VOn warseer.com:
Ok these come from the smae guy, who got them from someone called Monk, from Realm of Runes
"Warrior boxed set: You get yer normal warriors (hand weapon/shield etc), but with enough parts to make them into Great-weapon warriors, Longbeards (glue on a longer beard ) and random bits to make them look like rangers (ropes, hats etc).
Rangers will be a scout upgrade from the normal Warriors. Kinda like the scout upgrade for Glade Guard in the Wood Elf book (no more scouting units than parent units).
But not skirmish; there are NO SKIRMISHING UNITS.
Apparantly there will only be a few ‘Warmachine’ boxes. So for example, you buy a one box variant and you have enough parts to build a cannon or an organ gun (like the empire cannon/mortar box).
Organ-gun range increased.
There is also rumoured to be a new warmachine altogether: “Steam-hammer”
Crossbowmen and Thunderers will be made out of one box set (kinda seems to be a theme here doesn’t it? )
Plastic Slayers are uncomfirmed, but they come with many alternating parts allowing for different poses etc
New Special characters speculated for the new book will be Joseph Bugman (the drunk ranger) and Thorgrimm Grudgebearer (the king on the throne of power).
Engineers , the Anvil of Doom and (most importantly) the Gyrocopter have had their rules ‘tweaked’ to be more useful apparently (Anvil grants a slight advantage in movement, engineers increases gun ranges or something, gyro just ‘better’)
More info on the Engineers: may apparently be bought as an ‘upgrade’ for warmachine crews, or can be a separate hero.
More info on the Anvil: as I said, some sort of rune that gives a bonus in the movement department. Also several (3 was said) runes that are activated in the SHOOTING PHASE that CANNONT be dispelled!
There are also some rumours that the Anvil grants bonuses on the Dwarfs for the entire game (like the Ogre’s gut magic), and weaknesses on the enemy for the entire game.
Magic Defence is supposed to improve even more! (thanks to some random bonuses the rune lord grants)
Longbeards give some sort of Leadership bonuses to warriors around them (re-roll panic or break tests or something like that). The general consensus seems to be ‘with Longbeards in the army, you have to rely less on characters’.
Not much word on miners, just that they function like tunnelling teams (duh ) which may charge.
Thunderer guns will actually be BETTER than the Empire’s handguns (and rightly so!).
Characters can stand on Shields like King Alrik, which makes them better in combat (harder to hit or simply tougher)
No SOC abilities in the new book (although The Gobline Hewer in apparently still allowed…), but Slayer Characters have been tweaked and somehow are a lot more attractive option.
A few new runes have been added, a few old ones gotten rid of, and general tweaks in rune prices etc, no big changes here.
There is some sort of general army rule that makes it harder for the enemy to charge Dwarf flanks or something. The details on this are very sketchy, but it is supposed to make up for the Dwarf’s low manoeuvrability.
There is also rumours of units of US2 dwarfs (!) and immunity to being outnumbered (eat that Skaven and Gobbos!)
All unit/character stats are supposed to stay the same, just special abilities and prices etc are planned to change.
The look of the new miniatures make the Dwarfs look a lot more ‘clan-like’ than they are currenty (a lot of ‘mask’ options for models (like the WE masks)).
But the new models are apparently a lot ‘bulkier’ than the old ones
The Character models are supposed to be VERY nice: a Engineer carrying all sorts or gadgets, a Lord with a triple-barrelled pistol etc
Fluff will be expanded (apparently there is a new development in Karak Eight Peaks due to an upcoming ‘Gotrek and Felix’ novel).
January is supposedly the release date (so that you get get pre-orders in for x-max no doubt <_<).
Germany will be the first country to get the new models/book, but apparently the book has already been translated to all the languages so its only a difference of a few days
Most of the above info was let slip by Gav himself (no, not me ) at a games event interview, so most of it is official.
GENERAL FEELING OF THE NEW BOOK: it will more than satisfy Dwarf generals "
Ok these come from the smae guy, who got them from someone called Monk, from Realm of Runes
"Warrior boxed set: You get yer normal warriors (hand weapon/shield etc), but with enough parts to make them into Great-weapon warriors, Longbeards (glue on a longer beard ) and random bits to make them look like rangers (ropes, hats etc).
Rangers will be a scout upgrade from the normal Warriors. Kinda like the scout upgrade for Glade Guard in the Wood Elf book (no more scouting units than parent units).
But not skirmish; there are NO SKIRMISHING UNITS.
Apparantly there will only be a few ‘Warmachine’ boxes. So for example, you buy a one box variant and you have enough parts to build a cannon or an organ gun (like the empire cannon/mortar box).
Organ-gun range increased.
There is also rumoured to be a new warmachine altogether: “Steam-hammer”
Crossbowmen and Thunderers will be made out of one box set (kinda seems to be a theme here doesn’t it? )
Plastic Slayers are uncomfirmed, but they come with many alternating parts allowing for different poses etc
New Special characters speculated for the new book will be Joseph Bugman (the drunk ranger) and Thorgrimm Grudgebearer (the king on the throne of power).
Engineers , the Anvil of Doom and (most importantly) the Gyrocopter have had their rules ‘tweaked’ to be more useful apparently (Anvil grants a slight advantage in movement, engineers increases gun ranges or something, gyro just ‘better’)
More info on the Engineers: may apparently be bought as an ‘upgrade’ for warmachine crews, or can be a separate hero.
More info on the Anvil: as I said, some sort of rune that gives a bonus in the movement department. Also several (3 was said) runes that are activated in the SHOOTING PHASE that CANNONT be dispelled!
There are also some rumours that the Anvil grants bonuses on the Dwarfs for the entire game (like the Ogre’s gut magic), and weaknesses on the enemy for the entire game.
Magic Defence is supposed to improve even more! (thanks to some random bonuses the rune lord grants)
Longbeards give some sort of Leadership bonuses to warriors around them (re-roll panic or break tests or something like that). The general consensus seems to be ‘with Longbeards in the army, you have to rely less on characters’.
Not much word on miners, just that they function like tunnelling teams (duh ) which may charge.
Thunderer guns will actually be BETTER than the Empire’s handguns (and rightly so!).
Characters can stand on Shields like King Alrik, which makes them better in combat (harder to hit or simply tougher)
No SOC abilities in the new book (although The Gobline Hewer in apparently still allowed…), but Slayer Characters have been tweaked and somehow are a lot more attractive option.
A few new runes have been added, a few old ones gotten rid of, and general tweaks in rune prices etc, no big changes here.
There is some sort of general army rule that makes it harder for the enemy to charge Dwarf flanks or something. The details on this are very sketchy, but it is supposed to make up for the Dwarf’s low manoeuvrability.
There is also rumours of units of US2 dwarfs (!) and immunity to being outnumbered (eat that Skaven and Gobbos!)
All unit/character stats are supposed to stay the same, just special abilities and prices etc are planned to change.
The look of the new miniatures make the Dwarfs look a lot more ‘clan-like’ than they are currenty (a lot of ‘mask’ options for models (like the WE masks)).
But the new models are apparently a lot ‘bulkier’ than the old ones
The Character models are supposed to be VERY nice: a Engineer carrying all sorts or gadgets, a Lord with a triple-barrelled pistol etc
Fluff will be expanded (apparently there is a new development in Karak Eight Peaks due to an upcoming ‘Gotrek and Felix’ novel).
January is supposedly the release date (so that you get get pre-orders in for x-max no doubt <_<).
Germany will be the first country to get the new models/book, but apparently the book has already been translated to all the languages so its only a difference of a few days
Most of the above info was let slip by Gav himself (no, not me ) at a games event interview, so most of it is official.
GENERAL FEELING OF THE NEW BOOK: it will more than satisfy Dwarf generals "
