AoS Second Edition

And you have to do this every year!

Proving my point...

 

Fully agreed. I've been trying to point out the misguided notion of free AoS rules right from the start. Kudos to GW for pulling it off though.

 

There is a Crow on this ones base


Quite looking forward to what happens. With the whole any number models, I have noticed the minimum and maximum with previous warscrolls being different when compared to the handbook also.
Been trying to get others to join the hobby but I can't seem to make them budge, even when telling them that there is free rules and that.

 

Anyone see all the new pictures for the souls War box set?

 

It is in a different thread. But yes.

My contemplations are askew, it was this thread.

 

True, but keep in mind that previous box sets such as The Battle For Skull Pass contained the entire rule set alongside of two small armies for around $75 CAD (I could be off slightly, it was a long time ago, but the figure is fairly close). Admittedly, one did have to then go out and drop another $35 for the army book.

 

You technically don't have to own any of the books too play the game, all rules are free and the books just give a more coherent and complex way too play.

The core rulebook, that comes with the new box, will contain mostly lore and world building, and from an interview with some of the design team, it looks like they're going all in on fleshing out the setting of AoS. The book will of course come with rules and the like.

 

I loved Battle for Skull Pass. It's probably the last GW box set where I painted all the models.

For the new one, I'm probably going to buy the main rule book, the generals handbook, and the Malign Sorcery box. I don't play either army, so I have no reason to buy the box.

 

Does that mean that the point values are available for free now? I was under the impression that you had to get the GHB for that... of course I don't follow AoS too closely so I could be mistaken.

 

That's fair enough. So what is the point of the GHB?

I don't really count that as a complete game though. No points makes no sense. To be honest, if AoS would not have introduced points into the game, it would have likely have failed.

However, as you pointed out, the warscroll builder gives you the points for free, so you can essentially access AoS rules for no cost.

 

Do I have this straight:

Creature stats :::: Online Free PDFs
Creature special rules :::: Online Free PDFs
Points Values :::: Online Warscroll Builder OR $GHB
New kit Terrain Rules :::: Online Free PDFs?
Old kit Terrain Rules :::: non-existent?
Magic Item Rules :::: $GHB
Battalion Rules :::: $GHB
13 New Spell Rules :::: $GHB??? / new Magic Book?

 

Battle for Skull Pass was THE best Warhammer boxed game. It was what first got me into the hobby. It gave you far more minis, the entire ruleset without the bulk of the main rulebook and some small scenery pieces for only £50, about half the price of the new boxed games in their largest size and the same cost as the shrunken version. You did have to buy the army book but that was a once-only purchase, at least until the next edition came out. The 7th Edition Dwarf book was £20 and the 8th Edition one was £30, but that only made a total investment in books of £50 for that army over 6 years for me (I started in 2008 and the 8th Edition Dwarf book came out in 2014). Compare this then to £20 a year for the General’s Handbook, which for the same length of time would cost me £120, albeit I probably would be starting without the boxed game for AoS. It’s still probably the one thing that’s keeping me from starting AoS at the moment. The idea of having to spend £20 a year just to account for minor rules changes...

As others have said you can use an army’s points values for free on Warscroll builder, but for the most part you would need a General’s Handbook as well for Allegiance Abilities and the like, certainly I would if I wanted to start Fyreslayers.

 

On the last item, I think the rules for all the spells with models will be packaged with said models. The spells based on the Realms will probably be in the GHB.

 

I agree that it was quite cost effective by GW standards. The Battle for Skull Pass was the only starter box I ever purchased for fantasy (I also picked up the Battle for Macragge box set for 40k many years prior).


I'd be curious what the average AoS player pays for rules. Many of the rules are free, but I'm sure GW still manages to sell a lot of AoS rule books. It's definitely a different sales strategy than they had employed previously but I'm sure it must end up being more profitable for them in the long run.