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Prospero Burns Game NOT Completely a D6 System?

By Rob Baer | October 17th, 2016 | Categories: Warhammer 40k News, Warhammer 40k Rumors

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Checkout the brand new retailer kit for the Horus Heresy: Burning of Calth core set that looks to be using D12’s instead of D6’s?

More news and rumors this morning about the contents of the new Burning of Calth box, and the retaler kit full of cool swag and D12’s!

Source Grot Orderly

So as we all know, or should know, by now, on 22nd October you will be able to preorder the box on Games Workshop site. By 29th we will see the official release in the shops. The important news is that it is NOT an expansion to Horus Heresy: Betrayal at Calth. Rules and mechanics are different.

The box will be priced at 95 GBP, the painting guide at 6 GBP and there’s also will be a novel available for 20 GBP.

The shops will also receive the following items to distribute as the please:
Art cards – 8 sets
Pin Badges (Ahriman, Geigor) – 70 (35 each)
D12 dice for Space Wolves
D12 dice for Thousand Sons

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Also here is a listing from the same post of the contents and weapons inside the box:

So what’s in the box?
47 plastic miniatures
Geigor Fell-Hand
Ahriman
30x Tactical Marines MK3
5x Tartaros Terminators
5x Custodian Guard
5x Sisters of Silence
16 page background book
32 page rulebook
5 double sided tiles to play on
15 psychic power cards
36 warp energy and will power cards
24 dice – D6, D8, D10, D12

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Weapons available on the sprues via Bolter and Chainsword:

Tactical squad
11 chainswords
1 power sword
2 power fists (with option for 1 lightning claw)
1 thunderhammer
7 bolt pistols
1 plasma pistol
1 plasma gun
1 melta gun
1 heavy bolter
10 bolters

Terminators
power fists (at least 4 can be lightning claws)
twin linked bolters
1 plasma blaster
1 volkite
1 power sword
1 autocannon
1 heavy flamer
grenade harness

Custodes
5 shields
5 spears
5 swords
5 sheathed short swords/ daggers
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Sisters of Silence
5 bolters
5 flamers
6 greatswords

Are these the upcoming rules we’ve been promised in the October White Dwarf? Grab your salt shakers, and read on:

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Source B&C’s StaggerLee 

According to a mate, these are the profiles for custodes and sisters:

Custodes:
ws6, bs4, s5, t5, w2, i5, a3, ld10, 2+/4++.
hatred, furious charge, rampage.

Sisters:
ws5, bs4, s3, t3, w1, i5, a2, ld10, 2+.
Preferred enemy (psykers), hatred (psykers)
furious charge and a pariah blade which inflicts ID on any model with the psyker special rule and otherwise is ap3.
they will have the pariah rule meaning they can never be the target of any psychic power. and all psychic powers cease to be in effect within 6″ of the unit

Now remember GW said there would be rules for the custodes in the next White Dwarf as it is printed on the cover even:

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Only one week left till orders start. What’s your favorite unit out of this new set?

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New Burning of Prospero Box Set

Games Workshop dropped a new video today on their Facebook page, giving us the Fenrisian side of the Prospero Burns Box Set, in teaser form.

Listen well, pup
To a saga from the age of betrayal…

Checkout these still shots:

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And the rest of the Imperial side of the box:

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Here are the sprue contents of the new Prospero burns box set! Checkout these new models up close.

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The new core set, unboxed!

Source: Garro

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Whooo hooo plastic Sisters of Silence. Looks like there will be a flamer option for these ladies. Both helmeted and bare heads look to be available!

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5 Tartaros Terminators look to come with 5 different torsos, a heavy flamer and Reaper Autocannon (a staple in the days of the heresy), bolt weapons as well as the combo Lightning Claw / Power Fist we saw for the Cataphractii plastics.

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The new Mark III armor sprues look to have a robust lineup of options feature a Heavy Bolter, Power Maul, and Phobos Patter Bolters

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The Adeptus Custodes Guard look to be semi multi-part with various weapons ranging from Guardian spears to Stormshields. It also appears the headress topknots are optional, and the rear torso bits do not have backpacks. The standard bits are also clearly visible as well.

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Oh my it looks like Greigor is a separate sprue, along with Ahriman, giving GW the option of selling them separately later on down the road!

Source: Spikey Bits Hobbies

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We will see FIVE of these Custodian Guards in the new Prospero burns box set

First seen on Heresy Norway, it’s now on Imgur:

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This is the direct mailing GW sends to it’s stores and retailers about new releases.

The contents are listed as

  • Ahirman
  • Greigor ? Fell-Fell Hand
  • 5 Tartaros Terminators
  • 30 Legion Veterans (Mk III armor)
  • 5 Custodian Guard
  • 5 Sisters of Silence
  • and various rules and game accessories

 

See what everyone is saying about the new box set below

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New Burning of Prospero Box Set

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