The new edition of Warhammer Age of Sigmar is here, and to dip your toe, you can pick up one of the many new starter products coming out next week. For those who want a smaller but no less savage game, new releases for Warcry are sure to satiate your hunger.
Warhammer Age of Sigmar – Introductory Set
Start your journey into Warhammer Age of Sigmar with the Introductory Set, which is designed to give you a taste of the Warhammer hobby. It contains five Stormcast Eternals Liberators and 20 Skaven Clanrats – all of which push off the frame and fit together without glue or clippers. Paint them up with the six paints and starter brush included in the box, using the 48-page handbook for guidance. This set also includes gameplay tutorials showing you how to use the playing mat, range ruler, and six dice to get a handle on the basics. It is the ideal gift for anyone who has an interest in the exciting world of Warhammer Age of Sigmar
Warhammer Age of Sigmar – Starter Set
For people who know their way around tabletop games, the Starter Set contains everything you need. You get 35 push-fit miniatures (you’ll need clippers for these): a Lord-Veritant with Gryph-crow, three Prosecutors, and five Liberators for the Stormcast Eternals, who are arrayed against a Grey Seer, a Warlock Engineer, three Rat Ogors, and 20 Clanrats.
The 64-page starter set handbook introduces you to the vast Mortal Realms and provides tutorials on the basics of gameplay and four battles to test your skills. With a double-sided gaming mat, two range rulers, two rules reference sheets, and 10 dice, you’ve got everything you need to get started right in the box.
Warhammer Age of Sigmar – Ultimate Starter Set
Get the complete Warhammer Age of Sigmar experience with the Ultimate Starter Set, which contains two complete Spearhead armies, and all the rules and accessories you need to play this lightning-fast and tactical new game format. The Vigilant Brotherhood is led by a Lord-Vigilant on Gryph-stalker, who joins the units from the standard starter set, while the Gnawfeast Clawpack receives a Clawlord on Gnaw-beast.
The 144-page small-format Spearhead: Fire and Jade book contains the rules for this new mode and complete warscrolls for every Spearhead you can currently buy. This set also contains the double-sided Spearhead board themed around Aqshy and Ghyran, two Battle Tactics and Twist decks, plus terrain and 3” and 6” clip-together range rulers. On top of that, you’ll get a 72-page handbook that runs you through a series of tutorials, two range rulers, two rules reference sheets, and 10 dice.
Stormcast Eternals Paint Set and Skaven Paint Set
If you’re excited to try out the building and painting aspects of Warhammer Age of Sigmar, these two paint sets—which include miniatures and paints—are the perfect way to get started. The Stormcast Eternals Paint Set contains three push-fit Liberators, a Citadel starter brush, and six 12ml pots of paint: Retributor Armour, Kantor Blue, Corax White, Leadbelcher, Agrax Earthshade, and Astrogranite.
The Skaven Paint Set consists of five push-fit Clanrats, a Citadel starter brush, and six 12ml pots of paint: Khorne Red, Rakarth Flesh, Steel Legion Drab, Leadbelcher, Agrax Earthshade, and Astrogranite.
Warhammer Age of Sigmar Paint and Tools Set
If you have your eye on the Starter Set or Ultimate Starter Set and also want the paints and tools you need to get hobbying right away, then this Paint and Tools Set has the goods. It contains a pair of Citadel Starter Set clippers, a starter brush, and a mouldline scraper, plus 13 12ml paint pots: Corax White, Abaddon Black, Averland Sunset, Leadbelcher, Kantor Blue, Khorne Red, Rakarth Flesh, Retributor Armour, Waaagh! Flesh, Bugman’s Glow, Steel Legion Drab, Agrax Earthshade, and Astrogranite.
Getting Started With Warhammer Age of Sigmar
This 88-page Getting Started magazine is the ideal way to learn about the Mortal Realms and the wider Warhammer Age of Sigmar hobby. It comes with two push-fit miniatures which don’t need clippers or glue – a Liberator and a Clanrat, both with scenic bases.
Warcry: Briar and Bone
It’s a life-and-death battle in the Gnarlwood as the Teratic Cohort attempt to harvest the bone tithe from these corpse-strewn wilds, coming face-to-face with the warped and tortured Twistweald in Warcry: Briar and Bone.
Alongside these two new warbands, this contains a new Ravening Gnarloak scenery piece – a chained tree that can gulp down fighters whole – a 64-page soft back Warband Tome: Briar and Bone, 12 fighter cards, three ability cards, three divider cards, and 42 battleplan cards.
Ossiarch Bonereapers who have failed Nagash may be reformed into lower constructs. These Teratic Cohorts are tailor-made to efficiently track and hunt down their foes in an effort to redeem their shame. The Sylvaneth known as the Twistweald are riddled with terrible parasitic plants that drive them mad with rage, torn between spreading their seeds to new hosts and purging all infections from the Gnarlwood.
Ydrilan Riverblades
The Lumineth Realm-lords draw much of their power from the aelementiri spirits of Hysh, drawing on their power and teachings to excel in battle. The Ydrilan Riverblades are sworn to the waters, as fast and persistent as the driving current, their movements fluid and graceful. This standalone warband of 10 multipart plastic miniatures – previously only available in the Warcry: Pyre and Flood box set – is a swift force that excels in counterattacks and repositioning, and comes with the fighter cards and ability card you need to help them purify the tributaries of the Gnarlwood.
Pyregheists
For those who attempted to preserve the souls of the dead with sacred fires and blessed unguents, Nagash devised a cruel punishment: an afterlife as Pyregheists consumed by eternal balefire. They now seek to torment those who try to deny the Grand Necromancer his due, keeping the braziers of Nagashizzar alight with mortal flesh and soul-matter. This standalone warband of eight multipart plastic miniatures – previously only available in the Pyre and Flood box set – immolates their surroundings and foes with roaring balefire, and comes with the fighter cards and ability card you need to set fire to all who oppose Nagash.
Idol of the Old Ones
The Seraphon temple-ship Eye of Chotec was covered in immaculately carved statues that are now scattered across the Gnarlwood. Studded with valuable jewels and powerful arcane devices that double as sentry weapons that scour their foes with beams of burning energy, they are handy platforms for athletic fighters to scurry atop, and excellent additions to your collection of Warcry scenery.
Lioness of the Parch
Tahlia Vedra is a talented warrior, a ruthless mercenary, and champion of Hammerhal Aqsha, but when the Chaos Warlord Mausolus Ebonpyre crushes a well-defended citadel, she is thrown into unfamiliar territory: politics. Now, she must find common ground with old rivals and become versed in the political machinations in order to orchestrate a favourable showdown with Ebonypyre, who seems to be one step ahead of her at all times. Lioness of the Parch by Evan Dicken will be available to pre-order in hardback, eBook, and audiobook formats.
Blacktalon
Five powerful champions of Chaos have discovered the existence of a long-buried weapon with incredible power, and have plans to use it. After being sent a troubling vision of their latest quarry by Sigmar himself, Neave Blacktalon and her hand-picked team of Stormcast Eternals must hunt them down to save the Mortal Mortal Realms. Blacktalon by Liane Merciel will be available to pre-order in paperback format next week.
Shroud of Night
Kassar and the Unsung, his elite band of Alpha Legionaries, plan to infiltrate the hive world of Tsadrekha. Their mission is to steal a beacon being fought over by ravening warbands of Heretic Astartes, who have been lured by its ability to hold the darkness of the Noctis Aeterna at bay. Their plans are complicated by the arrival of Khârn the Betrayer, who is mustering a mighty army to take the planet for himself in an apocalyptic assault. Shroud of Night by Andy Clark is available to pre-order in audiobook format next week.
Loremasters is back on Warhammer+ this week with a State of the Realms dedicated to Aqshy, the Realm of Fire. This realm was one of the beacheads for Sigmar’s return to the Mortal Realms with his Stormcast Eternals, and it has been a crucible of war for the many years since. With a long and violent history, it is the perfect focus for an episode which details the many trials and tribulations of the Bright Realm.
On Citadel Colour Masterclass, the focus is firmly on colour theory, with an episode on how to choose the tones and hues to make your complementary colour schemes really shine. These are tips you can apply to any miniature or army to make them look even better.
Next week on Warhammer Community we’ll be revealing new miniatures and books – of the fiction and rules variety – and taking a look at the two new Warcry warbands alongside lots of other great articles all about Warhammer. See you then.