Big Kim Woof-Woof

And the longest-life miniature in GW history must be this geezer...

Exactly! I'm glad we have an accord.

I was thinking something similar. But, then, I never really expected the Allies rules, at least as they currently stand, to survive in this new edition. It's a a shame... but it's the same old story, rules changes because some ultra-competitive clowns were exploiting (or abusing) things for the sake of winning a game.

Oh, no. No, no, no. No. No.

See, I find that sort of rule simplification perfectly fine, in most cases. Let the unit's stats tell the story. My favourite unit is my Symbaresh Twinsouls. Individual models are armed with all sorts of gear, including a damn whip! I've had fun customising them, with the knowledge that "Merciless Blades" will cover all. Also, not having specific weapons on the Warscroll will let me use a variety of different hero models (of which I have a plethora) without having to resort to 'counts as'.

Oh, definitely the Skaven. If you'll indulge me in a little wander down memory lane... the first time I ever saw a real game of Warhammer in progress it was Empire vs Skaven. The Skaven grabbed my attention immediately, with their Doomwheel and Screaming Bell and whatnot (this was back in old metal days, when there weren't a great number of big kits around). I've fancied them ever since! I'm yet to actually put an army of them together, but it's long been a 'future project' of mine. And Stormcast are utterly boring.

I kind of agree. It'd be nice to have an individual warrior's courage represented in some way. ... but it certainly ain't a hill I'm willing to die on. I'd sacrifice it for a clean, quick, easy-to-learn set of rules.

I'm utterly ambivalent to their presence. I find the Stormcast bland, and have no interest in collecting them... but then I have no interest in buying a starter set anyway (unless by some dark miracle the Hedonites end up in a starter set!) But, like others have said, their ubiquitous presence is probably good for getting new players in, which is never a bad thing.

Hah! I knew the look was familiar...

If I was religious I'd give that a hearty 'amen'. The rule of cool is king in my naughty little book!

I'd wager that the Chaos coalition soups will vanish with the forthcoming new edition. As it is they've made it virtually a tactical hindrance to include coalition units in the god armies. A pity. I've spent a lot of time converting and painting Slaves and Beasts units as Slaanesh devotees!

My main target is to paint my first Slaangor Fiendblood. It's going to be a little complex, as it's the first one, so I've got to work out a colour scheme that tickles my fancy. Subsidiary target is to get some significant brushwork down on Glutos... a target I comprehensively failed to hit last month. That's going to be an ongoing project. I've also got a couple of random old Chaos Champion models thst are half-done. If I get stumped with my other goals, I'll try to finish at least one of these off.

My assumption was that something will replace the current Battleshock system. Surely there's gotta be something that reflects the psychological side of losing a fight. No? Maybe I'm too set in my ways.

That'd be nice. I feel like at the moment you either have to roll out dirty great big heroes, or not bother at all. Go big or go home.

This, exactly. I'm a slacker when it comes to strategy... I've got a tendency to just stick to what I know works. The double turn challenges me and makes me think on my toes. Even if the dice like me and I get the double turn, it's not like I go "oh, there's an automatic win for me". I have to think about how to best exploit this piece of luck. That's a challenge in itself.

That's a splendid piece of work! Love the detailing of the base, too.

I went with 'yes'. It keeps me on my toes, stops me playing every game the same. Is it unfair sometimes? Probably... but bad dice rolls are always unfair. This ain't chess.

If they roll the prayers together with magic, it's going to make Khorne look like the steaming great hypocrite that he is. I am all in favour of this.

Prayers can shove off. They're just tarted-up magic. I can't see why they can't just stop wasting everyone's time and just function as spells.

Nailed it in one.

That one shocked me too... it's been 'wounds' since time immemorial! But I get it, it's a sensible move. Its also an encouraging sign that they're not going to be afraid of changing long-standing things if it means a cleaner game.

I assumed it was because they're intending to keep it as an Age of Sigmar model, and they don't have an older sculpt to fall back on for The Old World.

Well, they're letting just anyone join the club nowadays, so who knows...

My simple advice on picking an army: imagine that the whole of Age of Sigmar is a movie or telly show. Who would be your favourite character? That's where your allegiances should be. And for gods' sake don't worry about whether your army of choice will win you more games. That way only mediocrity lies.

The old metal Shamans are also shown in that pic (they're models that I love, but that's irrelevant...) No idea what that means.