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At the same time, it seems... deeply questionable to, intentionally or not, use public events people pay for and travel to as effectively beta testing.

As much as we all might enjoy baring our teeth at each other and pledging allegiance to the Everchump or Lord Codpiece, I think @Kadetonhas the right of it: everybody's going to get something, and nothing too radical is going to change...

Should have said you were in Austria! 😁

Just re: Tzeentch, I saw people describing playing against it at some of this week's tournaments as super depressing on Twitter. One guy said it was some of the most draining Warhammer he had ever played- he'd drawn Tzeentch three times yesterday and was close to quitting even though he'd managed to scrape wins against two of them, the play experience was that negative.

Doesn't sound like a bad idea to me. If you do it I'd be very curious as to how you think it works as I'd like to try some meeting engagements this year.

@Ben if I subscribe can I, as a tiny fringe benefit, persuade you to edit the text where one reads the subscriber benefits so that it says "fewer ads" and not "less ads"? 😉 got yourself a monthly sub if so!

If only their website didn't look like it was designed in the mid-90s! I'll order something and then hopefully once they've recovered from the break in the poor chaps can hire a web designer 😅

There is a difference between some ads and what's happened here.

I don't mind most of the ads but the one that poses as a dropdown menu is insufferable.

A nice big chunky reveal, but given my limited interest in new elves and disappointment at lack of Seraphon... meh.

And why did people play it wrong? Because as written in the core book it is laughably unclear. Frankly a roll off is better.

Maybe a big frame with several different helmet and weapon options so people can go ham customising their giants, which is one of the reasons Knights are so popular (plus the fact that any Imperial and Chaos player can take one...).

You joke but an army of militant woodland anthropomorphs straight out of Redwall would be outstanding.

I'm just putting this out there, but are we sure it's not some sort of Idoneth endless spell

Really highlighted the terrible design GW bizarrely insist on for their paint pots and how unsuitable for airbrush use it is.

A larger number of armies has an effect on what stores stock. It's already almost impossible to get hold of anything for Seraphon beside the Start Collecting box, and I can go suck on a railspike if I'm ever hoping to buy anything Skaven on a whim that isn't Clanrats, Plague Monks or Stormfiends. More armies are going to whittle down the space per army in GW shops, and I don't think that's a good thing. At the same time, I want to see more shiny new races and armies as much as anyone...

Imagine complaining about admins and other posters letting conversations get personal and then posting this.

I think there needs to be at least some expectation of being able to play a balanced game out of the box, as it were. A game of Warhammer is no small affair. It can take time to set up (if you have to travel to a friend's place, or a shop) and definitely takes time to play. If you are lucky enough to be able to play with someone regularly and have a conversation with them about expectations, then yes, AoS is the sort of game where you can sort out some sort of balance by yourselves. Unfortunately these circumstances don't always exist, be it for reasons of time, social pressure or unfamiliarity. As such, people frequently end up making a list and popping it down versus someone who has done the same. If it becomes clear by turn 3 that one player has a shockingly appalling power advantage, it's rarely possible to just rerack and start again. When my Nighthaunt get to the halfway point of the game and I'm busy being slaughtered by Hagg Nar witch aelves, yeah, that's dependent on my attitude to a degree, but a one-sided slaughter isn't fun for anyone in my opinion, and that's potentially hours wasted in what is supposed to be a fun hobby.

Don't be facetious, you know he's talking about the realm of rules and balance and not the macro business aspect of it.

Blue streak speeds by...

I don't know, maybe TGA needs that weird spiky idiot who reminds us all how much worse it could be if we don't come together in spite of our differences...?

Also official is Teclis' new arch-enemy, doors.

YES. I mean, both of these sound good but I would read the Orruk one in an instant. Regarding your issue with the shaman as more of a force than a character, do he and Yann ever actually interact and have conversations? Having Yann come to gradual realisation (and maybe appreciation?) of orruks via the shaman (not in time to stop the rampage, of course!) could help keep him as an actual character rather than just a narrative necessity.

Progress!