The two new 40k combat patrols, AoS Echoes of Doom, and more are here for hobbyists to pre-order this weekend.
Get those hobby dollars ready if you want any of these new releases from Games Workshop that will go up for pre-order with your favorite retailers on Saturday, May 21st, 2022, around 1 pm EST!
New 40k & Echoes of Doom New Releases: FIRST LOOK
We just saw a lot of these previewed a couple of weeks ago, so it’s nice to see some of the new models hit shelves so soon! Plus, after what feels like forever, the Custodes and GSC combat patrols are here, along with the Blade Master and Reductus Saboteur, on their own.
Echoes of Doom Box Set
Along with 42 plastic miniatures, the Echoes of Doom boxed set includes a book filled with narrative info, new rules for fighting in the Realm of Fire, and battleplans that follow the Sylvaneth’s quest to hunt down the ratmen. There are also warscroll cards for the units in the box, and tokens to help you easily keep track of abilities in the heat of battle.
This is a bigger mix of old and new units than expected, but you still get three new units in the box. Two for Sylvaneth and one for Skaven. It does make sense, though, as if there were just new units for the Sylvaneth, the box wouldn’t make a ton of sense for players trying to get into the faction.
You can also find a whole host of gameplay gubbins, including a giant token sheet, a copy of the core rules, warscroll cards, and transfers. Of course, it wouldn’t be a battlebox without a new narrative supplement, diving into greater detail about the Sylvaneth-Skaven showdown and the struggle for the soulpods.
As they do with most of the boxes, there will be some additional rules and such in the box. If you want to check out the rules we’ve seen already from this box, click here.
On the Warhammer 40k side of releases, Games Workshop is putting two Combat Patrols on pre-order that many folks had been waiting for since the holidays.
Plus, the two new models inside Shadow Throne, the Blade Champion and Reductus Saboteur, are finally releasing! Let’s take a look at the values of the contents inside both combat patrols.
Adeptus Custodes Combat Patrol
Following on from the events of Shadow Throne, the perfidious Genestealer Cultists and the Talons of the Emperor are mustering Combat Patrols to continue their respective missions across the Imperium. You’ll be able to prepare for these campaigns with Codex: Adeptus Custodes and Codex: Genestealer Cults, which are both packed full of thematic rules like devastating crossfire, and peerless battle stances.
If you’re in need of the Sisters models, this box is a good buy, but if not, it may be a pass. Let’s check out what this will save you:
- 10x Sisters of Silence: $110
- Shield-Captain on Dawneagle Jetbike: $60
- Vexilus Praetors: $60
Total MSRP: $230
Savings Versus $150 Box Price: $80
Genestealer Cults Combat Patrol
Following on from the events of Shadow Throne, the perfidious Genestealer Cultists and the Talons of the Emperor are mustering Combat Patrols to continue their respective missions across the Imperium. You’ll be able to prepare for these campaigns with Codex: Adeptus Custodes and Codex: Genestealer Cults, which are both packed full of thematic rules like devastating crossfire, and peerless battle stances.
Overall of all the Combat Patrol Boxes, the new Genestealer Cults is a pretty good value in terms of both pricing and selection of models.
Let’s check out what this will save you:
- 20x Neophyte Hybrids: $100
- Magus: $32
- Goliath Rockgrinder: $60
- Aberrants: $42
- Acolyte Hybrids: $42
Total Value: $276
Savings Versus $150 Box Price: $126
Adeptus Custodes Blade Champion
Leading the charge into the Cult’s lair is Aristothes Carvellan, a Blade Champion whose prodigious swordsmanship puts even his fellow Custodes to shame. Blade Champions are a new type of Character for Adeptus Custodes armies, who can switch between three different fighting styles to chop up any opponent, be they a colossal monster, a skilled leader, or a swarm of lesser creatures.
The Adeptus Custodes have been itching for some love new model-wise and finally got it! We know now that this miniature is basically a souped-up Lieutenant and a decent leader overall.
Genestealer Cults Reductus Saboteur
To face such powerful warriors is to court death, and the Cult of the Pauper Prince knows that well. They turn to a hero of the Star Children’s revolution, Mersea Thrayk, a Reductus Saboteur who seeds the battlefield with explosives before battle is joined. Even the mighty Adeptus Custodes are hard-pressed to survive a mining charge detonating under their feet.
Of course, the Genestealer Cults’ new model is much more sneaky!
Warcry Darkoath Savagers
All the new Warcry releases appear to be reboxed from the Red Harvest Starter Set box that came out back in November 2021.
The saga-seeking Darkoath Savagers arrived in the Eightpoints with the Red Harvest boxed set, and are now available separately for the first time. This warband cares only for strength and honour – the kit builds 10 warriors rocking the barbarian chic look, with a wide range of weapons, heads, and accessories. It also comes with an ability card and a full set of fighter cards, letting you get stuck right in with taking names (and heads).
These crazed warriors carry some huge weapons into combat, looking to steal some heads n’ cleave some limbs.
Tarantulos Brood
Also skittering out of the varanite mines of Red Harvest are the spider-worshipping Tarantulos Brood. This kit builds a warband of 10 unsettling cultists with a variety of weapons and arachnid accoutrements, plus three skittering spider swarms. The box also includes an ability card and fighter cards, allowing you to trap enemies in your tangled web right away.
Funny enough, these spider-worshipers actually look at the eight-fold sigil and formed a sort of religion around spiders, furthering the idea that there is so much more to the greater Chaos faction than the four gods.
Ravaged Lands Scenery
You can arrange the terrain in these modular kits however you want, and even combine both sets to build a sprawling tabletop mining complex for your games of Warcry or Warhammer Age of Sigmar. Both boxes also come with a double-sided gaming board, as well as a full set of tokens for keeping track of objectives, wounds, activations, and more.
Here’s all the latest on the upcoming rules updates and points changes for Warhammer 40k.
- Points Changes In Chapter Approved 2022
- 40k Core Rulebook & Rules Changes on the Way
- New Primaris Space Marines 40k Rules & Minis
- 40k Chapter Approved GT 2022 Missions
- 40k Grand Tournament 2022 Secondary Objectives
- Warhammer 40k Balance Updates & Rules Changes
- All The Tau 40k Rules
- New Chaos Space Marines Rules & Rumors
- Eldar Release Rules & Rumors
- Adeptus Custodes 40k Rules
- Genestealer Cults 40k Rules
- Tyranids 40k Rules & Models Rumors
- Imperial & Chaos Renegade Knights Rumors
Here’s the most up-to-date list of new Games Workshop bits from preview models that we should watch out for. Click on the gallery above to see dozens of Rumor Engines with new models still left to be revealed!
All the Newest GW Model & Rules Previews For 2022
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