I love that Luka loves Soulblight cause it's my favorite army. Soulblight are soooo hard to play in this meta because any tactical mistake is fatal for them. Sorry Luka but you made a lot of them. You guys brought a great battrep with cool armies. Thank you
Thank you guys for the AoS content from tier 4 lockdown in the UK. It is not the same as playing but as we can't do that, it is great to see people who love the game playing each other.
As a Greywater Fastness player, we need more Greywater Fastness games hahaha. Also I would love to see the two new cities, I love watching Matthew play Cities of Sigmar!
Now... Imagin this cool Picture : Battleflield is in full carnage, fights left and right but the Zombiedragon with that Vampirelord on top just hoverd over the entire fight while he takes a delicate sip from that chalice before taking a grip of his lance, turning the dragon and just diving right into the fight aiming for the enemy warlord.. . Now THAT would be something ^^
also, artifacts on the steamtank commander do not benefit the weapons from the tank (see little textbox on the commanders warscroll) because that would be actually useful and we cannot have THAT!
World of Warcraft Shadowlands seems to have taken a bit of inspiration from the Age of Sigmar Mortal Realms in how they setup their 4 realms in Shadowlands.
I personally like the concept of the double turn. I find it breaks the flow in a meaningful way as sometimes it's just a robotic back and forth. Then again I'm also a fan of completely "random" dynamic turns from Bolt Action.
Think it's been mentioned, but unless it got FAQd, "Working like Clockwork" allows the Hell blaster to re-roll ANY dice determining its number of shots, NOT just the entire roll. This was still a really good batrep, and I really enjoyed seeing a nearly all Duardin army on the table!
The Ven Breicht black watch specifically mentions Vampires. While there’s hints of a UW’s warband, we’ve gotten bands that aren’t supported by a whole range. Honestly I think the black watch is the biggest “it’s coming” sign
It's worth noting that the cogsmith can allow a helblaster to reroll ANY dice it wants on its attacks not just the whole thing. So if you roll a double you can just reroll one of them or if you dont want a 1 you can risk rerolling just that.
When I play AOS i use the dispossesed stuff from the generals handbook as its fairly effective. my friends let me use legends stuff as my army is a fantasy dwarfs one, I just proxy organ guns as celestar ballistas
I am happy to see the cities of Sigmar being brought to the table. only thing that bummed me out about this video is that you can't bring a full dwarf list Mathew. I still find it silly that GW cut off a lot of the fantasy dwarf roster. Thank you for the video!
Going off of what Matt said about The Undying King and how they depicted Shyish. I think it would be kind of cool if either there were new humans for the Vampire faction. Or maybe 1 in 4 units in the Vampire army can be Freeguild (or Cities) units which would represent the human followers or thrall followers.
It would be interesting to see the mortals you talk about have a "reanimation protocol" for the death mortals. But it only goes off once with hero nearby or army ability. The dead models would have a different stat line. Could be cool.
2:02:00 Privateer Press's Iron Kingdoms setting and games are at least as gonzo and non-traditional fantasy as AoS is, and have been around longer - they started while WFB was still a thing. The old (and long dead) Crucible game from the original FASA was nearly as bizarre, albeit nowhere near as popular. Chronopia was also pretty far out there, albeit not quite as much so as AoS. There have been a couple of different stabs at doing wars in pseudo-Christian Hell, Heaven, or both over the years that were at least as weird as AoS, but they never caught on.
What do you think about vampirates? Seems like Dreadfleet might get ressurected and Noctilus become a new Mortarch. Imagine all the cool units from the total war game coming to life on the tabletop? Giant crabs with warriors on top, giant walking ship revenants, zombie pirates, and elite vampire footmen! I’m considering converting an army ”counts as ” but no good rules for the guns
Matt's army suggestion might be possible, I mean given the new City of 'Sigmar' that replaces the Stormcast with Daughters of Khaine. Maybe the same thing can be done with the Death GA
*best soulblight strategy: hope for the doubleturn* . I really cannot recommend *One Page Rules* Age of Fantasy enough. Rules and armybooks are free to download, a beautiful fanmade Age of Sigmar alternative, no double turns, alternating unit activations, great balance, very easy to learn. Just give it a shot, worth it for all Warhammer fantasy fans! (and for all those age of sigmar fans that still find the double turn mechanic to be wanting) :) They have a classic rank and file alternative aswell.
@@richmcgee434 Not trying to convert anyone but just tried onepagerules for the first time and I think I will never return to the double-turn GW variant ever again ^^. Everyone can decide for themselves, just give it a try :)
Honestly, if soulblight were just essentially an army of herohammer with just highly customizable vampires and basically no troops on their own right would be awesome.
Noooo! Warhammer Dwarfs 'ave a Yorkshuh accent not a Scottish wun, ye daft apeth! Always good to see the Dorfs and the Vampires being played out, they were always my favourite armies despite not actually playing WHFB but if Soulblight get a book that might tempt me into playing AoS.
WHAT DO YOU MEAN DWARFS AREN'T COMPETITIVE. YOUR INEXPERIENCE WILL BE YOUR DOWNFALL!...... it is nice to see them on the channel again love the batt rep
I would guess that the next AoS army is mortal Slaanesh. They have spoiled around 8 units in the warhammer community articles (Shardspeaker, Blissbarb archers, Blissbarb Seekers, Slickblade Seekers, Slaangor Fiendblood, Sigvald, Symbaresh Twinsouls, Myrmidesh). I can't really imagine them all only being for warcry
Im pretty sure there has never been a batrep involving Matt where he didnt cry about a double turn. This one even started before any double was rolled.
Really, the Soulblight dont need a book, i dont see any new units but dismounted Blood Knights. They just need to be powered up to fight second edition.
Vampires need new models too. And a serious power upgrade as at present they're basically the same as a Freeguild General when they should be able to go toe to toe with the strongest unnamed characters. Having chariots, possibly something like living human thralls etc would also be nice for them. Oh and Strigoi and Varghulfs back.
What ever happened to dispossessed Thunderers? They used to be great in oldhammer (and are great in the Total War games), it’s a shame they don’t seem to be used often by Cities players (even though the KO Thunderers are much cooler looking).
They're frequently short extra-hairy vikings in my locale - but maybe that's just because their players can do decent Scandinavian accents, which isn't as common as Hollywood Scottish IME. :)
Hearing Napoleonic warfare described as rows and rows of handgunners firing at one another without maneuvering makes my head hurt. Go play some freaking historicals, or read some history about the time period, or even just watch some youtube vids, there's plenty out there. Maneuver (both strategic and tactical) and morale were what generally won battles in the era, and being able to shift your infantry from column (for speed and impact during assaults) to line (for maximum firepower) to square (to keep cavalry from killing you all) at the right time was a defining element of a good commander. You might even pick up some useful ideas for playing AoS, although it's not exactly a simulationist game.
GODDD this was painful watching. Hella boring, and inordinate amount of “nothingness” talking. I think I got scurvy watching this. . . The advantage of the fantasy reps are they’re short, succinct, and to the point. They make moves and that’s it -or explain things and why they’re happening in like 10 words or less. In this AoS battle (maybe it’s the fault of red shirt guy) there’s so much side chatter, I couldn’t do it. Furthermore, ugliness to the board. . . even 40K is more coherent than this. . . Ugh couldn’t even make it through more than 25 minutes. And that’s my yearly AoS battle report try to see if it’s any fun/different. Maybe next year. Lol (unlikely not, I’ll look for one without the guy in the red shirt -intolerable). PS. Would be nice to see this level of production on WARHAMMER FANTASY. . . pleaseee and thanks.
ARMY LISTS:
Soulblight Army List:
Allegiance: Soulblight
- Bloodline: Dragon Warriors
Leaders
Neferata Mortarch of Blood (340)
- Lore of the Vampires: Spirit Gale
Vampire Lord on Zombie Dragon (440)
- General
- Deathlance & Shield & Chalice
- Command Trait: Mist Form
- Artefact: The Saccharine Goblet
- Lore of the Vampires: Vile Transference
Vampire Lord (140)
- Mount: Nightmare
- Lore of the Vampires: Amaranthine Orb
Battleline
5 x Blood Knights (180)
5 x Blood Knights (180)
3 x Vargheists (150)
3 x Vargheists (150)
Units
6 x Fell Bats (160)
2 x Bat Swarms (80)
2 x Bat Swarms (80)
2 x Bat Swarms (80)
Total: 1980 / 2000
Extra Command Points: 0
Allies: 0 / 400
Wounds: 132
Cities of Sigmar Army List:
Allegiance: Cities of Sigmar
- City: Greywater Fastness
Leaders
Warden King (100)
- Artefact: Steam-piston Plate Mail
Runelord (90)
- General
- Command Trait: Drillmaster
Cogsmith (60)
Steam Tank with Commander (230)
Steam Tank with Commander (230)
- Artefact: Mastro Vivetti's Maginificent Macroscope
Lord-Ordinator (140)
Battleline
10 x Longbeards (100)
- Ancestral Weapons & Shields
10 x Longbeards (100)
- Ancestral Weapons & Shields
20 x Hammerers (280)
Artillery
Helblaster Volley Gun (120)
Helblaster Volley Gun (120)
Celestar Ballista (110)
Celestar Ballista (110)
Battalions
Greywater Artillery Company (120)
Endless Spells / Terrain / CPs
Extra Command Point (50)
Total: 1960 / 2000
Extra Command Points: 2
Allies: 0 / 400
Wounds: 112
Warden king needs to be general for hammerers to become battleline
Really enjoyed the post-game talk on Soulblight/Death lore! There's just so much to be excited for in AoS
Luka is a prophet when it comes to the soulblight book release
I love that Luka loves Soulblight cause it's my favorite army. Soulblight are soooo hard to play in this meta because any tactical mistake is fatal for them. Sorry Luka but you made a lot of them. You guys brought a great battrep with cool armies. Thank you
Thank you guys for the AoS content from tier 4 lockdown in the UK. It is not the same as playing but as we can't do that, it is great to see people who love the game playing each other.
I feel the pain too, just cracking on with painting. Im in County Durham, keep safe everyone!
@Tom Yorke Where abouts in Yorkshire mate? North Yorkshire here
@@harveymair2390 Middlesbrough here! Not too far
Hello fellow AOS Brits, just thought I'd chime in from Birmingham. Keep safe and keep the Warhammer love going.
@@davidbrayne8278 And you mate, merry Christmas and all the best!
As a Greywater Fastness player, we need more Greywater Fastness games hahaha. Also I would love to see the two new cities, I love watching Matthew play Cities of Sigmar!
Now... Imagin this cool Picture : Battleflield is in full carnage, fights left and right but the Zombiedragon with that Vampirelord on top just hoverd over the entire fight while he takes a delicate sip from that chalice before taking a grip of his lance, turning the dragon and just diving right into the fight aiming for the enemy warlord.. .
Now THAT would be something ^^
also, artifacts on the steamtank commander do not benefit the weapons from the tank (see little textbox on the commanders warscroll) because that would be actually useful and we cannot have THAT!
World of Warcraft Shadowlands seems to have taken a bit of inspiration from the Age of Sigmar Mortal Realms in how they setup their 4 realms in Shadowlands.
Fully agree! I've gone on and on about this with my friends and my guild!
Warcraft ehm,borrowing from warhammer is nothing new, both starcraft and warcraft are HEAVILY "inspired" by Warhammer 40k and Fantasy.
I personally like the concept of the double turn. I find it breaks the flow in a meaningful way as sometimes it's just a robotic back and forth. Then again I'm also a fan of completely "random" dynamic turns from Bolt Action.
Cities of sigmar is possibly my favourite faction along with seraphon just wish they had more battalions.
So empire and lizardmen ;)
@@RaVNeFLoK whats the point of your comment
@@480pthacker that he likes some awesome armies both from warhammer fantasy.
@@RaVNeFLoK Cities can be more then just Empire, they can be played perfectly fine as dwarves and Wood Elfs.
@@WarbossFraka so “cities of sigmar” can be played as a faction of pure elves? I didn’t know that.
LOVE WARHAMMER FANTASY! KEEP UP THE GREAT WORKS GENTS, CHEERS!
Dwarfs vs Vampire Counts... Ahh sweet nostalgia
Think it's been mentioned, but unless it got FAQd, "Working like Clockwork" allows the Hell blaster to re-roll ANY dice determining its number of shots, NOT just the entire roll.
This was still a really good batrep, and I really enjoyed seeing a nearly all Duardin army on the table!
The Ven Breicht black watch specifically mentions Vampires.
While there’s hints of a UW’s warband, we’ve gotten bands that aren’t supported by a whole range.
Honestly I think the black watch is the biggest “it’s coming” sign
It's worth noting that the cogsmith can allow a helblaster to reroll ANY dice it wants on its attacks not just the whole thing. So if you roll a double you can just reroll one of them or if you dont want a 1 you can risk rerolling just that.
Ah this was a great report! Proper back and forth and it felt pretty damn equal for most of the game.
Finally Greywater Fastness 😀
When I play AOS i use the dispossesed stuff from the generals handbook as its fairly effective. my friends let me use legends stuff as my army is a fantasy dwarfs one, I just proxy organ guns as celestar ballistas
I am happy to see the cities of Sigmar being brought to the table. only thing that bummed me out about this video is that you can't bring a full dwarf list Mathew. I still find it silly that GW cut off a lot of the fantasy dwarf roster. Thank you for the video!
The recent vampire leak should make some people very happy. Here’s hoping for a Soulblight gravelords book
Going off of what Matt said about The Undying King and how they depicted Shyish. I think it would be kind of cool if either there were new humans for the Vampire faction. Or maybe 1 in 4 units in the Vampire army can be Freeguild (or Cities) units which would represent the human followers or thrall followers.
Best Scottish accent I've ever heard, such a pure and soothing noise
Better than Mel Gibson's at least :D
@@gregpoulter4387 A dead Raccoon has a better Scottish accent than Mel :'D
Love seeing my dawi! Run them in tempest eye myself!
I loved the game... but I also really enjoyed the post-game chat. Thanks a ton!
You got me hella hyped up! Never played death, but this is something i could get on board with!
Well... have I got news for you about that soulblight release 😂
Matt's musings at the end reminded me of taking State Troops as part of a VC army in Total Warhammer 2
It would be interesting to see the mortals you talk about have a "reanimation protocol" for the death mortals. But it only goes off once with hero nearby or army ability. The dead models would have a different stat line. Could be cool.
19:02 oops, nervous one slipped out
That's such a nice board, and It's nice to see dwarves. I'm a big CoS fan.
Love Matt and Luka gaming! Great content :)
I would love to listen if you made a “podcast-ish” show were you just talk about tangents to tangents.
This was fun. You guys are fun.
At 48:55 you roll three attacks each for the Hammerers against the Bat Swarms, but the extra attack is only against the Fell Bats.
2:02:00 Privateer Press's Iron Kingdoms setting and games are at least as gonzo and non-traditional fantasy as AoS is, and have been around longer - they started while WFB was still a thing. The old (and long dead) Crucible game from the original FASA was nearly as bizarre, albeit nowhere near as popular. Chronopia was also pretty far out there, albeit not quite as much so as AoS. There have been a couple of different stabs at doing wars in pseudo-Christian Hell, Heaven, or both over the years that were at least as weird as AoS, but they never caught on.
My two favorite factions but boy I miss customising my vamp lords
I'm just gonna play fantasy with my boy the books are all still out there
What do you think about vampirates? Seems like Dreadfleet might get ressurected and Noctilus become a new Mortarch. Imagine all the cool units from the total war game coming to life on the tabletop? Giant crabs with warriors on top, giant walking ship revenants, zombie pirates, and elite vampire footmen!
I’m considering converting an army ”counts as ” but no good rules for the guns
Hmm would maybe feel to similar to a Deepkin army
Luthor Harkon would be the preferred on. He was already Mortarch of the Deep after all.
Tsk, picking on the fell bats for being ugly. Those old WFB flappers are adorable.
Matt's army suggestion might be possible, I mean given the new City of 'Sigmar' that replaces the Stormcast with Daughters of Khaine. Maybe the same thing can be done with the Death GA
*best soulblight strategy: hope for the doubleturn* . I really cannot recommend *One Page Rules* Age of Fantasy enough. Rules and armybooks are free to download, a beautiful fanmade Age of Sigmar alternative, no double turns, alternating unit activations, great balance, very easy to learn. Just give it a shot, worth it for all Warhammer fantasy fans! (and for all those age of sigmar fans that still find the double turn mechanic to be wanting) :) They have a classic rank and file alternative aswell.
I doubt you'll convert many people in the face of GW's marketing machine, but I certainly agree with you.
@@richmcgee434 Not trying to convert anyone but just tried onepagerules for the first time and I think I will never return to the double-turn GW variant ever again ^^. Everyone can decide for themselves, just give it a try :)
So I'm new to Aos but I'm curious. Are greywater fastness a not great army or was that a particularly strong vampire army ?
Honestly, if soulblight were just essentially an army of herohammer with just highly customizable vampires and basically no troops on their own right would be awesome.
Wow the 2 armies I play on tts, awesome
Fun lists, fun game, awesome chat! :) Keep it up!
Fun game and a really good post game talk.
Noooo! Warhammer Dwarfs 'ave a Yorkshuh accent not a Scottish wun, ye daft apeth!
Always good to see the Dorfs and the Vampires being played out, they were always my favourite armies despite not actually playing WHFB but if Soulblight get a book that might tempt me into playing AoS.
WHAT DO YOU MEAN DWARFS AREN'T COMPETITIVE. YOUR INEXPERIENCE WILL BE YOUR DOWNFALL!...... it is nice to see them on the channel again love the batt rep
Complaining about the Longbeards' Swiss army knife of aura buffing is pretty baffling to hear, isn't it? :)
Neffy's Command Ability would have been very good in the first turn of shooting. Minus 1 to hit can be irritating for shooting armies
as a scot MAtt....i find hte accent your putting on funny...but i die a little inside every time you do it XD
I have visions of Luka riding side saddle 😜
GW HEARD OUR PLIGHT
Good high fantasy would be stormlight archives
I would guess that the next AoS army is mortal Slaanesh. They have spoiled around 8 units in the warhammer community articles (Shardspeaker, Blissbarb archers, Blissbarb Seekers, Slickblade Seekers, Slaangor Fiendblood, Sigvald, Symbaresh Twinsouls, Myrmidesh). I can't really imagine them all only being for warcry
Lol this goes without saying
Im pretty sure there has never been a batrep involving Matt where he didnt cry about a double turn. This one even started before any double was rolled.
Because double turn is awful, we just house rule that retarded shit out.
Cause it’s a bad mechanic lol
What mat is that?
Man... I miss the Fantasy Battles. This game reminds me of the old times.
*Cries in Bretonnia* Never even got to try Fantasy Battles.. :c
Just play Conquest by Parabellum Games; plus the models shred GW’s sculpts!!!
Really, the Soulblight dont need a book, i dont see any new units but dismounted Blood Knights. They just need to be powered up to fight second edition.
Please new blood knight models
@@shadowlord1418 Oh, Most Definitely, that would be Sweet.
Vampires need new models too. And a serious power upgrade as at present they're basically the same as a Freeguild General when they should be able to go toe to toe with the strongest unnamed characters.
Having chariots, possibly something like living human thralls etc would also be nice for them.
Oh and Strigoi and Varghulfs back.
@@thomassaxon8254 i remember my 451 pt vamp lord blending through infantry blocks in 8th what are these false lookalikes they have become
In fairness, Matthew’s Scottish accent hit “No’ bad” at times 👍
Glasses dude is like my Dad watching me clean a bathtub
You know, that you can only reroll one die for the Volleys, right?
I didn't! But now I do. :)
@@miniwargaming Yay, i knew something x)
Rereading my comment, it seems rather condescending, which was not intended. Merry Holidays!
Random thought: why are Steam Tanks called Tanks in lore? Do they have any reason to be called "tanks" other than real-life tanks existing?
Actually, in the Empire, they were called 'Armoured Steam Wagons' translated to German, that is Panzerdampfwagen. The name is a pun.
Make that tangent show!!!
its finally happening!!
Unrealated: i want to see a dark arc model
how good is Mat's shirt
What ever happened to dispossessed Thunderers? They used to be great in oldhammer (and are great in the Total War games), it’s a shame they don’t seem to be used often by Cities players (even though the KO Thunderers are much cooler looking).
They don't exist anymore. They have been replaced by classic Empire Handgunners. If anything they can be used as proxy.
awesome BR
Why are dwarves always Scottish. Mix it up and give them a Jamaican accent. "Ayy, mon, wah sweet nanny goat ago run him belly!'
I want Chinese Dwarfs with those little triangle hats and fumanchu mustaches
They're frequently short extra-hairy vikings in my locale - but maybe that's just because their players can do decent Scandinavian accents, which isn't as common as Hollywood Scottish IME. :)
Cute intro :d
Your bloodknights charged the longbeards so it shouldve been d3 dmg so you actually wouldve killed the unit
Narset, parter of steam tanks lol
What else got legend-ed
Ouch lost to Soulbilght....with CoS.
I hate all but none of these vids, fun game more cities of sigmar!
Am I missed the moment or greywater guy didn't use the main ability of city to shoot twice?
I couldn't. Luka deployed too far back for me to be able to fire at all in the first battle round with that battalion.
@@miniwargaming 2nd battle round
It doesn't matter how many times I watch an AOS batrep I still hate the roll off for turn and it'll forever stop me actually playing the game
FIRST!
Matt, never attempt a Scottish accent ever againm, please.
Sincerely, an offended Scottish man
Hearing Napoleonic warfare described as rows and rows of handgunners firing at one another without maneuvering makes my head hurt. Go play some freaking historicals, or read some history about the time period, or even just watch some youtube vids, there's plenty out there. Maneuver (both strategic and tactical) and morale were what generally won battles in the era, and being able to shift your infantry from column (for speed and impact during assaults) to line (for maximum firepower) to square (to keep cavalry from killing you all) at the right time was a defining element of a good commander. You might even pick up some useful ideas for playing AoS, although it's not exactly a simulationist game.
I think you took it a bit too seriously....
GODDD this was painful watching. Hella boring, and inordinate amount of “nothingness” talking. I think I got scurvy watching this. . .
The advantage of the fantasy reps are they’re short, succinct, and to the point. They make moves and that’s it -or explain things and why they’re happening in like 10 words or less.
In this AoS battle (maybe it’s the fault of red shirt guy) there’s so much side chatter, I couldn’t do it.
Furthermore, ugliness to the board. . . even 40K is more coherent than this. . .
Ugh couldn’t even make it through more than 25 minutes.
And that’s my yearly AoS battle report try to see if it’s any fun/different.
Maybe next year. Lol (unlikely not, I’ll look for one without the guy in the red shirt -intolerable).
PS. Would be nice to see this level of production on WARHAMMER FANTASY. . . pleaseee and thanks.
What a dill hole comment