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The Ritual is great. Maybe a Forbidden Power scenario ? Or one in the Ossiarch or Stromcast books ?

Thank you A LOT Runebrush for those informations ! The confirmed square bases and your impression toward more similarities with the Horus Heresy in terms of structure and format fills me with hope. ....But to be frank, from an AOS point of view, I think the announcement was a bit early in comparison to were AOS is now. i. First of all, we don't have maps nor timeline for half the Mortal Realms (Azyr, Ghur, Ulgu, Hysh). The universe is in this aspect only half developed at this point. ii. The RPG isn't even out yet (well, we have news for a Q1-2 release 2020, so...). That is said with hopes it will contain lots of world building. iii. And they don't have released a proper Order Human faction yet (still hoping for a Devoted Of Sigmar / Order Of Azyr revamp, or some Warcry human-Order season, or expanded Warhammer Quest). I know they still have 2-4 years to accomplish that (and the first true step was taken with that wonderful Malign Portents website and video, and then the new Core Book). Only then will AOS be established enough and sufficiently distinguishable from WFB (in terms of world building) for me to truly welcome The Old World back

At last ! Glad to have some news and expected dates. Looking forward to the Aqshian citizen artwkors and how Brightspear is presented !!

I personally collect every battletomes and narrative supplements, and am a huge Chaos player (I also have some Nighthaunts and Ossiarch Bonereapers). In terms of fluff, the book looks great, as it is centered around 2 armies I really like. With Disciples of Tzeentch, Kharadron, Pointy Aelves, etc. coming before summer 2020, I feel like there are enough things coming to keep me interested forever into AOS. Yet I don't want on top of that to have to buy monthly Narrative supplements like Psychic Awakening, who really are poor story-wise (I've read them all). But then I understand they represent a road to 40k 9th edition. What I find best is more spaced supplements releases like Vigilus I and II, or Malign Portents (which was IMO, with the website, video teasers, harbingers, global campaign and short stories, a MASTER piece). Speaking of the current story arc started in MP, @RexHavoc did you read Forbidden Power ? It is second chapter in the Soul Wars after the events introduced in the 2nd Ed. Core book (and the Battle for Glysmforge booklet in the starter set). It looks like it's just what you wanted too, as it look pretty similar to what WotE will be. Anyway, 2-3 Narrative supplements centered around the same story arc (the Soul wars) per year sounds perfect to me. Also, let's not forget that so far, in the vast "Soul wars story arc", MP spawned the Soul Wars chapter in the Core Book, which spawned Forbidden Power, which spawned both the Ossiarch stories of conquest (which lead them to attack the Eighpoints as it will be expanded upon in WotE) AND spawned the Gordrakk attack Excelsis story arc. I'm quite sure, as other have speculated here, that that last bit will end up as another Narrative supplement in 2020 (like "the Fall of Excelsis" or something). So plenty of things to get excited upon this year

Oh. Hysh Pointy Aelves. Today really was a GREAT day. Can we expect Seraphon and the Giant at LVO 24th January ? I guess the Pointy Fairies will be revealed at Adepticon end of March...

What makes you think that ?? We only got 1 Soul wars supplement per year until now. Malign Sorcery 2019 (in a way), Forbidden Power 2019, Wrath of the Everchosen 2020. Maybe a "Fall of Excelsis" book is coming too this year, but with Seraphon, Gargant and Hysh Aelves the year looks like more new armies (as hinted at by @Whitefang recently) than "1 Month / 1 Supplement And No Codex" style 40k is currently getting.

And as @HollowHills pointed out, leaves things open the Gordrakk vs Excelsis story arc ! Hopefully we'll see things like maps and rules for playing in the Eightpoints landscapes (like in Soul Wars : Forbidden Power, with the Underworld of Styggx and Lethis). I really like those narrative supplement, and as a big Warcry and StD fan, I'm very happy to see EVEN more background and rules for the Eightpoints and the Varanspire. Also, that cover. Oh my Dark Gods, it's excellent (maybe that would explain why the StD book was kind of short on new materials...... ). Finally, those Ogor Hunter & Co are great, would fit fine in Ghur and in the Old Word (east).

Indeed. Don't expect anything more than a teaser for a Battletome / Supplement alongside the Underworld Ogor Hunter team. We should get something about Seraphon / Gargants / Hysh Aelves / maybe a Siege supplement in 2020 at least (but don't expect it today!) And don't forget we have the Las Vegas Open from January 24th to 26th. And then Adepticon from March 25th to 29th. It will be the "biggest Warhammer Preview ever" as an article on WarCom said, because they increased the seats number.

So tomorrow (Saturday) is the Ogor Hunter & Co. for Underworld, going by the leaked banner picture floating around from B&C

well, it's great ! Not a fan of the dice but happy that they exist. The spells are nice but the kit bashed LoC heads I really wished to see a Cairn Flux tho !

Re : Rumor Engine A grot boot on the back of Ghazgkul armor ?

Well the way I read it, "an old ally" refer to a person / entity, not an a faction / army. So I can't see it being a reference to the (soon to arrive given the FAQ and WW rumors) Disciples Of Tzeentch. Then the entity trapped in Lethis ended up being Katakros.... AND HIS LEGIONS. So yeah, could be a new army. (And Kairos ? Why not name it, he is already around, and not that big of a deal for Archaon who already has an Exalted Lord Of Change (Kiathanus) and 9 Gaunt Summoners bound directly to his service)

Well that would be forgetting all the fluff about how good Nagash is at fighting with his Sword. Yet he was vanquished. Archaon also did out-magic and out-plot him, so he wins on the non fighty side of things too 😈

Well, seeing how good the Chaos Maraudeurs are now, I am totally going to buy the double box of Splintered Fangs and convert them (with Hellstriders, Forsaken and Chaos chariot bits) to look like dismounted Hellstriders, then paint them in a sufficiently convincing Slaaneshy theme into 20 marked Maraudeurs.

War of Sigmar, in the comments https://war-of-sigmar.herokuapp.com/bloggings/4333

Well why not, but why would Archaon need this guy for his grand counter Attack ? We get the impression that this old ally is a powerful thing or needed for the strike against Sigmar and Nagash both ...

True ! Archaon : 160mm Katakros : 120mm ARCHAON WINS AGAIN

Apparently there isn't any mention of the assault itself in the STD book..... Which could means the book was initially due before the OBR one. That's pretty crazy. But what I gather from the reading online is that Archaon is preparing a counter strike and before that is searching for an "old ally" (lol just like Nagash and Katakros ?) WHO ? BE'LAKOR ? Not really an ally...

Well I'd say Nagash is superior in status (an ascended mortal that became a full fledged god after Apotheosis) to Archaon (demi god of Chaos). BUT he is still weaker in duel, as the Battle of Black Skies showed Archaon destroyed Nagash there and it took century for him to be corporeal again.

"Unreleased" may mean the Warcry Spire Tyrants & 3 monsters / the new StD SC! ? Technically those aren't released yet (but next week end)....

Archaon beats Sigmar (and his Pantheon), Sigmar (alone) beats Katakros. Simple as. But yeah I really can't wait to hear about that fluff part - from what I've gathered from the youtube reviews there isn't much about it in the book tho. GW leaves it for a forthcoming Supplement ? The rumored "Sieges" one maybe ?

Sorry, he is not alone in this feeling, it was quite unpleasant to discuss with you (to think we are on a Hobby forum.... *sigh*) : Because you first were stating disrespectful and frankly off topic opinions on religion, then you argued in bad faith with xking, accusing him of selecting only some fluff elements to define what the setting is, while doing exactly the same thing by focusing only on the dark elements. And finally with me, by stating I can't come back on what xking said. You then proceed, again, to do just that. And I can do that because - unlike you - I already had those fluff discussions with him so I know his general opinion on the matter, and I add the opinion of the setting's authors. Please don't try to namedrop us, we are in the rumors thread, not on some literary circle. So let's try to behave differently and discuss in a civil manner in the right thread _____ Very interested to see the December's WD article on the Eightpoints ! Right in time for StD. The mini-game looks interesting too, strange how GW loves to focus on the Battlemage kit so much ....

Neither do you. And what xking means, is that GW authors themselves insist that in comparison to other GW settings, AOS is less grimdark than, for example, WFB or 40k was/is. Even with the Soul Wars story arc. The Realmgate Wars, the new "multiracial" alliances made by Sigmar's forces and the enduring-against-all-odds Cities of Sigmar are proofs of that.

As said in the article it's not new, it's from the old Everchosen Battletome, but yeah it's really good ! Archaon beats Katarkos hands down at that little "strategy" thing

Okay. It's great. I'm in. The four "types" of allegiance abilities looks promising. Notably the Dark Prophecy ability from the old "Overlords of Chaos" battalion for the Everchosen. At least my disappointment with the SC! not heralding (yet....) multipart plastic kits is totally washed away by this article (how weak minded am I ). I love the look of that really, really modular and flexible of a faction ! No, seriously, the fact the Maraudeurs are still here made the prospect of conversions from the tons of Chaos kits existing or soon to be released way more entraining. Also the presence of the Chaos Monsters from the old range and Warcry ❤️