Today’s warhammer news has a sharp mix of gangs and gods.
However, both updates bring more than simple preview filler. Necromunda gets deeper House Escher rules and campaign toys. Meanwhile, Warhammer TV serves up Chaos, craft, and author chat.
House Escher Gets Variant Gangs, Deadlier Chems, and Campaign Tricks
House Escher players are getting a serious rules expansion through Underhive Journal: Escher, The House of Blades. The book adds lore covering Escher origins, famous gangs, and their uneasy post-Aranthian Succession position in Hive Primus. However, the rules are the real meat.
They fall into three buckets: additions for existing Escher gangs, two variant gang archetypes, and extra campaign rules. The variant gangs are Wyld Hunts and Chymist Cults, each trading broader Fighter and equipment access for sharper identity. Wyld Hunts represent fighters who never returned from the underhive or ash wastes after their training cycles.
Their Wyld Leader has extra mobility, Catfall, and Infiltrate, making her perfect for sneaky vertical ambushes. Also, their equipment leans into Primitive Weapons, especially wyld bows with special arrow types like acid and explosive arrows.
Meanwhile, Chymist Cults show the drug-lab heart of House Escher. Their Deadly Poisons rule gives toxin weapons Shred 6+ if they lack Shred already.
Better yet, Rites of the Moraegan can turn a killed Champion, Ganger, or Prospect into a Death-Maiden for 60 credits and an Intelligence check.
The journal also adds Blade Maidens, Chem Wytches, Gun Maidens, and Huntresses to regular Escher gangs. Finally, campaigns get Escher-only Gang Tactics, Territories, Side Jobs, Finesse skills, and Chem-alchemy Elixirs. Honestly, making enemies explode with poisoned needle rifles is peak Necromunda nonsense. For more details, read the original Warhammer Community House Escher article.
Warhammer TV Brings Nurgle, Skaven, Mike Vincent, and Iron Warriors
Warhammer TV’s latest lineup is led by an Age of Sigmar clash between Maggotkin of Nurgle and Skaven. Ben brings his personal Skaven collection, while Josh answers with Nurgle’s rotting disciples. However, this is not just any plague-versus-rats scrap. The Glottkin leads a Nurgle’s Menagerie formation with an extra Feculent Gnarlmaw, doubling down on Grandfather’s blessings. Meanwhile, Vizzik Skour and a Claw Horde aim to swarm the board for the Horned Rat.
Also, Scribes and Scriveners features Mike Vincent discussing his move from hobbyist to writer. He also digs into The Remnant Blade and his upcoming Black Templars novel, Helbrecht: Sin of Hope.
Finally, Warhammer Colour Masterclass tackles Iron Warriors, mixing regular and metallic paints for dark, weathered silver. The hazard stripe section should be especially handy, because clean chevrons remain hobby witchcraft.
For more details, read the original Warhammer Community Warhammer TV article.
Summary and Final Thoughts
Overall, this is a strong hobby spread. Escher players get flavorful depth, while Warhammer TV covers gaming, lore, and painting. However, the best part is the variety. This is exactly the kind of warhammer news that feeds several corners of the hobby at once.
