Justice is a rather shaky thing in the world of Necromunda. Ashwood Stranger is a gunfighter who walks in justice, wandering the underhive.
The armor and stub pistol would hint that Ashwood is a former Enforcer but his exact origin is unknown. No matter, he’s a force for justice.
Ashwood features Gunfighter, Hip Shooting, and Fast Shot using his two custom pistols. Take him as an Outcast leader at the head of a vigilante gang or hire him as a Bounty Hunter.
The resin figure comes with a fighter card and details can be found in the Book of Outcast.
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.
Another classic has returned to Necromunda. A new Beastmaster is coming to the game, now joined by Millisaurs!
Millisaurs will chew through anything put in front of them and can easily Infiltrate and feature Burrowing allowing them to wiggle under impassable terrain.
Gangs can hire two Outland Beastmasters, each with their own beasts, delivering a lot of pests to deal with.
The first pre-order weekend of 2023 focused on Warhammer 40K and the second is focused on Age of Sigmar. While their initial box was released last year, Slaves of Darkness is starting to get a proper release plus more for the game.
General’s Handbook – Pitched Battles 2022-23 Season 2 kicks off the new season of Matched Play. The 96-page spiral-bound book contains a new Battleplack. It includes fundamental changes, new battleplans, grand strategies, and battle tactics that mix up the game. It’s a must for anyone that enjoys Matched Play events.
Battletome: Slaves to Darkness has everything you need for rules in a regular and limited edition version. The book is 128 pages and allows you to field your dark legions.
Vanguard: Slaves to Darkness is an easy way to build your warhost. It contains 17 miniatures including a Chaos Lord, 10 iconic Chaos Warriors in full multi-part glory, five Chaos Knights with the new upgrade sprue, and a chariot which can be pulled by horses or a savage gorebeast for line-breaking charges.
The new Daemon Prince is a kit many are looking forward to. It has a lot of options allowing the miniature to be used in Age of Sigmar and Warhammer 40,000. Different heads, and a choice of weapons, allows you to customize yours to worship a specific Chaos God!
The Chaos Lord on Karkadrak is now available on its own making it easier for you to add this beast to your army.
Eternus, Blade of The First Prince was picked by Be’lakor and imbued him with the souls of Stormcast Eternals creating his own champion. He can also be used to create a generic Chaos Lord on Daemonic Mount.
The new Generals’ Handbook favors troops on foot so you might want to get the Exalted Hero of Chaos.
The Chaos Chosen are elite warriors who want to use their soul splitter weapons to free their foes from the burden of the mortal coil.
Chaos Warriors are the iconic bruisers of Chaos. These warriors march into battle with hand weapons or ensorceled halberds to hack their foes.
Chaos Knights quickly smash into their foes ready to skewer them. This release features an upgrade sprue with command options such as banners, instruments and champions’ paraphernalia.
Ogroid Theridons will help pulverize the enemy bringing even more strength to the Slaves to Darkness.
May the Chaos Gods bless your rolls with the Slaves to Darkness Dice Set.
Teased last year, you’ll finally be able to get the Horus Ascended figure for Warhammer: The Horus Heresy. Horus Lupercal has drunk deep of the power granted by his dark patrons to become Horus Ascended. It’s the next release in the Horus Heresy Character Series.
You can equip your Thousand Sons with the Thousand Sons MKVI Upgrades that features new helmets and shoulder pads.
The Ultramarines MKVI Upgrades let your sons of Hullman stand out featuring new helmets and shoulder pads.
White Dwarf Issue 484 focuses on new Boarding Actions for Warhammer 40K including tiles, a hobby bingo card, and mini photo backdrop.
Written by James Swallow, Garro: Knight of Grey (Limited Edition) is the story of Nathaniel Garro’s final hours during the Horus Heresy and his confrontation with his father Mortarion. The limited edition copy features a deep-red faux leather with inlaid metal emblem and the author’s signature and interior art. It’s limited to 2500 copies.
You can also get it as a hardback, eBook, or audiobook.
Godeater’s Son by Noah Van Nguyen features an unlikely hero in Heldanarr Fall fighting for freedom against the gods. It’ll be in hardback, eBook, and audiobook.
Soulslayer by Darius Hinks comes to audiobook focusing on Gotrek’s quest across Chamon with his Fyreslayer kin.
Armour of Contempt by Dan Abnett features Ibram Gaunt’s return and is available as an audiobook.
The Blood Bowl pitch is getting a bit more dangerous and bloody as Bryce “The Slice” Cambuel is entering the field. Chainsaws aren’t uncommon on the field, but a chainsaw-wielding skeleton on fire might be.
Bryce’s career ended early when his own chainsaw killed him but he continues to rip up the field today. He features Thick Skull and Stand Firm with his unique Ghostly Flames special rule that adds a +4 to Armour rolls when he makes a Chainsaw Attack action as part of a Blitz.
Coming soon from Forge World, Bryce is ready to be hired by your Sylvanian Spotlight.
Games Workshop has revealed the brand new Scrappa Sorehead for Blood Bowl. The figure is a solid update to a classic model with a few different versions over the years.
Games Workshop is slowly releasing some classic characters and beasts from Necromunda for the new edition. The latest reveal is a new Beastmaster and updated Ripperjacks.
Beastmasters bring some animal power to gangs in the Outland and in the previous edition could bring ripperjacks, millisaurs, and rats to the fight.
But, if the ripperjacks don’t get the job done, the Beastmaster also features a shock stave and sawn-off shotgun.
Ripperjacks have the ability of Flight and use an Enveloping Attack to smother their targets. Catfall also halves the vertical distance a Beastmaster falls or jumps and can remain standing if they pass an Initiative test.
Absent for a bit, Nobbla Blackwart is returning to the Blood Bowl pitch. The classic character is getting a new and updated resin figure from Forge World. The new model takes its look from the classic figure from 1994, which you can compare below.
Nobbla Blackwart is great on the field too featuring Block and Dodge and a Star Player rule where he can chainsaw a prone opponent without it counting as a foul.
Nobbla is available for the Badlands Brawl and Underworld Challenge teams.
With the teases increasing recently, it’s not surprising that Cadia and the Astra Militarum are the center of this coming week’s pre-orders from Games Workshop.
The Cadia Stands: Astra Militarum Army Set launches the update to the Astra Militarum. It features 28 new miniatures. That includes 20 Cadian Shock Troops, a five-man Cadian Command Squad, a Sentinel with Armoured and Sentinel configurations, and two Field Ordnance teams.
The box also features an exclusive copy of Codex: Astra Militarum and 63 datacards.
The box will have a 13-day pre-order window coming to shelves on Black Friday.
Are you ready to rock? Then the Ork Goff Rocker is for you. This year’s Christmas miniature is the Goff Rocker updating the classic trio of models. Of course, he’ll be getting some mini-games so you can bring him to the tabletop.
Coming from Forge World is the Doom Scythe Squadron. The Doom Scythe and Night Scythe kits are getting repacked into a single set that can make both of these deadly Necron flying machines. Rules for fielding Doom Scythes and Night Scythes can be found in the Aeronautica Imperialis Companion.
White Dwarf Issue 482 features a Warcry battle report, a guide to painting Leagues of Votann, and an Army of Renown for the Necrons. There’s also a lot more!
Coming from Black Library is Cadian Blood (Special Edition). Written by Aaron Demski-Bowden this special edition is limited to 2,000 copies and comes with a red cloth cover, blue ribbon bookmark, and signed by the author. An audiobook version will be available too.
Dan Abnett‘s Gaunt’s Ghosts: The Victory Part 2 (Paperback & eBook) includes the novels The Warmaster and Anarch, and the short stories This is What Victory Feels Like (Forever the Same) and From There to Here.
Krieg by Steve Lyons comes to paperback for the first time. It pits the Death Korps of Krieg against Tyranids and Orks.
Witchbringer by Steven B. Fischer is out in paperback and ebook. On the eve of becoming a Primaris Psyker, a former Cadian Captain has a powerful premonition about her former regiment.
Coming in hardbook and ebook is Da Gobbo’s Demise by Denny Flowers. Redsnot is proud of his position as least-worst grot, so when Runtherd Killaskun dies, he thinks it’s his chance to really show his mettle. Unfortunately for Redsnot, Da Red Gobbo has swooped in to usurp him!
Battle of the Fang is coming to audiobook.
Warhammer Age of Sigmar Characters eShorts celebrates a week of daily eshorts with five stories taking on characters new and old.
France and Germany are getting in on the Astra Militarum fun too. Cadian Blood is coming out in French paperback and eBook, while Steel Tread is coming out in French and German paperback and eBook. Can the dysfunctional crew of a Leman Russ Demolisher survive a death-or-glory charge under the light of the Great Rift?
It’s a pretty big pre-order week for Age of Sigmar and Horus Heresy next week as Games Workshop has revealed what’s coming.
The Slaves to Darkness Army Set is the big item delivering a new battletome and lots of new figures. It features 14 new miniatures including a Daemon Prince, 10 Chaos Chosen, and three Ogroid Theridons. It also includes a special edition of the Slaves to Darkness battletome featuring rules you need to field your army. There are also Warscroll Cards, 28 Enhancement Cards, and 34 tokens to keep track of special rules.
That’s not the only force to be reconned with. Battletome: Ogor Mawtribes will also be available to order. It features the rules you need to field this force and you can choose between the regular edition or the limited edition that’ll only have 500 copies worldwide.
The Vanguard: Ogor Mawtribes is an easy want to start or expand your force. It features a Tyrant, six Ogor Gluttons, two Mournfangs, four Leadbelchers, and an Ironblaster which can be built as a Gnoblar Scraplauncher.
The Bloodpelt Hunter hunts large creatures in the Mortal Realms. They sneak into position hunting with their skullshatter crossbow, impaling spear, or hacker-axe and meatblade.
Maneaters will actually eat anybody. The mercenaries can be added to Battle with the Ex-mercenary Command Trait.
Keep track of your rules with the Ogor Mawtribes Warscroll Cards that feature 28 cards and 34 tokens.
Ogor Mawtribes Dice features 20 six-sided dice themed around the army.
And if neither of those armies is your thing, Vanguard: Sylvaneth will help you grow your force. It includes a Branchwych, three deadly Kurnoth Hunters, and five Tree-Revenants that can be assembled as Spite-Revenants. Finally, there’s a Treelord that can be a Treelord Ancient or a Spirit of Durthu.
Finally, there’s the Sons of Behemat Warscroll Cards which contains 12 reference cards as well as tokens to help keep track of your game.
Warhammer: The Horus Heresy has a lot of releases as well.
Liber Imperium – Forces of the Emperor Army Book covers the Imperial army including Solar Auxilia, as well as the Sisters of Silence, Legio Custodes, and the seven deadly Clades of the Officio Assassinorum.
The Officio Assassinorum has three new agents for the battlefield. The Clade Venenum Assassin tailors its venom for maximum lethality. The Clade Vanus Infocyte Assassin misdirects enemies. Finally, the Clade Adamus Assassin updates the classic Assassin butchering opponents with its blades in combat.
The Solar Auxilia Tank Crew adds extra firepower and features two pintle-mounted multi-lasers and a pintle-mounted heavy flamer.
Solar Auxilia Surgeon-Primus Aevos Jovan and Medicae Orderlies bring their surgical skills to the battlefield. The set features Jovan, his staff of two medical orderlies, and an unfortunate wounded soldier strapped to an auto-gurney.
Solar Auxilia Rapier Batteries provide fire support to Solar Auxilia armies. Rapier Batteries can have gravis multi lasers or quad launchers. The kit features two crew.
Upgrade kits continue and now it’s Iron Hands Upgrades! Grab shoulder pads for your Mark II, Mark IV, and Cataphractii Terminators, and some Mark III torsos for your X Legion warriors.
There’s also the Night Lords Upgrades. Upgrade your Mark II and Mark III Space Marines with shoulder pads, and your Mark IV troops with torsos.
Necromunda gets some releases as well!
Goliath Vehicle Gang Tactics features 26 cards including 8 blank cards.
Add some scenery with the Promethium Tanks Refuelling Station. They’re solid objectives for the games and can be assembled in multiple ways. You can also use them to refuel your scare weapons in the game!
If you want yours portable, then get the Promethium Tanks on Cargo-8 Ridgehauler Trailer. It’s compatible with the Cargo-8 Ridgehauler and great for scenarios.
Goliath Ash Wastes Upgrades will help your gang survive the wasteland. It features alternate heads and optional equipment. The backpacks are designed to be used with the Goliath Gang kit.
Black Library has a few releases.
Shadowsun: The Patient Hunter is a new novel by Phil Kelly. When Death Guard attack the Starside Nexus, Shadowsun must find a way to defeat them. This limited edition hardback is limited to 2,000 copies.
Only War: Stories from the 41st Millennium features 24 short stories from 21 different authors.
Conquest Unbound: Stories from the Mortal Realms features 21 stories from 15 authors set in the world of Warhammer: Age of Sigmar.
Kragnos: Avatar of Destruction gets a paperback edition and pits the End of Empires against the forces of Order.
Inferno! Presents: The Emperor’s Finest features 12 short stories and is available in paperback and eBook.
The Curse of Khaine gets an audiobook version.
German editions of Dark Imperium: The Omnibus, Dark Imperium, and Dark Imperium: Plague War are being released.
Finally, if you missed the single issues, you can get the collection of Warhammer 40,000: Sisters of Battle from Marvel Comics!