New GHB

[sean]

I posted a pdf of the leaks up in the discord. But generally it looks like the generic Battle Tactics and grand strategies got a bit harder.

www.goonhammer.com/generals-handbook-2023-2024-the-goonhammer-review/


The primal magic dice, are an interesting mechanic, where you can add another casting dice, so 3D6, but miscasts are real bad. (I just realized that Morathi casting Mindrazor on 3D6 is going to be awesome....) But you can also use them to dispel, taking your average dispel roll to 10.5, which will shut down a lot of the auto cast on a high number abilities.


Battalions for non-wizard, wizard hunters, and wizards.  

[distractedcarnifex]

Looks like I picked the right season to go Khorne.

I do not have the book, but based on some reviews (AoS Coach is always good) there do not seem to be any Bounty-Hunter level problems. The Battle Tactics will shake things up. I know which Grand Strategy I am taking.

Love that the book will have a one-year life! I think we could get behind this.

[Yatesie]

Got to play a game on Sunday with the new GHB. The overall game played well, battle tactics were noticeably harder which is a good thing IMO. Primal magic was fun and adds an interesting aspect to casts and unbinds.

It'll be nice to play the same set of rules for an entire year...it felt like before you finally figured out how to play the current season and a new season would begin. Should add some stability to AOS!

[wargamer]

was there a points change to go along with it? I am liking what I see so far.

[medhelm]

Jul 4, 2023 13:06:17 GMT -5 wargamer said:

was there a points change to go along with it? I am liking what I see so far.

Rules & Points updates:

www.warhammer-community.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/07/BCxlvN2KmjF04AG6.pdf

- Stand out change for me is to Look Out Sir! No more shooting army meta. GOOD!

[Hi I'm Derek]

Every time I think I'm out they reel me back in...

Pretty sure there's already multiple threads on here dating back years with me complaining about look out sir and 6 model units having bad coherency XD

Excellent changes, and reasonably aggressive points updates as well. Plus one year with probably the best battlepack so far. Nothin but wins for sigmar this cycle.

[ItsBird]

I know that all the mortal hedonites stuff deserves to go up and it's nice to see some love for the daemons but they increased the points of everything in the vanguard and recent army box. Which is to say my entire collection 😭

[Typhus]

Really excellent update overall. The new missions look like a lot of fun, too.

I was just saying to Derek the other day that "can't contest objectives if you retreat, count as one additional model if you charge" is so good it should be a core rule.

[StepwisePilot]

I like the change to unit coherency. It'll allow elite units that come with 3 models to reinforce once without penalty, and things that have a unit of of 6 to begin with (such as Ogor Gluttons) to feel less restricted.


I do have a question for clarification though. I know it's not new to this GHB, but the rally change of bringing no more than 10 wounds back. Lets say I rally my Ogors. They have 4 wounds each. Do I need four successes to bring back one model, or would two successes be enough to bring back two models? (I can't bring back more than two at a time anyway)

[Typhus]

www.goonhammer.com/age-of-sigmar-battlescroll-2023-july-faq/

FAQ to the update - more nerfs! More buffs! Some errata, to boot.

[StepwisePilot]

So, I was able to get my hands on the new GNB, and have a question: What happened to the generic, non realm specific battle tactics and grand strategies? I can find the new ones specific to this season just fine, but can't find the generic ones anymore. Have they been removed from the game?

[Hi I'm Derek]

There are no generic ones in 3.0! That's actually a deliberate feature of the battlepack system. The core rulebook included a basic battlepack complete with its own but that was quickly displaced by the first GHB season which replaced the grand strategy and tactics list. Some of them are shared between battlepacks, but you *must* use the ones in the battlepack you can't pick and choose from the core rulebook and the season GHB.

In short, you can't use the core rulebook ones, you have to use the new season lists.

[StepwisePilot]

Huh. Good to know. Thanks.

[Typhus]

You'd be at a distinct advantage using the ones from the core rulebook, as each Generals' Handbook has made Battle Tactics and Grand Strategies increasingly difficult.