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The Rumour Thread
The Mysterious Mr B replied to The Jabber Tzeentch's topic in Age of Sigmar Discussions
Duardin getting what they're owed is what it's all about! -
The Rumour Thread
The Mysterious Mr B replied to The Jabber Tzeentch's topic in Age of Sigmar Discussions
Time for the Dispossessed to become the Repossessed! Maybe my theory about the meaning of Grungni 'shaking up the pantheon' is more accurate than even I thought. -
The Rumour Thread
The Mysterious Mr B replied to The Jabber Tzeentch's topic in Age of Sigmar Discussions
I know Grungni was involved on the (re)forging of the new type of Stromcast, but when I read this I immediately thought a new Duardin faction could be in the works. Shaking up the balance of the pantheon? Sounds more than just him helping Sigmar. That wouldn't really be shaking up the balance. And by this point the new Stormcast have already been talked about, so is this something else...? Rumours for the Rumour Throne! Uh, rumour thread, sorry. From this, by the way, bottom right on the penultimate spread: -
I love how they don't look frail, like aelves are sometimes imagined to be. They look like they'd be able to stand their ground in a fight.
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The various tribes of the Eightpoints (i.e. the Warcry warbands) have differing interpretations of who or what they each worship, and focus on differing aspects of Chaos as a whole and each individual Chaos god. I can't point to a specific example at the moment but I'm sure somewhere it at least hints at the Chaos god they are worshipping not always being the same. For example, maybe the Untamed Beasts worship Khorne without necessarily knowing it when they fight, then worship Slaanesh when they do something excessive, and so on. I might have imagined it but there might be something similar inplied for Slaves to Darkness in their battletome and general lore - which god they worship at any time being more fluid for some segments of their society than for others. That would make sense for any followers of Archon, considering he is champion of the pantheon!
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The Nameless One is correct. Pages 24-26 to be precise. Enjoy!
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In terms of lore, or in-game?
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I'm going to contradict my previous answer now because humans are fallible and we are capable of complex, situational thought. 😁 Technically the letter of the law states 'Thle unit can then move up to that distance in inches'. If you roll a 1 to run and decide to move 0, that is still 'up to' 1. You have already declared you are running so the run sequence has started and you have moved 'up to' whatever you rolled. So in that respect, you have 'run' a distance of 0". Note the word 'technically' and the phrase 'letter of the law'. If you're at a tournament, maybe stick to rules as written unless a judge says otherwise or the opponent is gracious enough to offer a take-back without you even asking. However, in your original question you mentioned you were at your gaming group. Surely we have to allow ourselves a bit of relaxation within our local gaming groups, playing by the spirit of the law in a way that is still fair and fun. In combat, if a soldier says 'Let's leg it!' and then realises that his unit wouldn't be able to run as far as he was hoping and it would be better for them to keep fighting a bit longer, they'd just keep fighting and still be able to do anything they would have been able to do had he not said anything and the result was the same - they remain in combat. At a local club or game store, Wheaton's Law must surely be the most important rule for any player.
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Tyranids in Age od Sigmar
The Mysterious Mr B replied to Skarband's topic in Age of Sigmar Discussions
Does anyone know of any home-brewed Tyranid battletomes (essentially just the warscrolls and allegiance abilities, etc)? -
Is AoS still a skirmish game?
The Mysterious Mr B replied to Greybeard86's topic in Age of Sigmar Discussions
To some degree (note the emphasis) it's down to your personal preference. Do you want it to feel like a skirmish game? Then build and play your army in that way. Do you want to it feel more rank and file? Then build and play with that in mind. You can't control what the opponent does, but if your half of the game feels that way to you, you're halfway there. 50% might be the best you're going to get. Of course, you'd still be playing within a ruleset that you personally feels skewed more skirmish or less skirmish, however you interpret it, but there's a certain degree of flexibility within that ruleset to play how you want. I know that doesn't directly answer your question as to whether AoS is or isn't a 'skirmish game', but the discussion seems to have established that what a 'skirmish game' actually consists of is pretty nebulous. So if what 'skirmish' means is personal taste, maybe you can bring your own personal interpretation to AoS and play it in the way you wish it were (i.e. more skirmish or less skirmish). 'Be the change you want to see in the world!' -
Direction of bases / gamesmanship
The Mysterious Mr B replied to MightyMetro's question in Rules Questions
As far as I am aware there is no rule to say a model has to face a certain direction in combat (or at any other time). My experience is that people do indeed position their models in such a way as to get the maximum impact from them, no matter which way the model is 'facing'. In lore-terms, the fighters aren't static anyway - a large creature would move the bulk of its body around for full combat effectiveness, swinging and swaying this way and that as it fights. In game-terms, you are playing by the rules as written. Whether all opponents believe you are playing by the spirit of the law, rather than just the letter of the law... well that will be on a person-by-person basis but as far as I have experienced , virtually everyone does it and I can't see it being an issue. -
Ahh, so are you saying most Bloodtoofs players just ignore the whole relegate thing entirely and see it as a way for the designers the balance it out - the rest of what Bloodtoofs get is so good it doesn't matter not having a usable Command Trait? Because if so, doesn't that make them pretty unique in all of AoS? I can't think of another faction or subfaction for which it's just accepted by the vast majority of players of that sub/faction that one of their benefits intentionally isn't used as a 'tax' due to how good their other benefits are. My original questions still stand, for anyone who does use realmgates.
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The Rumour Thread
The Mysterious Mr B replied to The Jabber Tzeentch's topic in Age of Sigmar Discussions
Isn't the red symbol for March's release just like the picture from this card, referring to the Silent People of Beastgrave? -
Is AoS still a skirmish game?
The Mysterious Mr B replied to Greybeard86's topic in Age of Sigmar Discussions
Part of me wonders whether so many people would take such large unit sizes if the whole 'how many drops' system when setting up armies before the game were to change. If it were to change, it would probably have to go hand in hand with how first turn is decided changing, and potentially how the turns work over all.