Sputnik

A quick question; if I use Chalice of Nectar to roll 3 dice and two of those dice are 1s, can I discard one of the 1s before miscast triggers, or does the miscast trigger first?

The new app does show Verdant Blessing on his warscroll, so...yes?

Absolutely agree. I use a zenithal prime (wraithbone over black) for all my painting now and I've found that it makes contrast paints so much more effective. I don't love painting, but I find satisfaction in completing a miniature. Zenithal priming plus contrast gets me to that point of satisfaction much more quickly, and ultimately gets my models on the table not stuck in the 'to do' pile. I agree with others who have said that tabletop wargaming is a spectacle, complete with immersive terrain and painted models. I wouldn't gatekeep someone who plays with grey plastic, but I would gravitate more towards others who want to play the game in the same way I do.

One tip is to search ebay for half box sets. I recently picked up 1k points of new Necrons on sprue for 50 quid. The same applies for Nighthaunt and Stormcast. The second hand market takes a bit of exploring to find good deals but I've recently had a few buys which were about half of RRP for used models that were not 'perfect' but easily fixable.

I find watching battle reports of your army useful, but only certain channels! They have to actually know the rules and spend time describing what they are doing. Personally, Wargamer Online has really helped me learn Sylvaneth.

Just bear in mind that if we do get an AOS 3rd edition next year I've heard a lot of people predicting that GW will switch to a smaller table size to be in line with 40k. Might not be an issue for you at all, but worth considering.

Flesh-Eater Courts - Relatively easy to get into as the start collecting box has most of what you need and there are are fairly few models. But...there are fairly few models, expect to paint a lot of the same thing. They do have at least one build that has been competitive for a long time, so a fairly powerful 'pick up and play' army. Ossiarch Bonereapers - New models with decent variety and can be painted to look very cool (I think so anyway). Their strongest build has just been nerfed but they are still a very tanky elite army. You get to take Nagash! Greenskinz - There is no old school Greeskinz army anymore, but orcs can be played as Ironjawz, Bonesplitterz or 'Big Waaagh'. They have a few competitive builds, but all rely on smashing and bashing, so you have to like that playstyle. Oh, and I hope you enjoy painting green! Beasts of Chaos - In a bad place at the moment competitively and a lot of the models are older. One of those armies that you really have to love to get over their limitations, and paint all those goatmen! Slaves to Darkness - They have some of the best new models in the game, but for some reason those beautiful new models have been given pretty ineffective rules. I would take them anyway - rule of cool wins for me. This is one of the most varied armies in terms of ally options and builds. You get to take Archaon!

I'm new to the game and still figuring all this out, but am I right in thinking that this would be a nice upgrade for us? Does this mean that we could place a woods in the middle of the board (closer to objectives than previously) before choosing sides, then use our first turn to pop a woods down in our deployment zone and get teleporting right away for a possible alpha strike or to castle up an objective?

I genuinely don't know how you are interpreting that from the recent GW statement. No one is getting any 'extra rights', GW has just pushed back against people who want to keep the hobby white and male, and people who moan about black space marines or female Stormcast. In the essentially infinite universes of 40K and AOS it is weird and unimaginative that so many human/humanoid characters are white and male. Actively trying to redress this imbalance is just good design and good marketing, and is absolutely not forcing politics into the hobby.

GW have not adopted a 'left wing position', they have adopted an anti-racist, anti-sexist, anti-homophobic position.

I was just wondering how many Sylvaneth players use templates instead of official wyldwoods? I was thinking about getting some of these; https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Set-Of-9-Sylvaneth-Wyldwood-Templates-For-Use-With-Old-Woods-/193096902094 and giving them a simple basing scheme to match my army. Have people who use templates found that most clubs, shops and tournaments are OK with you using them? Do other players object?

For the first 3 weeks of lockdown I did zero hobby. I had a nagging feeling that I 'should' be doing it, but just didn't have the motivation. I stopped worrying about it, did other stuff I enjoy, and then one day earlier this week I just had the itch to pick up a paintbrush. I'm now fully in gear and working through my backlog, and enjoying it. So try just letting it go for a while, do something else, and see if inspiration strikes when you're not pushing for it. I've not been in the hobby for long but one thing I do know about myself from other pursuits is that as soon as something feels like a chore it kills all the joy.

Funnily enough Honest Wargamer did a show today on lists mostly made up of Bloodcrushers, which are apparently very effective for board control and damage from the charge. The other list that springs to mind is just the contents of 3 Beastclaw Raider start collecting boxes which gets you just under 2k points of fully legal cavalry goodness. Seraphon is another viable option with the new battletome, depending on if your definition of cavalry includes little lizards riding big lizards. Which it should do!

If steampunk dwarfs are your cup of tea then Kharadron Overlords seem to fit the bill for a shooty anti-magic project. Apparently the Start Collecting box is now a good buy since the new battletome came out, so that's an easy place to start. I'm sure someone more knowledgeable about KO can advise on a specific list.

So the Arch-Revenant is going on pre-order next week. I'm curious how this will shake up peoples lists now that there's no scarcity issue. Is anyone thinking of running 2? I like the idea of sticking one next to Kurnoths, and another next to a big block of dryads. They are just so damn cost-effective with those buffs and decent melee.