Storms of Magic....

[StrategicCommand]

Ok so I just finished my first read through of the book... Hmm....Its cool in some aspects over powered in others and broken here and there....but its broken and over powered equally so I guess that evens the expansion out.  its a giant game of magic and capturing objectives...the player with the most objectives wins...

Its like Warhammer Magical Apocalypse in a sense... not sure how much this expansion will be played but it has some nice added missions and bonus scenarios that are nice.

Anyway that's my 2 cents....

[Shadow76]

I am personally looking forward to this a lot.  I have read through the book and am very excited about it.  What got me the most excited is when i read that battle report in july's white dwarf.  Excellent report if you have not read it.

i agree the games will be different.  people need to remember it is not about victory pts.  it is about fulcrums.  Well that is the case unless it is a tie, then it is VPs.  I think that is the thing most people forget about is victory conditions in most games.  I personnally think it would be even cool if we would include a SoM game as one of the 3 games in tournaments.  Have your normal list and for that particular game bring in  your side board.                   

[Grand Master Steve]

I wish to start playing Dwarfs since Im having a miserable time with painting beastmen and getting them to rank up. But i read the Dwarfs dont use magic and no spell casters. Does this mean they cant be used in Storm of Magic?

[Rob S]

I wish to start playing Dwarfs since Im having a miserable time with painting beastmen and getting them to rank up. But i read the Dwarfs dont use magic and no spell casters. Does this mean they cant be used in Storm of Magic?

Someone who has read the book can give you a full explanation, but until then I can almost guarantee that Dwarfs can be used, and likely have special counter-magic rules.

[The_Chef]

The Dwarves rely on their runestones and rune"magic". So Its like an amplified effect of the anvil of doom. 

[Grand Master Steve]

Im actualy excited to get my hands on the Dwarf Rule Book. Im going to start putting some $ asside for the army. I really like the idea that they can get cocktrices etc. Storm of Magic looks real fun.

[Shadow76]

yes dwarfs get magic.  it is actually a neat rule system for them.  i personally think it is VERY powerful.  not the cataclysm spells like other magic but if used right can be very effective.  i cant really explain it here, but i can answer questions you might have after you read the book.

i did another SoM game yesterday LM vs O&G.  it was a great game, esp after my slann Miscasted and then the fulcrum miscast rearranged all of our wizards.  suddenly he had a mage on my side. the very next turn his catapult aimed at my steggie and deviated its course and killed his mage.  nothing like d6 str 9 hits with mulitple wounds coming at you from your own troops.  lol

SoM is very different games, but are very fun.  i still put in my plug trying to get one tournament game as a SoM scenario.