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Blood For The Blood God! Blades of Khorne: Review

By Zeb Barrett | April 8th, 2017 | Categories: Age of Sigmar, Khorne, Product Review, Videos

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Take a look at the Blades of Khorne Battletome!

Today we are taking a look at the Battletome for Age of Sigmar and seeing what secrets it holds! Check it out!

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They have pulled together all of the Warscrolls for the Khorne Daemons, Khorne Mortals, as well as Khorne Bloodbound and put it all in one new Battletome. There is of course the painted miniatures section showing off what the miniatures could look like all painted up.

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The Forces of Khorne and Allegiance Abilities section comes before the Warscrolls in this Battletome which is something we haven’t seen in the past. Under Allegiance Abilities there is a Blood Tithe Table and number eight allows you to summon Daemons.

One thing to remember when summoning Daemons in matched play is that you still have to pay the reserve cost and there doesn’t appear to be any way around it in this book.

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There is a total of 33 Warscrolls in this book, some are have new rules and some are the same as we have seen before.

We will be going over these in more depth in our Tips & Tactics video that will be coming next week. Until then, check out the entire first look below to see everything we have to say about the Blades of Khorne so far!

Battletome: Blades of Khorne: $40

Blades Of Khorne Battletome Content

BEHOLD THE REIGN OF GORE

All fear the coming of the Blades of Khorne. The air is rent with bloodcurdling howls as the Bloodbound Warhordes march forth. Cruel axes hew limbs and lop heads, and the blood flows thick enough to tear open reality itself. Bounding, red-skinned figures hurl themselves through the breach in the world, hell-forged blades thirsting for flesh and eyes blazing with hateful flame. The Daemons of Khorne have come, and torrents of gore shall be spilled in the name of their raging god.

Battletome: Blades of Khorne collects together the rules and background you need to combine the Khorne Bloodbound and Daemons of Khorne into a single bloody fist, ready to smash down upon the worlds of Warhammer Age of Sigmar. Manifestations of primal rage and senseless bloodlust, the daemons of Khorne are far from subtle, shunning the trickery and deceit of magic in favour of crushing physical might. His mortal followers fight with comparable ferocity, hoping to gain enough favour to tread the path of skulls and ascend to blood-soaked glory.

The 152-page hardback Battletome: Blades of Khorne contains:

Background

– A detailed explanation of the machinations of the Blood God – how his kingdom in the nightmarish Realm of Chaos functions with his Brass Citadel at the dark heart, as well as guides to the daemons of Khorne and his mortal followers, the Bloodbound;
– The Ranks Infernal – an overview of the supremacist hierarchy of Khorne, from the Exalted Bloodthirsters of the First Host down to the Legions and Charnel Hosts;
– A particularly grisly look at the icons, weapons and heraldry of Khorne – images of grinding industry, descriptions of cruel, rough-hewn axes and the colours of the claws, horns and teeth that define the look of the Blood God’s armies;
– The Ages of Blood – this is a timeline of key events and battles since the last days of the Age of Myth, in which Khornate armies have littered the landscape with corpses;
– Information and details on every daemon of Khorne, and every one of the Bloodbound; each of the faithfully bloodthirsty covered in grim detail.

Rules

A host of rules and abilities for Khornate armies both daemon, mortal and mixed:

–        Allegiance Abilities allowing a Khorne army to draw from Battle Trait and Command Trait tables, featuring suitably brutal rewards (heal units after a kill, add to the Attack characteristics of weapons, leverage blind fury to re-roll attacks and much more);
–        Blood Tithes –  a Khorne army generates Blood Tithe points whenever a unit belonging to any player is destroyed. Khorne cares not from whence the blood flows! These can be expended for rewards from the Blood Tithe table; these rewards range from the calamitous to the apocalyptic…
–        Artefacts of Power – potent tools of death and destruction wielded by mortal or Bloodbound Heroes in your army;
–        Daemonic Gifts – deadly weaponry and powerful icons for daemonic Khorne Heroes in your army;
–        Blood Blessings of Khorne – ancient rites and rituals performed by Khorne priests – these sacrifices allow them to call upon their infernal master for aid;
–        2 Battleplans – Gathering Bloodstorm and Skulls For the Skull Throne! – which epitomise and showcase the brutally efficient fighting style of the Blades of Khorne;
–        33 Warscrolls – rules for fielding mortal and daemonic Blades of Khorne miniatures in your games of Warhammer Age of Sigmar, with 23 Warscroll Battalions providing extra rules and tactics for specific collections;
–        Pitched Battle profiles featuring points valued for every miniature and Warscroll Battalion, for use in Matched Play games.

Head over to Games Workshop to pick up the Blades of Khorne Battletome today!

About the Author: Zeb Barrett

I am a huge gamer from miniature war gaming, to board games, to video games. When I'm not hanging out with my son, I try to spend all of my free time gaming in some sort of way and broadcasting on Twitch with my wife. I also like to do some video editing and throw up videos on our YouTube. Come check us out live! Twitch.tv/ChaoticCouplesGaming YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCmffaTgT__t0Uu2WFkfQjsA