
Every Hero phase, both player roll a die and for each 4+ both players get a Primal Magic Dice. Ok strap in, this is the “big thing” for this season and it’s a long one. Whether it’s good enough to choose to go second after the first round is debatable, but if your position is solid you might just be OK handing off the double turn to have more ways to disrupt your opponent before kicking back. If they are not one, they gain an extra CP only they can use, similar to the Heroic Leadership rule but doesn’t go away at the end of the turn.Įither bonus is quite good. If that hero is an Andtorian Locus, they can cast an extra spell and attempt 1 extra unbind that round. Optimal FocusĪt the start of the round, after determining who goes first, whoever is going to go second gets to pick one of their Heroes. Similar to last season, all non-Unique wizards with less than 10 wounds gain a keyword, Andtorian Locus which doesn’t do anything on it’s own but interlinks with several other rules in the battlepack. Credit: Rich Nutter Special Rules One with the Land This does mean certain large base models are going to be significantly less powerful, and you will need to be doubly careful with your foot heroes.Įllarr: These changes alone already will send ripples through the landscape of competitive play – Gitz support heroes and Fyreslayers players in particular are suddenly in a far worse spot. This is going to drastically shift things as many have probably gotten quite used to the bonuses. Let’s get this out of the way first: Short of a Battlescroll update, there is no attacking in ranks anymore, and your foot heroes are again exposed to shooting danger. Fittingly, this season is all about wizards, though there are some tricks here for those who scoff at such cowardly tactics as well. A land of seemingly infinite ice and snow, but buried under the ice are incredibly powerful arcane leylines that will amplify the wizards who walk across the frozen tundra. This season takes us to the icy northern reaches of Ghur, Andtor. Which means lots of exciting new tactics and strategies to play around with. No recycled battleplans, battle tactics or grand strategies.

Additionally, everything in here is brand new. Games Workshop experimented with a 6 month season and it doesn’t seem to have taken, because this one is going to last a full year. It’s been 6 months and as promised another General’s Handbook is upon us. This review was completed with a free copy of General’s Handbook 2023-24 provided to us by Games Workshop.
