I really like this approach! Such an accessible and interesting way to unpack the lore as it’s evolving. Nice work mate
@thehonestwargamerstreams10 ай бұрын
Means so much. Is there a way I could improve?
@jordansorcery10 ай бұрын
@@thehonestwargamerstreamsI’m genuinely not sure mate, you’ve done such a great job with this! I really like the political context that you add, the humour and external references, and discussion of things like how the product range influences the lore & storytelling. I guess the only thing I’d add would be even more intensely quotable hot-takes like “based of chaos” and “Cities are the Gwyneth Paltrow of armies”
@anarchistkobold437510 ай бұрын
Having revolutionised painting, he turns to being the best at AOS lore. AND NAILS IT
@thehonestwargamerstreams10 ай бұрын
Wow, thank you!
@SquareBasedOldWorld10 ай бұрын
This guy has a future in Lore I can feel it.
@Blacknight885010 ай бұрын
This might only be your first "lore video" but I think you've already hit on a niche that most other videos don't - _actually talking about things like themes, class etc!_ I seldom ever watch lore videos because so many of them are just someone reading out a story from a book I could have read myself. Really looking forward to more videos like this!
@thehonestwargamerstreams10 ай бұрын
Oh wow!! Thankyou so much
@VaiFazer9 ай бұрын
Best lore format Ive seen, felt like sitting down with pal and chatting about Warhammer. Loved it!
@thehonestwargamerstreams9 ай бұрын
I can't tell you how much support this makes me feel! Thankyoub
@getorix110 ай бұрын
Honestly one of the best lore videos I've watched. Gutted I missed the twitch discussions. Really enjoying the thoughts thrown in with what could this mean in future or how this ties to that and parallels to real world history. May be consider chapters or something to break it up, it might be a me thing but seeing a 2hr KZbin makes me pause before committing so something to make it feel more manageable, definitely dont cut it down though I'm loving the depth and analysis, feels like you've done it more justice by keeping it long form. Hope i can catch at least some of the next one on twitch.
@cesargallorini661410 ай бұрын
Tbh I don't need epic music or prepared speech and stories, I just want hours and hours of friendly Rob telling us what's happening in the mortal realms. Perfect prospect for endless painting sessions.
@bearlyk10 ай бұрын
Thanks so much for putting this together. Please keep the lore videos coming - love how accessible this format. I've felt like the information actually went in my noggin vs some other more dense lore video formats so keep it coming. Stay square based
@warp5p1d3r610 ай бұрын
thanks for this rob. feel like this is where sigmar falls short on lore so great that someone is helping out.
@thehonestwargamerstreams10 ай бұрын
Glad I could do good
@GlassHalfDead10 ай бұрын
This was a good recap of AOS lore! I had recently just been thinking of wanting to look more into the realities of the lore as obviously it has evolved since the first edition which is when I last really looked into it. Although, you mention that some YTers aren't so engaging when it comes to how they present lore. I think that in this space, where I can think of literally 3 people who cover it at all, we should be lifting them up and shouting them out rather than saying they're not doing a good enough job.
@stargazingkiwi10 ай бұрын
Finally finished this video a couple days later. Fantastic work Rob. It's the first lore-cast I've listened all the way through. You made it interesting and fun.
@Chrysamer7710 ай бұрын
Other already said it but I think this is an awesome video. You really can add something from yourself, to every paragraph in the book. I also like how by the end it stopped being about Cities only, and you made a summary of whole AoS lore in like 15 minutes. I hope you are going to make more lore videos!
@laurabrand300710 ай бұрын
Rob, is it possible, could it be.... you've made me actually care about the lore? Good work, young man👏👏👏
@thehonestwargamerstreams10 ай бұрын
Maybe we can do it together!
@mtuktuk962710 ай бұрын
was alot of fun beeing a part of in the streams and looking forward to the complete thing.
@mjcathcart8 ай бұрын
Best lore video I’ve seen for any warhammer game. Great work, Rob, really hope you do some more of these.
@timovo93310 ай бұрын
I appreciate your content so much! So nice, that besides all that WH40k content you deliver such a quality for our system!
@thehonestwargamerstreams10 ай бұрын
Oh nice!!
@ClaytonPajot7 ай бұрын
Thanks for the video! I've really had a tough time engaging with AoS lore, it just seemed so disconnected from what I was familiar with and made more to facilitate games rather than to be a cohesive world, but this has really helped me establish some context for what is going on and understand what it is actually like to live in AoS. For me, setting is very important to be able to engage with a game, so hearing about all the people and places is great.
@VoltanIgnatio10 ай бұрын
Super vid Rob, cheers. Really appreciated all the work you put into this, love your way of presenting the lore. Will definitely tune in for more. I also got Base coats down on 11 squigs as the time flew by 👍💪👌
@The-Dotester10 ай бұрын
Hey Rob! Appreciate this type of content & would love to see a sequel/update once the DawnBringer Crusades are done! Lorewise, I think aerial+mountainous siege Tempest Eye is the most interesting, & hope a BL book explores it further, & maybe we see Skaven war-blimps one day, maybe in a FOMO box once they expand the KO range. Next time I hope you cover metaliths/floating islands & the reasons they colonize various locales/realms more. I would think procuring Aqua Gyranis springs/aqualiths would be like prospectors seeking a gold rush. Also, that anchored metaliths would be perfect as watchtowers & sniper platforms once unloaded, or even larger ones being converted to floating fortresses (to serve as the innermost keep of the "castle.") I would also be curious as to your theories as to how fusiliers are marching long distance (& maneuvering) w/ all that gear--pack animals, magitech troop carriages, wagons drawn by exotic beasts of burden, steelhelms carrying extra ammo, sleds, etc. etc. An armored steam train connecting Hammerhal Aqshy to nearby strongpoints would be pretty rad! So many possibilities across the realms to visualize! Teasing out in the implications of the lore, contextualizing it, even with unit participation in the meta* could be a great way to set yourself apart from other lore videos, while also helping to grow both the hobby, & more specifically, driving interest in its superior protagonist faction. Some people will never like/get Stormcast. & How about trying some of that Finnish black liquor on your stream?? *I'm guessing a lot of IronDrakes, Longbeards, or any Duardin that isn't a Hammerer or gyro pilot has been transitioned to city defense/militia duty, &/or are overseeing construction of prefab buildings/fortifications mostly for future crusades. I'm guessing a fair amount of Sorceresses & their Black Guard (& Scourge Privateer mercenaries) are being cajoled into babysitting nascent Human crusades, especially for those of us looking for a more balanced play experience than just... Leafblower: the Army. Cheers!
@Jonny100ish2 ай бұрын
Just watched/listened this whilst building some of Skaventide, really enjoy it! Looking forward to some more hopefully!
@pancakemaster26688 ай бұрын
One of the best lore videos I have had the pleasure of seeing! And finally Age of Sigmar gets some more lore love!
@Willie500010 ай бұрын
8:00 - I would argue that the icky real-world connotations are part of the grimdark. You can't help but be skeptical of the colonialist nature of the Dawnbringer Crusades, or the fact that people are essentially being sent to die in droves for this Sigmarite manifest destiny.
@Dillon3379 ай бұрын
This rocked! Like having a great conversation with a friend at the table
@thehonestwargamerstreams9 ай бұрын
OMG im so glad you actually liked it thanks
@SwineofWar9 ай бұрын
Just came here to say that I did in fact enjoy it. You scratched an itch for AoS lore I didn't know I had. I always wondered what was up with the new cities of sigmar, now I know. Glad to see the game's narrative is progressing, and cities of sigmar look sweet. But I still think the range would have been more striking with mixed units. I want a mixed unit of ogre great weapons and human spearmen. Fusiliers with dwarf melee troops standing side by side! Ugh. What a shame.
@capt.mannerings809510 ай бұрын
Loremaster Rob. Amaze, amaze, amaze!
@thehonestwargamerstreams10 ай бұрын
Thanks babe x
@kristoff704910 ай бұрын
Loved it!
@MarkStanley-e3e7 ай бұрын
I'm new to your channel I think this video is the best way of projecting the atmosphere of the lore without being so samey , it's just like you describe as a deep dive into it which is totally killer so please keep it up my friend 🤘
@Mornin.Coffee10 ай бұрын
Never thought am gonna hear about legendary jan žižka on warhammer channel, but after the new range someone was bound to catch up with the man
@thehonestwargamerstreams10 ай бұрын
We did it!!
@collywwob10 ай бұрын
Wow. Great video. Every time you said “the taint of chaos” I could really picture it. And I was like “wow, I really wanna cleanse that taint”. Great work.
@Adamgoodperson10 ай бұрын
I absolutely loved spending the last couple hours painting Cities with this in the background. Thank you!
@thehonestwargamerstreams10 ай бұрын
You are so welcome!
@MarcoRoccaGert10 ай бұрын
Playing, painting, and now lore videos: you're ready to finally take on that "best overall" trophy!
@MinisMapsMayhem10 ай бұрын
MORE PLEASE! Great community cooperation for content and style. The longer format is great for kicking back, painting and listening. What are Seraphon up to?
@gwell211810 ай бұрын
Great vid! Lore vids are a natural fit for you you should definitely keep doing them!
@Mr._A68510 ай бұрын
Legend. You got me pumped for Cities lore and now I'm doing a bloody army. Cheers
@mad17398 ай бұрын
As someone who loves the lore of AOS but isnt in a position to be able to buy the books and pour sthrough them i really enjoyed this vid!
@thehonestwargamerstreams8 ай бұрын
Oh that's ace!! Thanks
@mad17398 ай бұрын
@thehonestwargamerstreams duper engaging and you can feel your passion for it, will deffo keep an eye out for any future law vids you do among the other aos content!
@shermanmesser618910 ай бұрын
I really liked this way of unpacking the lore. Because its got some extra contex that isn't provided by the book, it gives me even more ideas for how I want to build my force and its lore.
@davidfortin64379 ай бұрын
These videos are awesome Rob.
@thehonestwargamerstreams9 ай бұрын
This actually means a lot to me. Thankyou so much
@jameswilson63289 ай бұрын
great review rob, i too love the idea of skaven in blimps (maybe 4th edition???) this theory is why i have held of converting K.Overlords with sky pirate rats - fingers crossed
@hailhydra795910 ай бұрын
You, you need to prepare for this video. Get in your jammies, wrap up in your blankie and sip your cocoa. Night, night.
@thehonestwargamerstreams10 ай бұрын
Comfy Christmas lore
@jahvyn7 ай бұрын
This really is a great video - thanks!
@thehonestwargamerstreams7 ай бұрын
So happy you think so
@Jamesthestruggeler8 ай бұрын
Het man, you make great videos in gen, however this has to take the cake for me. Half way in and will listen to the end 🙂 I hope you enjoy making them and not rush the next one! Enjoy the process buddy and keep the quality 👍🏻 that’s what we come back for sir ✨ Thanks for making my organising day at home much more pleasurable 🖤 legend
@Marcojaralaconich10 ай бұрын
Amazing video, We need more deep lore videos like this so the haters can stop complaining (im coping hard)
@thehonestwargamerstreams10 ай бұрын
I'll do more then
@Leviticushateford2 ай бұрын
Can you do more of these...i love your take on the mortal realms..Vince on Warhammer weekly does a sarcastic "story time with vince" covering the ild dawn brings stuff...but long from Age of Sigmar does not exist
@space_bees10 ай бұрын
I painted a unit of liberators while listening to this, excellent job
@TakaRai710 ай бұрын
Great video, actually interested in CoS now. At the very least I can trash talk my opponents that play them better
@chyeeeeee23 күн бұрын
I know I'm 9 months late to this....but we need more of this, this is funding top tier shit. Loved it ❤
@Rosarosa10610 ай бұрын
Love this content ! Can we get a 2+ tough cross over for more lore talk goodness?!??!
@Varis7810 ай бұрын
This was a fun listen! I'd definitely enjoy hearing more, especially since my knowledge of the lore in AoS is quite lacking compared to 40k.
@DrChristopherMooreUOW10 ай бұрын
Magnificent Lore Tour!
@oleww5010 ай бұрын
Excellent and really interesting video, thanks! Great to know something about AOS lore, please keep this series up! ❤️
@thehonestwargamerstreams10 ай бұрын
Thanks, will do! This comment really means a lot to me thanks
@DS_painting10 ай бұрын
Great video! Really liked the lore overview!
@TheDude_Jonathan8 ай бұрын
Rob I absolutely loved this video, best way to do lore videos by far in my opinion. I know I'm late to the party but I'm all liked and subscribed all the same 😁👍🏻 I love the idea of mixing in one mini/unit some of the races like you were talking about, hopefully this one was more about establishing the human side with a new range of minis and we'll get some of that down the line 🤞🏻 I held off the initial release even though I loved the minis but it's been long enough now and I still think they are a must have so I'm starting with WarCry and building up from there, waiting for inevitable Vanguard with all those Army box minis in there
@DaHobbles10 ай бұрын
Loved watching the streams of this and it was even better the second time around. There was a ton I missed on the first pass! It’s great evergreen content too
@cml491410 ай бұрын
I loved this. Epic effort Rob
@madcapmiguel507110 ай бұрын
This was really entertaining to watch you make over the last few days, regardless of how well it does I think it's cool you're trying new things, stepping out of your comfort zone.
@SaltySeadogKP1410 ай бұрын
Huge fan of this. Would love to see different ones for different battletomes
@danielbonaci903510 ай бұрын
Please keep these videos coming you’re awesome
@sneakybeak403210 ай бұрын
Ooooh this is awesome, chuck us some more of these from across all the factions mate please!!!! Maybe some community poll votes or something :)
@ObsidianCrane10 ай бұрын
You discussing this reminds me of the big problem with AoS IMO - the setting is too hodgepodge. The dwarves and elves thing is the big thing that irks me in particular- it’s like they have 2 different sets of lore for elves in particular. On the one hand there are the Old World elves that are part of the cities lore and then there is the AoS Aelves that have completely different and inconsistent lore with the Cities lore. AoS desperately needs these sorts of issues tidied up and a simple hook that it can hang the story off - that isn’t just “fantasy 40K” - which this feels far too much like.
@holdennagata90117 ай бұрын
This was amazing man, any chance it happens to the Dawnbringers books?
@thehonestwargamerstreams7 ай бұрын
Yeah defo
@Marshal97610 ай бұрын
Enjoyed the video, the format. Now subbed! Cheers!
@mattmustache53759 ай бұрын
This has made me want to get into age of Sigmar I feel like I'm picking up on your excitement
@thehonestwargamerstreams9 ай бұрын
Oh that's rad!!
@TobyGilham10 ай бұрын
Lore in a quick 5 minutes.... nah that's for losers. 2:15 lets goooooooooooooo
@thehonestwargamerstreams10 ай бұрын
Was it actually any good?
@Malus6710 ай бұрын
Excellent work Rob
@sirbobulous10 ай бұрын
Great video, interesting approach to a lore video, bringing in the wider context and ideas that fed into the text.
@Chrysamer7710 ай бұрын
This is first battletome I consider buying just for the lore. I am going to play Cities of Sigmar in Warcry only, so I don't need the warscrolls. I have however already started building my Wildercorps Hunters. I think I'm going to paint them as Vindicarum, becuase I already have my Stormcast painted as Celestial Vindiactors. But I also think I'm going to build and paint a Lethis warband atsome point. Lethis is basically the coolest city. Maybe another Wildercorps, or maybe warband made from Steelhelms + Freeguild Command.
@joshgriffiths88798 ай бұрын
Loved this video, very keen for more
@Leviticushateford10 ай бұрын
OmG...please do more of this rob...amazing...
@jameswilson632810 ай бұрын
great video rob, a really nice alternative way of presenting the information. please do more 🙂
@nathanfee964410 ай бұрын
Loremaster Rob lets goooooo
@VeritasTemplar86010 ай бұрын
Many small hamlets and villages survive in the realms through protection deals with chaos warbands (trading food), Kharadron Overlords (trading anything that can't be found in the sky really), OBR (paying the bone tithe) or as CoS outposts.
@Gabrielof1600wings10 ай бұрын
Stellar video Rob, really like this format and look forward to see more!
@tomthemad10 ай бұрын
Something I remembered when listening to thr bit where not everyone thinks it's a good idea, in one of the newer Stormcast books, even Bastian Carthalos has his doubts about the crusades and how they are kind of a waste of life.
@snitbag82799 ай бұрын
Love everything you make!!
@Jacoooify10 ай бұрын
Enjoyed this! Would definitely watch more for other factions
@johanderyck659810 ай бұрын
I love this approach, Rob… perfect for mass slapshopping!
@chrisaurovilian461810 ай бұрын
Nicely done!
@HurtPower9 ай бұрын
This was really fun I enjoyed it way to start with the biggest book haha
@dmeep10 ай бұрын
join the halfling infantry 5 square meals a day - only 2 of them breakfast
@Foxerent10 ай бұрын
❤ good stuff. Keep it coming
@thehonestwargamerstreams10 ай бұрын
Thank you! Will do!
@superdupermatt198610 ай бұрын
This is ace. More please!
@SamsButterscotch10 ай бұрын
Excellent video!
@thehonestwargamerstreams10 ай бұрын
Thank you very much! Means a lot to le
@mysteriousoul5 ай бұрын
Now THIS is how you do WH lore! 👏
@McWerp10 ай бұрын
I have always found AoS lore absolutely boring and impenetrable. I just don't care about the gods and their interactions. I want to know what regular peeps are doing, how they survive, without that I have nothing to relate to. This video is the perfect introduction to the parts of the lore I care about. Thank you so much Rob!
@mattp695310 ай бұрын
There is this weird belief that AoS doesn't have cohesive lore. Honestly a lot of the threads put down over the last 10 years have been woven together well since 3.0 hit. I find the lore interesting and pretty cohesive, and unfairly maligned.
@thehonestwargamerstreams10 ай бұрын
It's actually decent
@stargazingkiwi10 ай бұрын
Classic narrative gamer. Cant wait until he gets into more competitive analysis ;)
@thehonestwargamerstreams10 ай бұрын
Imagine if I could
@bat33.1210 ай бұрын
GW 'lifting' ideas from other fantasy settings and authors? Well I never, but wherever did they get the idea for Alarielles bath water?
@gink04ytube10 ай бұрын
LORE for the LORE GODS!
@thehonestwargamerstreams10 ай бұрын
Loreapalooza
@Chrysamer7710 ай бұрын
22:15 I think that they rather decided to moved from realmgates lorewise, and then stoped selling them. I got into AoS in 2'ed, when this terrain was still sold. I never really liked them that much, so I got azyrite ruins terrain instead
@sawyerbarnes743910 ай бұрын
So can I make my own small cities or towns? for my own color schemes and heraldry?
@thehonestwargamerstreams10 ай бұрын
Yeah very much. Make up the take how they got there
@sawyerbarnes743910 ай бұрын
@@thehonestwargamerstreams awesome dude. Thanks for the videos!!
@Bearcaved10 ай бұрын
This is great moar loar!!!
@4seraphiel410 ай бұрын
If you're interested in the dynamic between the Azyrites and the Reclaimed, I really recommend reading Godeater's Son by Noah Van Nguyen. It's genuinely a great story, and you get to see a down-trodden Aqshian nobody ascend to power, all after telling an Azyrite Priestess to screw herself (no spoilers, but very satisfying in a way).
@ianburns33610 ай бұрын
Keep it up. Solidarity from the PNW
@MikePawlak10 ай бұрын
this is really cool but I'm ready for more Square Based, WE HAVE MOVEMENT ROOLS TO TALK ABOUT
@thehonestwargamerstreams10 ай бұрын
Check out the new square based channel
@MikePawlak10 ай бұрын
@@thehonestwargamerstreams oh hell yes, I even looked for it! I guess I'm just bad at search bar, thank you!
@nathanbuxton327110 ай бұрын
Yes, do make more :)
@cesargallorini661410 ай бұрын
MOOORE LOOORE
@SuddenOfDeath10 ай бұрын
It's of interest
@OJosheOАй бұрын
What does "girly pops" mean?
@sailorpete145710 ай бұрын
Long format lore 4tw
@thehonestwargamerstreams10 ай бұрын
Was it actually decent?
@graceggale10 ай бұрын
I AM LEAVING A COMMENT I AM LIKING I AM SUBSCRIBING FUCK THE ALGORYTHM MAKE CONTENT YOU LIKE