Pros and Cons of 8th Edition

As a last remark: The german translation contains so many mistakes that the game is nearly unplayable. My favorite so far is the magic sword that gives your char +1 A and +1 S for _each char_ in base contact. Correct is (I am not 100% certain since I do not own an english version) _each opposing char_.

So that'S why in my head that sword was alot better in the preview

Sorry rocdocta, but that comment deserves a good thump

 

magic: Again, we are pretty unexperienced. So far it is, take Death Magic if you can. In any case, use essentially all your dice to cast spell 6. Maybe there is some more depth in magic ... or maybe not.

Lore of Life.

Throne of Vines.

Guhhhhhhhh.

@Speedkills- the item you're refering to does +1A and +1S for each enemy character in b2b with him or his unit

Thx.

Without 'enemy' this item is ridiculous. We have had a vampire at S10 since the player managed to get chars in the second row behind his general (which is perfectly legal according to the mis-translated rules).

I like the combination of the total actually:
you can have big blocks, but a purple sun or dwellers below can narrow that down quite fast.
And being charge by a terror causer can still make you run.

It's about battles and armies now: no more MSU because every fully destroyed unit is points and not half.

The cheating with guessing range is over.
I like the new charge rules, you have to assess the risks more then eyeballing the charge (basically it shifts the chance factor from guessing to dice)

Combat and shooting is now more important then the magic fase.

No more one die spamming.

Now this is to be honest before I've played my first game, so most of it is from the book and what I've heard, but I like it.
My list that I'm going to use in the future had 5 blocks of at least 20 elves in 2500 and it might even work too.

VC can still 1-dice spam rather well, it not quite at the levels they did before - as I found out to my cost over the weekend.

pros: everything is awesome
cons: I can't play 4 times a day every day - grrrrr real life mumble, mutter

VC can still 1-dice spam rather well, it not quite at the levels they did before - as I found out to my cost over the weekend.

And getting 1 out of 3 chance to stop his magic phase with one mage?? No, 1- dice spamming is gone.
Remember, if you miss a casting with a total unmodified value of 1 or 2, the mage is done for the phase.

pros: everything is awesome
cons: I can't play 4 times a day every day - grrrrr real life mumble, mutter

Right you are!!!