GW Take A Deeper Look At New Aether War Set For Age Of Sigmar
January 2, 2020 by brennon
Games Workshop has been delving deeper into the Aether War Set which is going to be available this weekend from Games Workshop for the world of Age Of Sigmar. The Disciples Of Tzeentch are clashing with the Kharadron Overlords in the skies above the Mortal Realms.
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As you can see the new set focuses on releasing a bunch of models from the existing collection plus the two new heroes which we saw back during the previews over Christmas. All of these models are focused on combat in the skies and the clash between magic and mechanical engineering.
I think this is a fun little set which gives you a rather unique start to a force. I imagine if you split the contents of this box with a friend and then used the extra money to pick up their applicable Start Collecting Sets for the Kharadron Overlords and Disciples Of Tzeentch you'd end up with some fun armies.
New Battletomes
As well as the release of this set which focuses the narrative around these forces you've also got the two new Battletomes. In standard fashion, they'll come with the fancy full art cover and the standard options which you can see here below.
The new books will come with updates rules for both of these factions and give you lots to play around when it comes to building more themed armies. Within the new Battletomes, you'll find a lot of ways to build towards specific subfactions which grant you an array of additional bonuses and such when you use the right troops in-game.
I always like seeing Games Workshop put something extra into their cover art design and here they've been continuing the trend of showing a regular foot soldier as the core focus. It looks very stylish and also means that if you're one of those people who collects all of the Battletomes then you've got a nice consistent collection.
Sinister Spells
It wouldn't be an army of Tzeentch without the use of Endless Spells and thankfully you've got some new ones from the team at Games Workshop.
This collection of three spells gives you the Tome Of Eyes, the Daemonic Simulacrum and finally the Burning Sigil Of Tzeentch. Games Workshop are going to be focusing on how each of these work in more preview articles for the factions from Aether War in the near future so watch this space.
Are you tempted by this set and these new armies?
"Are you tempted by this set and these new armies?"
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Flying dwarves….. a core set of only flying units… oO
nah, I’ll pass
Where do you see dwarves? I don’t see any thing dwarven in this boxset at all…
The Kharadron Overlords are the AoS counterpart to dwarves aren’t thy?
No, those are just short stormcast eternals… who fly. There is nothing dwarven in the Kharadron Overlords.
Classic dwarves are still usable in AoS, if you know where to find their warscrolls. If you don’t like the new models, don’t buy them. There are plenty of us who do.
Out of curiosity, why do you hate AoS so much? If you were designing the fantasy range, how would you do it?
Well, first classic dwarves are not still “usable” in AoS at all. I mean I guess you could play them, but that doesn’t mean the are part of the game at. To be clear, they are not remotely playable as any army with any real chance of competition. Secondly, no where in my post did I say I hated AoS. That is your own false assumptions, or biased opinion. Perhaps you are over zealous about your defence of your own game. Thirdly, I have no plans to buy them. Which is completely obvious by the fact I obviously don’t like… Read more »
I did not assume that you hated AoS based upon this posting alone because nowhere in it did you explicitly say you hated it, but because you have posted similar comments on other AoS stories stating how you do not like the aesthetic with little positive commentary. I was not trying to insult you, but I wanted to know why it seemed as though you had nothing good or constructive to offer in regards to the range. The reason I have said what I have is not due to being overzealous. Personally, I only like a small percentage of the… Read more »
Fair enough. Its true I have been very vocal in my opinions in the past, that is for sure. However, I have been working on that as of late, endeavoring not to hate anything these days. It just doesn’t serve much of a purpose, or change things. While I will agree that constructive criticism is always the way to go, to be honest it is completely useless in this particular situation. Games Workshop has had more enough opportunities over the last few years to listen to their community. They have not done anything different based on those responses. Nor do… Read more »
Fair point, I can’t disagree with you there.
With all the new flyers I could see new dragon’s flying into their shelves soon?
I’d love there to be a flying AOS game but in a smaller scale, think it would be awesome.
“Warhammer Fantasy is silly hur hur because renaissance vs medieval is stoopid and makes no sense, Age of Sigmar is the right move!”
Oh gee, look what I found: https://spikeybits.com/2019/11/gw-announces-a-new-fantasy-game-warhammer-the-old-world.html (WHFB returning in the future) https://1d4chan.org/wiki/Age_of_Sigmar/Tactics/Warscrolls_Compendium/Tomb_Kings (Tomb Kings usable in AoS) https://1d4chan.org/wiki/Age_of_Sigmar/Tactics/Warscrolls_Compendium/Bretonnia (Bretonnia usable in AoS) https://1d4chan.org/wiki/Age_of_Sigmar/Tactics/Warscrolls_Compendium/Dwarfs (classic Dwarves usable in AoS) If you don’t like the new models, you can just use the old ones. So knock it off. Besides, the reason that AoS was introduced was not just due to a new aesthetic, but to make the game easier and more approachable to new players. WHFB is a good game, but it is VERY heavy on the rules and narrative, making it harder for newbies to get into it. AoS and… Read more »
Given how pricey it normally is to get all of the Kharadron flyers separately, it’s nice they put them together in the boxed set like this. My only complaint is that while Tzeentch gets endless spells, the Kharadrons still don’t have an endless spell-equivalent, like deployable turrets or repair bays.