chord Posted January 29, 2018 Share Posted January 29, 2018 16 hours ago, Praetor of Calth said: It's a nice scenery piece, and I'm glad to see it on sale again, but it doesn't fit the AoS aesthetic at all. It should have been saved for the oft mentioned Mordheim revamp where it belongs. Agreed. This is supposed to be something built new? The engineers should be fired Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RuneBrush Posted January 29, 2018 Share Posted January 29, 2018 Malign Portents: Why We Fight https://www.warhammer-community.com/2018/01/29/malign-portents-means-armygw-homepage-post-3/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
elfhead Posted January 29, 2018 Share Posted January 29, 2018 No mention of tyrion or malerion? I guess they won’t be a big part of this? But no Morathi either, and she allready appeared in a MP short... maybe they don’t want to spoil too much about het role in all this at this moment? The Slaanesh part is also a little weird. He is trapped between realms? But somehow does have some influence? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jamopower Posted January 29, 2018 Share Posted January 29, 2018 The faction breakdown is quite interesting. That kind of split to proper battletomes wouldn't be too bad Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ar-Pharazôn Posted January 29, 2018 Share Posted January 29, 2018 The specific mention of Gutbusters makes me feel that they may be the next Destruction release. They have several units like DoK, and also like DoK, didn't get anything new in GHB2017. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DantePQ Posted January 29, 2018 Share Posted January 29, 2018 1 hour ago, elfhead said: No mention of tyrion or malerion? I guess they won’t be a big part of this? But no Morathi either, and she allready appeared in a MP short... maybe they don’t want to spoil too much about het role in all this at this moment? The Slaanesh part is also a little weird. He is trapped between realms? But somehow does have some influence? I think that place between realms might be the place Tyrion and Teclis put him in. I didn't expect Tyrion and Malerion to show up as for now I guess NAgash isn't their main problem. As for Morathi I guess DoK BT will come out during MP so she will have her role flashed out soon. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Turgol Posted January 29, 2018 Share Posted January 29, 2018 Against all predictions, DoK seems to be early March/late February! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kaleb Daark Posted January 29, 2018 Share Posted January 29, 2018 1 hour ago, Jamopower said: The faction breakdown is quite interesting. That kind of split to proper battletomes wouldn't be too bad did you notice how on the slaanesh entry the icon ha a face - I wonder if that's pointing to the keeper model. I like the way the breakdowns also elegantly explain the inherent differences between the chaos gods and their perspectives. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FERRUMITE Posted January 29, 2018 Share Posted January 29, 2018 So the way things are looking sadly, this whole campaign that’s centered completely around death is going to have a set result of Death getting its new toys. The only thing that we decide about the campaign is how we get to the end result. All fine and dandy, but that means the event compeletely about Death won’t be even get to REALLY participate in their own campaign until it’s over, which is kinda lame, but I might be wrong Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Praetor of Calth Posted January 29, 2018 Share Posted January 29, 2018 5 minutes ago, FERRUMITE said: So the way things are looking sadly, this whole campaign that’s centered completely around death is going to have a set result of Death getting its new toys. The only thing that we decide about the campaign is how we get to the end result. All fine and dandy, but that means the event compeletely about Death won’t be even get to REALLY participate in their own campaign until it’s over, which is kinda lame, but I might be wrong From what has been said, we can deduce that there are actually 3 stages too the "Malign Portents"campaign. It could very well be that what you describe, and I do somewhat agree with, is infact just stage 1 of the Malign Portents saga. However, I think the overall end result will be Slaanesh being freed due to the actions of Nagash. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ryan Taylor Posted January 29, 2018 Share Posted January 29, 2018 I almost think that Malign Portents is to see which Death release comes first. Much like the Season of War campaign which gave us more Stormcast and the free cities. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kirjava13 Posted January 29, 2018 Share Posted January 29, 2018 If GW make the result entirely player-controlled, then they run the risk of the outcome being something way out of line with what they actually want to happen, whereas if they just decide what happens, then there's no point having a campaign at all. The "choose your own adventure" style thing they've done seems to be a nice middle ground to me. At the moment, anyway. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gorks Pokin' Finger Posted January 29, 2018 Share Posted January 29, 2018 I think they'll have the ending of MP already mapped out into one of several conclusions. They've learned their lesson from the Storm of Chaos campaign from Warhammer Fantasy. Seasons of War two years ago pretty much led to Firestorm, and I'm sure they had something else planned in case one of the other Allegiances won. I think no matter who wins, two events are likely to occur: Chaos loses control of Shyish and something will happen that results in Slaanesh escapes, ushering Teclis and Tyrion into the game to combat him/her (this is assuming the next Elf release this year is Malerion or another shadowkin elf faction) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ryan Taylor Posted January 29, 2018 Share Posted January 29, 2018 Oh I don't think it's completely player controlled but could be as @Gorks Pokin' Finger points out could be one of three outcomes making the release order. Also anyone notice the mentioned Legions of Shadow again when it doesn't relate to a Mortarch. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Aegisgrimm Posted January 29, 2018 Share Posted January 29, 2018 And hell, even if the end is set, it's still more fun than just having everything as a basic set of releases. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Trout Posted January 29, 2018 Share Posted January 29, 2018 1 hour ago, Kirjava13 said: If GW make the result entirely player-controlled, then they run the risk of the outcome being something way out of line with what they actually want to happen, whereas if they just decide what happens, then there's no point having a campaign at all. The "choose your own adventure" style thing they've done seems to be a nice middle ground to me. At the moment, anyway. Perhaps the greatest example of player-driven global narratives is what AEG pulled off in the initial storyline of Legend of the Five Rings. This guy goes into the details of how that all worked, but he takes a very long time doing it: I think there are elements of what AEG accomplished with that game which would work well for AoS. Especially relevant is what they did with the Day of Thunder. They had a different story progression written up for each faction and held a story tournament during which each of those possible story progressions were burned as their faction failed to qualify for the next round. At the end, the last remaining envelope was opened and read; the ending of that story arc having been determined by the winner of the story tournament. I don't think a tournament is the way to go with AoS because this isn't a CCG. But perhaps a series of "story events" featuring narrative campaigns with unique battleplans that are kept under wraps until the day of the event might work. This could even be a narrative event that is held in all the GW stores, so that everyone can participate. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Edgecoc Posted January 29, 2018 Share Posted January 29, 2018 I like that the new campaign doesn’t seem to be based on the allegiances. Hopefully it makes for a more diverse range of models, not just for the faction GW needs to have won. So Slaanesh next big bad after Nagash? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Clan's Cynic Posted January 30, 2018 Share Posted January 30, 2018 5 hours ago, FERRUMITE said: So the way things are looking sadly, this whole campaign that’s centered completely around death is going to have a set result of Death getting its new toys. The only thing that we decide about the campaign is how we get to the end result. All fine and dandy, but that means the event compeletely about Death won’t be even get to REALLY participate in their own campaign until it’s over, which is kinda lame, but I might be wrong It happened with Konor and the Death Guard too, wherein they didn't receive their new models until about a month after. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AthlorianStoners Posted January 30, 2018 Share Posted January 30, 2018 I was disappointed bonesplitterz didn’t get a fluff breakdown for why they’re fighting Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
someone2040 Posted January 30, 2018 Share Posted January 30, 2018 1 hour ago, AthlorianStoners said: I was disappointed bonesplitterz didn’t get a fluff breakdown for why they’re fighting They're bundled in with the rest of the green skins which are following the Fungoid Shamans. If I were to guess, Gutbusters were put in their own section because they don't really play along with the Greenskin factions, but they're different enough from the Beastclaw now that they kinda need their own mention. Would definitely love to see a Gutbuster tome though, even if it's just bundling back in the Man-eaters and Firebellies (Although, a plastic Tyrant/Butcher kit wouldn't go amiss). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RuneBrush Posted January 30, 2018 Share Posted January 30, 2018 New story! https://malignportents.com/story/the-offer/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kirjava13 Posted January 30, 2018 Share Posted January 30, 2018 If I were wasting away to nothing and my men were dying all around me I think I might try to be a bit more pertinent with the details Good story though, interesting to see them playing with formats a bit. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WarbossKurgan Posted January 30, 2018 Share Posted January 30, 2018 So much good stuff in that one!! Love it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RuneBrush Posted January 30, 2018 Share Posted January 30, 2018 Very different story to anything else we've got and shows Nagash's slightly less sympathetic side. Really good depiction of Curse of Ages! Did anyone else pick up on Cog City? A city that moves... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gorks Pokin' Finger Posted January 30, 2018 Share Posted January 30, 2018 I've always been curious about the Ironweld Arsenal and the tidbits we've learned about them so far. Unsure how you would make a battletome with all siege machines, but who knows what GW has up their sleeves In regards to The Offer, I think this is the best and the most chilling of the short stories thus far. Reading Curse of Years was hair-raising, especially leading up to the second meeting with the specter Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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