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Hi guys, is there any rumors about upcoming AoS army releases? I know that the ghost army is coming next but what will follow? I am personally waiting to get back into AoS and this will only happen if there is finally an "Empire" like or "Ogers" battletome

You'll be waiting a while for either of them I reckon. It'll be Moonclan next, then Slanneesh after that

Thebiggesthat wrote:
You'll be waiting a while for either of them I reckon. It'll be Moonclan next, then Slanneesh after that

Do you have any sources for these rumors?

 Paintalist wrote:

Thebiggesthat wrote:
You'll be waiting a while for either of them I reckon. It'll be Moonclan next, then Slanneesh after that

Do you have any sources for these rumors?

I too want some "sauce" with this, for I eagerly wait for Slaanesh news

I'm not giving my source away.

It's the same that correctly gave me the Nurgle information before the release, which I posted on here.

Thebiggesthat wrote:
I'm not giving my source away.

It's the same that correctly gave me the Nurgle information before the release, which I posted on here.

So is it really Moonclan or is it Fungoid Cave Grots in the style of the Malign Portents shaman?

Slaanesh is also mentioned to be getting a release from another source, citing october as the release date. On French forums they mentioned november. So Autumn for sure.

 Hanskrampf wrote:

Thebiggesthat wrote:
I'm not giving my source away.

It's the same that correctly gave me the Nurgle information before the release, which I posted on here.

So is it really Moonclan or is it Fungoid Cave Grots in the style of the Malign Portents shaman?

No idea.

Moonclan before the end of the year, November/December time for Slanneesh.

Thebiggesthat wrote:

 Hanskrampf wrote:

Thebiggesthat wrote:
I'm not giving my source away.

It's the same that correctly gave me the Nurgle information before the release, which I posted on here.

So is it really Moonclan or is it Fungoid Cave Grots in the style of the Malign Portents shaman?

No idea.

Moonclan before the end of the year, November/December time for Slanneesh.

I'm taking this with extra , but if it's true, boy oh boy, gotta decide if I'm throwing more sweet money at DoK and Idoneth or just resist until we get more Slaanesh goodness!
Also, it'd be amazing if it really was December, so we'd get another Chaos Christmas Carol, this time Slaanesh themed. That would be fuuuun

Unlikely to be december. When has december has had big army release? Usually that's just bunch of bundles.

True, what I meant was the Nurgle goodness we had last December. That Christmas carol was amazing and I'd want more of that, now Slaanesh themed

I don't want moonclan grots. Give me an expanded Fyrebelly faction with Māori Ogres and Indonesian kind of amphibious animals!

Thebiggesthat wrote:

 Hanskrampf wrote:

Thebiggesthat wrote:
I'm not giving my source away.

It's the same that correctly gave me the Nurgle information before the release, which I posted on here.

So is it really Moonclan or is it Fungoid Cave Grots in the style of the Malign Portents shaman?

No idea.

Moonclan before the end of the year, November/December time for Slanneesh.

Thanks. Anything on other non-AoS releases?

Sounds pretty sparse for a new edition year, but that isn't unusual.

Voss wrote:
Sounds pretty sparse for a new edition year, but that isn't unusual.

How so? We've already had 4 Battle tomes and a supplement since the start of the year. So that's a book a month essentially, all with model releases. We've got Nighthaunts right after/during the new edition, the magic supplement around the same time and there's strong rumours for at least two more tomes before the year is done. Doesn't seem that sparse all things considered.

Well the thing is that according to them the last few tomes were written in mind with 2.0, and that 2.0 isn't a massive change in ruleset compared to say.. WHFB 7E and 8E, and 40k 7E and 8E

As a result there's no need to start printing a few books rapidly to try and catch the edition and get some caught up. Though I do hope we'll see some new destruction books before years end.

Yeah if we get moonclan and Slaanesh, by the end of the year we will have seven and a half (stormcast) battletomes compared to 2 new and 2 rehashed battletomes last year. That would be pretty amazing.

 ZebioLizard2 wrote:
Well the thing is that according to them the last few tomes were written in mind with 2.0, and that 2.0 isn't a massive change in ruleset compared to say.. WHFB 7E and 8E, and 40k 7E and 8E

As a result there's no need to start printing a few books rapidly to try and catch the edition and get some caught up. Though I do hope we'll see some new destruction books before years end.

Hell, they don't even necessarily need to print books for some stuff. Just do the Warscroll Cards set with the updated/new units if it's an existing army and bam!

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I like the idea of Realm specific Relics.

 Inquisitor Gideon wrote:

Voss wrote:
Sounds pretty sparse for a new edition year, but that isn't unusual.

How so? We've already had 4 Battle tomes and a supplement since the start of the year. So that's a book a month essentially, all with model releases. We've got Nighthaunts right after/during the new edition, the magic supplement around the same time and there's strong rumours for at least two more tomes before the year is done. Doesn't seem that sparse all things considered.

Sparse in the sense of two army releases in 6 months. The new edition is June, and the big hat rumor is talking about gobbos and then slaanesh in novemberish.

It isn't anything strange, I was just hoping to see something for the normal humans/dwarves that live in these big cities. Or something to flesh out the landscapes the various armies are fighting over. They've mentioned more details on the Realms, was hoping for something release related to make that seem real.

Voss wrote:

 Inquisitor Gideon wrote:

Voss wrote:
Sounds pretty sparse for a new edition year, but that isn't unusual.

How so? We've already had 4 Battle tomes and a supplement since the start of the year. So that's a book a month essentially, all with model releases. We've got Nighthaunts right after/during the new edition, the magic supplement around the same time and there's strong rumours for at least two more tomes before the year is done. Doesn't seem that sparse all things considered.

Sparse in the sense of two army releases in 6 months. The new edition is June, and the big hat rumor is talking about gobbos and then slaanesh in novemberish.

It isn't anything strange, I was just hoping to see something for the normal humans/dwarves that live in these big cities. Or something to flesh out the landscapes the various armies are fighting over. They've mentioned more details on the Realms, was hoping for something release related to make that seem real.

AoS 2.0 launch already has 2 new armies.
Nighthaunt overhaul and another Stormcast chamber.
If Grots and Slaanesh is true, that's 7 AoS armies in 2018.

 Kanluwen wrote:
Ninja'd by Ghaz.

I like the idea of Realm specific Relics.

Oh yeah I do as well. The idea of expanding out the realms further in all factors makes for interesting terrain ideas and decent campaigns (even skirmish!) if they work it well enough. If they do it properly it could also count towards helping with the general issues terrain has been for 40k and previous AoS, where terrain hasn't been a decent focus.

Kanluwen wrote:Ninja'd by Ghaz.

I like the idea of Realm specific Relics.

The relic sword seems really powerful. Hopefully every realm will have access to something like that.

Hanskrampf wrote:

Voss wrote:

 Inquisitor Gideon wrote:

Voss wrote:
Sounds pretty sparse for a new edition year, but that isn't unusual.

How so? We've already had 4 Battle tomes and a supplement since the start of the year. So that's a book a month essentially, all with model releases. We've got Nighthaunts right after/during the new edition, the magic supplement around the same time and there's strong rumours for at least two more tomes before the year is done. Doesn't seem that sparse all things considered.

Sparse in the sense of two army releases in 6 months. The new edition is June, and the big hat rumor is talking about gobbos and then slaanesh in novemberish.

It isn't anything strange, I was just hoping to see something for the normal humans/dwarves that live in these big cities. Or something to flesh out the landscapes the various armies are fighting over. They've mentioned more details on the Realms, was hoping for something release related to make that seem real.

AoS 2.0 launch already has 2 new armies.
Nighthaunt overhaul and another Stormcast chamber.
If Grots and Slaanesh is true, that's 7 AoS armies in 2018.

There are also rumors of a Darkoath faction, so that would make 8. I'm actually betting AoS Slaanesh will be early 2019, though. Tzeentch and Nurgle both got their releases in Q1. The Slaanesh stuff in 2018 will probably be Emperor's Children rather than Hosts of Slaanesh.

*edited because my brain has autotype enabled*

If there won't be a light elf miniature with wings and a giant sword of "banishment" I'll be seriously disappointed.

The spoiled sword of judgment is full of WANT!

 EnTyme wrote:

Kanluwen wrote:Ninja'd by Ghaz.

I like the idea of Realm specific Relics.

The relic sword seems really powerful. Hopefully every realm will have access to something like that.

Hanskrampf wrote:

Voss wrote:

 Inquisitor Gideon wrote:

Voss wrote:
Sounds pretty sparse for a new edition year, but that isn't unusual.

How so? We've already had 4 Battle tomes and a supplement since the start of the year. So that's a book a month essentially, all with model releases. We've got Nighthaunts right after/during the new edition, the magic supplement around the same time and there's strong rumours for at least two more tomes before the year is done. Doesn't seem that sparse all things considered.

Sparse in the sense of two army releases in 6 months. The new edition is June, and the big hat rumor is talking about gobbos and then slaanesh in novemberish.

It isn't anything strange, I was just hoping to see something for the normal humans/dwarves that live in these big cities. Or something to flesh out the landscapes the various armies are fighting over. They've mentioned more details on the Realms, was hoping for something release related to make that seem real.

AoS 2.0 launch already has 2 new armies.
Nighthaunt overhaul and another Stormcast chamber.
If Grots and Slaanesh is true, that's 7 AoS armies in 2018.

There are also rumors of a Darkoath faction, so that would make 8. I'm actually betting AoS Slaanesh will be early 2019, though. Tzeentch and Nurgle both got their releases in Q1. The Slaanesh stuff in 2018 will probably be Emperor's Children rather than Hosts of Slaanesh.

*edited because my brain has autotype enabled*

Speaking of the possible darkoath faction, could somebody please shed a bit more light on this (at this point I'm not sure if the whole thing's just wishlisting or not)? God I'm hoping it's true..

Were we also not expecting at least 1 more Death release this year?

Would be odd if Aelfs got 2 releases, and Death only got 1 during the "year of Death".

It's more speculation based on the pattern following the release of the Harbringers. We got the Knight of Shrouds, Nighthaunts are coming. We got the Lord Ordinator, the new Stormcast chamber has been released. We got the Grot shaman, there's very strong noise for Moonclan later in the year. Following the pattern, with the release of the Warqueen, Darkoath is the next logical choice.

Been away the last few days. I don't see anything on Warhammer Community just wondering if I missed it. Has a date in June been set yet?

AverageBoss wrote:
Were we also not expecting at least 1 more Death release this year?

Would be odd if Aelfs got 2 releases, and Death only got 1 during the "year of Death".

It’s never been called the ‘year of death’ except by fans speculating.