Almost as quickly as it was revealed, Warcry: Red Harvest is tearing out of the Bloodwind Spoil and into next week’s pre-orders. Do you feel like a fly trapped in a web of anticipation? We’ve got the perfect antidote – a full unboxing, where you get to see precisely what’s in this massive set.
Two Chaos-worshipping Warbands
It wouldn’t be Warcry without two warbands brawling their way up the Path to Glory, would it?* Red Harvest pits the creepy-crawly Tarantulos Brood against the steel and muscles of the Darkoath Savagers.
The Tarantulos Brood worship Chaos as a great spider – eight legs and eyes reflected in the number of realms and points on the star of Chaos – and seek Varanite in to aid their mutation into arachnids. As with all Warcry Warbands, there are lots of tasty fighter options on the sprue.
In the blood-red corner, we have the Darkoath Savagers. They worship Chaos in a far more straightforward way – bellowing oaths to the dark powers, and hewing their enemies in twain with their raw strength. You’ll be able to choose between axes, flails, and spears for your warriors – whatever you feel is better for gutting your foes.
Varanite Mine Terrain
The allure of precious Varanite draws warbands from all across the realm of Chaos to abandoned mines, represented in Red Harvest with a brand new set of terrain featuring esoteric machines, gangways, and sluices for transporting the volatile material.
You’ll be able to rearrange these pieces into a variety of different complexes, which you can fight over using special rules to cover what happens when you turn on a Pit Delver or Varanite Syphon, or when a fighter trips and falls face-first into a bubbling stream of Chaos Realmstone.
Red Harvest Rulebook
Alongside all of these models, you’ll also get a 104-page Warcry: Red Harvest rulebook. Contained within its covers are lots of pages of juicy background about the setting and the warbands in the box, as well as a slew of rules for quests and campaigns. You’ll also find the Core Rules, meaning this box is the perfect place for new players to jump into the brutal world of Warcry, as well as a brilliant expansion for existing fans.
Warcry: Red Harvest will see our pre-order weekend promise in full effect, so if you order a copy this weekend you're guaranteed to get one. We’ve made plenty of stock, but if we run out we’ll make sure we make you one. It may just take a little longer to arrive.
Keep your eyes – all eight of them if you’re so blessed – on Warhammer Community this week for more information about Warcry: Red Harvest, as we jump into the rules with all the force of an enraged Darkaoth Savager.* Warcry also sees plenty of Order, Death, and Destruction Warbands scrapping in the Eightpoints. There’s just something in the air (and beneath the ground).