Genestealer Cult.

[firefash]

whworld.ticketbud.com/warhammer-40-000-campaign-weekend-vidars-fate-praedis-zeta-june13

Interesting item from the GW new letter a hint of what's to come?

[infornography]

fascinating... now if that means they come up with rules for them I will be really interested ;-)

[stoiss]

Having the option of fielding a genestealer cult with a selection of units from the nid, guard and maybe ork codex, including the hybrids, magus and a patriarch of course, would be a nice alternative to the allies we never got.

One can hope...

[hadriel]

Mar 7, 2013 4:22:21 GMT stoiss said:

Having the option of fielding a genestealer cult with a selection of units from the nid, guard and maybe ork codex, including the hybrids, magus and a patriarch of course, would be a nice alternative to the allies we never got.

One can hope...

would be a good way to sell new models, even better if they made them close to a IG stat line and style of play

[predator666x]

Yea i would love a genestealer cult.
Really genestealers are the most thematic tyranid unit.!!

[captainbirdbum]

i think i would love a genestealer cult more than anything else. got a fewof the old school models and have done some conversions but with gw's ability with plastic these days new minis would be awesome.

[jahatch42878]

I wanted to do a Chaos Space Marine army that was actually more of genestealer cult.. or a "what if a renegade legion, a warp-claimed daemon world, and a tendril of a hive fleet all ended up on the same planet or passed to close to the eye of terror" army... lots of cultists (heavily converted with genestealer and gaunt bitz), chaos space marines with a lot of mutations (possessed, chosen, to represent more genestealer hybrid types) and maybe some daemon-engines that had crushing claws and tentacles along the lines of bio-titans... wouldn't ever get the rules right to be a real 'nid army (would be stuck playing CSM +/- daemon or IG allies), but would be fun to paint, convert, and play... sadly, on the back burner till I get the rest of the 'nids actually done!! lol!

[Davor]

www.games-workshop.com/MEDIA_CustomProductCatalog/m3050151a_Praedis_Zeta_rules_pack_V.1.pdf

Why not give a link to the actual PDF so we all can have semi official rules for the Magnus and Genestealer Cult Hybrids.

We got rules but no point costs. They are "free". But finally we got some semi official rules that people can put in their force if their opponents agree.

Also to note, FW, Imperial Armour or "FW 40K approved" is official as well now.

*edit* Ok, I am an idiot lol. Didn't see the link on the page for it LOL.

[infornography]

Well... it's nice to at least get 6th ed rules even if it is for only one unit and is missing a point cost...

Here's hoping they do more with it, but I won't hold my breath.

[swarm492]

This has me pumped, I'd love me some cult action.

[adamwelton]

I should think that if you wish to field Cult Broods in a friendly scrap then your opponent gets to field the Alien Hunter squads in theirs on a one-for-one squad basis. That would help keep the game balanced. Take away any scoring ability for these units and that makes them exactly what they are-major distractions for a main force. You could use them in any race's list as there is always something similar in ability in every codex. The Cults could conceivably appear in any codex army as well, given their insidious ability to turn up anywhere. They once followed Chaos as a matter of convenience.

Problem solved I reckon.

[Davor]

I agree adamwelton, very good solution. I would even say if someone is using something else than SM, they could use the stats, but use any mini for the SM as "counts as" so can still keep the look of the army. Would be bad if it was Necrons or Daemons using actual SM. Just use Necrons or Daemons using the stats of the SM.

Perfect solution as adamwelton said.

[adamwelton]

Thanks Davor. There is always an answer to every problem in 40k. It's just a case of applying logic to beat the clowns.

[Frontier Guide]

Maybe they plan to add cults as allies only accessible by tyranids, that would solve some problems.

[jocke01]

I for one isn't that hyped on genestealers cults personally, but I do like armies that fits the fluff so let's hope they will incorporate cults into our next codex.