Ogors, Free Cities & Orruk Clans Wage War In Age Of Sigmar
July 22, 2019 by brennon
Games Workshop held their Age Of Sigmar Open Day over the weekend and it included some cool reveals for those wargaming in the Mortal Realms. First up we have the announcement of two new Battletomes.
The first of these is focused around the return of sashes and slashes in the form of Cities Of Sigmar. Whilst many of these sub-factions of Order have only had small lists up until this point, this book looks to revisit them in much more detail with full-on special rules that will focus in on the background that we've seen develop for them in Age Of Sigmar.
Some of the old models will be going away forever but others will remain and it looks like we're also going to be seeing some new models getting thrown into the mix too. This doesn't just cover the old 'Empire' soldiers either. Duardin, Aelves and Humans of all kinds are going to be getting a new lease of life with this book.
Savage Power
As well as the Cities Of Sigmar now banding together into an army ready to hold back the tide, the Orruk Warclans are massing, ready for battle.
This new Battletome combines together the Ironjawz and Bonesplitterz for the first time into one place. As well as that it focuses in on developing their allegiances with more special powers and tweaks to fit in with the background. Plus, it also ties all Orruks into one with The Great Waaagh! list which combines the sturdy might and natural ferocity of both clans into one unstoppable horde.
A New Chief!
Fans of Destruction were also made very happy with the announcement of a new model for Ogor warbands. Here we have their new Tyrant.
Gorkamorka welcomes another leader and race into their ranks. There is a lot of the original Ogres about this model but with plenty of nods towards the new style. I think this is an awesome reaving warlord type who would be an absolute joy to paint!
Here's hoping that he gets to join in the fun alongside a few more new Ogors in the near future.
Something Stirs In The Darkness...
As well as the new books and new models it looks like the story of Age Of Sigmar is moving forward once again. The Tithe: Part One - Necropolis was the first teaser video hinting to some great power growing in the Realm Of Death.
The accent for this character is very interesting, drawing on different influences for the background. This is clearly a mighty leader talking here, but not Nagash. I am interested to see where this goes and what happens in the wake of the Necroquake.
Warhammer Underworlds Gets Beastly
Warhammer Underworlds is not getting forgotten in the raft of previews from Games Workshop either. As your warriors escaped the Nightvault they now find themselves embroiled in the brutality of the Beastgrave.
One assumes from the images we've seen in the video that we're going to get a couple of new warbands going at it. We'd hazard a guess at Beastmen and a band of Aelves which mirror the Wood Elves from the Old World and their constant quest to rid the woods of Athel Loren of the foul creatures.
A New Battlefield
Some of you might have noticed that folks are talking about a little game called Warcry too. Well, a new Ravaged Lands set is on the way too called Shattered Stormvault.
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This sets gives you another awesome battlefield to play your games of Warcry on. It comes packed with terrain which is filled with echoes of a once sacred place, now ransacked and defiled by Chaos. Finding such prizes as the Stormvaults held secret would surely make an excellent gift for the Everchosen wouldn't it?
What caught your eye from the new Age Of Sigmar previews?
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Quite like the new Orge. Wonder what units they’re going to bin off.
I would imagine they’ll drop anything which feels too ‘Old World’ and replace it with something new or a twist on it.
Was it just me, or did the voice in the Tithe of Bones teaser sound like Jim Cummings? Seriously, listen to it and then listen to this video of Minsc from Baldur’s Gate.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GFzWbbNO_Ic
Yes he does a bit on a same note is Boo going to be in the new DnD game?
The oldest hamster in the West. Lol
Finally AoS is getting normal human faction. Or at least faction that includes them alongside with Elves and Dwarves as it’s something that I feel AoS was lacking.
That Ogre looks really good and that new terrain for Warcry looks topnotch.
But this is literally just a book for faction that already existed? Freeguild didn’t go anywhere, if anything this waters it down, because now humans, elves and dwarves are all one faction.
Great figure’s is just me or everyone thinking I am inigo Montoya you killed my soldiers now prepare to die when looking at the sigmar general?
I really like the ogor, but something about the paint job bothers me. If his right hand is bloody, one would think there’d be some on his weapons. But maybe, that’s just me. After all, Khorne berserkers should be literally wall-to-wall gore red (the dip method comes to mind) with glowing white eyes peering out from under, but again, just me.
I think it’s meant to be more of a magical artefact?
…although it does look like bloody or paint from the front.
I think it’s mirroring that old ogre affectation from Fantasy, where they used to dunk their right hand into a bucket of blood before a fight. It was quite common across the range.
http://vignette4.wikia.nocookie.net/warhammerfb/images/1/17/Tyrant_Ogre_Kingdoms_6th_Edition_Miniature.jpg/revision/latest?cb=20160621153738
New Tyrant looks awesome, but GW would need to give us new ogre infantry kits to tempt me into starting an army.
Updated Empire minis will be a Marmite moment for me. I’ll have very strong opinions either way.
Bold of you to assume they’ll update anything. They’ll just put some spit and polish on their existing rules, patch any holes with elf or dwarf units (like artillery) and call it a job well done imo.
As there’s an Empireman on the front cover I’m assuming new sculpts. As a grumpy auld gamer I’d be happy if they leave alone 🙂
Are the battletomes all rules or is there a good bit of fluff in them too? Wondering is they’d be worth picking up for the AoS RPG on the way.
The Battletomes contain fluff as well
There is minimal fluff like showing the units and a short-ish story.
I wouldn’t be surprised if bits of the full in the battletomes gets copied into the AoS RPG.
I wonder if they’re going to do sourcebooks specifically for the RPG.
Or maybe a mixed sourcebook …
OGOR is a ****ing stupid name for ogres.
I know… it can be trademarked – silly, typical GW IP policy…
I wonder if this means I can shift those unpainted and still on sprue Empire models from years ago?
Most likely, a lot of AoS fans are really into Free Cities armies.
It is a stupid name. Very stupid.
Sounds like an Irish surname dooesen’t it? Ah look, those are the O’Gors coming down from the mountains to the Sunday market.
@dracs are those these “books” again? 😉