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Games Workshop Pre-Order Preview: Arks of Omen: Vashtorr arrives with Wrath of the Soul Forge King and more!

Posted on March 5, 2023 by Board Game Today Staff Leave a comment

It’s a big week for Games Workshop‘s world of Warhammer 40K in next week’s pre-orders. Arks of Omen continues as Vashtorr arrives!

Arks of Omen: Vashtorr is the third book in the Arks of Omen story. The story focuses on the siege of the Rock, as Vastorr searches for a powerful component in his diabolical goal. The Dark Angels aren’t taking this invasion lightly, and rally their forces as a mysterious third party enters the slaughter.

This is a big part of the narrative, not only featuring a book but a boxed set to go with it.

The book features The Rock Besieged, a Boarding Actions campaign with eight new narrative missions telling the story of the raid. There are also additional Boarding Action rules for Chaos Daemons, Necrons, Tyranids, Genestealer Cults, the Death Guard, and the Adeptus Mechanicus.

Arks of Omen: Vashtorr is also available in regular and Collector’s Edition which features a cover embossed with silver foil, printed page edges, and a black ribbon page marker.

You can play out Vashtorr’s invasion with the Wrath of the Soul Forge King box set. This is the first place you can get Vashtorr the Arkifane and Supreme Grand Master Azrael.

This set also contains a Venomcrawler, two Obliterators, and 10 Chaos Cultists, facing down 10 Intercessors and five Deathwing Terminators who make up Azrael’s honor guard. You also get two Dark Angels Primaris Upgrade frames and a set of 155 Dark Angels transfers.

You can show off your loyalty with the Vashtorr Dice Set. Go with a new Chaos God! The dice pack features 15 dice with Vashtorr’s own special symbol on the 6 face.

Those who buy Arks of Omen: Vashtorr, Wrath of The Soul Forge King, and the Vashtorr Dice Set together from Games Workshop directly, can get all of them in a bundle with an exclusive art print – while stocks last.

There are a number of new Board Patrol boxes being released to help expand or start your forces!

Boarding Patrol: Adeptus Mechanicus comprises a Tech-Priest Dominus and 10 Skitarii Vanguard, who can also be built as Rangers. You’ll also find a cadre of five Sicarian Infiltrators – who can also be built as Ruststalkers – and a trio of heavily armed Kataphron Destroyers – which can also be built as Breachers.

Boarding Patrol: Chaos Daemons is a Khorne-flavoured Boarding Patrol with 10 Flesh Hounds and 10 Bloodletters led by Karanak, the Hound of Vengeance.

Boarding Patrol: Death Guard is led by a putrid Lord of Virulence, with three Deathshroud Terminators, and 10 Plague Marines.

Boarding Patrol: Genestealer Cults is made up of a Kelemorph, an Abominant, five Aberrants, and 10 Acolyte Hybrids – who can also be built as Hybrid Metamorphs.

You can represent your force a bit easier with the Imperial Knights Dice Set and Chaos Knights Dice Sets. Both feature 15 dice with a helmed icon on the 6 face, and Imperial Knights get a two-tone blue dice with silvery pips, while the Chaos Knights get a two-tone red dice with golden pips.

The Middle-Earth Strategy Battle Game is getting a few releases.

Faramir, Madril and Damrod, Rangers of Ithilien were first found in The Lord of the Rings Battle of Osgiliath boxed set. These versatile and mighty heroes are now available together in their own box, each with a choice of ruins or wooded scenery for their base.

Gothmog, Lieutenant of Sauron is a two-pack featuring the twisted and scarred Orc general both on foot and atop a slobbering, bloodthirsty Warg mount. Both versions come with a choice of sword or mace, plus an optional shield – you can even dismount Gothmog to field his Warg on its own.

Warhammer: The Horus Heresy also sees new releases to field or upgrade your army.

The Typhon Heavy Siege Tank was designed to suit the battleplans of Perturabo himself, this modified Land Raider sports a massive dreadhammer siege cannon that can reduce buildings to rubble and flatten whole squads.

Exodus – The One Who Is Many is the premier assassin of the Alpha Legion. Is this master sniper one man, or many sharing the same appearance?

Traitor Esoterist Consuls are Librarians who dabbled in forbidden lore. They use empyrean as a weapon, tearing holes in reality to fling arcane bolts at their foes and summon hordes of howling daemons.

Raven Guard MKVI Upgrades let you equip your units with retro-style prototype helmets, and shoulder pads embellished with their corvine emblem.

Alpha Legion MKVI Upgrades features helmets and shoulders that feature the intricate patterns and writhing hydra motif of the XX Legion.

The Character Heads Upgrade Sets is two packs of 15 unique resin heads – compatible with a huge range of plastic and resin Space Marine kits, such as the MKVI Tactical Squad.

White Dwarf 486 is packed with rules for the new Warhammer: Age of Sigmar Regiments of Renown, multiplayer rules for Kill Team, conveyor belt cards and rules for Boarding Actions, and cards for using Gryselle’s Arenai in games of Warcry.

Cypher: Lord of The Fallen (Limited Edition) by John French pits the most mysterious figure in the 41st Millennium against hunting packs of Dark Angels, Adeptus Custodes, and Imperial Assassins.

This tale of truth and lies – told from Cypher’s unreliable point of view – will be available first as a luxurious limited edition hardback that’s limited to just 2,000 signed and numbered copies.

Ahriman: Eternal is the fourth installment of John French’s Ahriman series. It’ll be released as a paperback book The powerful sorcerer searches for Necron time-altering technology to undo past wrongs, while Aeldari Harlequins nip at his heels and discord blossoms in his ranks. You can also get it in French.

Knight of Talassar: The Cato Sicarius Omnibus by Nick Kyme collects two novels, two novellas, and two short stories. Immerse yourself in the tales of the High Suzerain of Ultramar in your choice of paperback or eBook.

The Rise of The Horned Rat by Guy Haley is being released as an audiobook. Verminlords stalk the World-that-Was, and two rival kings prepare to face the full force of Queek Headtaker’s verminous horde in the fourth book of the End Times series.

Wrath of The Lost by Chris Forrester is being released in German as either paperback or eBook. Chaplain Duman and Apothecary Barachiel set sail to secure the Flesh Tearers’ homeworld of Cretacia, which has been left without a standing garrison during the Indomitus Crusade.

The Horus Heresy: Omnibus X features Scars by Chris Wraight, Vengeful Spirit by Graham McNeill, and The Damnation of Pythos by David Annandale. It’ll be available in paperback and as an eBook format in German.

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Games Workshop Pre-Order Preview: The Leagues of Votann fully arrive!

Posted on October 23, 2022 by Board Game Today Staff Leave a comment

It’s been a bit since the army box was released but the Leagues of Votann players won’t have much longer to wait before they can really build out their force. Games Workshop has revealed next week’s pre-orders and the new army dominates.

First up is the Codex: Leagues of Votann. It features 104 pages of lore, rules, everything you need to build your army. You can get the regular or Collector’s Edition which features silver foil.

A quick way to build your force, you can get the Combat Patrol: Leagues of Votann. You get one Kâhl – buildable as special character Ûthar the Destined as well as 10 Hearthkyn Warriors, three Hernkyn Pioneers, and five Cthonian Beserks.

Ûthar the Destined is one of the named characters in the codex and you can get this miniature to lead your force or build a standard Kâhl.

Grimnyr are the psykers of the force.

Einhyr Champions are great if you want a bit more of a blunt hammer. The exo-armor delivers a boost to smash the enemies.

And if that’s your playstyle, get the Einhyr Hearthguard who are the League’s finest troops. Also featuring exo-armor they feature powerful weapons.

Brôkhyr Iron-masters tend Kinhost forges. They handle the repair and recovery efforts.

Brôkhyr Thunderkyn brings heavy firepower to the battlefield with their bolt cannons and graviton blast cannons as well as conversion beamers.

Hearthkyn Warriors are the rank and file warriors bringing bolt and ion weaponry to battle. They’re an essential part of battle in their groups of 20 warriors.

The Hernkyn Pioneers provide maneuverability delivering speed and the option for powerful weapons to deliver hit and run attacks.

Cthonian Beserks are close combat fighters who charge into combat with their mining tools turned weapons.

The Sagitaur helps transport warriors around. It’ll take two to carry a 10 man Hearthkyn squad to battle where they’re needed.

The Hekaton Land Fortress is a massive vehicle that delivers damage and soaks it up as well.

May your rolls be blessed with the Leagues of Votann Dice Set. You get 16 dice.

Keep track of your force and rules with the Datacards: Leagues of Votann. The 40 cards have Stratagem and psychic powers at your disposal.

Warhammer: The Horus Heresy gets new additions to its growing line.

The Deimos Pattern Predator Support Tank is a versatile vehicle and brings the plasma destroyer, magna-melta cannon, flamestorm cannon, heavy conversion beam cannon, and neutron blaster to the battlefield.

Available from Forge World for the game are…

Corswain, Paladin of the Ninth Order is a legendary Dark Angels hero.

Death Guard Legion Praetors command their forces with brutal efficiency. They feature a power scythe and power weapon.

Death Guard MkVI Upgrades make it easier to equip your MkVI Space Marines with the iconography of the Death Guard.

If Blood Angels are more your thing, the Blood Angels MkVI Upgrades will make that force proud and stand out.

Black Library features a few new releases as well.

Eisenhorn: The Omnibus spans nearly 1000 pages and contains Xenos, Malleus, Hereticus, and The Magos, as well as Regia Occulta, Missing in Action, Backcloth for a Crown Additional, and The Keeler Image, all written by Dan Abnett.

The Successors: A Space Marine Anthology follows 12 lesser-known Chapters of Space Marines and will now get a paperback edition.

The Greater Good comes to audiobook as the Imperium takes on the T’au and Tyranids.

The Horus Heresy Collection VIII, Dark Imperium, Dark Imperium: Plague War, and Dark Imperium: The Omnibus all get French editions.

There’s also the Black Library Horror Week Subscription. Chilling tales of Warhammer Horror are perfect for Halloween and the bundle has six digital short stories starting October 24th.

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Games Workshop’s 2021 Battleforces are Available Now

Posted on December 4, 2021 by Board Game Today Staff Leave a comment

This year’s Battle Box releases are now available to order from Games Workshop! Each box retails for $210 which is a savings of about $50 per box.

There are four Battleforces for Warhammer: Age of Sigmar.

Nothing says Christmas like Vampires! The Revenant Legion has everything you need featuring 66 models including a bestial Vengorian Lord, five barded Blood Knights, 20 Deathrattle Skeleton warriors, and 40 Deadwalker Zombies!

The Hedonites of Slaanesh are led by a Shardspeaker and features three Slaangor Fiendbloods, ten Blissbarb archers – plus a lowly homunculus – and five Exalted Seekers which can be built as either Slickblades or Blissbarbs. Then there are ten elite warriors you can build as Mymirdesh Painbringers or frenzied Symbraesh Twinsouls.

The Lumineth Realm-Lords Battleforce features Vanari Auralan Wardens, Bladelords, Dawnriders, and a Starshard Ballista, all led by a Vanari Bannerblade and a Lord Regent, this is the perfect Tyrionic hammer for newly arrived Realm-lords.

Ossiarch Bonereapers is commanded by a Mortisan Boneshaper and a Soulreaper, these immortal debt collectors include 20 Mortek Guard and three Necropolis Stalkers – or three Immortis Guard, if you prefer. A Gothizzar Harvester refashions errant bones into new constructs for the army, while the Mortek Crawler hurls the gift of caskets of screaming souls at besieged enemies.

There are six Battleforces for Warhammer 40,000 as well.

Prepare for war with the Space Marines “Shieldbreaker Strike Force” Battleforce. It includes a Captain and his entourage of Bladeguard Veterans lead a balanced heavy infantry force of 10 Intercessors, 10 Assault Intercessors, and five Heavy Intercessors. Meanwhile, a fast and agile Storm Speeder Hailstrike is perfect for flanking enemy forces, or taking down hard targets when built either as the Hammerstrike or Thunderstrike variant.

The Adepta Sororitas “Purgatos Mission” has a Sister Dogmata commanding this force, which is composed of five Celestian Sacrosancts, 10 Battle Sisters, an Immolator armed transport, and a mighty Exorcist tank.

The Adeptus Mechanicus “Omnissiah’s Talon” features Five speedy Pteraxii, five stealthy Ruststalkers, and three Serberys Raiders make up the core of this battleforce, supported by the Ironstrider Ballistarii’s powerful cognis lascannons. Behind them marches a unit of 10 Skitarii Rangers and their Tech-priest Manipulus commander.

The Death Guard “Plaguefester Warband” features a Champion and Icon Bearer leading seven Plague Marines and three Deathshroud Terminators. Three Myphitic Blight-haulers and a Plagueburst Crawler cover their march.

Rise from a slumber with the Necrons “Worldscour Legion”. A Psychomancer cryptek leads the force, with a unit of 10 Necron Warriors and three Scarab Swarms. Also included is a Lokhust Heavy Destroyer, three Ophydian Destroyers, five Flayed Ones, and two huge Canoptek Doomstalkers.

The Orks “Killdakka Warband” features five Nobz, 20 Boyz, and 10 Gretchin with their Runtherd handler, Da Boss on his Deffkilla Wartrike. Also included is a Big Mek with Shokk Attack Gun and a Dakkajet.

There’s also some new releases for the Middle-Earth: Strategy Battle Game! Expand your scenery choices with some new items from GW!

The Rohan Stronghold features a village of houses, as well as walls and watchtowers to help build your own Rohan settlement. It retails for $280.

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Battleforces Highlight Games Workshops Pre-Orders for Next Week

Posted on November 29, 2021 by Brett Leave a comment

Games Workshop has revealed this year’s new battle box releases and they’ll soon be available for order! There are four Battleforces for Warhammer: Age of Sigmar.

There are six Battleforces for Warhammer 40,000 which will be available in December.

There’s also some new releases for the Middle-Earth: Strategy Battle Game! Expand your scenery choices with some new items from GW!

The Rohan Stronghold features a village of houses, as well as walls and watchtowers to help build your own Rohan settlement.

Pick up this recreation of Amon Hen. Play out Boromir’s last stand!

The Horus Heresy has a new release with the Sons of Horus Cataphractii Praetor! Lead your forces and earn favor by showing off its combat and tactical prowess!

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Games Workshop Reveals its Warhammer: 40,000 Battleforces

Posted on November 18, 2021 by Board Game Today Staff Leave a comment

It’s Battleforce Day and Games Workshop has revealed this year’s releases, a new annual tradition! There are six Battleforces for Warhammer 40,000 which will be available in December.

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The Death Guard Arrives for Pre-Order Next Week Plus Necromunda, Night Lords, Lord of the Rings, and more!

Posted on January 10, 2021 by Brett Leave a comment

After being delayed, Nurgle‘s chosen, the Death Guard, arrive for Warhammer 40,000 in next week’s pre-order.

Codex: Death Guard has arrived and it’s full of lore, art, and the rules you need to spread death and disease across the battlefield of the 40K universe. You can choose between two editions with the collector’s edition featuring a soft-touch cover and foil blocking.

Also available will be Datacards for the Death Guard to help you focus and keep track of your force.

There’ll also be easier ways to build your forces. A new Combat Patrol will be available. It features Typhus, Herald of Nurgle, Plague Marines, Poxwalkers, and a Biologus Putrifier.

With the old also comes something new with the Lord of Virulence. This leader is protected by Terminator armor and will spread disease with a plague spewer.

You’ll also be able to add to the battlefield with the Miasmic Malignifier. It doesn’t just look on the table, it’ll also help the Contagions of Nurgle spread even further.

Some other models get repackaged as well.

The Chosen of Mortarion are three models that were featured in the previous edition of Warhammer 40K’s starter box.

You can also show off your allegiance to Nurgle with the Contamination Corps Collection that includes everything above in one package and some signed artwork as well.

But, if you need to spread disease even further, you can expand your force with a box of Poxwalkers.

You can travel from the future to the fantasy world of Middle Earth as well with some releases for the Middle-Earth Strategy Battle Game. Returning releases include Frodo, Sam, and Gollum, Haldir, Gildor Inglorion and Glorfindel, Black Riders, Dead Marsh Spectres, and Barrow-wights.

Necromunda gets a release in Phyrr Cats for House Escher.

Forge World has releases with the Contekar Terminators for the Night Lords.

Black Library also has some releases to flesh out the various worlds.

The second novella in the Siege of Terra series, Fury of Magnus arrives as a hardback book, ebook, and MP3 audiobook.

Dan Abnett‘s short story collection Lord of the Dark Millennium arrives in paperback.

Book 5 in the Siege of Terra series gets a limited edition hardback with Mortis.

Alpharius: Head of the Hydra is the next in The Horus Heresy: Primarchs series. It gets a numbered limited edition hardback.

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Games Workshop Delivers an Update on 2021 Releases

Posted on December 24, 2020 by Brett Leave a comment

With the future still up in the air, Games Workshop is changing things up for the foreseeable future as far as releases.

Both COVID-19 and Brexit are both looming issues for the game manufacturer imapcting their retail stores, factories, and shipping. There will be delays for December and January, extending the shipping delays so many are familiar with.

First up, Brexit.

Games Workshop has announced that EY fans won’t have to pay more for products due to the England exiting the EU. While details are still being worked out, Games Workshop has pledged to pay any customs and duties fees that apply to orders.

And then there’s COVID…

With delays and shutdowns impacting the company, they have announced they’re now delaying releases and stretching them out for January and February.

Rather than weekly, releases will come every other week with the first pre-orders of 2021 being January 16th.

There will be a new codex or expansion in January, February, and March with Death Guard for Warhammer 40K as the first to be released. A new battletome, with new minis, will be released in February for Warhammer: Age of Sigmar. A teaser will be released on Christmas day.

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Games Workshop Delays the Death Guard Due to Pestilence

Posted on December 4, 2020 by Brett Leave a comment

If there was any army to be delayed due to COVID-19, Nurgle and the Death Guard being it has a bit of irony. Games Workshop announced today that they are delaying the release of the next updated army for Warhammer 40K due to COVID-19 concerns and the strains it’s putting on shipments.

The army and its updated codex will now be released in 2021 and it’s unknown what, if any, impact it might have on releases intended for January.

The company has released a new wallpaper to help you show off your loyalty during the delay and the new datahsheet for Mortarion has also been revealed! Check those out and sit back and wait patiently for the sons of Barbarus.

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Take Your 40K Battles to War Zone Charadon

Posted on November 21, 2020 by Brett Leave a comment

During today’s new online preview, Games Workshop revealed the next War Zone to battle it out in Warhammer 40K. War Zone Charadon Act 1: The Book of Rust has Typhus and the Death Guard attempting to claim the forge world Metalica for their own. Standing in their way is the Adeptus Mechanicus.

War Zone Charadon Act 1: The Book of Rust features background about the epic war zone but also new rules for:

Death Guard
Adeptus Mechanicus
Imperial Knights
Drukhari

The new Death Guard codex will be releasing soon and it’s unknow what rules will be added here that won’t be found in that book. The Drukhari codex has been revealed to be released in early 2021, so same questions apply to that army as well.

The new codex supplement won’t be the only release. The Plague Purge Mission Pack delivers a host of specific Crusade rules. Create a campaign around the world and gain relics and abilities along the way. It gives a whole new region of space to set campaigns in.

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The Broken Realms Saga Begins with Age of Sigmar, Plus Shadow & Pain, this Year’s Christmas Model, Death Guard, and more!

Posted on November 7, 2020 by Brett Leave a comment

Games Workshop has an Age of Sigmar focused week of pre-order releases but fans of Warhammer 40K, limited edition models, and Black Library have things to look forward to as well!

Age of Sigmar‘s narrative event “The Broken Realms” begins! “The Broken Realms” saga is set to encompass the entirety of the Age of Sigmar, changing the status quo for every faction. It all starts with the first book in the series, Broken Realms: Morathi, coming your way in hardback, eBook, and limited editions.

The Shadow Queen has long plotted to attain true godhood, and she’s finally seizing her chance. Anyone who stands in her way will suffer… as you’ll see in the epic story that weaves together the Daughters of Khaine, Idoneth Deepkin, Slaves to Darkness, Stormcast Eternals, and Cities of Sigmar in a tale that promises to alter the balance of power in the Mortal Realms.

To kickstart your gaming, there’s also four themed box sets to allow you to easily recreate armies from the narrative in Broken Realms: Morathi. Each contains everything you need to field a warscroll battalion from the book. They’re great starting points or an easy way to expand your collection.

The Shadow & Pain battlebox is another way to start. The box set features the Daughters of Khaine and Hedonites of Slaanesh.

The Melusai Ironscale is an elite warrior of the Daughters of Khaine who can ignore the effects of spells and inspire nearby Melusai to greater deeds by murdering enemies in Khaine’s name.

The Slaaneshi Lord of Pain is so inured to agony that they have a chance to disregard any wounds. They also allow nearby Hedonites to re-roll hits as they seek to cause as much pain as possible.

There’s also a 40-page book with battleplans and Realm of Battle rules, plus warscroll cards for all the units and a pair of exclusive warscroll battalions. Split it with a friend or get the basis for two new armies – whichever you choose, you’ll be well on the way to carving out your own little corner of the Mortal Realms.

The holidays are near and Games Workshop is releasing its annual Christmas model, Jakkob Bugmansson XI. The figure will be available to order throughout November and December before he vanishes into legend.

The Death Guard codex is coming soon and you’ll be able to add to your force ahead of time with Space Marine Heroes Series 3 that features the sons of Mortarion, Plague Marines! Previously only available in Japan, the figures are now available in blind boxes. The models are push-fit and push off the frames for easy construction. You can get individual packs with a random model or a complete set of all six figures.

You can also play some other games with a Warhammer 40,000 playing cards. The 54-card set features four suits – Imperium, Space Marines, Chaos and Xenos – plus a pair of Jokers, which naturally feature Harlequins on them.

Black Library’s annual novella series returns next week with five hardback tomes, each telling a thrilling tale from across the 41st Millennium, the Age of Sigmar, and Necromunda.

You can get all the books in one handy collection or individually.

Warhammer Age of Sigmar fans can also enjoy a new portmanteau novel about the Daughters of Khaine, containing three intertwining tales of blood-soaked action from the Realm of Shadow in the Covens of Blood. If you’re after something shorter and with more fire, the Heirs of Grimnir audio drama, which was originally released in three parts last Christmas, is being collected together on CD and MP3 for the first time.

Celebrate the holidays with the Black Library Advent Calendar 2020. Limited to 1,250, the calendar features 25 individually sleeved art prints of Black Library covers.

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