There’s a lot on tap next week for pre-orders from Games Workshop. Horus Heresy, terrain for Warhammer 40K, Blood Bowl, and more are coming!
For Warhammer: The Horus Heresy, two new Knights will stride the battlefield in plastic. Bonus, you can use them in Warhammer 40,000 too!
The Cerastus Knight Acheron is a variant of the Knight Cerastus. Armed with a flamestorm cannon and reaper chainfist, it can clear infantry in great gouts of superheated promethium or wide sweeps of its chainblade.
The Cerastus Knight Castigator fights mid-range with its boltcannon and features a warblade when it needs to get in close for melee.
If you need to pack your battlefield, there’s a lot of terrain returning for Made to Order. They’ll be available from September 23rd to October 2nd.
There are six returning terrain kits: the classic Aegis Defence Line, the Imperial Bastion, the Skyshield Landing Pad, the Imperial Bunker, the Imperial Defence Emplacement, and the Imperial Defence Line. They are joined by the Warhammer 40,000 Hero Bases and the Sector Imperialis Large Base Detail Kit.
Blood Bowl does not suck… but now it does with The Drakfang Thirsters! Vampires are back with a new plastic kit featuring 14 players including two Vampire Blitzers, two Vampire Runners, two Vampire Throwers, and eight Thralls. You also get all the usual balls, coins, and tokens – and a transfer sheet.
But, what’s a team without star players?
Vargheist is a Brute, rampaging across the pitch. Strong, fast, frenzied, and wanting to drink blood. It comes from Forge World in resin.
Count Luthor von Drakenborg gets an updated miniature and it’s pretty impressive. He grants an extra reroll and doesn’t need to drink blood, get him from Forge World in resin. He can play for all Sylvanian Spotlight teams.
‘Captain’ Karina von Riesz is new on the pitch and features strength and dexterity. Also from Forge World in resin, she’s perfect for the Sylvanian Spotlight team.
Ivan ‘the Animal’ Deathshroud is reanimated once more for Sylvanian Spotlight teams. Tough and ready to smash your opponent, you can get him from Forge World in resin.
You’ll need rules and Spike! Journal Issue 16 has you covered with that and more. It features rules, tactics, lore, and more.
And finally, you can get Vampire Team Pitch, Cards, and Dice as well to round out your vampire collection.
The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring – Battle in Balin’s Tomb is for two players and pits them in a battle to hold the One Ring. It features the Fellowship featuring nin models taking on 12 Goblins of Moria as well as a Cave Troll. It features all the dice and tokens you need to play.
From Black Library is Ciaphas Cain: For the Emperor by Sandy Mitchell. This limited edition version features 2,000 copies signed by the author, fancy binding and ribbons, and an additional short story, Rotten to the Core.
The Chapter’s Due gets an MP3 release. After defeating T’au forces, Captain Uriel Ventris of the Ultramarines returns to the Chapter’s homeworld of Macragge to defend the Ultramar system from an Iron Warriors Warband led by Warsmith Honsou. Get this classic tale from Graham McNeill.
Vampires are the latest classic Blood Bowl team to get an update. Revealed at NOVA Open 2023, the team gets a new look and updated Bloodlust trait. They combine speed and throwing and their Hypnotic Gaze will help set up plays. But, watch out for that Bloodlust. The miniatures feature a lot of options and then there’s the balls, coins, and coffin turn markers.
It’s a rather light pre-order week for Games Workshop focusing on Middle-Earth, Blood Bowl, and Black Library.
Originally revealed at Warhammer Fest 2023, “Get off the Road” is a celebration and recreation of a rather iconic scene from The Lord of Rings: Fellowship of the Ring. The scene features Frodo, Sam, Merry, and Pippin hiding beneath a tree as a Ringwraith stalks them.
The resin diorama comes apart of easy painting and the Ringwraith is mounted on a gaming base so it can be used in the Middle-earth Strategy Battle Game.
The diorama is on a Made to Order basis starting on Saturday, August 12th to 8am on Monday, August 21st. It will also be available at Warhammer World from August 12th.
For Blood Bowl, a new starplayer comes to the field, Bilerot Vomitflesh! Wilhelm von Mitfleisch was going to be a big star in Blood Bowl but excess got in his way. Nurgle took pity on him, transforming him into Bilerot Vomitflesh! Bilerot can be hired by any Favoured of Nurgle team.
White Dwarf 491 features the next chapter in the studio’s Combat Patrol league and a new mission for Warhammer 40,000 and Warhammer: Age of Sigmar. There’s also the framework for a month-long Warhammer Undworlds league. But, there’s so much more.
Realmslayer: Legend of the Doomseeker (Limited Edition) by David Guymer sees Gotrek Gurnisson thrust into the Age of Sigmar with his companion Felix lost. First released as an audio drama, Gotrek’s story is now a novel!
The limited edition version is numbered and signed, contains a forward by David Guymer, features a die-cast emblem on the cloth cover, leather-effect spin, orange page edges, interior artwork, a golden-orange ribbon bookmark, and a short story One, Untended. This edition is limited to 1,250 copies.
Godsbane by Dale Lucas is a tale of political machinations as trusted allies and insidious cults all vie for the control of a powerful artifact.
Hunt For Voldorius comes to audiobook for the first time ever. Written by Andy Hoare, it has Captain Kor’sarro Khan of the White Scars has been given a mission – to hunt the daemon prince Voldorius, a commander of the scheming Alpha Legion.
Games Workshop has revealed this coming week’s pre-orders and it’s packed with ways to get started playing Warhammer 40K.
Warhammer 40,000: The Rules is a compact hardback book. It features a black ribbon page marker and 64 pages of the core rules. It’s available while stocks last.
The Warhammer 40,000 Introductory Set is perfect for beginners. It features five Infernus Marines, ten Termagants, and a Ripper Swarm. All are push-fit miniatures. Also included are clippers, a brush and five paints to get people started. There’s also a 48-page introductory set handbook contains tutorials and basic missions to play using the game mat, dice, ruler, and tokens included.
The Warhammer 40,000 Starter Set is the next step in getting players started. It includes all of the miniatures from the Introductory Set and also a Captain in Terminator Armour and five Terminators on the Space Marine side, facing off against a Winged Tyranid Prime, Psychophage, three Von Ryan’s Leapers, and ten more Termagants and a Ripper Swarm. There’s also a simplified datasheet, 64-page Warhammer 40,000 Starter Set Handbook, which features rules tutorials and training missions to get players started. Also included is a Space Marine transfer sheet with 849 decals, playing mat, dice, and range ruler.
The Warhammer 40,000 Ultimate Starter Set is for those who want to fo all in. This box contains everything that the Starter Set does, plus those six extra miniatures you need to make two full Combat Patrols of Space Marine and Tyranids. Then there’s terrain, consisting of an STC Hab Bunker and eight stockades, which can be set up on the two double-sided gaming boards included. It also includes a handbook as well as a full Core Rules Booklet, dice, tokens, range ruler, and transfer sheet.
The new Librarian in Terminator Armour gets an individual release! Previously only available in the Leviathan starter box, you can get this new miniature to add to your forces.
On the Tyranid side, Barbgaunts get an individual release as well. It features five Barbgaunts to expand your forces.
For those that want to give painting a try, you can get Infernus Marines + Paints. It includes three push-fit Infernus Marines with embossed Ultramarines shoulder markings, and five paints – Corax White, Macragge Blue, Balthasar Gold, Abaddon Black, Agrax Earthshade, and Armageddon Dust – plus a Citadel starter brush.
The Termagants and Ripper Swarm + Paints features three push-fit Termagants and a Ripper Swarm, a Citadel starter brush, and five paints – Corax White, Wraithbone, Naggaroth Night, Thunderhawk Blue, Magos Purple, and Armageddon Dust.
The Warhammer 40,000 Paints + Tools Set includes Citadel starter clippers, a mold line remover, a Citadel starter brush, and 13 paints – Abaddon Black, Corax White, Wraithbone, Naggaroth Night, Macragge Blue, Leadbelcher, Balthasar Gold, Bugman’s Glow, Mephiston Red, Thunderhawk Blue, Magos Purple, Agrax Earthshade, and Armageddon Dust.
For Warhammer: The Horus Heresy, you can get Sons of Horus: Decurion Lanius. The tank commander is unique to the Sons of Horus. It’s designed to work with the plastic Deimos Pattern Predator, the Sicaran Battle Tank, the Sicaran Punisher, or the Kratos Heavy Assault Tank, this resin miniature also comes with a choice of heads.
For Blood Bowl, Ripper Bolgrot arrives. This Troll has the ability to re-roll one dice that isn’t an Armour, Injury, or Casualty roll per half to boot. This resin Star Player is usable by Badlands Brawl and Underworld Challenge teams, and comes with his rules in the box.
The Black Library Character Day 2023 eShorts Subscription features five stories by Justin D Hill, Darius Hinks, Rob Young, Liane Merciel, and Denny Flowers. The subscription starts on Monday, and stories will be available from July 10th until the 14th.
Leviathan by Darius Hinks gets French and German releases in paperback and eBook formats.
White Dwarf 490 explores the new edition of Warhammer 40,000. It also introduces the White Dwarf Bunker, a new worldwide gaming club.
After centuries of slumber, Ivan ‘the Animal’ Deathshroud is awake to head to the Blood Bowl arena to do battle.
The Block, Juggernaut, and Regeneration skills make him a tough nut to crack on offense or defense, and his special Dwarfen Scourge ability helps him bash right through an opponent’s armor once per game. As that name suggests, it’s even better against Dwarves after centuries of built-up anger against them.
Ivan is just 190,000 GP and ready for a spot on Sylvanian Spotlight teams. The figure is in resin and coming from Forge World soon.
Kill Team: Gallowfall is the final boxed expansion for this season of Kill Team. A deep-space salvage team from the Leagues of Votann battle with a braying band of Beastmen for possession of long-lost Ironkin cognitive units. This boxed set contains parts and rules for both of these kill teams, as well as a set of Gallowdark terrain with exciting new bells and whistles to play nine new missions.
The Fellgor Ravagers are bestial abhumans that have come to call the Gallowdark home, creating profane sites of worship around headstones carved from chunks of hull. Unruly masses of flesh, fur, teeth, and horns, each one is a skilled hunter and depraved killer. Their savagery stands in the way of the calculating technological might of the Hearthkyn Salvagers, who reclaim valuable relics and resources from the dark corners of the cosmos.
The Beastmen are an all-new kill team, with 10 models who can be built as Fellgor Warriors or a range of fiendish specialists – including an Ironhorn, a Shaman, a Fluxbray and more. The kit also includes loads of interchangeable heads and horns, for that full custom Chaos experience.
The Leagues of Votann kill team comprises a set of Hearthkyn Warriors with an additional sprue of new upgrade components, allowing you to build operatives such as the Kognitâar, Lugger, and Jump-pack Warrior.
The set also contains Kill Team: Gallowfall, a 120-page tome containing full rules for using both teams and the new terrain pieces in a set of nine linked missions. As for terrain, you get a full set of Gallowdark corridors and hatches, plus 18 new pieces including escape pods, autopsy tables, surgical chairs, stasis pods, medical supply tables, and iron lungs. On top of that, there’s a double-sided game board and a sheet of Leagues of Votann transfers!
The Adeptus Arbites get their first standalone release for roughly two decades with Kill Team: Exaction Squad, and this Exaction Squad is very flexible. The kit can build an Exaction Squad kill team of 10 Arbitrators and a loyal R-VR Cyber-mastiff, with plenty of specialists trained to track down the Imperium’s most wanted.
Those who want to bring the law to the battlefields of Warhammer 40,000 can also build a whole Subductor Squad armed with shock mauls and assault shields, or a full Vigilant Squad armed with combat shotguns and heavier weaponry – both of which get a R-VR Cyber-mastiff of their own.
Killzone Upgrade: Soulshackle helps to add some variety to your killzone. It includes four breach points – with pop-out damaged wall action – and additional terrain details like a holoith dias, augur displays, and hatchway jammers. You can use these upgrades to build your dream killzone, and to augment your Boarding Action games with the new Breaching Operation missions found in Arks of Omen: The Lion.
The Kill Team: Fellgor Ravagers Dice Set will help gain favors with the Chaos Gods. They’re cast in black with orange pips and the Fellgor Ravagers logo on the six face.
The ever-useful Stratagem cards return in four themed packs, previously available for a limited time only. Loyalist and Traitor Princeps each get a pack of their own handy reference cards, containing seven Stratagems unique to their chosen allegiance, nine Legio-specific cards, and 10 general cards usable by any side.
The Defence of Ryza card pack grants access to Experimental Warfare and Tricks and Tactics Stratagems, alongside 15 Legio-specific campaign cards usable with the rules found in the Campaign Compendium. Knight Households also get their own Stratagem cards, with universal Knight Stratagems and House-specific options like their larger Legio cousins.
Whip up a Titan-sized battle in moments with the Open Engine War Card Pack – a selection of 50 cards that make setting up your games a doddle. Randomly selected cards give plenty of Deployment Maps, Primary and Secondary Objectives, and optional Planetary Effects to ensure no two battles are quite alike, and all you’ll need is the base Adeptus Titanicus Rulebook to use them.
Leave the opposing team battered and bruised with Dribl & Drull, a pair of low-down dirty players to add to your Lustrian Superleague teams. Dribl and Drull are a pair of infuriatingly sneaky skinks who will work in tandem to tackle and stab their way to victory while dancing beyond reach of reprisal. This pack contains two resin models.
Withergrasp Doubledrool is a heavily mutated Beastman with two heads and tentacles aplenty. He/they employs his/their god-given gifts in “Favoured of…” teams, proving difficult to take down, and even harder to escape from when they take up residence on the line of scrimmage. Withergrasp Doubledrool will be available in resin.
The Great Devourer: The Leviathan Omnibus is a collection of stories featuring these ravenous xenos by Black Library authors Guy Haley, Josh Reynolds, Braden, Campbell, Joe Parrion, L J Goulding, and Nick Kyme. This hefty collection will be available in paperback.
The Order of Our Martyred Lady is filled with the most battle-hungry and renowned warriors across the Adepta Sororitas. Sister Helewise and her fellow Sororitas will have their faith tested as they follow in the footsteps of the legendary Saint Katherine in a mission fraught with disaster. Justin D Hill’s Pilgrims of Fire is the first story in a series covering the major Orders, and will be available in hardback, eBook, and audiobook formats.
Meeting your heroes is never a good idea, and it might be an even worse prospect in the 41st Millennium. Ace pilot Lucille von Shard is set to star in a cinema-pict about the air war on planet Bacchus, but the hero Imperial Propagandist Kile Simlex expects to find turns out to be an arrogant misanthrope… who just so happens to be the only thing between the approaching Green Storm. Outgunned is a high-flying tale by Denny Flowers, and will be available in paperback.
Colonel Haskell ‘Hell Fist’ Aldalon and the Catachan 57th Jungle Fighters have been dispatched to Gondwa VI to help prise it from the grip of an ever-growing ork threat. Their plan is to go on a full offensive and retake a strategically vital stronghold, but there are complications afoot – among them, a hapless rookie tagging along… German readers can enjoy Catachan Devil by Justin Woolley for the first time in paperback and eBook.
The T’au Empire has shot down a Valkyrie carrying an Astra Militarum general on the besieged planet of Dasht i-Kevar. The secrets they will gain may imperil the entire war effort – unless Captain Bharath Obeysekera and his squad of elite Kasrkin can weather the hazards of the desert wastes and get the general back. Kasrkin by Edoardo Albert will be available for French readers in hardback and eBook.
French readers can continue their exploration of the Horus Heresy as the Mark of Calth anthology, Vulkan Lives by Nick Kyme, and The Unremembered Empire by Dan Abnett are brought together in one volume for the first time.
Games Workshop has revealed its previews for next week and it’s a big one for Warhammer 40K. The Lion returns with two Space Marine Chapter Masters, more made to order, Arks of Omen, Vashtorr and so much more. There are also new releases for Warhammer: The Horus Heresy and Blood Bowl! See what’s coming soon to shops!
The return of Lion El’Jonson is one of the big stories of the year so far and you’ll be able to get The Lion & Retinue. The Lion has risen from his 10,000-year slumber, and he’s wasting no time putting traitors to the sword. You get Lion El’Jonson and three elite Bladeguard Veterans, as well as a packed Dark Angels transfer sheet, and two beautiful prints depicting key art from Arks of Omen: The Lion.
Arks of Omen: The Lion is the final chapter of the event storyline. Vashtorr the Arkifane assembles his Key-fragments and begins a ritual of cataclysmic proportions. The Dark Angels are hot on his heels, hungry for vengeance for the assault on the Rock, but even they can’t predict what they’ll find when information extracted from a traitor leads to the far reaches of the galaxy. The book contains expanded rules for Boarding Actions. On top of extra faction rules for the Leagues of Votann, Thousand Sons, Imperial Agents, and Adeptus Custodes, there’s a suite of diverse Dread Encounter missions to add scenarios that tear the battlefield itself apart and suck walls and doorways into the warp, while 12 Breaching Operation missions let you smash straight through solid walls and leave diabolical traps for your foes.
You’ll be able to get Supreme Grand Master Azrael fresh from his battle with Vashtorr. The figure will now be available on his own to stand next to The Lion.
Commander Dante gets an upgrade and ready to join in the battles that rage.
Vashtorr the Arkifane is now available on its own and ready to join your Chaos forces.
Show off your loyalty with the Arks of Omen: Sanguinary Guard Dice Set. It features 15 metallic gold dice featuring royal red pips and the icon of their Chapter on the 6 face.
Expand or start your Votann army with the Boarding Patrol: Leagues of Votann. It features an Einhyr Champion who leads 5 Einhyr Hearthguard, 5 Cthonian Beserks, and 10 Hearthkyn Warriors.
You can also get the Boarding Patrol: Agents of the Imperium. It consists entirely of Agents of the Imperium units usually restricted to a supporting role. 10 Elucidean Starstriders, 20 Imperial Navy Breachers, and there’s an Eversor Assassin.
Made to Order: Drukhari will help you flesh out your force. These resin kits will be available to order for nine days, between April 15th and 8am UK-time on April 24th – and they can take up to 180 days to arrive.
Beastmasters, Clawed Fiends, Grotesques, Mandrakes, Razorwing Flocks, Khymerae, Lhameans, Medusae, Sslyth, Ur-Ghuls, and even the Master Haemonculus Urien Rakarth himself will all be available to order.
For Warhammer: The Horus Heresy comes the Cerberus Heavy Tank Destroyer. It’s an armored beast, mounting a triple-barrelled neutron laser battery onto a rugged Spartan hull to create a devastatingly focused anti-tank weapon.
The Sicaran Venator Tank Hunter is a more discrete anti-tank option. It trades mass for speed and can wind its way around enemy flanks before lancing neutron beam laser blasts right through the sides of opposing tanks.
For Blood Bowl comes Cindy Piewhistle & Puggy Baconbreath. Cindy weaponizes her delicious wares while Puggy is an elite athlete with skill and discipline. The two-pack will be out from Forge World and can be used in Halfling Thimble Cup or Old World Classic teams.
From Black Library comes The Lion: Son of the Forest. Witness the dramatic return of Lion El’Jonson to the galaxy in The Lion: Son of the Forest by Mike Brooks. The Primarch of the Dark Angels has spent 10 millennia sequestered within the Rock, and the time is nigh for him to rise. You can get it in paperback, eBook, and audiobook, as well get a limited edition version. The Limited Edtion copy features a dark green cloth cover with red, cream, and gold details, and a crimson ribbon page marker. Only 2,000 individually numbered copies will be available, and they’re all signed by the author.
Legends of the Dark Angels by Gav Thorpe and C Z Dunn is a compilation of four full-length novels, one novella, and three short stories. These tales follow heroes like Supreme Grand Master Azrael, Chief Librarian Ezekiel, and more.
Angels of Darkness by Gav Thorpe gets a German Edition. Interrogator-Chaplain Boreas stands vigil over the critical recruiting world of Piscina V, ensuring the next generation of Dark Angels are protected from the horrors of the galaxy. When the existence of the Fallen comes to light, tragedy will strike.
Warboss by Mike Brooks gets a German Edition as well. Six clans vie for leadership over a suddenly leaderless warband. Prophecy foretells of a mysterious gate beneath a human city that only the one true warboss can open, and plenty of aspiring leaders know for sure that they’re the only ork suitable for the job.
White Dwarf 487 continues the story of the space hulk Herald of Misery, adding new rules for deadly laser grids to Boarding Actions games and two short stories concerning the forces fighting within. Meanwhile, a Tale of Four Warlords takes on its second challenge of the year, while Part Five of The Great Stomp introduces campaign rules for Warhammer Age of Sigmar games set in the Living Peaks.
A new starplayer is coming to the pitch, Withergrasp Doubledrool! Born human but raised by Beastmen, Withergrasp was trained to be one of the best denial players in Blood Bowl.
Withergrasp Doubledrool has Tentacles, Prehensile Tail, and Tackle… plus, don’t forget Two Heads. There’s also Watch Out! which counts as having the Dodge skill the first time someone attempts a Block action on him. There’s also Wrestle…
Costing 170,000GP, he can play for all Favoured of… Chaos teams.
The game development studio Cyanide and French publisher NACON have released a brand-new trailer for Blood Bowl 3, available on PC, PlayStation 4, PlayStation 5, Xbox One, and Xbox Series X|S on February 23, 2023.
Blood Bowl is a brutal fantasy football inspired competition populated by Elves, Humans, Orcs, and other fantasy creatures. But do you know the specific features of Blood Bowl 3? What you need is a little update for the new game a few weeks before launch. It’s lining up to be a smash hit!
There will be 12 factions available for the launch of Blood Bowl 3. The most iconic factions are returning, such as the Dwarfs and Dark Elves. But they will be joined by brand-new factions, such as the Imperial Nobility, Old World Alliance, Chaos Renegades, and the Black Orcs, not to mention new factions that will be added at a later date!
The dynamic pitches also hold their share of surprises: in certain situations, these pitches transform during the match and change the rules. Kraken, unbearable heat and insect swarms, these events are sure to create memorable moments!
Among the new features, Blood Bowl 3 includes a major redesign of the passing system to provide better team balance. Passing the ball is no longer linked to the Agility characteristic, but rather to a new characteristic: Passing Ability. You will also have the chance to learn new skills that will come in useful for devising your strategies.
The levelling up system has also been completely revamped to provide more flexibility and more balanced levelling within a team.
And many more features are there to explore! Player and team customization, a season system, and official ranking: all the new features will allow every coach to stand out and enjoy a unique Blood Bowl experience. You can therefore flaunt your own distinctive style in the Old World during the single-player Clash of Sponsors campaign and against other players.
Blood Bowl 3 will be available in several editions:
Standard (digital): 29,99€ PC / 39,99€ Consoles
Deluxe – Black Orcs / Deluxe – Imperial Nobility (digital): 39,99€ PC / 49,99€ Consoles
Brutal Edition (retail and digital): 49,99€ PC / 59,99€ Consoles
The Deluxe and Brutal editions give access to some exclusive customization content. Check the details on your favorite digital store. Get exclusive content as a bonus!
Games Workshop has revealed two new star players for Blood Bowl! Puggy Baconbreath returns and he’s joined by Cindy Piewhistle!
Cindy features the Bombardier skill and can throw a second pie with the All You Can Eat special rule. Puggy features Halfling Luck. They can both be taken by teams playing in the Halfling Thimble Cup or Old World Classic.
You’ll be able to add them to your lineup soon. The two figures will be in resin in one box that contains their rules and will be coming from Forge World.
