Real talk as someone brand new to AoS, having the in-depth talk-abouts are really helpful (even if I don't understand half the lingo being said) is really helpful man. Appreciate all the effort.
as i'm watching this, i'm in the process of assembling my first ever set of miniatures (of any type) and since last night, i'd been roadblocked by indecision over what weapons I should assemble the units with. (since i've never played before, but I'm trying to learn, and was worried I might assemble them 'wrong' by choosing the wrong weapons loadout on the models) just hit the point in the video that says the exact weapons the model is holding doesn't matter for 4.0 and just like that, a massive weight was lifted off my chest, glad I hadn't actually made it to that point of construction before watching, cuz now my unit champion gets to have a badass sword!
That’s been my bet since the first terrain article talked about terrain that can “even fight or move” If that doesn’t fit a giant castle on mecha spider legs to move and give troops cover or hold still to open fire then I don’t know what does.
About a year ago I trashed AOS on this channel. It was the video about asking the question is AOS a trash game. I was wrong. A friend of mine pushed me to play different battles again and after a period I started really liking the game. I bought a City of Sigmar box and built myself a Greywater Fastness army. I even won a couple battles. I even like AOS more then Old world now or 8th fantasy battles. So to cut this short. Sorry for my rant, I was wrong. AOS is a great game and I'm looking forward to the 4th etd.
This is by far the best rules deep dive out there. The army overviews are great too! Thanks for being such a pillar of the community and going over it all, not just the shiny bits like everyone else.
This is fantastic Rob.. Your AoS4 content has been nothing short of superb... But for a new player like me, this is just perfect. Thank you for all the work
Thanks for this video. I’m new to AoS. I’m currently building and painting Stormcast Eternals and Orcs & Goblins that I get every month through Hachette. I’m really looking forward to playing my first game and this video gives me the confidence to give it a go.
This has been a great help. I'm just getting into AOS and Warhammer as a whole and this has been really good. I'd love to see a video on the manifestations if there's not one already.
I've played a good number of spearhead games but tomorrow I'm going to play 2000 points of AoS for the first time. Your video was really helpful to fill the gaps while hobbying. Thank you so much! ❤
I feel like in MTG you build the stack and in AoS4 it is pre-constructed and you just examine what lives on each layer and apply reactions when available
On jumping down: The way I read it is that a model can always jump down any distance regardless of movement value but ends it's move entirely after doing so. The sentence "Then, that model can jump down any distance, but doing so immediately ends their move." seems to support this. Models can also climb down using their movement value and subtracting the distance from that value then continue moving afterwards. This seems specifically made for when a model does not have sufficient movement to move down levels, they can still jump.
00:51:40 Could just be my tired brain, but are we certain this doesn't mean that you can pull a "strike-normal" unit into strike-first? It says it does not ignore _strike-first_ or _strike-last._ Moreover, it doesn't say " _for example_ you could not pick a unit with..."
GW wordings usually leave something to be desired, and while this edition seems to have picked up the wording game alot, there are still a few confusing spots to me.
I’m struggling with this as well!! @thehonestwargamerstreams can you help us with your infinite wisdom and supreme knowledge? Thanks for what you’re doing! Love your content! Ciao
Currently have 6 spearheads ready for the crew. THey are not aware, but there will be no excuses to TRY AoS4 out. Very excited, thank you for the content across multiple fronts.
Nice work Rob, I do want to point out that few units still propose different weapons for few models as you can see it in the brute warscroll with the same good old 1 every X models can take X weapon 😊
This video has taught me that playing Age of Sigmar is super simple, barely an inconvenience 😁 Honestly though thank you so much, this has been a great video to help me (as a AoS newbie) to understand the core mechanics. A couple of questions I do have, though: 1. Can a hero be "in" a unit? Not like attached like you used to be able to in the old days of Warhammer Fantasy, but just moved so that they're surrounded by another unit. To try and explain better, let's pretend that the C's are my valiant Cryptguard and the G is the noble Grand Justice Gormayne: C C C C C C C G C C C C C C 2. When you say that it doesn't matter what weapon a model is physically built with, is that the same for command groups? I foolishly built my heroic Morbheg Knights all with lances, thinking that having a banner/musician would mean they also had a weaker attack profile.
I think the point about companion weapons is who uses the ability. They cannot be modified by ability used by a "friendly" "unit". The Seraphon ablility is non used by a unit, but by the player, since it is an alligiance ability (also it is specified).
You’re always my best Morgan Freeman, showing up to clearly and pleasantly explain rules and tactics to me. Keep up, you’re doing the Lord’s work! But, which lord…? 😜😆😆😆😎
Loved the video, a quick tidbit about your ad break for Honest Wargamer faction tokens. I was interested and checked out the shop, but seeing them grey kinda left me unsure as it left the details tough to tell. If you have someone paint up a sample of each of the tokens for your pictures, it might help people on the fence. I know you're already doing tons of work and this is probably low priority, but it might help you move some more of those awesome tokens. Thanks!
Any chance of getting these vids regularly uploaded to the podcasts again? I only have time to listen in the car and miss not being able to keep up to date. Mega selfish of me I know! x
@thehonestwargamerstreams Thank You for compiling all the rules in this video! Our team "Bridge Trolls" are hosting a GT July 13th which ends up being release weekend, luckily, we are located in a community that is primed, ready and hungry to play 4th Ed, and we will be running as 4th edition ruleset. Fortunately, videos like yours are going to really help us prepare for the day and have as much fun learning the game, in a GT setting, as possible. Thank you again and I will be keeping a close eye on your channel as you share more information.
I have a question about Terrain, in particular cover. Say there's a 10" high wall between two units. Two units are an inch or two past the wall and can see each other clearly. However no models besides the two front ones can see models in the other unit. Do they have cover vs each other? The rules say "When a unit is targeted by an attack, the unit is considered to be behind a terrain feature if it is impossible to draw a straight line from a model in the attacking unit to a model in the target unit without the line passing across that terrain feature." On the one hand you can pick two models that can 100% see each other and thus argue the target isn't behind terrain. On the other hand, you could pick one of the models farther along that no models from the attack unit can draw a line to and say it IS behind terrain.
3 years starts now....... For AOS 5. So roving packs to be wholly within? Suspect folks will keep terrain light so they can keep models in range. I would suggest using felt to show the foot print, green for a forest then you can shift the trees around.
1:33:30 does this mean kragnos can take an objective and then in the next turn ride to another objective gain control there abd now control 2 objectives while no models are on the first point? Is this also how 2.0 was played?
Regarding rolling a d3, then sure.. you can roll a d6 with 1-2 = 1, 3-4 = 2 and 5-6 = 3. But the far simpler solution is to roll a d100, divide by 33, round up to the nearest whole number and reroll on a 100. You're welcome folks.
Do we have clarity on how Priests with a power level greater than 1 work? Do they have one pool of ritual points, or separate pools for each prayer? Like, could a Priest (2) chant a prayer they didn't want answered to bank ritual points for their second prayer in the same hero phase?
So if a unit is in combat it skips the shooting phase unless it has the shoot in combat ability. As the shooting ability says that a unit can not shoot if it is in combat.
The alternate universe where GW releases the rules to hype us up rather then trickle out carefully curated snippets that make me bored and confused instead.
Hello Rob, one question! Can i use covering fire after use redeploy with the same unit? Despite of the keywords thats both have (with a unit that cant run and eirher shoot). Same question with counter charge and charge habilities like "Assault boat". Thanks for your time!! BEST wishes from Spain!!
Question: Let's say I have unit A wanting to charge unit B. They are 10" Apart. I roll an 8. Do I still get to move closer? Or do I have to remain stationary?
As you shift from likable UA-camr to professional expert there are some common quirks that aren’t serving you. You’re already likable you don’t need to prove it you can own the expert role. For instance the colloquialisms, the asides, backpedaling, and especially asking for our forgiveness. Those are all cadences. The irony is that they have the opposite affect from what you intend, they alienate leaving us unsure who we’re supposed to trust. I would suggest a speech course but it’s honestly more of a psychological switch, as well as some more emphasis on professionalism. I came here because I genuinely want to learn how to do this complex thing. Emphasize the important points, give them room to land. Use colloquialisms as an exception not a rule, intentionally, to serve your overall rhetoric, not arbitrarily. Also a technical idea, categorize your talking points into overarching concepts and then subcategories, your job as our guide is to make it clear where we’re at, at all points. You have to baby us without it feeling that way because otherwise if I miss one important point then I’m totally lost from then on without frequent contextual reminders. So as you go into a subcategory keep relating it back to the overarching concept from which it stems. It’s just so much information. And I’ve scoured. Even GW, their painting videos are coherent but their gameplay tutorials and other informational guides fall way short. Keep it up!
There will be timestamps but will take time to make but if anyone is watching it and wants make them il give you a cookie
What kind of cookie?
@@Arizona-kj4yp Blood-tithe and raisin.
I've got you an hours worth if you want it, feel free to edit names format etc. I'm not precious.
0:00 Into
1:12 Core Concepts
4:25 Warscrolls: Overview
8:31 Warscrolls: Keywords
12:00 Warscrolls: Weapon Options
12:48 Abilities: Overview
21:30 Abilities: Advanced
28:24 Visibility
29:59 Combat Range
32:17 Battleplans
36:30 Deployment Phase
43:28 Battle Tactics
46:09 The Battle: Overview
47:12 The Battle: Phases Ability Timing
52:18 The Battle: Rule Recap
53:12 Core Abilities
58:00 Movement
@@RyanPST88 You are the best
As a khorne player who watches UA-cam this is perfect cause i cant read
Ditto- can't claim skulls and nerd simultaneously- books got no cutting edge 🪓
At least you can type 😜
Destruction players are so cucked that even their memes get stolen.
blud fore thuh blud gawd, sckuhls fore thuh sckuhl throuwn!
The amount of content out of this man. It's like Auspex Tactics with a charming face. We're spoilt as AOS gamers with you Rob
Awht hats Very kinda of you
I’m an old WFB and 40k player, entering AoS in fourth. I appreciate your work sir! Thank you
Real talk as someone brand new to AoS, having the in-depth talk-abouts are really helpful (even if I don't understand half the lingo being said) is really helpful man. Appreciate all the effort.
I'm so glad!!!
as i'm watching this, i'm in the process of assembling my first ever set of miniatures (of any type) and since last night, i'd been roadblocked by indecision over what weapons I should assemble the units with. (since i've never played before, but I'm trying to learn, and was worried I might assemble them 'wrong' by choosing the wrong weapons loadout on the models)
just hit the point in the video that says the exact weapons the model is holding doesn't matter for 4.0 and just like that, a massive weight was lifted off my chest, glad I hadn't actually made it to that point of construction before watching, cuz now my unit champion gets to have a badass sword!
Cities of Sigmar may not have a city to deploy- but that got me thinking that a Cog Fort would make a fantastic faction terrain for them
That’s been my bet since the first terrain article talked about terrain that can “even fight or move”
If that doesn’t fit a giant castle on mecha spider legs to move and give troops cover or hold still to open fire then I don’t know what does.
Thanks for this, listening while painting my first AoS army.
I'm still at work and I have homework to do when I get home but instead I'll be watching this video. Damn it.
Have fun
About a year ago I trashed AOS on this channel. It was the video about asking the question is AOS a trash game. I was wrong. A friend of mine pushed me to play different battles again and after a period I started really liking the game. I bought a City of Sigmar box and built myself a Greywater Fastness army. I even won a couple battles. I even like AOS more then Old world now or 8th fantasy battles. So to cut this short. Sorry for my rant, I was wrong. AOS is a great game and I'm looking forward to the 4th etd.
Thanks!
this is so nice thankyou
Just started my first warhammer army in AoS so this perfect, thank you Rob.
Gona need to rewatch so many times. Amazing videos. Thank you for what you do.
Glad you enjoy it!
Professor Sigmar taking us all to AoS 4 school. Thank you!!
My pleasure!
Thanks Rob, I have been making notes, so now all I need to do is read my own handwriting.
This is by far the best rules deep dive out there. The army overviews are great too! Thanks for being such a pillar of the community and going over it all, not just the shiny bits like everyone else.
Fantastic coverage of the new edition rob! Welcome back to full health as well
Will definitely be watching this a few times while painting. Thanks Rob
This is fantastic Rob.. Your AoS4 content has been nothing short of superb... But for a new player like me, this is just perfect. Thank you for all the work
I am naturally a cynical and miserable b'stard but you have gotten me quite excited for AOS 4
LOVE THAT
Great run through, Rob. Much appreciated.
Smashed it bud! Well done with the stream too. It was along one but top shelf gold.
Thanks for this video. I’m new to AoS. I’m currently building and painting Stormcast Eternals and Orcs & Goblins that I get every month through Hachette. I’m really looking forward to playing my first game and this video gives me the confidence to give it a go.
Glad I could help!
This has been a great help. I'm just getting into AOS and Warhammer as a whole and this has been really good. I'd love to see a video on the manifestations if there's not one already.
Love it, cheers Rob!
my pleasure
I've played a good number of spearhead games but tomorrow I'm going to play 2000 points of AoS for the first time. Your video was really helpful to fill the gaps while hobbying. Thank you so much! ❤
Where’s the ultramarine faction focus video?
I swear to god...
I feel like in MTG you build the stack and in AoS4 it is pre-constructed and you just examine what lives on each layer and apply reactions when available
pretty much
This is perfect! Thanks Rob!
Thank you! New to AoS, and this video is a huge help.
Rob the Honest Wargamer, greatest gift to our favourite game❤
On jumping down: The way I read it is that a model can always jump down any distance regardless of movement value but ends it's move entirely after doing so. The sentence "Then, that model can jump down any distance, but doing so immediately ends their move." seems to support this. Models can also climb down using their movement value and subtracting the distance from that value then continue moving afterwards. This seems specifically made for when a model does not have sufficient movement to move down levels, they can still jump.
00:51:40
Could just be my tired brain, but are we certain this doesn't mean that you can pull a "strike-normal" unit into strike-first? It says it does not ignore _strike-first_ or _strike-last._ Moreover, it doesn't say " _for example_ you could not pick a unit with..."
GW wordings usually leave something to be desired, and while this edition seems to have picked up the wording game alot, there are still a few confusing spots to me.
I’m struggling with this as well!!
@thehonestwargamerstreams can you help us with your infinite wisdom and supreme knowledge?
Thanks for what you’re doing! Love your content!
Ciao
Look at this guy with all the peak content!
Trying my hardest
Rob with the insider deets
says what?
Rob has his finger on the pulse of AOS
Thank you for this! Starting player here and your video's the laste copple of weeks really helped me to get started :D Keep up the good work!
Great video, as a new player this is perfect!
Glad you think so!
As always smashed it! Thanks will watch this multiple times!
Currently have 6 spearheads ready for the crew. THey are not aware, but there will be no excuses to TRY AoS4 out. Very excited, thank you for the content across multiple fronts.
Amazing! I wish I had such a tutorial when I started playing AoS !
Glad you like it!
Thanks Rob. I really appreciate all the help learning the game.
Amazing work thanks Rob! My brain does way better retaining the information through listening.
This is fantastic. Can’t wait for you to upload the 5th edition walk through.
one year away baby
Rob the GOAT, fantastic video!
Appreciate this so much!!
Cheers for the videos rob, it helps the community massively with these type of videos! Really appreciate it
Great video. I’m new to AOS so it was super helpful! Cheers
Just found you channel. Wow. Great digestible fun info. I cant wait to finally try out AOS with my squigs!
This is great Rob. Enjoy your content 😊
I appreciate that!!
"[Keyword], but we'll talk about that in a bit."
But seriously, great video.
Nice work Rob,
I do want to point out that few units still propose different weapons for few models as you can see it in the brute warscroll with the same good old 1 every X models can take X weapon 😊
This video has taught me that playing Age of Sigmar is super simple, barely an inconvenience 😁
Honestly though thank you so much, this has been a great video to help me (as a AoS newbie) to understand the core mechanics. A couple of questions I do have, though:
1. Can a hero be "in" a unit? Not like attached like you used to be able to in the old days of Warhammer Fantasy, but just moved so that they're surrounded by another unit. To try and explain better, let's pretend that the C's are my valiant Cryptguard and the G is the noble Grand Justice Gormayne:
C C C C C
C C G C C
C C C C
2. When you say that it doesn't matter what weapon a model is physically built with, is that the same for command groups? I foolishly built my heroic Morbheg Knights all with lances, thinking that having a banner/musician would mean they also had a weaker attack profile.
Great video Rob. As a new player this was very helpful. 👍
I think the point about companion weapons is who uses the ability. They cannot be modified by ability used by a "friendly" "unit". The Seraphon ablility is non used by a unit, but by the player, since it is an alligiance ability (also it is specified).
fantastic review Rob
Thank you for making this! Never got around to playing in 3rd so trying to get my Skaven all set for 4th! 🐀
Amazing masterclass! Thanks for the video!
You’re always my best Morgan Freeman, showing up to clearly and pleasantly explain rules and tactics to me. Keep up, you’re doing the Lord’s work! But, which lord…? 😜😆😆😆😎
I appreciate that!
I really look forward to 4th edition, I almost unanimously love all the changes they've made.
Big thanks for this !
LLV! My ride or die
Liked and commented before I watched it. This looks juicy. Thanks Rob.
DS9 reference? GOAT
Loved the video, a quick tidbit about your ad break for Honest Wargamer faction tokens. I was interested and checked out the shop, but seeing them grey kinda left me unsure as it left the details tough to tell. If you have someone paint up a sample of each of the tokens for your pictures, it might help people on the fence. I know you're already doing tons of work and this is probably low priority, but it might help you move some more of those awesome tokens. Thanks!
Any chance of getting these vids regularly uploaded to the podcasts again? I only have time to listen in the car and miss not being able to keep up to date. Mega selfish of me I know! x
Great work, Rob!
Thanks Rob, great video!
@thehonestwargamerstreams Thank You for compiling all the rules in this video! Our team "Bridge Trolls" are hosting a GT July 13th which ends up being release weekend, luckily, we are located in a community that is primed, ready and hungry to play 4th Ed, and we will be running as 4th edition ruleset. Fortunately, videos like yours are going to really help us prepare for the day and have as much fun learning the game, in a GT setting, as possible. Thank you again and I will be keeping a close eye on your channel as you share more information.
Good video. Some chapters would be handy if people want to come back and use it as a reference
Thank you for all this Rob!
Happy too! Thanks for the comment
You're the best. Keep up the great work 😁
Saw this live, doing the Lord's work.
I have a question about Terrain, in particular cover. Say there's a 10" high wall between two units. Two units are an inch or two past the wall and can see each other clearly. However no models besides the two front ones can see models in the other unit. Do they have cover vs each other? The rules say "When a unit is targeted by an attack, the unit is considered to be behind a terrain feature if it is impossible to draw a straight line from a model in the attacking unit to a model in the target unit without the line passing across that terrain feature."
On the one hand you can pick two models that can 100% see each other and thus argue the target isn't behind terrain. On the other hand, you could pick one of the models farther along that no models from the attack unit can draw a line to and say it IS behind terrain.
best AoS content creator. wololo
You the best babe
what a legend, cheers
Thanks Rob 🙌
Really wish you would do one for The Old World on Square Based!!
Coming back to this video studying for my first tournament. Just want to thank you for being a valuable resource
Best of luck!
Awesome. thanks dude!
3 years starts now.......
For AOS 5.
So roving packs to be wholly within?
Suspect folks will keep terrain light so they can keep models in range.
I would suggest using felt to show the foot print, green for a forest then you can shift the trees around.
Mortal damage on retreat was missing for sure
Strapped in let's go!
Going to miss the generals handbook. One of the best things gw made
Great video
Thanks for the visit
1:33:30 does this mean kragnos can take an objective and then in the next turn ride to another objective gain control there abd now control 2 objectives while no models are on the first point?
Is this also how 2.0 was played?
Yes you can and that's how 3 was played
Amazing work!!! Wonderful dedication, Mr. HonestWargamer! Is there any information on Spearhead?
Can you provide a link to the images your referencing (rules, battleplan cards, etc)? I cant find them online
Regarding rolling a d3, then sure.. you can roll a d6 with 1-2 = 1, 3-4 = 2 and 5-6 = 3.
But the far simpler solution is to roll a d100, divide by 33, round up to the nearest whole number and reroll on a 100.
You're welcome folks.
Team slaves to darkness all the way, hopefully they do better this edition, the chaos knights look great!
Do we have clarity on how Priests with a power level greater than 1 work? Do they have one pool of ritual points, or separate pools for each prayer?
Like, could a Priest (2) chant a prayer they didn't want answered to bank ritual points for their second prayer in the same hero phase?
thanks rob !
Rob you utter Champion
So if a unit is in combat it skips the shooting phase unless it has the shoot in combat ability. As the shooting ability says that a unit can not shoot if it is in combat.
The alternate universe where GW releases the rules to hype us up rather then trickle out carefully curated snippets that make me bored and confused instead.
Hello Rob, one question! Can i use covering fire after use redeploy with the same unit? Despite of the keywords thats both have (with a unit that cant run and eirher shoot). Same question with counter charge and charge habilities like "Assault boat". Thanks for your time!! BEST wishes from Spain!!
Question: Let's say I have unit A wanting to charge unit B. They are 10" Apart. I roll an 8. Do I still get to move closer? Or do I have to remain stationary?
As you shift from likable UA-camr to professional expert there are some common quirks that aren’t serving you. You’re already likable you don’t need to prove it you can own the expert role.
For instance the colloquialisms, the asides, backpedaling, and especially asking for our forgiveness. Those are all cadences. The irony is that they have the opposite affect from what you intend, they alienate leaving us unsure who we’re supposed to trust.
I would suggest a speech course but it’s honestly more of a psychological switch, as well as some more emphasis on professionalism. I came here because I genuinely want to learn how to do this complex thing.
Emphasize the important points, give them room to land. Use colloquialisms as an exception not a rule, intentionally, to serve your overall rhetoric, not arbitrarily.
Also a technical idea, categorize your talking points into overarching concepts and then subcategories, your job as our guide is to make it clear where we’re at, at all points. You have to baby us without it feeling that way because otherwise if I miss one important point then I’m totally lost from then on without frequent contextual reminders. So as you go into a subcategory keep relating it back to the overarching concept from which it stems.
It’s just so much information. And I’ve scoured. Even GW, their painting videos are coherent but their gameplay tutorials and other informational guides fall way short.
Keep it up!
Really enjoy your video!
Does the core rule mention Ally? Thanks a lot Rob
Do ranged weapons that shoot in combat still have to target the unit they're in combat with?
Does "Shoot in combat" abilty allow you to "shoot outside combat"?
Can i use all out attack command ability for my covering fire attack ? Thereby negating -1 to hit ?
Hey rob really enjoy the videos! Just wanted to ask have I missed the khorne fraction preview as can’t seem to find it?