Well the cat is officially out of the bag now, Games Workshop is making the rounds this morning getting retailers product information on the new Deathwatch game- come see!
After getting everyone whipped up in a new product release frenzy with no concrete information, it looks like Games Workshop is FINALLY opening up on the new boxed set!
Over 40 new miniatures are headed our way this week in the new Deathwatch: Overkill boxed set!
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Games Workshop wrote:
Games Workshop is proud to introduce you to Deathwatch: Overkill – Suffer not the alien to live! A brand new game in a box. Deathwatch: Overkill tells the story of the discovery of the Warhammer 40.000 Genestealer Cult (Tyranids) by the elite Deathwatch Space Marine kill squad on the mining world of Ghosar Quintus.
Deathwatch: Overkill is a standalone game with lots of new Space Marine and Genestealers Cult (Tyranid) miniatures that can also be used in a regular Warhammer 40.000 game. The miniatures can be used for this game, or they can be used straight in a regular Tyranids army or one of the many Space Marine chapters (without having to convert them). The rules for the Space Marines will be in White Dwarf 109 and for the Tyranids in White Dwarf 110. In addition the datasheets will be available from our website.
DEATHWATCH: OVERKILL – WHAT’S IN THE BOX?
A brand new game in a box, telling the story of the discovery of the Warhammer 40.000 Genestealers Cult (Tyranids). The box contains:
50x brand new highly detailed plastic miniatures, with lots of little details depicting character background information.
The miniatures have a dynamic single pose and will require glue and assembly (they are not push fit). The miniatures can be divided into two camps:
The Kill Team Cassius Deathwatch – Photo Source: FigouzThe Deathwatch Kill team
These veteran Space Marines will make great champions for any Space Marine army!
11x individual Space Marine Veteran Champions (equivalent to approximately ? 215 / € 275 retail normally)
Genestealers hybrid of the Brotherhood of Ghosar Quintus Photo Source: FigouzThe Genestealer Cult
A brand new Warhammer 40.000 fraction! The below list of miniatures make for addition to an original Tyranid army, an allied detachment to another army, or a great start for a brand new Tyranids army! This box contains the following Genestealers Cult miniatures
? 12 Acolyte Hybrids (1st and 2nd generation Tyranids)
? 16 Neophyte Cultists (3rd generation Tyranids)
? 2x Purestrain Genestealers
? 2x Familiars
? 4x Aberrants
? 1x Patriarch
? 1x Magus
? 1x Primus
? A 48-page rulebook with all the rules (just 3 pages, so it will be easy and quick game), character explanation, the background story, and 9x different missions. (Each scenario acts out one of the stages of the storyline. Each scenario will last between 30mins to 2 hours and will give a lot of playability)
? 8x double sided board tiles with different landscapes.
? A deck of 12x reference character cards and 30x Broodmind ambush and mission cards, to offer even more variation to the game so that each game will be different.
? A booklet with assembly instructions
? Gaming accessories such as markers, templates and 6 dice.
Wow that’s quite the spicy hobby meatball right there. First off there is one BIG thing missing: the price. We’re still missing the actual MSRP for the box set itself. That being said, in this message GW seems to be dropping hits of what they value the set at itself (11x individual Space Marine Veteran Champions – equivalent to approximately ? 215 / € 275 retail normally).
Here’s some tidbits written in GW jargon that stood out to me:
- The rules for the Space Marines will be in White Dwarf 109 and for the Tyranids in White Dwarf 110 – More and more GW doesn’t put any miniature our without rules. This is a great boon for the hobby, but an interesting “tell” from a company that maintains it’s just a “miniatures company”, and that “over 80% of it’s customers are collectors”.
- In addition the datasheets will be available from our website – This is new. Traditionally GW always wants folks to pay for their rules. Are we seeing a tipping point in their outlook, or are they banking on re-releasing each of the Space Marine veterans at a later date?
- A dynamic single pose and will require glue and assembly (they are not push fit) – Sounds like theses Space Marine models may just be on their own separate spruce, and come ready for re-packaging and a new individual clampack roll-out at a later date.
Wow, talk about big damn heroes! There is so much potential for these figures, the conversion and hobby possibilities are amazing. Plus these models literally can be used for a slew of existing special characters from Khan to Shrike, if you want a Space Marine hero in plastic this box may be the perfect place to start – especially if they try to re-release these figures later on at $30 a pop!
This is just the beginning folks – checkout the rest of the close-ups of the Astartes, and all of the Genestealer pictures plus the very latest on the new Deathwatch Overkill box set below:
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