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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dawRLPbNZVU He doesn't say anything we haven't heard before though

To be fair Valrak doesn't dislike AoS, he's just not interested in the game or lore. He's said numerous times over the years that AoS has some of the best looking models on the market. But yeah he is interested in TOW and so I'd put this as a tick towards it being Stormcast vs Skaven

The kit doesn’t have to be particularly big or expensive, just a nice looking centrepiece to tie the box together. Last year we got: Daughters of Khaine (Cauldron of Blood) Gloomspite (2 Mangler Squigs) Nighthaunt (Lady Olynder and Black Coach) Orruk Warclans (Killaboss on Corpse-Rippa Vulcha and Snatchaboss on Sludgeraker Beast) Skaven (Screaming Bell) Stormcast (Stormdrake Guard) Sylvaneth (Drycha and 2 Treelords) So it doesn’t have to be that new (or even an AoS release), just flashy enough to draw attention whilst discouraging multiple purchases. These are, after all, aimed at convincing people to start new armies

I mean in this latest video he uploaded today. Those were in a previous one.

I gave it a listen earlier and I don't recall him mentioning anything about the AoS boxes

I would assume they might do eventually but I don't know how much room Khorne has for new units so she might be saved for a future battletome update

My delivery of 27-30 arrived yesterday too. Hopefully I can get back on with painting as I'm lagging behind 😅

She wrote one of the short stories in the Covens of Blood Daughters of Khaine anthology. I couldn't tell you which one off the top of my head but I do remember enjoying the audiobook in general. She's also done some written Dragon Age and Pathfinder novels

Same as with Seraphon/Lizardmen, GW will more than likely revamp them for AoS where they're a major player with lots of design space and then use a mixture of those kits plus a few older ones for TOW. Then if Skaven become a focus faction for TOW too they can look at what gaps that it needs that the AoS range currently doesn't fill. Beastmen/of Chaos will be certainly the opposite. Use TOW to get some new plastics out there for them and use those as the basis for the AoS revamp. It's just an efficient use of resources until you have the time to build them out into their own faction in full.

Those are amazing figures. Definitely what the Fyreslayers range needed and hopefully there's more to come next edition.

In addition to an elite unit Tzeentch could also do with a mortal cavalry unit that isn't Tzaangor, another big centrepiece kit (Nurgle has GUO and Glotkin, Khorne has Bloodthirster and Skarbrand, Slaanesh has Keeper, Glutos and the twins), and a melee focused hero option. Plus updates to the Blue Scribes and Fluxmaster. Also I would really like some more mutated mortals/tzaangor in a unit like the 40k Chaos cults got.

I've not heard anything to refute it and I'm sure I've seen it implied in interviews with former GW studio staff. Sylvaneth are also included in that batch of early armies and got a nice little update similar to Ironjawz in between Broken Realms and 3rd ed (three units from two kits, and a couple of characters) with rumours of more to come. Likewise we've seen the Ironjawz update, know there's a FEC one the way, and I think Whitefang has teased more for Fyreslayers? I would be shocked if Kharadron, Idoneth, and possibly even Disciples of Tzeentch don't have more in the works, especially as all of them have clear design identities to build off of.

As mentioned the Shaman is currently still very available in the Harbinger set, I suspect when Orruk Warclans get their 4th ed release it and the Killa-boss with Stab Grot will be released separately through the webstore similar to how the Captain and Lieutenant from 40k 9th starters just were (and presumably the Royal Warden will be in a few months when Codex Necrons drops)

I'm not playing too much right now but I'm definitely making purchases with Warcry in mind of the other two games right now. Hopefully I can play some more soon

The AoS lines smashed it out of the park with this preview. The Trogg-King is gorgeous, such a cluttered ugly model but it's exactly what an ancient trogg should look like. The Ironjawz really flesh out the range, especially with the other two minis previously revealed. Hopefully they get a little more in future too. And those Gorgers are a solid update to one of GWs worst minis. Add in that creepy terrain for Warcry, two solid warbands for Underworlds and some nice minis for TOW and Blood Bowl and I'm very happy. Space Marine wise it's kind of shocking that there's 93 datasheets in the book. Like, no other army in the company goes that over the top. I'm kind of glad these are all just updates, even if they look alright. Fulgrim looks fantastic though and I'll be hoping that MKIII box set sticks around for a while as I could do with adding it to my 30k Dark Angels.

Honestly with it being likely that we're getting new Assault Squads, Vanguard Veterans and Terminators, plus a rumoured Command Squad, as part of the Marine release there probably won't be too much to delve into Marine wise. "Here's new kit, it has a bunch of options, look how good it looks, move onto the next one"

Honestly I'd love for them to get a warband for Warcry or Underworlds, it'd be a good way to show what direction they're thinking for them

My guesses: 40k will be the Space Marine range AoS will be the remaining Ironjawz, the Troggoth and some lore about the 2nd campaign book. Underworlds will be a new core box, although what the factions will be is anyone's guess. Warcry I'm going to guess Ogors Heresy will be the Deredero TOW will be a pair of plastic heroes and an announcement of a release month if it's coming before Christmas like some rumours are saying Blood Bowl will be Chaos Dwarves

There were 7 boxes last year so could be more to come, and these aren't confirmed.

Pretty much all of the box sets last year for both AoS and 40k had a big centre piece kit or special character so it's not unrealistic to expect that. They could quite happily do Katakros, 2 Morghast, 3 Necropolis Stalkers, 20 Mortek Guard and 5 Kavalos Deathriders and it would be similar value to the ones we got last year and fairly different to 2021's box and give enough variation that players could add the Vanguard box to it too

No we had an Underworlds starter set previewed then put up for preorder the following weekend last year. So it's not unheard of. Plus the next batch after Tyranids could be Cities, Legions Imperiallis or Warcry warbands quite easily.

It could also be the remaining Heresy Knights next then Tyranids a little further into September. But it's weird as I don't feel we've had much teased beyond Cities last week

For those concerned about getting the Cities box, GW have put a queue system in place like they've done with other big releases so you can hopefully get that.

It was still released. I think it was pushed back due to the overlap between it and Imperium being more than made sense business wise but I honestly don't know if we'll ever know.

I could see Cities being included in a future Hachette Partworks. Stormbringer is currently weaving a narrative around Orruks and Gloomspite fighting Stormcast, Sylvaneth and Kharadron. If we get Skaven in the 4th ed starter, plus intact building terrain as we think. Then Stormcast and Cities of Sigmar defending a city from Skaven attacks would be a pretty good narrative to hinge on.