Age of Sigmar News & Rumors : Dec 2019 FAQS

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**Elevenses**

I've not had any interest in AOS to date. But I will be getting a Loonboss asap. One of the best sculpts I've seen out of GW in a while!

**DaveC**

Wave 1 Gloomspite Gitz prices

Squighoppers $50 £30
Squig herd $45 £27.50
Fanatics $40 £25
Grots $35 £21
Loon king $35 £21
Loon Shrine $60 £35
Endless Spells $35 £21
Squig Dice $30 £20

I’ve converted the GBP prices based on the latest releases which is why stuff like the Endless Spells arent £20 like the earlier ones so GBP prices may vary a little.

**Tiberius501**

DaveC wrote:
Wave 1 Gloomspite Gitz prices

Squighoppers $50 £30
Squig herd $45 £27.50
Fanatics $40 £25
Grots $35 £21
Loon king $35 £21
Loon Shrine $60 £35
Endless Spells $35 £21
Squig Dice $30 £20

I’ve converted the GBP prices based on the latest releases which is why stuff like the Endless Spells arent £20 like the earlier ones so GBP prices may vary a little.

Is that a box of 5 or 10 Squighoppers?

**rtb02**

Tiberius501 wrote:
DaveC wrote:
Wave 1 Gloomspite Gitz prices

Squighoppers $50 £30
Squig herd $45 £27.50
Fanatics $40 £25
Grots $35 £21
Loon king $35 £21
Loon Shrine $60 £35
Endless Spells $35 £21
Squig Dice $30 £20

I’ve converted the GBP prices based on the latest releases which is why stuff like the Endless Spells arent £20 like the earlier ones so GBP prices may vary a little.

Is that a box of 5 or 10 Squighoppers?

Still unknown... Preview showed 10 in a pic, the pre orders for next week post showed 5.

For their cost... Hoping a box of 10 otherwise this could get v expensive

**Earth127**

As a person collecting daughters of Khaine, I fear it's gna be 5 .

**Ignispacium**

$50 £30 would put it right in line with most of the elite units in other armies. I would anticipate five per box.

**Thommy H**

NinthMusketeer wrote:
So the game-breaking balance issues were not addressed at all?

For example; when the leader of a Kharadron Thunderer unit is charged he rolls a dice and on a 2+ does a mortal wound to the charger. Since every model is its own unit, 5/6 models to charge him will suffer a mortal wound. He can also retreat instead of fighting in melee so only one model will be able to attack him before he runs away unless he is completely surrounded, and he shoots 4 shots a turn. So basically this one unit champion can solo entire warbands by himself, minus the enemy hero.

Or a plague monk unit champion that has an item with a 1/game use that rolls a dice for every unit within 13" dealing a mortal wound on a 4+ (Nurgle units only affected on a 6) so a single unit champion can wipe out a huge chunk of an enemy warband with little effort.

Or a Grimwrath Berzerker, who upon suffering a wound or mortal wound rolls a dice and adds one for each enemy unit within 3" and ignores it on a 6+ (so have 5 models in range and he now cannot be slain except by instant death effects).

Or a Knight-Azyros who has a once per game ability that does an automatic d3 mortal wounds to each enemy unit within 8".

I could go on for some time, but the point is that there is a plentiful amount of completely game-breaking options with how the skirmish rules are currently designed and I am really hoping they did something about that for the new skirmish else it will die almost as fast as the first.

There's nothing specific like that - the core rules are literally four pages, and a lot of that is artefacts and stuff. What they do have is a boxout entitled "Can I Take Nagash?" which basically says you're free to do what you want within the confines of renown (so Nagash wouldn't work for the intended game size anyway...) but some stuff is going to be too powerful outside of special scenarios.

Maybe the campaign rules next issue will restrict certain choices, but the way these rules are written it's more aimed at casual play anyway. The recommended renown levels are supposed to give you games you can complete in under an hour. Anything broken for this format should reveal itself pretty quickly!

It's also worth pointing out that there's no reference whatsoever to the previous supplement. It's treated like a whole new thing. So don't expect it to errata anything that came before.

**Jackal90**

rtb02 wrote:
Tiberius501 wrote:
DaveC wrote:
Wave 1 Gloomspite Gitz prices

Squighoppers $50 £30
Squig herd $45 £27.50
Fanatics $40 £25
Grots $35 £21
Loon king $35 £21
Loon Shrine $60 £35
Endless Spells $35 £21
Squig Dice $30 £20

I’ve converted the GBP prices based on the latest releases which is why stuff like the Endless Spells arent £20 like the earlier ones so GBP prices may vary a little.

Is that a box of 5 or 10 Squighoppers?

Still unknown... Preview showed 10 in a pic, the pre orders for next week post showed 5.

For their cost... Hoping a box of 10 otherwise this could get v expensive

I'm hoping it's 10.
Otherwise it puts them at a higher cost than the failcast ones.
As someone who wants 100+ hoppers, this will be the make or break for me.
Don't mind buying 10 sets, but 20 is too much at that price.

Also going to guess that the manglers get the "big kit price" so easily £50+
Looking at the prices and popularity, this is essentially printing money for them.

**RiTides**

Why are the squigs standing on mushrooms - almost launching off their spores. Was this explained or is it just basing to add height / etc? Love the grot riders with lances!

I'm thinking about converting that huuuuge Dankhold Troggoth to use in Warhammer Underworlds to count as Mollog

. But it will depend on if he can fit in a hex (even if rebased). Do we know what base size he is shown on?

**ImAGeek**

RiTides wrote:
Why are the squigs standing on mushrooms - almost launching off their spores. Was this explained or is it just basing to add height / etc? Love the grot riders with lances!

I'm thinking about converting that huuuuge Dankhold Troggoth to use in Warhammer Underworlds to count as Mollog . But it will depend on if he can fit in a hex (even if rebased). Do we know what base size he is shown on?

It’s just showing them bouncing around - the spores etc are the way they’ve chosen to attach them to the base.

**Geifer**

RiTides wrote:
Why are the squigs standing on mushrooms - almost launching off their spores. Was this explained or is it just basing to add height / etc? Love the grot riders with lances!

Because in GW's world anything that jumps or flies needs to launch off of its own personal rock. And since personal rocks can't be any old rocks and consistent throughout all the ranges, they need to be specifically themed to the army. Even if that means they're no longer rocks.

I don't know exactly when this epidemic started, but we have early examples of this as far back as 3rd ed 40k Raptors.

RiTides wrote:
I'm thinking about converting that huuuuge Dankhold Troggoth to use in Warhammer Underworlds to count as Mollog . But it will depend on if he can fit in a hex (even if rebased). Do we know what base size he is shown on?

From the picture posted three pages ago (see spoiler) I get the impression it's on a 60mm round base. That's a golin on 25mm base right next to it.

Spoiler:

**Ghaz**

Yeah, the base for the Dankhold Troggoth is at least 60mm if not larger.

**Tiberius501**

I can't decide whether to pick up a small force of these adorable green scamps, or if I should wait for Tyrion's Aelves and save my money...

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Ghaz wrote:
Yeah, the base for the Dankhold Troggoth is at least 60mm if not larger.

Yeah, isn't the Grot right next to him one of those mushroom sniffer Squig herder bros? Looks more like a 32mm on him so the base on the troggoth seems slightly bigger than a 60mm

**ImAGeek**

The Dankhold is around as big as a giant. I’d say at least 80mm base.

**Geifer**

I think we can be pretty sure that it's either 60mm or 80mm, and with that stance it's probably going to fit on a 50mm base like Mollog.

Not sure I'd compare the new troll to a giant. The giant used to fill its 75mm x 50mm base because of its striding pose. The new troll doesn't need that much space. It's just standing there.

**RiTides**

I found a size comparison video on facebook, looks like a 60mm assuming the other trolls shown are on 40mm (swamp troll) and 50mm (stone troll):

https://m.facebook.com/story.php?story_fbid=959285464268247&id=452117934985005

Geifer wrote:
I think we can be pretty sure that it's either 60mm or 80mm, and with that stance it's probably going to fit on a 50mm base like Mollog.

Not sure I'd compare the new troll to a giant. The giant used to fill its 75mm x 50mm base because of its striding pose. The new troll doesn't need that much space. It's just standing there.

That's what I'm hoping! He seems like the Creature Caster models - really tall but not too wide. I'll have to see how it looks though

**Ghaz**

RiTides wrote:
I found a size comparison video on facebook, looks like a 60mm assuming the other trolls shown are on 40mm (swamp troll) and 50mm (stone troll):

https://m.facebook.com/story.php?story_fbid=959285464268247&id=452117934985005

Geifer wrote:
I think we can be pretty sure that it's either 60mm or 80mm, and with that stance it's probably going to fit on a 50mm base like Mollog.

Not sure I'd compare the new troll to a giant. The giant used to fill its 75mm x 50mm base because of its striding pose. The new troll doesn't need that much space. It's just standing there.

That's what I'm hoping! He seems like the Creature Caster models - really tall but not too wide. I'll have to see how it looks though

Fellwater Troggoths come with 50mm round bases.

**TBD**

€42/£30 for only 5 Squig Hoppers would be unacceptable so it better be 10 in the box. Those models are too small to warrant that price tag.

**Overread**

https://www.warhammer-community.com/2019/01/01/1st-dec-the-top-5-things-to-look-forward-to-in-2019gw-homepage-post-3/?fbclid=IwAR01kAzQnTD0PCr8B_0svYGixVtQ6DiBu1uwNhBOeSeKNHLXo2VN973y-fI#utm_source=Facebook&utm_medium=Facebook&utm_campaign=40K&utm_content=40KLookForwardToJan1

Confirmed more Slaanesh releases and thus likely a Battletome. Confirmed more endless spells for all armies and more in general (might mean Idoneth and daughters of Khaine getting theirs).

**zamerion**

And surely more stormcast

**TBD**

No mention of any limited edition Stormcast Sergeants yet

**Tiberius501**

When do you guys think we'll start seeing faction focuses on the grots?

**Nostromodamus**

Would be weird for the squig herd (10 squigs plus handlers) to be cheaper than 5 squig hoppers.

**Danny76**

It’s ten in the picture.
Two bodies repeated twice isn’t it?

I’m sure in the description of them where it talks about all the options and stuff it made out like it was ten.

But looking at those prices I’d say for sure it is anyway regardless

**DaveC**

The original reveal image definitely showed 10, it seems more likely to be 10 for the price but I guess we won't know for definite until Friday night.

Spoiler:

**Knight**

Aside from endless spells for factions, I don't feel we need more of them.

Nice that they're going to continue with the story, although I do hope we get something else than Sigmar vs Nagash.

**Geifer**

Knight wrote:
Aside from endless spells for factions, I don't feel we need more of them.

Nice that they're going to continue with the story, although I do hope we get something else than Sigmar vs Nagash.

Well, Slaanesh is coming. And will surely be Nagash's fault. They don't give the poor guy a break.

Keep in mind that anything concrete in the top five things to look forward to in 2019 is exclusively focused on the next three months, with the sole exception of Sisters (special case, that one). GW just won't preview anything beyond that time frame. There's probably a lot to look forward to in the other nine months.

Also, Sigmarines.

**rtb02**

Looking at the squig pic of 10...

Unless there's a duplicate sprue in a box I'm assuming they're boxes of 5.

Looking at the ten there are duplicates in there even though the riders and squig faces are different. As such I'm betting a box of 5 at this stage ...

**stormboy**

Squig hoppers are 50$US for 10 models.

**rtb02**

stormboy wrote:
Squig hoppers are 50$US for 10 models.

Can you confirm a source please?