Signals from the Frontline: Warhammer 40K and General Gaming News, Rumors, Tactics and Comedy!

Show Notes

3-14-15

Intro

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News

• Sad News in the nerd world, Terry Pratchett most famous for his Disc World series.
• Adepticon right around the corner! Going to be a good time.
  • What armies we’re bringing
• Forgeworld shows off a cool video for their new visual feed: <iframe width=”560″ height=”315″ src=”https://www.youtube.com/embed/VxOCGuvcIlA” frameborder=”0″ allowfullscreen></iframe>
• They also show off the new Quad Multi Laser and Quad Mortar for the Solar Auxilia.

• Dream Pod 9 shows off some new laser cut acrylic counters for the various factions of the game and a new model, the Lynx in walker and scooter mode.

• Prodos Games shows off some cool new offerings: Timothy MacGuire, an Imperial model, a new Cybertnic model, and their custom head service!

• Raging Heroes announces another KS, this time for SciFI and Fantasy armies of the following: SIsters, Dark ELves and Lust Elves., launching at the end of the month.

• Paizo has a blog post up talking about their Sound Packs, which introduce sound effects into RPGs.http://paizo.com/paizo/blog/v5748dyo5lh9j?So-How-Do-I-Use-Syrinscape-in-my-Pathfinder-Game
• They also reveal another of the Giants in their upcoming Giant expansion. This one looks like an Ogre Mage to me more than a giant.

• PP announces a new Plastic Ironfang Pikemen and Black Dragon sets with Unit Attachments. They also reveal new army boxes for Cyrx, Circle and Retribution.

• The Warmachine expansion: Reckoning is also announced, which shows Deneghra riding a Bone Jack and Zerkova with glaive wielding Doomreavers.

Upcoming ITC Events

• Saturday is the Game Empire Pasadena ITC event, March Madness and Otto’s ITC event. Good luck to everyone participating!
• Gamer’s Paradise Highlander Tournament, Prairieville, LA, March 28, 2015
• Assault on Kokoytos, Mugu Games, Everett, WA, April 4th, 2015
• De-La-Warr Open, Newark, DE, April 11-12, 2015
• Onslaught, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada, April 11-12, 2015

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.

• Supposedly Skitarii and Cult Mechanicus releases are coming up, soon!
• The long rumored Khorne release is said to be coming very soon! We’ll see what it brings if it comes, but persistent rumors have been cult terminators and new rules for Berzerkers, Bloodthirster, etc. New dataslates which means we could get characters, units, formations, etc.
• More rumors of the 30k Platic kit which comes brimming with options and is compatible with both existing 30k and 40k model kits….followed by rumors that they are actually a long way off, yet. Time will tell!
• HUGE RUMOR: Also, big spoiler alert, don’t listen to this bit if you don’t want to know how the Fantasy End Times series finishes.
  • The fantasy world is completely destroyed, rendered into nothingness by the forces of Chaos! Total destruction, Chaos wins.. They also indicate that a new world will be born by the sole surviving man.
  • The ending here is so, so similar to the end of the Elric series that it is crazy.
  • Rumors that Fantasy reboot will also be playable as unbound, too.
  • Formations definitely coming to Fantasy, too.

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Tactics Corner

Rules Lawyer

Completed Commissions

List Review

Garrett A Brings us:

I like to call this the hobby killer or D-Slapper

Ig w/vindicare

Commissar Yarrick

Troops

Platoon

PCC

4xFlamers

Infantry Squad

Lascannon

Infantry Squad

Lascannon

Infantry Squad

Lascannon

Infantry Squad

Lascannon

Sabre Defense Lascannons

Extra crewx4

Veterans

Chimera

Grenadiers

Flamer

Veterans

Chimera

Flamer

Grenadiers

Fast Attack

Vendetta

Wyvern

Allies Assasin

Vindicare

Fortification

Aquila Macro Cannon

The basics is that this list the vindicare mans the Cannon giving is a two shot str d ignores cover blast. or an apocalyptic blast with variable str that also Ignores cover. I do this mostly from fear of the Barbed Heiradule. One idea is to replace the vindicare with coteaz and just get the Ignores cover from IG orders(This will also give the D cannon Psuedo Intercepter) Platoon combines w/ Yarrick and mans the battlements. It is also possible to replace it with a vortex missile, allowing me to hit targets out of LOS with ignores cover. The veterans go out and take objectives.

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