for those factions also have that Keyword on their units (IE: Order on all Empire ones.)
Also the pictures we've seen has some Empire units fighting next to Sigmarites, and they're painted similarly, so I assume fractions of the Empire still exist out there in the realms or some sort of new Empire based on the old ones does.
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Agent_Tremolo wrote: The Empire is now called the Free People or something AFAIK.
You know what I find kinda cool about that? There were Bret units with Free People keyword too and I didn't think twice about it. So they probably merged Brets/Empire into a new faction they're calling under that banner, similar to how all the Elf subfactions are now just Elves.
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I'd give that a look. Though I'm hoping it's not as rubbish as the Force Requisition feature in the new 40K codexes. My Necron codex just wouldn't work at all in that regard. I built a list but couldn't remove anything from it. Though now Apple have released the iOS 8.4 patch(which also updated iBooks), it appears to have reset its brain and works properly for now.
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2015/07/06 19:41:25
Subject: Age of Sigmar 4th July WD leak and new names pg 1
That reeks of "BRB"... but we expressly know not to expect one yet, right?
The sources have been split both ways on that one. Mikhaila's trade sources say this is it (no brb). Some rumor mongers say this was a boardgame (obviously wrong) and others say this was the starter set (my belief).
It's not the BRB, it's a... campaignish thing. 32 warscrolls, a few scenarios, pretty pictures.
The old meta is dead and the new meta struggles to be born. Now is the time of munchkins.
2015/07/06 19:42:07
Subject: Age of Sigmar 4th July WD leak and new names pg 1
I actually think the thing I'll like most about this system is the homebrew potential. I can definitely see myself writing up some scnearios or even custom warscrolls down the line for people to use.
That reeks of "BRB"... but we expressly know not to expect one yet, right?
The sources have been split both ways on that one. Mikhaila's trade sources say this is it (no brb). Some rumor mongers say this was a boardgame (obviously wrong) and others say this was the starter set (my belief).
It's not the BRB, it's a... campaignish thing. 32 warscrolls, a few scenarios, pretty pictures.
Source?
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2015/07/06 19:51:48
Subject: Age of Sigmar 4th July WD leak and new names pg 1
Razor Sharp Beaks and Claws Range: 1"; Attacks: 2; To Hit: 4+; To Wound: 4+; Rend: 1; Damage: 1
Description: A unit of Baby Demigryph Pack may have any number of models. They are armed with Razor Sharp Beaks and Claws.
Baby Demigryph Alpha: The leader of this unit is a Baby Demigryph Alpha. It makes 3 attacks instead of 2.
Abilities:
Disarmingly Cute: Each time a model in this unit hits, if you flap your arms like wings and make baby chick noises while spinning in circles with your pants around your ankles, you may cause D6 Mortal Wounds instead of making the normal To Wound roll. If you weren't wearing underpants when you drop your pants and manage to avoid arrest for Indecent Exposure, you may cause 6D6 Mortal Wounds instead.
2015/07/06 19:54:21
Subject: Re:Age of Sigmar 4th July WD leak and new names pg 1
Or the same pic we've seen for the last couple days.
Yeah that's just like, your opinion man.
From the initial Age of Sigmar news thread, when its "feature" list was first confirmed:
Kid_Kyoto wrote:
It's like a train wreck. But one made from two circus trains colliding.
A collosal, terrible, flaming, hysterical train wreck with burning clowns running around spraying it with seltzer bottles while ring masters cry out how everything is fine and we should all come in while the dancing elephants lurch around leaving trails of blood behind them.
How could I look away?
2015/07/06 19:56:46
Subject: Age of Sigmar 4th July WD leak and new names pg 1
The army builder is very intriguing for a game you don't currently write lists for.
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2015/07/06 20:03:17
Subject: Age of Sigmar 4th July WD leak and new names pg 1
Some people are whining about really silly things tbh. The newer pictures haven't been circulating that long and I'm just now seeing them today (social life.. I know). The images in the store honestly do have me feeling better about the Sigmarines.
I primarily play with my son.. so I really don't feel that bad about this release. If I was still more of a tournament player, yeah.. this is definitely not something I could see for that... but my son has a hard time against me and maybe a ruleset where he can just pile on whatever he wants is what we need for him to be able to enjoy the game.. whatever.. I'm in this to collect models, push those models around, and have a bit of fun. I don't see anything so far to make me feel like I would be unable to have fun playing this ruleset. What I do see is that playing this from a WAAC standpoint would be nerve-wracking.. and I am laughing quietly about that to myself.
Razor Sharp Beaks and Claws Range: 1"; Attacks: 2; To Hit: 4+; To Wound: 4+; Rend: 1; Damage: 1
Description: A unit of Baby Demigryph Pack may have any number of models. They are armed with Razor Sharp Beaks and Claws.
Baby Demigryph Alpha: The leader of this unit is a Baby Demigryph Alpha. It makes 3 attacks instead of 2.
Abilities:
Disarmingly Cute: Each time a model in this unit hits, if you flap your arms like wings and make baby chick noises while spinning in circles with your pants around your ankles, you may cause D6 Mortal Wounds instead of making the normal To Wound roll. If you weren't wearing underpants when you drop your pants and manage to avoid arrest for Indecent Exposure, you may cause 6D6 Mortal Wounds instead.
I dunno. I think the should be Save: 5+ and Brave: 6 and just one attack each. Oh, and add, "if your opponent is able to take a picture of you doing this and post it to any social media outlet, you win the game....but they win the war."
Six mistakes mankind keeps making century after century: Believing that personal gain is made by crushing others; Worrying about things that cannot be changed or corrected; Insisting that a thing is impossible because we cannot accomplish it; Refusing to set aside trivial preferences; Neglecting development and refinement of the mind; Attempting to compel others to believe and live as we do
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