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REVIEW – This Week’s GW New Releases

By Rob Baer | August 1st, 2016 | Categories: Warhammer 40k Rumors

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Lock up you wallet, and come get you first look review of all newest releases for the Mortal Realms that just arrived to stores worldwide this weekend

Another great weekend of releases are here from Games Workshop, and we’ve got you covered! Go up close and personal with this weeks newest product below!

Dominion of Chaos Battletome REVIEW Age of Sigmar 

Clocking in at about 80 pages with six scenery warscolls, and 4 new battalion warscoll formations this book is perfect for adding a little terrain spice to your games of Age of Sigmar!

Check it out for yourself below in our first look video review!

Battletome: Dominion of Chaos $33

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This 80-page hardback Battletome is designed to help you get the most out of your Warhammer Age of Sigmar scenery, and the Realm of Battle: Shattered Dominion gameboard! Inside it, you’ll find Warscrolls for six awesome scenery pieces – the Numinous Occulum, Dragonfate Dais, Baleful Realmgate, Arcanabulum, Fell Chasm and Ophidian Archway – and four Warscroll Battalions, powerful combinations of arcane scenery with their own special rules.

The Truth Behind GW’s New Sigmar Plastic Bases:

Overall the new designs are great looking, and there is no disputing the value of getting so many bases on the cheap, but how do they stack up detail wise?

That’s where, like the US presidential election opinion seems to vary widely, and judging by our previous reviews of 40k’s Sector Imperialis bases these will be no different.

Shattered Dominion Large Base Detail Kit $33

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A set of fantastic decorative bits for your Warhammer Age of Sigmar miniatures’ bases, these are designed to match the Realm of Battle: Shattered Dominion gameboard for a brilliantly themed battleground!

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Contained in the box you’ll 54 large pieces of rubble and 10 large mushroom and stalagmite bits – your Warhammer Age of Sigmar armies are going to look amazing.

Shattered Dominion 60 & 90mm Oval Bases $33

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Designed to match and complement the Realm of Battle: Shattered Dominion gameboard, these awesome, highly detailed plastic bases are ideal for the large, mounted heroes in your Warhammer Age of Sigmar collection. You’ll receive 6 90x53mm Oval bases and 20 60x35mm Oval bases, with 14 pieces of rubble to add as you please – these moulded bases will help you achieve a stunning look for your miniatures!

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Shattered Dominion 25 & 32mm Round Bases $33

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Designed to match and complement the Realm of Battle: Shattered Dominion gameboard, these awesome, highly detailed plastic bases are ideal for the foot-soldiers in your Warhammer Age of Sigmar collection. You’ll receive 40 25mm Round bases and 30 32mm Round bases, with 16 extra skulls for decoration – these moulded bases will help you achieve a stunning look for your miniatures!

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Shattered Dominion 40 & 65mm Round Bases $33

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Designed to match and complement the Realm of Battle: Shattered Dominion gameboard, these awesome, highly detailed plastic bases are ideal for the smaller monsters in your Warhammer Age of Sigmar collection. You’ll receive 20 40mm Round bases and 6 65mm Round bases, with 8 pieces of rubble to add as you please – these moulded bases will help you achieve a stunning look for your miniatures!

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Age of Sigmar Start Collecting Boxes FIRST LOOK REVIEW 

Get your first look at the new Star Collecting box sets that are all a HUGE savings over the normal MSRP pricing as well:

 

Start Collecting! Sylvaneth $85

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This is a great-value box set that gives you an immediate collection of fantastic Sylvaneth miniatures, which you can assemble and use right away in games of Warhammer Age of Sigmar! You’ll receive a Branchwych, a Treelord, a set of sixteen Dryads and an exclusive Sylvaneth Warscroll Battalion rules sheet, allowing you to collect, assemble and play with your new miniatures right away!

Start Collecting! Flesh-eater Courts $85

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This is a great-value box set that gives you an immediate collection of fantastic Flesh-eater Courts miniatures, which you can assemble and use right away in games of Warhammer Age of Sigmar! You’ll receive a Terrorgheist, three Crypt Horrors, a set of ten Crypt Ghouls and an exclusive Flesh-eater Courts Warscroll Battalion rules sheet, allowing you to collect, assemble and play with your new miniatures right away!

Start Collecting! Khorne Bloodbound $85

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This is a great-value box set that gives you an immediate collection of fantastic Khorne Bloodbound miniatures, which you can assemble and use right away in games of Warhammer Age of Sigmar! You’ll receive a Slaughterpriest with Hack-blade and Wrath-hammer, ten Blood Warriors, three Bloodcrushers of Khorne and an exclusive Khorne Bloodbound Warscroll Battalion rules sheet, allowing you to collect, assemble and play with your new miniatures right away!

Start Collecting! Stormcast Eternals $85

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This is a great-value box set that gives you an immediate collection of fantastic Stormcast Eternals miniatures, which you can assemble and use right away in games of Warhammer Age of Sigmar! You’ll receive a Lord-Celestant, two Retributors, five Liberators, three Prosecutors and an exclusive Stormcast Eternals Warscroll Battalion rules sheet, allowing you to collect, assemble and play with your new miniatures right away!

Start Collecting! Ironjawz $85

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This is a great-value box set that gives you an immediate collection of fantastic Ironjawz miniatures, which you can assemble and use right away in games of Warhammer Age of Sigmar! You’ll receive an Orruk Warchanter, three Orruk Gore-gruntas, ten Orruk ‘Ardboyz and an exclusive Ironjawz Warscroll Battalion rules sheet, allowing you to collect, assemble and play with your new miniatures right away!

How do the new Star Collecting box set stack up money wise? Check out our break down below:

Ironjaws $85

  • Warchanter
  • 10 ‘Ardboyz
  • Gore Gruntas

MSRP:$144 Savings: $59.33

Stormcast Eternals $85

  • Lord Celestant
  • 2 Retributors
  • Prosecutors
  • Liberators

MSRP:$116 Savings: $31

Sylvaneth $85

  • Branchwych
  • Dryads
  • Treelord

MSRP:$125 Savings: $40

Flesh Eater Courts $85

  • Terrorgeist
  • Crypt Horrors
  • 10 Crypt Ghouls

MSRP:$125 Savings: $40

Khorne Bloodbound  $85

  • Slaughterpriest
  • 3 Skullcrushers
  • Blood Warriors

MSRP:$152 Savings: $67 

More great values are available for the Age of Sigmar, plus with 5 new formations in each one to keep your eye on!

New Games Workshop Releases REVEALED

~Spicy!

About the Author: Rob Baer

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Rob Baer

Job Title: Managing Editor

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.