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 Kanluwen wrote:

 JohnHwangDD wrote:
2 basic Knights + 1 Warden sprue

Y'know, I'm not sure about that now.

The photos in WD show both of them having rocket pods--which isn't doable if it's 2 basic Knights+1 Warden sprue. There's only one rocket pod body on the Warden sprue and the basic Knight sprue, unless recut, does not have it.

But then, the last picture for "Turn 5" removes the rocket pod...

For whatever reason, there's no snapshot of Page 3 of White Dwarf, which reads on the sidebar below the picture of the box contents:

The contents of the box, including an Imperial Knight and an Imperial Knight Warden, a ruined Sanctum Imperialis, two reference cards (one each for the Litany of Destruction and Ever-Stalwart), a transfer sheet, and an eight page booklet containing rules and missions for knightly duels in the 41st Millennium.

Pictured above, on the box and the box contents are two knights: one assembled with a rocket pod, one with the twin Icarus autocannon(which you can do with 1 warden sprue and 2 original IK set of sprues), a crater, and what looks like 2 buildings built from 1 Sanctum Imperialis set. And a blue die and red die

There is also a little piece of rubble or a crater that is cut off at the bottom of the picture. Oh yeah, Icarus guy is equipped with a left-handed chainsword and battlecannon, and the rocket pod knight has the thunderstrike gauntlet and a right-handed chainsword.

Is it one of the same transfer sheets we've had before, or a new one?

Decently priced models
Actual battle reports
A conversion article posted in a GW-made publication

No wonder canada has been in a freaking snowstorm for the past two months, hell froze over (and it's apparently under Ontario)!

But seriously, if the boxed game is also good too, then GW would have hit the motherload with this one, and would have finally earned some brownie points from me.

Erren wrote:
Is it one of the same transfer sheets we've had before, or a new one?

New, containing decals for a Knight fallen to Chaos.

 Kanluwen wrote:

 JohnHwangDD wrote:
2 basic Knights + 1 Warden sprue

Y'know, I'm not sure about that now.

The photos in WD show both of them having rocket pods--which isn't doable if it's 2 basic Knights+1 Warden sprue. There's only one rocket pod body on the Warden sprue and the basic Knight sprue, unless recut, does not have it.

The text mentions that they opted to play with the knight built to tie in with the iOS game rather than the one in the box and that Renegade contains rules for using your own load outs of knights in the game.

hopefully that loadout variety carries over into the datasheet and Chaos can finally get in on that sweet sweet Rocket Pod/Thunderstrike goodness in regular 40K

So just to recap is this a kind of game mode to play with knights in a duel like scenario ?

Yes. Reading the report it looks like it's 99% copied over from Godbreaker Clash, which is a one-on-one giant stompy robot duelling game. The rules are fundamentally different to 40k, and include aiming for and taking out specific bits of an opposing unit (weapons, leg joints, etc).

The initial version in White Dwarf included rules for an Imperial Knight and a Stormsurge Ballistic Suit, and although there's no indication there's any mention of the latter in the box, having a 'bolt on' for each of models for which they have the 'flat colour frontal artwork'* would be fairly quick and easy.

I think that gives you Imperial Knight, Stormsurge, Wraithknight, Gorkanaut/Morkanaut. I'm not sure if similar artwork exists for either the Lord Of Skulls or the Bloodthirster - it's probably in Khorne Daemonkin if it exists - can anyone confirm?


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This style:

 Mymearan wrote:
Did anyone notice the maps? Pretty sure this is the first proper battle report, with detailed turn-by-turn synopsis and maps, in several years...

Haha, I came here to comment the exact same thing. The maps are so super old school they must have dragged their map maker out of retirement for this.

Love it, and I hope we get more battle reports in the future!

 Bottle wrote:
The maps are so super old school they must have dragged their map maker out of retirement for this.

GW realised they had a Battle Report Cartographics Department:

locarno24 wrote:

So just to recap is this a kind of game mode to play with knights in a duel like scenario ?

Yes.

I think that gives you Imperial Knight, Stormsurge, Wraithknight, Gorkanaut/Morkanaut.

If it goes by the Freeblade game, we'll need to see Forgeworld give rules for their Great Brass Scorpion, Decimator and Mega-Dread. And GW will need to give rules for the Lord of Skulls. Plus, we'll need rules for the Stompa. And the Heldrake.

 JohnHwangDD wrote:

locarno24 wrote:

So just to recap is this a kind of game mode to play with knights in a duel like scenario ?

Yes.

I think that gives you Imperial Knight, Stormsurge, Wraithknight, Gorkanaut/Morkanaut.

If it goes by the Freeblade game, we'll need to see Forgeworld give rules for their Great Brass Scorpion, Decimator and Mega-Dread. And GW will need to give rules for the Lord of Skulls. Plus, we'll need rules for the Stompa. And the Heldrake.

Would be fantastic if they included a Hierodule as well.

While I won't be getting this, it sounds like a great deal to move some product.

from warseer



is Godbreaker Clash game with another name

Boy they are hitting PP right in the cookies lately.

Love this.

Does it come with the crater(s) as well, since they speak of a 'wartorn battlefield'? Would be nice.

So.. sorry if I'm late to the party, but does this give us rules for chaos knights? I'm using the rules from forgeworld for my current one, but rules for the melee variant would be nice..

This clears up my Kytan or Knight debate I was putting myself through...

Imperial Knight, painted red with skulls, and use it as either Loyalist or Traitor!

Chaos star transfers a chaos knight do not make! No spikes? No warped blitz? Pah! If only FW sold the chaos knight bits without the plastic vanilla knight bits.

I wonder what rules they'll add to the Chaos Knight datasheet to make it worse than the Imperial one?

 Abadabadoobaddon wrote:
I wonder what rules they'll add to the Chaos Knight datasheet to make it worse than the Imperial one?

Is it bad that I was thinking the same thing?

I bet you need to roll on a table and if it's +3 he shoots your own army.

So we are thinking the Renegade Knight has the exact same rules as an Imperial Knight Warden? Or is he some named knight?

 Virules wrote:
So we are thinking the Renegade Knight has the exact same rules as an Imperial Knight Warden? Or is he some named knight?

In the game, it is a named knight, though there are rules for custom loadouts. I don't think there is much known about a potential Chaos Knight datasheet.

Apologies if it's already been stated, but is this up for pre-order tomorrow? Or the week after?

 Lockark wrote:

 Abadabadoobaddon wrote:
I wonder what rules they'll add to the Chaos Knight datasheet to make it worse than the Imperial one?

Is it bad that I was thinking the same thing?

I bet you need to roll on a table and if it's +3 he shoots your own army.

Brilliant! That rule could reflect the effect of his wonky eye.

And maybe his ion shield is daemonically possessed so you need to beseech the dark gods in order to use it - roll on a table to determine the facing:

1-2 Front
3 Left
4 Right
5 Rear
6 Inverted! The entire enemy army gains a 4+ invulnerable save against all his shooting.

So, does this box have full rules for play? Literal buy the box and it has everything needed?

 MajorWesJanson wrote:

 Virules wrote:
So we are thinking the Renegade Knight has the exact same rules as an Imperial Knight Warden? Or is he some named knight?

In the game, it is a named knight, though there are rules for custom loadouts. I don't think there is much known about a potential Chaos Knight datasheet.

According to the WD article, the box contains both a Chaos Knight datasheet and a detachment for use in Chaos armies.


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 Fenrir Kitsune wrote:
So, does this box have full rules for play? Literal buy the box and it has everything needed?

No rules for standard Knights in 40k. You'll need the codex for that.

Awesome!!! Wonder if the detachment has bonuses or is just 1 Knight.

 EnTyme wrote:

 MajorWesJanson wrote:


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 Fenrir Kitsune wrote:
So, does this box have full rules for play? Literal buy the box and it has everything needed?

No rules for standard Knights in 40k. You'll need the codex for that.

No interest in 40K, all interest is in if this box is a stand alone.

 Fenrir Kitsune wrote:

 EnTyme wrote:

 MajorWesJanson wrote:


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 Fenrir Kitsune wrote:
So, does this box have full rules for play? Literal buy the box and it has everything needed?

No rules for standard Knights in 40k. You'll need the codex for that.

No interest in 40K, all interest is in if this box is a stand alone.

Everything you need for the game is in the box. Say what you want about GW, they do their specialty games right. I honestly expect to see rules for other GMCs and SHVs to be added later.