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Games Workshop Pre-Order Preview: Orks and Adeptus Custodes invade Warhammer 40K

Posted on April 8, 2024 by Board Game Today Staff Leave a comment

It’s a packed pre-order week for Games Workshop‘s Warhammer 40K which sees two armies being released. Orks and Adeptus Custodes both get their codex releases as well as boxes to help start or expand your force.

The Orks are here for Waaagh! with their 10th edition codex. You can get the regular or Collectors Edition and both feature the rules you need, background, and a painting guide. The codex has 51 Datasheets, 6 complete Detachments, new Crusade tools, and a Combat Patrol. The Collectors Edition is strictly limited in number, and arrives with unique artwork, a ribbon bookmark, and green foil accents.

If you need to start your Waaagh!, there’s the Battleforce: Stompa Boyz. It features 10 Ork Boyz, 10 Loota Boyz (who can be built as Burna Boyz), a Trukk, and a Stompa.

Or, there’s the Combat Patrol: Orks. It features a Beastboss, 20 Beast Snagga Boyz, and 4 Squighog Boyz.

And finally, show off your loyalty with Ork Datasheets and Dice. The Dice Pack contains 16 six-sided dice cast in swirled green plastic with white pips, while the datasheet cards collect all of the unit and Detachment rules you need into 55 quick-reference cards.

Also coming is Codex: Adeptus Custodes. It features 4 thematic Detachments, 18 datasheets covering the primary fighting force of the Adeptus Custodes, and Crusade content. Get the regular or the Collectors Edition which features a gilded soft-touch cover, and is strictly limited in number.

Battleforce: Auric Champions features the brand new Shield Captain, 5 Wardens, 6 Allarus Terminators, and 6 Vertus Praetors.

The Combat Patrol: Adeptus Custodes features a Blade Champion, 5 Custodian Guard, 3 Allarus Terminators or 3 Wardens.

Also available are Adeptus Custodes Datasheets and Dice. The pack of 16 dice are cast in swirled gold plastic with bright red pips and the faction logo on the six.

For Warhammer: The Horus Heresy is the Baal Predator Upgrade Pack. The pack contains a twin-linked Iliastus assault cannon for the turret – which can replace the regular Predator cannon at no cost – and a pintle-mounted version for any of your hatch gunners, with the arms and mounting brackets needed to use them.

Also coming is the Armoury of the Blood Angels. his pack contains three Umbra-pattern boltguns, an inferno pistol for each of the right and left hands, an Ilastus-pattern assault cannon, and one of each of the Legion’s famed Perdition weapons – a spear, an axe, a sword, and a mace.

From Black Library comes Da Big Dakka (Special Edition) by Mike Brooks. The book is singed and numbered and limited to 1,500 copies.

Dead Kingdom by John French which sees Neferata, Mortarch of Blood. Cado is plunged into a conflict with Mannfred von Carstein. It’s coming in hardback, eBook, and MP3.

Children of Teclis by Evan Dicken sees the brilliant Loreseeker Elarin the Illuminated stands guard over the tomb of Nagash in Marrowscar – where the Great Necromancer lies after his defeat at the hands of Teclis. Despite her solemn charge, she’s determined to find a way to ensure the God of the Undead remains permanently interred – even as Idoneth reavers sack Marrowscar in search of magics to restore their withered souls.

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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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Warhammer World Anniversary 2024: A Big Mek with a Big Gun comes to the Orks with a new Battleforce

Posted on March 2, 2024 by Brett Leave a comment

Ork technology is a ramshackle of gear and the masters of this engineering are the Meks, with the biggest and strongest known as Big Meks. These hefty Orks and leaders are getting a new miniature to go with the new codex coming.

The Big Mek miniature is packed with detail including some massive weapons. There’s the hydraulic klaw, whirring drilla, and more. Or go for some distant destruction with a mega-blasta or portable traktor blasta which can drag aircraft out of the sky.

The exoskeleton incorporates a Shokk-Boosta that makes boring holes in the fabric of reality and regular Orky thing and easier to move and get closer to the enemy.

If you want this Big Mek, you can first get it in the new Ork Battleforce – the Stompa Boyz. The box features the Big Mek, a Stompa, ten Boyz, a Trukk, and ten Lootas which can also be built as Burna Boyz.

Also coming soon is the new Codex: Orks featuring all the rules you need for Orks and more!

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Warhammer World Anniversary 2024: A new Shield-Captain and Battleforce arrive for the Adeptus Custodes

Posted on March 2, 2024 by Brett Leave a comment

The Adeptus Custodes are one of the armies getting a 10th edition Warhammer 40K codex and Games Workshop has revealed a new Shield-Captain and Battleforce to go with it.

Shield-Captains are some of the greatest warrios int he galaxy. While the Custodian Guard and Custodian Wardens include options to build one, this is a new standalone miniature to add to your ranks. There’s a new loadout and a choice of helmeted and bare head.

The Shield-Captain can wield a pyrithite spear which trades the traditional Custodian bolt caster for a high-power melta beam.

You’ll be able to get the Shield-Captain first in the Auric Champions Battleforce which also features five Custodian Wardens, six Allarus Terminators, and six Vertus Praetors on Dawneagle Jetbikes.

You’ll be able to get the rules for all of the above and more in the brand-new Codex: Adeptus Custodes which covers the Emperor’s bodyguards and the Sisters of Silence.

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Owlcat Games shares a Warhammer 40K: Rogue Trader Sales Milestone, New Accolades Trailer, and Patch 1.1

Posted on February 20, 2024 by Board Game Today Staff Leave a comment

cRPG developer Owlcat Games is celebrating the successful launch of Warhammer 40,000: Rogue Trader, with a new trailer, a sales milestone update, the first major patch for the game, and the release of the official soundtrack.

In its first month, Warhammer 40,000: Rogue Trader sold over 500,000 copies across all platforms. To commemorate this important milestone, as well as the cRPG’s critical success, Owlcat Games has put together a brand new trailer highlighting some of the critical acclaim.

The Owlcat Games team has been hard at work to address bugs and issues present in Warhammer 40,000: Rogue Trader. Today, the team is excited to release patch 1.1, which features over 1,800 fixes. These fixes include:

Combat Balance Updates – Dozens of tweaked abilities, weapon stats, and combat encounters.
Additional Voiceover – Newly-recorded dialogue added to the game’s prologue and additional companion banters throughout the game.
Ulfar Rebalance Update – Unique starting equipment fit for the Adeptus Astartes, a buff to Ulfar’s basic stats, and improved abilities such as a buffed ‘Go For The Throat’ ability and the option for allies to use Ulfar as cover.
Bug Fixes – Hundreds of major and minor fixes for abilities and items.

Lastly, for those who were captivated by the music as they fought across the Koronus Expanse, Owlcat is happy to release the original Warhammer 40,000: Rogue Trader soundtrack on all major streaming platforms, including Spotify, Apple Music, YouTube Music and Deezer. Find it on your preferred platform here: lnk.to/40000RogueTrader

Warhammer 40,000: Chaos Gate – Daemonhunters Out Now On Consoles

Posted on February 20, 2024 by Board Game Today Staff Leave a comment

Frontier Developments invites players to take command of a strike force of Grey Knights and quell a galactic plague as Complex Games’ turn-based strategy game, Warhammer 40,000: Chaos Gate – Daemonhunters storms onto consoles today. The game is available to purchase now on PlayStation 5, Xbox Series X|S, PlayStation 4 and Xbox One, with a suggested retail price of £34.99 / $44.99 / €44.99 for the standard edition and £39.99 / $49.99 / €49.99 for the Purifier Edition.

Developed in partnership with Games Workshop, Warhammer 40,000: Chaos Gate – Daemonhunters puts players at the helm of humanity’s greatest weapon, the Grey Knights, purging chaos in strategic turn-based tactical combat as they turn the tide against the Bloom, a deadly new plague proliferated by the forces of Nurgle. Dominating the battlefields with firepower, melee weapons, psychic abilities and even the environment itself.

Over the course of an epic campaign, players will take the helm as Force Commander of Strike Force Xiphos, seeking to eliminate the five Reapers of the Bloom, ultimately halting its spread. Chasing down the source of the corruption will see the story culminate in a clash featuring iconic characters from the Warhammer 40,000 universe, delighting die-hard fans and newcomers alike.

Across the battlefields of the grimdark far future, players will deploy their elite strike force to crush the forces of Chaos. Customising each Grey Knight’s weaponry, armour and class-unique abilities, Force Commanders can shape their squad to suit their tactics; unleashing their fury in close-quarters, or dispatching Nurgle’s allies from afar. In hand-to-hand combat and by overwhelming an enemy with repeated attacks, players can deal a devastating blow in precision targeting mode, reducing their foe’s effectiveness or even delivering a brutal cinematic execution. Whilst at range, each Knight’s damage output can be assessed before committing to an order, and with their finely-honed marksmanship, every strike is sure to deliver damning devastation. The battlefield itself also offers additional tactical options for players, by collapsing crumbling cathedral pillars onto foes or toppling flaming braziers to create a wall of flame.

Between battles, players will support the mysterious Inquisitor Vakir’s research and seek to restore their wounded Strike Cruiser to full operational service, providing new opportunities to restrict the Bloom, both on the ground and across the sector.

Managing the spread of the plague will be vital in the player’s efforts to succeed, deciding which worlds will endure and which must fall. After each unanswered call for aid, the mission available on the infected planet will increase in challenge until only one option remains to eradicate Chaos, the costly deployment of an Exterminatus order.

Force Commanders can further bolster their armoury with the Purifier Edition, which grants players the opportunity to recruit the legendary Castellan Garran Crowe to their ranks partway through the campaign. This powerful Grey Knights champion is entrusted with the Black Blade of Antwyr, a weapon of untold power, and can be used in place of a squad member to lead their forces into battle.

Warhammer 40,000: Chaos Gate – Daemonhunters brings the iconic grimdark universe of Warhammer 40,000 to life and has been eagerly anticipated by console players following the critically-acclaimed PC launch in 2022, beloved by tactics fans and Warhammer players alike.

Warhammer 40K comes to Powerwash Simulator this February

Posted on February 19, 2024 by Board Game Today Staff Leave a comment

FuturLab and Square Enix have announced that the PowerWash Simulator Warhammer 40,000 Special Pack will launch on February 27, 2024 on PC, Xbox, PlayStation, and Switch. The themed DLC will allow players to wash away dirt and grime from Imperial vehicles and machines in the dark and expansive world of Warhammer 40,000.

Deep in the Indomitus Crusade, relentless campaigns across the galaxy have imbued a variety of Imperial machines with a litany of dirt. As a member of the Adeptus Mechanicus, it is your singular honour to perform the ultimate purification protocol.

You are blessed with an all new Adeptus Mechanicus character model and well-equipped for the ritual cleansing with a custom MKII Aqua-Santica Arquebus power washer; the perfect fusion of human and machine.

Command this ruthless technology to sterilize a range of Imperial vehicles and machines:

The Ultramarines Land Raider
The Dark Angels Deathwing Redemptor Dreadnought
The Astra Militarum Rogal Dorn Tank
The House Hawkshroud Imperial Knight
The Blood Angels Thunderhawk

Games Workshop Pre-Order Preview: The Dark Angels descend!

Posted on February 18, 2024 by Board Game Today Staff Leave a comment

After their limited edition box set has come and gone, the Dark Angels begin to get their full release from Games Workshop. The much anticipated figure go on pre-order this coming Saturday. Also coming are new Black Library releases as well as Warhammer: The Horus Heresy.

Codex Supplement: Dark Angels arrives in a regular and limited edition. This is a must for those playing the army featuring datasheets, detachments, and the rules you need. It also features background, 16 unit datasheets, three detachments, and Combat Patrol rules. The collector’s edition features a soft-touch cover, unique cover art, bookmark, and gold foil blocking.

Asmodai, Master of Repentance is ready to hunt for the Fallen. The figure comes with two head choices, hood up or down.

Belial, Grand Master of the Deathwing is a warrior of prodigious skill. He also has two head choices, hood up or down.

The Inner Circle Companions are a mysterious group of elite warriors. They protect their commanders with zeal. Each miniature builds two poses, with two heads, two swords, and two backpack toppers each. It also contains a Dark Angels transfer sheer with 348 decals.

Deathwing Knights are part of the 1st Company, packed with veterans. These are the most skilled. They’re armed with sacred relic weapons and face down the direst threats. They can be armed with your choice of great weapon of the Unforgiven or a relic weapon, as well as power weapons and maces of absolution. THe kit comes with head options, teleport homer, a Watcher in the Dark, and Dark Angels transfer sheet containing 348 transfers.

If you want to give your Space Marines a Dark Angel spin, you’ll want to get Dark Angels Upgrades and Transfers. It contains heads, arms, torsos, weapons, shoulder pads, as well as relics, and a Watcher in the Dark. There’s also a transfer sheet featuring 217 decals which is different than the one from the Inner Circle Companion and Deathwing Knight boxes.

There’s also Dark Angels Dice Set and Datasheet Cards. The dice feature 16 themed dice in bone white and green pips with the Chapter logo instead of a 6. The Dataheet cards organize the collection with 20 datasheets, 16 mainline Warhammer 40K units and 4 Combat Patrol cards.

For Warhammer: The Horus Heresy comes the Legiones Astartes – Siege Breaker Consul. Armed with a thunder hammer and phosphex bombs, this is an expert kit made from Forge World resin which comes with a choice of helmeted or unhelmeted heads.

Black Library has a few releases.

Lazarus: Enmity’s Edge by Gary Kloster has Lazarus and the Dark Angels’ 5th Company summoned to the Knight World of Reis by Supreme Grand Master Azrael to honor an ancient promise. This book will be available to pre-order in hardback, eBook and audiobook formats.

Cypher: Lord of the Fallen by John French is a first-hand account of a breakout from an imperial jail by the most unreliable of narrators… Cypher. You’ll be able to pre-order it in paperback format next week.

The End Times: Doom of the Old World features five stories. The Curse of Khaine by Gav Thorpe, The Rise of the Horned Rat by Guy Haley, The Lord of the End Times by Josh Reynolds, and two short stories, The Siege of Naggarond by Sarah Cawkwell and Bride of Khaine by Graeme Lyon. This collection will be available to pre-order in paperback and eBook formats.

The Purging of Kadillus by Gav Thorpe will be available in audiobook and follows the Dark Angels’ Captain Belial and the 3rd Company as they travel to Piscina IV to face off an immense ork invasion.

The next trio of Ciaphas Cain novels comes to Print on Demand. You can get Death or Glory, Cain’s Last Stand, and Duty Calls, all by Sandy Mitchell. The will be available to order from Saturday until March 3rd, and delivery may take up to 180 days.

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Games Workshop Pre-Order Preview: The Deathwing descend!

Posted on January 15, 2024 by Brett Leave a comment

Games Workshop has released what we can expect to see this coming Saturday for pre-orders. It’s backed with releases for 40K and 30K!

The Deathwing get the beginning of their anticipated release with the Deathwing Assault. Belial, Grand Master of the Deathwing, commands 15 Terminators. Ten of these are existing multi-part Terminators, accessorized in classic Deathwing style with two new Dark Angels upgrade frames, while the other five are the indomitable Deathwing Knights, unstoppable juggernauts armed with mighty heirloom weapons. Also within the box is Codex Supplement: Dark Angels. The codex features 96 pages of rules and background for the Dark Angels. There are also 20 datasheet cards and two transfer sheets featuring over 200 transfers each.

Crusade: Pariah Nexus is the second narrative expansion for the 10th edition of Warhammer 40,000. The 120 pages feature background lore and rules including Crusade Relics, Battle Traits, Crusade Blessings, and Agendas. There are also rules for salvaging Blackstone Fragments and creating unique Blackstone upgrades. There’s a Collector’s Edition limited to just 600 copies that features gold foil text, printed page edges, and a black ribbon page marker.

For Adeptus Titanicus comes Adeptus Titanicus Titan Legions Dice Sets. Each set features 20 dice and you can choose between Loyalist and Traitor colors. Each contains one reactor die, one hit location die, one scatter die, two D10s, six order dice, and nine regular six-sided dice. The Loyalist dice feature an Imperial Eagle on the six face and the Traitor dice feature the Eye of Horus.

For Warhammer: The Horus Heresy Legions Imperialis come Titan Legios Transfer Sheets. These transfers can be used on miniatures for Adeptus Titanicus and Legions Imperialis.

From Black Library comes Yarrick: The Omnibus by David Annandale. Yarrick: The Omnibus collects all of Annadale’s stories into one handy tome – that’s the novels Imperial Creed, The Pyres of Armageddon, and the novella Chains of Golgotha, alongside six short stories, in paperback and eBook format.

Wolfblade is coming to audiobook for the first time ever. Ragnar Blackmane has been exiled to Terra as punishment for the loss of the Spear of Russ, and is quickly embroiled in an assassination plot, the roots of which run to the very core of the Imperium. Listen to this tale by William King.

Fall of Cadia: Part 2 by Robert Rath is coming out in French. This book covers the legendary assault on the Imperium’s foremost defensive world, from the viewpoints of the Astra Militarum forces on the ground and the commanders who are organizing the war.

Add some flair to your backpacks and clothing with Koyo Mystery Pin Sets. The third series for Warhammer: Age of Sigmar and the fourth series for Warhammer 40,000 each feature 13 pins, 12 with different designs. Each features a rare chase pin with gold finish.

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Games Workshop reveals this year’s store anniversary releases

Posted on January 1, 2024 by Board Game Today Staff Leave a comment

It’s a new year, which means new story anniversary releases from Games Workshop. Each year stores put on a nine day party where you can get exclusive figures and cool swag.

For Warhammer 40K, the T’au gets the spotlight with a miniature titled “Invocation of the Elements.” T’au Ethereals guide the castes of Fire, Water, Air, and Earth with their wisdom and this miniature exemplifies that. The jar carried emits a choice of four fumes themed after each element. The figure stands atop a ruined aquila suggesting a battle on an Imperial world. Hints as to what’s to come?

For Warhammer: Age of Sigmar comes Brakki of the Gilded Key. The Fyreslayer heroes known as Auric Runesmiters are vital to battle plans and Brakki of the Gilded Key is one such champion. The miniature makes for a great alternative Runesmiter.

There’s also the extras for the money you spend. For each $50 increment up to $200, you get swag and everything else you purchase. This year features two metal pin badges – a Chaos Warrior and Blood ANgels Space Marine, a folding dice tray, a metal range marker featuring Terminator helmet details, and a backpack to carry it all.

Check in with your local Warhammer store to know when they’re celebrating!

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