Seems like next week has something for everyone! Check out what’s new from Games Workshop for Warhammer Underworlds, Titanicus, and Middle Earth!
More new releases from GW are coming fast for next week! Between Titans, Warhammer Underworlds and Middle Earth, there’s something new for whatever hobby outside the main lines you dabble in.
First off are two new Warhammer Underworlds warbands, as the first was spotted in the Gloomspite Gitz battletome, leaving little doubt that it would be coming out soon after the Gitz themselves.
The is also little doubt that Games Workshop has synced up their warband releases with the quarterly Magic The Gathering card game sets as yet again new miniature/card expansion will be releasing at the same time!
Warhammer Underworlds players will be getting two new warbands – the terrifying collections of creatures from the darkness that are Mollog’s Mob, and the Darkoath barbarians of the Godsworn Hunt.
Mollog’s Mob consists of Mollog the Mighty himself, a towering Troggoth who can sweep aside even the most powerful fighter in a single blow, alongside a trio of bizarre and brilliant fungal beasts – the Bat Squig, Spiteshroom, and Stalagsquig. Playing differently from any other warband in the game, Mollog’s Mob are a truly original experience for any Warhammer Underworlds player.
Led by Theddra Skull-scryer, the Godsworn Hunt are five Darkoath warriors (and their Chaos-touched hound, Grawl) from the Slaves to Darkness, vicious barbarians in the service of the Ruinous Powers. They provide a different tactical experience to the existing Chaos warbands, being armed with a combination of melee and ranged weapons, and are perfect for a dedicated servant of the Dark Gods who wants to try something new.
Each of these new warbands provides new miniatures and 60 cards, 29 of them exclusive to the warband in question, the rest usable in any deck. Both sets will add new tactics for any player with the new universal cards, and each of the new warbands plays really interestingly, providing a new tactical challenge for you and your opponents alike.
Also available for these warbands are custom sleeves as well.
Adeptus Titanicus
The new expansion is here. Get ready to walk with custom rules unlike any you have seen before!
Titandeath is the first-ever expansion for Adeptus Titanicus: The Horus Heresy, and delves into the largest engine war of the Heresy. It includes rules, traits and more for no fewer than eight different Titan Legions, as well as an in-depth campaign system, new maniples, six narrative missions and rules for fighting in hostile environments such as airless moons.
Joining Titandeath is a new variant of the Reaver Titan, boasting alternative weapons – a melta cannon, volcano cannon, chainfist and carapace-mounted turbo laser destructor, perfect for building a Reaver that’s a dedicated Titan hunter capable of taking down even a mighty Warlord. There are also new heads to add variety to your God-Machines.
And speaking of weapons, the Warlord Titan Plasma Annihilator Frame will allow you to customize your existing Warlords with plasma annihilators, laser blasters, and the vicious Arioch Titan power claw. You asked to be able to buy this sprue separately – and now you can! All the weapons are designed to be magnetized, making it easy switch them out across your games.
The separate titan weapon sprue is coming for the Warlord to help keep the game affordable for everyone who already has their maniples assembled. Games Workshop seems to be making a concentrated effort to give this game every chance to succeed despite its seemingly high price tag to entry.
Finally, three new transfer sheets add loads of new iconography for your Titans. Each sheet focuses on a different Titan Legion – Vulpa, Krytos & Solaria – plus their associated Knight House. These make adding detail to your Titans and Knights simple and give you all sorts of cool new imagery options for all your war engines.
Middle Earth
In Middle-earth, you’ll be able to play through the battle between Minas Tirith and Mordor with the new expansion, Gondor at War. This tome contains 29 narrative play scenarios, complete with a detailed campaign system. In addition, you’ll find rules for new Heroes, an in-depth look at the armies that fought in these battles, and Legendary Legions – iconic armies from the War of the Ring such as the Rangers of Ithilien or the Army of Gothmog. Using these themed forces will feel like you’re playing out a piece of Middle-earth history on the tabletop!
You’ll also be able to reinforce your Good armies with a trio of new plastic miniatures for The Three Hunters – Aragorn, Legolas and Gimli as they appeared at the Pelennor. Also available will be a set of Three Hunters dice, each with a striking symbol of the trio’s weapons replacing the six.
So it looks like the previewed trio from the LoTR movies will be making their way to store shelves next week, along with the rest of the rules Middle Earth hobbyists have been waiting for!
Finally, the Middle-earth General’s Accessories Pack is an essential collection of aids for all players, including a warband roster pad, a fold-out core rules sheet and a range of handy tokens and measuring devices to speed up your games.
Which of these new sets are you looking forward to the most? Let us know in the comments of our Facebook Hobby Group.
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