A big thank you to our friends at the Age of Sigmar team providing me with the new EXTREMIS starter set for Age of Sigmar. Find out more about Age of Sigmar here: AOS site: bit.ly/GBOG_AoS Extremis page: bit.ly/GBOG_AoS_YT
@@Prophetofthe8thLegion ... which they didn't. They had their asses kicked so hard that (as far as I know) there flat out where no more major human-controlled countries until Sigmar catched all of Chaos off-guard with the Stormcasts and had the CoS hold and defend the Realm Gates.
Also what do you guys think about me covering more AOS lore in the future? Detailed faction / character stuff? Let me know what you think and it could be possible :D
There may be people covering AOS but not really any I enjoy so I appreciate you covering it during the news downtime. I love the lore behind the games.
@@TheGreatBookofGrudges I honestly don't watch most of the videos. I listen to them like a podcast while I drive to and from work. I would love learning more about the factions, characters, specific battles, etc.
I do love how all these figures from Warhammer Fantasy have returned changed and combined by the wild magics that broke reality. Then there is Lord Croak who once again just chose not to die or be changed and reality just agreed with him. And this just keeps happening, Nagash has to set up and enact an eon long plot involving massive black pyramids to reshape magic to his will just to come back from the dead but Croak just keeps casually deciding he's not dead yet and it just keeps working
@@BirgerJarl-it5lz Maybe you're right idk in my case being a fan of 40k got me into the total war Warhammer games and I needed more of that so I got into AoS shame they have like 0 good PC games ngl
@@BirgerJarl-it5lz Yeah..AoS is..boring..and way too overly-complicated for no reason, with so much plotholes and unexplained stuff. U sum it pretty well - its a boring warhammer/marvel crossover. Age of Smegma is a good one - gave me a chuckle. Cheers
@@Rosarosa106 He can’t. We’re using it for ore in Azyr so we can better combat the forces of chaos, rather than letting the rot fester for centuries while petty emperors indulge their little vices. #StormcastChad
If the End Times didn't end the way it did people would have been more open to AoS. But, AoS will always have that shadow following it around and some people will always hate it because of it. Stormcast Eternals got some real nice models though, their Prosecutors are peak fantasy aesthetic.
@@saibgassanov3378 rule was a literal single page sheet, lot of old armies got silly rules, like "If you have a beard you win" lore was very handwavey and not well explained and the maps we were given were an eyesore. Thankfully by second edition, they finally got their act together and made ben improvingly steadily and slowly.
I personally don't like Age of Sigmar but I'll enjoy hearing you talk about the lore (some of the lore is pretty good) . The only faction I like are the Steampunk air dwarves so it would be great to hear lore about them.
The Kharadron Overlords are awesome. Their way of fighting, their society, their history are all fascinating to read about. Their lore is also some of the most dynamic, since their society is constantly forced to adapt to the radical shifts of power in the AoS storylines.
On the models being kick ass in some cases i 100% agree. Deep kin. I mean elves on flying sharks. Would only be cooler with fricken lazers on their heads
Really happy to see you covering AoS. It's evolved a lot in the last 6 years and is so much better than when it first started. I only wish more people could see that.
The Thunderstrike is far from primaries marines. If followed the lore instead of just glancing at it and passing around the same joke, you'd know that it's just newer and stronger armor designed to break through a new type of threat to them. I don't want to spoil anything beyond that so read Broken Realms Bel'akor. The marines wearing thunderstrike armor are very much a minority among stormcasf @@Carmoth86730
How is it better? Everything I have heard in this video is just as bad as it was at the start. Like do we have in any way a finite world with people and cultures behind the factions who actually do things and believe in things? Everything I am seeing here just feels like more of the shallow, childish and uninspired drivel that tries to substitute grand scale and "epicness" for any real substance. Both 40k and AoS do this which is why I like neither property. A problem WFB did not have.
@@sassyviking6003 In parts i agree with you, though i think that AoS do the 40K formula 10 times better than 40K while having great looking miniatures! Though i'm more of a fantasy fan all and all.
This will be great to see more of. My friends and I are getting more into Warhammer mainly games, but for minis our first will be most likely AoS, so other channels I like getting more into it means even more content. Also @4:50 anyone know who did that art and where I can find it?
I kinda like it, but it´s still 'too nascent' it seems, a thing I liked in old warhammer fantasy was that, at the same time, there was a mistery to it, and a well designed world, in this, it seems to have a somewhat more 'ethereal' set of worlds to it, with several realms and so forth, but still, it is interesting.
@@theengine 5 months old but yeah this is exactly it. It feels very abstract and an excuse to make armies fight each other rather than a cool world first and foremost.
Love to see more AOS stuff, it is not the same game that launched. Thanks for this! You narrated it really well too. Thanks for effort involved and try to not go insane while isolating!
AoS is great in my opinion. It is an young setting, where still plentiful amount of new lore can be forged and new characters and factions established.
Yea, I don't want to be one of those guys, but I am. For real, hearing this just makes me feel more and more justified in my hate of AoS. It sounds like it was written by a 12 year old.
getting into warhammer lore after falling in love with total war WH2 and my brain is exploding tryin to catch up on 30 years of fantasy lore and now AOS wow just wow...
Keep in mind tho total war warhammer is old world fantasy which entirely different from warhammer age of sigmar. Me personally I'm a warhammer 40k fanboy but recently getting curious about age of sigmar since, old world warhammer is discontinued, only total war warhammer 3 is sorta "keeping it alive" but eventually it's gonna end there and age of sigmar is gonna be a the new series.
Thats the problem. Age of Smegma is for people who like WH40K and Marvel, instead of the old fans of Warhammer fantasy. Real Warhammer fantasy fans hate AOS like the plauge. Pretend AOS never happened
Do you think depending on how they implement the realms of chaos in game 3, do you think after lets say 5-7 years of updates/dlc to game 3 we will see total war Age of Sigmar? And since we dont know how we will get there will the north of the map curve to make us go to one big portal that leads to the chaos realms or will there be multiple so all the races dont have to fight over one choke point. There is also how ill it look for chaos in there realm will it be in the center of the realm with the 4 chaos gods on every side of it or will there be portals spread around? Im very interested and depending on how they do the portal system, since if we get Total war Age of Sigmar im curious how they will do it will we get maps of each realm over 3ish games? im very c curious and would love a speculation video on you and other youtuber opinions. I dont know a lot of AoS lore so I would love more videos from that in content droughts of warhammer news and since august we wont have any news that and mod spotlights would be great!
I dunno.. Age of Sigmar is too “High Fantasy” for me. Too… mythological. I prefer the Old World because it had its root to somewhat realistic foundations atleast.
Well, maybe it's not realistic, but it's still very dark. It's about pure Order vs Chaos, Civilization vs Savagery. You can play many grim, dark scenarios.
Thank you for being brave enough to dip your toes into AoS. I know you're going to get a lot of hate for acknowledging that things have moved on but hopefully, as a respected member of the whfb community, you can help people get past the knee jerk "new = bad" reaction to it.
I litterly joined Warhammer during aos and I gotta say some of this stuff is just bad plus it's niegh impossible to get lore on alot of characters unlike 40k & fantasy where it was easy to look up and find
Damn summing up all of AOS in 30 minutes really doesn't do the game its credit, but still, this was impressive! I'd love to see you deep dive and give some of these stories, factions and whatnot the time and breathing room they deserve.
Right now the majority of their tech is on the same level as it was in the Old World, however they have been known to reverse engineer technology that they come across and there's even a story where they repurprose and refit an entire Kharadron Overlord Fleet
Other than the fliyng ships they also have submarines and ,even thought i don't know if is considered technology, they can build cities between the planes of existance
Thank you for this video. I'm playing AOS since v3 but I didn't know enough about the lore. I prefer 40k's lore still but know it's a bit more immersive
The lore in this setting just doesn't do it for me at all... I really wish I could enjoy this - WHFB has been a part of my life for ages and to see it abandoned for the sake of supporting this instead felt insulting as hell. Also, End Times... Ugh. As a consequence, I don't think I ever really gave AoS a real chance, but even now that the game itself has reached a state where it's actually enjoyable rather than gimmicky and oversimplified (seriously, that launch was a disaster), I still can't seem to get into it. Hopefully one day they'll find an angle for the setting that clicks with me...
Last time we saw him he was trying to free Slaanesh, but he had to come back to his tower when it came under attack by Katakros, the leader of the Ossiarch Bonereapers. Although he managed to push back the undeads, Katakros managed to not only retake the realm gate connecting the Varanspire and Shyish but he also built a great forteress there, a feat no other faction had achieved so far.
That was much needed! :) cannot be ignorant about AOS.. It's still our lovely warhammer after all. I am surprised about not much talk about archeon there tho, would love to hear more about that:)
I know this comment is old but here's some fun trivia: Before Chaos had invaded the Mortal Realms Archaon actually was the Vanguard for Chaos invading many planets similar to the world that was before finding the realms. After claiming The All Points (a sort of gateway between all realms with huge gateways that can move entire armies through) he literally set up a trophy collection of the planets he's destroyed just hanging in orbit of the now called Eight Points for all to be reminded who the Harbinger of the apocalypse really is. Like some of the most cartoonishly metal stuff and I absolutely love it.
I really love 40k and Fantasy Lore and i just couldn’t get into AOS. The End times is a really good setting but i just don’t like how it ended up and now all my favorite characters and factions are gone.
Funny enough not really! So the Orcs actually follow the look of some old Orcs from like the 90s! So what we have now is an old subculture brought back :)
That's only a specific breed of Orruk that mainly gather within the Kruleboyz Warclans, also known as Morruks since majority of them idolize Mork and are more devious almost grot like but with a brawny temper, while their brawny counterparts that look more warhammer traditional and are goofy as hell, they have metal eating war Boars that shit out somewhat soft metal that the Ironjawz literally punch into vaguely armour shaped pieces before it goes hard just to show just how 'ard they are. These Orruks worship Gork. And Bonesplitterz idolize Gorkamorka in his entirety.
Y’all are misinformed if you think AOS is any less of a setting than WHFB and 40k. The literal same writers you know and love have been putting out amazing novels on the setting. The setting itself is very epic and deep, broken realms is a masterpiece of storytelling. Also the Soulbound RPG has expanded greatly on Age of Sigmar. I have read many 40k, HH and WHFB novels. I can honestly tell you that AOS is just as good if not more grand and awe inspiring
If 40k Total war is impossible, how about an Age of Sigmar total war? Before anyone blasts me, hear me out. Unlike the writers at GW, we have AOS:TW with BETTER narrative and great storylines for the factions that GW isn't doing a goodjob with. And since ALOT of fans want to see End Times content in TW:W, (Stormfiends are HEAVILY requested to be in the game) I see nothing wrong with a game revolving around AOS. Plus, AOS is can still use the close-quarters medieval-styled strategy seeing that it is a sequel (Reboot) to WFB. Plus it will give more time and content for GW's upcoming Old World when it does releases. AOS can be focused, giving more time for GW to work on Old World. Thoughts on this?
Any human or elf faction that has units on the tabletop that are primarily firearm wielding infantry. I've seen in some Warhammer total war videos that some exist in that game. I have nothing against a fantasy setting but I do like guns lol. I'm talking about basic infantry or elite infantry units whose primary weapons are like rifles or muskets or something like that. Anything?
Cities of sigmar use mobile fortifications and rifles. Often teaming up with dwarf engineer crews managing artillery. Check out freeguild fusiliers as a starting point
I'm new here and a bit intimidated to invest in AoS. All efforts went to 40k since the release of the original DoW, but something pulls me here a bit. Is AoS lore as Grimdark as 40k? are the stories and characters ridiculously and stupidly fun like 40k or is it serious? Had to comment first before watching, So I get an opinion from commenters.
Meanwhile the Lizar- I mean Seraphon have only gotten 1 new model since AoS started with the core units (Saurus, Skinks, Kroxigors) being the same models since 2003 (the very first time I saw them back in 6th edition. I'm also not a fan of all the named Characters for them being only Slann, especially with GW continuing to sell their models as generic: "Oldblood on Carnosaur, Sunblood, Starseer". If you're going to use their models, at least give them their names GW.
@@romanvexillum1991honestly I think it would be better off as it’s own thing or for GW to retcon things to where the end times caused two parallel worlds. One where chaos won that resulted in AoS and the otheb where chaos got it’s ass through kicked
Wait, I thought Sigmar just wandered off when he was around really old. Where was Sigmar during the time of the Old World? Was he just wandering around when the Old World until it got destroyed? Was he cast into the void after that? I'm missing something here.
I quit when they blew up Warhammer Fantasy so I never learned about any of the lore of AoS...I have to say, I'm glad I didn't bother. What a ridiculous half baked mess that comes across like an indi dev tryhard video game arpg plot. P.S. Nothing against you bud but the Old World was far superior as a fantasy setting to the crap messy lore of AoS.
I'll be completely honest, while I do think GW have improved massively since the (Business 101 crash-course in how-not-to-) launch, I still maintain that the setting of AoS has yet to reach the level of accessibility that WHFB had. I dunno, I just feel it was/is just easier to get a grasp on how the Warhammer world works.
@@TheGreatBookofGrudges It's gotten A LOT better, but... I'll still pick the Karaz Ankor over the Fyreslayers/Kharadron Overlords/Dispossessed. Although, if GW were to release some dedicated melee boarding units and a Khrundhal-battleship...
Thanks for the video, I'm new to AOS and have recently gotten into it through soulbound RPG, after playing WFRP for years and I have a question about physicality of people and other races living in particular realms. in wfrp being exposed to winds of magic for a lot of time brought traits kinda similar to mutations, e.g. druids could grow leaves from hair and wood elves sometimes were depicted with horns. is it the dame in AOS? do people from ghyran grow leaves or have a bit greenish tint to their skin? Could duardin living in ghur grow tusks? I'd appreciate an answer from someone who understands AOS better a lot, thanks in advance
Significantly delayed response but here it goes: Yesn't. The Realms influence the people born in them by the aspects of the dominant Wind of Magic present there. Such as in Aqshy (Fire), people are more aggressive, short-tempered, industrious and passionate. However, usually beyond these traits, which manifest on a spectrum of intensity, it doesn't go much further. Human Wizards however, since they're directly channeling the Winds of the Realms still, do suffer the same "mutations" you mentioned before, arguably MORE SO now as there's a lot more ambient Magic available than was in the Old World. At the "Realm's Edge", where the Winds grow intense to the point that they're all-encompassing of reality, however, even normal Humans, Elves, Dwarfs and even Gods start suffering effects from that given Wind, unless they're already associated with it, like Alarielle to Ghyran (Life).
Cool video man, but try as I might, I can't get into this setting as much as 40k or Fantasy. It's like Greek mythology. It kinda makes sense, but in a super abstract and cerebral way. Hopefully future lore videos help flesh it out and give it some meat. And I hear the tabletop is fun at least 🤙 Edit: Can Stormcast Eternals die? And if not, what are the stakes for the forces of order? Not trying to be shitty, genuine question. Is it just like, don't let x village burn, or is there some bigger threat that wasn't covered in this video?
A big thank you to our friends at the Age of Sigmar team providing me with the new EXTREMIS starter set for Age of Sigmar.
Find out more about Age of Sigmar here:
AOS site: bit.ly/GBOG_AoS
Extremis page: bit.ly/GBOG_AoS_YT
I am just happy to know that slannesh is back
Hey can you do lore story in Warhammer fantasy of grand Cathay in the Far East??
Which legendaty lords survived the end times and were brought back in AoS? I would watch that video
I have to say AoS is looking good with 2nd edition. I think give about 3rd or 4th edition then AoS will be like a proper Warhammer tabletop 👍
@@Prophetofthe8thLegion ... which they didn't. They had their asses kicked so hard that (as far as I know) there flat out where no more major human-controlled countries until Sigmar catched all of Chaos off-guard with the Stormcasts and had the CoS hold and defend the Realm Gates.
Also what do you guys think about me covering more AOS lore in the future? Detailed faction / character stuff? Let me know what you think and it could be possible :D
I'd appreciate it, completely new to AOS so a bit of lore wouldn't hurt!
@@TheGreatBookofGrudges Looking forward to it!
There may be people covering AOS but not really any I enjoy so I appreciate you covering it during the news downtime. I love the lore behind the games.
@@joshuasouthern5517 That could be super fun!
@@TheGreatBookofGrudges I honestly don't watch most of the videos. I listen to them like a podcast while I drive to and from work. I would love learning more about the factions, characters, specific battles, etc.
I do love how all these figures from Warhammer Fantasy have returned changed and combined by the wild magics that broke reality. Then there is Lord Croak who once again just chose not to die or be changed and reality just agreed with him. And this just keeps happening, Nagash has to set up and enact an eon long plot involving massive black pyramids to reshape magic to his will just to come back from the dead but Croak just keeps casually deciding he's not dead yet and it just keeps working
Chad croak vs the vurgin nagash
Nagash exists thinking that all souls belong to him… but they’re just on loan while people are alive. Kroak not dying us basically tax evasion
2+ Tough: Finally, a worthy opponent, out battle will be legendary!
He's a great creator much better than me!
@@TheGreatBookofGrudges Ya’ll just have different niches.
haha! that's hilarious! XD thank you for the shoutout, and for @thegreatbookofgrudges being so modest. This is a great channel!
Could be the start of a fifth grand alliance 😁
@@TheGreatBookofGrudges you actually put effort into your videos.
It's ridiculously funny that no one explains how Archaon came to be, and he just joins a server mid-day while everyone is minding their own business.
Nah this was just the book I was supplied with :) covering more soon though!
I think it’s explained as the Gods of Chaos essentially brought him into the warp to be their Warmaster(IRONY)
Who wouldnt jump at the chance to be a 2 time universe destroyer.
@@TheCorrodedMan "We need someone more competent the Failbadon. Say how good are you with a Bolter?"
Im finally getting into the AoS lore after being a huge 40k fanboy for almost 3 years, amazing video m8
Same, Seraphon are cool
@@vyst8132 Man, same. Looking up AOS lore because Aztec Lizardmen and Dinosaurs really spoke my name.
Thats the problem. Age of Smegma is for people who like WH40K and Marvel, instead of the old fans of Warhammer fantasy
@@BirgerJarl-it5lz Maybe you're right idk in my case being a fan of 40k got me into the total war Warhammer games and I needed more of that so I got into AoS shame they have like 0 good PC games ngl
@@BirgerJarl-it5lz Yeah..AoS is..boring..and way too overly-complicated for no reason, with so much plotholes and unexplained stuff. U sum it pretty well - its a boring warhammer/marvel crossover. Age of Smegma is a good one - gave me a chuckle. Cheers
I love how mythical this is. You really get a sense of what is at stake: the very fate, not just of a world, but of the very _universe_ itself
Too epic 😮
Its actually kinda lame.
@@josephaulisio9281 can u pls join the other incels in the oldworld 😆
@@Rosarosa106 He can’t. We’re using it for ore in Azyr so we can better combat the forces of chaos, rather than letting the rot fester for centuries while petty emperors indulge their little vices.
#StormcastChad
@@josephaulisio9281 its lame, yet youre here commenting
Glad to see you cover AoS lore, despite the rocky start, The Mortal Realms are a pretty cool setting, I just hate how we got it.
As a wargammer fantasy fan for years, the rocky start is what gave me some spite towards AOS. But i want to give it a fair chance
If the End Times didn't end the way it did people would have been more open to AoS. But, AoS will always have that shadow following it around and some people will always hate it because of it. Stormcast Eternals got some real nice models though, their Prosecutors are peak fantasy aesthetic.
@Robert Steiner Yeah, without that shadow it would prolly be way more popular. GW really shot it in the foot unnecessarily.
Can you elaborate on the rocky start please? I don't have enough context unfortunately
@@saibgassanov3378 rule was a literal single page sheet, lot of old armies got silly rules, like "If you have a beard you win" lore was very handwavey and not well explained and the maps we were given were an eyesore. Thankfully by second edition, they finally got their act together and made ben improvingly steadily and slowly.
I personally don't like Age of Sigmar but I'll enjoy hearing you talk about the lore (some of the lore is pretty good) . The only faction I like are the Steampunk air dwarves so it would be great to hear lore about them.
@@TheGreatBookofGrudges Some of the art is really amazing so I can appreciate things like that within something I'm not really fond of.
The Kharadron Overlords are awesome. Their way of fighting, their society, their history are all fascinating to read about. Their lore is also some of the most dynamic, since their society is constantly forced to adapt to the radical shifts of power in the AoS storylines.
I agree to not likeing AOS. In stead of working on WFB and making it work they canned the lot. No one really wanted AOS.
On the models being kick ass in some cases i 100% agree. Deep kin. I mean elves on flying sharks. Would only be cooler with fricken lazers on their heads
I can only imagine Sigmar be like "oh shite....here we go again" when chaos entered this new universe too
Really happy to see you covering AoS. It's evolved a lot in the last 6 years and is so much better than when it first started. I only wish more people could see that.
Well hopefully this new series can do just that :D
The Thunderstrike is far from primaries marines. If followed the lore instead of just glancing at it and passing around the same joke, you'd know that it's just newer and stronger armor designed to break through a new type of threat to them. I don't want to spoil anything beyond that so read Broken Realms Bel'akor. The marines wearing thunderstrike armor are very much a minority among stormcasf @@Carmoth86730
How is it better? Everything I have heard in this video is just as bad as it was at the start. Like do we have in any way a finite world with people and cultures behind the factions who actually do things and believe in things? Everything I am seeing here just feels like more of the shallow, childish and uninspired drivel that tries to substitute grand scale and "epicness" for any real substance. Both 40k and AoS do this which is why I like neither property. A problem WFB did not have.
@@sassyviking6003 In parts i agree with you, though i think that AoS do the 40K formula 10 times better than 40K while having great looking miniatures! Though i'm more of a fantasy fan all and all.
I think after 3rd or 4th edition then Age of Sigmar will be popular alongside the Old War and 40k. 👍
This will be great to see more of. My friends and I are getting more into Warhammer mainly games, but for minis our first will be most likely AoS, so other channels I like getting more into it means even more content. Also @4:50 anyone know who did that art and where I can find it?
I kinda like it, but it´s still 'too nascent' it seems, a thing I liked in old warhammer fantasy was that, at the same time, there was a mistery to it, and a well designed world, in this, it seems to have a somewhat more 'ethereal' set of worlds to it, with several realms and so forth, but still, it is interesting.
It's really abstract. Like, I have a good handle on how someone in Reiksland lived. I'm not even sure if there are towns in AoS
@@theengine 5 months old but yeah this is exactly it.
It feels very abstract and an excuse to make armies fight each other rather than a cool world first and foremost.
So basically this is a primer episode for AOS...
I like it
Congrats Dude. Hope this means more AOS lore to come. Really wanted to know about all factions.
Recently got into warhammer and I think I’ve fallen in love with AoS
Warhammer > AOS
@@lucianaurelius2418 Warhammer = Age of Sigmar.
Did you mean Fantasy Battle > Age of Sigmar?
Then drop AOS. Real Warhammer fantasy fans hate AOS like the plauge. Just dig deep into Warhammer fantasy instead and pretend AOS never happened
@@BirgerJarl-it5lz We still doing this whiny "real warhammer fans" gatekeeping? Just get over it. Warhammer: The old World also exists, btw.
Cry that warhammer fantasy is dead
Love to see more AOS stuff, it is not the same game that launched. Thanks for this! You narrated it really well too. Thanks for effort involved and try to not go insane while isolating!
Edited for grammar and forgot to add like half the paragraph.
YES! Im so stoked yall are doing AOS content
I love the aesthetics of AOS. Love the content.
You mean the World of Warcraft aesthetics? Its garbage and not even comparable with Warhammer fantasy wich was gritty and dark as heck
AoS is great in my opinion. It is an young setting, where still plentiful amount of new lore can be forged and new characters and factions established.
Yea, I don't want to be one of those guys, but I am. For real, hearing this just makes me feel more and more justified in my hate of AoS. It sounds like it was written by a 12 year old.
@@sassyviking6003 Is still better than 40K though.
@@1YCARADOFACAO ya that isn’t hard though
@@1YCARADOFACAO Yes.
@@sassyviking6003 And 40k doesn’t?
Awesome, watching this after getting the AoS Warrior Starter Set.
getting into warhammer lore after falling in love with total war WH2 and my brain is exploding tryin to catch up on 30 years of fantasy lore and now AOS wow just wow...
Keep in mind tho total war warhammer is old world fantasy which entirely different from warhammer age of sigmar. Me personally I'm a warhammer 40k fanboy but recently getting curious about age of sigmar since, old world warhammer is discontinued, only total war warhammer 3 is sorta "keeping it alive" but eventually it's gonna end there and age of sigmar is gonna be a the new series.
Thats the problem. Age of Smegma is for people who like WH40K and Marvel, instead of the old fans of Warhammer fantasy. Real Warhammer fantasy fans hate AOS like the plauge. Pretend AOS never happened
If you want a dream team to fight chaos you gotta get Gorkamorka on the team
Do you think depending on how they implement the realms of chaos in game 3, do you think after lets say 5-7 years of updates/dlc to game 3 we will see total war Age of Sigmar? And since we dont know how we will get there will the north of the map curve to make us go to one big portal that leads to the chaos realms or will there be multiple so all the races dont have to fight over one choke point. There is also how ill it look for chaos in there realm will it be in the center of the realm with the 4 chaos gods on every side of it or will there be portals spread around? Im very interested and depending on how they do the portal system, since if we get Total war Age of Sigmar im curious how they will do it will we get maps of each realm over 3ish games? im very c curious and would love a speculation video on you and other youtuber opinions. I dont know a lot of AoS lore so I would love more videos from that in content droughts of warhammer news and since august we wont have any news that and mod spotlights would be great!
I don't think there will be a Total War AoS. I think this type of world would work better in a Dawn of War style game
@@HeleentheArcane That has to be the most tired and cliché talking point people say about AoS. In truth it would work great in a TW game.
Thanks for the vid! Been considering to get seraphon and to fight for the great plan and greater good!
Love aos slowly painting an army so I’m all for it!
I really like AoS myself. The subfactions are super interesting. Like the Death's Ossiarch Bonereapers or Destruction's Boneslitterz.
its weird hybrid of 40k and fantasy. Chaos warriors were coolest model in any warhammer game and now there is wannabe space marines everywhere.
someone on Forbes described AoS as "HOPEPUNK"
AOS may be more incredible than I initially thought….
Thanks Nathen.
I have been searching for this kind of video for a few years now.
👍
Those kind of videos Nathan are so great. I'm eager to see more of them in the future.
AoS Heresy ? You going the Book for sure. Kiddin aside I like most Lore books and AoS Lore has improved with Broken Realms
I like it, i find the setting really cool. Its somewhat what i imagine the old ones from WH fantasy were doing before the polar gates collapsed.
Thank you for the video, I've been itching to get lore'd up on Age of Sigmar and the latest developments of the setting! :D
I dunno.. Age of Sigmar is too “High Fantasy” for me. Too… mythological. I prefer the Old World because it had its root to somewhat realistic foundations atleast.
@@TheGreatBookofGrudges indeed :)
And that is literally why I like it.
Same
Well, maybe it's not realistic, but it's still very dark. It's about pure Order vs Chaos, Civilization vs Savagery. You can play many grim, dark scenarios.
@@MossyMenhir the world itself was.mkre realistic. The settings also.
The lore for this game rocks. Talk about a glow up from its shaky early days.
Thank you for being brave enough to dip your toes into AoS. I know you're going to get a lot of hate for acknowledging that things have moved on but hopefully, as a respected member of the whfb community, you can help people get past the knee jerk "new = bad" reaction to it.
Aos is old .. the old world is the new lore...
Get past your knee jerk reaction to it
I litterly joined Warhammer during aos and I gotta say some of this stuff is just bad plus it's niegh impossible to get lore on alot of characters unlike 40k & fantasy where it was easy to look up and find
Can we get an update? Thanks for all you do!
What a farcry from the interesting world of Mallus
Damn summing up all of AOS in 30 minutes really doesn't do the game its credit, but still, this was impressive! I'd love to see you deep dive and give some of these stories, factions and whatnot the time and breathing room they deserve.
How much tech do the skaven have in the lore currently? It can't be too much right?
Right now the majority of their tech is on the same level as it was in the Old World, however they have been known to reverse engineer technology that they come across and there's even a story where they repurprose and refit an entire Kharadron Overlord Fleet
Other than the fliyng ships they also have submarines and ,even thought i don't know if is considered technology, they can build cities between the planes of existance
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Thank you for this video. I'm playing AOS since v3 but I didn't know enough about the lore.
I prefer 40k's lore still but know it's a bit more immersive
This epic I would love to see more videos in the future on AoS
Great video dude, :)
I am here to preach the word of snek even in AoS!
Then you’ll probably like the Daughters of Khaine, Medusa and Lamias for days.
@@InquisitorThomas I only intend to preach for the proper snek, not those half snek hybrids
@@middykins7963 Seraphon then? Unless you want a new Snakemen of Kuresh faction, which is... not very likely.
It's like final fantasy 14 with the addition of the chaos factions from 40K
The lore in this setting just doesn't do it for me at all... I really wish I could enjoy this - WHFB has been a part of my life for ages and to see it abandoned for the sake of supporting this instead felt insulting as hell. Also, End Times... Ugh.
As a consequence, I don't think I ever really gave AoS a real chance, but even now that the game itself has reached a state where it's actually enjoyable rather than gimmicky and oversimplified (seriously, that launch was a disaster), I still can't seem to get into it.
Hopefully one day they'll find an angle for the setting that clicks with me...
I hope they make an AOS total war game. What's Archaon up to? Is he just chilling in his tower?
Last time we saw him he was trying to free Slaanesh, but he had to come back to his tower when it came under attack by Katakros, the leader of the Ossiarch Bonereapers. Although he managed to push back the undeads, Katakros managed to not only retake the realm gate connecting the Varanspire and Shyish but he also built a great forteress there, a feat no other faction had achieved so far.
That was much needed! :) cannot be ignorant about AOS.. It's still our lovely warhammer after all.
I am surprised about not much talk about archeon there tho, would love to hear more about that:)
I went by the book the AOS team sent me there will be more videos to come :)
Great to hear that!
I know this comment is old but here's some fun trivia:
Before Chaos had invaded the Mortal Realms Archaon actually was the Vanguard for Chaos invading many planets similar to the world that was before finding the realms. After claiming The All Points (a sort of gateway between all realms with huge gateways that can move entire armies through) he literally set up a trophy collection of the planets he's destroyed just hanging in orbit of the now called Eight Points for all to be reminded who the Harbinger of the apocalypse really is. Like some of the most cartoonishly metal stuff and I absolutely love it.
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Malus is not the name of the World-that-was, but the name of its remaining core ;)
just what i was looking for, thanks!
I really love 40k and Fantasy Lore and i just couldn’t get into AOS. The End times is a really good setting but i just don’t like how it ended up and now all my favorite characters and factions are gone.
I've noticed they changed the aesthetic of the greenskins severely. They look almost LOTR-ish now.
Funny enough not really! So the Orcs actually follow the look of some old Orcs from like the 90s!
So what we have now is an old subculture brought back :)
That's only a specific breed of Orruk that mainly gather within the Kruleboyz Warclans, also known as Morruks since majority of them idolize Mork and are more devious almost grot like but with a brawny temper, while their brawny counterparts that look more warhammer traditional and are goofy as hell, they have metal eating war Boars that shit out somewhat soft metal that the Ironjawz literally punch into vaguely armour shaped pieces before it goes hard just to show just how 'ard they are. These Orruks worship Gork.
And Bonesplitterz idolize Gorkamorka in his entirety.
Y’all are misinformed if you think AOS is any less of a setting than WHFB and 40k. The literal same writers you know and love have been putting out amazing novels on the setting.
The setting itself is very epic and deep, broken realms is a masterpiece of storytelling.
Also the Soulbound RPG has expanded greatly on Age of Sigmar.
I have read many 40k, HH and WHFB novels. I can honestly tell you that AOS is just as good if not more grand and awe inspiring
I understand that they needed to update the rules, but I hate that they killed the Old World.
Thanks for doing this video I hope it will get some more people into AoS.
Where are the animations from? The video was cool to listen to but those animations looked like they'd be cool to watch as well
If 40k Total war is impossible, how about an Age of Sigmar total war? Before anyone blasts me, hear me out. Unlike the writers at GW, we have AOS:TW with BETTER narrative and great storylines for the factions that GW isn't doing a goodjob with. And since ALOT of fans want to see End Times content in TW:W, (Stormfiends are HEAVILY requested to be in the game) I see nothing wrong with a game revolving around AOS. Plus, AOS is can still use the close-quarters medieval-styled strategy seeing that it is a sequel (Reboot) to WFB. Plus it will give more time and content for GW's upcoming Old World when it does releases. AOS can be focused, giving more time for GW to work on Old World. Thoughts on this?
fuck the wh total war, the rts aspect of the game is so bad
I personally really want a Shadow of Mordor style Aos game with more role playing elements
They should have just used the opportunity to combine AoS and WH40k together and have sigmar be the emperor
These just comes off as a spinoff cartoon.
Sounds like nagash is serving as the tyranids of aos
Not tried age of sigmar yet, I should re-use my ancient Tzeentch Daemon army as they exist in every game ☺️
Any human or elf faction that has units on the tabletop that are primarily firearm wielding infantry. I've seen in some Warhammer total war videos that some exist in that game. I have nothing against a fantasy setting but I do like guns lol. I'm talking about basic infantry or elite infantry units whose primary weapons are like rifles or muskets or something like that. Anything?
Cities of sigmar use mobile fortifications and rifles. Often teaming up with dwarf engineer crews managing artillery.
Check out freeguild fusiliers as a starting point
I like to link the two Lores, that Sigmar, is also emperor Karl Franz, then transcended into the Emperor of Man in 40k. Why not?! lol
Laymen here. Is there a link between Sigma & 40K ? Did some writers try to connect these two universes , be it in a book or table top game ?
There’s no real link. But they do share many gods. Such as the chaos gods, the aeldari/elf gods and ork gods. As a result this impacts their culture.
nice vid browski
So are you doing aos now
I'm new here and a bit intimidated to invest in AoS. All efforts went to 40k since the release of the original DoW, but something pulls me here a bit. Is AoS lore as Grimdark as 40k? are the stories and characters ridiculously and stupidly fun like 40k or is it serious? Had to comment first before watching, So I get an opinion from commenters.
MORE AOS LORE
Meanwhile the Lizar- I mean Seraphon have only gotten 1 new model since AoS started with the core units (Saurus, Skinks, Kroxigors) being the same models since 2003 (the very first time I saw them back in 6th edition.
I'm also not a fan of all the named Characters for them being only Slann, especially with GW continuing to sell their models as generic: "Oldblood on Carnosaur, Sunblood, Starseer". If you're going to use their models, at least give them their names GW.
It just feels, insincere. Purely functional.
could you put a little bit of music in
it.?
Bring back the Old World!!
The old world is dead and gone. It was called the END TIMES for a reason. Move on
@@Alleskeins Move on...to this shit? No thanks.
Orks are just vibing. Therefore they are the only good faction
"Chaotic Taint"
what year is this set in
so its outside of the realm of time
this is really confusing to me but im also varry new to war hammer just bought my first book
So does this take place after the end times? Or is this it’s own thing like 40k?
Takes place after the end times.
@@romanvexillum1991honestly I think it would be better off as it’s own thing or for GW to retcon things to where the end times caused two parallel worlds. One where chaos won that resulted in AoS and the otheb where chaos got it’s ass through kicked
For spreading the AOS love I thank ye
Epic
I am amazed how CA trade old wolrd for this crazy AOS, this is like low cost 40K
Wait, I thought Sigmar just wandered off when he was around really old.
Where was Sigmar during the time of the Old World? Was he just wandering around when the Old World until it got destroyed? Was he cast into the void after that? I'm missing something here.
No, just the writing was/ is really poor for AOS most of the time...
im suprised that there was peace in the start
watching this to get a basis for realms of ruin!
I like Aos lore.
I want Warhammer Fantasy back ASAP!
I quit when they blew up Warhammer Fantasy so I never learned about any of the lore of AoS...I have to say, I'm glad I didn't bother. What a ridiculous half baked mess that comes across like an indi dev tryhard video game arpg plot.
P.S. Nothing against you bud but the Old World was far superior as a fantasy setting to the crap messy lore of AoS.
Love the video, but uh, why is Slaneshh standing in a picture where there should be a horned rat?
Last he checked he yoinked her chair.
This is a well done video! Was very engaging to watch! Keen to see more ☺️
It's definitely a either you love it or you hate it setting.
For me it's personally too much in every way
I really enjoy Age of Sigmar!
So is this what happened after warhammer fantasy or it's a different story like 40k?
After Fantasy pretty much which lead to it's own thing
I've needed this lol.
I'll be completely honest, while I do think GW have improved massively since the (Business 101 crash-course in how-not-to-) launch, I still maintain that the setting of AoS has yet to reach the level of accessibility that WHFB had. I dunno, I just feel it was/is just easier to get a grasp on how the Warhammer world works.
@@TheGreatBookofGrudges exactly, the game was never perfect right out of the gate
@@TheGreatBookofGrudges It's gotten A LOT better, but... I'll still pick the Karaz Ankor over the Fyreslayers/Kharadron Overlords/Dispossessed.
Although, if GW were to release some dedicated melee boarding units and a Khrundhal-battleship...
Thanks for the video, I'm new to AOS and have recently gotten into it through soulbound RPG, after playing WFRP for years and I have a question about physicality of people and other races living in particular realms.
in wfrp being exposed to winds of magic for a lot of time brought traits kinda similar to mutations, e.g. druids could grow leaves from hair and wood elves sometimes were depicted with horns. is it the dame in AOS? do people from ghyran grow leaves or have a bit greenish tint to their skin? Could duardin living in ghur grow tusks?
I'd appreciate an answer from someone who understands AOS better a lot, thanks in advance
Significantly delayed response but here it goes: Yesn't. The Realms influence the people born in them by the aspects of the dominant Wind of Magic present there. Such as in Aqshy (Fire), people are more aggressive, short-tempered, industrious and passionate. However, usually beyond these traits, which manifest on a spectrum of intensity, it doesn't go much further. Human Wizards however, since they're directly channeling the Winds of the Realms still, do suffer the same "mutations" you mentioned before, arguably MORE SO now as there's a lot more ambient Magic available than was in the Old World.
At the "Realm's Edge", where the Winds grow intense to the point that they're all-encompassing of reality, however, even normal Humans, Elves, Dwarfs and even Gods start suffering effects from that given Wind, unless they're already associated with it, like Alarielle to Ghyran (Life).
Floating black pyramid? I call it a Blackstone
Great!
The comments"waaaa waaaaa I never touched the tabletop of wf but it was still better waaa"
Cool video man, but try as I might, I can't get into this setting as much as 40k or Fantasy. It's like Greek mythology. It kinda makes sense, but in a super abstract and cerebral way. Hopefully future lore videos help flesh it out and give it some meat. And I hear the tabletop is fun at least 🤙
Edit: Can Stormcast Eternals die? And if not, what are the stakes for the forces of order? Not trying to be shitty, genuine question. Is it just like, don't let x village burn, or is there some bigger threat that wasn't covered in this video?
Stormcast die and basically res pawn in Azyr, but each time they do so a little more of them dies. Also the rest of the order forces are still mortal.
Nagash reclaim part of a stormcast soul each time they die until they can no longer reforge.
So this Sigmar is the same one from the fantasy battle world that was destroyed? I'm rather new to warhammer. Just trying to make sure I get it right.
who is sigmar