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Off-topic and Chatter: The Jolly Boar Inn => Tabletop Games - The Game Room => Topic started by: Gen_Glory on July 28, 2015, 05:44:53 PM
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So I was wondering what warhammer was up to nowadays and OH LAWDY
It seems Warhammer Fantasy is being replaced with 40K lite
Not sure how I feel about seeing a beloved game change so radically (I would say ruined but I can't say that til I try it)
So what are everyones opinions on this??
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As a fluff gamer, a little part of me is now broken :(
Seriously though, it's gone from a mid range fantasy that is generally relatively low/gritty with high fantasy flourishes to being beyond high fantasy. The AoS fluff is fantasy at arsonist in a marijuana farm levels of high.
The interim rules for old models are apparently intentionally stupid to shame people into moving to new armies - apparently with those new armies it isn't a bad game mechanically though.
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I have 2 major problems with AoS:
1) Few decades of lore being replaced by something that's rather mediocre
2) Lack of depth and strategy
That's enough for me.
I won't be joining the AoS club.
I like the look of the new Khorne models, though.
I might get then eventually, convert them a bit and base them on square bases.
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the rules are at least free
though reading through them it turns out it has gone pay 2 win as the only limit to your forces are the amount of models you have....
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I hadn't noticed that. Oh dear. :/
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An actual quote:
You can continue setting up units until you
have set up all the units you want to fight in
this battle, or have run out of space.
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Well that does sound rather wibulnib, is there any optional point system for those that don't want to play like cretins?
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Finally sick of people complaining about things being too many or too few points? Guess the points values yourselves!
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Once Bitten has made a good video about this:
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So guys and gals, I bought a half of the AoS starter box today.
I chose Khorne forces and I'm intending to put them on square bases and use for 8th edition.
I've always wanted a WoC mono Khorne force, ever since I've started collecting Warhammer miniatures, but I didn't really like the range of models.
And once I've opened the box... Holy mother of pineapple throwing armadillo, the models are mind-numbingly gorgeous. :balrog:
I've never seen models this detailed before...
Not even Forge world models.
I'm in awe.
I don't like the new ruleset and Sigmarines, but these guys are the definition of perfection.
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I don't actually like having whole armies of super high detail models, not least because my painting skills won't do them justice anyway so why bother? I like having high-detail intricate centrepieces, but my regular grunts I'd like to be able to make look good with simple, primary paint schemes.
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I got much better at painting recently, so I find it pretty nice. :D
Gives me a chance to win more points for painting on tournaments.
And it keeps me busy for a while. :P
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the sigmarites look way too much like space marines
have the chaos warriors kept their armour style or is that being changed too?
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I think they're more similar - they already looked like the 40K ones rather more anyway!
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The style is consistent.
And I like these guys a lot.
They match the existing artwork really well. ;D
And Jubal's right. Chaos warriors have a style very similar to 40k chaos marines.
But somehow I have a feeling that it would be easier to convert Age of Sigmar Blood warriors into Khorne marines (similar to 40k starter set Dark vengeance) than the other way around.
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I have well and truly fallen out of the hobby, something I never thought would actually happen. 8th ed shook me, and I stubbornly clung to 7th like a drowning man, but this new direction the fluff has taken is too much for me.
I refuse to give Games Workshop any more of my hard earned cash.
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Have you considered getting into more skirmish gaming? There are some nice settings out there.
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Between cash constraints and a lack of settings which capture me in the same way, no I have not really. It's a pity, but that's the way it is. :(
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Is fair enough. I'm not doing much gaming at all; I got to the Uni's tabletop society sometimes but mostly end up boardgaming rather than anything else.
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Yeah, I'm getting my gaming fix from the 3 Coins sessions, which are a surprising amount of work to organise, run and then recap.
Back on topic though, I don't think I will ever reconcile with this new direction.
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Yeah - Warhammer was always meant to be a bit of a mix of low and high fantasy, but it's now... so high fantasy it's getting to "arsonist on a weed farm" levels.
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I loved that line. :P
I think my biggest disappointment is with the loss of the world itself. I had a lot of time invested in the setting itself. It was a fantastic setting, but it has now been reduced to a heap of bubbles floating around...
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Yes - agreed!
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You should check out 9th age PG.
It's pretty good. Not excellent, but it works.
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I do wonder whether AoS will get more world building over time - I feel like without it they'll have difficulty keeping people coming back.