Signals from the Frontline #419

Show Notes

Date

3-25-16

Intro

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News

• BAO 2016 tickets are selling extremely quickly! We’re on day 5, and well over 100 already paid and registered! Do not wait to get your tickets or you will miss out!

• Games Workshop launches some organized play campaigns, starting with their Tank Shock program, which encourages players to buy, build, paint and play with some tanks. Sounds cool!

• Age of Sigmar sees the release of two new Khorne Warscrolls, the Slaughterpriest and the Aspiring Deathbringer!

• In other GW news, Black Library is hiring writers! Submit a 500 word sample of your story by April 29th.

• Horus Heresy Heavy weapon conversion kits for the Betrayal at Calth box set.

• Wrath of Kings releases a new model, the Neritic Horror.

• Wrath of Daemons releases a new model, Zing Yau

• More pictures of painted Drop Fleet Commander models! PHR ships, this time.

• Nepharya (NecroPriestess) 

• Lieutenant Colonel Krüger

• Lady Sigrith, Great Embalmer

• Jailbirds Sniper Unit 

• Red Hammers Command 

• Red Hammers Troops – 

• Total War: Warhammer features some gameplay footage of the Vampire faction vs. Humans.

• Spartan Games announces that a Halo ground battles game will be released this summer! It will be 15mm, or the same size as Flames of War. The models will be on display at Salute.

Upcoming ITC Events

• FastaWar 2016, Hobro, Denmark, March  24-25th, 2016
• Contest of Champions March, Great Escape Games, Sacramento, CA, March 26th, 2016
• 1850 Warhammer 40K tournament @ Dragon’s Lair, March 26th, 2016
• Gunjah the Bead Forest March Rtt, Cedar City UT, March 26th, 2016
• Huzzah Hobbies March RTT, Huzzah Hobbies Ahsburn, VA, March 26th
• Warhammer 40k ITC Singles Tournament at Pair-A-Dice Games, March 26th, 2016
• Coliseum of Comics March 26th ITC Event, Orlando, FL, March 26th, 2016
• Mad Hatters 40k ITC Rumble, Tucson, AZ, March 26th, 2016
• Otto’s March ITC, Otto’s Video Games and More, Bakersfield, CA, March 26, 2016

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.

Rant Session

Tactics Corner

• The new Necron get started formation has some crazy rules.

Rules Lawyer

Completed Commissions

List Review

Combined Arms Detachment:

HQ: ethereal -50pts

Elites: Riptide: early warning override, Ion accelerator -90pts

Troops: 5 firewarriors in a devilfish -125pts

5 firewarriors in a devilfish -125pts

Fast Attack: Tetra -35pts

Tetra -35pts

Tetra -35pts

Lord of War: Stormsurge: early warning override, shield generator, pulse driver cannon -430pts

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Allied Detachment:

HQ: ethereal -50pts

Troops: 5 firewarriors in a devilfish -125pts

Fast Attack: Tetra -35pts

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Formation Detachment:

Optimized Stealth Cadre:

1 Unit of Ghostkeels: Ghostkeel, velocity tracker, twin-linked burst cannon, cyclic ion raker -155pts

Ghostkeel, target lock, twin-linked burst cannon, cyclic ion raker -140pts

Ghostkeel, target lock, twin-linked burst cannon, cyclic ion raker -140pts

2 units of stealth suits: stealth suits -90pts

stealth suits -90pts

Total: 1850 pts