Show Notes
8-23-14
Intro
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News
- Tectonic Craft Studios releases a cool Eldar Webway looking terrain piece.
- Warzone releases some really great looking new models! The Black Widow, The Iron Lady, and the Guardian Oblati. Come by on Wendesday nights to get in some games of Warzone with Jim. We have folks picking it up and it is a fun game with a cool setting and great miniatures.
- The next ITC event is at MUGU Games, in Evertt Washington, September 6th!
- X-Wing is releasing a new faction! The Scum Faction!
- We’re also accepting pre-orders for the X-Wing Wave 5 releases! The rebel YT-2400 Freighter and the Empire’s VT-49 Decimator. Shoot those to: Orders@FrontlineGaming.org
- Heavy Gear Blitz! Beta Rules debuted at GenCon and we have been hearing some really good things about it!
- Check out this picture of Pathfinder in action at GenCon! Wow!
- Toughest Girls in the Galaxy have some interesting new minis, Were-She-Wolves. Hmmm.
- Avatars of War show off a new chaos warrior-esque model and a new Marauder style warlord.
- FAT Mats are on the water to the UK! Can’t wait to get those to everyone. They will be up for sale soon!
- LVO hotel rooms are moving FAST. We’ve already booked about 15% of our room block in less than 1 and a half days, so don’t wait on those. Event information and tickets will be available in September.
- The Assassin Data Slate will be available for download August 23rd, and they are indeed their own faction that is in the Armies of the Imperium. They can take a single Assassin as a detachment or they can take a formation of assassins.
- Space Hulk: Ascension is on the way, a turn based, 3D, digital space hulk game that plays like the board game with RPG elements thrown in.
Rumors: The Rumor Section is gathered from the web and is not in any way information we receive from any manufacturer nor is it necessarily accurate. This section of the podcast is intended for entertainment purposes only.
- Grey Knights rumors:
- Aegis is nerfed to reroll 1’s of DtW.
- No more psychic pilots except dreads…wow!
- Characters without models are gone.
- No more psybolt ammo. Ouch!
- Only Grey Knights in the book.
- Psycannons are salvo.
- Halbreds now +1 strength, no longer +2 initiative.
- Nemesis Strike Force Detachment looks awesome.
- Psilencer is now Force!
- CHEAP termies.
- Dreadknights dramatically reduced in cost.
- Lots of Soul Blaze.
- No more idiot grenades, thank goodness!
- Draigo is a BEAST! Holy crap, he is insane.
- The Nagash “Endtimes” arc/release in Fantasy will last 4 weeks.
- Next week Arkhan,
- Neferata
- Manfred Combi-Box
- Supposedly all soft cover books will be replaced by next summer.
- Dark Eldar are rumored to be on deck after Nagash.
Rant Session
- Grey Knights, let’s wait and see. We know all too well how easy it is to have an emotional reaction to change.
Tactics Corner
Rules Lawyer
- Can a Storm Talon escort a model from their detachment coming in from reserves in an allied transport flyer?
- Yes!
List Review
So this is my mean list (the Dickdar). I went with the Pulse lasers on the Hornets for the str8, ap2, heavy 2, 48″ brokenness. And we have lots of scout going on as well. Have a total of 24 Pulse Laser shots and 6 Bright Lances.
HQ-
Spirit Seer (with the Wraithblades)
Troops-
5 Windriders
5 Wraithblades with Ghostswords in a Wave Serpent with Holo-fields and TL Scatter Laser and TL Shuriken Catapults.
Fast Attack-
3 Hornets with 2 Pulse Lasers each
3 Hornets with 2 Pulse Lasers each
10 Warp Spiders
Heavy Support-
3 War Walkers with Scatter Laser, Bright Lance each
3 War Walkers with Scatter Laser Bright Lance each
Wraithknight with Suncannon, Scattershield and a Scatter Laser.