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what was the list out of interest? Sorry if this has been covered already, couldn't find it!

Here's what I'm looking at, if anyone has any suggestions it'd be much appreciated Lady Olynder (General) Kurdoss Valentian KoS On Ethereal Steed KoS On Ethereal Steed Spirit Torment Guardian Of Souls 40 Chainrasp Hordes 6 Spirit Hosts 10 Grimghast Reapers 12 Myrmourn Banshees Plus 2 command points and 30 points for an endless spell Haven't thought about spells or items too much yet, but the idea is buffing those banshees up to get as many attacks as possible, plus 2 attacks from KoS and 1 from dispelling should allow them to shred a lot of things in one turn, but you also have alternative options for the attack buffs with the chainrasps and grimghast, plus plenty of summonable things to bring models back to (especially the spirit hosts with lady olynder). I have a feeling that playing nighthaunt is going to require a finesse that is beyond me but we'll see ?

Yeah much better than I expected!

AoS open day on release day so they may be holding onto some reveals for then

Or that they're not shown in WD, remember they only show what's on preorder up to about mid month in WD so if pre-orders start later in the month the dates and prices won't be in there

Can't remember where but I have seen art today of stormcast on bigger bulkier less scaly dracoth type creatures

Edit: nevermind, just seen that harbingers have to be agreed by both players

Damn those deepkin are incredible

I think if they were going to preview something like Adeptus Titanicus they would have done it at Gamma. That is indeed a very bold statement about the reveals, but I would be surprised if they fully announced AoS2 as you'd imagine it might put a dampner on idoneth excitement, maybe a very minimal tease?

Yeah I got the feeling that GW were trying to link Shadespire more to independents who have the capacity to run OP events, but it does make me worry for the future of the game. Primarily because it doesn't feel like they have a great handle on where they want to go with it, which it really needs. For example I think it's safe to assume that the next two warbands will be out quarter 2 2018, so when that happens if a new player wants to take up the game competitively they will need to fork out for the game and six expansions. Individually these are very good value but I would say that's about the point where they buy in starts to become unwieldy. So what happens at the end of the 'shadespire' season? Will cards begin to be phased out? If not it's going to get out of hand very quickly. I think probably the best thing GW could do for OP is allow all warband specific cards, and then only cards from the latest 'season', which would mean the max buy in for a new player taking on one warband would be a base game and 7 expansions (assuming 6 expansions per 'season'. I understand there is a huge amount of assumption and extrapolation in this post, and this probably isn't the place for it, just something I've been thinking about.

new thread for a new year with a more up to date/updated OP might be a good idea!

Yeah as long as it wasn't just a straight reskin of stormcast I would be pretty excited about that

I might be clutching at straws here, but I'm sure someone on here and dakka rumoured blightkings on plague drones, and this would be about the right base size for something like that and GW do like to have their nurglings mimicking the models they accompany...? Probably just a new beast though

Would imagine he is a named character because he is a lord Celestant but those rules aren't the rules for a lord Celestant. Also if he isn't a named character that command ability is a bit good

Haven't watched the video yet and it's probably all death related but you know who else loves a ship? Gutrot Spume!

Can't remember if I've seen it online but at the seminar they definitely confirmed malign portents was having a website

WAHOOOOOO

I don't think it'll be a substantial announcement, they would have made a bigger deal of it if so, was just thinking we may find out a bit more about what malign portents is going to be or what direction the story is going to take generally

noticed that WHTV today just says Ben Johnson is talking about AoS. Very vague, hopefully we will get some new info on the direction next year

Interesting, but isn't the 40k open day this weekend? I wouldn't be surprised if it's just 40k stuff. If memory serves the tzeentch stuff was teased nearer Christmas around the time they did the year end round up

Well GW did a little summary of it on the community site! There wasn't much other than what's on there that was said. Off the top of my head things that came up in the Q&A: Malign Portents will make AoS darker, advance the timeline and hopefully deepen the fluff at the same time. It will effect everyone in AoS but will be focussed on specific realms. I asked about whether there would be any AoS crossover with the daemon's book and they said any miniatures they make for 40k daemons are usually compatible with AoS...strange they didn't mention miniatures!;) 40k but mentioned Space Wolves would feature in chapter approved

Early rumour engine today, is it a rose? My own bias leads me to see nurgle everywhere

Regarding the 40k/AoS balance they mentioned in the seminar that 'you would expect the elastic to snap back the other way at some point'. Can't wait!

Can you do this in a different thread?

Confirmation on warhammer community today that two new warbands will be Q1 2018, presumably fyreslayers and skaven but I think we'll have that confirmed on Friday at b&g.