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2016/11/23 23:27:34
Subject: Age of Sigmar News & Rumours :p124 general's handbook update
The Tzeentch equivalent to Khorne Bloodbound or Nurgle Rotbringers. Essentially the 'Mortal Tzeentch' faction, as opposed to Tzeentch Daemons or generic Slaves to Darkness.
JohnHwangDD wrote: I'd like:
1. standardization of Monster Wounds (10 or 12, uniform band steps).
2. uniform boosts for hordes
3. optional rules for block infantry
I like the first two points, though I would still think they give armies special little tweeks for their infantry hordes.
Number three, I'm slightly confused about. Do you mean models ranked up in an actual formation like in FB?
PourSpelur wrote: It's fully within the rules for me to look up your Facebook page, find out your dear Mother Gladys is single, take her on a lovely date, and tell you all the details of our hot, sweaty, animal sex during your psychic phase.
I mean, fifty bucks is on the line.
There's no rule that says I can't.
One of the biggest obstacles to doing these weekly updates is because I can only rarely talk about certain projects openly. But, since I got to talk about Book #6 at Black Library Live! 2016, I figure I can discuss it some here as well.
As of today, I’m about 22,000 words into the first draft of Eight Lamentations: Spear of Shadows (AKA Book #6). The book, which is set in Games Workshop’s Age of Sigmar setting, is a high-octane, interdimensional adventure. A band of heroes (some more heroic than others) are sent on a desperate quest for a long-lost daemonic weapon, pursued by vampiric spies, shape-changing assassins, and a murderous champion of the dark gods. Sounds simple enough, right?
Part of the brief for this book was that it include some elements of the intellectual property not yet explored in any detail. To that end, it has so far had scenes with members of the Ironweld Arsenal (an alliance of duardin and human engineers), the Stormcast Eternals of the Sons of Mallus Stormhost (specifically Gaius Greel, last seen in The Realmgate Wars: Fury of Gork), the Bloodbound (cannibalistic Chaos warriors who worship the Blood God), Deathrattle skeletons, Soulblight vampires, the Skaven (nefarious rat-men with a penchant for mad science and treachery), various flavours of duardin (fantasy dwarfs, with a twist or three), shape-changing Arcanites (another type of Chaos warrior, worshippers of the Changer of Ways) and at least one ogor (an ogre). And that’s just in the first quarter of the book.
One of the common criticisms levelled at this particular setting has been its relative lack of depth. We know who the factions are, and why they’re fighting, but not what they’re fighting for. Who and what are the various factions seeking to protect, conquer or devour? Now, anyone who’s read the various tie-in novels, audios and short stories related to the setting probably already has some idea as to the answer to that question.
But with this book, I’m getting the opportunity to really dig into HOW the realms work, and how a city in the Age of Sigmar might function. You want to know what people (and Skaven) eat? Got you covered. Want to know how the sewers work? Weird, but okay. Who patrols the walls? How do they brew beer? What’s a slum like in the Age of Sigmar (short answer: awful)? Where do the rich folks live? What sort of temples do they have? Where do all these people come from, if the armies of the dark gods are constantly attacking? These are all questions I’m hoping to answer. Satisfactorily, if not in detail.
More than that, I’m getting to explore how the various cultures of the mortal realms might interact – can the scion of a noble house of the Celestial Realm get along with a hard-bitten sellsword from the Realm of Metal? What does a librarian in the Realm of Beasts look like? What about a demigryph knight from the Realm of Life?
But, strip all of that away, and its a book about people, and the reasons they do what they do. It’s a book about family and expectation, trust and loyalty.
That’s what I hope, at any rate. But if you want to concentrate on the aerial battles, the giant war machine powered by thousands upon thousands of rats, and the giant spider nesting inside the trunk of a giant tree-citadel, I won’t hold it against you.
Anyway, that’s what I’m working on this week.
Really nice guy and a cracking author too
His "Royal Occultist" stuff is most enjoyable
The poor man really has a stake in the country. The rich man hasn't; he can go away to New Guinea in a yacht. The poor have sometimes objected to being governed badly; the rich have always objected to being governed at all
We love our superheroes because they refuse to give up on us. We can analyze them out of existence, kill them, ban them, mock them, and still they return, patiently reminding us of who we are and what we wish we could be.
"the play's the thing wherein I'll catch the conscience of the king,
One of the biggest obstacles to doing these weekly updates is because I can only rarely talk about certain projects openly. But, since I got to talk about Book #6 at Black Library Live! 2016, I figure I can discuss it some here as well.
As of today, I’m about 22,000 words into the first draft of Eight Lamentations: Spear of Shadows (AKA Book #6). The book, which is set in Games Workshop’s Age of Sigmar setting, is a high-octane, interdimensional adventure. A band of heroes (some more heroic than others) are sent on a desperate quest for a long-lost daemonic weapon, pursued by vampiric spies, shape-changing assassins, and a murderous champion of the dark gods. Sounds simple enough, right?
Part of the brief for this book was that it include some elements of the intellectual property not yet explored in any detail. To that end, it has so far had scenes with members of the Ironweld Arsenal (an alliance of duardin and human engineers), the Stormcast Eternals of the Sons of Mallus Stormhost (specifically Gaius Greel, last seen in The Realmgate Wars: Fury of Gork), the Bloodbound (cannibalistic Chaos warriors who worship the Blood God), Deathrattle skeletons, Soulblight vampires, the Skaven (nefarious rat-men with a penchant for mad science and treachery), various flavours of duardin (fantasy dwarfs, with a twist or three), shape-changing Arcanites (another type of Chaos warrior, worshippers of the Changer of Ways) and at least one ogor (an ogre). And that’s just in the first quarter of the book.
One of the common criticisms levelled at this particular setting has been its relative lack of depth. We know who the factions are, and why they’re fighting, but not what they’re fighting for. Who and what are the various factions seeking to protect, conquer or devour? Now, anyone who’s read the various tie-in novels, audios and short stories related to the setting probably already has some idea as to the answer to that question.
But with this book, I’m getting the opportunity to really dig into HOW the realms work, and how a city in the Age of Sigmar might function. You want to know what people (and Skaven) eat? Got you covered. Want to know how the sewers work? Weird, but okay. Who patrols the walls? How do they brew beer? What’s a slum like in the Age of Sigmar (short answer: awful)? Where do the rich folks live? What sort of temples do they have? Where do all these people come from, if the armies of the dark gods are constantly attacking? These are all questions I’m hoping to answer. Satisfactorily, if not in detail.
More than that, I’m getting to explore how the various cultures of the mortal realms might interact – can the scion of a noble house of the Celestial Realm get along with a hard-bitten sellsword from the Realm of Metal? What does a librarian in the Realm of Beasts look like? What about a demigryph knight from the Realm of Life?
But, strip all of that away, and its a book about people, and the reasons they do what they do. It’s a book about family and expectation, trust and loyalty.
That’s what I hope, at any rate. But if you want to concentrate on the aerial battles, the giant war machine powered by thousands upon thousands of rats, and the giant spider nesting inside the trunk of a giant tree-citadel, I won’t hold it against you.
Anyway, that’s what I’m working on this week.
Really nice guy and a cracking author too
His "Royal Occultist" stuff is most enjoyable
Wow I am REALLY excited for this book this is JUST what the setting needs in my opinion.
2016/11/24 09:11:49
Subject: Age of Sigmar News & Rumours :p124 general's handbook update
I am so looking forward to this one, I love chewing through all the little background details that rarely get mentioned let alone explained. As a side note, for those who like that sort of thing I would recommend the Fyreslayers novel, specifically the last short story which has a lot of insights into how their society functions off the battlefield. There's a bit with a Skaven breeding chamber too, which is suitably monstrous but not in an over-the-top sort of way.
Mymearan wrote: Oh man now I REALLY REALLY want to read that book. Also Ironweld Arsenal and duardin seems right in line with the teaser we had from WH Community.
I still think it might be steamhead but I do think the ironweld are responsible for building sigmar's cities and such and of course such people will be important in developing a setting to understand how things work.
2016/11/24 09:56:44
Subject: Age of Sigmar News & Rumours :p124 general's handbook update
Josh Reynolds has done my favourite Aos stuff so far. I am glad he is becoming the go to guy for Aos. If he can fit half the stuff he mentioned into the new book it will be great.
It is the sky battles bit that has me thinking of the steamhead.
In the story so far the stormcast have been looking for Duardin all over the realm of metal but have not found them. There have also been a few tidbits about lights in the sky above the realm of metal. The earlier rumour about duardin with backpacks and blimps ties in with this. So we will see a largely aerial steamhead army presumably incorporating the old gyrocopters.
This sounds pretty good to me and follows on with their new tendency to mess with conventional sterotypes.
I think there is a good chance we will see something from clan skyre too.
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2016/11/24 11:24:30
Subject: Age of Sigmar News & Rumours :p124 general's handbook update
Wow, I am definitely picking that book up, like others have said, its something this setting really needs now, it needs that grounded insight into actual mortals living in the mortal realms. I haven't read many novels yet but I said before, I love the crazy map designs, but at the moment its hard to really visualise anyone living there. The Asphyxian people and those that survive in caves away from the light so not to attract Minotaurs in 'Balance of Power' was a nice insight. Although, its supposed to be an age ravaged by chaos, I really wanna see more of how these survivors (and villains) have thrived and continue to do so especially since Sigmar has been making footholds in different realms.
Also love how he wants to differentiate between each realm and will be very interesting to see the individual flavours of the realms such as what a warrior from Chamon looks like. Opens up so much modelling potential even by having a free people's force from the realm of beasts compared to the realm of heavens.
NinthMusketeer wrote: I am so looking forward to this one, I love chewing through all the little background details that rarely get mentioned let alone explained. As a side note, for those who like that sort of thing I would recommend the Fyreslayers novel, specifically the last short story which has a lot of insights into how their society functions off the battlefield. There's a bit with a Skaven breeding chamber too, which is suitably monstrous but not in an over-the-top sort of way.
Sweet, thanks for this, putting it on my next to read.
Automatically Appended Next Post: Ok I just read the last part about a giant skaven war machine, an aerial battle and a giant tree citadel, the hype is real.
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Points update, som units dont have the "right" points cost imo. Varanguards are totalt overcosted. Nagash for 900p is over the top. If hes ability to summon double didnt cost point then it would be fair game but now when you still have to pay for em yourself I dont think hes worth 900p even if hes a strong character hes not 900p strong. The sylvaneth bowmen are undercosted for what they bring to the table. So a overhaul of the points cost would get my vote.
One of the biggest obstacles to doing these weekly updates is because I can only rarely talk about certain projects openly. But, since I got to talk about Book #6 at Black Library Live! 2016, I figure I can discuss it some here as well.
As of today, I’m about 22,000 words into the first draft of Eight Lamentations: Spear of Shadows (AKA Book #6). The book, which is set in Games Workshop’s Age of Sigmar setting, is a high-octane, interdimensional adventure. A band of heroes (some more heroic than others) are sent on a desperate quest for a long-lost daemonic weapon, pursued by vampiric spies, shape-changing assassins, and a murderous champion of the dark gods. Sounds simple enough, right?
Part of the brief for this book was that it include some elements of the intellectual property not yet explored in any detail. To that end, it has so far had scenes with members of the Ironweld Arsenal (an alliance of duardin and human engineers), the Stormcast Eternals of the Sons of Mallus Stormhost (specifically Gaius Greel, last seen in The Realmgate Wars: Fury of Gork), the Bloodbound (cannibalistic Chaos warriors who worship the Blood God), Deathrattle skeletons, Soulblight vampires, the Skaven (nefarious rat-men with a penchant for mad science and treachery), various flavours of duardin (fantasy dwarfs, with a twist or three), shape-changing Arcanites (another type of Chaos warrior, worshippers of the Changer of Ways) and at least one ogor (an ogre). And that’s just in the first quarter of the book.
One of the common criticisms levelled at this particular setting has been its relative lack of depth. We know who the factions are, and why they’re fighting, but not what they’re fighting for. Who and what are the various factions seeking to protect, conquer or devour? Now, anyone who’s read the various tie-in novels, audios and short stories related to the setting probably already has some idea as to the answer to that question.
But with this book, I’m getting the opportunity to really dig into HOW the realms work, and how a city in the Age of Sigmar might function. You want to know what people (and Skaven) eat? Got you covered. Want to know how the sewers work? Weird, but okay. Who patrols the walls? How do they brew beer? What’s a slum like in the Age of Sigmar (short answer: awful)? Where do the rich folks live? What sort of temples do they have? Where do all these people come from, if the armies of the dark gods are constantly attacking? These are all questions I’m hoping to answer. Satisfactorily, if not in detail.
More than that, I’m getting to explore how the various cultures of the mortal realms might interact – can the scion of a noble house of the Celestial Realm get along with a hard-bitten sellsword from the Realm of Metal? What does a librarian in the Realm of Beasts look like? What about a demigryph knight from the Realm of Life?
But, strip all of that away, and its a book about people, and the reasons they do what they do. It’s a book about family and expectation, trust and loyalty.
That’s what I hope, at any rate. But if you want to concentrate on the aerial battles, the giant war machine powered by thousands upon thousands of rats, and the giant spider nesting inside the trunk of a giant tree-citadel, I won’t hold it against you.
Anyway, that’s what I’m working on this week.
Really nice guy and a cracking author too
His "Royal Occultist" stuff is most enjoyable
Good god it'd be nice to read about this kind of thing in the AoS setting, finally.
"By this point I'm convinced 100% that every single race in the 40k universe have somehow tapped into the ork ability to just have their tech work because they think it should."
2016/11/25 07:59:50
Subject: Age of Sigmar News & Rumours :p124 general's handbook update
RoninXiC wrote: Yeah, "obviously" they were always meant to be changed. OBVIOUSLY.
Yeah, you're right. Rules should never evolve and feedback from the playerbase is the debil.
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auticus wrote: I love that they are looking for feedback.
I love that they are going to update this thing annually.
I was a bit disappointed to see how the "official or nothing" crowd weren't happy enough with base to base measuring being an optional rule and wanting it to be the only rule.
I was a bit disappointed to see that people want to go back to paying model by model in points (i like being able to create an army list in 30 seconds without having to have an excel sheet or calculator doing minute calculations)
I threw up in my mouth at the number of people on the fb comments clamoring for summoning giving back free points again and how they needed to let you spam summon spells again.
Base to base makes more sense as the standard. From the model should be the optional one. Allowing people to buy units model by model is a good move and allows more people to use more of their models. Can't hurt to have both as equal options there. Buy in singles, lots of 5 or 10 as you like. As long as the costs are equal/model, who cares?
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This weekend, Warhammer TV will be broadcasting live from the Blood and Glory event in Derby UK.
Blood and Glory is one of the largest independent Warhammer Age of Sigmar matched play events in the world.
This is the first time that we’ve done a live-stream from an independent event of this sort, and we’re excited to see how it goes – so be sure to tune in. Blood and Glory is also renowned for the quality of the painted armies, so we’re looking forward to bringing you some of those too.
Of course, this isn’t the only live-stream action we have for you this weekend, as you can also tune into the Blood Bowl Bugman’s Full Beard Cup, live from Warhammer World.
We’re having so much fun with these live-streams, we’re already looking at options to do more in the future, including more independent events and more game systems, particularly – of course – Warhammer 40,000.
Follow us on twitch.
The poor man really has a stake in the country. The rich man hasn't; he can go away to New Guinea in a yacht. The poor have sometimes objected to being governed badly; the rich have always objected to being governed at all
We love our superheroes because they refuse to give up on us. We can analyze them out of existence, kill them, ban them, mock them, and still they return, patiently reminding us of who we are and what we wish we could be.
"the play's the thing wherein I'll catch the conscience of the king,
One of the biggest obstacles to doing these weekly updates is because I can only rarely talk about certain projects openly. But, since I got to talk about Book #6 at Black Library Live! 2016, I figure I can discuss it some here as well.
As of today, I’m about 22,000 words into the first draft of Eight Lamentations: Spear of Shadows (AKA Book #6). The book, which is set in Games Workshop’s Age of Sigmar setting, is a high-octane, interdimensional adventure. A band of heroes (some more heroic than others) are sent on a desperate quest for a long-lost daemonic weapon, pursued by vampiric spies, shape-changing assassins, and a murderous champion of the dark gods. Sounds simple enough, right?
Part of the brief for this book was that it include some elements of the intellectual property not yet explored in any detail. To that end, it has so far had scenes with members of the Ironweld Arsenal (an alliance of duardin and human engineers), the Stormcast Eternals of the Sons of Mallus Stormhost (specifically Gaius Greel, last seen in The Realmgate Wars: Fury of Gork), the Bloodbound (cannibalistic Chaos warriors who worship the Blood God), Deathrattle skeletons, Soulblight vampires, the Skaven (nefarious rat-men with a penchant for mad science and treachery), various flavours of duardin (fantasy dwarfs, with a twist or three), shape-changing Arcanites (another type of Chaos warrior, worshippers of the Changer of Ways) and at least one ogor (an ogre). And that’s just in the first quarter of the book.
One of the common criticisms levelled at this particular setting has been its relative lack of depth. We know who the factions are, and why they’re fighting, but not what they’re fighting for. Who and what are the various factions seeking to protect, conquer or devour? Now, anyone who’s read the various tie-in novels, audios and short stories related to the setting probably already has some idea as to the answer to that question.
But with this book, I’m getting the opportunity to really dig into HOW the realms work, and how a city in the Age of Sigmar might function. You want to know what people (and Skaven) eat? Got you covered. Want to know how the sewers work? Weird, but okay. Who patrols the walls? How do they brew beer? What’s a slum like in the Age of Sigmar (short answer: awful)? Where do the rich folks live? What sort of temples do they have? Where do all these people come from, if the armies of the dark gods are constantly attacking? These are all questions I’m hoping to answer. Satisfactorily, if not in detail.
More than that, I’m getting to explore how the various cultures of the mortal realms might interact – can the scion of a noble house of the Celestial Realm get along with a hard-bitten sellsword from the Realm of Metal? What does a librarian in the Realm of Beasts look like? What about a demigryph knight from the Realm of Life?
But, strip all of that away, and its a book about people, and the reasons they do what they do. It’s a book about family and expectation, trust and loyalty.
That’s what I hope, at any rate. But if you want to concentrate on the aerial battles, the giant war machine powered by thousands upon thousands of rats, and the giant spider nesting inside the trunk of a giant tree-citadel, I won’t hold it against you.
Anyway, that’s what I’m working on this week.
Really nice guy and a cracking author too
His "Royal Occultist" stuff is most enjoyable
I really enjoy his novels so need to catch up on his blogs and such
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
This weekend, Warhammer TV will be broadcasting live from the Blood and Glory event in Derby UK.
Blood and Glory is one of the largest independent Warhammer Age of Sigmar matched play events in the world.
This is the first time that we’ve done a live-stream from an independent event of this sort, and we’re excited to see how it goes – so be sure to tune in. Blood and Glory is also renowned for the quality of the painted armies, so we’re looking forward to bringing you some of those too.
Of course, this isn’t the only live-stream action we have for you this weekend, as you can also tune into the Blood Bowl Bugman’s Full Beard Cup, live from Warhammer World.
We’re having so much fun with these live-streams, we’re already looking at options to do more in the future, including more independent events and more game systems, particularly – of course – Warhammer 40,000.
Follow us on twitch.
Absolutely loved the last stream, no better way to chill and paint some warhammer.
Fury from faith
Faith in fury
Numquam solus ambulabis
2016/11/26 08:22:59
Subject: Age of Sigmar News & Rumours :p126 Blood & Glory livestream this weekend
Looking at the sprues for the new Thousand Sons stuff, and the Tzaangors look like they're actually an AoS kit with a little sprue thrown in to 40kify them. Seems weird that that isn't mentioned at all, past the mention of CCW and one photo of an axe in white dwarf.
2016/11/26 09:00:08
Subject: Age of Sigmar News & Rumours :p126 Blood & Glory livestream this weekend
Agies Grimm:The "Learn to play, bro" mentality is mostly just a way for someone to try to shame you by implying that their metaphorical nerd-wiener is bigger than yours. Which, ironically, I think nerds do even more vehemently than jocks.
Everything is made up and the points don't matter. 40K or Who's Line is it Anyway?
Auticus wrote: Or in summation: its ok to exploit shoddy points because those are rules and gamers exist to find rules loopholes (they are still "legal"), but if the same force can be composed without structure, it emotionally feels "wrong".
2016/11/27 18:39:03
Subject: Age of Sigmar News & Rumours :p126 Blood & Glory livestream this weekend
It was a pretty impressive first try for Twitch event coverage. They really need better cameras and mikes, some more experience for the crew, but it was good.
The old meta is dead and the new meta struggles to be born. Now is the time of munchkins.
2016/11/27 19:15:26
Subject: Age of Sigmar News & Rumours :p126 Blood & Glory livestream this weekend
I'm pretty sure it was just them doing coverage of an independently organised tournament. Was quite cool to watch though, those warhammer TV guys are fun
2016/11/27 21:52:09
Subject: Age of Sigmar News & Rumours :p126 Blood & Glory livestream this weekend
Alpharius wrote: Is there a summary of the news/rumors/reveals somewhere?
The biggest reveal was that starting from 14th December, WarhammerTV will be broadcasting LIVE STREAM EVERY WEDNESDAY, THURSDAY and FRIDAY! Wednesday will be dedicated to Age of Sigmar gaming, Friday to Warhammer 40k gaming and Thursday to designer/writer interviews about the products for that are released on Saturday.
That place is the harsh dark future far left with only war left.
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