Warcry (AoS) News & Rumours - Briar and Bone reveal (Sylvaneth v OBR)

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**Sabotage!**

fresus wrote:
Another great warband. I really want to pick most of them.
I'm hoping the next one will have a little less flesh/muscles, just to add more variety.

I think the Death? (At least that's my guess) warband will have you covered. In the intro video to the game there is art of a warband fighting the Iron Golems that are wearing flowing robes or long clothing, have masks with "iron halos" that match the one above the emblem of the flayed face and have curved blades and spears.

I dig the Corvus guys. I love how individual the warbands are.

**Gallahad**

I mostly curious about price at this point, and what bands come in the starter.
My guess is snake dudes and bird dudes are separate from the starter, and we get my two least favorite bands in the starter...:(

**timetowaste85**

Favorite thus far is the snake army, followed by bird army, then bone weapon army, then iron golems are dead last. Did I miss anyone?

**DaveC**

Gallahad wrote:
I mostly curious about price at this point, and what bands come in the starter.
My guess is snake dudes and bird dudes are separate from the starter, and we get my two least favorite bands in the starter...:(

Starter box showed Iron Golems versus Untamed Beasts in the artwork so they are probably the starter minis. But yeah the Splintered Fang and Corvus Cabal are more interesting. Hopefully the boxed game is around the £105 mark they are currently charging for starters with warbands around £25?

Spoiler:

**Gallahad**

DaveC wrote:
Gallahad wrote:
I mostly curious about price at this point, and what bands come in the starter.
My guess is snake dudes and bird dudes are separate from the starter, and we get my two least favorite bands in the starter...:(

Starter box showed Iron Golems versus Untamed Beasts in the artwork so they are probably the starter minis. But yeah the Splintered Fang and Corvus Cabal are more interesting. Hopefully the boxed game is around the £105 mark they are currently charging for starters with warbands around £25?

Spoiler:

Good point/info. That probably means I don't buy into it as a game, but buy just the harpies and snake and crow guys off eBay. At that price the starter just isn't worth it for me given the only miniatures I like in the starter are the harpies.

**skrulnik**

Binabik15 wrote:
Cataphract wrote:
Binabik15 wrote:
So, that's

Khorne - Iron Golems
Undivided - Untamed Beasts
Slaanesh - Splintered Fang
Tzeentch - Raven dudes

???

Not in a "this is clearly worshipping god X" way, but very congruent design elements between the main armies and the Warcry stuff, but with awesome twists. Leaving Nurgle-ish and a wildcard band?

I just wish we'd have ANYthing on gameplay so far. I really need this to be as good as Underworlds, so I'll get to actually play it.

Actually they ALL appear to be of the Undivided Allegiance. What sets each of them apart is what realm they come from.

Iron Golems - Chamon
Untamed Beasts - Ghur
Splintered Fang - Ghyran
Corvus Cabal - Ulgu

This is a look at Undivided based on different realms.

While the realm is most important, there's still too much of a similarity with major gods for three of the bands to them not worshipping an aspect of the pantheon - knowingly or not. It's something that cropped up a lot in older WHFB and 40k stuff but had taken a backseat for most of the more recent editions. Worshipping the Great Gatherer might not make Tzaangor Enlightened turn up on your doorstep, but you'd still strenghten Tzeentch (or one of his Greater Demons or princes).

I'm not saying that it's 100% for sure that the meat tenderiser wielding smith dudes in red armour are leaning Khorne, but it's certainly possible. This makes porting over Khorne bits easy - and the other way round - but you can also paint them bright pink or black or white, it's subtle enough to not shoehorn you into a niche. I like it a lot.

There's hints toward Old World marauder clan worship.

The Golems lean toward Khorne in appearance and warlike aspect.
There is an aspect of Nurgle in worshipping a carrion bird, and I think some of the old clans followed the plague god.
The Splintered Fang probably have poison in their repertoire, which i would call an aspect of Slaanesh.

**Danny76**

Gallahad wrote:
DaveC wrote:
Gallahad wrote:
I mostly curious about price at this point, and what bands come in the starter.
My guess is snake dudes and bird dudes are separate from the starter, and we get my two least favorite bands in the starter...:(

Starter box showed Iron Golems versus Untamed Beasts in the artwork so they are probably the starter minis. But yeah the Splintered Fang and Corvus Cabal are more interesting. Hopefully the boxed game is around the £105 mark they are currently charging for starters with warbands around £25?

Spoiler:

Good point/info. That probably means I don't buy into it as a game, but buy just the harpies and snake and crow guys off eBay. At that price the starter just isn't worth it for me given the only miniatures I like in the starter are the harpies.

Or just buy the rulebook and then those warbands?

**ScarletRose**

Not a fan of the crows, but all the other warbands have looked great.

I'm probably going to pick this game up, even if it's just to have a bunch of unique sculpt warbands to paint up.

**zamerion**

Do we know something about how to play it?

**Geifer**

zamerion wrote:

Do we know something about how to play it?

Not yet. We're still at least a month from release, which is too early for rules previews.

Also consider that GW is taking their time and only showing off the warbands one at a time.

**Baragash**

I really like the crows, then that model on stilts comes along and ruins it.

**Chopstick**

I just want to see the warband sprue to see how big and how much option is in there.

**zamerion**

https://www.warhammer-community.com/2019/06/01/the-warhammer-age-of-sigmar-open-day-tickets-now-available/

20th of July first time to play warcry.

So maybe preorders on 13th or the same day.

**DaveC**

The Warhammer Age of Sigmar Open day will also be the first time ever that you’ll have the chance to play Warcry

Pre-order same day (20th) for a July 27th release I'd say going by that or it could be a 2 week pre-order

**nagash42**

I like that the case shows the models can be armed differently.

**Geifer**

End of July is a bit of a wait still.

Booooring!

**Voss**

DaveC wrote:
The Warhammer Age of Sigmar Open day will also be the first time ever that you’ll have the chance to play Warcry

Pre-order same day (20th) for a July 27th release I'd say going by that or it could be a 2 week pre-order

I was under the impression it's due for august, so probably the latter.

**ImAGeek**

Voss wrote:
DaveC wrote:
The Warhammer Age of Sigmar Open day will also be the first time ever that you’ll have the chance to play Warcry

Pre-order same day (20th) for a July 27th release I'd say going by that or it could be a 2 week pre-order

I was under the impression it's due for august, so probably the latter.

No, it’s due in July.

From one of the videos (spoilered for size):

Spoiler:

**Geifer**

Worth pointing out that GW gives the pre-order date for these things. A rare two-week pre-order on the last weekend of July, in stores basically in the middle of August, would still be advertised as July 2019.

**FrothingMuppet**

On one hand I'm bummed at the lack of poseability/set loadouts; but then I think back to Mordheim and think these new bands equate to those types of games. Mordheim were all single posed metals. The new generation are plastic. Theres an improvement there, even if it doesn't go as far as genuine multipart/option kits.

At least they dont have the Necromunda treatment of 5 base minis with simple hand swaps being the best that can be done without material gutting and gluing and greenstuffing.

**Kanluwen**

Geifer wrote:
Worth pointing out that GW gives the pre-order date for these things. A rare two-week pre-order on the last weekend of July, in stores basically in the middle of August, would still be advertised as July 2019.

No, because it wouldn't be out in July.

**Ghaz**

Kanluwen wrote:
Geifer wrote:
Worth pointing out that GW gives the pre-order date for these things. A rare two-week pre-order on the last weekend of July, in stores basically in the middle of August, would still be advertised as July 2019.

No, because it wouldn't be out in July.

They did that last year with the Nighthaunts battletome. The teaser trailer said June, yet it went on pre-order June 30th for a July release.

**Chopstick**

Could be any day, could be July, could be August. Guess no one remember "Orktober" eh?

Oh no the false advertising

**Ghaz**

Chopstick wrote:
Could be any day, could be July, could be August. Guess no one remember "Orktober" eh?

Oh no the false advertising

Except we do have one video from back in March which says July. It just means that it could go on pre-order July 27th and release in August.

Spoiler:

**Chopstick**

Ghaz wrote:
Chopstick wrote:
Could be any day, could be July, could be August. Guess no one remember "Orktober" eh?

Oh no the false advertising

Except we do have one video from back in March which says July. It just means that it could go on pre-order July 27th and release in August.

So exactly what I just said, could be July or August.

**Chikout**

Don't know why we are having this debate. I would put good money on the preorder date being July 20th to coincide with the open day where it will be playable. They did exactly the same thing with warhammer Quest when it first launched.

**Binabik15**

They should've put it in the Sylvaneth release lot. I want it nooow

**Da Boss**

Those Crowbarians are fething amazing. I have to find a use for them.

**Danny76**

Some new short stories set around Warcry coming too..
6 stories, centering on the factions.
Should be interesting

**Sabotage!**

Binabik15 wrote:
They should've put it in the Sylvaneth release lot. I want it nooow

This so much.