40K Q4 Release Roundup (Necrons, Bugs, Blood Angels)

[Bigred]

via warseer's [URL="http://www.warseer.com/forums/showthread.php?401403-Rumours-from-next-white-dwarf&p=7305661&viewfull=1#post7305661"]Kaldor Swarmlord[/URL] 11-1-2014

I don't know if any other german WD readers noticed:

on page 20 of the current WD, where they talk about the various ways to benefit from the Toxicrene, some note is written in the bottom left corner (I'll translate):

"Shield of Baal: Leviathan ist ausschließlic in englischer Sprache erhältlich, aber damit du sofort mit dem Spielen loslegen kannst, haben wir hier die Regeln auf Deutsch abgedruckt."

"Shield of Baal: Leviathan is exclusively available in English, but for the purpose of playing immediatly we printed the rules in German here for you."

So I think we got a name...

[Bigred]

via[URL="http://astropate.blogspot.com/2014/11/nuovi-tiranidi-tyrannocyte-sorocyst-e.html#more"] L'Astropate[/URL] 11-3-2014

White Dwarf 42 Teaser - referencing a Campaign:

[Bigred]

[URL="http://natfka.blogspot.com/2014/11/shield-of-baal-leviathan-details.html#more"]Gary's[/URL] got a live one 11-6-2014

Regarding Shield of Baal

Shield of Baal is the first release for the campaign. There will be more. It comes in two hardback books and in a slipcase.

book 1 comes with all the details on the invasion- background
includes the invasion of the Cryptus System, called the shieldworlds of Baal.
the astra militarum, blood angels and even the sisters of battle are mentioned here.

book 2 is rules including, Echoes of War scenarios (6), a cities of death expansion with 6 new missions, death from the skies rules for aerial combat.

Forces of Leviathan: a new detachment for Tyranids with warlord traits, datasheets for new units, and new formations

[Bigred]

[URL="http://natfka.blogspot.com/2014/11/complete-release-list-for-next-week.html#more"]Gary's[/URL] got a live one 11-7-2014
Tyranid Week 3 prices

Tyranid Venomthropes/Zoanthropes 3 models $66
Shield of Baal: Leviathan Slipcased Two-Volume Set $74.25
Shield of Baal: Leviathan Digital Edition

Invasion Swarms: Tyrand Painting Guide $33
Invasion Swarms: Tyrand Painting Guide Digital Edition
Ultimate Paint Set 160 paints $560
Citadel Project Box $65
Citadel Army Case in either 40k or Fantasy designs $105
Citadel Cutting Mat %15
Citadel Palette Pad 20 sheets $8
Citadel Water Pot and Bitz Box $17

Shield of Baal: Tempestus Hardback Novella 128pgs $20
Ahriman: Sorceror Paperback 416pgs $14
Catechism of Hate Hardback Novella 128pgs $24

[John Bower]

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Latest word on starter set 10-30-2014


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via warseer's [URL="http://www.warseer.com/forums/showthread.php?401403-Rumours-from-next-white-dwarf&p=7305661&viewfull=1#post7305661"]Kaldor Swarmlord[/URL] 11-1-2014



via[URL="http://astropate.blogspot.com/2014/11/nuovi-tiranidi-tyrannocyte-sorocyst-e.html#more"] L'Astropate[/URL] 11-3-2014



[URL="http://natfka.blogspot.com/2014/11/shield-of-baal-leviathan-details.html#more"]Gary's[/URL] got a live one 11-6-2014

Regarding Shield of Baal


[URL="http://natfka.blogspot.com/2014/11/complete-release-list-for-next-week.html#more"]Gary's[/URL] got a live one 11-7-2014
Tyranid Week 3 prices

I would have thought from the WD cover it's more likely to be Cities of Death than DftS? Though I really don't mind both... hehe.

edit; Blast it, why did the quote not come out right?

[ElectricPaladin]

So. These new rumors. Blood Angels not in the "first part" of the campaign.

This seems kind of dumb to me. A campaign called "Shield of Baal" that doesn't involve the Blood Angels at all in the first entire product? I'd buy the campaign being structured in such a way that the Blood Angels aren't in the first few missions... but selling an entire book that doesn't include the chapter the thing is named after? I just don't buy it. GW isn't that dumb.

[MajorWesJanson]

So. These new rumors. Blood Angels not in the "first part" of the campaign.

This seems kind of dumb to me. A campaign called "Shield of Baal" that doesn't involve the Blood Angels at all in the first entire product? I'd buy the campaign being structured in such a way that the Blood Angels aren't in the first few missions... but selling an entire book that doesn't include the chapter the thing is named after? I just don't buy it. GW isn't that dumb.

Book 1 of Stormclaw didn't really involve the Space Wolves at all either, it was all Orks, IG, and Knights, with Space Wolves arriving at the end.

[Cap'nSmurfs]

Yeah, Sanctus Reach only became about Space Wolves in Volume 2.

Think of it this way:

The campaign books are a bridge.

Sanctus Reach bridged the gap between the Orks release and Space Wolves; the first book, The Red Waagh, was about Orks versus Astra Militarum and Imperial Knights, mainly. The second, which came along with the Space Wolf release and just before the Grey Knights, was about Space Wolves and Grey Knights.

So I assume Shield of Baal will be the same thing; bridging between the Tyranid wave and the forthcoming Blood Angels.

It's not "dumb". Baal isn't just one planet; there's a whole system. There's only about a thousand Blood Angels; there's millions of humans. "Shield of Baal" suggests to me that the campaign is about the tendrils of Leviathan starting to threaten the Baal system or its outskirts.

[ElectricPaladin]

I hadn't been aware that Sanctus Reach worked that way (because I don't care about or understand Space Wolves, despite almost playing them in high school); if I had, I wouldn't be surprised.

I'll probably buy Shield of Baal Part One. It's got rules for fighter aces and Cities of Death in it. I'm doomed. And hooked. Hoomed.

[Cap'nSmurfs]

Haha