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Games Workshop Pre-Order Preview: Cadia Stands while Goffs Rock

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.

Cadia Stands: Astra Militarum Army Set

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.

Ork Goff Rocker

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.

 Doom Scythe Squadron

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!

White Dwarf Issue 482

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.

Gaunt’s Ghosts: The Victory Part 2

Krieg by Steve Lyons comes to paperback for the first time. It pits the Death Korps of Krieg against Tyranids and Orks.

Krieg

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.

Witchbringer

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!

Da Gobbo’s Demise

Battle of the Fang is coming to audiobook.

Battle of the Fang

Warhammer Age of Sigmar Characters eShorts celebrates a week of daily eshorts with five stories taking on characters new and old.

Warhammer Age of Sigmar Characters eShorts

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?

Games Workshop Pre-Order Preview: The Knights are coming to 40K

After weeks of teases, next week sees the pre-order releases for Knights for both Chaos and the Imperium!

You’ll be able to get the Chaos Knights Army Set which allows for dozens of configurations as you build you machines of death. It’s the first place to get hold of the new Chaos Knights kits, the codex, and datacards. You can build a Knight Abominant as well as two War Dogs, great to reinforce your army or build a whole new one!

The codex is a special edition with a soft-touch cover. Also included are 50 datacards that feature generic stratagems for use by any Chaos Knight army, special stratagems for six individual Dread Houses, and six Warp Storm Discipline psychic powers. Also included is a transfer sheet with almost 600 decals!

This is your first chance to get this force, new rules, and models!

The Imperium isn’t outdone. You can get Codex: Imperial Knights too! The new codex features all the rules you need to get them to the tabletop plus all the background you need to build out your force. You can get a Collector’s edition which features a soft-touch cover, ribbon bookmark, and grand glit lettering, or get the regular edition.

Codex: Imperial Knights

You can also get Imperial Knights Datacards which help you keep track of Stratagems and Knightly teachings during battle. . Also included are cards for the Households-specific Stratagems for House Terryn, House Griffith, House Cadmus, House Hawkshroud, House Mortan, House Raven, House Taranis, House Krast, and House Vulker.

Imperial Knights Datacards

You’ll be able to build your Imperial Knights force with Knight Armigers and Knight Dominus. The Knight Armigers feature two shooty Helverins or a pair of up-close-and-personal Warglaives – or one of each! You could also corrupt them and turn them to the forces of Chaos.

The Knight Dominus kit will now let you build the enemy-incinerating Knight Valiant or the bombarding Knight Castellan. Or, corrupt it to serve the Dark Gods!

Knight Armigers and Knight Dominus

War Zone Nachmund: Rift War also arrives concluding the event story. The book includes new missions, new Crusade rules, and a War of Desperation campaign to wage across three distinct War Zones – plus a Codex Supplement for the Castellans of the Rift Chapter of Space Marines, and new Armies of Renown for the Warpmeld Pact and the Coteries of the Haemonculi. You can get a Collector’s Edition, featuring a soft-touch cover, a ribbon bookmark, fancy gilt lettering, or the hardback edition.

War Zone Nachmund: Rift War

From Black Library comes the Khârn: Eater of Worlds Special Edition! The World Eaters are leaderless, their Primarch missing, and Khârn is in a coma. Will the Eighth Captain awaken in time to stop his Legion from tearing itself apart? This special edition is limited to 1,500 copies and faux leather cover, an introduction by author Anthony Reynolds, and the short story Chosen of Khorne.

You can also get it as an audiobook as well.

The Triumph of Saint Katherine by Danie Ware is coming as a hardback, ebook, and audiobook. On the world of Kiros, a young Battle Sister fights alongside the Ecclesiarchy’s most sacred procession, but the God-Emperor has bigger plans for her…

The Triumph of Saint Katherine

The Helwinter Gate by Chris Wraight sees Jarnhammer Pack alone and on a stolen spaceship. Can they restore their honor, and will they ever be allowed to return home to Fenris? You can get it as a paperback for the first time.

The Helwinter Gate

Covens of Blood is coming out as an audiobook. This novel weaves three stories together, telling the tales of three witch-aelves trying to achieve impossible tasks to prove their devotion to Khaine.

Covens of Blood

The Chronicles of Malus Darkblade: Volume Two follows the legendary druchii warrior Malus Darkblade on his adventures in the World-that-Was with this anthology, available in paperback and ebook.

The Chronicles of Malus Darkblade: Volume Two

Grim Repast (German) is getting a German release along with The Twice-Dead King: Reign (German).

Gaunt’s Ghosts: The Victory Part One (French) and Krieg (French) are getting French editions as well.

40K Chapter Approved, Kommando Orks and Krieg Kill Team, and Necromunda! It’s a packed week

It’s a packed week for 40K players as Games Workshop‘s latest pre-orders are live!

The Chapter Approved: War Zone Nachmund Grand Tournament Pack and Munitorum Field Manual 2022 are here kicking off a new season of competitive and matched play.

Chapter Approved comes with 18 missions, nine each for Incursion and Strike Force sized games. There are also updated secondary objectives as well. Within the Munitorum Field Manual 2022, you’ll find up-to-date points!

Purchase: $40 from Games Workshop$34 from Flipside Gaming

Chapter Approved: War Zone Nachmund Grand Tournament Pack and Munitorum Field Manual 2022

Kill Team is getting some new releases, with the individual items from Octarious getting releases and being repackaged.

The Kill Team: Starter Set is an easy way to get into the game featuring two teams, rules, scenery, all you need to play. The box set features the Veteran Guardsmen of the Death Korps of Krieg taking on Ork Kommandos. The box art looks like what was teased way back at Gen Con 2021. The box set also features a gameplay mat, scatter terrain, a streamlined 96-page Core Rules book, and a 56-page Recruit Edition book with background info and tutorial missions.

Purchase: $99 from Games Workshop$84.15 from Flipside Gaming

Kill Team: Starter Set

The individual teams are getting a release too!

The Kill Team: Veteran Guardsmen will allow you to build up your Guardsmen Kill Team or use them to build up that Death Korps of Krieg Warhammer 40,000 force! The box contains 10 troopers to add to the grind.

Purchase: $55 from Games Workshop$46.75 from Forge and Fire Gaming

Kill Team: Veteran Guardsmen

Orks get some love with the Kill Team: Kommandos. Featuring 10 Kommandos it also has a trusty Kommando Grot and volatile Bomb Squig! Use them for Kill Team or add them to your Waargh in games of 40K.

Purchase – $60 from Games Workshop$51 from Flipside Gaming

Kill Team: Kommandos

You can also get the Kill Team: Octarius Book. It features the Kill Team rules for the Ork Kommandos and Veteran Guardsman including equipment, tactical ploys, and battlefield roles. There are also nine Shadow Operations missions that allow you to play out a campaign.

Purchase: $40 from Games Workshop$34 from Flipside Gaming

Kill Team: Octarius Book

You can also build out your battlefield with Kill Team: Kill Zone Octarius. This scenery set will now be available on its own allowing you to build an Ork shanty town! It’s great for Kill Team and Warhammer 40,000 and features a double-sided battlefield board.

Purchase: $100 from Games Workshop$85 from Flipside Gaming

Kill Team: Kill Zone Octarius

Necromunda gets new releases making games more deadly!

Add Hive Scum to your game with these four expendable gangers. They can be a gang on their own or join other House Gangs.

Purchase: $18 from Games Workshop$21 from Flipside Gaming

Hive Scum

House Delaque gets some options with the Delaque Weapons and Upgrades set. The set features heavy flamers, plasma guns, and meltaguns, as well as new heads!

Purchase: $25 from Games Workshop$25 from Flipside Gaming

Delaque Weapons and Upgrades

The Underdog Card pack allows you to pull out shenanigans to snatch victory from the jaws of defeat. The pack also contains 12 universal Gang Tactics that all can use.

Purchase: $15 from Games Workshop

Underdog Card pack

Black Library has some new releases coming!

Krieg allows you to dive further into the Death Korps of Krieg. Written by Steve Lyon, how far will they go to secure victory?

Purchase: $27 from Games Workshop

Krieg

Adrian Tchaikovsky brings us Day of Ascension. The Forge World of Morod prepares for the alien “angels” who will bring mercy to the masses.

Purchase: $19 from Games Workshop$21 from Flipside Gaming

Day of Ascension

The Triumph of Saint Katherine is by Danie Ware and focuses on the Sisters of Battle. This limited edition hardback is limited to 2,000 copies. This limited edition version features red faux-leather cover overlaid with a gold, black, and white foil design, full-art tip-in, gold-glit page edges, a black ribbon bookmark, and an author introduction and signature.

Purchase: $60 from Games Workshop

Triumph of Saint Katherine

The Book of Martyrs features three stories focused on a different Sister in the Era Indomitus. Alec Worley, Phil Kelly, and Danie Ware bring tales of Sister Ishani who must deal with an inhuman hunter, Sister Anarchia resisting her T’au captors, and Sister Superior Laurelyn defending against a foe spilling out of the Great Rift.

Purchase: $16 from Games Workshop

The Book of Martyrs

Masters of the Hunt: The White Scars Omnibus collects stories by Andy Hoare, Robbie MacNiven, Phil Kelly, Josh Reynolds, Anthony Reynolds, and Graeme Lyon.

Purchase: $18 from Games Workshop

Masters of the Hunt: The White Scars Omnibus

Return to the Sabbat Worlds with the Iron Snakes in Urdesh: The Serpent and the Saint by Matthew Farrer which will be available in audiobook.

Urdesh: The Serpent and the Saint

Das Helwinter-Tor is the German translation of Chris Wraight‘s The Helwinter Gate. A Járnhamar Pack is n the run from their fellow Space Wolves as they race to uncover the truth behind an ancient betrayal.

Das Helwinter-Tor

40K Chapter Approved, Kommando Orks and Krieg Kill Team, Necromunda, and Blood Bowl! It’s a packed upcoming week

It’s a packed week for 40K players as Games Workshop has revealed next week’s pre-orders that might be for a few games but 40K fans will all appreciate.

The Chapter Approved: War Zone Nachmund Grand Tournament Pack and Munitorum Field Manual 2022 are here kicking off a new season of competitive and matched play.

Chapter Approved comes with 18 missions, nine each for Incursion and Strike Force sized games. There are also updated secondary objectives as well. Within the Munitorum Field Manual 2022, you’ll find up-to-date points!

Chapter Approved: War Zone Nachmund Grand Tournament Pack and Munitorum Field Manual 2022

Kill Team is getting some new releases, with the individual items from Octarious getting releases and being repackaged.

The Kill Team: Starter Set is an easy way to get into the game featuring two teams, rules, scenery, all you need to play. The box set features the Veteran Guardsmen of the Death Korps of Krieg taking on Ork Kommandos. The box art looks like what was teased way back at Gen Con 2021. The box set also features a gameplay mat, scatter terrain, a streamlined 96-page Core Rules book, and a 56-page Recruit Edition book with background info and tutorial missions.

Kill Team: Starter Set

The individual teams are getting a release too!

The Kill Team: Veteran Guardsmen will allow you to build up your Guardsmen Kill Team or use them to build up that Death Korps of Krieg Warhammer 40,000 force! The box contains 10 troopers to add to the grind.

Kill Team: Veteran Guardsmen

Orks get some love with the Kill Team: Kommandos. Featuring 10 Kommandos it also has a trusty Kommando Grot and volatile Bomb Squig! Use them for Kill Team or add them to your Waargh in games of 40K.

Kill Team: Kommandos

You can also get the Kill Team: Octarius Book. It features the Kill Team rules for the Ork Kommandos and Veteran Guardsman including equipment, tactical ploys, and battlefield roles. There are also nine Shadow Operations missions that allow you to play out a campaign.

Kill Team: Octarius Book

You can also build out your battlefield with Kill Team: Kill Zone Octarius. This scenery set will now be available on its own allowing you to build an Ork shanty town! It’s great for Kill Team and Warhammer 40,000 and features a double-sided battlefield board.

Kill Team: Kill Zone Octarius

Necromunda gets new releases making games more deadly!

Add Hive Scum to your game with these four expendable gangers. They can be a gang on their own or join other House Gangs.

Hive Scum

House Delaque gets some options with the Delaque Weapons and Upgrades set. The set features heavy flamers, plasma guns, and meltaguns, as well as new heads!

Delaque Weapons and Upgrades

The Underdog Card pack allows you to pull out shenanigans to snatch victory from the jaws of defeat. The pack also contains 12 universal Gang Tactics that all can use.

Underdog Card pack

There’s some entrepreneurs in the underhive like Slopper and Scabber. While they can help in a skirmish, it’s all about the cooking and trading with them.

Slopper and Scabber

Blood Bowl gets a release with a brand new Rat Ogre! These brutes bring some much needed strength to the Skaven roster and update a rather unliked previous release.

Rat Ogre

Warhammer 40,000: Imperium rolls out to more locations! The magazine series allows individuals to slowly build two forces and learn to play Warhammer 40,000. The first issue features a Primaris Lieutenant with storm shield and volkite pistol and a Necron Royal Warden with a relic gauss blaster.

The fifth issue features an exclusive Space Marine Primaris Captain! You can roll the dice and pick issues up at your local store or get a subscription and never miss an issue.

Black Library has some new releases coming!

Krieg allows you to dive further into the Death Korps of Krieg. Written by Steve Lyon, how far will they go to secure victory?

Krieg

Adrian Tchaikovsky brings us Day of Ascension. The Forge World of Morod prepares for the alien “angels” who will bring mercy to the masses.

Day of Ascension

The Triumph of Saint Katherine is by Danie Ware and focuses on the Sisters of Battle. This limited edition hardback is limited to 2,000 copies. This limited edition version features red faux-leather cover overlaid with a gold, black, and white foil design, full-art tip-in, gold-glit page edges, a black ribbon bookmark, and an author introduction and signature.

Triumph of Saint Katherine

The Book of Martyrs features three stories focused on a different Sister in the Era Indomitus. Alec Worley, Phil Kelly, and Danie Ware bring tales of Sister Ishani who must deal with an inhuman hunter, Sister Anarchia resisting her T’au captors, and Sister Superior Laurelyn defending against a foe spilling out of the Great Rift.

The Book of Martyrs

Masters of the Hunt: The White Scars Omnibus collects stories by Andy Hoare, Robbie MacNiven, Phil Kelly, Josh Reynolds, Anthony Reynolds, and Graeme Lyon.

Masters of the Hunt: The White Scars Omnibus

Return to the Sabbat Worlds with the Iron Snakes in Urdesh: The Serpent and the Saint by Matthew Farrer which will be available in audiobook.

Urdesh: The Serpent and the Saint

Das Helwinter-Tor is the German translation of Chris Wraight‘s The Helwinter Gate. A Járnhamar Pack is n the run from their fellow Space Wolves as they race to uncover the truth behind an ancient betrayal.

Das Helwinter-Tor