Forum adverts like this one are shown to any user who is not logged in. Join us by filling out a tiny 3 field form and you will get your own, free, dakka user account which gives a good range of benefits to you:
No adverts like this in the forums anymore.
Times and dates in your local timezone.
Full tracking of what you have read so you can skip to your first unread post, easily see what has changed since you last logged in, and easily see what is new at a glance.
Email notifications for threads you want to watch closely.
Being a part of the oldest wargaming community on the net.
If you are already a member then feel free to login now.
2018/12/22 04:14:03
Subject: Age of Sigmar News & Rumors : p175 -- new FAQS
DanceOfSlaanesh wrote: They also stopped selling the old metal troggoths. New plastic ones incoming?
They're still available in the US online store, but if anything I'd say they're OOP and you would use the plastic Fellwater Troggoths.
'It is a source of constant consternation that my opponents cannot correlate their innate inferiority with their inevitable defeat. It would seem that stupidity is as eternal as war.'
- Nemesor Zahndrekh of the Sautekh Dynasty Overlord of the Crownworld of Gidrim
2018/12/22 15:13:22
Subject: Age of Sigmar News & Rumors : p175 -- new FAQS
Next week is Christmas week - I'd honestly not expect anything what so ever from GW nor any other company product wise. We might get some community webpage posts and the like, but nothing new in production.
Tentatively excited, just worried that the WD format will mean its light on content.
The winged pox maggoth at 10 seconds looks wild!
This message was edited 1 time. Last update was at 2018/12/23 17:45:06
"Sometimes the only victory possible is to keep your opponent from winning." - The Emperor, from The Outcast Dead.
"Tell your gods we are coming for them, and that their realms will burn as ours did." -Thostos Bladestorm
2018/12/23 17:45:18
Subject: Re:Age of Sigmar News & Rumors : p175 -- new FAQS
I thought about that but then remembered that even the core rules are 14 pages long I think? Most of the page count comes from point costs, allegiance, etc. And I would be extremely happy to see new skirmish rules even with no balance mechanism whatsoever because the current one is utterly broken anyways.
I say just ditch the White Dwarf skirmish content, and just release a paperback replacement for Skirmish that's just an expanded version of Hinterlands, maybe with more skill variety that units can gain as advances, and a giant points (gold coins cost) list as the last few pages for all the suitable units.
The problem for me with skirmish, though, is that it's spread across a whole bunch of documents at the moment, and a White Dwarf article is just one more thing. As a somewhat-unlearned guy who is looking to get into AoS for the first time through Skirmish, it seems I'll need:
-Main rules either as a download or in a Rulebook
-A collection of Warscrolls for the warband you want to play
-The Skirmish rules expansion
-Forgotten Heroes, a fanmade compilation from the Grand Alliance forums that gives you the reknown costs for the units not included in Skirmish, or have come out since the Skirmish book
-Other stuff I'm probably missing from various battletomes
-New Content from White Dwarf
This message was edited 5 times. Last update was at 2018/12/23 23:18:11
"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."
2018/12/24 13:02:45
Subject: Age of Sigmar News & Rumors : p175 -- new FAQS
NinthMusketeer wrote: I imagine the white dwarf rules will be a prelude to a proper release. They won't skip out on selling a book for it, don't worry!
Honestly I'd expect the new skirmish rules to be in the next General's Handbook if they're compact enough to be in White Dwarf to begin with.
'It is a source of constant consternation that my opponents cannot correlate their innate inferiority with their inevitable defeat. It would seem that stupidity is as eternal as war.'
- Nemesor Zahndrekh of the Sautekh Dynasty Overlord of the Crownworld of Gidrim
2018/12/24 15:53:29
Subject: Re:Age of Sigmar News & Rumors : p177-- new trailer
NinthMusketeer wrote: I imagine the white dwarf rules will be a prelude to a proper release. They won't skip out on selling a book for it, don't worry!
Honestly I'd expect the new skirmish rules to be in the next General's Handbook if they're compact enough to be in White Dwarf to begin with.
Well in that case they'd probably have an easier time combining them with the existing skirmish rules (and hopefully a wider array of unit selections) into an updated Skirmish book.
I hope the Night (and Forest?) Gobbos retain a more sinister feel. Things like the cave troll for Shadespire and the guy from Portents are too cartoonish, at least for me. I don't want too many models with rampant fungal growths. Too much Flanderization and you might as well have actual fungus people cultists in the first place.
This message was edited 2 times. Last update was at 2018/12/24 17:12:28
"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."
2018/12/24 17:55:40
Subject: Age of Sigmar News & Rumors : p177-- new trailer
The moment of truth. Do I revamp my Night Gobbos or sell them on as they change them too much.
I honestly don't know what to expect. The fungoid Shaman was too over the top for me but the Shadespire gang was brilliant.
BlaxicanX wrote: A young business man named Tom Kirby, who was a pupil of mine until he turned greedy, helped the capitalists hunt down and destroy the wargamers. He betrayed and murdered Games Workshop.
2018/12/24 19:03:14
Subject: Age of Sigmar News & Rumors : p177-- new trailer
Well the whole point of specialized factions is to take the unique quirks of a handful of units and take it to 11. Nighthaunt, DoK, Ironjawz, Sylvaneth are all like that. The more generic factions can be made using the existing, more generic model line. Like Beasts or Legions. So if the goal is to take Night Goblins, Fanatics, Squig Herds, Squig Hoppers, and Mangler Squigs and turn it into an army...
And they did a great job on all of those armies. You can make a crazy gobbo army without it being a busy mess like that shaman. I'm still hopeful. Like I said the Shadespire gang was great.
BlaxicanX wrote: A young business man named Tom Kirby, who was a pupil of mine until he turned greedy, helped the capitalists hunt down and destroy the wargamers. He betrayed and murdered Games Workshop.
2018/12/24 19:46:25
Subject: Re:Age of Sigmar News & Rumors : p177-- new trailer
I personally prefer the designs of the faces of the new gretchins from ork vehicles, the shaman face, or the goblin team faces from BB, that the current faces of the basic night goblins, and unfortunately those of shadespire (minus the leader) still have it.
I hope that heroes and new units, change the design a bit.
This message was edited 1 time. Last update was at 2018/12/24 20:41:09
2018/12/24 21:19:02
Subject: Age of Sigmar News & Rumors : p177-- new trailer
is just awesome! Same goes for the ironjawz concept, so i'm very excited to what is coming.
