The frantic firefights of Warhammer 40,000: Darktide are making their way to the tabletop in a fast-paced new miniatures game. Darktide: The Miniatures Game tasks a team of up to four players with bringing Imperial justice to traitorous Guardsmen and shambling Poxwalkers through intense linked missions using rules based on Kill Team.
A deadly pathogen has swept through the hive city of Tertium and the city’s defenders have either been slaughtered or corrupted into the service of Chaos. Missions into the hive are near-suicidal affairs, so to ensure that nothing of value is lost on a botched incursion the Inquisition have press-ganged teams of hopeless rejects from Imperial prisons to throw at ludicrously dangerous tasks.
You’ll take up the mantle of one of these unlucky souls as they fight back against the Chaos hordes infesting Tertium, each depicted by a classic Warhammer 40,000 miniature reflecting one of the four classes from the video game – the Veteran, the Zealot, the Ogryn, and the Psyker.
Against you stand the Traitor Guardsmen of the Moebian 6th regiment, who bring lasguns and bayonets to the fight alongside specialist weapons and equipment – from grenade launchers and flamers to comms arrays and long-las rifles. Every one of these hardened soldiers is a dangerous opponent for your ragtag band, and you’ll need to fight tooth and nail to come out on top of the game’s blistering close-ranged firefights.
As if that wasn’t bad enough, roving bands of mindless Poxwalkers infest the city, and you’ll find plenty getting in your way as you attempt to stave off Nurgle’s corruption and purify Tertium. Between the heroes and villains, you get a full 20 miniatures in the box – plenty for an afternoon or three of gritty spec ops missions.
Darktide: The Miniatures Game is a fast and exciting game that’s perfect for introducing aspiring hobbyists to the world of Warhammer 40,000, and is also a great way to get your first taste of the intense skirmish combat of a game of Kill Team. We’ll have more information on its upcoming release date soon.