"More Age of Sigmar leaks, this time rules" Topic

More rumors/leaks

I got this from Bell of Lost Souls site:

– White Dwarf 75 states bases don't matter and show a small Nurgle group with round and square bases.AoS World Information
– Nine Mortal Realms, all based on the eight colours of magic, and Chaos makes nine.
– Sigmar rules from Azyrheim, and when a Stormcast Eternal dies, he returns there.
– Four Great Alliances:
– Order: Stormcast Eternals, Steamhead Duardin (Dwarfs), Red Slayers (Mercenaries of sorts. Where the old Empire went?), Aelf, and Seraphon – reptilian warriors who appear out of nowhere.
– Chaos: Fully combined army – beastmen, warriors, daemons, *does* include the Skaven.
– Death: Undead.
– Destruction: Orruks, Grots, Ogors, and ravening beasts beyond count.Turn Sequence:
Hero Phase – Spellcasting and Command Abilities used here.
Movement Phase – Movement in inches, on warscrolls. 5″ seems like the new standard. Cannot move within 3″ of the enemy during the movement phase. Running is a d6 added to the distance. Flying ignores scenery and friendly models, but still cannot come within 3″ of the enemy. Units that start the movement phase within 3″ of the enemy can remain stationary or retreat (moving up to full movement away.)
Shooting Phase – Units that ran or retreated may not shoot. Roll to hit and wound as normal.
Charge Phase – Within 12″ of enemy. Could not have ran or retreated that turn, nor be within 3″ of enemy. Roll two dice and that's your charge distance. Must end within .5″ of enemy or charge fails and no models move. No charge reactions.
Combat Phase – Charge or units within 3″ of enemy unit. Two steps: 1.) Pile in, may move models in unit up to 3″ towards closest enemy model. 2.) Attack with melee weapons.
Battleshock Phase – 2d6 + Casualties. For each point the total beats the unit's bravery, one model flees and is removed from play. Bravery is +1 for every 10 models in the unit when the test is taken.Attacking Rules:
Pick attacking unit, and target unit.
1. Hit Roll. No WS vs WS, all to hit rolls are the same regardless of who target is. Based on Warscroll.
2. Wound Roll. No S vs T, all to wound rolls are based on weapon on attacking unit's Warscroll.
3. Save Roll. Save on Warscroll, modified by attacking unit's weapon Rend value.

White Dwarf
– WD 74 WILL include a free Stormcast Eternal.
– WD 74 will include all four pages of AoS rules in it.

Rules
– There are no point values in Age of Sigmar.
– All units will be represented by warscrolls.
– If your side is severely outnumbered, there are several "Sudden Death" objective you can pick from that success will result in your victory.
– Warscrolls have all the rules for the models with them.
– New models will come with warscrolls in their boxes.
– Army books are gone.
– Bases will not matter.
– Measurement is based on closest point of the models. (So yes, a sword that thrusts well past your base is where you'll be measuring from.)

Xin

No point system? ….Or will an equivalent replacement be contained on Warscrolls?

Free rules don't mean a whole lot if Warscrolls are just another term for a Codex….which may not be free and may be required to play with any and all models.

Should we be smelling a rat or will all future revenues come from just selling new and existing models alone? Are the free rules just relatively useless fundamental beginner rules or are they rules in their entirety?

Is it fair to say GW players revel in rules? …..if so what can be done with 4 pages?

Lots of unanswered questions remain.

Yup, that's pretty close….

Think Warmachine/Saga meets Warhammer 40K looking models without guns.

Units appear to be as many models as you have of that particular figure type.

Somewhere I read new box sets will have warscrolls in them with points.

– New models will come with warscrolls in their boxes.

Also it has been rumored that all current WHFB in production will get stats for the new game.

Price: $125 USD

Rules : Included in box + Free Download

Backwards Compatability: 100%, rules for EVERY EXISTING WFB mini will be provided.

Box contents:

47 plastic miniatures – 18 Stormcast Eternals and 29 Warriors of Khorne.
A 96-page Warhammer Age of Sigmar background book – exclusive to the box set.
A 4 page rules sheet.
12 dice, 2 range rules and 2 transfer sheets.

Xin

Disclaimer: I am posting leaks and rumors, but not a fanboy, so far I don't like anything I've read and will not be buying this set. Or even playing for free.

on warscrolls. 5″ seems like the new standard.

I STILL fails to see how making all of these diverse creatures move the same speed REALLY makes things any easier or faster.

You can see it all here -

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Scans from tomorrow's WD

Some brides protest too much on wedding night ;D
I'm happy this stuff sounds like tripe, perhaps the fantasy gamers will drift towards something more enjoyable and substantial. Me I'm punting the Dragons Rampart (end of year) or for something bigger and deeper perhaps Hostile Realms (fantasy version of Piquet)

Actually, sounds like a decent set of rules, though still lacking in a command system from the sound of it.

The old Warhammer must have hit rock bottom. This looks more like 40k, that should be more appealing.

The rules summaries so far remind me a lot of the colonial skirmish rules, The Sword and the Flame, which has been a fun game for 35 years.

"The old Warhammer must have hit rock bottom."

Rogzombie – it was heading there. This is what they came up with to turn it around. Rumors were heavy that some of this was an attempt to redefine their IP so it would be distinct enough to defend with some assurance. Thus there are no Orcs; instead there are Orruks, for instance.

You can form your own estimate on how successful this will be.

Pricing in line with everyone else was apparently too radical, so instead we have this.