What a way to wake up! Games Workshop has announced a whole slew of new stuff coming out while they’re at Adepticon 2019, and it looks just fantastic! I don’t even know where to begin…
Well, here is as good a place as any. Forbidden Power is very much a Malign Sorcery 2.0, a box of new Endless Spells to use in games of Age of Sigmar. Some of these spells do look incredible, but while I’m firmly back into playing the game, I’m unsure about getting a copy of this. Mainly because I don’t tend to use a lot of these things, and it feels like too much of an extravagance to get it. Even if they are amazing looking models:
We also know the next battletome will be for Fyreslayers, and there is something called Looncurse coming, which I’m guessing will be a battle box of Sylvaneth vs Gloomspite Gitz. Flowers vs Fungus? Not sure what else it could mean. But anyway, we’ll see what’s in store there!
The next warband for Warhammer Underworlds has been shown off as the Kharadron Overlords, at which point I’m not sure if there are any more to be seen in this season of the game? After all, that teaser from a while back which seemed to show off the line-up for the year, the sky-dwarves were the last on the list, but there could be more surprises, of course! Between these and the Sylvaneth warband we’ve also seen now, though, I suppose that could well take us to a third box coming out for the autumn period?
The first big bit of news for me in the announcement was more info on Warcry. I’m really looking forward to this game, even if my bank balance isn’t, because I love the look of the new Chaos models we’ve been seeing!
The Iron Golems are a fascinating look at Chaos in all its myriad forms, with some truly awesome looking miniatures that I can’t wait to get my hands on and start painting! I mean, this huge dude with the weapon-arms looks splendid! And I love the guy slinging the chain-thing in the trailer above!
There will be 9 non-Chaos warbands to play in the game, which will hopefully alleviate some of the naysayers online who have been making their opinions known. I’m really looking forward to this, because it looks like we’ll be able to play some really eclectic forces from the looks of these new minis alone. Looking forward to the summer for this one, definitely!
40k now, and we’re going huge with a new rules system for Apocalypse games. Looks like GW have come a long way since they included the rules for this back in Chapter Approved 2017! I’ve only ever been tangentially interested in games that take an entire day (takes me back to playing during 7th edition, when 1000-point games took me several hours). However, if it’s what people want, then it should be great to see huge battles once again!
There wasn’t a great deal of 40k news, though under the alarming heading “the future of 40k” we have an idea of where we’re going next – basically, it looks like campaign systems like the current Vigilus one will become the norm, moving to different planets and seeing what’s going on there. Seems like new model releases like Marneus Calgar and Abaddon will be made in the context of this new campaign system, and I think it’s not only a bit obvious, but also could lead to some really great stuff, so I can’t wait to see what’s next in store for us here!
Glossing over the 50 Shades of Grey skit and event-exclusive models (the latter makes me sad, because I can never seem to get to events), the next big community survey will take place from 15 April and we can potentially win a new Sisters of Battle army. But then, at the end of the article, there’s this:
Yes, that’s right – Slaanesh is not buried and forgotten by GW! It may seem inevitable now, but there were some dark days during 2015/16 when we thought Slaanesh might be quietly removed from the Chaos pantheon in an effort to make the model range more PG13 friendly. Well, forget about that, and feast your eyes on this new Keeper of Secrets, baby!
This thing looks incredible, and I cannot wait to get my hands on it. I must be honest here, I’ve recently been waning again with my ideas of a multifarious Chaos army, and instead going down the Khorne route. However, I think a part of me will always be devoted to the Dark Prince, and I will most assuredly be getting my act together with painting some of these things when the time comes!
I mean, this thing looks amazing! Naturally, it’s a new Battletome for the Prince of Pleasure, and so we’re also getting a new terrain piece and new Endless Spells, which looks suitably weird and wonderful!
But that’s not all, as we’re also getting two new Leader units – a new (plastic!) Masque of Slaanesh, and a new named character, Syll’Esske, something that has a lot in common with Fabius Bile, if you ask me…
I’m also hoping we’ll be getting the Slaanesh side of Wrath and Rapture released separately as well, as I want that harpist herald!
What a glorious time to be alive!
There is a lot for Age of Sigmar here, isn’t there? I suppose the new Chaos Space Marines release, and all the shenanigans around Vigilus we’ve been experiencing since well before Christmas have perhaps taken a toll, and it’s high time we did return to the Mortal Realms for a bit. Of course, the Slaanesh stuff will be equally usable on both sides of the fence, but there was a part of me that was a little bit concerned as to whether we’d be seeing a drop-off of 40k stuff this year until the Sisters release. Well, I suppose I could stand to save up a little bit, after all, so I can’t really complain!
Between the new miniatures for Warcry, and the new plastic Slaanesh stuff, we’re really living in a fantastic time for model design and implementation, and it just gets better year after year.
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