It looks like Age of Sigmar is getting another HUGE deal if the pricing rumor holds up. Warhammer Fantasy’s Island of Blood is becoming the Spire of Dawn!
The portents have aligned and it looks like a huge staple for Warhammer Fantasy, the Island of Blood Starter is coming to Age of Sigmar next week!
Remember this?
Here’s what it came with:
This boxed game contains: more than 70 finely-detailed Citadel miniatures, forming two plastic armies: High Elves (a High Elf Prince on Griffon, a High Elf Mage, 10 High Elf Lothern Sea Guard, 10 High Elf Sword Masters of Hoeth and five Ellyrian Reavers) and Skaven (a Skaven Warlord, a Skaven Warlock Engineer, 40 Skaven Clanrats, a Skaven Master Moulder, two Skaven Rat Ogres, a Skaven Warpfire Thrower, and a Skaven Poisoned Wind Mortar). All 74 models are exclusive to this box.
Now it looks like it will be back next week as a port over to Age of Sigmar with a “Value Box” product designation:
(Photo Credit: Kalitas)
From the limited nature of this offering it looks to confirm the RUMORED price of £50, which equates to around $70. Also according to the description this box set comes with round and square bases for each model!
So look for this new starter set at a rumored ‘Start Collecting Box’ price next week from Games Workshop!
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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.
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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 2011 Adepticon 40k Team Tournament. He was even featured for his painting in issue #304 of Games Workshop’s White Dwarf Magazine.
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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.
