Salty Monkey Posted July 14, 2021 Report Share Posted July 14, 2021 Is it just me or is anyone else kinda excited about new kill team! 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brother Glacius Posted July 14, 2021 Report Share Posted July 14, 2021 I see a huge shortage of stock coming up again. I've tried to get my name on a few lists in the hope of getting one. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sgt. Rock Posted July 14, 2021 Report Share Posted July 14, 2021 Like most GW releases, I'm cautiously optimistic. I love the idea of Kill Team, but the previous rules weren't very good. I'm hoping they manage to actually improve it. I like that they're moving to the alternate activation system like Necromunda has. Looking forward to reading someone else's rulebook before I take the plunge. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ish Posted July 14, 2021 Report Share Posted July 14, 2021 I enjoyed Kill Team, but it wasn’t without its flaws as Sgt. Rock points out. I’m looking forward to a new iteration of it, but not exactly planning to rush out to buy expensive boxed sets to get it. Hopefully, they’re planning to release just a rulebook. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sgt. Rock Posted July 14, 2021 Report Share Posted July 14, 2021 54 minutes ago, Ish said: Hopefully, they’re planning to release just a rulebook. I suspect they will. Even for GW and their current trend of artificial scarcity, not releasing the rulebook separately after running a limited quantity of the starter box is a boneheaded thing to do, if they want people to buy and play the new game. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Salty Monkey Posted July 14, 2021 Author Report Share Posted July 14, 2021 21 minutes ago, Sgt. Rock said: I suspect they will. Even for GW and their current trend of artificial scarcity, not releasing the rulebook separately after running a limited quantity of the starter box is a boneheaded thing to do, if they want people to buy and play the new game. I'll bet they will have an independent rule book...not much, but I'll bet anyway 😉 That said the box does have it's appeal. Dem komandos are awesome! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brother Glacius Posted July 14, 2021 Report Share Posted July 14, 2021 I've never played a game of kill team, purely buying the box set on the terrain and models. It would be nice if the game was decent too. 🙂 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sgt. Rock Posted July 15, 2021 Report Share Posted July 15, 2021 So it seems they've fixed a couple of the most glaring issues from the previous edition, being that models were too fragile and it was too easy to alpha strike your opponent off the table. They've made models a lot more durable, even Guardsmen, and they've switched to an alternating activation a la Necromunda. Good start. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ish Posted July 15, 2021 Report Share Posted July 15, 2021 Does anyone know which factions are playable in the new Kill Team? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sgt. Rock Posted July 15, 2021 Report Share Posted July 15, 2021 I don't think they've released that info yet, but I imagine that they'll be much like it was in the old one, where you could build something out of any 40k faction. Be nice if they had a proper Inquisition faction, too. Inquisitors' retinues work far better in Kill Team than 40k. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brother Glacius Posted July 15, 2021 Report Share Posted July 15, 2021 12 hours ago, Ish said: Does anyone know which factions are playable in the new Kill Team? They have a whole web site up for Kill Team now. And they have a list of the factions there.Kill Team Link 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ish Posted July 15, 2021 Report Share Posted July 15, 2021 2 minutes ago, Brother Glacius said: They have a whole web site up for Kill Team now. And they have a list of the factions there.Kill Team Link They have Adeptus Custodes and Sisters of Silence listed as a singular faction, which seems to imply they can be fielded together in the new rules. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Salty Monkey Posted July 15, 2021 Author Report Share Posted July 15, 2021 1 hour ago, Ish said: They have Adeptus Custodes and Sisters of Silence listed as a singular faction, which seems to imply they can be fielded together in the new rules. that's pretty cool. scary, but cool. I think a kill team of one custondes taking on a 12 man kill team of guardsmen will be pretty funny Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sgt. Rock Posted July 15, 2021 Report Share Posted July 15, 2021 I find it odd that they have "Imperial Guard" and "Veteran Guardsmen" as well as "Greenskins" and "Kommandos". I get that they have specific stuff in the box, but it seems weird that they're not lumping those in with the normal factions. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Salty Monkey Posted July 16, 2021 Author Report Share Posted July 16, 2021 22 hours ago, Sgt. Rock said: I find it odd that they have "Imperial Guard" and "Veteran Guardsmen" as well as "Greenskins" and "Kommandos". I get that they have specific stuff in the box, but it seems weird that they're not lumping those in with the normal factions. I here ya. especially since it seems you can take Kommandos with the Greenskins force...seems a bit redundant but we'll have to see Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ish Posted July 16, 2021 Report Share Posted July 16, 2021 They might follow the WarCry model where model types that all part of the same faction in AoS are divided into multiple separate factions in WarCry, due to narrative reasons. For example, the Stormcast Vanguard and Sacrosanct Chambers are different formations within the Stormcast military structure in the fluff, so while they will work together in the sort of grand battles seen in AoS, at the level of WarCry they operate separately. So Space Marines might have a distinct Kill Team faction for Tenth Company Scouts and Battle Company Squads; Orks might have a faction for Kommandos and another for general purpose Boyz; and Chaos might have subfactions for each of the four Ruinous Powers; and so on and so forth... 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Salty Monkey Posted July 16, 2021 Author Report Share Posted July 16, 2021 5 hours ago, Ish said: They might follow the WarCry model where model types that all part of the same faction in AoS are divided into multiple separate factions in WarCry, due to narrative reasons. For example, the Stormcast Vanguard and Sacrosanct Chambers are different formations within the Stormcast military structure in the fluff, so while they will work together in the sort of grand battles seen in AoS, at the level of WarCry they operate separately. So Space Marines might have a distinct Kill Team faction for Tenth Company Scouts and Battle Company Squads; Orks might have a faction for Kommandos and another for general purpose Boyz; and Chaos might have subfactions for each of the four Ruinous Powers; and so on and so forth... that makes sense...don't let it go to your head 😉 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ish Posted July 16, 2021 Report Share Posted July 16, 2021 Alternatively, the game designers went down the pub, taped up the names of all the units on the wall, everyone got piss drunk, and then they had Geoffrey the Intern throw darts… 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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DrButcherMD Posted August 1, 2021 Report Share Posted August 1, 2021 I just finished painting a new Kill Team board in anticipation. I enjoyed the first edition, but after a few months of playing I lost interest. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The_Cthulu_Kid Posted August 5, 2021 Report Share Posted August 5, 2021 Do any of yall want to get together and play some Kill Team in the Portland area? Hit me up on Discord. The Cthulu Kid#2205 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
deadwing34 Posted August 6, 2021 Report Share Posted August 6, 2021 I am for sure planning on playing Kill Team along with other players on the weekly Warhammer Casual League at Guardian Games on Wednesday's from 6:30 to 10pm once it comes out. Warhammer Casual League - Guardian Games (ggportland.com) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ish Posted August 15, 2021 Report Share Posted August 15, 2021 A Midwestern Dad telling you “I’m not mad, I’m just disappointed.” is some seriously harsh criticism. 1 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
scottshoemaker Posted August 17, 2021 Report Share Posted August 17, 2021 I'm very meh over the entire thing. I'll stick to Warcry and Necromunda at this point. They had the opportunity to align the game with existing mechanics, (streamlined Necromunda) and they chose to give it the board game treatment. Now it's not even a gateway to 40k. The compendium is lousy. Those should have been "get you by" PDFs available for download. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ish Posted August 17, 2021 Report Share Posted August 17, 2021 I was figuring I’d pick up the core rulebook… But, no, I’m not going to buy a $50 rulebook, a $50 compendium, and then wait an unknown number of months (possibly years) to buy another $50 “supplement” to get the rules I should have gotten upfront. Sorry, Gee-Dubya. I’m out. I’ll finish the painting on the Necromunda gang and the Custodes army that I already have. I’ll probably buy the eventual next edition of those games, just because I know that no matter where life takes me there will probably be a WH40k game group around. But, other than that? Meh. I just can’t be bothered to care anymore about their games and the constant firehouse of new products, new “supplements”, and new new new new new… There are [big bad swear word]ty Chinese “free to play” mobile games on my iPhone that bombard me with less PREMIUM SPECIAL OFFER LIMITED RELEASE BUY NOW!!! advertising. 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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