Another Sunday, another preview. This week we’ve got several long-awaited additions to several Warhammer games. Kill Team: Nightmare drops, alongside Warcry: Pyre and Flood, as well as the Blood Bowl Gnome team. Everything you see here today will go up for pre-order next Saturday.
Kill Team: Nightmare
Nobody in the 41st Millennium is a good guy, but few are this wicked. The latest boxed supplement for Kill Team sizes up two of the meanest groups of guys in the entire galaxy – the Night Lords vs the Mandrakes.
In the blue corner are the Nemesis Claws of the Night Lords Legion – an infinitely sadistic bunch of raiders, corsairs, and murderers who love nothing more than draping themselves in the flayed skin of anyone who gets in their way. In the glowing green corner are the Drukhari Mandrakes – an infinitely sadistic bunch of dimension-hopping shadow beings who love nothing more than draping themselves in the flayed skin of anyone who gets in their way.
So as you can imagine, their first meeting in a killzone is going to be bloody.
Kill Team: Nightmare contains 20 new plastic miniatures in the form of two complete kill teams, an new plastic Generatorum Hub terrain piece, a 96-page book containing full rules, background, and new scenarios, two decks of unit Datacards, two decks of other user cards, and two token sheets – one of each for both teams.
Warcry: Pyre and Flood
The battle for the Gnarlwood is no less nasty than the struggles occurring across Bheta-Decima, as we can see in the latest expansion box for Warcry.
The Nighthaunt are determined to set the Gnarlwood aflame as the Pyregheists are unleashed. These malevolent spirits haunt dark places, bringing Nagash’s enlightenment in the form of, er, burning death. Fortunately, the Lumineth fire brigade is on the case, in the form of the Ydrilan Riverblades, sacred aelementors who defend blessed waterways across the realms.
Will the Riverblades quench the Pyregheists’ thirst for vengeance, or will they go down in flames?
Warcry: Pyre and Flood contains two complete warbands, comprising 18 plastic miniatures, alongside an Idol of the Old Ones to add to your battlefields, a 64-page Warband Tome packed full of background and rules, and 62 cards, split across Fighter cards, Ability cards, and a full deck of Battleplan cards.
Wildercorps Hunters and Gorger Mawpack
Two more warbands are venturing back into the Gnarlwood as the Wildercorps Hunters and Gorger Mawpack, previously available in the Hunter and Hunted box, get solo releases. Each of these sets includes a complete warband – 11 miniatures for the Wildercorps Hunters and five for the Gorger Mawpack – and all the Fighter cards and Ability cards you need to use them in your games of Warcry. You may also deploy both units in larger games of Warhammer Age of Sigmar via their free downloadable Warscrolls.
Ravaged Lands
Give your warbands some new scenery to battle over with a pair of Ravaged Lands sets, each themed around the Gnarlwood and the long-lost Seraphon artefacts that lie within that blighted region. The Ruined Realmshaper set includes ten pieces of scenery, including gnarloaks, rope bridges, obstacles and the eponymous ruined Realmshaper Engine itself. The Ruined Spawning Pool comprises a Starfire Pylon and an Idol of Motzlpota, both with platforms built over them to take your games into the third dimension.
Glimdwarrow Groundhogs
And now is the moment you’ve been waiting for, as the game of fantasy football sees the fittest, most athletic, most professional team ever to play in the big leagues take to the field. That’s right, the Gnomes are here.
The Glimdwarrow Groundhogs are a collection of mischievous Gnomes, ready to bring their trickery, guile, and numerous woodland pals to the Blood Bowl pitch. The team includes 14 plastic miniatures – eight Linemen, two Illusionists, two Beastmasters with a choice of badger or goose companions, and two ball-thieving Woodland Foxes. You’ll also get balls and various tokens themed around the Gnomes.
Spike! Journal Issue 17
The rules for using your new Gnome team to dominate the leagues are in issue 17 of Spike! Journal. As well as a team list, this volume includes a spotlight on the Glimdwarrow Groundhogs, advice for coaching this… unusual team, new Star Players, Gnome Garden Leagues and a Dungeonbowl update. All the usual features round out the issue, which you’ll be able to get in paperback and eBook formats.
Gnome Team Dice, Cards, and Pitch Set
Coach your Gnomes in style with a range of themed accessories. The Gnome Team Dice Set features seven blue and red pearlised Blood Bowl dice, and the Gnome Team Card Pack features 44 cards covering your players, Star Players, new Special Play cards and blank cards for keeping track of your players in leagues. The Gnome Team Pitch and Dugouts set includes a double-sided pitch depicting a magical forest in the day and at night, complete with rules for playing on it, and a pair of dugouts.
It’s, uh, possible that your Gnomes might need some help on the pitch if they’re to overcome some of the tougher teams out there, and that’s where the Gnome Treeman and Rodney Roachbait come in. The Treeman will add some punch to your scrimmage line, while Star Player Rodney Roachbait uses his trusty fishing rod to hook the ball right out from under the noses of opponents.
White Dwarf 499
April’s edition of White Dwarf magazine is packed with 144 pages of awesome Warhammer content. The highlights include new lore and fiction featuring the ancient menace of the Necrons, rules for using six Warhammer Underworlds warbands as Bladeborn fighters in Warcry, and new Boarding Actions missions for Warhammer 40,000 that reach into the fourth dimension and twist time as you play. It also includes all your favourite regular features, and more besides.
Deathworlder
The famed Catachan Jungle Fighters are never happier than when they’re in the midst of deadly battle in an inhospitable environment with little chance of victory. The Catachan 903rd will be ecstatic, then, in Victoria Hayward’s new Warhammer 40,000 novel, as they’re sent to recover a piece of vital archeotech from an alien jungle infested with Tyranids. Discover how they fare in paperback, eBook and MP3 audiobook formats.
Shadow of the Eighth
It’s a double dose of Astra Militarum action, as the Cadians return to battle in Justin D Hill’s latest Minka Lesk novel, now coming to paperback. Now a captain in the Cadian 101st, Lesk is sent to discover the fate of the Cadian 8th, long thought lost in the fall of their home world. Haunted by the past, and beset by the horrors of Chaos, can Lesk and her warriors discover the truth?
Ciaphas Cain: Hero of the Imperium and The Fall of Cadia: Part 2 (German)
German readers can also enjoy tales of the Astra Militarum in this pair of books. Sandy Mitchell’s omnibus of three Ciaphas Cain novels and three short stories shows the early adventures of the renowned Commissar as he navigates regimental politics, Inquisitorial interference and, of course, the many enemies he’s keen to avoid. Alongside this is the second part of Robert Rath’s epic novel detailing the final battle for the fortress world of Cadia. As Abaddon the Despoiler’s long-laid schemes come to fruition, the defenders of Cadia face devastation. Both these volumes are available in paperback and eBook.
Scions of the Emperor (French)
French readers can experience eight tales stretching from the earliest days of the Great Crusade to the eve of the Siege of Terra in this collection of Primarchs short stories. Each focuses on one of the Emperor’s demigod sons, showing them in a new light and deepening your understanding of these tragic heroes. This anthology is available in hardback and eBook editions.
Space Marines Successor Chapters Short Stories
A week of new short stories will tell tales of a few of the many Successor Chapters who defend the Imperium from its myriad foes. From a Lamenters Eliminator stalking a lone Tyranid monster to a squad of Howling Griffons battling behind enemy lines, these stories will immerse you in the lore of seven Chapters. Each tale will be available individually as an eBook, one released each day across the week, and you can subscribe to get all seven for the price of six.
Wicked Brick Display Cases
An amazing paint job deserves the best protection, and Wicked Bricks’ display cases are the best way to show off and defend your precious miniatures. These will come in 30 different sizes, to accommodate everything from a single infantry model to a reasonably sized force, with optional backgrounds and plaques to give them even more pizazz. Look out for more information about these later in the week.
Warhammer+ is delving into the darkness this week with a Loremasters episode focusing on the shadowy Mandrakes, and the first part of a two-episode Battle Report featuring Black Templars battling Necrons in Boarding Actions using the new Temporal Abnormalities missions from White Dwarf 499. There’s also a double dose of painting action with a Citadel Masterclass teaching you how to paint cracked black leather, and a special March for Macragge Hang Out and Paint celebrating all things Ultramarines.
Here on Warhammer Community, we’ll have a closer look at the Blood Bowl Gnomes, new Dawnbringers fiction and, of course, lots more about the new edition of Warhammer Age of Sigmar. Make sure to check back every day for the latest news and updates.