smashthedean Posted November 3, 2015 Report Share Posted November 3, 2015 I made a post in the main Warhammer forum, but figured I'd put one here too. Remember when 8th Edition died and a bunch of people started make house-ruled versions to try to keep it alive? Most of them didn't have much support and died out, but one of them had both the ETC people and the Swedish Komp people behind it and is still going. They've been improving their main rules and just released the beta versions of all of the army books. Overall, the changes to the main rules look really good; mainly just lots of fixing abuses from 8th edition and making the game less random and more balanced while still preserving some randomness and all of the flavor that made Warhammer Fantasy great. I'm going to be giving 9th Age a try with Sherbert and you all should probably check it out as well!http://www.the-ninth-age.com/ 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
smashthedean Posted November 17, 2015 Author Report Share Posted November 17, 2015 I posted a battle report of my game with Jim last week. Check it out! http://www.ordofanaticus.com/index.php?/topic/26758-9th-age-battle-report/ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
smashthedean Posted November 27, 2015 Author Report Share Posted November 27, 2015 I put up another battle report, this time for my game against Sherbert. It's on the second post of this thread:http://www.ordofanaticus.com/index.php?/topic/26828-9th-age-battle-reports/?view=getnewpost Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VonVilkee Posted November 28, 2015 Report Share Posted November 28, 2015 I have to admit your excitement has me intrigued. I so love my cave goblins I looked at their list... I could just be getting back into fantasy, I'll have a looksy at the base rules soon or just watch you play a game to get a feel for it... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
smashthedean Posted November 28, 2015 Author Report Share Posted November 28, 2015 The O&G list definitely got a lot of love so I think you'll be happy with what you see. I think I noticed Squig Herds and Hoppers looking good the last time I looked at it too... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VonVilkee Posted November 28, 2015 Report Share Posted November 28, 2015 I'm not sure about good, but they have the right feel. Hop through units, more dependable movement, and the squigs support instead of the riders! The herds are just easier to deal with a model is a model in that unit no mix and match to keep track of. Little sad to lose the ability to have the big squig riding characters join the little squigs but it is prolly best they hop alone... So what points should I figure to? If you would be so kind as to also point out the required points and any quick limitations I'd appreciate it :) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
smashthedean Posted November 28, 2015 Author Report Share Posted November 28, 2015 2500 points Max 35% Lords Max 50% combined Lords/Heroes Min 25% Core Max 25% Rare Max 3 of the same character Max 4 of the same Core Max 3 of the same Special Max 2 of the same Rare Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VonVilkee Posted November 29, 2015 Report Share Posted November 29, 2015 2500 points Max 35% Lords Max 50% combined Lords/Heroes Min 25% Core Max 25% Rare Max 3 of the same character Max 4 of the same Core Max 3 of the same Special Max 2 of the same Rare Hmmmm the max number makes it difficult to fill the points... I like my high number of fighty cheap Heroes... I'll just have to check if there are rules against regular gobos mixing with cave gobos. Also how does that apply to those entries... This could still be very tricky to get a full gobo list without mixing in some orcs... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
smashthedean Posted November 29, 2015 Author Report Share Posted November 29, 2015 It's true, they did make the character walls of 8th edition a thing of the past, but overall I think that's a good thing? Also the new rule with characters in units is that you can always choose to direct your attacks at the unit even if the front rank is entirely comprised of characters. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VonVilkee Posted November 30, 2015 Report Share Posted November 30, 2015 Good to know! I didn't want to make walls for defense just killing power. I love the visual of like 4 or 5 good fighters killing enemy while ridiculous amounts of rank and file die around them. I'll still get there... How feasible are "deathstar" units? Given that gobos still aren't that good... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
smashthedean Posted November 30, 2015 Author Report Share Posted November 30, 2015 Well, a lot of the biggest unit killing spells did get toned down, but steadfast can now go away if you have a disrupting unit in your flank and also you add up the total ranks of enemy units to compare to yours now so can also go away from multiple units to the front. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
smashthedean Posted December 2, 2015 Author Report Share Posted December 2, 2015 New news on the 9th Age front: they've been contacted by model-making companies and have secured support for the ability to create new units with supported models once they have the base game finalized. Exciting stuff! http://www.the-ninth-age.com/news/index.php?news/147-existing-and-new-models-usable-with-the-9th-age/ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
smashthedean Posted December 8, 2015 Author Report Share Posted December 8, 2015 More 9th Age news, a big update just came out today that was mostly an army balance patch based on tournament data they've gotten along with reworking a few universal rules (cannons and parry are the big ones) This is their last big update for a while with just a minor update scheduled around Xmas so check it out! http://www.the-ninth-age.com/news/index.php?news/157-the-9th-age-beta-release-v0-10/ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
smashthedean Posted December 8, 2015 Author Report Share Posted December 8, 2015 I'm not sure about good, but they have the right feel. Hop through units, more dependable movement, and the squigs support instead of the riders! The herds are just easier to deal with a model is a model in that unit no mix and match to keep track of. Little sad to lose the ability to have the big squig riding characters join the little squigs but it is prolly best they hop alone... So what points should I figure to? If you would be so kind as to also point out the required points and any quick limitations I'd appreciate it :) Good news! Squig characters can join Squig Hopper units in the new update :) 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VonVilkee Posted December 9, 2015 Report Share Posted December 9, 2015 Big news! Cave goblin lord choice isn't LD lower anymore! He costs a few more points for the ini bump but I won't lose out on the most important ld stat at the Lord level. I officially no longer need a special character based on this and the other choices they have made. Yay! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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