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[Mordante]

So I haven't seen much excitement on the forum about playing the Storm of Magic Rules.  I'd like to hear opinions from the rest of the Warhammer community...

Is anyone picking it up?  
Ia anyone planning to play it?  
Is it a quick burn fad that people will play a few times and give up on it (ala Lustria)?  
Will it get incorporated into local campaigns?
Will it get used in any way in the local league or tournaments?

I'm waiting on buying the book since I don't want a $50 paperweight that will never get used.  I can find other things to spend $50 on that I can use.

[CaptKurt]

unless it turns out to be the bomb shizzle...I have no interest whatsoever.

[Druchii Love]

On paper it looks like it has a lot of good and a lot of bad.  I utterly dread facing a Slann, a High Elf Sorcerer, or a Dark Elf Sorceress.  But otherwise it should be fun chucking buckets full of dice and using big monsters.  I have the book, I have my two fulcrums assembled, and I'm back in town on Saturday so I'll be looking for a Storm of Magic game on Sunday. Hopefully I'll have a more informed perspective after that!

[bama]

Drew, Carlos, and I all picked up the storm of magic book. I got the spell book, one box of fulcrums (can always use terrain for the garage), a chimera, and a cockatrice. Worst case the cockatrice is the only model I couldn't use. I have enough armies that can get transformation of kadon so the chimera is useful. But, I am a GW wh@re so I always get the bookks for fluff reasons.

Pat, Drew, and Carlos are coming over to the house on Friday for a couple of games of storm of magic. We will probably play one of the scenario's out of the book. If it is fun and different that is all that matters. If it can be included in a campaign than thats even better.

Phil, you want a game on Sunday versus my dark elves? 2000pts plus our bonus 500pts?

[Mordante]

Ah, all the regular early adopters...Have you played Dystopian Wars since the first month that it came out?

Looking forward to a report.  I really like the ideas of being able to take the bonus monsters in any list.  I'd like to see if just the monsters are OK without using the OTT magic rules.

[Andy C.]

I wanna try a game is anyone who has the book interested in a match this weekend?

[Druchii Love]

Bama - you're on!  We're going to stretch your skin across our banner-poles and feed your bones to our hounds!!  And it will give me a chance to pay you off before Lenny 'Leg-Breaker' shows up at my door demanding interest.

[bama]

And yes Wade, I have played Dystopian wars since it came out. It's just taken a backseat to other things. I will be getting more airships, the dreadnought, escorts, and destroyers for my FSA. I just haven't played Uncharted Seas in a while.

[hiredgun99]

Ah yes,Storm of magic,the best thing since Warmachine.Hey Bama,when you're ready to sell those SoM monsters dirt cheap just let me know.Don't bother Wade,save your money for some other game that you already play.

[bama]

Like I said, the chimera can be used by any army that can take beasts. I got the cockatrice because I like the model. So, the two monsters won't be going anywhere. They will join my zoo of two dragons, two hydras, a griffon, and a manticore.

[Matt]

And the next expansion will be the Calm of Magic.
Players will roll D6-1 to generate spells, and 2D3 for the magic phase.  Dice pool will be capped at 6.
Players will get an extra 25% of points that must be spent on a new list of townsfolk and unarmed peasants.

I think the best part of the Storm of Magic might be the monsters.  Monsters needed more love.  I'd like to give them a try in normal games.

-Matt

[hiredgun99]

Matt, on 12 July 2011 - 11:17 PM, said:

And the next expansion will be the Calm of Magic.
Players will roll D6-1 to generate spells, and 2D3 for the magic phase.  Dice pool will be capped at 6.
Players will get an extra 25% of points that must be spent on a new list of townsfolk and unarmed peasants.

I think the best part of the Storm of Magic might be the monsters.  Monsters needed more love.  I'd like to give them a try in normal games.

-Matt

An Idea I had that MIGHT salvage something out of that nightmare of a book is to eliminate the whole magic section and just allow a certain point total in monsters and maybe limit it to two per army.This would of course only be if your opponent agreed to it and NOT legal in an RTT or league play.

[DogOfWar]

Mordante, on 12 July 2011 - 09:58 AM, said:

Is it a quick burn fad that people will play a few times and give up on it (ala Lustria)?  

Hey, I liked Lustria. It's more or less what I anticipate Storm of Magic to be - An alternate gamestyle just to have fun and Blow Sh!t Up ™ 4th/5th edition style. And really, aren't you the guys that are the most supportive of alternate styles and games being played to just have fun?

Matt, on 12 July 2011 - 11:17 PM, said:

And the next expansion will be the Calm of Magic.

Someone had a theory that looking at GW's favorite objects and two of the last specialty books being Storm of Chaos and Storm of Magic, that the next two specialty books would be Storm of Blood and Storm of Skulls.

I for one welcome Storm of Skulls.

[Wolf Patrick]

Hey Wade,
Like Bama said, we're going to play a few games of it this weekend to see how it goes...

Will it be played all that often? -I think it will in the occasional 1-off games and possibly in mega battles. I could see where it could be fun.

The main reason that I didn't pick up the book, is because I felt like it would just sit on the shelf or in storage with my other 40k and Fantasy expansion books that don't get used...

It may just be me, but every time I walk into a game store these days all I can think about are all the games that I own that never seem to get played and the giant stack of 40k and Fantasy boxes of miniatures that need to be painted.

[Mordante]

DogOfWar, on 13 July 2011 - 08:03 AM, said:

Hey, I liked Lustria. It's more or less what I anticipate Storm of Magic to be - An alternate gamestyle just to have fun and Blow Sh!t Up ™ 4th/5th edition style. And really, aren't you the guys that are the most supportive of alternate styles and games being played to just have fun?

I'm not putting Lustria down, I liked it too, and am all for playing whatever is fun.  I'm just asking if people feel it will get played a few times and then disappear...which is really what happened to the Lustria rules.  Lustria was a cheep book to try out.  This one is not.

Wolf Patrick, on 13 July 2011 - 09:51 AM, said:

Hey Wade,
Like Bama said, we're going to play a few games of it this weekend to see how it goes...
Will it be played all that often? -I think it will in the occasional 1-off games and possibly in mega battles. I could see where it could be fun.
The main reason that I didn't pick up the book, is because I felt like it would just sit on the shelf or in storage with my other 40k and Fantasy expansion books that don't get used...
It may just be me, but every time I walk into a game store these days all I can think about are all the games that I own that never seem to get played and the giant stack of 40k and Fantasy boxes of miniatures that need to be painted.

I look forward to hearing about it.  I agree about the megabattles, it could be cool for that.  

And I feel the same about all the games I have that don't get played...(Dark Age, Confrontation, BFG, Epic, etc)

[Wolf Patrick]

Sorry Wade, on Friday night Bama and I ended up playing 40k with a couple of other guys instead and ran out of time before we could try a Storm of Magic game. However, I know that Carlos and Drew played a game of it and I think they enjoyed it.

I have a question for Bob, Cliff and the GE guys: Will the store be running any events in the next month or so to go with the Storm of Magic campaign that GW just started?

[Solrac]

Storm of WEE MAgic was a blast, especially with all the knew figs/terrain to go along with it.

Crazy Spells, Kewl Monsters to use for all armies, some wild scenarios, and perty rule book.

Hey peeps out there, don't listen to the Haters/Trolls, it is fun stuff!!!

[Pyrian]

Wow, only 4 exclamation marks? Even Carlos hates it.  

[Wolf Patrick]

Pyrian, on 19 July 2011 - 10:32 AM, said:

Wow, only 4 exclamation marks? Even Carlos hates it.  

yup, only 4 exclamation marks so you know it sucks... LOL!!!!

[hiredgun99]

Solrac, on 19 July 2011 - 09:30 AM, said:

Storm of WEE MAgic was a blast, especially with all the knew figs/terrain to go along with it.

Crazy Spells, Kewl Monsters to use for all armies, some wild scenarios, and perty rule book.

Hey peeps out there, don't listen to the Haters/Trolls, it is fun stuff!!!

WOW,I guess if Carlos approves,it must be the best thing since Warmachine!!!!!