RuneBrush

Hi all Was just having a think about the best way to tackle Warscroll sharing. My original thought of a copy/paste link isn't going to work very well, with just some filler text the "optimised" link is around 1800 characters long So I'm thinking about alternatives. One option is a "free-for-all" that simply saves the Warscroll and gives you a link. All well and dandy but you'd have no way of ever editing it and it's always open to abuse... Another option would be to allow you to log in using Facebook or Google, and your Warscrolls are saved alongside your login. Not everybody has FB or Google though and some people (e.g. me) are quite apprehensive about signing in on an insecure website for what is in essence a novelty. I could hook registration into my blog - so you could sign up there but it means another account in a world where every website needs a different log in. Final option would be to enter your e-mail address and get sent the sharing & editing link (or something along these lines). This would actually be the easiest but would people be happy at doing this? Again there could be questions over data entry security. Thoughts? Happy to take suggestions too!

Nice! Quite curious about the free mini - I actually hope we don't find out until it arrives through the door if I'm honest, there are times where I miss that "wow" moment from finding something out in a magazine for the first time.

Here's how it's currently formatted. This hooks in with a fuzzy lookup routine which provides the autocomplete functionality { "ga": { "chaos": {"name": "Chaos"}, "death": {"name": "Death"}, "destr": {"name": "Descruction"}, "order": {"name": "Order"}, "scenery": {"name": "Scenery"} }, "matched": { "leader": {"name": "Leader"}, "behemoth": {"name": "Behemoth"}, "artillery": {"name": "Artillery"}, "batt": {"name": "Warscroll Battalion"} }, "allegiance": { "khorne": {"name": "Khorne", "ga": "chaos"}, "nurgle": {"name": "Nurgle", "ga": "chaos"}, "tzeentch": {"name": "Tzeentch", "ga": "chaos"}, "slaneesh": {"name": "Slaneesh", "ga": "chaos"}, "skaven": {"name": "Skaven", "ga": "chaos"}, "zharrgo": {"name": "Zharr Goroth", "ga": "chaos"}, "build": {"name": "Building", "ga": "scenery"} }, "faction": { "bloodbound": {"name": "Khorne Bloodbound", "allegiance": "khorne"}, "slaves": {"name": "Slaves to Darkness", "ga": "chaos"}, "rotbringer": {"name": "Rotbringer", "allegiance": "nurgle"}, "tamhorde": {"name": "Tamurkhan's Horde", "allegiance": "nurgle"}, "mastclan": {"name": "Masterclan", "allegiance": "skaven"}, "pestilens": {"name": "Pestilens", "allegiance": "nurgle"}, "verminus": {"name": "Verminus", "ga": "chaos"}, "eshin": {"name": "Eshin", "ga": "chaos"}, "skryre": {"name": "Skryre", "allegiance": "skaven"}, "moulder": {"name": "Moulder", "allegiance": "skaven"}, "legazg": {"name": "Legion of Azgorh", "allegiance": "zharrgo"} }, "unit": { "bloodletter": {"name": "Bloodletter", "allegiance": "khorne"}, "plaguebearer": {"name": "Plaguebearer", "allegiance": "nurgle"}, "horror": {"name": "Horror", "allegiance": "tzeentch"}, "flamer": {"name": "Flamer", "allegiance": "tzeentch"}, "daemonette": {"name": "Daemonette", "allegiance": "slaneesh"}, "dogre": {"name": "Dragon Ogre"}, "duardin": {"name": "Duardin"}, "ogor": {"name": "Ogor"}, "trog": {"name": "Troggoth"}, "gargant": {"name": "Gargant"}, "greyseer": {"name": "Grey Seer", "allegiance": "skaven"}, "skavwar": {"name": "Skaven Warlord", "allegiance": "skaven", "faction": "verminus"}, "warlocken": {"name": "Warlock Engineer", "faction": "verminus"}, "packmast": {"name": "Packmaster", "faction": "moulder", "tags": ["hero"]}, "plaguepriest": {"name": "Plague Priest", "faction": "pestilens", "allegiance": "skaven", "tags": ["priest","hero"]}, "skaass": {"name": "Skaven Assassin", "faction": "eshin", "allegiance": "skaven", "tags": ["hero"]}, "bahai": {"name": "Ba'hai", "allegiance": "leg"} }, "tags": { "hero": {"name": "Hero"}, "daemon": {"name": "Daemon"}, "monst": {"name": "Monster"}, "wiz": {"name": "Wizard"}, "human": {"name": "Human"}, "mortal": {"name": "Mortal"}, "celst": {"name": "Celestial"}, "totem": {"name": "Totem"}, "priest": {"name": "Priest"}, "mach": {"name": "War Machine"}, "crew": {"name": "Crew"}, "dragon": {"name": "Dragon"} } }

And re-releasing too - gutted I missed getting one at the time

They're in a bizarre JSON format currently, I'll post up what I've got so people can see how important tackling it I'm currently toying with the thought of pre-populating all of the Warscroll names with keywords but not sure if that would be useful or crossing the line on IP?

Very quick update (managed to knock this out in my lunch). I've branded up the web application with 'unofficial' and a GW disclaimer as I realised I'd not done it (and don't want to get in trouble after all). I have also implemented the initial part of Keywords! This is currently quite limited and you can only select from my pre-defined list which is exclusively Chaos at the moment. I have added in some advanced pre-population however - for example if you select "Khorne Bloodbound" it will also add the Khorne and Chaos keywords I think I've managed to get everything worked out for Chaos but it'll need the other GA's added - of which I will likely need a bit of help. The new Generals Handbook keywords of "Leader" and "Behemoth" are there too. Have a play and let me know any issues. I know the display of the keywords on the Warscroll does need a little improvement

I fully expect a reboxing of Leadbelchers in the future. I've still got a box in a cupboard and quite fancy doing an army next year once they get updated (Chaos this year).

You'll have to pay for the full 20 if you're playing an "official" matched play battle. Of course you there's nothing stopping you and your opponent agreeing to split the points cost

And another update. I've added page margins for the PDF and added various graphics to make it look a little less like a dogs dinner. I've also properly fixed the abilities bug where they wouldn't reload from a saved profile. Abilities also display more like a GW Warscroll - so they're headed up with Abilities and each ability is inline with the descriptive text rather than a heading above it. Keywords are likely to be the next update as this will make the tool useful for games.

Just done a bit of an update, it's now possible to generate an A4 PDF page with a single warscroll on! This should be a pretty decent quality version (easily good enough to print out). I've added in a third of an A4 layout size. One pretty large "under the bonnet" change is I've modified the zoom component. Originally the card was rendered huge (300dpi) and then shrunk down (hence the zoom being at 30% initially), this didn't actually work when I joined it up to the PDF tool so I've had to reverse that and instead scale it up to 300dpi when I generate the PDF. The only thing you should notice is that the zoomer now starts at 95% and goes up to 150%

It's the Forge World Open Day on Sunday so I'm hoping I'll get the opportunity to ask them when points are coming

Likewise, the chance of loosing initiative (and thankfully lack of abilities that modify it) is one thing that adds a huge tactical element to the game. Play too cautiously and you may be on the back foot, play too aggressively and you may leave yourself open. One of the things that defines the game in my opinion

I'm hoping they might consider releasing PDF's for each of the existing Battletomes that contain some traits for those armies. It would at least level the playing field out and avoid people suffering from having an "old" army and mean they can focus on bringing out the new Battletomes

The issue with printing has now been resolved and everything should render nicely and print out at the designated mm size Printing does need some improvement which I'll tackle at some point - likely at the same time as handling multiple Warscrolls on a single sheet. I may add an A5 size too as that could well be quite useful. That said, that's all for another day - unlikely to do any further changes until next week now!

I've just rolled out an update with a few fixes. I think I've resolved the issue where the card would occasionally not be tall enough when you first load, resulting in you having to refresh the page. A few people with old browsers may however find this hasn't worked - please let me know! I have also noticed an issue with the print format, in that it didn't actually size properly. The issue is related to the way browsers scale the content for print and I hope to have a resolution soon. I've fixed these two items, let me know if the gap between sections is enough. Not a clue yet My hope is that once they hit the limit of the card I can get it to automatically scroll onto a new one. That also reminds me that I need to do a wounds chart too

I don't think GW has got a formulaic rule for what models to keep/ditch. From a practical aspect I would imagine the mold and model quality plays a part and it's popularity on the sales front. Beyond that it'll be down to a few conversations on what works with the new vision of that faction. Sylvaneth have had a mountain of new releases - but dryads are still there without any changes (they're 9+ years old). Nothing has really been done for Aelfs yet so we don't know. I would be surprised if some foresight hadn't gone into the End Times models though for use in AoS. Bearing in mind End Times was the prequel to the Age of Chaos from a game perspective (fluff wise it was Age of Myth) I can't imagine any company not taking the changes into consideration with new releases.

Thanks all. I've just started looking at keywords, though need to give it a bit more thought on the best way of tackling it - doing a autocomplete tag seems like the best way, but is quite a bit of work to get it right One of my original ideas was to add in a "Name" option that will allow you to give the unit a custom name in addition to the actual unit type. With Path to Glory being added as part of the GHb I may resurrect that idea - so you could have "Bob - Mighty Lord of Khorne" Well spotted! I've fixed all of these (Ctrl + F5 to make sure it refreshes fully). The abilities loading was purely me naming something incorrectly and not checking it

Nicely spotted I've just fixed that and uploaded it (you may need to Ctrl+F5 to force refresh it)

Change Log: 21/07/16 Fixed an issue with loading rules (caused by tidy up) Improved layout of abilities to match genuine warscrolls Implemented a pre-loader General improvements to style Overhaul of layout change handling, should now be a lot more reliable Added a basic margin functionality for the PDF generation 19/07/16 Added the foundation part of a decent quality PDF Added a new third-page format that allows 3 warscrolls on one A4 page. 07/07/16 Warscroll Name no longer populated Improved rendering of the Warscroll at load Form now reset at load Unit description header now displays correctly without having to change it Rules & Abilities now tidy unused rows at reset or load 06/07/16 Fixed an issue when loading abilities in a saved profile Moved Missile above Melee (as it should be) Added in a reset button for resetting the form 04/07/16 Fixed an issue where Bravery and Wounds displayed the wrong way round 01/07/16 Added the much needed save option* 30/06/16 A6 layout now added, this is marginally longer than the large card layout Fixed an issue with the description header Large text blocks can now enbolden text by wrapping with the asterisk character Implemented unit rules and abilities 21/06/16 Original released

Questions and Answers: Yes and No. From a technical point of view I could fairly easily implement pre-population of Warscroll data, however the content of the Warscrolls is the property of Games Workshop and although they are freely available, I would need to have a conversation with Games Workshops legal team before I undertook this. This may happen in time, but not until the tool is closer to completion. Erm, yes. The size it prints out at isn't consistent with the size you select. I need to refactor the measurement unit to consistently use mm rather than a mixture of percentage and pixels.

Following on from the discussion on how people handle their warscrolls, I'm creating a dedicated Topic for the little Warscroll Designer web app I've created. I'll keep this up to date as I update the tool and we can use this to discuss any new (or broken) features. Warscroll Designer Warscroll Designer has been created to allow Age of Sigmar players to generate "tabletop" friendly Warscrolls for their army rather than having to carry round large Battletomes, A4 Warscrolls or struggle with zooming on a mobile phone. As time progresses, I'll introduce a number of new formats and layouts The tool is currently in early BETA, which is a posh way of saying it's not finished yet and expect to find the odd bug or error. Let me know what they are and I'll get them rectified. This tool also requires a "modern" web browser capable of handling the latest HTML5 standards. What the tool offers: Multiple layouts Editable Warscroll name Editable unit profile (move, save, etc) Melee and Missile weapon profiles (and multiples of each) Editable unit description Editable rules (hornblower, banner, etc) and abilities Option to mark a unit as being able to Fly Text boxes have a "Clean" button, this removes line feeds and multiple spaces when pasting from a PDF Save to your web browser's local storage Log in with Google and then save to database Command abilities Keywords Magic Output in a variety of sizes in PDF and JPEG formats Wounds Chart On the short list to add are: Print out at correct size Share warscroll link Overflow to second card Save to PDF

That's cool. Really nice to see GW offering this - wish I had FLGS with tables a bit closer

Out of curiosity do we know if this is only being sent to resellers who have gaming tables or all resellers?

Would love it if the campaign pack were released for general purchase - love the look of the content!

Wow, now I've seen the close ups I'm really impressed! Something at the back of my brain is telling me I've still got 16 plastic dryads upstairs...