I am losing interest...

[Charon]

For me this has always been a GW board so I don't bother posting much about the other games here since you get better and broader feedback on them elsewhere.

Like.... the manufactoring companies boards?

[40kGamer]

Like.... the manufactoring companies boards?

I bounce around... a lot! CMON is good for paint/conversion work, Boardgame Geek for wider game rules type stuff and sometimes on game specific boards like for Robotech RPG Tactics, FFG or Infinity. Occasionally on FB for super specific things like Epic40k and the other specialist games... and I scratch the historical itch on TMP and the Piquet group (as I love the modernized PIQUET rules). I also frequent TGN, BOW, Youtube groups and manufacturer specific locations for things like Taban, Infinity, Warlord, etc etc... too many games, too little time.

[Mr Mystery]

Perhaps people are put off by the constant 'I don't like this because'?

Sadly, Internet forums have a reputation for being negative, and places where it's hard to get a good conversation going.

Facebook? Not so much, because the groups are more specific. Want to rag on a game? There's a group for that. Want to praise the game non-stop? There's a group for that. Anything in between? Groups for that. Local. National, International, Army specific, Game specific. And best of all? Anyone trolling said group is more likely to be hoofed out, because the admins don't have to worry about paying for the servers, bandwidth etc so they can afford to be strict in a way general forums like BoLS can't (too strict, and nobody will visit. See 40kForums in the days of Wardenhammer, who handed out bans for anyone who disagreed with him or poked holes in his narrative, and would even moderate his own posts to remove evidence of his own bad behaviour).

[chipset35]

You all make great points, and as "NSC" said about Celemnis and her Celemnite swords...I cannot recall ever reading that anywhere and those are the kind of things that would have got me excited.
Also, 'Erik Setzer" makes great points, in fact he explains my feelings better than I did!
Thank you Erik!
Especially about the Old World blowing up! When did that happen and how? Who did it?
I dont recall reading anywhere how that happened.
Help! I want to like AoS!

[Filthy Casual]

You all make great points, and as "NSC" said about Celemnis and her Celemnite swords...I cannot recall ever reading that anywhere and those are the kind of things that would have got me excited.
Also, 'Erik Setzer" makes great points, in fact he explains my feelings better than I did!
Thank you Erik!
Especially about the Old World blowing up! When did that happen and how? Who did it?
I dont recall reading anywhere how that happened.
Help! I want to like AoS!

Not sure how you missed the End Times if you bought all the novels!

Chaos invaded and this time they won, world was torn apart when another Gate like the ones at the Poles of the world was opened, the Gods tore it apart and devoured everyone. Except Sigmar who managed to avoid them and fell into the void.

Thousands of years later, tumbling through nothing he finds a Space Dragon and they become pals and have Space Adventures, together then find the Realms, which are vast and near infinite lands made of the stuff of magic, the Winds of the Old World were but a tiny reflection of the power present in the Realms.

Siggy and his Dragon Pal slowly conquer them. He's a full on God at this point and from his memory and the raw stuff of creation, the races are found, returned to the Realms, as are some familiar faces, not sure if they are all recreated by Sigmar or the Realms (some of them were Incarnates of the magic flowing from the Realms when the World That Was ended or if Sigmar is even consciously bringing them back)

Peace and prosperity reign for millennia as Sigmar as the powers of the Realms are united under his banner.

Chaos comes back, the alliance Sigmar built shatters, Chaos begins to win again, Sigmar has no way to fight back, losing his hammer in a fight, and his allies betraying him to pursue their own goals. The only thing left is to retreat, closing off his Realm, the Celestial Realm of Azyr, from the rest. Before he closes this gate, he snatches the bravest and mightiest of mortal heroes from the war against Chaos and transports them to Azyr.

There, he slowly transforms them into the Stormcast Eternals, breaking them apart and rebuilding them infused with his own power. Arming them with the mightiest weapons and armour and making the army he needs to fight Chaos.

After a millennia of isolation, Sigmars armies strike back, Chaos isn't able to destroy the Realms, they can't manage to hold and alliance between them to work together this time and the Realms are too vast. They fight each other as often as the mortal survivors desperately clinging to life in the Realms.

The Stormcasts are no faceless automatons, they're mortals, with lives on the Realms, thoughts and desires, they were snatched away from their homes and families they were defending. They're broken down and struggle to remember all they were, their humanity ebbs away every time they're brought back from death by Sigmar to fight again. There is a lot to them.

The Realms have a lot of potential to tell the sort of story you want to tell. If you're not sold on the Stormcast, well there are loads of massive Realms and loads of fights to see.

What armies were you interested in from the old world?

[nsc]

You all make great points, and as "NSC" said about Celemnis and her Celemnite swords...I cannot recall ever reading that anywhere and those are the kind of things that would have got me excited.

Yeah see, there are these books which exist [URL="http://www.games-workshop.com/en-CA/Warhammer-Age-of-Sigmar-Book-ENG"]Age of Sigmar[/URL] and [URL="http://www.games-workshop.com/en-CA/The-Realmgate-Wars-Quest-For-Ghal-Maraz-ENG"]Quest for Ghal Maraz[/URL] which are advertised as narratives, campaign books, and as many reviews have discussed they're filled with lots of top quality artwork, excellent dioramas of Citadel miniatures, and story. There's lots and lots of story.

Each book is about 260 pages and details 3 different campaign assaults over 8 battles (which are given scenario rules for tabletop battles), and there is an over arching account of what's going on leading up to the attacks. They discuss the celestial drakes, the state of the realms, and a lot of other stuff.

It's interesting (to me at least) that people are complaining that there's no lore for age of sigmar, I guess they're not reading the books.

[Auticus]

A lot of people aren't buying the books because they don't have any game rules in them and see it as a lot of money for a handful of scenarios, so that doesn't surprise me.

[Filthy Casual]

A lot of people aren't buying the books because they don't have any game rules in them and see it as a lot of money for a handful of scenarios, so that doesn't surprise me.

They have Scenarios, Rules for Realms, Warscrolls for units and Time of War rules which add spells, Triumph rewards and more. People are buying them

[Auticus]

Yes I know people are buying them. I'm not trying to insinuate no one is buying them (I have both). I'm saying a lot of people are not buying the books for those reasons given (they don't see that as really needed to play)

In our area of about 25 fantasy players playing A.O.S I think maybe 3 or 4 of us have the books.

[Filthy Casual]

Yes I know people are buying them. I'm not trying to insinuate no one is buying them (I have both). I'm saying a lot of people are not buying the books for those reasons given (they don't see that as really needed to play)

In our area of about 25 fantasy players playing A.O.S I think maybe 3 or 4 of us have the books.

They're missing out then, they're some of the best books GW has put out in a long time (and GW has been on top of its book game lately, the End Times, the 40k Campaign Books, the FW Horus Heresy Books and the Imperial Knight Companion are all awesome books and the new codexes are gorgeous too) but they're campaign books, i don't think its necessary for every player to own them but for a few copies to be available for a group so they can organise a campaign between them, that's where AoS is really a great game.