Bretonnia Rumor Roundup

[Bigred]

Initial Rumors 5-20-2014 via [URL="http://40kwarzone.blogspot.com/2014/05/new-bretonnia-rumours.html#more"]40K Warzone[/URL]

Release: July 2014 (contradictory chatter says later in the year)
All new Grail Knight Kit
New option - Grail Knights on Foot

and this "mystery mini"

via Voice of the Chaos Gods 6-14-2014

I see on the british site the armybook is "no longer available", the american say "on stock". Could mean the storage in the usa are still filled, while they are no longer available in the UK, means they are no longer produced.

About the first release: it will be a combi knights box set. Otherwise the Bretons will probably only get 2 weeks of releases. Pre-orders are most likely June 28th

-Pre order date for the first bretons will be probably june 28th. The Armybook will come one or two weeks later.
-Questing Knights & Grail Kights Box Set
-Large Grail Reliquae Model

[Mr Mystery]

I'm very interested to see what they do with the Bretonnians.

They took a bit of a hit with 8th Edition improving infantry so much (it didn't nerf Cavalry at all. It just left them as is for the most part...), but nothing you couldn't really get around with judicious application of Lance Formation (enough to bag the ranks needed to prevent the opponent being steadfast).

But.....Wood Elves turned out really nicely. They took a slightly ill defined army, and really set it's character.

Personally, I'd like to see slightly different vow affects. So Knights Errant get fairly low level ones, Knights of the Realm get useful ones, Questing Knights get better ones, and Grail Knights get filthy ones, to represent the competency and chivalry of a Knight increasing as he progresses in his career.

Mostly, I want to see Peasants remains utterly bobbins, and there to make up the numbers. After all. They're peasants. It's like giving me a stick which has been sharpened by showing a picture of a spear, and telling me to try and kill stuff.

Oh, and maybe a different way of working the Prayer. Originally, it gave you protection against ungentlemanly attacks, like shooting. Then it became a Ward save in completely honourable combat, which is silly. Maybe a choice of prayers, selected like magic lores at the time of list creation (which to my mind was a massive improvement. No more highly convenient mages tailored to thrash your opponent).

[Wolfshade]

I've always wanted to do Brets, it seems like they have a very elegant way of organising society, plus who doesn't want knights dashing around like it was the Dark Ages.

[Mr Mystery]

Oh we're Feudal here in the UK still. It's just us Plebs get to vote for who we want to primarily look out for their own vested interests every few years.

[Wolfshade]

Yeah but you should only have votes if you have land...

[Cap'nSmurfs]

Dark Ages? Pff. More like 13th-14th Century High Middle Ages, amirite? (I am right).

Bretonnians are cool. First fantasy army I did, way back.

[Mr Mystery]

Yeah but you should only have votes if you have land...

Well, only the wealthy can realistically compete for control of Parliament.....so it's much the same thing.

[Wolfshade]

Probably. I just wanted to avoid trying to spell "Medieval" (sp?)

What historically put me off was the cost of metal knights...

[Psychosplodge]

plus any metal knight type model was a pain in the arse to keep mounted on their plastic stead.

[Cap'nSmurfs]

The metal Green Knight is a chuffing nightmare. Such a good model, though.