https://www.fantasyflightgames.com/en/news/2018/2/19/runewars-versus/

Not a new unit preview, but a polished battle report! Nice to get some time on the front of the news page!

WOHOO!

I was about to post this

A bunch of useful stuff in there for completely new players too. I’m looking forward to seeing what they have in store for us in the rest of the series.

Any news is good news

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Yay! It's encouraging to get some support. Did you notice they didn't actually say who won the battle though? You can add up the points yourself, but I thought it was a weird omission.

1 minute ago, Parakitor said:

Quick! Everybody with Facebook, Like that post! Send a message that we want more!

Haha... we don't want all the Legion fans to think we're too desperate!

2 minutes ago, Hepitude said:

Yay! It's encouraging to get some support. Did you notice they didn't actually say who won the battle though? You can add up the points yourself, but I thought it was a weird omission.

They did:

"The battle went to the Uthuk, but the war has only just begun for our players"

SAINT DAMON'S CORN COB PIPE!!!!! Its beautiful! *Tears stream from eyes*

5 minutes ago, Athelin said:

They did:

"The battle went to the Uthuk, but the war has only just begun for our players"

Ha! I admit I did not even read that paragraph. I just assumed it was the "how to buy" blurb.

11 minutes ago, Hepitude said:

Haha... we don't want all the Legion fans to think we're too desperate!

Hm. Good point. (But admit it, we are a little desperate )

Yeah finally something. It is like fresh air. How to get four trays of fleshrippers ? you must buy four army boxes to get this !

i think FFG should write an article about the printing situation, why it takes so long, why dont they buy more printing capacities,, what are their plans with rwmg etc. Blizzard does this all the time with their products and this keeps the plaýers in the game.

21 minutes ago, Hepitude said:

Haha... we don't want all the Legion fans to think we're too desperate!

What Legion fans ? Are there any ?

1 minute ago, magicrealm said:

Yeah finally something. It is like fresh air. How to get four trays of fleshrippers ? you must buy four army boxes to get this !

Surely two army boxes should get you four trays? Of course, they have two four-tray units in that army, so there's your four boxes. The advantages of using the company's stuff, I suppose.

12 minutes ago, magicrealm said:

Yeah finally something. It is like fresh air. How to get four trays of fleshrippers ? you must buy four army boxes to get this !

i think FFG should write an article about the printing situation, why it takes so long, why dont they buy more printing capacities,, what are their plans with rwmg etc. Blizzard does this all the time with their products and this keeps the plaýers in the game.

Just keep it positive. Take any word from FFG as saying they want us in the game.

3 minutes ago, kaffis said:

Surely two army boxes should get you four trays? Of course, they have two four-tray units in that army, so there's your four boxes. The advantages of using the company's stuff, I suppose.

aehm , yes thats what i meant. 2 trays in one army box, but there are 8 trays in that battle, still 4 game boxes necessary. of course it is all ffg stuff.

1 minute ago, darkjawa103 said:

Would it actually cause you physical pain to post something positive? The rest of us are very excited by this article. Don't come in the thread just to pee in the pool.

it is you who makes it negative, i dont see any negative in it. 8 trays Need 4 army boxes, that is a fact. separate fleshrippers boxes in upcoming list at the Printers since some months. Facts.

They have two different flesh ripper models, so I would assume they snagged a couple early expansion packs. Also, the starting map looked odd, being square (not to mention using their rulebook example graphics). I'm assuming a recreation of the actual battle.

18 minutes ago, Xelto said:

They have two different flesh ripper models, so I would assume they snagged a couple early expansion packs. Also, the starting map looked odd, being square (not to mention using their rulebook example graphics). I'm assuming a recreation of the actual battle.

As far as I know, the expansion boxes for cavalry don't (haven't, historically?) include new sculpts that aren't in the core or army expansion box. Infantry get 4 poses, cavalry get 2, siege units get 2, with one only coming in the expansion boxes because the army/core box only offers one siege model per faction. Infantry and cavalry expansions are just the same models as came in the core.

I assume Xelto means the Spined Threshers. I noticed the alternate model too.

3 minutes ago, Uthoroc said:

I assume Xelto means the Spined Threshers. I noticed the alternate model too.

Yeah, that's what happens when you don't play with Uthuk much. I meant the threshers.

It's not exactly what we were hoping for, but I really enjoyed it and look forward to more in this series. I've never seen an article quite like this from FFG, so that makes Runewars rather special.

I felt like the bulk of the article's battle report was narrative trash that was pretty ineffectual at really representing the game to RWM players, but I really liked the part at the beginning and end where they got comments from players newer to the game about what they liked and what they were expecting. I think elements like those are more likely to help convince new players to give it a try than soaring narratives loosely based on the actual gameplay of the battle.

Our first article in weeks and it’s a batrep that may have been fun to read eight months ago...? (Granted Uthuk wasn’t out then, but it could have easily been Waiqar/Daqan).