Hello everyone !!

Warhammer 40000 daily.
Watch the stream here.

The game is scaling pretty well now

There are 4 sizes to games now : 500, 1000, 2000, 3000. You can off course use in between value.
Rulesbook now supply multiple table to help you set up a game of anysize.

note : Terrain size is made to be a multiple of a kill team board. Off course these size are minimum so if you have a 6*4 table you are still fine.

Mission for everyone !

each Warhammer 40000 size have a mission table that you can roll from.

from the stream

-They have big plans for Kill Team in the future.
-The studio wants to have a fundamental difference between combat patrol and kill team. Combat patrol is small in size but feels like 40k.
- The focus of the 9th is to give a "cadre" of playing everywhere on the planet. So you can show up anywhere and expect to play normally.
-They have really worked a lot on the 4 sizes so you can enjoy the game at a smaller format!

/Cheers.
Bob.

Hello everyone !!

GW shared this today, it's a great message and a great move.

It also applies here!

I mean it's so obvious that we are all from the same Codex no matter the paint used for our skin. Yea, you can be painted with Driad bark or Gulliman flesh or something else it makes no difference to me.

/Cheers.
Bob

Hello everyone !!!

Sorry, I missed the Twitch today. Anyway, WHTV released some new info about the Command points et detachment :

• Command points is now based on the army size :



Both players gain the same number btw

• New Detachment Meta

Instead of earning you Command points, each Detachment you take will instead COST you Command points

Command points spent on a ‘core’ Detachment (Patrol, Battalion or Brigade) are refunded if it also includes your Warlord, so your first Detachment is usually free.



Ok, i get the intent, will see how it pan out.

• 1 extra CP each Hero phase if the army is battle forged...(I mean command phase)



• 7 core stratagems now

It was spoiled at the 9th revelation but now we have the details on the "Anti Fall Back" stratagem. Kind of of let down...one mortal for each 6 is meh :/

Some good stuff, some bad...i don't know yet what I think of these changes but it is what it is

/Cheers
Bob.

Hello everyone !!

Lots of new info today :

Missions Design

• Does it tell a cool story? After all, Warhammer 40,000 should be an immersive experience with gorgeous armies and scenic tables!


• Does it increase the odds of a close, fair, exciting game experience? The mission should not decide it for you – nor should a bad matchup guarantee a loss.

Starting CP and Battle Size

Missions and Cp for every size :

Secondaries objectives

The new edition also adds actions to Warhammer 40,000. Traditionally, your models could either stand near objectives or shoot/punch. No longer! Now you can perform rituals, plant homing beacons, raise banners on key objectives and more. This creates dynamic moments where you may need to decide between firing at the enemy or bravely accomplishing a mission.

Another new feature is a cap on victory points you can earn from each mission element. This makes for closer, more exciting games. In the past, a slower-starting army or one without a strong ‘alpha strike’ risked falling irrevocably behind their opponent. Every mission condition can only be scored a certain number of times, giving players the opportunity to catch up if their opponent runs out of gas after capping. This creates a wider variety of great stories, photo finishes, and viable armies. An example of one of the new Eternal War missions can be seen here, including several sneak peeks of these concepts in place…

POINTS

Lower models counts,
Points up
More granularity
No meta

NEW APP

Hell it's about time !

On the same day that the Warhammer 40,000 pre-orders go live, a new app will be launched alongside it, providing several cool features to help you, including a full matched play army builder. The new app will do a number of things to assist players with their games, but one of the most useful will be the ability to build army lists using the updated points values and Detachments. We’ll have more on the Warhammer 40,000 app soon, so watch this space!

Source : https://www.warhammer-community.com/2020/06/03/warhammer-40000-matched-play-points-and-an-appgw-homepage-post-1/

/Cheers.
Bob.

Hello everyone !!

Today Stream on Warhammer TV is about Match Play (yay)
Starting at 15h30 BST.

Hope they reveal new info today :D

Transcript starting here :

Missions Pack

• Mission pack is the new Meta : Missions, Size, restriction, rules, each of the 3 ways to play get a mission pack.


• Expect Mission pack update when's needed.


• 18 Matched play mission : 3 for Combat Patrol (500p) 6 missions for incursion (1k) 6 standard (2k) 3 for the bigger games.


• Each Mission Pack will have different rules, IE : rules of 3 is in the Matched Play Pack.


• We can imagine future missions packs will have some sort of extra new rules to change meta (IE : Rules of one).


• Mission Pack allow to encapsulate Matched play and keep things fresh if you need it (meta, top list ...)


• -Each mission pack will have a theme. (Objective-based, killing enemy army...) A bit similar on how Chater Approved missions had theme.

Objectives

• Secondary Objective? : Missions are based on Victory Points, a Primary objective to complete based on the mission. Plus a menu of secondary you choose at the start.
  


• Expect codex to allow new secondary objectives based on the army theme


• You pick one per category of secondary (there a multiple).


• They want you to feel that secondaries obj are linked to your army ! and not arbitrary, very hard or impossible for your list.


• ie : Raise your Banner: move somewhere and do the action of raising your banner.
  


• Actions : is a new interaction, Most actions are based on secondary obj or crusade agenda.


• There are psychics actions. Different type of actions as well


• It's made to be robust framework to be used in the future of the 9th.


• VP are maxed by turn/objectives, that means you can always try to come back later in the game. It sounds like a direct nerf to Alpha army.


• Thematic Actions stu love : can't say because he love future thing not yet revealed ^^ but finally settled on raise the banner.


• These new Mechanics offer a lot of new decision to players and will decide the outcome of the game.

Points

• Points values change : FOR EVERYTHING in 40k.
  


• -everything had to be rebalance because of new edition
  


• All points gone up slightly (to counter balance the end of 8th), to reduce a little the number of models on the ground. and make faster game


• Stu saying he read on the internet : Why taking troops now ?. His answer : Don't assume anything based on the points right now.


• Points are a lot easier to use compared to how they are presented now.


• A lot of hard work already done for the players ! so playing and tournament organisation is made easy !

Look a lot like Steamroller from WMH ..

HYPE !

/Cheers.
Bob.

Hello everyone !!

New info and trailers on Necromunda Underhives :

-Andy Chambers is writing a Campaign for the final version of the game !
-New teaser on the steam page : https://store.steampowered.com/app/566440/Necromunda_Underhive_Wars/

from polygon interview :

The game’s single-player campaign will ask players to take on the role of three different factions from the Necromunda universe. They include the all-female House Escher, the hulking brutes of House Goliath, and the miners of House Orlock. More factions will be released over time. Rogue Factor says the base game will include around an hour of narrative cutscenes.

Alongside the campaign, players will also have the opportunity to create their own gang of fighters and embark on missions against the AI and other players online. Multiplayer will allow for massive four-player battles, and also include a cooperative mode.

Necromunda: Underhive Wars was inspired by the tabletop game, but developers stressed during our interview that it’s not a direct port. Nor is it a reskin of Rogue Factor’s previous game, an adaptation of another Games Workshop license called Mordheim: City of the Damned.

Hey it's getting better !

/Cheers.
Bob.

Hello again :

What is a Crusade Campaign?

If you like the idea of building an army up from scratch, then developing and adding to it over the course of multiple linked battles, you’re gonna love playing Crusade campaigns. From humble beginnings, your army will grow in size and strength as you spend resources you’ve earned on adding reinforcements while your units unlock new skills from their hard-won experience in battle.

Over the course of a campaign, your Crusade force will forge its own narrative, winning glory and earning enmities with each fresh victory and defeat. Heroes will rise from among your ranks, earning great renown or the honour of bearing mighty relics – maybe even ancient archeotech wargear – into battle…

Or if you fail a recovery rolls bad stuff happen :

Start Your Crusade

To take part in a Crusade campaign, you first need to create an Order of Battle – a list of units drawn from one of seven factions (Imperium, Chaos, Aeldari, Tyranids, Orks, Necrons, T’au Empire) with a maximum Power Rating of 50.

With Requisition points you can increase the size of your army :

It look fun ! don't you think ?

/Cheers.
Bob.

Hello everyone !!

Transcript of the today Warhammer 40000 Daily.

Today the Theme is Crusade :

Crusade structure the narrative play.
There are missions for each size of the game (750 1000 1500 2000)

Crusade start at power level 25.
Army gain crusade points and XP with them you can: Add new units, heal battle scars, upgrade units, grant battle honours, get relics, Lvl up...

The Story is centred around your collection and break with the old Campaign design were everyone need to play the same numbers of games at the same rate...

They have the plan to expend the crusade setting: Eyes of terrors, Necron worlds, Vigilus...each time, the setting offers different options.

Each army has its own set of Crusade rules. Future Campaigns books will increase the options as well as a future codex.
ie: Blood Angels manage their Black Rage points, SM can put characters in a dread.

Different missions will grant different rewards.

Battle Scars = Trauma you get after a recovery rolls, you always have the option to HEAL the scar with requisition points.
ie: Angry Machine Spirit, vehicle become more aggressive and if you don't want that you pay some requisition points to remove the Scars.

Battle Honors = As units gain XP, they Lvl up and you gain access to Battle Honours. Rewards are different for Vehicles, Inf, Heroes...

Units have multiple ranks to Lvl up: Blooded, Veteran, ...

Use requisition points to Unlock some upgrade stratagems.

You can use Requisition points to get Relics based on the settings. Ie Relics near the Eyes of Terror are super powerful but not reliable..

Beta Testers were super excited (so much that gw had to slow them down).

2 balances mechanisms are included in case of different power / XP Lvl :
-You get inducement in the form of extra Command points if you have less XP.
-You play at the size game of the lower Power army.

Record Tracking : (Fun Paperwork)

-Crusade roster overall management of your collection.
-Each unit has a crusade warscroll: to track scars and XP ...DL and print for free soon or copy it from the book.

Crusade player Meet Matched Player.
Convert the Matched play army in Power Lvl, get some Free CP from inducement and play (it's simple as that).
It works very well.

Crusade Missions :
You gain experience for doing an activity related to the mission in the mission (finding relics, killing some stuff;..)
As opposed to the terrains in the Matched play section, the terrains in Crusade is not "fair" during ambush mission or stuff like that.

The crusade Core book is really good fun, but the future is even better with lot of good stuff coming! They invested a lot in this new system to keep the players base interested.

Crusade Conclusion

it looks a lot like how we used to play necromunda 20 years ago + Some inducement mechanism to Balance the army from Bloodbowl ^^
But this time it's for 40k. I hope it will be as good as promised :D

That's it for the transcripts.
Hope we are going to learn some new stuff soon...

/Cheers.
Bob.

Tomorrow is Match Play! (AT LAST )

Hello everyone !!

Warhammer Rumour of the day !
What you think ?
Obviously a Squad Dread !

/Cheers.
Bob.

Hello everyone

the playtesters present an overview of their experience working on the game’s new edition, putting the new rules through their paces and fine-tuning them to their ultimate form…

The video is very nice and look like the Crusade is the new black at least for narrative games.

From the 2 images we also learn that :

-We gain CP in the Command phase (like aos )
-Certain Stratagem are Command phase only.
-Out of phase rules seem very clear
- In the movement phase there is a 1) move units , 2) Reinforcements.

Feel the hypeeeee ? Because I do (mainly because I want to do a Kaneda Blood Angel army ^^)

/Cheers.
Bob.