The new 40k Board game was previewed last week in GAMA, checkout the preview below.
Forbidden Stars is FFG’s upcoming Warhammer 40,000 game of interplanetary conquest. It has the following factions vying for control over a dynamically created board:
– Space Marines
– Eldar
– Chaos
– Orks
The basics of the game were just unveield this last week, and FFG was doing demos and showing it off at the Gamer Manufacturers trade show GAMA this weekend in Las Vegas. Take a look at these shots:
The board laid out mid-game
Ork faction command cards
Board closeup mid-game
Space Marine & Chaos playing pieces
Space Marine command cards
back of the box – break out the magnifying glass
Go to figures.com for more images!
~Does anyone else think this looks like the board game version of the old Warhammer CCG?
About the Author: Rob Baer
Rob Baer
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Founded Spikey Bits in 2009
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About Rob Baer: Founder, Publisher, & Managing Editor of Spikey Bits, the leading tabletop gaming news website focused on the hobby side of wargaming and miniatures.
Rob also co-founded and currently hosts the Long War Podcast, which has over 350 episodes and focuses on tabletop miniatures gaming, specializing in Warhammer 40k. and spent six years writing for Bell of Lost Souls.
Every year, along with his co-hosts, he helps host the Long War 40k Doubles Tournament at Adepticon and the Long War 40k Doubles at Las Vegas Open, which attracts over 350 players from around the world.
Rob has won many Warhammer 40k Tournaments over the years, including multiple first-place finishes in Warhammer 40k Grand Tournaments over the years and even winning 1st place at the Adepticon 40k Team Tournament.
With over 30 years of experience in retail and distribution, Rob knows all the products and exactly which ones are the best. As a member of GAMA (Game Manufacturers Association), he advocates for gaming stores and manufacturers in these difficult times, always looking for the next big thing to feature for the miniatures hobby, helping everyone to provide the value consumers want.
While he’s played every edition of Warhammer 40k and Warhammer Fantasy (since 5th Edition) and has been hobbying on miniatures since the 1980s, Titans of all sizes will always be his favorite! It’s even rumored that his hobby vault rivals the Solemnance Galleries, containing rulebooks filled with lore from editions long past, ancient packs of black-bordered Magic Cards, and models made of both pewter and resin.
