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Stealthy Warhound Titan Princeps






Those units are yet to be released.

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Horrific Hive Tyrant





As Rihgu said, also Stryx, some Orders, Mounted Squires are supposed to come this year. Centaur Avatara were delayed for unknown reasons, and were originally supposed to release march 2020.
   
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Found out how difficult it is to crack Dweghom today. Even with flurry, couldn't lay a scratch on their shiny armor. Guess I need to figure out how to get more cleave/ap in an orc list.

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Yeah. The dweghom can be obnoxious.
   
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I work at Tabletop Gaming and Miniature Wargames magazine/website and we talk with the team at Parabellum regularly. What sort of content would interest you most for Conquest?

We've just done an unboxing on the new W’adrhŭn Warband Set over on YouTube and ran a paint workshop 2 weeks back with their pro painter on the Rage X Fire set, we love showcasing their stuff but want to make sure it's more of what you'd want so let me know below and I'll try to make some of it happen!
   
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Recurring comments on Discord mention there aren't many battle reports on youtube, particularly First Blood or how to play (explaining all the steps from the start).
I barely watch any wargame stuff on youtube, but maybe that could be a good option?
   
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I agree with VBS, battle reports and how to play are the two most needed.
   
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For those that do not follow news sub-forum Incarnate Sentinels:
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So awesome - wow!

   
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 Alpharius wrote:
So awesome - wow!
They were seen earlier on this art, and I suspected that the guards there are Incarnate Sentinels but now I have a confirmation.
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Retinue for the Dweghom, resin, non limited, probably July.
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Wow, I've got to have those sentinels !!. Are they gonna be released this summer ?
   
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 emanuelb wrote:
Wow, I've got to have those sentinels !!. Are they gonna be released this summer ?
They are part of the current catalogue which is up to June but there were already some delays, like with the Warbred, so summer may or may not be a good guess. Although because they are resin, which is produced in Greece, unlike plastics, it may actually not matter and they will be available sooner.
   
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Got a sprue of Pheromancer and here he is. Never liked the blade on the end of his staff so I cut it off. Also, decided not to glue that piece with vials etc.
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Flamecaster
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I wish the flame berserkers or Tempered Sorcerer looked that good! They really are hugely improving with each sculpt

I'm on a podcast about (video) game design:
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Rihgu wrote:
They really are hugely improving with each sculpt
I agree except for Artisan Raegh/Exemplar which I think were weak sculpts. But Flamecaster is hands down the best Dweghom mini so far.
   
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Hey guys. I recently quit 40k mainly because of the absolute dumpster fire that is Games Workshop. Looking for a non-GW mini game that has a low model count and doesn't require 4-6 hours for a single match. I prefer the fantasy scene over sci-fi. Does this game fit the bill?
   
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If you play the skirmish version of the game then yes.

They have skirmish scale rules and full army scale rules.
   
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BDBurrow wrote:
Hey guys. I recently quit 40k mainly because of the absolute dumpster fire that is Games Workshop. Looking for a non-GW mini game that has a low model count and doesn't require 4-6 hours for a single match. I prefer the fantasy scene over sci-fi. Does this game fit the bill?


Rules, army lists and army builder are free. You can check out here the Skirmish version (First Blood):

https://www.para-bellum.com/rules-and-faq/
https://armybuilder.para-bellum.com/fb

First Blood can easily be played with a dozen minis (sometimes up to 30 or even more, depending on the list and points... up to you!).
Games are faster and more interactive than the standard gw.
   
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BDBurrow wrote:
Hey guys. I recently quit 40k mainly because of the absolute dumpster fire that is Games Workshop. Looking for a non-GW mini game that has a low model count and doesn't require 4-6 hours for a single match. I prefer the fantasy scene over sci-fi. Does this game fit the bill?
Guys here already mentioned First Blood which is a skirmish version of rank&file Conquest, but there is nothing preventing you playing Conquest with smaller points limit and still enjoy it. There are even battle reports on YT that are played with like 4 Regiments (squads) and 2 Characters (heroes) per side. Rules are really felxible, and as mentioned they are free so you can read them and test them with your existing minis (creating some proxy stands or even simply counting every 4 minis as a stand). Go visit their site and read the lore, which is great and may influence your choice of army/armies
   
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I go over balance quite a bit. Here I have dug out Conquest vs Age of Sigmar to highlight just how much better the balance in Conquest is vs AOS with a visual representation of actual data.

The first graphic with all the pink dots... thats my AOS data. Notice how it truly looks like a shotgun blast across the screen.

The blue line represents based on output what something SHOULD cost. In Age of Sigmar... that blue line is basically ignored and the point costs seem very arbitrary (believe it or not 40k is about 1.5x worse and even more spread out)

The next graphic overlays AOS with Conquest. The green dots in the second graphic are the currently released Conquest points. Notice how they are a lot closer to the blue line.

While neither is perfect, this is showing visually based off of math output the actual mathematical difference in the tightness of balance between the two games.

I went over this system on my youtube channel. Tomorrow will discuss where the new spire centaur models land on this line and how the spires are doing overall:
https://youtu.be/U410yfaEAYI

Three part series on this graph and detailing how I get the numbers I get:
https://youtu.be/FX93AINW8gA
https://youtu.be/gAJTt3Uchgc
https://youtu.be/hzoKsPG8JFM
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Interested to hear your thoughts on the Centaur Avatara!

I saw that you had rated the Ice Jotnar as overcosted but hadn't factored in a few things... did you change your algorithm to reflect that at all? Or do you think the Ice Jotnar is a unique enough case that it can be ignored for the purposes of what this graph is meant to showcase?

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The Ice Jotnar is slightly above what I consider to be "in parity". So its not a bad choice, just not the cutting edge of optimal. Also important to note, that the analysis on him does not reflect his spell casting as he is kind of a hybrid monster / character. His spell casting is definitely something that I feel brings him more in line with point costed just right, but again even without spell casting included, he's only marginally above the "efficiency line" so I would still include one in my games. With items like this I am considering adding entries to include individual spells so you can see what adding the spell does.

My army builder I had written for the game does all of that but I mothballed it due to no interest because of their official online builder, and I had to move my efforts to a different project. I may dust that off for some future battle reports.

EDIT: also I found a mistake in my beastpack analysis (i miskeyed an input) that I found this morning which changed the shape of my graph a bit which I will talk about in tomorrow's analysis. (whoops!) - that did affect the ice jotnar's placement.
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Old Dominion playtesting has begun.
   
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Does that imply they haven't been playtesting yet? For some reason I thought that had already started a bit ago.

Also, where on your chart does Apex Predator fall out of curiosity? I couldn't find it in your centaur avatara video

I'm on a podcast about (video) game design:
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Correct, playtesting has not begun yet. They just finished several versions of the rules (so the playtesters are going to be playing with multiple variations of the army rules). They have been playtesting the newly restructured First Blood rules primarily up until today.

Apex Predator is forthcoming I have a battletech series I'm doing, then I plan on circling back and doing the Apex Predator.

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So far the Old Dominion playtest is going pretty well. I am pretty stoked about painting some of those legionnaires! This is like a dream army for me.
   
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I have a prediction on how they'll play (at least with the early released units) but since there's no way anybody would confirm/deny my predictions posting them would just be a risk of egg on my face if they turn out wrong!

I just started a 100k side army but gosh I probably should have saved myself some money and held off for Old Dominion.

I'm on a podcast about (video) game design:
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We'll just say they play like nothing else in the game so far.
   
 
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