This is not a drill; GW has revealed the upcoming 2023 AoS Christmas Battleforces and what every box will contain- check it out!
We’ve been hearing rumors for months now about what the boxes will contain and what armies will be included. This bodes well for 40k, as all the armies included, and the contents are more or less exactly what the rumors said!
If your army is included in the list, you really need to think about saving up, as these generally have crazy savings inside. Let’s jump into the reveal!
GW Reveals Four 2023 AoS Christmas Battleforces & Contents!
The latest on the new Christmas 2023 Battleforces comes from Warhammer Community.
Once again, it is time to reveal the big army boxes for Warhammer Age of Sigmar. A yearly tradition, these hefty boxes are a fantastic way of kicking off a new collection or adding to your pile of potential.
This time around, there will only be four boxes (there were seven last year), but not too long ago, we heard that we might not get any for AoS, so this is honestly great to see! Now, let’s jump into the boxes.
Primordial Starhost: Seraphon Battleforce
Unleash a landside of lizards with the Primordial Starhost. Led by a Slann Starmaster who ensures that these cold-blooded servants enact the Great Plan, this force is a mix of hard-hitting units and nimble skinks, with a block of 10 Saurus Warriors flanked by three Kroxigor – who can also be built as Kroxigor Warspawned – and three Aggradon Lancers. They’re supported by the Hunters of Huanchi, a warband of chameleon skinks that pepper foes with poison darts and send terrawings to claw and peck.
This box will focus on a lot of the bigger models in the line, but you still get 10 Saurus and 10 Skinks. If you don’t have Kroxigors or a Slann Starmaster, this might be a really good buy!
Praetorian Spearhead – Ossiarch Bonereapers
The Ossiarch Bonereapers are a legion of relentless soul-constructs, charged with collecting the Tithe of Bones for their lord Nagash. The Praetorian Spearhead falls under the command of Arch-Kavalos Zandtos – or a standard Liege-Kavalos, if you’d rather build him that way – whose hatred of the living inspires those around him. He is supported by five Kavalos Deathriders, 20 Mortek Guard, a lumbering Gothizzar Harvester, and four Morghast Archai – who can alternatively be built as Morghast Harbingers.
This box has a ton of miniatures and a pretty good mix of stuff! If you need Morghast Archai or a Gothizzar Harvester, this might just be the box for you! With 20 Mortek Guard, this also makes for a great starting force as well.
Warhorde of Eternus – Slaves to Darkness
Archaon rules the endless legions of the Slaves to Darkness with a helwrought metal fist, but Be’lakor has long been working to undermine him. Eternus, Blade of the First Prince, is his prime mortal agent, leading three Ogroid Theridons, five Chaos Knights, five Chaos Chosen and 10 Chaos Warriors. But there’s a twist – build Eternus as a Chaos Lord on Daemonic Mount and you’ve got a force loyal to Archaon. Or have you? We’ve lost track of who works for who.
While this doesn’t have quite as many miniatures, everything inside is very useful and quite expensive on its own! Whether you are expanding your force or starting an army, this should be a good buy.
Vengorian Court – Soulblight Gravelords
Few creatures in the Mortal Realms feed with such gory abandon as the monstrous Vengorian Lords. These bestial vampires may have discarded their noble facade, but they are still capable commanders who can control entire legions of the undead. The Vengorian Court contains a contingent of five Blood Knights, 20 Deathrattle Skeletons, 10 Dire Wolves, and three Fell Bats, and a Vengorian Lord – who can also be built as the legendarily fearsome Lauka Vai, Mother of Nightmares.
The Vengorian Lords are really cool models, and it alone costs $70, so with that, the Blood Knights, Skeletons, and everything else, this is shaping up to a cool box. Obviously, a lot of the value will be wrapped up in the Blood Knights and Vengorian Lord, but if you need those minis, this will be a great box.
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