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Rincewinds posted:https://www.humblebundle.com/books/warhammer-rpg-books Jeb Bush 2012 posted:the latest (third) edition of WFRP ended (along with the 40k RPG) when GW cancelled all of their licensing deals with fantasy flight games, I dunno if they're planning on finding someone to make a new edition Cubicle 7 is working on a 4th edition of WFRP (set in The Enemy Within era, just before the Storm of Chaos/End of Times) to be released within the year, and being more a successor to 1st and 2nd edition than to the third. They're also working on an Age of Sigmar RPG. With that in mind this humble bundle sounds like a pretty good way to build hype for the new edition. Also the 2nd edition RPG books are pretty much the most interesting writing set in the Old World, in my opinion. Black Industries did an amazing work with that edition.
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rockopete posted:I'm not saying they hosed it up or I have a better idea, just that your specific objections didn't seem to make much sense. I'm sure I'll be satisfied however they do it. I was just suggesting reasons they might not have put in an actual lightning gun not that there was no way it could be done. Honestly it was more me rolling eyes at the nerds who were complaining that CA didn't do it because they were lazy.
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Sep 14, 2017 00:18
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WHFRP2e's is the best portrayal of Bretonnia in anything about the setting.
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Sedisp posted:Theoretically you can I guess? Like you can dodge the magic in the game. Trees can block them too. They looked strong in the stream but I wouldn't exactly say their opponents were using balanced or competitive army comps. They may very well be op, but we need to see how it goes after release and watch the meta develop.
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Sep 14, 2017 00:19
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I wouldn't really judge anything from one anecdotal tournament like that, the Dark Elf player might just be better at the game than the others (both picking good rosters and playing)
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Sep 14, 2017 00:22
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peer posted:All new models are worse than their older versions because GW has had an obsessive drive to make their miniatures look more "epic", "awesome" and "badass", which hardly ever works out. I don't get what do you mean! https://www.games-workshop.com/en-NO/Stormcast-Eternals-Stardrake Look at this very Epic and Awesome dude that doesn't look at all like something I drew on deviant art when I was 13
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IMO, while some of GW's newer models can be kind of overdesigned, some can still look cool. I love the new Deathguard line, greebles and all. I still loving detest ground marines though, and the Slayer dwarfs on monsters, and the steampunk tophat dwarfs...Really, I guess I just hate Age of Sigmar. Mordja fucked around with this message at 00:40 on Sep 14, 2017 |
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ZearothK posted:Cubicle 7 is working on a 4th edition of WFRP (set in The Enemy Within era, just before the Storm of Chaos/End of Times) to be released within the year, and being more a successor to 1st and 2nd edition than to the third. They're also working on an Age of Sigmar RPG. With that in mind this humble bundle sounds like a pretty good way to build hype for the new edition. I am shockingly ok with whf become an rpg setting only with no tabletop wargame to get in the way of it being an rpg setting. Mordja posted:IMO, while some of GW's newer models can be kind of overdesigned, some can still look cool. I love the new Deathguard line, greebles and all. I actually like the Khorne Bloodbound models but i'm a Chaos loving weirdo so 
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Sedisp posted:I don't get what do you mean! Even aside from how incredibly dumb this looks, this is also so overdesigned it looks like a massive headache to actually paint for the average person - which is an issue since you need painted models to actually use them in stores. Like yeah, sure, there's always superlative painters and modelers who play the games, but the company at least used to have a relatively large playerbase that included lots of average, or worse, ones as well.
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Sep 14, 2017 00:51
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I think I'm more excited about the awesomely massive campaign map in the new game than any of the new races! Right now I'm in a crunch to finish all (most) of the playable races in the first game before the new one comes out.
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rockopete posted:I'm not saying they hosed it up or I have a better idea, just that your specific objections didn't seem to make much sense. I'm sure I'll be satisfied however they do it. 
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LordAbaddon posted:I am shockingly ok with whf become an rpg setting only with no tabletop wargame to get in the way of it being an rpg setting. Yeah, same. A living RPG line and cool licensed games like Vermintide and Total Hammer, plus GW no longer loving up the setting by making it Grimdorker? This is pretty much the best scenario for Warhammer Fantasy.
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rockopete posted:Wow, they really will be two factions, same race. Somehow I hadn't realized that, thought it would be like Gelt and Karl Franz. Tyrion and Teclis too I assume. Since that leaves us with one LL per faction, what Legendary Lord D/FLC are we likely to see for elves? the Crone and the Queen is such a no-brainer of a DLC name that it's a given. Crone Hellebron, head of the Cult of Khaine, start a leetle north of Malekith and spend most of your time killing Chaos in the name of Kho- er, Khaine, using Witch Elves and Executioners that have been buffed to high heaven Allariele the Radiant, Everqueen of Ulthuan, start in the north of Ulthuan or maybe in the Southlands for [insert justification here a la Teclis' start]. ludicrous buffs against Chaos, ludicrous buffs to archers, maybe do a redo of the Vlad/Isabella "if Tyrion and Allariele are in the same fight some poo poo goes down" mechanic.
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Ze Pollack posted:Crone Hellebron, head of the Cult of Khaine, start a leetle north of Malekith and spend most of your time killing Chaos in the name of Kho- er, Khaine, using Witch Elves and Executioners that have been buffed to high heaven For those unaware, Crone Hellebron is the supreme master of the Witch Elves. Witch Elves are the elf women in bikinis, and they're as durable as their attire suggests on the battlefield. They're only marginally more survivable off the battlefield, as killing your superior to take their job is even more acceptable to the witch elves than to the rest of the dark elves. Crone Hellebron is a witch elf who's become an old woman. That should tell you something about how deadly she is, at least in the fluff.
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Safety Factor posted:The main issue with the second one is that it is also a dual kit. That, unfortunately, came with some design considerations to make parts compatible between the warp lightning cannon and the plagueclaw catapult. I feel sorry for the poor guys who get those loaded mashed potatoes flung at them.
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Mordja posted:IMO, while some of GW's newer models can be kind of overdesigned, some can still look cool. I love the new Deathguard line, greebles and all. some of the Deathguard stuff is pretty cool. and then https://www.games-workshop.com/en-US/Death-Guard-Daemon-Primarch-Mortarion-2017 then you have this XxX666DarkSephir0th666XxX looking motherfucker
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rockopete posted:Wow, and I thought Nagash was a little over the top... Nagash was fine. 
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Sedisp posted:some of the Deathguard stuff is pretty cool. Jesus what a mess.
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Sedisp posted:
Dude at the beginning says the numbers aren't final and will definitely be different at release. Don't really see a need to fret.
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Man I am getting really worn down as Norsca of constantly fighting empire-faction armies with loving artillery and a ton of halbediers >:|
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Ralepozozaxe posted:Was it just me, or did Mazdamundi explode when he died in the multiplayer stream? p sure slann 'death' animation is them teleporting away
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Rincewinds posted:https://www.humblebundle.com/books/warhammer-rpg-books Are these worth picking up just for fluff bc I have like 0 interest in actually running them
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They're the best overview of the Old World you're going to get, though the line only lasted like 3 years and thus didn't have time to get to stuff like dorfs, elfs, or Spaniards.
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I love how in the stream the High and Dark Elves both put their light vanguard cavalry into the same goddamn forest, right on top of each other, and completely ruined each other's plan for a cheeky cav ambush. Talk about an awkward situation. 
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So, uh, just how hard is the Beastmen's Fall of Man quest battle? I had two late-game stacks activate it and the balance of forces was like 25-75 in their favor. I've held off until tomorrow for now, but I figured I'd ask here so I had some idea of what I was getting into.
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Safety Factor posted:So, uh, just how hard is the Beastmen's Fall of Man quest battle? I had two late-game stacks activate it and the balance of forces was like 25-75 in their favor. I've held off until tomorrow for now, but I figured I'd ask here so I had some idea of what I was getting into. I did that one with minimal losses, it was one of the easier battles imo, and this was before beastmen had those fancy RoRs
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ZearothK posted:Nagash was fine. I cannot picture Nagash doing anything but the Mentos smile with that model. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K4B50TTQhX4 Now I will be sorely disappointed when his in-game model is more grim, dark and edgy.
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StashAugustine posted:Are these worth picking up just for fluff bc I have like 0 interest in actually running them The Old World Bestiary is one of the best rpg supplements I've ever picked up, and is a lot of fun just as a read.
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Jeb Bush 2012 posted:the latest (third) edition of WFRP ended (along with the 40k RPG) when GW cancelled all of their licensing deals with fantasy flight games, I dunno if they're planning on finding someone to make a new edition They recently announced new iterations of the 40k RPG, WH Fantasy RPG and an Age of Sigmar RPG. Also Malus Darkblade is actually a really fun character. (As someone said it turns out to make a guy named Darkblade an interesting character is to make him really really stupid.)
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I'm so bad at playing Bretonnia. I'm struggling with economy, winning battles and an overall strategy for the campaign. I get about 40 to 50 turns in and I can't keep up with the AI on hard. Any tips? I've played other factions and just finished a Norsican campaign on hard. I just can't get to grips with the knighty fighty.
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Fuligin posted:The Old World Bestiary is one of the best rpg supplements I've ever picked up, and is a lot of fun just as a read. To add to that for those on the fence, the bulk of the book describes the creatures from in-setting point of views, such as scholars and commoners, plus their description of themselves if they are intelligent creatures, so you get all kinds of natural world-building from it; then at the end you get the creatures character sheets for use in-game.
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Afriscipio posted:I'm so bad at playing Bretonnia. I'm struggling with economy, winning battles and an overall strategy for the campaign. I get about 40 to 50 turns in and I can't keep up with the AI on hard. Any tips? At least when I played, the thing was that you had a really nice and defensible position, but really expensive upkeep for your better troops relative to your income. But you also have the Chivalry thing slowly increasing the veterancy of your recruits. So, like, feel free to disband your expensive units and recruit them from scratch when you really need them. That'll make your economy much more manageable. You only really need enough to deal with beastmen wandering stacks. To win battles I usually go with something like 40-50% cavalry, usually knight errants or knights of the realm. For bigger battles I go with one stack of infantry and one stack of knights. If I'm facing wood elves or something I bring more knights, and also some archers, and less infantry.
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ZearothK posted:To add to that for those on the fence, the bulk of the book describes the creatures from in-setting point of views, such as scholars and commoners, plus their description of themselves if they are intelligent creatures, so you get all kinds of natural world-building from it; then at the end you get the creatures character sheets for use in-game. Also there's entire subplots with some of the repeated commenters, like the Chaos Cultist professor who is constantly spreading lies about the other critters, or the Skaven assassin whose comments on every creature is just how to poison it most efficiently.
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ZearothK posted:To add to that for those on the fence, the bulk of the book describes the creatures from in-setting point of views, such as scholars and commoners, plus their description of themselves if they are intelligent creatures, so you get all kinds of natural world-building from it; then at the end you get the creatures character sheets for use in-game. 40K had a similar publication whose name escapes me, minus the creature stats. It was from the point of view of an Inquisitor dissecting various Xenos species for research (Eldar, Hrud, Ork, and so forth) until he gets taken out by a captive Necron Lord, I think?. Was great.
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New video up: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZyuiR5mvvgI Total War: Warhammer 2 - Welcome to the New World
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RBA-Wintrow posted:New video up: I enjoy how "giant skill hewn right into a mountainside" remains a fixture across all continents.
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It just wouldn't be Warhams without skulls everywhere, including some giant ones. You want Morr on your side, don't you?
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Chomp8645 posted:FFA mode sounds like something that will be really cool for about five matches and then never played again. That's the entire history of Total War multiplayer.
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RBA-Wintrow posted:New video up: That Dark Elf city looks kinda silly. There's these huge walls the size of mountains, except for one section of the curtain wall where it's the Standard Siege Size and everything looks iiiiiitty bitty
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