dalmer Posted September 5, 2016 Report Share Posted September 5, 2016 Hello there, Just some swirling rumors concerning the Sons of Sanguinius - they're first up to try and halt the new Black Crusade and go head-to-head with Chaos. Basically, Traitor's Hate part deux in the campaign RUMOR ONE: http://grotorderly.blogspot.no/2016/09/blood-angels-news.html?m=1 RUMOR TWO: RUMOR THREE: This week it's a new Supplement for Blood Angels, called Angel's Blade. It will involve Chaos Space Marines invasion on some planet (of course). 9 new formations, 2 new detachments as well as Death Company relics and tactical objectives, wargear upgrades and 3 new missions to top it all off. New Blood Angel Termie Captain DC Chaplain and updates to Assault and Devastator squads.Angels' Blade (supplement) - 30GBP / 39EURBA Death Company Strike Force - 80GBP / 105EURBA Archangels Orbital Intervention Force - 80GBP / 100EURBA Chapter Ancients - 65GBP / 80EURWe will also get new boxes for Blood Angels Vanguard, Assault, Sternguard and Company Command. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
spagunk Posted September 6, 2016 Report Share Posted September 6, 2016 The hub bub on the netters is that the new boxes/deals just add the BA sprue to it. So you get the normal box + the sprue to kit them out. The sprue is pretty nice as it has different pads from either the BA Tac squad or the DC box so it's not a bad deal. Though people are saying grav+amps may get added in the suppliment, I am not 100% confident since there is no corresponding BA dev box this release. Just my opinion on the matter. What would be fantastic is that in lieu of Grav+amp devs, we get updated Frag cannon stats and possibly a sternguard option (???). Frag cannon Devs are just too much to be a real thing this cycle. Maybe when we get a new codex but not at this time. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dalmer Posted September 6, 2016 Author Report Share Posted September 6, 2016 I bet the campaign book has all sorts of Blood Angel-y rules and formations for ya... have faith! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
spagunk Posted September 6, 2016 Report Share Posted September 6, 2016 Though not as bitter as CSM, i remain cautiously optimistic. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
spagunk Posted September 8, 2016 Report Share Posted September 8, 2016 Making the rounds it appears. Copy made from a post in BA forum of B&C: Those markers look promising. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted September 8, 2016 Report Share Posted September 8, 2016 BA sure have a lot of supplements. Models must be selling well, or something. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pretre Posted September 8, 2016 Report Share Posted September 8, 2016 BA sure have a lot of supplements. Models must be selling well, or something. It has been said that the design studio works on models they want to. That may be part of this. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
InfestedKerrigan Posted September 8, 2016 Report Share Posted September 8, 2016 It has been said that the design studio works on models they want to. That may be part of this. It's part of the "Space Marine Army for every man, woman, and vampire" business plan the GW is pushing. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dalmer Posted September 9, 2016 Author Report Share Posted September 9, 2016 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dalmer Posted September 9, 2016 Author Report Share Posted September 9, 2016 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
spagunk Posted September 9, 2016 Report Share Posted September 9, 2016 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PumpkinHead Posted September 9, 2016 Report Share Posted September 9, 2016 I see a three dread formation in there.... might go well with my dreads... :) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tamwulf Posted September 9, 2016 Report Share Posted September 9, 2016 The new wargear options and formations will make or break this. There will be no Sternguard for the BA- they have the Sanguinary Guard and Death Company. No formation will help Dreadnoughts- it's a rules problem (Hull Points and glances on an AV12 model and the walker rules in general). If they give the BA Grav, then they need to take away Inferno pistols. Centurians? Yuck. I'd like to see the Death Company get some love, and from what I've read so far on the interwebz, they will. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tamwulf Posted September 10, 2016 Report Share Posted September 10, 2016 Poking around on the interwebz and it looks like Angel's Blade is nothing more than a campaign book that re-hashes units from the BA Codex and introduces new artifacts and formations. I have a feeling that this is the future of releases for 40K. No more codex books. Just campaign books with the models/units used during that campaign. No more codex power creep or using a codex 1-2 editions behind the current edition. The ability to introduce new models and units for an army without having to rewrite the entire codex (see Tau and the Ghostkeel or the Space Wolves and the Wulfen). For GW, it will be a win-win. Give the players new models, units, formations, and rules scattered across a multitude of books forcing players to purchase multiple books if they want a "complete" collection. Oh, and maybe once every couple of years, release a compendium of an army (with new stuff in it of course). It's almost like they are borrowing from the Privateer Press play book. The coming Sigmafication of 40K in 8th Edition will open this door wide. It's already happening in AoS. Look at the Stormcast Eternals. Multiple books to collect the whole army. At least the stats are available online for free, and they have been publishing them in White Dwarf (another cross over marketing ploy to get you to purchase White Dwarf). We're starting to see this in the Chaos Space Marines and even Deamons... I must applaud GW for this latest marketing strategy. Well done, GW! Well done. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pretre Posted September 10, 2016 Report Share Posted September 10, 2016 The coming Sigmafication of 40K in 8th Edition will open this door wide. Citation needed. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pretre Posted September 10, 2016 Report Share Posted September 10, 2016 Blood Angels Codex: Red Thirst EditionCodex: Blood Angels – Red Thirst EditionA digital-exclusive Warhammer 40,000 CodexCodex: Blood Angels details one of the Imperium's oldest and most enduring Space Marine Chapters. Inside you will learn about their history, their heroes and the terrible effects of the Black Rage and the Red Thirst that assail their battle-brothers.CONTENTS46 datasheets for the entire range of Blood Angels Citadel Miniatures10 formations, themed collections of datasheets with additional special rulesThree detachments – the Baal Strike Force, Angel's Blade Strike Force and Lost Brotherhood Strike ForceFull details for Blood Angels wargear and two sets of relicsArmy special rules, including two sets of Warlord Traits and Tactical ObjectivesFive Psychic disciplines: Sanguinary, Librarius, Technomancy, Fulmination and GeokinesisA comprehensive guide to the Blood Angels, their history and their ritualsA showcase of stunning Citadel Miniatures presenting the colours and heraldry of the Blood AngelsDESCRIPTIONForged in the flames of the Horus Heresy, the Blood Angels are among the greatest of the Emperor's warriors. Revered on a million worlds and feared by Mankind's myriad foes, for over ten thousand years they have fought in the Emperor's name, earning countless honours and vanquishing his enemies. Yet for all their nobility and renown, dark rumours of a bloody thirst and battle madness surround them, some questioning their very humanity. Whatever the truth, few who have witnessed them in battle can deny their fury or their devotion to the Emperor, and few that stand against them live to tell the tale.This digital-exclusive Red Thirst Edition combines the content of Codex: Blood Angels with the new Blood Angels rules from Black Crusade: Traitor's Hate, forming the ultimate collection of rules for the Sons of Sanguinius. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pretre Posted September 10, 2016 Report Share Posted September 10, 2016 ew from Games WorkshopBlack Crusade: Angel's Blade £30Black Crusade: Angel's Blade Limited Edition £110Black Crusade: Angel's Blade (Enhanced) £29.99Black Crusade: Angel's Blade (eBook) £24.99Blood Angels Sternguard Veteran Squad £33Blood Angels Command Squad £28Blood Angels Vanguard Veteran Squad £28Blood Angels Assault Squad £28BundlesArchangels Demi-Company £197Blood Angels Battle Demi-Company £162Blood Angels Death Company Strike Force £80Blood Angels Archangels Orbital Intervention Force £80Blood Angels Chapter Ancients £65Codex: Blood Angels – Red Thirst Edition (Enhanced) £34.99Traitor's Hate & Angel's Blade £60 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tamwulf Posted September 10, 2016 Report Share Posted September 10, 2016 Citation needed. Multiple sources at Bell of Lost Souls, 4Chan, B&C, Frontline Gaming, Natfka, Spikey Bits, and Dakka Dakka have all pointed to a new edition coming. It's not a matter of if, but when. And they all agree that it will be something like AoS, but not exactly like AoS. Considering the secrecy and how quickly GW threw out 7th ed, is it really that big of a stretch to see them announcing on the pre-orders page "Introducing the Age of the Emperor! A whole new way to play Warhammer 40K! Coming next week..." Skepticism is alive and well of course, and they are just rumors. And some people won't believe it until they have the 4 page rule book in their hands, downloaded for free from the GW website. For me, after playing 40K since 1990/RT days, looking around at the trends in the gaming industry, the new direction GW seems to be going- these rumors seem entirely plausible along with the idea of Codex books going away and being replaced by campaign box sets/books. I could be 100% wrong. Or I could be partially right. /shrug the only thing that matters is that change is coming, and we can embrace it, or become like the players that still play 40K RT edition, or Warhammer Fantasy "9th edition". 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tamwulf Posted September 10, 2016 Report Share Posted September 10, 2016 I'd have loved a physical version of the Red Thirst! But that would have required some editing, copy proofing, lay out, etc. etc. Much easier to just adjust a couple lines of code and squish three eBooks together*. It would be worth it simply for having the Codex, Baal, and Angel's Blade all in one eBook. I wish they had done this for the Tau and Space Wolves from earlier this year instead of just re-releasing them as a bundle of eBooks. The price point of $29 is WAY better then the $70 for the BA Collection. It's great to see GW publishing eBooks like this. *as a software engineer, I know it's more than a couple lines of code, but still far easier to make an eBook then having to layout an entire new physical book. Digital publishing is a fascinating art that GW has only begun to scratch. Their physical books are a direct copy and paste of the digital version. If you notice the layout of a digital codex and compare it to the physical one, the margins are all the same, nothing is more than 1 "page" in size, etc. etc. Pretty neat all the stuff they cram into the digital versions though. But they really need to work on some kind of data compression algorithm and their memory management. Several hundred MB's and processor cycles for a multimedia file is just lazy programming. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AgentP Posted September 10, 2016 Report Share Posted September 10, 2016 I hope 40k gets the AoS treatment. AoS is the better game at the moment 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fluger Posted September 10, 2016 Report Share Posted September 10, 2016 I hope 40k gets the AoS treatment. AoS is the better game at the moment The critical component was letting the community create the points values essentially. If GW let the community come up with points levels it would eventually be a much more balanced game as you'd be getting thousands of data points instead of the modicum they have at HQ. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BrainFireBob Posted September 10, 2016 Report Share Posted September 10, 2016 AoS made Fantasy more 40k, else I agree. Probably a codex reissue from time to time-adding Shield of Baal, Angel's Blade, and the WD formations to Codex BA Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Threejacks Posted September 10, 2016 Report Share Posted September 10, 2016 The critical component was letting the community create the points values essentially. If GW let the community come up with points levels it would eventually be a much more balanced game as you'd be getting thousands of data points instead of the modicum they have at HQ. Indeed:) However how many armies would "face the match" if 40k 8th edition "beta" was released and there were no unit point values.. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fluger Posted September 10, 2016 Report Share Posted September 10, 2016 "face the match" 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Threejacks Posted September 10, 2016 Report Share Posted September 10, 2016 I wouldnt mind expanding on our small BA force,however I just recently bought in for the DW digital dex and set Plus its not soundling like theres many changes that would make them more competative. Two more suppliment releases for assault armies leaving them still in the back of the pack;( Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Recommended Posts
Join the conversation
You can post now and register later. If you have an account, sign in now to post with your account.