The new edition of Kill Team is here! If you’re not already undertaking secret missions behind enemy lines, there’s a new starter set this week that makes it easy to get involved, alongside the release of another wave of kill teams. Then there’s the standalone release of two new Chaos Lords and Inquisitor Coteaz, and several weighty Black Library volumes.
Kill Team: Starter Set
There’s no better way to get started in the world of clandestine special operations than with the Kill Team Starter Set. It includes 14 miniatures split between the Angels of Death and Plague Marines kill teams, a 64-page starter handbook that takes you through each element of the game in turn, a core token sheet, two reference sheets, 10 dice, a double-sided game board, and an innovative set of MDF terrain which builds two larger structures and eight smaller structures.
That’s everything you need to learn the basics of the game, before taking the plunge into the full Core Rules. Both kill teams are easy to learn but hard to master – and as Space Marines they’re more than tough enough to tangle with any other faction in the main game.*
Kill Team: Kasrkin and Datacards
The Kasrkin are the elite of the elite, Cadian special forces who command the battlefield with a calculated cool, taking on greater odds with well-drilled discipline, high-grade equipment, and cutting-edge tactics. This set of 10 miniatures builds a kill team including a number of specialists such as a Sharpshooter, Medic, and Demo-trooper. They come with a unique token sheet and a transfer sheet containing 597 decals. A separate deck of 37 Datasheet cards will be released alongside them, containing faction rules and equipment, unique plots, operative profiles, and other useful information.
Kill Team: Phobos Strike Team and Datacards
When Space Marines need to strike with surgical precision they deploy the Phobos Strike Team. Equipped with lighter armour designed for stealth, and armed with specialised weapons and equipment, they make their kills with deadly subtlety. This set of 10 miniatures builds a complete kill team, with options for specialists like the Saboteur, Helix Adept, and Marksman. They come with a unique token sheet, and a transfer sheet containing 758 decals. A separate deck of 41 Datasheet cards will be released alongside them, containing faction rules and equipment, unique plots, operative profiles, and other useful information.
Kill Team: Chaos Space Marine Legionaries and Datacards
Chaos Space Marine Legionaries are remorseless traitors granted monstrous boons by their Dark Gods, whom they serve by sowing destruction across the galaxy. This set of 10 miniatures builds a kill team composed of Legionaries, some of which can be specialists like the Balefire Acolyte, Shrivetalon, and Butcher. They come with a unique token sheet, and a transfer sheet containing 364 decals. A separate deck of 41 Datasheet cards will be released alongside them, containing faction rules and equipment, unique plots, operative profiles, and other useful information.
Kill Team: T’au Empire Pathfinders and Datacards
A fledgling race on the galactic stage, the T’au Empire fight for their future with high-tech weaponry and plucky optimism. Their Pathfinder teams are expert scouts and covert operatives who slip behind enemy lines and outgun their foes. This set of 13 miniatures builds a kill team accompanied by three drones, with options for specialists like the Drone Controller, Assault Grenadier, and Medical Technician. They come with a unique token sheet, and a transfer sheet containing 185 decals. A separate deck of 41 Datasheet cards will be released alongside them, containing faction rules and equipment, unique plots, operative profiles, and other useful information.
Kill Team: Inquisitorial Agents and Datacards
Inquisitors wield near-unlimited power, but they are still mortals – so they delegate sanctioned teams of special individuals to do their bidding. This set of seven miniatures builds a kill team led by an Interrogator, who is backed up by an eccentric crew that can contain a Death World Veteran, Penal Legionnaire, and Hexorcist, among others, while the bulk of their firepower is made up of requisitioned operatives from other valid Imperial kill teams. They also come with a unique token sheet. A separate deck of 41 Datasheet cards will be released alongside them, containing faction rules and equipment, unique plots, operative profiles, and other useful information.
Kill Team: Chaos Cult Datacards
Chaos Cults work to undermine the Imperium and further the agendas of the Ruinous Powers with all their might, conducting dark rituals that warp and twist their flesh into monstrous forms, gaining strength through their corruption. These teams are comprised of miniatures from the Chaos Cultists, Accursed Cultists, and Dark Commune boxes, and this set of 38 Datacards contains faction rules and equipment, unique plots, operative profiles, and other useful information.
Chaos Lord
Those strong enough to lead the Heretic Astartes warbands plaguing the galaxy are ruthless and long-lived individuals known as Chaos Lords. Each is a warrior who has forged their skill over millennia of bloody combat, and they command hard-won respect from their warband. The standalone release of this multipart miniature comes with a range of weapon and cosmetic options to forge your own Chaos Lord.
Chaos Lord with Jump Pack
Leading packs of Raptors from on high, a Chaos Lord with Jump Pack is a cruel hunter who favours speed and aggression, relishing the agility afforded to them by their roaring jump packs as they relentlessly pursue their quarry. The standalone release of this multiplayer miniature has a number of head and weapon options to customise your own pitiless reaver.
Inquisitor Coteaz
The legendary hero Inquisitor Torquemada Coteaz uses the information networks of the Ordo Malleus to great effect when directing his subordinates in battle, even as he strides forward to personally smite heretics, traitors, and daemons with his infamous Nemesis daemon hammer, all whole is Glovodan Psyber-eagle soars high above the melee. This is his first standalone release.
Broken Crusade
On the fringes of the Cicatrix Maledictum, the Black Templars of the Second Dorean Crusade are en route to the shrine world of Tempest, when a warp storm scatters them to the void. The Dauntless Honour is stranded, and it is up to Castellan Emeric and his brothers to find their way to Tempest, and endure the battles that await them.
Broken Crusade by Steven B Fischer is released next week in hardback, eBook, and audiobook formats, alongside a luxurious Special Edition with a screen-printed cover, a red ribbon bookmark, the additional short story Consecrated Ground, and an afterword. Only a limited quantity of this signed and numbered special edition are available.
Da Big Dakka
After receiving a summons which will surely lead to his execution, Ork Warboss Ufthak Blackhawk finds himself out of options and opts to lead his Waaagh! through the webway and into Commorragh. Here, da Gargantsmasha ends up locked in conflict with Archon Dhaemira Thraex, whose terrifying lust for power threatens the delicate knife-edge balance on which the Dark City teeters. Mike Brooks’ Da Big Dakka is available for pre-order in paperback next week.**
Warhammer 40,000 Horror Collection Volumes One & Two
Well aware that Halloween is just around the corner, Black Library has braved the darkest corners of its archives to curate two horrifying audiobook collections. Volume One contains The House of the Night and Chain and The Deacon of Wounds by David Annandale, and The Reverie by Peter Fehevari, while Volume Two comprises The Bookkeeper’s Skull by Justin D Hill, The Oubliette by J C Stearns, and Sepulturum by Nick Kyme. Each volume goes on sale on the 26th of October, and gets you three audiobooks at a lower price than buying them separately.
This week on Warhammer+ the Citadel Colour Masterclass is teaching us all how to paint the damaged, irradiated skin so commonly seen on the gangers and industrial workers of the 41st Millennium.
Loremasters is taking a look at the Dawi – those stubborn Dwarfs of the Old World – the history of their civilisation, and the Karaz Ankor, the network of subterranean holds that the Dwarfs call home.
While we’re on the topic of short folk with a penchant for mining, we’ve got more news about the Squat Prospectors in Necromunda coming on Monday alongside something for Blood Bowl, before we continue our coverage of the new edition of Warhammer Underworlds, including a roadmap for upcoming releases. We’ll also see our first batch of Commended Entries from the Golden Demon hosted at SPIEL in Essen.
* This product has been delayed in Japan.
** This product has been delayed in Australia and New Zealand.
