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2016/08/08 16:47:43
Subject: How's your club doing with the general's handbook?
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Grumpy Longbeard
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So AoS has been getting a lot more attention with the general's handbook (the book with the points in) and their global campaign is helping too.
There are 2 clubs in my city; one has gotten a AoS group going (by running the global campaign, there wasn't much fantasy before) and the other (where I'm at) has a group of KoW players (we just had a campaign, which was good and went well). The guys at my club are not very keen on AoS (I personally don't mind playing AoS if asked, but would rather play KoW). So 2 clubs, only one of the two systems being played at each.
Are clubs/gaming groups polarized where you are too?
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2016/08/08 21:04:04
Subject: How's your club doing with the general's handbook?
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Posts with Authority
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The group that I am in continues to blithely ignore AoS, and I see no sign of that changing any time soon.
The changes to the style of the minis seems to mean that they aren't even picking up the figures for use in KoW. (I actually think that the Orruk look okay, but the orc players seem to be gravitating to the 'official' KoW orcs, with Reaper character models.)
The Auld Grump
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Kilkrazy wrote:When I was a young boy all my wargames were narratively based because I played with my toy soldiers and vehicles without the use of any rules.
The reason I bought rules and became a real wargamer was because I wanted a properly thought out structure to govern the action instead of just making things up as I went along.
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2016/08/08 21:14:43
Subject: How's your club doing with the general's handbook?
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Longtime Dakkanaut
Building a blood in water scent
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I don't know anyone who plays AoS.
Our KoW group is slowly growing.
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We were once so close to heaven, St. Peter came out and gave us medals; declaring us "The nicest of the damned".
“Anti-intellectualism has been a constant thread winding its way through our political and cultural life, nurtured by the false notion that democracy means that 'my ignorance is just as good as your knowledge.'” |
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2016/08/08 22:18:40
Subject: How's your club doing with the general's handbook?
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Wolf Guard Bodyguard in Terminator Armor
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AoS started a little following recently but its been back to 8th Edition Fantasy, I have tried to get people to at least try KoW but no luck so far.
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2016/08/08 22:20:12
Subject: How's your club doing with the general's handbook?
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Bounding Ultramarine Assault Trooper
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I spent a lot of money getting the old Fantasy stuff before it was discontinued...but I have no desire to get any of the AoS stuff except the mini Treeman guys...
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I can still remember when a box of 30 Space Marines was $30.00. Now THAT'S old school! In fact, I started playing in the Rogue Trader days...yes, I am that old. Played Warhammer Fantasy for years before Rogue Trader even came out...
6,800 Pts. Ultramarines, 1,500 Pts. Deathwatch, 1,000 Pts. Black Templars, 1,000 Pts. Blood Ravens, 1,000 Pts. Emperors Children, 2,000 Pts. Word Bearers, 3,500 Pts. Eldar (Alaitoc or Biel-tan), 2,000 Pts. Tau, 2,000 Pts. Sisters of Battle, 999 Pts. of Thousand Sons, 1,000 Points Dark Eldar, 1,000 Points Adeptus Arbites, 1,000 Points Freebooters, 1,000 Points "Last Chancers", 1,000 Points Tyranids, 1,000 Points Necrons
2,500 Pts. Brotherhood, 2,000 Pts. Undead, 2,000 Pts. Sylvan Kin Elves, 2,000 Pts. Empire of Dust, 3,000 Pts. Orcs with Goblin Allies
5 Necromunda Gangs, 10 Mordheim Warbands, and 5 Frostgrave warbands |
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2016/08/10 01:24:10
Subject: How's your club doing with the general's handbook?
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Decrepit Dakkanaut
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No KoW at my store at all. AoS has had a resurgence.
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2016/08/10 09:19:32
Subject: How's your club doing with the general's handbook?
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Anti-Armour Swiss Guard
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I don't play at a store, but my local clubs have both pretty much ignored AoS handbook or no.
9th age, Kings of War, WM/H and X-wing, infinity, Flames of War and epic pretty much all take up any slack there might be for AoS.
The general disdain for the look of most of the new AoS models pretty much fuelled it, though. (for the most part, they don't care about unit stats if the model is pox).
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I'm OVER 50 (and so far over everyone's BS, too).
Old enough to know better, young enough to not give a ****.
That is not dead which can eternal lie ...
... and yet, with strange aeons, even death may die.
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