The release slate this week is stacked and spicy. Moreover, it pivots between skirmish, rank and file, and epic scale.
You get fresh Underworlds action, Old World reinforcements, and Legions Imperialis muscle. Additionally, White Dwarf lands with terrain treats and new rules. Finally, there are plush mascots and big Black Library drops to round it out.
Spitewood Strikes First
Warhammer Underworlds: Spitewood sends Helsmiths to burn Ghyran while Kurnoth’s faithful counterattack.
The box adds Kurnoth’s Heralds and the Blood of the Bull, a double-sided forest board, tokens, a 16-page rules primer, and two Rivals decks, Hunting Grounds and Deadly Synergy.
Four alliance bundles return fan-favorite warbands with fighter and warscroll cards: Seekers in Shadow (Xandire’s Truthseekers, Shadeborn, Starblood Stalkers, Elathain’s Soulraid)
Reavers of Ruin (Gnarlspirit Pack, Skittershank’s Clawpack, Thricefold Discord, Wurmspat),
Morbid Minions (Exiled Dead, Sons of Velmorn, Skinnerkin, Thorns of the Briar Queen),
and Gitz and Goliaths (Hrothgorn’s Mantrappers, Rippa’s Snarlfangs, Mollog’s Mob, Zarbag’s Gitz).
Furthermore, Warbands of Spitewood offers updated fighter and warscroll cards for all sixteen at once.
Old World Marches On
Arcane Journal: The War of Settra’s Fury chronicles Settra’s push through the Border Princes and introduces Battle March, a zippy 500 to 750 point mode with tailored deployments and scoring.
Additionally, Tomb Kings gain new monstrous mount rules, Mortuary Cult incantations, and two Armies of Infamy, Renegade Crowns and Slayer Host. Liche Priests arrive in plastic, one on foot and one mounted, with four heads, shared scales, staff toppers, and optional effects.
Royal Heralds delivers a Tomb Prince and Herald, on foot or skeletal steed, with capes, collars, multiple weapon hands, banner, shield, and dual head options.
Epic Scale Reinforcements and Hobby Fuel
Legions Imperialis gets three Combat Forces. The Legiones Astartes set mixes command, Tactical, Terminator, Assault, Support, Heavy Support, multiple Dreadnought classes, Rapiers, Tarantulas, Rhinos, Kratos, and Sicarans, plus hefty transfer sheets.
Meanwhile, the Mechanicum box blends Archmagos, Tech-Priests, Myrmidons, Thallax, Ursarax, Castellax, Thanatar variants, Domitar, Arlatax, Vorax, Vultarax, Krios, and Triaros with matching decals.
Similarly, Solar Auxilia packs command, core infantry, Veletarii, Charonite Ogryns, heavy sentinels, Tarantulas, Rapiers, Cyclops, Dracosans, Leman Russ, and twin Baneblades with transfers. White Dwarf 517 centers on scenery showcases and how-tos, plus AoS Tale of Four Warlords, 40K cavalry rules, Mortal Realms aerial fights, new Necron-tomb Kill Team rules, and a Space Marine Operations mission.
Plush, Prose, and Programming
TOMY’s plush trio lands with a Space Marine, a scowling Gloomspite Git, and a throwable Blood Bowl ball.
Black Library brings Yarrick: The Box Set with signed Imperial Creed, The Pyres of Armageddon, and Chains of Golgotha and Other Stories in a numbered slipcase.
Additionally, French readers get The Horus Heresy Collection XVII and Eidolon: The Auric Hammer, while German readers receive Fulgrim: The Perfect Son and Siege of Terra Omnibus III.
On Warhammer TV, Tale of Four Traitors scales to 2,000 points, Loremasters explores Gunnar Brand’s saga, and Painting Desk sits down with veteran painter Mark. Finally, expect a community reveal, a White Dwarf preview, and week two of the Space Marine 2 competition.
Summary and Sign-off
Spitewood adds fast, thematic Underworlds play, while Old World expands with speed rules and Tomb Kings kits. Meanwhile, epic-scale boxes supercharge armies and White Dwarf fuels boards and missions. Additionally, plushes, premium fiction, and fresh shows keep the hobby loop buzzing. See you in the Spitewood, at the Vaults, and across the tiny, tank-strewn battlefields of the Age of Darkness.
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