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How did I never make that connection. That's for the nostalgia, Gamgee!

Sorry if this bump has made people think something new has been leaked or anything.

Has anyone been reading the new novel, Spear of Shadows?

Since I have no proper Internet atm and long commutes to work I thought it was a good time to get it so only about 100 pages in.

Absolutely loving it so far. Definitely a must if new fans are craving more world building information. I still wanna read City of Secrets though. So many cool little details that bring Exelcis to life and pushes the distinction of individuals from different realms.

Anyone else loving the book?

It's been great so far, but seeing as it takes place after City of Secrets I would have liked to see at least some reference to those events. They seemed pretty important to not get mentioned at all, though there could be a reference in the latter part of the book I haven't read yet.

Aye I was expecting to see a lot of references to things I hadn't read yet but might just happen later on.

There's references to other books. Klaxus is one of them. It also shows Vurmis once again, after the Skaven were purged.

Oh there's definitely references to other books; Black Rift, Skaven Pestilens, Fist of Gork/Mork, and short stories are all tied in really well. It's just that the most obvious one that would be referenced seems not to be. It may just be that enough time has passed for those events to be just another crisis among many, I suppose.

I also wonder if the events of Blightwar will tie into this trilogy, especially since we don't know what actually happens.

Edit: Finished it. Looks like Excelsius was really only relevant in the first portion of the book and the story will go to focus elsewhere in the future. Thus the lack of City of Secrets mention isn't really important like I thought.

It seems from the visions in the first chapter that Gutrot Spume will be claiming the mace, and accordingly is likely to show up in a future book. Since Josh Reynolds wrote Plague Garden I would expect some references to that book as well.

https://www.warhammer-community.com/2017/09/17/firestorm-the-armies-of-the-great-cities-and-the-elite-of-the-death-guard/

Firestorm next week

Stickers I suppose its better than tokens if you are planning on wall mounting the map or don't have a safe place to store it between games. I think I'll be using a photocopier, pins and a notice board.

Very interested to see all the Allegiance Abilities of each great city. Allegiance Ability for GREYWATER FASTNESS!?!? Oh my!

Holy gak, ten new allegiance abilities for cities & attackers!? Even without command/artifact traits thats huge, doubly so if available in matched play.

Hm. Not sure about the idea of stickers and map. They say it's reusable, but I suppose time will tell how reusable they are before becoming gak. Was kinda hoping for a re-release of Mighty Empires tiles, but the Allegiance Abilities and stuff sounds pretty cool.

Maybe I'll see if I can do something with my existing Mighty Empires tiles to make this map somehow.

Those allegiance abilities sound like they could be a huge thing depending on what exactly they allow.

I'm idly curious where they got the name Firestorm from.

It's been noted from time to time that Battlefront appears to be trying to follow in GW's footsteps. And now GW is using Battlefront's name for a campaign map and system.

I find it amusing.

Stickers? Odd.

Is a £40 box set - according to the GW rep, retailers are allowed only limited numbers, and this may be a one-printing release.

MongooseMatt wrote:
Is a £40 box set - according to the GW rep, retailers are allowed only limited numbers, and this may be a one-printing release.

Thanks for the info!

Do you know price for army boxes?

zamerion wrote:

Thanks for the info!

Do you know price for army boxes?

Haven't been announced properly yet.

MongooseMatt wrote:

zamerion wrote:

Thanks for the info!

Do you know price for army boxes?

Haven't been announced properly yet.

Mongoose matt, did they comment on the rulebook's size??

No other details as yet! Will have the box set myself a week Wednesday...

Just... want to leave this... about here.



Yeah, seems the right place.

So it was never an aelf thing...its probably been vampires that are pirate/aquatic themed? I could go for that. I've always wanted vampires to get more attention. But my real dream is a vampire team for shadespire.

MongooseMatt wrote:

zamerion wrote:

Thanks for the info!

Do you know price for army boxes?

Haven't been announced properly yet.

From Lady Atia:

I haven't been paying attention, what are the Anvil Guard, Hammerhal and Tempest's Eye boxes?

 Nostromodamus wrote:
I haven't been paying attention, what are the Anvil Guard, Hammerhal and Tempest's Eye boxes?

These three boxed sets:

So, whats the discount at 170$ per box?

Those box sets have some pretty good discounts. £100 (2 start collecting) each.
Anvilgard is £163.50 individually
Tempest's eye is £166 and Hammerhal is £175.
So they are all about a 40% discount
I don't have the time to paint any of them but they are mighty tempting if only for the awesome box art.

If the Firestorm stuff is $65/box that's probably a pass for me.

Come to think of it, Bottle is probably going to seize out with excitement upon hearing about the city allegiances. With all his mixed order collection it's a big opportunity.

So... I can't actually tell what firestorm is. A map, some cards and some stickers (that apparently go in the corner of the map). But... what do you do with them? Do they interact with AoS in some way or is it a stand alone card game/sticker set?

 NinthMusketeer wrote:
Come to think of it, Bottle is probably going to seize out with excitement upon hearing about the city allegiances. With all his mixed order collection it's a big opportunity.

Honestly I was thinking of doing a mixed free peoples, wanderer's and sylvaneth force due to a certain character from spear of shadows. Plus the fact there are traits for those who live in the living city created by the everqueen. I feel my wallet weeping right now. >_<