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Handbook Reveals Tournament Play for AoS!

By Rob Baer | July 1st, 2016 | Categories: Age of Sigmar, Warhammer 40k Rumors

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Competitive play is about to come to Age of Sigmar in a BIG way. Checkout the tournament section that was spotted in the new General’s Handbook!

Look what’s built into the new supplement for AoS that pertains to tournament play:

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Plus there are also SIX new missions for competitive play as well:

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Checkout the rest of the missions and the tournament play rules below:

Tournament Play Roundup for Age of Sigmar

General’s Compendium First Look Age of Sigmar 

Rules packs and tournament play notations may be music to a lot of AoS player’s ears this summer!

It’s looking more and more like competitive play is about to come to Age of Sigmar in a BIG way. Now that the points costs are out for all the models, checkout how to actually build your armies as well!

And if you want to see the points themselves, well here they are, a collection of all the rules for each specific faction has been spotted for Age of Sigmar. We’ve collected a sampling of them here, if you want a look at them all checkout the roundup link below them.

Points Roundup for Age of Sigmar

Source: Games Workshop (facebook)

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Here’s the new revised Roadmap list of new releases that are on the rumor radar now with items bolded that are confirmed:

40k:

Age of Sigmar

I would imagine this book is also coming in July with the Slyvaneth. We’ll know for sure soon, but either way it seems like the summer release cycle just got a much needed jump start !

GW’s Summer Release Roadmap

About the Author: Rob Baer

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Rob Baer

Job Title: Managing Editor

Founded Spikey Bits in 2009

Socials: Rob Baer on Facebook and @catdaddymbg on X

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.

With over 30 years of experience in retail and distribution, Rob knows all the products and exactly which ones are the best. As a member of GAMA (Game Manufacturers Association), he advocates for gaming stores and manufacturers in these difficult times, always looking for the next big thing to feature for the miniatures hobby, helping everyone to provide the value consumers want.

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.