Gonna be busy for the next few weeks, constrained on money...
Life of a graduate student, so I'm going to suck it up just to make sure I don't feth up my PhD. For now, the only Warhammer 40,000 stuff I'm doing is reading Gaunt's Ghosts, but hopefully I'll have some time during Spring Break to go back to wargaming. But we'll see.
Also spent too much time writing trashy Japanese light novel-styled stories and Chinese wuxia stories so there is that...once again, I apologize for the lack of updates, but once the semester is over, I should be able to wargame, play Sons of Cadia and stuff as usual. I'll also keep an eye out for Battlefleet Gothic: Armada 2.
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My blog is primarily my own personal fluff in the Warhammer 40,000 universe regarding the Draconis system such as the Knight House Yato in Ryusei, their Household Militia, the Draconian Defenders, and the Forge World of Draconis IV with its Adeptus Mechanicus priesthood, Cybernetica cohorts and Skitarii legions, and the Titan Legion, Legio Draconis, known as the Dark Dragons.
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Friday, March 2, 2018
Wednesday, February 21, 2018
Mechanicus
Praise the Omnissiah!
Warhammer Community has announced a Mechanicus game in production!
The game is titled...well, Mechanicus. Simple and effective. What else can we ask for? It seems to be a turn-based tactical game (something like Sons of Cadia in Sanctus Reach), so it looks fun. I hope. Apparently, this is what the game is about:
Mechanicus puts you in control of an array of Adeptus Mechanicus forces for the first time ever as you lead your priests and troops on a tactical quest to salvage ancient technologies from the mysterious tombs of the planet Silva Tenebris. As Magos Dominus Faustinius of Mars, your every decision will shape the missions ahead and have far-reaching consequences for you and your team.
Awesome, I guess? Just look at the screenshots below!
It's slated for a late 2018 release, and if I have more information, I'll let you guys know. For now, here's an awesome sounding teaser trailer. Ave Omnissiah!
Magos Dominus, eh? Yeah, this is gonna be good. And the story is written by none other than Ben Counter. You know, the Ben Counter. The guy who wrote the Grey Knights omnibus. What was it, Heretech or something? The one with the Chaos Titan and Dark Mechanicum in it? I actually prefer Rob Sanders, but whatever.
Warhammer Community has announced a Mechanicus game in production!
The game is titled...well, Mechanicus. Simple and effective. What else can we ask for? It seems to be a turn-based tactical game (something like Sons of Cadia in Sanctus Reach), so it looks fun. I hope. Apparently, this is what the game is about:
Mechanicus puts you in control of an array of Adeptus Mechanicus forces for the first time ever as you lead your priests and troops on a tactical quest to salvage ancient technologies from the mysterious tombs of the planet Silva Tenebris. As Magos Dominus Faustinius of Mars, your every decision will shape the missions ahead and have far-reaching consequences for you and your team.
Awesome, I guess? Just look at the screenshots below!
It's slated for a late 2018 release, and if I have more information, I'll let you guys know. For now, here's an awesome sounding teaser trailer. Ave Omnissiah!
Magos Dominus, eh? Yeah, this is gonna be good. And the story is written by none other than Ben Counter. You know, the Ben Counter. The guy who wrote the Grey Knights omnibus. What was it, Heretech or something? The one with the Chaos Titan and Dark Mechanicum in it? I actually prefer Rob Sanders, but whatever.
Saturday, February 17, 2018
Sons of Cadia
And so I've bought Sons of Cadia. Actually, I bought the whole bundle pack of the Sanctus Reach game, but the only one I'll play is Sons of Cadia, the Red Waaagh! campaign.
I can't wait to play it! Maybe I'll try to record some gameplay or something. We'll see.
There was some Lunar New Year sale on Steam, so I took advantage of it and bought the Sanctus Reach bundle pack. I can't wait to see how this works!
I can't wait to play it! Maybe I'll try to record some gameplay or something. We'll see.
There was some Lunar New Year sale on Steam, so I took advantage of it and bought the Sanctus Reach bundle pack. I can't wait to see how this works!
Thursday, February 15, 2018
Halfway through Gaunt's Ghosts
Phew, I just finished reading Double Eagle today. By Dan Abnett. So I basically finished the Founding and the Saint, plus Titanicus and Double Eagle. There's still the Lost and the Victory, which I'll try to get through as soon as possible.
Even better, I found out that there's a sequel to Kingsblade by Andy Clark. Knightsblade, which features good old Luk Kar Chimaeros. YAY!
I'm going to buy that soon. First I'll finish the Gaunt's Ghosts series, then I'll proceed to buy Warmaster and that Mkoll short story, along with Exodus, Knightsblade and the Imperator Titan novel that's due to be released soon. If I have money, I'll get the Thousand Sons stuff like Battle of the Fang and perhaps that Inquisitor guy Czevak in Atlas Infernal and Necessary Evil. We shall see.
For the Emperor!
Even better, I found out that there's a sequel to Kingsblade by Andy Clark. Knightsblade, which features good old Luk Kar Chimaeros. YAY!
I'm going to buy that soon. First I'll finish the Gaunt's Ghosts series, then I'll proceed to buy Warmaster and that Mkoll short story, along with Exodus, Knightsblade and the Imperator Titan novel that's due to be released soon. If I have money, I'll get the Thousand Sons stuff like Battle of the Fang and perhaps that Inquisitor guy Czevak in Atlas Infernal and Necessary Evil. We shall see.
For the Emperor!
Wednesday, February 7, 2018
Madness? This is Magnus!
Sorry for being late, but I was busily studying yesterday. School and all that. Anyway, Warhammer Community posted an article on Magnus yesterday!
This time, Eddie has offered advice on how to tool up Magnus. The Crimson King is the best psyker in the game, and if you know how to use his rules, you'll be winning a lot of games. Apparently.
Magnus, being the king of psykers, has access to 18 psychic powers from 3 different disciplines. It's going to be difficult to decide on what to take for Magnus, but throwing psychic powers is just so fun. There's a lot of options, and his passive buff to re-roll psychic tests of 1s and near-immunity to perils (you'll have to roll 5 ones in a row) plus the +2 to his psychic tests just makes him an awesome sorcerer.
Eddie has suggested three main themes, but Magnus the Warrior just isn't recommended. Honestly, Diabolic Strength is best casted on someone else, like a Daemon Prince. And I need Warptime for my warpflamer Rubric Marines. Death Hex sounds like a good option, though.
But the next two suggestions are pretty awesome.
Giving Magnus Glamor of Tzeentch, Temporal Manipulation and Weaver of Fates will greatly increase his chances of survival, upping his invulnerable save to 3++, restoring wounds if he needs, and forcing a -1 hit to him. However, I'm even more tempted by the next one.
Doombolt, Bolt of Change and Infernal Gateway, all of which deals lots of mortal wounds. Yeah, mortal wounds are awesome! I love mortal wounds! Not only that, you can increase his Smite and Infernal Gateway over the 10+ or 12+ with Cabalistic Focus. This is my favorite loadout, same as Eddie. Then again, that's why I play Thousand Sons. For mortal wounds and psychic powers. Heh.
Take note, Magnus has +6" range to all his psychic spells (woohoo!), and his Warlord Trait (if you take him as your Warlord Trait) is knowing an extra spell. Wish it was casting another spell, but okay. That's still better than nothing. Then again, that's what we have the Great Sorcerer Stratagem for.
I'll keep any eye out for more Thousand Sons articles and let you know when we get more stuff!
Oh, and one last thing. Don't despair if Magnus dies. If your opponent spends the first couple of turns trying to take him down, that means the rest of your army are pretty much left untouched. Capitalize on that and let the rest of your army smash the guys who were audacious enough to think they could shoot at a Primarch!
This time, Eddie has offered advice on how to tool up Magnus. The Crimson King is the best psyker in the game, and if you know how to use his rules, you'll be winning a lot of games. Apparently.
Magnus, being the king of psykers, has access to 18 psychic powers from 3 different disciplines. It's going to be difficult to decide on what to take for Magnus, but throwing psychic powers is just so fun. There's a lot of options, and his passive buff to re-roll psychic tests of 1s and near-immunity to perils (you'll have to roll 5 ones in a row) plus the +2 to his psychic tests just makes him an awesome sorcerer.
Eddie has suggested three main themes, but Magnus the Warrior just isn't recommended. Honestly, Diabolic Strength is best casted on someone else, like a Daemon Prince. And I need Warptime for my warpflamer Rubric Marines. Death Hex sounds like a good option, though.
But the next two suggestions are pretty awesome.
Giving Magnus Glamor of Tzeentch, Temporal Manipulation and Weaver of Fates will greatly increase his chances of survival, upping his invulnerable save to 3++, restoring wounds if he needs, and forcing a -1 hit to him. However, I'm even more tempted by the next one.
Doombolt, Bolt of Change and Infernal Gateway, all of which deals lots of mortal wounds. Yeah, mortal wounds are awesome! I love mortal wounds! Not only that, you can increase his Smite and Infernal Gateway over the 10+ or 12+ with Cabalistic Focus. This is my favorite loadout, same as Eddie. Then again, that's why I play Thousand Sons. For mortal wounds and psychic powers. Heh.
Take note, Magnus has +6" range to all his psychic spells (woohoo!), and his Warlord Trait (if you take him as your Warlord Trait) is knowing an extra spell. Wish it was casting another spell, but okay. That's still better than nothing. Then again, that's what we have the Great Sorcerer Stratagem for.
I'll keep any eye out for more Thousand Sons articles and let you know when we get more stuff!
Oh, and one last thing. Don't despair if Magnus dies. If your opponent spends the first couple of turns trying to take him down, that means the rest of your army are pretty much left untouched. Capitalize on that and let the rest of your army smash the guys who were audacious enough to think they could shoot at a Primarch!
Monday, February 5, 2018
Adeptus Titanicus news
Some news regarding Adeptus Titanicus, and it sounds interesting. I picked this up from a Facebook post, but as always, add a lot of salt to these rumors.
Basically, this is what was said:
If true, we'll have an Adeptus Titanicus game released sometime this year, and we'll have Knights accompanying the three main Titans. This will be awesome! And billions of infantry! I can't wait!
I'll keep an eye out on more news, and let you guys know when that happens. Oh, and another great news is that there will be a Horus Heresy novel written from the perspective of the Imperial Army, so that's also something to look forward to. For now, I had best finish the Gaunt's Ghosts novels and hopefully get started on War of the Fang. Just praying for more Imperial Knights, Imperial Guard and Thousand Sons novels, along with Adeptus Titanicus.
Basically, this is what was said:
From Garro
TITANDEATH seminar
Seminar was talking about the events at beta-garmon, which is the main muster point entering/leaving the segmentum solar. This because the only major safe warp route during the heresy.
Several titan legions and billions of infantry were involved with the attempts to take and control the BG system. This conflict is where the main campaign for Adeptus titanicus will be set at.
There was a fair bit of info given for AT but as it's a 'instore’ release, head office is a lot more strict on info.
Basically the game is scheduled and on target. The planned release date hasn't changed for several months, and will have a considerable release amount in the few months after as well.
FW have the main box, the three main titans (warhound, reaver, and warlord) out in plastic, and several kights (all present FW and GW knights are coming). PLUS plastic scenery and gaming tiles are coming near release as well.
Talking of the titan kits, they will be plastic and have several weapon options in the box, with the kit designed to be magnetised without issue. They will also include several different cosmetic options like the knight kits do (heads, banners, armour plates etc)
FW are planning several resin kits to add legio specific icons, additional weapons, and heads. Most of the new stuff is being sculpted at 28mm scale and scaled down for easy of work, so we could see additional and missing titan weapons coming g for 40k should demand be there.
If true, we'll have an Adeptus Titanicus game released sometime this year, and we'll have Knights accompanying the three main Titans. This will be awesome! And billions of infantry! I can't wait!
I'll keep an eye out on more news, and let you guys know when that happens. Oh, and another great news is that there will be a Horus Heresy novel written from the perspective of the Imperial Army, so that's also something to look forward to. For now, I had best finish the Gaunt's Ghosts novels and hopefully get started on War of the Fang. Just praying for more Imperial Knights, Imperial Guard and Thousand Sons novels, along with Adeptus Titanicus.
Sunday, February 4, 2018
New Thousand Sons codex
Sorry, I was exhausted yesterday and I couldn't post this news up, but the new Thousand Sons codex is up for sale!
You can pick it up from your local gaming store (which I did) or order it online from Games Workshop today!
I also picked up the Thousand Sons datacards for Maelstrom games (had a Maelstrom game with my Imperial Guard yesterday). Again, I bought it from my local gaming store, but you can also order it online from Games Workshop.
One more thing - I also bought and built Ahzek Ahriman and a Sorcerer in Terminator armor. I'm waiting for my Rubric Marines, Scarab Occult Terminators, Exalted Sorcerers and Mutalith Vortex to be shipped over, but I'm probably going to build an army around daemon engines such as Maulerfiends. And maybe a Forgefiend. I don't know. We'll see. Anyway, for the Emperor! Thousand Sons are secretly loyal, despite what the codex says.
You can pick it up from your local gaming store (which I did) or order it online from Games Workshop today!
I also picked up the Thousand Sons datacards for Maelstrom games (had a Maelstrom game with my Imperial Guard yesterday). Again, I bought it from my local gaming store, but you can also order it online from Games Workshop.
One more thing - I also bought and built Ahzek Ahriman and a Sorcerer in Terminator armor. I'm waiting for my Rubric Marines, Scarab Occult Terminators, Exalted Sorcerers and Mutalith Vortex to be shipped over, but I'm probably going to build an army around daemon engines such as Maulerfiends. And maybe a Forgefiend. I don't know. We'll see. Anyway, for the Emperor! Thousand Sons are secretly loyal, despite what the codex says.
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