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Sorry to bring back a kind of old post, but uh... how sure are you? Should I tell my friends to make them very happy? Or just keep it to myself.

They did it with AoS back in 2020: https://www.warhammer-community.com/2020/05/20/warhammer-age-of-sigmar-death-match-gods-and-daemonsgw-homepage-post-4/ note: they have links to the other 2 “weight classes “ in the beginning. One for infantry and one for mounted. i hope they do one again though. They are just fun

Do you know something? or are you just making a guess following the same reasoning for the chorfs absence from TOW?

Looks Slaanesh to me

I’m leaning towards Ulgu because I’m extremely biased. but also the end of Broken Realms had Belakor talking to Eshin assassins and Malerion paying his mom a visit

Maybe Ushoran will come out in the Dawnbringer series as an army of renown. seems like they might be doing something similar with DoK and the rumored morai heg priestess

I just hope Ushoran isn’t a joke also.

How likely do we think Ushoran is? I know he was named dropped recently, but hasn’t that happened before? Personally, I’d be very excited to see him. Would single-handedly get my friend into the game

Oh man, I was always team Hellbron. I hope she comes back! I didn’t know she was name dropped that new manticore cities just got had me wishing for Hellbrons return.

I saw rumors that the setting is Ulgu, how likely is that at his point? Stormcast vs Skaven would be a lot of fun. I hope that’s true.

Underworlds has picked back up a little locally. Rivals format was a big help to bringing back former players who quit during covid or due to the open deckbuilding. It's just a fun game. Tournaments around here just play 1 match per round, so most events are just 3-4 hours. For those with the minis... I highly recommend trying to attend a local tournament/event. Good times

If Dwarfs get souped, perhaps some of those elves will get souped also? And if Chaos Dwarfs ever come out, I can't imagine them getting thrown in with the other Dwarfs. If the great soup movement ever happens, you could end up with 2 Dwarf books and 3 Elf ones (not sure about Idoneth). Is that so bad?

Totally deflated my hype for Underworlds. I agree, it's just more witches (I have the first warband already). I didn't even care enough to read their cards Malerion's side would have been awesome. But even something like Executioners would have been cool and different from Morgwaeth

Could be a dual kit with 2 different riders also. Skink rider as a new unit and a nod to nostalgia, and then Saurus rider to replace the awful Saurus Knights

and the Jetbike Archon before that! He was my favorite thing in 40k, from 3rd to 6th. One of my few conversions, mixed him with a Cold One Rider and some extra Dark Elf bits. Played that crazy guy for like 12 years

As a former WHFB tournament player (who by the way is skinny, polite, and smells nice... I do usually have a neckbeard though), I can tell you what killed it in my group: increasing prices and a wildly OP magic phase/armies. That last Chaos warrior book was the death. I forgot the details, but demon princes were absurd. Prices got higher and higher, the Empire Greatswords were called Goldswords for awhile, but they weren't an anomoly, they were the new par. We stopped playing before GW killed it. We moved on to KoW and more recently, ASOIAF. I'm the only one left who cares enough to even follow the news from GW Some of the specific points brought up by Peachy: "established players not buying new product": this is kinda tied to prices for me. I have a ton of metal dark elves. But the new dark elf plastics came out in essentially the same poses and same price as the existing Black Guard. Furthermore, I preferred the metal witches and executioners. Their new kits that were actually improvements (Cold Ones, Dark Riders, and Dragon) probably sold well for them. Essentially, GW made a change without an improvement "figure design limited to square bases" I agree with this one and it's probably why the newer plastic Black Guard were still pretty static. But then, what little information we know about The Old World is that they said square bases are back. I really hope they aren't. I hope it's similar to how ASOIAF does it (or even GW's own War of the Ring from back in like 2009). It'd also mean less minis required to fill a unit and it gives each mini some space to breathe

While we're talking old WHFB characters coming back, there's 3 Dark Elf ones I'd really like... Malus Darkblade. Tons of depth, his books are great. It'd be a shame to leave him behind. Shadowblade. I really enjoyed his rivalry with Eltharion and the storyline going along with it. It'd be cool if he came back in a similar form as his rival, something like The Shadow Blade. No real physical form, just a mix of shadows and sharp looking things and cloth. I'm a sucker for infantry heroes (eltharion/sigvald, tier). Hellbron. Might be a bit of a stretch, but I like her jealousy of Morathi and their political rivalry. Sadly, I don't think there's a place for her since Morathi finally became Khaine. There's no way Hellbron would worship her hah. I was always team Hellbron.

I'm pro soup. Less books the better imo. WHFB was my main game for most of my life too, so it could be some nostalgia there I mostly think about elves, and in my head it makes sense for each elf army to have their 2 Gods (or near gods) in the same book. So Tyrion/Teclis, Malerion/Morathi, Arielle/Orion. Keep Deepkin on their own I guess? Also, I could see a more classic Dwarf faction tying together the KO and the Slayers. Kinda like they did with Orcs already To me, it just makes sense. Less books, more rules in each book, more options for the player

Maybe it's wishful thinking on part (I'm desperate for some Malerion), but I think their icon looks the most like Morgwaeth. When I saw the spiky crown and executioner-style icon, I immediately thought it looked like Malekith. I still think it's the most likely, but I like setting myself up for disappointment

My mindset also. The Saurus Knights are so bad. Not a fan of the Saurus Warriors either. I like their lore, and they are pretty easily my favorite "good guy" army. But I just can't pull the trigger

I'm a little out of the loop. Are there actually Seraphon rumors, or is it just people guessing right now?

For a split second, I thought it WAS a new Tyrion. I agree that it's a very nice mini, but when an imperial guard mini reminds us of a High Elf hero... I think they missed the mark

Those new Chaos minis are so gross that it makes me want to start Space Marines just to kill them. I feel like it's my duty

Pigeons are the only species of Rat that lays eggs

I wish I didn't see this tease. Now all day I'm going to wish it was tomorrow. I just wanted to enjoy my day. But yeah, can't wait for tomorrow. I hope it's Shadow Elves.