It’s Friday, and here on No Rerolls that means it’s time for an all-new 5 on Friday. We’re going to start with 5 exciting releases for this week before moving on to our usual digest of some of our favourite articles from the past week. Of course, we’re slow readers, so don’t be surprised if there are some articles that are a little older – these are just some of the great articles we happen to have actually read in the past week.
Releases & Previews
Every week there are many games, books, and miniatures released. This will probably be a mix of previews, preorders, and releases, and with release dmystates being the way they are in this industry, it’s always pretty approximate. Excuses out of the way, here are 5 of the releases that caught our attention this week:
Games Workshop releases launch box for their third edition of The Horus Heresy – The Horus Heresy isn’t really a game for me. It’s power armour versus power armour in a galaxy of power armour. I like diversity. That said, you can’t argue that it’s developed a solid following, and the miniatures, although samey, are lovely. This box looks really cool:
I love the Saturnine armour. It looks so dumb, OTT and campy. This is what Warhammer should be. Not everything needs to be grim and dark and grimdark. Sometimes, you just want things to be fun. Good value box with some gorgeous minis.
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Monte Cook Games releases Neon Rain – Monte Cook Games’ most popular RPGs use their Cypher System as their in-house ruleset. Neon Rain is their cyberpunk-themed Cypher game, which has recently been released:
Building on the well-established Cypher System, Neon Rain contains a bunch of new, optional rules, including a hacking mechanic. It includes a bunch of new creatures, cyphers, artifacts, and other suitably thematic content. In addition to giving you a sandbox in which to play, there are a couple of adventures here, too.
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Leder Games taking preorders on a new Root expansion, The Homeland – Root was my number two game last year. It would have been my number one if I had not developed a crippling addiction to Magic: the Gathering. There are a few expansions for the game, and they’re pretty fun. Here’s another one:
With three factions and two maps, there’s a lot in here! The factions seem fun; I think the Twilight Council is, conceptually, my favourite. I’d love to try all three, though!
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Wizards of the Coast to release Edge of Eternities set for Magic: The Gathering – Another Magic set, this time a spacey, sci-fi one. I do enjoy a bit of sci-fi in my fantasy!
I think we’re going to get some really cool art in this set, and I’m keen to see the treatment the theme gets. These highly thematic sets can very much go either way. I feel that Bloomburrow and Duskmourn were both really cool, whilst I wasn’t such a big fan of Aetherdrift. For Bloomburrow, it was the theme, whilst I loved some of the cool cards in Duskmourn, but didn’t care for the vehicle focus in Aetherdrift. I can’t wait to see where they go with this set. I just hope it doesn’t get lost as nothing but a filler set between Final Fantasy and Spider-Man.
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- Play Booster (Element Games)
- Play Booster Box (Element Games | Wayland Games)
- Collector Booster (Element Games)
- Collector Booster Box (Element Games | Wayland Games)
- Bundle (Element Games | Wayland Games)
- Counter Intelligence Commander Deck (Element Games | Wayland Games)
- World Shaper Commander Deck (Element Games | Wayland Games)
- Grab singles at Big Orbit Cards
Sine Nomine Publishing releases Ashes Without Number – Stars Without Number is a solid, respected sci-fi sandbox roleplaying game. Sine Nomine then released Cities Without Number, their cyberpunk sandbox roleplaying game. Now, they’re going post-apocalyptic with Ashes Without Number:
Sibe Nomine know they’re onto a winner with this system and are pushing it into more settings. That’s not a bad thing, and their books are generally really good. This will definitely be worth checking out!
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Blog Posts & Articles
The meat of 5 on Friday, the articles are listed in no particular order, so let’s get into some recommendations:
Warhammer The Horus Heresy 3rd Edition Review – Core Rulebook @ Sprues & Brews – Solid review, as always from Sprues & Brews, of the new edition of The Horus Heresy. It’s always interesting to see how much changes between editions.
Roswell ’98: Southwestern Cryptids @ Wyrd Stones and Tackle Zones – I continue to really enjoy seeing this Roswell ’98 stuff. I also enjoy American cryptids. The US doesn’t have a huge amount of history, but it does have some folklore, and interesting folklore at that. I like seeing people basing games, miniatures, and the like on it.
The Genius of the New Battle Tactics @ Plastic Craic – I really like the new battle tactics. This is a nice rundown of the available battle tactics cards that you can choose for your armies. It’s a useful reference that reflects on the ease of scoring each one, and their synergy with primary objective scoring.
New Heresy: Death Guard @ A Tabletop Gamer’s Diary – That Saturnine Praetor is stunning! The author suggests he was a bugger to build, but the paint job is amazing and really does justice to a fantastic miniature. The whole lot looks great, but he really stands out.
The wonders of Medium Density @ Spalanz – I have a bunch of MDF terrain that I’ve never gotten around to painting. I like the idea of it, but I just struggle to motivate myself to do so. I might have a go at some walkways at some point; they’ve been sitting for ages.
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There have been a few posts since my last 5 on Friday:
- A review of The Acolyte
- A completed GSC Locus
- Thoughts on the MTG card, Deflecting Swat
- My Completed GSC Familiars
- A completed Stargrave Crew
- A Throwback Thursday about Osprey’s wargames
We got 14 miniatures finished this week. This brings our totals for the year so far to:
Purchased: 36
Painted: 106
I’ll be travelling for a bit, so this will be the last 5 on Friday for a few weeks. Should be back for the 8th of August.
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