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    The Rumour Thread

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    Great preview vid and very exciting

    Weird they didn't save that for tomorrow to be honest! That video alone would get me preeety hyped

    1 hour ago, LordAlpharius said:

    Sure, Broken Realms can definately change power balance, but for a soulblight rebellion to have more than 0,0000001% chance of surviving, Nagash's defeat would have to be a lot more more devastating than the one he suffered in the age of chaos.,

    I'm not sure this is right.

    Warning: spoilers for Nagash The Undying King

    After Nagash got his bones kicked by Archaon there was a long period of time where undead were basically just pottering around doing what they pleased/getting hammered by chaos - including plotting against Nagash and living in sin with non-Nagash worshippers. Nagash later wakes up and tries to reassert his control but he's a mess and has lost a lot of his power and so e.g. he can no longer control Crypslough, the first of the zombie dragons. Eventually he regains his power and crushes the Broken kings, (Undead who had rebelled against him).

    Therefore, if Nagash gets knocked out cold in the same way he did when he got hit by Archaon, there's loads of scope for vampires to rebel against him while he's unconcious and try and find a way to subvert his power before he wakes up

    The Rumour Thread

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    So firstly let me echo comments of a few other posters: there is plenty of new AOS fiction coming and most of it is much better quality than the first few years of AOS fiction. Josh Reynolds led the way but he's by no means the only writer putting out decent AoS stuff.

    Secondly, just back on the vampirates, I know it's a bit tangential but there IS at least some lore evidence of undead coastal monsters that could just maybe, possibly be a tiny hint at vampirates (but probably isn't and is probably just an author having fun) in one of the Idoneth Deepkin shorts: The Ghosts of Khapthar. Pretty sure it has big undead crabs in it!

    The Age of Sigmar lore and novels thread 2

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    I'm on holiday and I REALLY enjoyed the Beasygrave short story The Warden in the Mountain - learning a wee bit about the Kurnothi is great. Hope we get much more about them in the future.

    I'm now reading the Manse of Mirrors by Nick Horth. I hope it's as good as the cracking first Shevanya Arclis book.

    I love seeing the realms through the eyes of an archaeologist adventurer

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    The Age of Sigmar lore and novels thread 2

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    4 hours ago, JustAsPlanned said:

    I read Realm-lords this weekend. And honestly? It’s the most enjoyable book from AoS I’ve read in a while. Sure, the quest might be a bit lacklustre and the ending could’ve been more satisfying, but it was overall a joy to read. The fights were good, the Slaanesh villains were suitably awful, and the relationships between our main characters was really nice. Plus, the prose flowed really well and it didn’t feel cumbersome or a chore to keep on reading. A solid 8.5/10 for me.

    Phew glad someone else enjoyed it. I didn't want to be alone !

    Prose must be the word I was searching for before, when trying to describe what I liked.

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    The Rumour Thread

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    20 hours ago, JackStreicher said:

    The last thing I was hyped about was End Times: Nagash - God no, I am seeing a pattern here 🤐😱😂🤣

    wait, so you haven't been hyped for anything for SIX YEARS? Ye gods, I hope this doesn't end in disappointment for you!

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    The Age of Sigmar lore and novels thread 2

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    15 hours ago, Overread said:

    I did lists a while back for both AoS and Old World

     

    https://warminiatures.wordpress.com/black-library-publications/

     

    It's mostly up to date, though its only showing the published books and which short stories are in which collection and such. I've not even attempted to put things into chronological order; especially since so many are only possible with rough major events (eg before or after Necroquake)

     

    19 hours ago, Candlelight said:

    Here's a working version

    Untitled spreadsheet.xlsx 13.89 kB · 5 downloads

    thank you both for these

    The Age of Sigmar lore and novels thread 2

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    Cool things:

    1) looks like we are getting some new Malign Portents-style free fortnightly short stories to accompany Broken Realms

    2) I though Realm-Lords was really good. Although the last third of the story arc is reasonably predictable, I really enjoyed the actual words. I thought it was really well written. I could luxuriate in some of it.

    3) the lore in the Sons of Behemat Battletome was 👌. So many fun stories/asides to kindle the imagination. I absolutely love some of the imagery.

    One bad thing:

    I tried to make a list of all the AOS Black Library content the other day so I could tick off what I have read and what I haven't read and it's so frustrating. There is no chronological list on the Black Library website and there are so many bundles of short stories that include just a few unique short stories.  Does anyone know of a definitive and well-organised list anywhere?

     

     

     

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    Your most disappointing unit in the game

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    14 hours ago, Kramer said:

    If it helps I recently discovered, only after I made the charge, that decimators are great vs KO. Every garrisoned models counts as in range if the boat is in range... 11 attacks vs a full frigate... per decimator. 
    21 if it’s a full ironclad. 😅

    I’m bringing squads of 10 soon! #revengeofthepaladins

    ooooo

     

    I like this A LOT

     

    Now just to work out a way to get Decimators into combat with the Ironclads...(beyond the charge buff guy)

    The Rumour Thread

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    8 hours ago, Clan's Cynic said:

    Sunk Cost Fallacy. People grumble and gripe about GW's big games like 40k, but stick with them because they don't want to take the risk they'll invest in other systems they'd enjoy but then lack the same sized community they do with GW products. I've said it before at the risk of sounding like a broken record, but I fully believe this is 95% of the reason GW generally has such a negative fandom overall (not that it's without hardcore shills and white knights, especially YouTube influencers). Hell, even I'm very guilty of this as I doubt I'd be playing as long as I have if communities of other games didn't wax and wane whilst GW is always the safe bet.

    The Old World will probably be the same result. A large chunk of formally scorned WHFB players will return, stating 9th Age/Kings of War/ASOI&F/Conquest are better rulesets (which is probably going to be a reasonable statement) but stick nigh-exclusively to TOW because... well, it's a GW rank-and-file game and will never lack for new blood.

    This is me being a bit pedantic but what you describe is not Sunk Cost Fallacy. You are describing a decision to invest in a less enjoyable game because it has a stable fan base so there will be more chance of finding players.

    In this context, Sunk Cost Fallacy would be when gamers continue to invest their time and money in Warhammer because they are worried that if they stopped doing this, their past investments of time and money would have been a waste.

    That said, I definitely think the Sunk Cost Fallacy applies and is one of the reasons why some wargamers persist with wargaming even when it no longer brings them joy.

    But that's slightly different from reasoning that you want to play a certain system cos you know it's gonna have enough players to get games regularly.

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