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I just really like the fact that the alternate cards don't have the icon of the unpainted mini, just the art. Well, here's hoping

Assembling the Sigmarines in the Shadespire box actually motivated me to make the 5(!!) Stormcast models in the little Storm of Sigmar box.Does GW make a line of bases similar to those used by Steelheart's Champions so I can base my other Stormcast models to match?

So the dice are basically the same as the starter ones, just semi transparent colors for attack dice, defense are grey. They look good but I don't feel like I need to grab them all at once if at all.

For some reason I thought they'd be more unique or collectible, with maybe the critical symbol being replaced by the team icon (skull for undead, khorne rune for reavers etc).

 Siygess wrote:
Assembling the Sigmarines in the Shadespire box actually motivated me to make the 5(!!) Stormcast models in the little Storm of Sigmar box.Does GW make a line of bases similar to those used by Steelheart's Champions so I can base my other Stormcast models to match?

There is a box for hero bases take a look.

https://www.games-workshop.com/en-GB/Aos-hero-bases-2016

I LOVE the Shadespire bases. I HATE painting tiny skulls... so torn right now

Clam pack and no dice box? That was disappointing.

Chopxsticks wrote:
I LOVE the Shadespire bases. I HATE painting tiny skulls... so torn right now

Green stuff over them?

Chopxsticks wrote:
I LOVE the Shadespire bases. I HATE painting tiny skulls... so torn right now

Brown base coat, dry brush with skull white or bone, wash with brown. Done.

Wow... I don't know how meaningful this is, but MiniatureMarket apparently instantly sold out of the new teams this morning. You can't even pre-order them anymore?

 Thargrim wrote:
So the dice are basically the same as the starter ones, just semi transparent colors for attack dice, defense are grey. They look good but I don't feel like I need to grab them all at once if at all.

For some reason I thought they'd be more unique or collectible, with maybe the critical symbol being replaced by the team icon (skull for undead, khorne rune for reavers etc).

They'd need to keep errata-ing the rules in that case every time they added a new faction. Otherwise some scrote would argue that anyone using the faction-specific dice could never score a critical because their dice didn't have the symbol shown in the rulebook.

NewTruthNeomaxim wrote:
Wow... I don't know how meaningful this is, but MiniatureMarket apparently instantly sold out of the new teams this morning. You can't even pre-order them anymore?

I believe they put them up as "out of stock" pre-orders on Friday. In other words they are not taking pre-orders yet and just added links for those items in preparation for today or next week.

I actually like that the dice do not come with faction specific symbols as I just want extra dice.

 akai wrote:

NewTruthNeomaxim wrote:
Wow... I don't know how meaningful this is, but MiniatureMarket apparently instantly sold out of the new teams this morning. You can't even pre-order them anymore?

I believe they put them up as "out of stock" pre-orders on Friday. In other words they are not taking pre-orders yet and just added links for those items in preparation for today or next week.

I actually like that the dice do not come with faction specific symbols as I just want extra dice.

Thanks for clarifying. Its a curious/confusing system for sure, but I suppose makes sense.

I'm only buying into Shadespire this week so i'm trying to snag everything in one order. Hopefully they put up the preorders proper today.

Helpful Whispers looks like a very strong upgrade for low count warbands in general and a good option for models with fury based attacks in particular.

Dual Strike seems like a generally strong ploy option.

Man, I'm in love with almost everything about this game so far. I can't believe the expansions were only $30! Preordered both for the cards, and looking forward to trying the ironskull's boyz

Come on Miniatures Market! My impatience is killing me as I could order right now from GW... for a significant mark-up. :-p

So you can actually use these warbands on AoS exactly as they are? Nice!

Bad news for me locally today talking to the FLGS manager. Due to pretty low preorders/sales on the base game, and the expansions being cold today as well, there will not be any official supported organized play at the local store.

He said the price GW was asking for its support packages were just too high for the relatively low sales, and people would have had to pay way to much to participate, thus it being unviable. How are things looking in other people's neck of the woods?

This game looks really interesting. Sadly I've zero interest in the AoS lore/aesthetic...but perhaps I could simply model around that. The undead are the only ones I can stand. I could sub-in old models I guess. This is a game which would benefit greatly from a cool custom board (or five). Actually modeled boards with a ghost hex sprayed on them would be cool.

I hope GW does well with this - the idea is sound, even if the world still is really off-putting.

So just got a couple games in for the first time today with a gentlemen from my boardgames group that doesnt do any sort of wargaming. He and I both really enjoyed it.
The game took little over an hour as we were both new, but it didnt feel like it at all, which was great.
We wished either you started with some glory or it went 4 rounds. We did nothing round one, and barely did much round 2, round three was amazing, then it was over...
The Dice, Im not sure if this has been address but are the expansions coming with their own custom dice? These to me feel like both a boon and a bane to the game. The model count, dice face and character stats are all intertwined to give it thematic flavor, so if the new warbands dont come with their own dice with their own symbols Im not sure how that is gonna work out in the long run.
There feels to be alot of variation, and after each turn we kept thinking of all the things we wanted to do different next time, which was cool.
Ive not played Arcadia quest but my gaming partner said it reminded him alot of it, but a little tighter rules.

The Dice, Im not sure if this has been address but are the expansions coming with their own custom dice? These to me feel like both a boon and a bane to the game. The model count, dice face and character stats are all intertwined to give it thematic flavor, so if the new warbands dont come with their own dice with their own symbols Im not sure how that is gonna work out in the long run.

I might be wrong, but it looks like the dice are the same, regardless of faction. There are dice packs, but they're just customized for color.

 totalfailure wrote:
Bad news for me locally today talking to the FLGS manager. Due to pretty low preorders/sales on the base game, and the expansions being cold today as well, there will not be any official supported organized play at the local store.

He said the price GW was asking for its support packages were just too high for the relatively low sales, and people would have had to pay way to much to participate, thus it being unviable. How are things looking in other people's neck of the woods?

My flgs will start doing tournaments in January.

 Elbows wrote:
This game looks really interesting. Sadly I've zero interest in the AoS lore/aesthetic...but perhaps I could simply model around that. The undead are the only ones I can stand. I could sub-in old models I guess. This is a game which would benefit greatly from a cool custom board (or five). Actually modeled boards with a ghost hex sprayed on them would be cool.

I hope GW does well with this - the idea is sound, even if the world still is really off-putting.

As an AoS hater previously, I can feel this pain - but I do think there are plenty of modeling opportunities with the factions. Personally, I'll be going for a headswap on the orks using the Ardboys kit, so that they all have a closed helm. I think with that, and more subdued painting, they'll look plenty orky

Even the Stormcast can look pretty menacing with the right paint - such as this example from Luciferian Brushworks:



I think the game is totally worth a bit of modeling effort!

That's a good looking Stormcast.

Games look cool, but with newcromunda so close, and the factions introduced thus far being so uninteresting, im out for now. Hope it does well and a faction catch my eyes later on

A local con has had so much interest in their tournament at start of November they've turned it into a 100 player event instead of 64.

Another local store is doing events in January also. It's hard to say why the game doesn't "stick" in some places but if GW is selling it well, a,d other stores are, then unless the store is in a very anti-Gw area then it's likely something they are doing, like price, or not previously stocking gw, or risking a small amount of money on the tournament pack......where everyone is guaranteed the alt art cards if the store restricts the numbers.


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As an aside, Element Games - one of the biggest UK online sellers that have a bricks and mortar store also - is showing Sepulchral Guard as red availability this morning - this means no more pre-orders and based on what GW tells them no more likely to be available to 3rd party sellers.

Previous high demand items, such as Blightlord Terminators, Mortarion, etc have gone to blue when sold out at preorder for release, indicating the item is not available on release any more but if you order it will ship on the next delivery , usually 1-2 weeks. Previous red items have been stuff like Shadow Wars, Bloodbowl dice etc

Given some of the cards in the pack, it throws an interesting situation if they were to run out for some time as you start to end up with a situation like X Wing where resellers have a field day because of the card contents and not the figures, which is bad for the game as a whole and encouraging new players.

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 alleus wrote:
All I need are my ORKS. Well, I'm getting all the warbands probably, but the Ironjawz are by far the ones I look forward to the most. I like the Stormcasts as well, so the Vanguard team could be pretty cool.

My main concern right now is the local support for the game. I spoke with the manager of my local GW store, and he said there is no guarantee they will host tournaments etc. It all depends on the number of players and the hype. Hopefully a lot of people will pick it up and get into it, but right now I don't know too many that are interested in my gaming groups.

Dude you're in Sweden and you have a local GW store. You're in a privileged minority already As for your groups, why not demo it for them with all your cool warbands? If that won't get them interested nothing will.

Yeah, you have to be the change you want to see in the community.
Step up, volunteer and put some effort in. It takes sometime but people notice.

Yeah, I will try my best to get people interested. Yesterday a few more in our group got to try it and liked it a lot, so we are on our way at least! Hopefully the hype will grow, especially with the new warbands. Just seeing Stormcasts and Bloodreavers all the time would get old for demo purposes.

I'd be interested to hear how folks are organizing their extra cards (and any links to relevant products). I'm planning to just run Ironskull's Boyz for now, but want to keep the cards from the other factions handy to study up on. Are you guys going the binder route or some other method?

Same for transport of the cards you're actually using, etc. I don't normally play games with cards so need organization knowledge

I'm using a Dragon Shield compartment box.They are pretty handy, with compartments for each warband. When new warbands come out I can just buy more boxes.

I also have the neutral cards separately sorted into objectives, ploys and upgrades. Not many cards now, but that will probably change with more warbands.

I'm not a fan of using binders. They take up too much space and don't hold as many cards as you might think.Boxes can be stacked, and they hold a LOT of cards.

When actually playing, I am using Ultra Pro deck boxes. For the starterpack I use a dual deck box, that can hold all cards for both warbands. I also use a small, plastic compartment box (used for screws and other tiny things) for the tokens.

We're there pictures of the faction dice in this month's WD?

I saw some NEC spoilers in that thread soothe Dwarf is out there.

It's all up on the website currently. At least it was last night.