Signals from the Frontline: News, Rumors, Kickstarters, General None-sense.
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4-16-13 Show Notes
Date
News
- GW releases a psychic powers app for the iPhone.
- Leaked documents indicating a Games Day for Germany, Japan and Italy. They talk about how they have restructured the organization and economics of running the events.
- Army builder app for GW games in the works. About damn time!
- Warzone is at $152K with 3 hours to go as of the time of this recording. Can’t wait! Mishima has been unlocked. http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/513277403/mutant-chronicles-warzone-resurrection
- Epsilon is a company new to us, they make pre-painted war gaming terrain in a wide range of scales. Looks pretty cool. http://escenografiaepsilon.blogspot.com.es/
- Ghosts of Hefei sounds pretty interesting. You play a Shadowrun style cyber-punk gang whose goal is to steal robots from factories and then sell them. http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/1931671462/ghosts-of-hefei-tabletop-near-future-gang-warfare
- Warlord Games releases some sweet new Comanche models to go with their Black Powder games. http://www.warlordgames.com/32873/comanche-indians/
- Battle Systems, a company making DYI terrain shows off their new modules. Very cool, looks fairly easy to do, too if you are comfortable with cutting and pasting. Great for Necromunda, Infinity, etc. http://www.battlesystems.co.uk/index.html
- Games & Gears shows off some pics of their new City Board built specifically for Dropzone Commander. Looks fantastic, they are saying that the 2D prints they are using now will be made into plastic, injection molded (same as GW) boards with a target price of $100, which would be nuts if they could pull that off. https://www.facebook.com/GamesNGears
- Drake: the Dragon Wargame passed 71K, they’ve released new miniatures and posted a video battle report of how their game plays. http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/agm/drake-the-dragon-wargame/posts
- Dwarven Forge’s Kickstarter going nuts! They’re at almost 700K, and climbing. Check out the video the owner made, it really shows his passion for the game, and he sounds like a Good Fella gamer! http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/dwarvenforge/dwarven-forges-game-tiles-revolutionary-miniature/posts
Rumors
- May: High Elves
- June: Eldar
- July: Apocalypse
- August: Lizardmen
- September: Blood Bowl
- October: Space Marines
- November: Dwarves?
- December: Hobbit
- January: Tyranids
- High Elves
- Heard about a unit with Bows and Cloaks
- Swordmasters retain ASF (or similar) and move to Rare
New Helf unit in core with GW
Rant Session
- Discuss Adepticon
List Review
Here’s a TAC Necron list that I’m looking at taking to several local events. Hope you’ll be able to do a review on the Show sometime.
HQ
Zahndrek and Oberyon
Destroyer Lord w/ Mind Shackle Scarabs and Sempiternal Weave
Royal Court:
Harbinger of Despair with Veil
Elites:
5x Deathmarks
Troops:
10x Tesla Immortals
5x Warriors w/ Night Scythe
5x Warriors w/ Night Scythe
Fast Attack
8x Scarabs
6x Wraiths, 3x Whipcoils
Heavy Support
2x Annihilation Barges w/ Tesla Cannons
3x Spyders no upgrades
Gameplan:
Zahndrekh starts with the Immortals, and Obyron stars with the Spyders. After the spyders boost up the scarabs for a turn or two, Obyron veils them to shore up fights that I need to win. Early pressure with the scarab swarm, Wraiths and the barges. Deep disruption with the Death and Despair squad as well as the Night Scythes coming in.
Reece did you see the new Martian Banshees? Holy crap do they look cool! Capitol is shaping up to be a wicked looking faction.
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v673/EasyEight/MartianBanshees_zpsc2e8163e.jpg
Oh wow, those do looks sweet! Those and the Free Marines were my favorite units from before, still have them painted and up in the shop! The new ones looks WAAAAY cooler.
I don’t like the new venusian Rangers though, the helmets are too skull like, the old ones were better, IMO.
Agreed, I do think that there are two helmet options for the V Rangers, with the second being much more similar to the original.
love the show notes! please put the player on top though, thanks.