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Games Workshop Pre-Order Preview: The Kroot kick of T’au with lots for Warhammer Underworlds and Necromunda

Posted on March 11, 2024 by Brett Leave a comment

It’s a big week for Warhammer 40K and Warhammer Underworlds when it comes to pre-orders from Games Workshop.

The Kroot are here! The Kroot are here! The Kroot Hunting Pack is the army box for the upcoming T’au launch. The army will now be able to be played on its own and the box features 20 new plastic Kroot Carnivores and a Krootox Rider, a Kroot War Shaper, Kroot Flesh Shaper, and three Kroot Rampagers. The box also features the first release of Codex: T’au Empire featuring all of the latest and updated rules for the army in Warhammer 40K 10th Edition. It also features 44 cards containing an army rule card, a double-sided drone rules card, four Combat Patrol datasheets and 38 T’au Empire Datasheets. The Codex and cards come in a special cardboard slipcase with an elastic strap so you can tote them around to your games.

Zondara’s Gravebreakers arrive for Warhammer Underworlds: Deathgorge. Zondara has raised a band of animated corpses to plunder the glacial depths of the Deathgorge and discover some way of returning her lover to his previous state. The warband comes with a Rivals deck.

Rimelocked Relics breathes frosty new life into your warbands with special Rimelocked upgrades whose powerful abilities must be coaxed out with Thaw counters across the game. As this deck doesn’t come with any Gambit spell cards, it can be used by any warband in the game.

Rivals of the Mirrored City updates four classic warbands. Zarbag’s Gitz, Thorns of the Briar Queen, Mollog’s Mob, and Spiteclaw’s Swarm are all returning in the Rivals of the Mirrored City, which contains all four warbands and four new Rivals decks for each, featuring refined and updated cards.

For Necromunda comes the Delaque Rogue Doc and Gang Lookout. The doc patches up gangers while the lookout keeps an eye out for trouble. The two-pack is from Forge World and made of resin.

The Delaque Ash Wastes Upgrades features 10 heads, 2 sets of 5 backpacks, and 10 flasks.

Delaque and Zone Mortalis Gang Tactics Cards features new Vehicle Tactics Cards for Delaque, while their second Gang Tactics pack gets a reprint. Each contains 18 tactics cards and 8 blank cards. Zone Mortalis cards features 26 cards which features 12 gang-specific tactics cards, 12 universal gang tactics cards, and 2 rules cards.

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A new month and a new Warpfire Minis box adds more T’au with one box to go!

Posted on July 15, 2023 by Brett Leave a comment

Warpfire Minis‘ WarpCrate is a mystery box for Warhammer 40K or Age of Sigmar! For $25 a box, you get random figures delivered to your doorstep. It’s promised the value to be at least $40.

We’re going to see how much of three armies we can build with a year of boxes! Our three armies this year are Adeptus Mechanicus, Tau, and Harlequins.

And, the latest unit is… more T’au

How’d we do this month?

XV25 Stealth Battlesuits – $30 ($35 for 3 with drone)

Fire Warriors x1 – $6 ($60 for 10)

Total – $36 (about)

Get yours

Army points (10th Edition)

Adeptus Mechanicus – $100 spent – $206 retail – saved $106
Serbeys Raiders x 2 – 75pts
Skitari x 5 – 100pts (for 10)
Sicarian Infiltrators x6 – 160pts (for 10)
Skitari Rangers x4 – 125pts (for 10)
Kastelan Robots x1 – 215pts (for 2)
Skitarri Vanguard x4 – 100 pts (for 10)

Total: 775 pts.

Eldar – $25 spent – $42 retail – saved $17
Harlequin Troop x 5 – 90pts

Total: 90 pts.

Tau –
Fire Warriors x33 x1 drone – 400pts (100 pts for 10)
Stealth Battlesuits x6 – 150pts
Cadre Fireblade – 50pts

Total: 600pts

Paint – $7.80

Total
Spent: $275
Retail: $517.30
Saved: $242.30

Warhammer Fest 2023: Warhammer 40,000 Roadmap Revealed

Posted on April 29, 2023 by Brett Leave a comment

With the reveal of the Warhammer 40,000 10th edition box set details, Games Workshop also revealed the initial timeline of releases for Warhammer 40,000. With each codex release, it was mentioned that each would also see new miniature releases as well.

June sees the release of the main box set followed by the core book, Crusade: Tyrannic War, Chapter Approved Mission Deck, and Index Cards in Summer 2023.

With the box set release will also be updated rules for every faction for free to download but codexes will follow.

First up in Autumn 2023 are Codex: Tyranids and Codex: Space Marines.

In Winter 2023 we’ll see Codex: Adeptus Mechanicus and Codex: Necrons.

Spring 2024 will be the release of Codex: Dark Angels, Codex: Orks, Codex: Adeptus Custodes, Codex: T’au Empire, and Codex: Chaos Space Marines. This is the first indication we’ll be getting codex releases for Space Marine subfactions.

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Games Workshop Pre-Order Preview: Commander Farsight enters the Arks of Omen

Posted on March 19, 2023 by Board Game Today Staff Leave a comment

It’s a Warhammer 40K focused pre-order next week from Games Workshop. Arks of Omen continues with a new book and lots of releases to help start your forces or expand your existing ones.

Vashtorr the Arkifane’s quest for the Key-fragments is nearing its end, and the action turns to the dead world of Arthas Moloch in Arks of Omen: Farsight.

The book expands Boarding Actions. Dark Depths missions allow you to mix up your battlefields and introduces multiplayer games for three or four players. There are also expanded Boarding Actions rules for T’au Empire, Asuryani and Ynnari, Drukhari, Harlequins, and Adepta Sororitas Boarding Patrols, which add further Stratagems and Enhancements for your crew.

You can get the book in a regular and a Special Edition which features a silver foil-embossed cover, printed page edges, and a black ribbon page marker.

The Boarding Patrol: T’au Empire is your first chance to get the new Commander Farsight. It also includes 3 Crisis battlesuits and 10 Fire Warriors, accompanied by a small shoal of Drones.

Show your commitment to the cause with the Arks of Omen: Farsight Enclaves Dice Set. It features 15 dice in a deep red plastic and the Farisght Enclave symbol for the six.

If you get the new T’au Empire releases from Games Workshop, Arks of Omen: Farsight, Boarding Patrol: T’au Empire, and the Farsight Enclaves Dice Set in a bundle you also get an exclusive art print of Farsight himself signed by the artist while supplies last.

Boarding Patrol: Orks is your first chance to get the new Boss Snikrot model. In addition to Snikrot, you get 5 Flash Gitz, 10 Beast Snagga Boyz, and 10 Kommandos – who also drag along a Kommando Grot and Bomb Squig for the ride.

Boarding Patrol: Aeldari features Jain Zar leading 5 Howling Banshees, as well as 20 Corsair Voidscarred who can be assembled as any one of two different units.

Boarding Patrol: Drukhari has a Succubus leading 20 Wyches and 5 sinister Incubi.

Boarding Patrol: Grey Knights has Castellan Crowe joined by 5 Brotherhood Terminators and 10 Strike Squad Grey Knights.

Boarding Patrol: Necrons has 10 Lychguard, 10 Necron Warriors, 3 Canoptek Scarab Swarms, and 3 Ophydian Destroyers.

Armageddon Steel Legion are Made to Order! The classic figures are available for a limited time. The Steel Legion Platoon is ready for battle. It features a gas-masked Officer leading 3 lascannon-toting Heavy Weapons Teams and 20 Steel Legion Guardsmen.

Lady Haera, 13th Daughter of Lord Helmawr enters the world of Necromunda. She loves nothing more than getting her hands dirty with a masterwork power spear and a phase sword.

From Black Library comes some new releases.

Shadowsun: The Patient Hunter is by Phil Kelly. With ancient warriors and corpulent daemons confounding her understanding of reality, O’Shaserra will need to test her understanding of Kauyon and stretch her abilities to the limit to prevent an all-out schism between her forces and her allies.

Gaunt’s Ghosts: The Victory Part Two by Dan Abnett gets a French edition. The forge world Urdesh is under attack, and Colonel-Commissar Gaunt is at the forefront of its defense with his trusty Ghosts. This French-language compilation of two novels – Warmaster and Anarch.

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Farsight returns for Warhammer 40K with a new Board Patrol and Arks of Omen: Farsight!

Posted on March 4, 2023 by Brett Leave a comment

Games Workshop has revealed a new Commander Farsight along with a book in the Arks of Omen event. The Warhammer 40,000 reveal was part of a string of them today by the game publisher.

Commander Farsight is off battling Boss Nazdreg’s Bad Moons in Arks of Omen: Farsight. But… with an upgrade.

Farsight now features a XV-86 Supernova battlesuit. It’s needed as Arks of Omen: Farsight features a challenge in the Bad Moons’ Nazdreg. He’s now in charge of the War of Dakka and is determined to beat the Farsight Enclaves at their own shooting game.

Arks of Omen: Farsight features additional rules for Board Action, adding Enhancements and Strategems for the T’au Empire, Asuryani and Ynnari, Drukhari, Harlequins, and Adepta Sororitas.

You’ll also be able to build out your T’au Empire with a new Boarding Patrol box. It features the new Farsight miniature as well as 3 Crisis Battlesuits and a squad of 10 Fire Warriors.

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Warhammer 40,000 Imperium Premium Box 3 adds T’au!

Posted on February 27, 2023 by Brett Leave a comment

Warhammer 40,000 Imperium is finally available in the United States and Canada! We’re opening up and showing off what you get issue by issue!

Warhammer 40,000 Imperium Premium Box 3 teases the T’au forces with three units and a magazine dedicated to the young xenos race.

Below is what you get as well as a rough estimate of value and savings.

Contents:
Cadre Fireblade – $32
Fire Warriors Strike Team – $55
XV25 Stealth Battlesuits – $35

Total value estimated – about $122
Magazine Price $13.95 (+$3 for the upgrade)
Savings: N/A

Premium Box 1 – ~$126 value
Premium Box 2 – $112 value
Premium Box 3 – $122 value

Total savings (just magazines): $544.30 to $832.30
Total savings (including premium box): $882.30 to $1,023.30

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Games Workshop Pre-Order Preview: Kill Team, Warcry, and Middle-Earth Made to Order Highlight next week

Posted on February 5, 2023 by Brett Leave a comment

It’s a big week for skirmish games from Games Workshop with the upcoming pre-orders. Kill Team and Warcry each get a lot of releases to expand their games.

Kill Team: Soulshackle sees the Imperial law in the form of Adeptus Arbites taking on Drukhari Kabalites. There’s new terrain, new rules for breaching walls, and control consoles. Plus, the two new Kill Teams.

The Adeptus Arbites are a brand-new kit updating the classic figures. They’ll take on the Hands of Archon, a Drukhari Kill team that features the Kabalite kit with a new upgrade sprue.

Also coming is the Kill Team: Kasrkin, now on their own. They’re perfect not only for Kill Team but also for use in Warhammer 40,000.

Kill Team: Farstalker Kinband are Kroot mercenaries who are on the hunt for deadly prey. They can also join T’au Empire armies in Warhammer 40,000 where they can be used as Kroot Warriors with Kroot rifles.

Kill Team: Imperial Navy Breachers specialize in ship-to-ship boarding actions. The C.A.T. unit scouts ahead as they prepare for close-quarter combat. There’s also free rules to use them in Warhammer 40,000.

The Kill Team: Hierotek Circle is a band of Necrons that features new miniatures and an upgrade sprue for the existing Deathmarks kit.

Killzone: Gallowdark allows you to build your own board with 54 pieces of terrain.

Killzone Upgrade: Shadowvaults features security panels, weapons lockers, a robot crawler, and heavy bolter sentry turret to add to your Kill Team board.

Kill Team: Into the Dark is a 120-page book that contains lore and rules for Navy Breachers and the Farstalker Kinband. There’s also nine Shadow Operations themed around early expeditions, a campaign that adds extra narrative, and nine Critical OPerations designed for balance play.

Kill Team: Shadowvaults is a 120-page book that has the rules to field Kasrkin and Hierotek Circle kill teams. There’s also nine narrative missions, nine Critical Operations, and new rules for sentry turrets and infiltrations.

There are also four sets of Kill Team Dice Sets. Add some theme to your dice rolling.

For Warhammer 40,000 there’s Boarding Actions: Void War Bases. It features 60 bases sculpted to look like grated metal from voidships and 54 decorative elements to add grilles, gantries, and bits of hardware.

Warcry: Bloodhunt is the latest box set for that game. It features the Askurgan Trueblades vs. the Claws of Karanak. It’s Soulblight vampires vs. Khorne cultists! The box also has new terrain including a fortified platform and fortifications with existing rope bridges and obstacles. It also contains the 64-page Predator and Prey Warband Tome which features rules for both warbands, quests, and two Campaign Arcs.

The Hunters of Huanchi is full of Chameleon Skinks awaiting to harass foes with dartpipes and bolas. They can be used in Warcry and Warhammer: Age of Sigmar.

The Jade Obelisk are cursed as their skin turns to stone. They’re here for your games of Warcry or to join your Slaves to Darkness force in Warhammer: Age of Sigmar.

The Sky-hunter Squadron gets a new release for Warhammer: The Horus Heresy. They’re perfect for deep strikes and hit-and-runs.

Forge World has two upgrade sprues for two legions, Salamanders and Word Bearers! Get your Salamanders MKVI Upgrades or Word Bearers MKVI Upgrades.

White Dwarf 485 is also coming with a spotlight on Boarding Actions, a battle report featuring World Eaters, Gloomspite Gitz content for Warcry, and more.

Middle-earth Strategy Battle Game Made to Order features a lot of classic models for a limited time. They’ll go straight to sale on February 11th.

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Unboxing: Joy Toy Warhammer 40,000 Commander Shadowsun

Posted on January 29, 2023 by Brett Leave a comment

From Warhammer 40,000 expand your Joy Toy collection with the T’au!

Commander Shadowsun is here to lead your T’au Joy Toy army! Too bad the head join doesn’t work well…

See what we think!

You can get yours:
Amazon
Entertainment Earth
Big Bad Toy Store

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T’au, Vigilus Alone, Blood Bowl, new JoyToy and More are available now from Games Workshop

Posted on January 29, 2022 by Board Game Today Staff Leave a comment

The codex for Warhammer 40,000 are rolling out quickly in 2022! Codex: T’au Empire is one of the big releases available for pre-order now. It includes all the rules you need to field this army on the tabletop. You’ll find background lore, Crusade rules that allow you to start your own sphere of expansion, and more!

There are two editions including a collector’s edition featuring a premium soft-touch cover, printed page edges, and a black ribbon page marker.

Purchase: Collector’s Edition – $80 – Regular Edition – $50

Darkstrider gets a new miniature complete with a cluster of scanning drones.

Purchase: Games Workshop – $35

T’au Empire Ethereals provide spiritual guidance for the greater good. This is the first time this miniature has been released outside of the Start Collecting T’au box.

Purchase: Games Workshop – $30

Speaking of starting to collect, the Combat Patrol: T’au Empire arrives! Lead from the front with a Cadre Fireblade supported by a squad of Fire Warriors, while Stealth Battlesuits and a mighty Ghostkeel Battlesuit use their optic camouflage to flank the enemy, all guided by the wisdom of an Ethereal advisor.

Purchase: Games Workshop – $140

Show off your belief in the greater good with the T’au Empire Dice Set.

Purchase: Games Workshop – $35

Keep track of your forces with the T’au Empire Datacards which act as an easy way to reference rules.

Purchase: Games Workshop – $25

Getting some advanced tech with T’au Empire Forge World Kits. Add the destructive firepower of the massive KX139 Ta’unar Supremacy Armour, bring death from above with the AX 1-0 Tigershark, and recruit additional battlesuits in the form of the XV107 and XV109 variants at the same time as you buy your new codex.

That’s not the only thing coming for Warhammer 40,000. You’ll also be able to get War Zone Nachmund: Vigilus Alone. It features new rules and lore that takes you into the contested region and allow you to expand your narrative games. The supplement features an in-depth campaign system for Imperial and Chaos forces (plus xenos allies of convenience), extra Crusade rules for constructing an Army of Faith, a new Army of Renown for sneaky Space Marines, and a codex supplement for the angriest Adepta Sororitas, the Order of the Bloody Rose.

A collectors’ edition features a soft-touch cover with silver foil blocking, printed page edges, and a Vigilus poster that does double duty as a campaign tracker.

Purchase: Collector’s Edition – $80 – Regular Edition – $50

You’ll also be able to get Crusade Mission Pack: Wars of Faith. It contains everything you need to battle in the Nachmund SYstem. Raise sacred shrines, topple your opponent’s houses of heresy, and take out the blasphemers! It features Crusade rules, 24 new Crusade missions (six each for Combat Patrol-, Incursion-, Strike Force-, and Onslaught-sized games), requisitions, agendas, and Battle Traits, as well as a table of special upgrades for your priest.

Purchase: Games Workshop – $40

Space Marines get some much needed new releases starting with a Space Marine Captain in Gravis Armour. The miniature features three separate helmet options, a master-crafted power sword or chainsword, or two power fists.

Purchase: Games Workshop – $35

Raise your banner with the Space Marines Primaris Ancient. It features two different flags and heads to choose from. It also features a bolt rifle slung over one shoulder and power sword.

Purchase: Games Workshop – $35

With rules in Vigilus Alone, go all in with the Order of the Bloody Rose and the Order of the Bloody Rose Dice Set.

Purchase: Games Workshop – $35

JoyToy‘s next release will be available with the Invictor Tactical Warsuit.

Purchase: Games Workshop – $150

Blood Bowl gets a release with Spike! Presents 2021 Almanac. It features content from issues #11-13. The includes rules for Necromantic Horror, Black Orc, Imperial Nobility, and Khorne teams.

Purchase: Games Workshop – $50

From Black Library, you can sit back and enjoy a few new books.

Gitslayer gets a paperback release. The book by Darius Hinks sees Gotrek Gurnisson facing off against the Gloomspite Gitz.

Purchase: Games Workshop – $16

Gothgul Hollow by Anna Stephens takes you into some Warhammer Horror about an ancient curse and the four who seek to break it.

Purchase: Games Workshop – $16

French versions of Urdesh: The Magister by Matthew Farrer and the Martyr and The Helwinter Gate by Chris Wraight will be available as well.

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T’au Arrive, Vigilus Alone, Blood Bowl, new JoyToy and More Next Week from Games Workshop

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

The codex for Warhammer 40,000 are rolling out quickly in 2022! Codex: T’au Empire is one of the big releases available for pre-order this coming week. It includes all the rules you need to field this army on the tabletop. You’ll find background lore, Crusade rules that allow you to start your own sphere of expansion, and more!

There are two editions including a collector’s edition featuring a premium soft-touch cover, printed page edges, and a black ribbon page marker.

Darkstrider gets a new miniature complete with a cluster of scanning drones.

T’au Empire Ethereals provide spiritual guidance for the greater good. This is the first time this miniature has been released outside of the Start Collecting T’au box.

Show off your belief in the greater good with the T’au Empire Dice Set.

Keep track of your forces with the T’au Empire Datacards which act as an easy way to reference rules.

A collectors’ edition features a soft-touch cover with silver foil blocking, printed page edges, and a Vigilus poster that does double duty as a campaign tracker.