Did GW just spoil more of the competitive secrets to the new Age of Sigmar? What is a Battleline unit you ask? Well check this out!
Source: GW (Facebook)
So it looks like there will be a single themed army bonus with some sort of troop slot prerequisite, and another slot that is required as well?
What We Know about the new General’s Handbook
Source: GW (Facebook)
Now look closer:
Tactics Strategy and careful army selection are the keys to victory? That sounds a lot different than the Age of Sigmar most of us are used to right?
Checkout this snippet from their Facebook post as well:
This event will make full use of the upcoming General’s Handbook,using the points values, warscrolls and battlefield roles listed theirin.
The Warlords is designed to make full use of the upcoming book, so careful army selection, strategy and battle tactics willl be key to winning the event.
Intriguing, to say the least. Is this music to your Age of Sigmar ears, or are you waiting to know even more?
New Age of Sigmar Roundup
About the Author: Rob Baer
Rob Baer
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About Rob Baer: Founder, Publisher, & Managing Editor of Spikey Bits, the leading tabletop gaming news website focused on the hobby side of wargaming and miniatures.
Rob also co-founded and currently hosts the Long War Podcast, which has over 350 episodes and focuses on tabletop miniatures gaming, specializing in Warhammer 40k. and spent six years writing for Bell of Lost Souls.
Every year, along with his co-hosts, he helps host the Long War 40k Doubles Tournament at Adepticon and the Long War 40k Doubles at the Las Vegas Open, each of which attracts thousands of players from around the world.
Rob has won many Warhammer 40k Tournaments over the years, including multiple first-place finishes in Warhammer 40k Grand Tournaments over the years and even winning 1st place at the 2011 Adepticon 40k Team Tournament. He was even featured for his painting in issue #304 of Games Workshop’s White Dwarf Magazine.
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While he’s played every edition of Warhammer 40k and Warhammer Fantasy (since 5th Edition) and has been hobbying on miniatures since the 1980s, Titans of all sizes will always be his favorite! It’s even rumored that his hobby vault rivals the Solemnance Galleries, containing rulebooks filled with lore from editions long past, ancient packs of black-bordered Magic Cards, and models made of both pewter and resin.
