Age of Sigmar Rumor Roundup

[Austin Becht]

I noticed none of the new units shown in White Dwarf had those silly rules, either. Like they want you to take the new stuff seriously, but the old stuff is all a joke.

You also have to note that all the units included in the Starter Set are pretty basic, made mostly to help you learn the game. Plenty of the older units have more, an more complex, rules. I assume we will see some of these joke rules pop up over time as they start to release more stuff. I wouldn't be surprised either way though. I personally like the joke rules even though I'd probably be incapable of using any of them...except maybe the Mustache one, considering I'm one of the only people with a mustache in my gaming group.

[Tzeentch's Dark Agent]

Well, we have seen 5 War scrolls for the Celestials so far. How about we give them chance to release an army before we jump on a hate wagon?

Jesus Christ guys.

[phantajisto]

The nerdrage all over the internet is astounding.

Nice to see a bit of common sense on positivity in this thread.

I'm really looking forward to trying out AoS and seeing how it develops over time.

[Houghten]

Jesus Christ guys.

As nicknames for the Stormcast Eternals go, I like "Sigmarines" better.

[Mr Mystery]

Well, we have seen 5 War scrolls for the Celestials so far. How about we give them chance to release an army before we jump on a hate wagon?

Jesus Christ guys.

That's simply not how the Interwebs works.

[Tzeentch's Dark Agent]

I am starting to hate this forum. Pretty much because of the Age of Sigmar stuff.

I come back for the Oubliette chats

[Bigred]

via one of Gary's [URL="http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Faeit212/~3/aEbkCat-zUY/aos-realmgate-war-campaign.html"]birds[/URL] 7-5-2015

Regarding a "Big Rulebook" for Age of Sigmar

I’m hesitant to call it a “Summer Campaign”, because a majority of the
bigger stuff will come out after the summer is over, but the big new
selling point of AoS is going to be vast narrative campaigns and story
arcs. The Realmgate War is going to be the first of these campaigns.

Future campaigns might be more focused, but RgW is primarily going to a
walking tour of the new setting. The release pattering is going to be
formulaic: Here’s the new world (Sans Azyr and Chaos, we go to them during
the final), here’s the evil force that’s making everyone’s life awful,
here’s the good force that’s going to liberate them. Inky, Blinky, Pinky,
and Clyde each get their own named faction, and The Horned Rat and Nagash
will each get their respective 15 minutes of fame.

Once all the new factions are introduced, and the war scrolls proper are
put up, that’s when we finally get the BrB. Don’t think of this as 9th
edition, think of this as the first expansion to Age of Sigmar. It’ll be
much smaller than a core rulebook, but larger than a codex, and will look
and feel a lot like the Horus Heresy books from FW. There will be rules
for list building, missions, campaigns, as well as all the “advanced
rules”, more rules for gods, magic, heroes, loot, more terrain abilities,
and special rules for games on specific realm. Then there’s going to be a
few weeks of 40k, followed by a few weeks to wrap up the Realmgate War.
The conclusion will take the form of an actual, factual summer campaign, as
the forces of order launch an assault on the forces of chaos undecided on
their home turf, all while death and destruction go around making sure
everyone’s having a bad day.

Then a few months later the cycle starts again. There’s going to be a few
weeks of breathing time, setting up the campaigns, introducing characters,
factions, and whatnot, followed by an expansion book that’ll expand on the
rules and let people play their own mini campaigns, followed then a big
conclusion with plenty of heroic deaths and things going south for everyone.

[Mr Mystery]

Really hope that rumour isn't a load of bollocks.

[Kirsten]

yeah, that is exactly what the game needs, hope it is true

[Cap'nSmurfs]

That'd be brilliant, and I suspect something like that is indeed going to be the pattern from now on. Age of Sigmar stuff keeps hinting at an ongoing narrative.