A new season span for Age of Sigmar is coming, as Games Workshop just announced the General’s Handbook for 2023-24!
The setting is quite different this time, as instead of cramped tunnels, this will take place on the icy tundras of Andtor! This isn’t a huge surprise, but it’s always nice when a new Handbook drops, as they have done a decent job of keeping the game fresh with the GHB updates.
However, there is a huge change this time; the season will last an entire year. From the looks of it, this might just be what carries us into the new edition of Age of Sigmar in 2024!
GW Announces New AoS General’s Handbook & Season For the 2023-24 Season!
These previews come from Warhammer Community.
This is an important change in format, as it means the new season is double the length of previous ones. This book will be the go-to matched play resource for twice and long – all the way through to summer next year. You can still look forward to quarterly balance updates, to ensure that the metagame remains as balanced as possible.
The General’s Handbook Pitched Battles 2023-24 concentrates on the wizards who seek to profit from the primeval magic that suffuses Andtor, as well as those who hunt them down by using nullstone artefacts to weather their empowered and unbridled spellcasting.
It’s good we’ll still get quarterly updates, but a year-long season is quite the change. Also, with this focusing on a certain type of wizard, they might be the focus for this year. Again though, this seems to make the most sense if a new edition of AoS is dropping next summer.
They also mention there will be twelve new Battleplans this time as well.
In this battlepack, your WIZARD HEROES with a Wounds characteristic of 9 or less, and who are not Unique, gain the ANDTORIAN LOCUS keyword. Each round, the player with the second turn can pick one HERO to take advantage of the swelling magic in Andtor with Optimal Focus. If they’re an ANDTORIAN LOCUS, they can cast and unbind an extra spell that round – otherwise, they gain a free command point for issuing commands.
While gaining free Command Points is nice, getting an extra cast and dispel is huge!
Players may also harness the Primal Magic of Andtor, earning special dice which can be used to boost for casting, unbinding, and dispelling rolls. Wizards be warned, however – taming the feral magic of Ghur comes with the risk of a primal miscast.
An ANDTORIAN LOCUS can also cast from the Lore of Primal Frost instead of picking a spell from their usual selection. Such wizards might ensorcel their comrades’ weapons with biting Hoarfrost, completely changing their To Hit, To Wound, or Rend characteristic until your next hero phase.
This is a giant buff, and depending on what you roll, you can add -3 rend, 2+ to hit, etc. Either way, this will significantly increase a unit’s power in combat!
Armies without any spellcasters can take Nullstone Adornments to weather the hazardous sorcery of Andtor. The Hand-carved Nullstone Icon is one such enhancement, allowing heroes to unbind spells or dispel an endless spell, with a chance of unbinding another each time they succeed.
This is the last preview for now, but if you don’t have a ton of magic, this will be a must-include.
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