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PhoenixFire

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New Apocalypse first impressions
« on: July 16, 2013, 12:37:12 PM »
My gamers edition finally showed up and just my initial read through of it...

Super heavies got a lot more bad ass

they ignore 1-4 on the damage dice and an explosion result just takes another d3 hullpoints

they now have a special "thunderblitz" table which is basicly tank shock for the big boys

I like the new HP system instead of the structure point system

Co-Axial autocannon rules have disappeared which is a shame

the new 15 inch apocalyptic mega blast looks to only be used by titan weapons, when a super heavy blows up, and one of the "powers" of the Tesseract Vault

New models:

Khone lord of skulls: deamon, daemonforge, fleet, it will not die, rage

it's a walker like a stompa which is a bit strange since it has tank tracks but i guess that explains all those conversions with legs i've seen

every time it loses a hull point it gets an additional attack

this thing is a beast!

Tesseract Vault: BS 5 with a bad ass ctan inside, gets to choose 2 powers one of which can be a Apoc template weapon that is Str D. Another is the aforementioned 15 inch pie plate


IG finally has all it's superheavies in one book

Orks got a lot of love, Gargantuan Squiggoth, Stompa, big mech stompa, skullhamma battlefortress,

As far as Titans there is the eldar phantom, the Nid bio-titan and the warhound and reaver.

no rules for warlord or whatever the huge one is called,

Hopefully Forgeworld releases their updates soon for all the IA tanks and such





« Last Edit: July 16, 2013, 03:10:18 PM by PhoenixFire »

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Re: New Apocalypse first impressions
« Reply #1 on: July 16, 2013, 02:32:56 PM »
Cool!

I'm interested to see / hear about the Strategic Assets and the "Epic Battlefields" or whatever they're calling them.
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Re: New Apocalypse first impressions
« Reply #2 on: July 16, 2013, 07:05:52 PM »
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every time it loses a hull point it gets an additional attack

Love it.

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Re: New Apocalypse first impressions
« Reply #3 on: July 21, 2013, 02:24:50 PM »
Can someone hint what has changed with the Plaguetower and the Plaguereaper?