Apocalyse's there

[Sledgehammer]

Just got my apocalypse players edition in the mail today ;D

If you have questions, ask. I'll most likely answer them tomorrow. I'm offline reading now

[J.Dogg]

I there any rules for PYLON?

[ZergLord]

What can Tyranids do now? Is the whole army getting No number rule?

[Devil's Advocate]

I should get mine this evening. (glee!)

I was able to look at some of the tyranid stuff a while ago... a couple I remember are:

Synapse bomb: if you have a minimum of 2 tyrants, 3 zoanthropes and 3 tyrant guard, you can send out a psychic fear that forces every unit to make a panic test in lieu of using other powers.

Unending Swarm: if you have 120 gaunts (that's 60 Hgaunts and 60 shootygaunts) then your opponent can run out of ammo: if they roll too many 6's on their shooting phase, they can't shoot next round (or something like that)

Underground attack: if you have a Trygon and several more raveners, then you can do some kind of special underground deepstrike attack

Mycetic Assault: if you have 5+ Carnifexi, you can deepstrike them. they gain a 5+(?) cover save from the spores they came down on and can assault the next round.

there may be more but I don't remember them.

[coredump]

Something to note, is that none of these are 'free' (as I recall)

The Unending Swarm, for example, costs 200 pts, but gives gaunts and HGaunts WoN, and the possiblity of the enemy running out of ammo when shooting at them.

[Sledgehammer]

@ Brute: Pylon is in

@ Zerg Lord: Tyranids get:

Hierophant
Hierodule
Trygon brood
Synapse brood
Endless Swarm
Mycetic Assault

The endless swarm is 3+ Broods of Hormagaunts plus 3+ Broods of any-flavor gaunts there have to be 20+ models in every brood. you pay the points for the models +200 for the endless swarm and the effect is as described by coredump.

[Koyori]

Does Chaos or Orks get anything fun? I haven't seen anything other then the Brass Scorpion for Chaos.

[Hive Fleet Aggredior]

I don't have the book yet but...

Chaos gets the 'Tide of Spawn' which is essentially a CSM that truns into 10 Spawn whenever. And Orks get the Skullhamma', a Baneblade conversion that has an enormous gun! As well as an assortment of titans, of course.

[Roxas]

what do th Tau get in apocalypse? the inquisition? all the armies not yet mentioned?

[carnogaunt]

The Inquisition doesn't have anything that big. Any bigger than a Land Raider and they have to requisition it from somebody else.

I think we would have heard about any new Tau stuff by now. They get a bunch of special formations and that's about it. Anything else would just be replacement rules for existing Foreworld stuff (hopefully...so I don't have to buy any more Imperial Armor books).

Did the Eldar get their super heavy grav tank updated (the Scorpion I think it was called)?
What about Dark Eldar?

[Sledgehammer]

@ Koyori: Chaos gets:

-Nurgle Banebalde (doesn't affect Nurgle Modells when it explodes, If you attack it in CC you get counterattacks from Nurglings)
-Brass Scorpion (12" Attack range, really mean tail gun, tough on psykers, unstable reactor)
-Tide of Spawn (like Aggredior mentioned)
-Warp Rift (1+ greater demon and 3+ units of lesser demons appear from it)

@ TamO: Tau get

-Barracuda Flyer
-Giant Knarloc Herd (rending cc-attacks and fleet)
-Tank squad (3+ Hammerheads and Thorn Rays - Command tank produces D3+1 Targetmarker-hits, that hit automatically per turn)
-Rapid reaction force (1 Ghost-team plus 3 to 6 Crisis Teams - Ghosts are scouts and Crisis deepstrike on the spot)

Inquisition doesn't have anything specific yet, It's only mentioned at "Imperium" (2 Flyers and 2 Titans)

[Haraio [MALAL]]

What are the benefits of buying the Space Marine Battle Company? Any special rules? Same to the Necron Phalanx, Line Breaker Squadron and Armoured Spearhead^^

[Sledgehammer]

@ Harayo: it gives you 3 extra strategic options: Hold at all cost, careful planning and orbital bombardment.

@ Koyori: missed the Orc part. They get:

- Stompa (Transport capacity of 20, mean guns, has (please do not swear) BS, but got 3 missiles with unlimited range that hit at 2+)
- Big Mek Stompa (even meaner guns - one of them is heavy 6D6)
- Fighta-Bommer
- Head Hamma (Ork Version of a Baneblade with transport Capacity of 30)
- Gargantuan Squiggoth
- Speed-freeks (Can use strategic repositioning in every turn)
- Botmob (can get vehicle cover in the open)

[Haraio [MALAL]]

Oooh, sounds nasty <.<;;

What about the Necron Phalanx, the Armoured Spearhead and the Line Breakers? Any cool special rules on them?^^

[Sledgehammer]

Phalanx:
Two Monoliths that are not further apart then 24" project a force field any shot crossing that field get their strenght reduced by one, except for gauss weapons. Three or more Monoliths project a zone between them that gives +1 on WBB and nullifies PSI (You can still shoot psi bolts into it, but no psyker can use PSI while inside that area)

Armoured Spearhead:
As long as the command tank is still there, ignore all crew shaken results. (3+ Landraiders of any flavour)

Line Breaker:
Can shoot the same target to get a strong 10" blast which can be used to destroy terrain pieces. Models inside that terrain piece are wounded on 4+ and have to take a pinning test.