Gaz Taylor

Makes you wonder about Faction Terrain and Endless Spells in new edition....

I'm not expecting any. I think they just showed them off on the day and left the teases for Adepticon.

This is the best way to look at it. I've worked in IT for over 25 years, so change in scope for a project is not a surprise! Yup they have been clear and I think people have been hoping for things. I think the issues they have are around production and with a Amazon TV show on the horizon which could make 40K sales go insane, I can kind of see why they went with the old sculpts rather than developing something new.

My Ogors I painted up for AOS so I could play in Clash of Swords in the days of Mo Comp (I got a sportsman trophy for using 2 Thundertusks and a Stonehorn which were filth at the time!!!) and then at an event ran by @Ben which I can't remember but I won best destruction for smashing stuff and getting points (not winning games! ). My memory is really hazy since becoming a Dad! I currently have Kruleboyz waiting to be painted and my plan is to start and finish them before 4th edition drops. I also have the Flesh Eater army box which I'm going to paint up to use as a Spearhead force as I think we will see rules for using them in games like Combat Patrol. I chose them both as they have cool models

Also to add Adepticon is about two weeks after this, so it would be insane to do one video preview followed by another one a few weeks later. This. I'm expecting some sort of online celebration ending with a preview.

I do have to add that Chapter Master Valrak is a YouTuber and creates videos as his job. So he's going to be making stuff to get you to watch it. So I wouldn't be surprised if he dropped X rumour months and months before a release, either because he has a source or educated guess. Either way, it's to get you watching his stuff

I agree with this and I think you've hit why 3rd edition doesn't sit well with myself Anyway...... BACK TO RUMOURS!!!!

Probably Adepticon and I would expect to see Dwarfs. No idea if there will be army boxes with rules in though for Orcs or Dwarfs.

This. Plus I suspect they have been playing the new edition for ages and working on it, so it's weird for them to manage things! I wouldn't call it pointless. The points drops were interesting. As were the minor tweaks to some tactics. Also the range increases were cool. In fact it's not a bad update, but it wasn't going to be earth shattering due to the new edition round the corner. I'll give it a A+ then

Probably. It's typically a Thursday and they have said it would be this week on the Preview from Sunday. It's either going to be the best battlescroll ever or a so so one but I'm expecting it to be the last one before the next edition (all signs suggest it's summer).

Bet GW can I think the issue is that because they seem to be having issues producing things (look at the online store how much is currently out of stock!!), they have switched to things coming out in around 3 months. Anyway, its roughly 19 weeks until July which is when we will probably see 4th edition, so we will probably see these sets before then. Then again, really depends on the production issues and all the other stuff that still needs to come out! There's still another 4 40K codexes that need to be released (if you count the FOMO Tau set in that as well as the FOMO Dark Angel set as it's out), plus the Solar Auxilia for Heresy, and more AOS sets between now and release (dawnbringers). Oh and restocking all the out of stock stuff! That's a lot of busy GW have to get on with.

My two pence.... No idea if Beasts will go away from Age of Sigmar. However, if it was me, I would be thinking about keeping the following models and developing new kits, and everything else moving to The Old World. You can come up with new and exciting models and get players to buy new kits. I can totally see them making new Gor models as well as more themed god specific models. However, just to add and point out - Until it happens, all of this is speculation and rumours!

This Just look at Space Marines. Strictly speaking they were "finished" 30 years ago but GW have been refining the idea and developing new models and units. They can do this for anything really. With 40K, it's just a new STC has been discovered or a part of the culture of a race we've not seen yet. With AOS it's an open sandbox where anything can happen. It's great that they can do this and keep coming up with new kits. If you'd had said what things would have been like 30 years ago to me, I wouldn't have believed you. I always thought GW would go out of business! So in short, nothing is really finished. Things change and sometimes that change is annoying. Your models and rules don't just disappear if GW stop supporting them. Lots of people are still playing 8th edition Warhammer Fantasy, there's Epic Armageddon still being played and there's even Warmaster still going. Anyway, back to rumours...

Bingo! Lets get back to rumours

I didn't know that! Also your other points make sense and I didn't think of those

I don't think GW will ever do that (yes I know about Inquisitor!) as keeping the rules using D6 makes it more accessible to the general public as that's what dice are Also I don't know if it's easier/cheaper to produce D6 vs D10/20 on mass or if the mark up is better when you sell your own branded versions.

I'm not expecting it until after FEC release. Just checked and nothing ships until 17th Feb, so I'd expect it after that.

Possibly but I think it docked at end of 2023/start of 2024 so it wouldn't leave much time to have it go to the US warehouse and then get shipped out. Very possible though as I don't know the lead times on packing and shipping items from the factory. I'd assume for a summer release of a core game, it would be shipped around now to ensure there is enough stock in place but don't know if that's me being too cautious about it.

Maybe, however if you look at the quantity and weight of the shipping (1423 Box and 4021K) I suspect its more smaller kits along the lines of The Old World or Lord of the Rings. Thats only if you look at the average weight of the items. Going back to the one I'm excited about, which is 24737 BOX and 7842K, it screams boxed game to me.

Yup. Not a lot from this one apart from the numbers and the second line has a interesting amount "24,737 BOX"

It's fine on my big monitor

Lets get things back to rumours... Okay, checking details about shipping manifests was all the rage a few years ago but GW cottoned on a got all that info excluded from publicly viewable information (I'm guessing you can read privately). Anyway, could this be part of the puzzle about 4th edition Age of Sigmar or is it just general shipping stuff? I'm not an expert and all this says to me is a lot of stuff has been shipped to the US. Anyway, rumour away folks!

It's a smaller percentage of the player base but tend to be the loudest. I think the steer towards competitive style rules is partially down to members of the studio liking competitive gaming. I suspect we will see more of a balance with the next edition as I think this is something they want to address. Competitive gaming is fun personally but it's not for everybody.

Just a general what do you listen to when gaming or painting Age of Sigmar? Does anybody have any cool playlists or albums they have on when playing a game? Do you just have the radio on instead and listen to a particular station? Just being nosey When I play it's normally at a club so no music but when painting I listen to a mixture of things.

I agree. Although I do think part of the sales issue with the current set (ignoring Covid and general rules grumblings people have) is the name they chose. Dominion. That's not a word I associate with Fantasy unless it's like some dark horror daemon type thing. It's like a switch that just dials back the fun whenever I see it!