Age of Sigmar is becoming more and more soupified right in front of our eyes. Check our how AoS is becoming more and more like 40k now.
In Age of Sigmar, depending on what size game you play, you have a certain amount of allowed ally points. These points let you bring in a unit or two from an outside faction of the same general alignment, i.e ORDER, CHAOS, DEATH, and DESTRUCTION. Note that some factions were only allowed to pull allies from one or two other factions…Meaning you couldn’t ally your Destruction faction with any other Destruction army, for example. (Gloomspite Gitz only have access to Bonesplitter Orruks as allies).
For 2,000 pt games, for example, you get 400 optional points to put towards allies. This was put in place to keep the game unique and encourage massive coherent force against another, which might have been one of the main draws that attracted you.
However, looking at the recent trend, it seems like GW is beginning to work its way around that rule more and more.
Gotrek Ignores the Ally Rule
We first saw GW exclude Gotrek, the immortal Dwarf from the Ally rule when he got his official model. Being 520 points, you would only be able to normally play him in a Duardin faction. However, GW also put in place a special rule that allowed him to be taken in any ORDER army, flat-out ignoring the points limit normally allowed for allies.
Chaos is Jumping on the Soup Train
In the most recent supplement to hit AoS, the Everchosen book allows all four Chaos factions to join their forces regardless of ally points. We covered this earlier, but GW even made a new faction out of Chaos soup calling it The Legion of Chaos Ascendant.
The Legion of Chaos Ascendant is an all-new faction letting you mix and match the daemons of each Chaos God. Our recommendation? Take the “big four” named Greater Daemons – Kairos Fateweaver, Skarbrand, Rotigus and Shalaxi Hellbane – for a truly epic alliance.
Will the Trend Continue?
We’ve seen soup grow in 40k and we’re seeing it begin in Age of Sigmar. If we had to take a guess, more and more soup-related releases may be rolling downstream as time goes on. With Chaos covered, that leaves Destruction, Death, and Order to really get a heavy soup deal (on the level of pulling four Chaos gods together).
So what could be ahead for other Allegiances? Would you like to see Ogors team with Skragrott and some Bonesplitterz? Should soup stay out of Age of Sigmar and focus in army-specific synergies?
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About the Author: Wesley Floyd
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About Wesley Floyd: Wes has been in the Warhammer hobby since 2015 and joined the Spikey Bits writing team in 2018. He is known for his satirist takes on trending topics and imaginative yet amazingly affordable hobby solutions to painting Warhammer miniatures.
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