Signals from the Frontline: News, Rumors, Kickstarters, General None-sense.

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.