Von Bols:
The next set of Age of Sigmar rules and World background hare coming in. I am shocked at how much GW is shaking things up!
New Rules & Lore items:
via Dr. Caligari 6-29-2015
– White Dwarf 75 states bases don’t matter and show a small Nurgle group with round and square bases.
AoS World Information
– Nine Mortal Realms, all based on the eight colours of magic, and Chaos makes nine.
– Sigmar rules from Azyrheim, and when a Stormcast Eternal dies, he returns there.
– Four Great Alliances:
– Order: Stormcast Eternals, Steamhead Duardin (Dwarfs), Red Slayers (Mercenaries of sorts. Where the old Empire went?), Aelf, and Seraphon – reptilian warriors who appear out of nowhere.
– Chaos: Fully combined army – beastmen, warriors, daemons,
*does* include the Skaven.
– Death: Undead.
– Destruction: Orruks, Grots, Ogors, and ravening beasts beyond count.
Turn Sequence:
Hero Phase – Spellcasting and Command Abilities used here.
Movement Phase – Movement in inches, on warscrolls. 5″ seems like the new standard. Cannot move within 3″ of the enemy during the movement phase. Running is a d6 added to the distance. Flying ignores scenery and friendly models, but still cannot come within 3″ of the enemy. Units that start the movement phase within 3″ of the enemy can remain stationary or retreat (moving up to full movement away.)
Shooting Phase – Units that ran or retreated may not shoot. Roll to hit and wound as normal.
Charge Phase – Within 12″ of enemy. Could not have ran or retreated that turn, nor be within 3″ of enemy. Roll two dice and that’s your charge distance. Must end within .5″ of enemy or charge fails and no models move. No charge reactions.
Combat Phase – Charge or units within 3″ of enemy unit. Two steps: 1.) Pile in, may move models in unit up to 3″ towards closest enemy model. 2.) Attack with melee weapons.
Battleshock Phase – 2d6 + Casualties. For each point the total beats the unit’s bravery, one model flees and is removed from play. Bravery is +1 for every 10 models in the unit when the test is taken.
Attacking Rules:
Pick attacking unit, and target unit.
1. Hit Roll. No WS vs WS, all to hit rolls are the same regardless of who target is. Based on Warscroll.
2. Wound Roll. No S vs T, all to wound rolls are based on weapon on attacking unit’s Warscroll.
3. Save Roll. Save on Warscroll, modified by attacking unit’s weapon Rend value.
Via Dr. Caligari 6-29-2015
White Dwarf
– WD 75 WILL include a free Stormcast Eternal.
– WD 75 will include all four pages of AoS rules in it.
Rules
– There are no point values in Age of Sigmar.
– All units will be represented by warscrolls.
– If your side is severely outnumbered, there are several “Sudden Death” objective you can pick from that success will result in your victory.
– Warscrolls have all the rules for the models with them.
– New models will come with warscrolls in their boxes.
– Army books are gone.
– Bases will not matter.
– Measurement is based on closest point of the models. (So yes, a sword that thrusts well past your base is where you’ll be measuring from.)
Rules Pics Are Out
There is a
set of partial rules pics that corroborates most of this stuff, so it’s probably correct. You can find it on Facebook and in the Lounge Roundup below.
My Thoughts:
I have to say I am really REALLY surprised by these. The rules are very, very condensed, and streamlined. We know this is only a 4 page set, but with all the other changes coming, like Warscrolls in the box with each mini, Age of Sigmar is shaping up to be an entirely different animal than the 8th Edition that came before it – connected only loosely by it’s background and the use of common miniatures. I am genuinely curious about how the community will react. I don’t think the industry has EVER seen such a large product range/license go through such a massive reboot.
GW and all of us are in completely uncharted waters here.
Age of Sigmar Roundup
~Have at it folks. I expect this will be an EXTREMELY BUSY week, so check back often.
