Mutton

As a community we need to get these ideas out of our heads--these preconceptions on how the world of AoS "should be." The Mortal Realms are immense, mystical places ruled by physical gods, and we need to keep our minds open to that fact. Anything can and should happen in the Mortal Realms. If we start labelling what is or is not appropriate, we become exactly like all of those 40k people who won't let anything new happen because it "doesn't fit the lore."

Sam (the AoS Labs guy) mentioned in his video that in 3.0 there'd be rules to try and prevent spamming units. A hard cap on using the same type of units, and some kind of system that limits unit size depending on how large other units are.

After looking at the Ghur map in detail, I really want a sub-faction for the Breakface Mawtribe.

Not a big fan of declaring battletomes "good" or "bad" before anyone's even seen them on a table. But that's just me. I think the SBG book has a lot of unique ways to play and some fun rules.

This ability makes them amazing. It's essentially retreat and charge on a unit that gets double damage for charging. As long as they aren't 300 points, they're one of the best cavalry units in the game.

It's definitely some new breed of greenskin. I wonder if the teaser image from the newsletter suggests there'll be three different subtypes within the faction. One type that's more chaotic/mutated, one type that takes "mongolian" cues, and one type that winks alot (or are cyclopean).

I've been entreating for more Fimir for years. More than anyone here! But this isn't going to be a Fimir faction.

Nostalgia is a hell of a drug. That said, I own a Bretonnian army and still wish people would shut up about Bretonnia.

I feel like the people who are actually upset about Stormcast are mostly 40k players with PTSD. They can't separate the fact that Sigmar's lads aren't the space marines of fantasy. Stormcast have but two main problems: 1) Their range is so expansive it's nigh impossible to figure out what you should buy. 2) So far the rules writers haven't honed in on how they should play on the tabletop. They should be absolute killers. The epitome of "elite" soldiery. Instead, all of their combat guys suck and the only thing they have going for them are bows.

Who is this person in question? No one is as trustworthy as Whitefang!

If it means the Warcom guys don't have to work over the weekend, I think it's smart to do a week-long event rather than a big Saturday/Sunday one. Then again, it may actually mean more work for them overall. But I'd like to know which they prefer.

Kragnos is a beautiful lad and I can't wait to see the sneaky fellows who built his little totems.

Destruction stocks rising.

Goblin-ogres.

That's the Soulblight centerpiece model. It's not a conversion.

I'd kill for a respectable mixed Destruction allegiance.

Or they could just stop amending every warscroll shield to only work against melee attacks. Why do 90% of AoS shields not work against arrows? Does no one in the mortal realms know how they work?

Stats are incredibly useful in the hands of the designers themselves. Quite necessary, even. However, I also think the obsession with stats is poison to the wider player community. The knowledge is given with the intent to do good; but in reality, it's only ever used as a vehicle for senseless outrage and vitriol. You have players complaining about lists that don't really exist outside of tournament top tables, about armies they never play against, and about scenarios that have been literally concocted in a statistical laboratory. It's all meaningless to the average dude or dudette playing games at the local store--except as an excuse to carp about things they heard on the internet.

Ah yes, the reliable rumor source of "Spain." Thank you, the country of Spain.

They tease us by putting all of the ogre models into other factions.

Not saying it's likely. But if it was going to be a surprise, CA wouldn't announce anything obviously. As soon as they mention it, people would know exactly what it was.

Saturday could be Old World or Total War stuff. It'd be weird if it was new edition AoS and they didn't just say it was AoS. Then again, they might just want to trick 40k players into watching it too.

The Rumor Thread actually discussing rumors? A massive victory for everyone.

I was also extremely skeptical, however, after doing some minor research, the dude was apparently a guest on TheHonestWargamer's show, and is a somewhat well-known player. I'm now less likely to believe he would make such brash claims without some degree of certainty. After all, he's risking his entire reputation on them.