All the new GW releases since early December are still available across platforms- here are the links to where you can still find them.
Most of these Games Workshop releases are orderable but they might be low on stock, or higher in price already on the secondary market. So be sure to check out all of the offerings, and pick up anything you might want while they are still available…
Some of these may also still be available on GW’s store, but they are often cheaper when the allocations were favorable from stores elsewhere. Of course, if you can get them at your LGS at a discount that may be a great place to spend your hobby dollars as well!
Here are the latest new Games Workshop releases with order links!
GW New Releases: December 11th
All the New AoS & 40k Christmas Battleforces New Releases
Luckily, the prices are basically the same on these as last year! This means you can save a lot of hobby dollars by picking these big boxes up, just remember the Adeptus Mechanicus box has been delayed until January 2022 for the US and Canada.
Space Marines: Shieldbreaker Strike Force
Overwhelm your opponent with the explosive might of the Space Marines. This is a Battleforce that hits hard and fast thanks to a Storm Speeder and 29 Primaris Space Marines, including some fairly chunky Gravis-armoured battle brothers.
While a box full of simple marines might not be exciting, it’s certainly viable as you’ll need a ton of marines to fill out a full list anyways!
Battleforce Value:
- 10 Intercessors: $60
- 10 Assualt Intercessors: $60
- 5 Heavy Intercessors: $60
- Bladeguard Veterans: $50
- Storm Speeder: $65
- Primaris Captain: $35
Total MSRP: $330
Total Value: $120
Death Guard: Plaguefester Warband
This box includes a host of Plague Marines and Deathshroud Bodyguard, accompanied by daemon-touched war machines – three Myphitic Blight-haulers and a Plagueburst Crawler – all able to withstand a huge amount of punishment before crashing into the enemy lines in an inexorable wave of stench and decay.
For Death Guard adherents in the US, Canada, New Zealand, and Australia, this Battleforce is available to pre-order on Saturday. Nurgle devotees in other regions will have a short wait before marching into battle – chalk it up to rusted joints.
With a great selection of characters, vehicles, and troops, it’s hard to go wrong with this box.
Battleforce Value:
- Deathshroud Terminators: $60
- Plague Marines: $50
- Blight-haulers: $75
- Plagueburst Crawler: $65
- Plague Marine Champion: $30
- Icon Bearer: $30
Total MSRP: $310
Total Value: $100
Necrons: Worldscour Legion
There’s nothing worse than being woken up from your nap aeons earlier than planned, which is a fact of (synthetic) life for Necrons across the galaxy. This Battleforce is especially cranky about it, and wants to put its opponents to bed with esoteric guns wielded by Lokhust Heavy Destroyers and Canoptek Doomstalkers, and the razor-sharp claws of the Ophydian Destroyers and Flayed Ones.
If the skeletal-robot theme of Necrons is more our speed, then this box also comes with a great selection of different types of models to give you a sense of what a full army might be like.
Battleforce Value:
- Psychomancer Cryptek: $35
- Necron Warriors: $45
- Lokhust Heavy Destroyer: $35
- 3 Ophydian Destroyers: $55
- 5 Flayed Ones: $50
- 2 Canoptek Doomstalkers: $80
Total MSRP: $300
Total Value: $90
Orks: Killdakka Warband
Killdakka, what a wonderful word to say out loud… Ork speech is poetry when you think about it. This box includes 20 Boyz, plus a Deffkilla Wartrike, your choice of Orky aeroplane, and a Big Mek. That’s lots of kill, and indeed dakka.
Orks have been dominating at tournaments lately, and conveniently enough, this box seems to come with an assortment of models that slot right into those meta lists if you wanted to try them.
Battleforce Value:
- 5 Nobz: $34
- 20 Boyz: $100 (New ETB From the Combat Patrol)
- Gretchin: $18
- Deffkilla Wartrike: $50
- Big Mek with Shokk Attack Gun: $37
- Dakkajet: $75
Total MSRP: $314
Total Value: $104
Adepta Sororitas: Purgatos Mission
What’s better than a tank with a stained glass window on it? Nothing, but a tank with a rocket-launching church organ is just as cool. This Battleforce comes with both – an Immolator, an Exorcist, and 16 Adepta Sororitas on foot, ready to toast a lot of heretics and marshmallows.
Sisters are a fan favorite faction, and their newest update helped reinvigorate a lot of their model lineup. That being said this might be a decent place to start as all of the models inside are the recently updated ones!
Battleforce Value:
- Sister Dogmata: $35
- Celestian Sacresants: $55
- 10 Battle Sisters: $60
- Immolator: $75
- Exorcist: $80
Total MSRP: $305
Total Value: $95
Adeptus Mechanicus: Omnissiah’s Talon
If you like eccentric mechanical limbs, gosh does the Adeptus Mechanicus have a treat for you with not one or two, but 15 weird and wonderful modes of ambulation or flight! There’s also a unit of Skitarii and a powerful Tech-priest to lead this gaggle of whirring, clunking, zapping warriors.
For those in the United States and Canada, Forge World Memphis** has had its requisitions delayed by solar interference, so the Omnissiah’s Talon box won’t arrive until early next year.
Ad Mech is another great faction if you like shooty lists, but unfortunately for the US and Canada, we won’t be able to pick this one up until after the new year.
Battleforce Value:
- 5x Pteraxii: $60
- Ruststalkers: $49
- Serberys Raiders: $60
- Ironstrider: $55
- Skitarii Rangers: $44
- Tech-priest Manipulus: $35
Total MSRP: $303
Total Value: $93
Soulblight Gravelords: Revenant Legion
First up are the vampires of the Soulblight Gravelords, who lead a dolorous horde of brainless thralls in a bumper box that contains 66 miniatures. Hordes of Deadwalker Zombies are particularly useful for pinning down enemy forces while the Vengorian Lord and their Blood Knights swoop in for the jugular.
All of the models in this box were part of their recently updated line, which means even if you are a vet, most of these might be brand new painting challenges you haven’t had before.
Battleforce Value:
- Vengorian Lord: $60
- 5x Blood Knights: $60
- 20x Deathrattle Skeletons: $60
- 40x Deadwalker Zombies: $110
Total MSRP: $290
Total Value: $80
Hedonites of Slaanesh: Sybarite Blade-Carnival
Add a little more finesse to your slaughter with the Sybarite Blade-Carnival, which collects a cavalcade of elite Slaanesh Mortals in one place. When these peerless warriors aren’t preening, they’re a surgical strike force comprising 30 miniatures – perfect for tearing reality in two and summoning gaggles of Daemonettes.
Nothing feels worse than getting a box with some old un-updated models in it, luckily just like a bunch of the other battleforces, this one doesn’t!
Battleforce Value:
- Shardspeaker: $30
- 3X Slaangor Fiendbloods: $50
- 10x Blissbarb archers: $50
- Slickblade Seekers: $65
- Mymirdesh Painbringers: $60
- Symbaresh Twinsouls: $60
Total MSRP: $305
Total Value: $95
Lumineth Realm-lords: Vanari Shining Host
From one group of self-involved egotists to another, it’s the pointy-helmed Aelves of Hysh. This insufferably well-oiled Vanari Shining Host focuses on the Tyrionic half of the Realm-lords’ martial forces, bringing 23 models of archers, spearmen, and cavalry to bear with gleaming precision.
If you like High Elves, look no further than the Lumineth Realm-Lords, as they are essentially the spiritual evolution of what we all think of when we hear “High Elves”.
Battleforce Value:
- Vanari Auralan Wardens: $60
- Bladelords: $60
- Dawnriders $60
- Starshard Ballista $50
- Bannerblade $35
- Lord Regent $55
Total MSRP: $320
Total Value: $110
Ossiarch Bonereapers: Mortisan Tithe-Echelon
Finally, the Ossiarch Bonereapers are back to collect the Bone Tithe on time, because they really want to make sure Nagash has a good Christmas. This immovable legion of 27 models consists of a core of Mortek Guard, backed up by a Mortek Crawler, and a range of grim bone constructs and heroes ready and willing to forcefully acquire each and every tibia and fibia on the docket.
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Those dusting off their knucklebone abacuses ready for the tithe in the US, Canada, New Zealand, and Australia will be able to pre-order this Battleforce on Saturday. Everywhere else will need to wait a little longer for this set to arrive – but it’s on its way.
Battleforce Value:
- Boneshaper: $30
- Soulreaper: $30
- Mortek Guard: $60
- Necropolis Stalkers: $50
- Gothizzar Harvester: $50
- Mortek Crawler: $80
Total MSRP: $300
Total Value: $90
As the final Battleforce box, the Bonereapers are a more elite variant to the standard skeletons we see inside the Soulblight Gravelords box.
GW New Releases: December 18th
All the New Shadow Throne & Maggotkin New Releases
Shadow Throne Retail Price: $170
Get yours for less from Amazon here, or Dicehead Games here. Games Workshop’s Store Link
Inside, you’ll find 25 plastic Citadel miniatures, including:
– 1x Blade Champion
– 3x Allarus Custodians, with the option to build one miniature as a Shield-Captain, and one as a Vexilus Praetor
– 5x Witchseekers, able to be built as Vigitalors or Prosecutors
– 1x Reductus Saboteur with explosive device
– 1x Genestealer Patriarch
– 1x Magus
– 1x Primus
– 2x Familiars
– 10x Neophyte Hybrids
A 32-page Shadow Throne campaign book covering the narrative of the Unthinkable War, which sees the Adeptus Custodes and Sisters of Silence in conflict with a covert uprising of Genestealer Cults beneath the Imperial Palace itself. This book contains Datasheets for everything in the box, as well as rules for the Deadly Ambush Theatre of War, a two-mission campaign, and Crusade rules giving each faction a Battle Trait table and both an Artificer and Antiquity Relic. All together, this makes Shadow Throne a brilliant choice for new and existing players alike.
The above units are supplied with 1x 50mm Citadel round base, 3x 40mm round bases, 10x 32mm round bases, and 13x 25mm round bases.
So far both the Blade Champion and Reductus Sabatour are looking like they will be pretty good additions to their factions.
The box contains a total of 25 minis with 2 new characters for each faction.
Let’s start with the Genestealer Cults value then go to the Adeptus Custodes.
- Broodcoven $60
- Neophyte Hybrids $44
- Reductus Saboteur $35 (Based on recent characters, might be as high as $40)
Genestealer Cults MSRP: $139-$144
- Allarus Custodians $50
- Witchseeker Squad $49
- Blade Champion $35 (Based on recent characters, might be as high as $40)
Adeptus Custodes MSRP: $134-$139
Overall MSRP: $273-283
Cost of Box: $170
Total Estimated Value: $103-113
So, if you break it down with a friend, you’ll be paying right around $85 a person and getting about $55 in value each. So, honestly, there is solid value inside (but still less than Hexfire, which got $80 in value per person) and the units included are pretty decent judging from their new rules.
Now let’s check out the AoS releases.
Battletome: Maggotkin of Nurgle Retail Price: $50
Get yours for less from Amazon here, or Dicehead Games here. Games Workshop’s Store Link
This 104-page hardback book contains:
– A pestilent bounty of lore and background information all focussed on Grandfather Nurgle and the daemons and mortals that live only to spread his poxes
– Stunning art that covers the repulsive Maggotkin hordes in all their bubonic beauty
– 27 warscrolls and pitched battle profiles that cover everything from the mighty Glottkin brothers to the rotting Putrid Blightkings and the lowliest Nurglings
– Allegiance abilities for your Maggotkin armies that cover how your forces infect their enemies with diseases, how to manage Cycle of Decay, as well as command traits, artifacts of power, and the 6 legions and contagiums of Nurgle
– 7 warscroll battalions for Path to Glory narrative campaigns
– Path to Glory campaign rules allowing you to undertake quests to seed the garden of Nurgle and fight across blighted battlegrounds
– Content for matched play, including 4 grand strategies, 6 battle tactics, and 2 core battalions
– A wonderful photo showcase covering the menagerie of morbid miniatures which make up Maggotkin armies, and guides for how to paint your own army
– Background information on every Maggotkin of Nurgle unit, including characters like Rotigus, and Horticulus Slimux
Rotbringer Sorcerer Retail Price: $30
Get yours for less from Amazon here, or Dicehead Games here. Games Workshop’s Store Link
Maggotkin armies rarely broach the battlefield without a Rotbringer Sorcerer. Acting as a locus of foul arcane magics, these sorcerers hack up phlegm-ridden incantations that pox their enemies. In the wake of the Arcane Optimar, many of these spellcasters also unleash twisted, plague-ridden endless spells that they have bent to their rotten whims.
This multi-part plastic kit makes one Rotbringer Sorcerer with a choice of heads and comes supplied with one 32mm Citadel Round base.
Vanguard: Maggotkin of Nurgle Retail Price: $125
Get yours for less from Amazon here, or Dicehead Games here. Games Workshop’s Store Link
This set includes the following multipart plastic kits:
– 1x Spoilpox Scrivener
– 10x Plaguebearers of Nurgle
– 5x Putrid Blightkings
– 2x Pusgoyle Blightlords (can alternatively be built as 1x Lord of Afflictions and 1x Pusgoyle Blightlord)
The above units are supplied with 1x 40mm round base, 10x 32mm round bases, 5x 40mm flying bases, and 2x 60mm round bases.
This new bundle type is similar to a combat patrol, but just a touch smaller. This one features the Patrol but adds in some Nurgle Daemons for good measure, giving you a better variety of what the faction has to offer.
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So breaking down the value of the contents of the box we now have:
- Scrivener $34
- 2x Pusgoyle Blightlords $65
- Blightkings $57
- 10x Plaguebearers $36
MSRP: $192
Savings with Vanguard Box: $67
Those savings puts the new Vanguard box value in a similar range to the 40k Combat Patrol boxes (check out all their breakdowns here)
Maggotkin of Nurgle Dice Retail Price: $35
Warscroll Cards Retail Price: $30
Get yours for less from Amazon here, or Dicehead Games here. Games Workshop’s Store Link
As per usual you’ll be able to pick up some new dice and warscroll cards to either show off devotion or help you grind out those early games more efficiently.
Thunderstrike Command: Retail Price: $110
Winging her way to the battlefield for the first time outside of the Dominion boxed set is Yndrasta, the Celestial Spear, Sigmar’s personal huntress with a predilection for collecting enemy heads. Three stocky Annihilators join her with hammers and shields, and a Knight-Vexillor comes sporting a glorious Banner of Apotheosis, which gives your warriors a chance to resurrect before they’re zapped back to Azyr.
Coming out of Dominion, you can now pick up the more elite half of the box for Stormcast if you wanted extras or were waiting for a separate release.
Kruleboyz Boss-Krew Retail Price: $110
Tired of furtive lurking in the various fens and bogs of the Mortal Realms, the Killaboss is striking out on the prowl. And thanks to his Great Gnashtoof mount, he won’t struggle to find easy prey. Alongside him stands a Murknob with Belcha-banna, a blessed totem that deflects enemy sorceries, and three Man-skewer Bolt Boyz, crude but effective orruk snipers who pincushion their enemies with envenomed bolts.
Similarly, the Kruleboyz also get their more elite options from Dominion released in a new bundle if you were waiting for it!
GW New Releases: January 1st
All the New Warhammer 40k Orks New Releases
There is something for all greenskins fans and the AoS Exclusive Orruk will be in Warhammer stores as well, so be on the lookout! Just remember, these are mostly individual options for previous bundle exclusives!
Let’s check out the offerings!
Ork Boyz Retail Price: $45
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Ork Warboss In Mega Armour Retail Price: $35
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This kit comprises 17 plastic components with which you can assemble one Warboss in Mega Armour and is supplied with 1x Citadel 50mm Round Base. This miniature is supplied unpainted and requires assembly
Deffkoptas Retail Price: $60
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This kit comprises 37 plastic components and is supplied with 3x Citadel 75mm Oval Bases. These miniatures are supplied unpainted and require assembly
That’s all the latest Games Workshop new releases for the last month or so, and where you can most likely still find them hopefully for less…
GW New Releases: January 8th
Codex: Genestealer Cults: Retail Price$50 (Collectors: GW Exclusive $80)
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Inside this 112-page hardback book, you’ll find:
– In-depth background and lore on the Genestealer Cults, how they take over planets and prepare them for the Great Devourer, plus their infestation of Chalnath.
– Rousing artwork that will inspire your cults to acts of exemplary sedition
– All the rules you need to play your Genestealer Cults army, including 22 datasheets covering every unit from the Reductus Saboteur to the lowly Acoylte and venerated Patriarch
– A full suite of rules for playing Crusade and narrative games, including Agendas, Battle Traits, Requisitions, Crusade Relics, plus rules for following the Path to Ascension, letting you foster your very own Cult uprising
– An ‘Eavy Metal miniatures showcase full of lovingly painted Genestealer Cults miniatures.
Plus, ensure your traps go off without a hitch with a token sheet for use in games of Warhammer 40,000 that comes with 21 ambush tokens and a 9″ range ruler
As per usual, if you are especially excited you can get the collectors edition for a more premium, limited edition touch. Be sure to check out the latest rules and release rumors for the GSC all in one place right here.
Codex: Adeptus Custodes: Retail Price $50 (Collectors: GW Exclusive $80)
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Inside the 104-page hardback book, you’ll find:
– In-depth background and lore on the Adeptus Custodes and the Sisters of Silence, who make up the Talons of the Emperor, plus information about War Zone: Terra, where the Custodes battle insidious threats
– Exquisite art that exemplifies the deific nature of these unparalleled warriors
– All the rules you need to play your Adeptus Custodes army, including 20 datasheets covering every unit from the brand new Blade Champion to the Custodian Guard and Prosecutors
– A full suite of rules for playing Crusade and narrative games, including Agendas, Battle Traits, Requisitions, Crusade Relics, plus Battle Scars, and Artefacts of the Vault Relics unique to the Adeptus Custodes
– An ‘Eavy Metal miniatures showcase including variant Adeptus Custodes colour schemes
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Similarly, the Custodes also are getting a premium edition for any super fans that want something a little more special. Be sure to check out the latest rules and release rumors for the Adeptus Custodes all in one place right here.
Adeptus Custodes: Datacards: Retail Price: $25 & Dice Set: Retail Price: $35
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This pack contains 58 datacards, divided as follows:
– 7x Core Stratagem cards
– 33x Adeptus Custodes Stratagems
– 6x Martial Ka’tahs
– 6x Shield Host specific Stratagems
– 6x Shield Hosts fighting styles
Each six-sided, round-cornered dice is a deep red colour. The 20 dice in this set each measure 16mm x 16mm and feature the Adeptus Custodes icon on the 6 face and traditional pips on the other faces all in a gold colour. The dice are supplied in a blister pack with a backing card featuring Adeptus Custodes artwork.
Genestealer Cults: Datacards: Retail Price:$25 & Dice Sets: Retail Price: $35
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Each six-sided, round-cornered dice is a dark purple colour. The 20 dice in this set each measure 16mm x 16mm and feature the Genestealer Cults icon on the 6 face and traditional pips on the other faces all in a white colour. The dice are supplied in a blister pack with a backing card featuring Genestealer Cults artwork.
This pack contains 58 datacards, divided as follows:
– 7x Core Stratagem cards
– 32x Genestealer Cult Stratagem cards
– 6x Cult specific Stratagem cards
– 6x Cult specific psychic power cards
– 7x Psychic powers
While the dice are completely cosmetic, the data cards can help speed up your first few games, getting you into a point of memorization much faster.
Not the biggest release week per se but hey new rules updates are always welcome!
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