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Games Workshop Pre-Order Preview: Slaves to Darkness descends while Horus Ascends

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.

General’s Handbook – Pitched Battles 2022-23 Season 2

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.

Battletome: Slaves to Darkness

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.

Vanguard: Slaves to Darkness

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!

Daemon Prince

The Chaos Lord on Karkadrak is now available on its own making it easier for you to add this beast to your army.

Chaos Lord on Karkadrak

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.

Eternus, Blade of The First Prince

The new Generals’ Handbook favors troops on foot so you might want to get the Exalted Hero of Chaos.

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 Chosen

Chaos Warriors are the iconic bruisers of Chaos. These warriors march into battle with hand weapons or ensorceled halberds to hack their foes.

Chaos Warriors

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.

Chaos Knights

Ogroid Theridons will help pulverize the enemy bringing even more strength to the Slaves to Darkness.

Ogroid Theridons

May the Chaos Gods bless your rolls with the Slaves to Darkness Dice Set.

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.

Horus Ascended

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.

White Dwarf Issue 484

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.

Garro: Knight of Grey (Limited Edition)

You can also get it as a hardback, eBook, or audiobook.

Garro: Knight of Grey

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.

Godeater’s Son

Soulslayer by Darius Hinks comes to audiobook focusing on Gotrek’s quest across Chamon with his Fyreslayer kin.

Soulslayer

Armour of Contempt by Dan Abnett features Ibram Gaunt’s return and is available as an audiobook.

Armour of Contempt

Games Workshop Pre-Order Preview: It’s a Classic Chaos Made-to-Order Weekend

The Slaves to Darkness army set for Age of Sigmar came to shelves this weekend. Games Workshop keeps the focus on the forces of Chaos next weekend with a bunch of classic made-to-order models.

Archaon may have grown in size and spikes but here’s your chance to get this classic miniature in metal. It’s an iconic figure that’d be a great addition to any army.

Archaon

The Khorne Chaos Lord will help you claim skulls for your skull throne.

Khorne Chaos Lord

The Nurgle Chaos Lord will help you spread disease with your Maggotkin force.

Nurgle Chaos Lord

If excess and pleasure are your things, you can get the Slaanesh Chaos Lord.

 Slaanesh Chaos Lord

And if you like weaving spells, the Tzeentch Chaos Lord with Familiar is a great combo of figures.

Tzeentch Chaos Lord with Familiar

Finally, there’s the classic Mounted Chaos Sorcerer, also in metal. There are no rules on Age of Sigmar, but it’d be a solid piece to collect and paint. Or, how about using it as a Chaos Lord on Daemonic Mount?

Mounted Chaos Sorcerer

Black Libary has a few releases for German readers.

Brothers of the Snake by Dan Abnett and Last Chancers: Armageddon Saint by Gav Thorpe will each get a German ebook release.

Warhammer Fest 2022: Ogroid Theridons are ready to shock the Mortal Realms

During Warhammer Fest 2022, the Ogroid Theridons were revealed. This warriors are part of Archaon’s coming storm standing above human warriors. With promises of a new home home, they’ve joined forces with Archaon raising dark citadels, forging mighty weapons, and acting as overseers of the Chaos armies.

You can find this heavy infantry option in the upcoming Slaves to Darkness coming this winter.

Slaves to Darkness and a New Daemon Prince Unveiled for Age of Sigmar

After a grainy leak early today, Games Workshop has released some updates as to what’s coming for Warhammer: Age of Sigmar!

Battletome: Slaves to Darkness is on its way and with it, some new miniatures… including an all-new Daemon Prince! It’s promised there’s more than meets the eye for the miniature so we’ll have to wait and see what… maybe some bits for use in Warhammer 40K too?

More will be revealed during Warhammer Fest Online 2022 which begins next week.