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Lord Kragan wrote:
This popped on tga.

"with the store on the 4-5th of June having a large meeting, regarding age of sigmar and then told to make a new starter board, would suggest that we are getting a new edition. "

My guess is rather a new starter box, but that's pretty much common knowledge. It still gives us a date for its release: pre-orders will be either 2nd or, more than likely, the 9th of june.

Ehhh...it might be less of a "new edition" and more "AoS2.0". I could see them releasing a new rulebook with the stuff for Matched, Open, and Narrative Play in there.

A WD leak was posted on 4chan a while back... could be anything I guess. Part of me wants the ID release to be done with, so we can get to the next AoS project.

Idoneth finish on May 19th. It's literally just 3 things left.


If I had to guess, we're going to see Storms of Magic back. Like I said in the Rumor Engine thread, we saw a Purple Sun of Xereus recently--it might be that we'll see some Realm specific spells and models for them.

When can we expect an update to Skirmish. Would be nice to field the models from the last two releases.

I wish the book provided a way to calculate points so we didnt need to wait for an entirely new release

The Community page had an update last week for basically everyone that was new.

Chopxsticks wrote:
When can we expect an update to Skirmish. Would be nice to field the models from the last two releases.

I wish the book provided a way to calculate points so we didnt need to wait for an entirely new release

Divide per five. Then divide by number of models in unit. Round down or up based on proximity.

Thre you go, that's renown.

As Kan said:

https://whc-cdn.games-workshop.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/04/age_of_sigmar_skirmish_errata_apr18_en.pdf

NinthMusketeer wrote:GW has been good about that so far. And I don't see Chaos versions coming because even when they have captured Stormcast souls chaos forces have shown no interest in trying to corrupt them as opposed to using them as magic batteries. It would be 'deathcast' I'd say we could potentially see, but IMO it would be something resembling stormcast in the same way a knight of shrouds resembles a human--an undead created from the souls rather than a stormcast model with skulls.

That'd actually be really cool, if it in any way resembled the "Lightning-Gheist" we got in that forging story. The "raging magics barely contained in a human-like vessel" aspect of Stormcast is the coolest thing about them.

reds8n wrote:https://www.blacklibrary.com/new-titles/featured/the-sea-taketh-eshort.html?utm_source=Warhammer%20Community&utm_medium=Sidebar
THE STORY
Ingdrin Jonsson, arkanaut of the Kharadron Overlords, swaps his sky-ship for an ocean-going vessel as he joins the fisherfolk of the Blackfire Bight for an expedition. With his arkanaut suit adapted to help him survive the crushing pressure of the ocean depths, he delves into the darkness in search of a great treasure. But when he disturbs something ancient and deadly, he brings danegr not only to himself, but to the humans who aid him. For the Idoneth Deepkin are rising, and they hunger for souls…

I love this error because it's so completely in theme with AoS' silly naming schemes. Duardin going into the oceaeth to face the danegr of aelves and their fyshy companions.

Lord Kragan wrote:

Chopxsticks wrote:
When can we expect an update to Skirmish. Would be nice to field the models from the last two releases.

I wish the book provided a way to calculate points so we didnt need to wait for an entirely new release

Divide per five. Then divide by number of models in unit. Round down or up based on proximity.

Thre you go, that's renown.

Also cap randomly and remove anything that has alternative deployment(except when it has it!), remove anything that's fluffy(Lord Aquilor) and make every ability apply to just one model at a time.

TLDR: Skirmish is less than ideal. Play Path to Glory instead.

Hopefully they will have Bottle write Skirmish 2.0 because Hinterlands was way better than skirmish has even been.

 NinthMusketeer wrote:
Hopefully they will have Bottle write Skirmish 2.0 because Hinterlands was way better than skirmish has even been.

Hinterlands is still my go-to for AoS skirmish games. I'm praying we'll see some sort of announcement about this soon. The WD leak on 4-chan could potentially relate to skirmish, so fingers crossed.

I know I have been away for a while, and this is not News or Rumours, but curious now that if it could be related to what is being talked about.

Where is Bottle? I haven't seen him comment in a while. I hope he is doing well. Maybe he is working for GW now and will be working on future projects for AoS and therefore he doesn't comment on the forums anymore? Could this be the case, or did I miss something when I was away?

Davor wrote:
I know I have been away for a while, and this is not News or Rumours, but curious now that if it could be related to what is being talked about.

Where is Bottle? I haven't seen him comment in a while. I hope he is doing well. Maybe he is working for GW now and will be working on future projects for AoS and therefore he doesn't comment on the forums anymore? Could this be the case, or did I miss something when I was away?

He does work for GW now. He wrote the mini game in this month's white dwarf.

Thank you Chikout. I am so glad for him. He is living his dream. Great for him.

Fans of Josh Reynolds works and novel ether 40k or AoS. you can ask him a question on https://ask.fm/JoshMReynolds

I'm so ready to buy some sharks but GW wants to drip feed instead :(

The Legends stuff is either

- great, if it means I can add to my Brets later on

Or

- cruel if I can buy more stuff but they don't make time for running their plastic moulds and I can't get more Pegasi and M@As.

AoS desperatly needs a proper knightly humans release...on horses.

There are no humans or horses in Age of Super Buff Dudes.

I share your outlook on Legends. It's a good thing GW brings back old things in the first place, but I have a feeling I'll be out of luck. Tomb Kings are either plastic or (previously metal ported to) resin. Made to order has so far exclusively been metal, so I'm not getting my hopes up.

Made to order have been both resin and metal.

On the dark elf made to order morathi and the mounted figures are resin.

The only plastic made to order they did as far as I remember was chaplain on bike, but that bike they already produce though:/

 Geifer wrote:
There are no humans or horses in Age of Super Buff Dudes.

Outriders/Pistoliers say "sup"?
There's also the Varanguard for Everchosen, but those are daemonic horses and Chaos dudes so maybe it doesn't count.

I share your outlook on Legends. It's a good thing GW brings back old things in the first place, but I have a feeling I'll be out of luck. Tomb Kings are either plastic or (previously metal ported to) resin. Made to order has so far exclusively been metal, so I'm not getting my hopes up.

I don't expect to see stuff like Tomb Kings, sadly, since as mentioned...they'd have to do the plastic range as well as characters and stuff.

 Kanluwen wrote:

There's also the Varanguard for Everchosen, but those are daemonic horses and Chaos dudes so maybe it doesn't count.

Also Neferata's chosen have some but they are also predatory.

http://whfb.lexicanum.com/wiki/Steed_of_Nulahmia

 Kanluwen wrote:

 Geifer wrote:
There are no humans or horses in Age of Super Buff Dudes.

Spoiler:

Outriders/Pistoliers say "sup"?

They're pre-AoS-ification, but you knew that already, and what he meant.

 DanceOfSlaanesh wrote:
Made to order have been both resin and metal.

On the dark elf made to order morathi and the mounted figures are resin.

The only plastic made to order they did as far as I remember was chaplain on bike, but that bike they already produce though:/

Would you look at that. Here's to hoping GW makes the only right choice. I need a Casket or two. Maybe three to be on the safe side. And Ushabti.

 H.B.M.C. wrote:

 Kanluwen wrote:

 Geifer wrote:
There are no humans or horses in Age of Super Buff Dudes.

Spoiler:

Outriders/Pistoliers say "sup"?

They're pre-AoS-ification, but you knew that already, and what he meant.

I hate to say it, but yes, exactly this.

The new black coach has undead horses. If there are no horses in AoS, where did they come from?

Chikout wrote:
The new black coach has undead horses. If there are no horses in AoS, where did they come from?

Well, you take a male undead horse and a female undead horse and leave them alone for a while and...

 Geifer wrote:

 H.B.M.C. wrote:

 Kanluwen wrote:

 Geifer wrote:
There are no humans or horses in Age of Super Buff Dudes.

Spoiler:

Outriders/Pistoliers say "sup"?

They're pre-AoS-ification, but you knew that already, and what he meant.

I hate to say it, but yes, exactly this.

You stated there are no humans or horses in AoS.

There's a few units that still have horses at this point. Dragonblades(Dragon Princes rebadged), Swifthawk Agents Chariots, Freeguild Generals, Outriders, Pistoliers, and Marauder Horsemen(it's right there in the name!) all have normal horses. The (Ellyrion) Reavers for Swifthawk Agents aren't readily available right now(they were only in Island of Blood/Spire of Dawn and that's gone again) but are still normal horses.

Varanguard, Chaos Knights, Blood Knights, Dark Riders, Scourgerunner Chariots and Doomfire Warlocks all have "special" horses. The last three were traditionally stolen from the Ellyrion herds and corrupted by Morathi's priestesses and mages. Blood Knights have Nightmares. Chaos Knights and Varanguard have Chaos corrupted horses.

Then you have Black Knights and Hexwraiths, the Black Coach that's coming up, and who knows what else?

And before you say "But none of those are new!"--Varanguard came out after AoS launched. They came out with Archaon and the Everchosen book.

 Kanluwen wrote:

 Geifer wrote:

 H.B.M.C. wrote:

 Kanluwen wrote:

 Geifer wrote:
There are no humans or horses in Age of Super Buff Dudes.

Spoiler:

Outriders/Pistoliers say "sup"?

They're pre-AoS-ification, but you knew that already, and what he meant.

I hate to say it, but yes, exactly this.

You stated there are no humans or horses in AoS.

There's a few units that still have horses at this point. Dragonblades(Dragon Princes rebadged), Swifthawk Agents Chariots, Freeguild Generals, Outriders, Pistoliers, and Marauder Horsemen(it's right there in the name!) all have normal horses. The (Ellyrion) Reavers for Swifthawk Agents aren't readily available right now(they were only in Island of Blood/Spire of Dawn and that's gone again) but are still normal horses.

Varanguard, Chaos Knights, Blood Knights, Dark Riders, Scourgerunner Chariots and Doomfire Warlocks all have "special" horses. The last three were traditionally stolen from the Ellyrion herds and corrupted by Morathi's priestesses and mages. Blood Knights have Nightmares. Chaos Knights and Varanguard have Chaos corrupted horses.

Then you have Black Knights and Hexwraiths, the Black Coach that's coming up, and who knows what else?

And before you say "But none of those are new!"--Varanguard came out after AoS launched. They came out with Archaon and the Everchosen book.

If you want to be so literal, I never said anything about Age of Sigmar. I spoke exclusively of Age of Super Buff Dudes, which is an entirely different game. So none of what you just said matters one bit.

When you're still not done being silly, here's the version for people who can't stop being literal. Age of Sigmar has failed to establish normal, baseline humans through the release of a new model line, instead doing a lousy job just porting Warhammer Fantasy models. That's the criticism.

Would you all kindly take your whining out of the news and rumours thread? Thanks.

Hm, i need to think of a substitute i can use the sorceress on cold one for for my DoK.

 Geifer wrote:

If you want to be so literal, I never said anything about Age of Sigmar. I spoke exclusively of Age of Super Buff Dudes, which is an entirely different game. So none of what you just said matters one bit.

You agreed with HBMC that the Pistoliers and Outriders are "pre-AoSification", thus you did say something about AoS.

If we're being "so literal" of course.

When you're still not done being silly, here's the version for people who can't stop being literal. Age of Sigmar has failed to establish normal, baseline humans through the release of a new model line, instead doing a lousy job just porting Warhammer Fantasy models. That's the criticism.

So we're going to pretend the Warpriest Excelsior from Silver Tower didn't happen? Guy who was designed to mesh with the Empire/Freeguild range and is part of the "Devoted of Sigmar" faction?


I get that you seem to be irked that there's no super generic, easy to proxy with historicals faction anymore--but move on. I had my Wood Elf range cut by as much as the Bretonnians had for an army. That should tell you something right there as to how that faction was.

It is kinda of crazy that some of the criticism against Age of Sigmar is that there are no "regular" people. It's astounding and sad at the same time.

But back on the topic of news and rumors. When are we supposed to hear the next thing about Age of Sigmar? Is it next week at Warhammer Fest?

 Nova_Impero wrote:

But back on the topic of news and rumors. When are we supposed to hear the next thing about Age of Sigmar? Is it next week at Warhammer Fest?

I would be surprised if we don't hear something at Warhammer Fest. Rumormongers are currently talking about a new AoS boxed set for the "big summer release", so it would be likely to get announced/previewed there.