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  1. Thomas Lyons
    Join Vince and I for another week of news, rumors and all things warhammer-y. This week after covering current news and rumors, we talk about the forgotten and (mostly) long dead Special Characters of the old world hidden away in the compendium section of the General's handbook. These characters are often wild cards, but are they worth resurrecting or should they be left to the ash bin of history?   Check out our picks for the best and worst of the remnants and make sure to sound off your picks in the comments below the video.
    Check the video out here.
  2. Thomas Lyons
    Mc1Gamer had me on his YouTube channel today to talk about Holy Havok.  Check it out below!
     
     
    I'll be on Warhammer Weekly with my cohost @Vincent Venturella and Kenny Lull talking about Holy Havok this evening at 9 PM EST for those interested in hearing more about the event.  You can check it out on Vince's Youtube Channel or I'll also post a blog update with the video once we're live. 
  5. Thomas Lyons
    I'm honored to have been nominated in two categories for the Warhammer Youtubers 2016 Awards and I need your vote!  I've been nominated in the Best Painted and the Best Conversion categories and would love your support.  
    My Glottkin was nominated for Best Painted.

     

     
     
    Similarly, my Chaos Warshrine of Nurgle was likewise nominated.
      
     
    You can see the other nominees here.  I'd certainly welcome any support by voting in the survey here!  
  6. Thomas Lyons
    For those that missed it, here was last week's year-end mega episode where we hosted a roundtable discussion of the most recent FAQ released.  So come join us for a panel discussion of the Age of Sigmar FAQ that Games Workshop dropped before the holiday break. We talk through the changes and figure out what is good and bad - and what is still leaving us with questions.
     
     
  8. Thomas Lyons
    This week we are joined by the one and only Rob Symes, 50% of the WarhammerTV Twitch Live Stream team and the Chief Pigmentation Dispersal Officer for Games Workshop and we are talking all things Warhammer Community. We talk through the progress made by Games Workshop in the past year, the live shows, twitch and some of the best moments so far as well as what we can look forward to in the future.
     
  9. Thomas Lyons
    In this post, we finish our survey of the stunning tables of Holy Wars 2017, including the floating earth motes of Azyr and the scorched crust of Aqshy.  


    Table 11 –The Upside Down

    Battling in the warped reality of Tzeentch is ever changing and swirling in tremendous power. The Great Eye of Tzeentch is ever watching over the upside down.


    The main objective in this scenario is a series of take and holds of pillars strewn throughout the table, some pink, some standard.  The pink points netted you 2 points per turn instead of the standard’s 1 point, but also did unpreventable wounds to your unit.  The player at the end of the game with  the most points won this objective.  The grail objective was an escort style mission where players carried Grail tokens from the Black Pit of Tzeentch to the Eye of Tzeentch.  The player to deliver the most tokens (there were three total) to the Eye wins. 


     
    Table 12 –Death, The Next Step

    The devoted to Vlad still seek his power and leadership in the Age of Sigmar. His sacrifice during End Times has not been forgotten by his followers.


    This scenario was a take and hold of a central objective.  Those garrisoning this objective, the tower of Vlad, could invoke the power of Vlad to do unpreventable damage to their enemies.  The player who caused the most wounds wins this objective.  The Grail Token objective was a trio of grail tokens spread throughout the table and controlling them accumulated points each round.  This was a new board for Holy Wars 2017 and the zombie chapel was inspired!


    Table 13—Skaven-Hunger Games

    The Skaven unquenchable hunger continues in the new age.


    This scenario involved the raiding of the Windmill Grain Mill for resources but in order to do so, one had to first take a and hold the Clock tower and then their auxiliary (imaginary) troops would gather resources from the Grain Mill.  The problem for the take-and-holding player is that this Windmill was sinking into the mire each turn doing unpreventable wounds to the garrisoning unit.  To make matters worse, all of the pools across the table were an augmented version of deadly terrain that required a d6 roll if you moved or ended movement on them at all, with a 1 causing the automatic death of that model.  The grail tokens, unsurprisingly, were strewn throughout this board in these toxic pools of death.  Fun times for all.


     
    Table 14—Aqshy, Realm of Fire & Ice

    Chaos seeks to dominate the Realm of Aqshy and the powers of the Shifting Monolith ravages all.


    This scenario involved the manipulation of a Shifting Monolith.  Players could control the direction of the monolith although the distance traveled was variable.  As this shifting monolith traveled over units, it did unpreventable wounds to units it traveled over (including your own!).  The player who accumulated the most wounds done in this way won this objective.  Those near this objective did indeed gain a +1 to saves, which could certainly be significant in some cases.  The Grail Token objective for this board were again a trio of tokens spread throughout the table and controlling them accumulated points each round.  This was a new board for Holy Wars 2017 and what a beauty it was!


     
    Table 15—Azyr, the Realm of Heavens

    Those who seek the knowledge of Sigmar must brave the perils of a quest that will test their resolve as never before.

    Despite the wonderful detail of the Aqshy board by Herner, the real new gem in this event was the new Azyr board.  This board was composed of a number of floating earth motes with Sigmar’s Occulus on the central floating island.  Those near this objective could call Sigmar’s lightning down on nearby units.  The player who did the most wounds in this way won the objective.  The Grail Token objective for this board were again a trio of tokens spread across the table, underneath the earthmotes! The player controlling them accumulated points each round.  This was the real gem of Holy Wars 2017 and people were clamoring to play on it. 


     
    In the next set of posts, I’ll go over my individual matchups with a brief battle report on each. 


  10. Thomas Lyons
    Heya friends!  As many know, this past weekend was the Holy Wars 2018 narrative event in the Chicago-area.  Holy Wars is the premier narrative hobby event in North America that miraculously balances the highest levels of hobby with the highest levels of competitive play.  This year was certainly no different.  I've posted some photos at the end of the page with stand out armies at this year's event.  Photos of @Holy Hammer Hern's beautiful tables can be found in my Holy Wars 2017 posts from last here (found here, here, and here). 
    Vince and I have done a lot of coverage thus far so I don't see a reason to repeat those details here.  On the drive home from the event, Vince and I covered each of our games in a blow by blow coverage over the course of two videos.  On Wednesday, we had Steve Herner (@Holy Hammer Hern), who is the creator and driver behind this event along with his club the Holy Hammers,  on to Warhammer Weekly where we talked all things Holy Wars and his experiences as a ringer for the event.  Finally, last night we @Rob Symes's Honest Wargamer show where we talked about the event and our experiences (Apologies to David Griffin for getting our score wrong on Rob's show; it was 14-6, not 20-0).  The links to all of this coverage can be found below:
     
     
     
    https://www.twitch.tv/videos/234249072
    While I didn't perform as well in the games as I would have liked, I was honored with the Hobby Hammerist Award for a second year in a row.   I was super honored by it as there was such stiff competition at the event in the hobby categories.  

     
    Thanks for such a great weekend everyone who attended and participated!  Now enjoy a handful of the awesome looking armies that were present at the event!
     

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