[b:467554789d]Random Writings 2[/b:467554789d]
After a rather long few hours hanging around outside the flower shop it had finally opened for Taye. The owner had seen the boy sitting out front and already knew what the boy was waiting for. As he opened the shop the man motioned Taye inside.
Smiling happily Taye would scoot into the shop. The scent of flowers hit his nose and he could only smile a bit...he had always loved the smell of flowers...it was one of his favourite things in the world. As he followed the owner towards the sales desk he would look to the side at several potted plants. But unfortunately he was clumsy and as he looked he tripped on a small potted plant on the floor and landed face first in a batch of freshly picked cherryblossoms in different arrangements.
The owner would gasp and hurry to the boy and help him up, “Are you alright? You need to watch where you are going.”
Taye would groaned and bit and brush a bit of the soil off of himself and look to the owner before bowing and saying, “I am sorry...I will pay for them I promise!” He bowed continually over and over.
The owner would chuckle a bit and say, “Don’t worry about it kiddo. They’re just flowers and can be replaced. Now come...And I’ll get you the bouquet you ordered.”
Taye bowed once more and said, “Thank you sir...” Before following the owner up to the counter where he would watch as the owner produced a beautiful bouquet of flowers with all sorts ranging from roses to cherryblossoms.
Taye would smile happily and say, “It’s beautiful! Thank you so much Flowerman!”
The owner smiled and said, “Any time Kiddo! Now hurry off...you don’t want to keep the lady receiving these waiting!”
Taye would nod and turn hurrying out of the shop and out through the already busy streets with his bouquet of flowers. Moving along the street he would make his way between a few houses and to a small copse where a tiny log cabin resided. It looked like it could house no more than two people.
Smiling gently Taye would move up to the door of the beautifully crafted house and knock on its door and then wait quietly. The moment of truth was here. He really wondered if the girl would like the flowers or not...after all...he’d payed for them with his own allowance.
After a few seconds of waiting the door would slowly open revealing a very cute blonde girl. Her green eyes would peek out from behind the door and then as the door opened it would reveal her hair pulled back in two separate braids and tied off with red ribbons that matched her beautiful white and pink kimono decorated with flower designs.
The girl would smile and say, “Oh! Hello there Taye! What brings you here?” She asked this completely oblivious the flowers were for her.
Kayden smiled and said, “Hello there Nae. It’s your birthday today...so...erm...I...figured...” He studdered and fumbled with his words as his face went a cute pink color from cheek to cheek. Instead of embarrassing himself more he would just hold out the flowers to the girl and say, “H...happy birthday!”
The girl would blink for a moment and when the boy held the flowers out to her and said happy birthday she would blush just as pink as him and take them up in her hands and take a deep breath of the scent of them and said, “Aww...Taye...Thank you so much!” She held the flowers in one hand and pulled Taye into a tight hug and giggled.
“Thank you so much for the flowers...at least you made my day better...”
Taye missed the downside of her last comment and smiled as he hugged the girl gently and said, “Y...you’re welcome.” He was still blushing pretty good.
The girl giggled and hugged him a bit more before smiling and saying, “You smell pretty today by the way...”
He chuckled a bit realizing her comment had been from when he’d fallen on the cherryblossoms earlier. He nodded and said, “Ehehe...You think so? Thanks.”
In truth...Taye had been waiting for this day for a few weeks now. He`d been so excited about giving the girl flowers for her birthday and spending the day with her and having fun. In fact the trip into the mountains that day was also for her...but he would wait a little bit to tell her about that.
~To be continued~
Posted: Sun Aug 13, 2017 10:55 am
omg. One: The "rumoured new army" was Necromunda. Two: My god, Estrogen and Testosterone, obviously done on purpose. Three: At last. Four: YEEEAAHHHHHH! Five: Now, let's see how it follows up.
I was actually hoping for a mixed gang, but perhaps the rules will allow that this time.
"Game loosely based on 8th but expanded mechanics. Intergrates turn sequence, model by model activation. Leaders and champions help.." "By activating additional models, juices need to be near others to guarantee activation" "Action based and with the full Rogue Trader stat line...." "More skill tables including leader and trade ones." "Plastic gangs and then outlanders then expanding to new gangs!!!! Takes time." "Working of John Blanche original sketch book for more awesome stuff. Release should be November slot. First 6 gangs release schedule sorted.
Juices.. wut? sweatdrop
Quote:
"We have an info dump of information for you from speaking to the amazing Specialist Games veteran designer Andy Hoare at The Forge World Open Day 2017.
So we are broadly looking at a game based on the 8th Edition 40k mechanics, but tailored to skirmish warfare. We see the edition of Action Points, that can be used to active gangers in a similar way to how Space Hulk works. Different actions will cost different points, such as activating a Heavy will cost two Action Points, whereas your run of the mill Ganger will cost only one.
We are looking at a release schedule much like BloodBlowl, this is the ‘Preview’, launch of the initial box set will follow in the same sort of timescale as from when BloodBowl was ‘Previewed’ then launched.
The box itself will contain the Escher and Goliath gangers we have seen already, the rules, accoutrements and most likely Shadow War terrain. The Specialist Games studio do not have the resources to produce terrain solely for Necromunda, so they are trail blazing the Shadow War release with all the cool terrain that was released with that boxed set, and subsequently in individual kits until present. The rules will allow for play in the way we are used to on gangways, ramps and gantries, but also in tunnels making use of the Zone Mortalis tiles available from Forge World.
We will see all the gangs from Hive Primus return, along with the gangs from Outlanders and Fanatic. We will also see new gangs and some expansion of the fluff on Necromunda.
HIVE SECONDUS was written about in the Fanatic days, a Hive overrun by Genstealer cult, nuked by the Necromunda Defence Forces to rid the planet of the infestation. However, the hive toppled on its side with most of the Cultists surviving resulting in the Defence Forces building a large trench system in the surrounding Ash Wastes to isolate the remains of the Hive from the rest f the planet. It is hinted we will be visiting this intreaging story in the future!
We don't needs no preachers, we needs tough chicks with fishnets, leather and psycho-attitude! emotion_yatta
Posted: Tue Aug 15, 2017 12:17 pm
Hm, "Mad Donna" Ulanti, a fallen noble from the Spire if I remember correctly. Shall I hope that they'll have a new model for her once she is re-released, or rather, shall I hope any new miniature for her still have the cone-boobs or not? (The cone-boobs are ugly, but they were a reference to the cone-bra Madonna used during a world tour in the 90's.) cat_smile
But but..... fire and....... more fire..... and braziers on top of our heads....emotion_kirakira
Posted: Wed Aug 16, 2017 9:55 am
Ugh, just read elsewhere that the minis might be 32 mm .... I really wish and pray not, as that would make them in-combinable with the current miniatures .... cat_xp
Some interesting info a friend told me today, from him chatting to Andy Hoare:
- Boxed game to have board tiles as they're cheaper to produce, and be set in a sewer-type environment. Escher and Goliath gangs plus rulebook too, obvs. - Gangs are being reimagined a little (a la GeneCult) with differences between Houses and fleshed-out background. Goliaths are industrial and have a 'rivet gun'. Escher are chem-specialists and all mix up their own chem weapons - apparently you can see vials on the models. They have some form of chem-thrower Flamer weapon. - Intending to promote Sector Mechanicus scenery and Zone Mortalis kits for use with Necromunda. Specialist Games couldn't have done scenery but GW coming out with Shadow War made it a possibility. - He was told that the rules are a tweak of Necromunda. Subsequently surprised to then read from the WHCommunity post that they're 8th-based, as that wasn't intimated by AH. - Roll to hit and roll to see if ammo test needed apparently now separate. Your dramatic chance hits will no longer always somehow be with your final bullet! - Models have interchangeable hair, faces and arms. 5-model kit x2 per side. Allows lots of combinations without duplicating poses.
Posted: Wed Aug 23, 2017 1:16 pm
This announcement pleases me, at least I have enough industrial terrain painted up from the now forgotten Armageddon game for when this arrives.
Get ready for a new generation of war in the underhive – Necromunda is coming back.
We already knew that the classic game of underhive gang-war was returning later this year, and now, after the Studio Preview at the NOVA Open, we know a lot more.
The new core set for this game is absolutely packed with content to get you started: a full board representing the sewers and confines of the underhive, a rulebook, character cards, templates, dice and of course, your gangs.
There are two full gangs in the box – one set of nimble warrior-women from House Escher and one set of gene-crafted brutes from House Goliath. Each of these miniatures is detailed, characterful, and true to the classic spirit of Necromunda – hairstyles and all! We’re very pleased to say that both these gangs will be full, multi-part kits, with an enormous level of customisation.
One of the best things about Necromunda is building a gang and equipping your gangers with wargear, and each kit is absolutely packed with options. There are weapons for any situation, from classics like the stub gun to more esoteric choices like the repurposed industrial equipment of House Goliath or the chem-weapons of the Eschers.
As well as these, you’ll be able to arm your gangers with grenades, gas masks, additional armour and even modular hairstyles. Whichever gang you build, each member will be a character in their own right – perhaps a lumbering Goliath bruiser equipped with a rudimentary stub-cannon, or a fast moving Escher assassin wielding twin duelling laspistols.
The set’s gaming tiles and simple bulkhead scenery allow you to play games very quickly and easily, and make the game very portable.
As well as the underhive style of play covered by the boxed set, there will also be ways to play Necromunda with the multi-level skirmishes that defined the classic version of the game. These work great on tables using the Sector Mechanicus terrain sets released earlier this year (great news for anyone who built a Shadow War Armageddon board).
Both ways to play are tense, tactical games that recreate the no-holds-barred brutality of underhive war – you’re going to have a blast.
We’ll be taking a closer look at Necromunda nearer to its release, including what you can expect from the rules, how you’ll be able to build your gang and much more – in the meantime, let us know what you’re most excited about on the Warhammer 40,000 Facebook page.
The battle for the underhive starts this November.
- "The gameplay we got to experience in the demo was a quick and dirty 4 on 4 (four players with two models each). The game is fast, but VERY crunchy! Lots of special weapons that have to be carefully considered when you choose to use them.
The models we used were the gang leader/named character models from the cards included in the game, but you can also create your own, and there are blank cards you can write on in the box, which can wipe off to make changes or add things to.
There’s a few different dice, a regular d6, with a “Skreagle” as Adam called it (a skull/eagle), scatter dice for grenades (and grenades cause knockback, which can throw people off of walkways!), injury dice (used for determining how badly you wounded a model, and also rolled when you’re attempting to stand back up after taking a flesh wound), and the ammo dice.
The ammo dice involved a really cool mechanic. Firstly, assault weapons roll to see how many wounds are caused, and weapons that are rare and run out of ammo due to your roll have a 6+ reload roll in the next turn. So if your bolter runs out of ammo, you may be out of luck. Makes your weapon choices very tactical as well."
Everything seemed geared towards tactics — you trade activations per model, so you can fake out your opponent by moving in a way that causes them to expose themselves to an attack by another model. That mechanic also makes multiplayer games way faster and more fun, since everyone is constantly taking turns.
There are also cards which give you the ability to react to an event. We saw one which allowed the Goliath gang to charge and do more damage, one called Last Gasp that gave you a last retaliatory shot against an enemy who just killed you, and one called Blood Debt that gives your gang +1 on attacks against an enemy model who killed one of your gangers.
Bottling was interesting. There’s the possibility of both teams bottling out. Downed models give bottling a negative modifier, as your gang is more likely to run away as their buddies lie dying on the floor.
Being in base to base contact with a downed model allows you to make a coup de grace and kill them.
There were a large number of modifiers, so you really had to consider exactly what advantages and disadvantages you were giving yourself based on what you did.
Adam talked about how the Studio campaign is mapping the Hive for their game. As the gangs take territory, they keep a record of the way the tiles were laid out, and then reuse those maps to fight over existing turf, which sounds very cool.
I'm personally thrilled about the blank cards you can write your own gangers on.
*EDIT* Missed some bits in the comments section -
"Tiles that match the Zone Mortalis tiles from Forgeworld come in the box. There’s no grid based movement or shooting, that’s all in inches. The boxed set focuses on tunnel fighting in the Underhive, the first expansion is Gang War, and is releasing at the same time, goes upwards and includes more about fighting and moving through vertical space.
I asked Adam if that meant that if we were seeing an expansion that moved upwards into the higher levels of the Hive, did that mean we might see something that moved outwards, into the Ash Wastes. He gave the typical “anything is possible” kind of answer, but it seems that they’re focused on each expansion also expanding the environments you fight over."
In response to a comment about the tiles:
"Yeah, the tiles are just there to be a quick and easy play surface, with some interesting gameplay possibilities. I saw a tile with a bridge over a pit, one that was swamped with toxic green goo, etc. they were all double sided.
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