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I just want them for the night vision goggle bits, the rest I don't care about.

I need 17 squads. I can give you £3.75.

 Elbows wrote:
Even that board might be a little tongue-in-cheek throwback to a famous White Dwarf pictures from the late 90's --- a game shop (maybe in the U.S.?) build a massively tall gaming table for Necromunda.



Classic stuff. Has anyone done the cost evaluation on that board above?

This was from one of the first few White Dwarfs I ever read back in 1997ish. If memory serves correct it was done by a guy in the UK who used 'corking' as an adjective a lot in the article.

Phew! Purestrain Stealers are quick....

xerxeshavelock wrote:
Phew! Purestrain Stealers are quick....

Huh?

 NivlacSupreme wrote:

xerxeshavelock wrote:
Phew! Purestrain Stealers are quick....

Huh?

Latest WD just arrived. Each faction has Special Operatives - I am guessing you get them when fighting against a larger team. One of the ones for Stealer Cults is a Purestrain. He moves 6", but can triple his movement when running or charging. Also has a funky jump rule that could potentially exceed this.

One of my goliaths has this (once a fight) in our current campaign and it's rather tough to stop. Purestrains are going to be nasty!

xerxeshavelock wrote:

 NivlacSupreme wrote:

xerxeshavelock wrote:
Phew! Purestrain Stealers are quick....

Huh?

Latest WD just arrived. Each faction has Special Operatives - I am guessing you get them when fighting against a larger team. One of the ones for Stealer Cults is a Purestrain. He moves 6", but can triple his movement when running or charging. Also has a funky jump rule that could potentially exceed this.

So it sounds like they come with the 'Sprint' and 'Leap' skills from Necromunda. I guess that means we can take a good stab at what other skills are going to be like.

What's all included in the list for Genestealer Cults? Can you have a mage and all? or is it just the troop types plus genestealers?

The ability is called Preternatural Agility.

The other 2 options are Acolyte Hybrid (first or second gen), who halves the distance to spot him when hiding. And Hybrid Metamorph, who seems to come with loads of arms, can get extra Rending Claws or Metamorph Talon, Metamorph Claw or Metamorph Whip. Also gets +2 when charging instead of the normal +1.

The Skitarii get a Techpriest Enginseer, a Ruststalker and an Infiltrator.

I don't suppose these extras come as tear-outs or as a separate little booklet?

Aw, was hoping I could use my mage.. really like that model.. hopefully they'll add him in later with special rules or something.

 BrookM wrote:
I don't suppose these extras come as tear-outs or as a separate little booklet?

You could tear them out....... But I suspect they are simply extracts from the box content. The Community website has been very good at publishing this kind of stuff as well.

The article seems to be there to wet one's appetite. It's very detailed, has 1.5 pages of points, 2 of equipment rules and 1.5 of extras - for each of the 2 factions featured. Gives the advance table charts (though not the skill lists themselves).

These will probably become available on the GW site soon either way, much like warscrolls from AoS.

 zedmeister wrote:
Well, there's my worries that it won't be stackable gone. Lovely oil rig!

It's both stackable (all the kits are synced both length- and heightwise) and made to be 100% compatible with recent kits like the Haemothrope Reactor and the Prometheum Pipes. For example, a haemothrope reactor goes perfectly on top of one of the new platforms, and the prometheum pipes are the same length as the new walkways. They show lots of examples in the WD. Easily the most modular terrain GW has ever made.

The stuff in the WD will be available as a PDF this coming Saturday on GW's website. They've said ten full faction PDFs, with equipment, advancement tables, points costs, etc... will all be going up on that day (with supposedly more to come down the road).

My only MINOR concerns right now...

1. The official trade release for Shadow War mentioned "some between game advancement"... "Some" makes me a touch nervous.

2. I hope the scenarios are good, or we can easily port the Outlander, etc... ones over from Necromunda for diversity-sake. Campaign games really need IMO a diversity of scenarios to stay fun.

 Mymearan wrote:

 zedmeister wrote:
Well, there's my worries that it won't be stackable gone. Lovely oil rig!

It's both stackable (all the kits are synced both length- and heightwise) and made to be 100% compatible with recent kits like the Haemothrope Reactor and the Prometheum Pipes. For example, a haemothrope reactor goes perfectly on top of one of the new platforms, and the prometheum pipes are the same length as the new walkways. They show lots of examples in the WD. Easily the most modular terrain GW has ever made.

It also can go with the void shield generator and possibly the city of death manufacturum which has a connection piece for the piperelay.

I wasn't a fan of the hemotrope reactors but I may need to pick them up now.

xerxeshavelock wrote:

 BrookM wrote:
I don't suppose these extras come as tear-outs or as a separate little booklet?

You could tear them out....... But I suspect they are simply extracts from the box content. The Community website has been very good at publishing this kind of stuff as well.

The article seems to be there to wet one's appetite. It's very detailed, has 1.5 pages of points, 2 of equipment rules and 1.5 of extras - for each of the 2 factions featured. Gives the advance table charts (though not the skill lists themselves).

Would you mind sharing the equipment options listed for the Skitarii and GSC?

For example does Skitarii have access to weapons other than they have in the codex entries? I've been building small factions for each, but I'm now hesitant to build too much without knowing the wargear options available.

 Elbows wrote:
Even that board might be a little tongue-in-cheek throwback to a famous White Dwarf pictures from the late 90's --- a game shop (maybe in the U.S.?) build a massively tall gaming table for Necromunda.



Classic stuff. Has anyone done the cost evaluation on that board above?

I actually built one of those for myself for Necromunda, the original was such an awesome inspiration! Mine had fun little things like a freight elevator you could crank up and down.

I'm afraid that's a bit too much info/


The odd pic/snippet is fair enough but we cannot allow that level of info dumoing.


Sorry.

Reds8n

Thanks so much, Mymearan

Indeed, many thanks!

So they did bring back sustained fire dice.

Again, awesome!


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Reading through the rules for the Skitarii... duuuuuuuuuuude, if Tempestus Scions aren't an option I may just get a box of these guys instead.

I bought 2 boxes of Skitarii when they first came out with grand plans for an army, that fizzled out. So I'll definitely be putting together a gang of them.

Are there any regular tyranids in the game? Like a bunch of different gaunts lead by a warrior?

 ZebioLizard2 wrote:
So they did bring back sustained fire dice.

The mechanics yes but not the actual dice.

 ZebioLizard2 wrote:
So they did bring back sustained fire dice.

I suspect it will be a d6 roll halved rounding down. Scores of nought, Jam. Unless, of course, you have an old set.

 Necros wrote:
I bought 2 boxes of Skitarii when they first came out with grand plans for an army, that fizzled out. So I'll definitely be putting together a gang of them.

Are there any regular tyranids in the game? Like a bunch of different gaunts lead by a warrior?

Yes. The 'Nid list was one of the first announced. Warriors make up their Leader/Specialist options, and Gaunts/Gants iirc, fill out the rest.


Edit: Did anyone notice that they depict Skitarii Weapons as devastating, but almost difficult to maintain? Their ammo rolls are almost ALL 5+/6+ meaning they're expensive to keep armed, and easy to go out-of-ammo.

Just looking through those pages and I can't get over how modular it all is. Amazing stuff, this has moved from must have to pre order ASAP!

Cool .. then I'll be able to gangs of Skitarii, GSC, Nids, and if I keep the models marines and orcs too. I like how for most armies you can just pick up a box of regular troops or command squad and be able to build decent a gang, or just take a few models out of your collection.