If you could sum up the new Thanquol book in just one sentence it would be; “Death to all but Skaven” and it wouldn’t be very far from the truth.
In perhaps the most visceral brutal book of the End Times Series, everyone seems to die. Which if you think about it, is a feat unto itself as there really isn’t many people left still alive at this point!
If you like the Old World in general you’ll love the story in book four, as it seems to span the entire length and breadth of the world over.
Dark and gritty stories of battles with Lizards, Dwarfs, Men and rats alike fill the pages of the new Thanquol book only to end with the promises of a new God to the story.
This book seems to be to the End Times what The Empire Strikes Back was to the Star Wars saga.
Product wise the Thanquol set is packaged in the standard two book slip cover set in (hardcover), with spectacular graphics and layouts galore.
Book One is a 230 page tome that contains all the fluff on the beginning of the end, and the second 65 page book contains the new rules, and scenarios for the new Skaven, and one Dwarf.
Go close up and checkout the soft cover edition in my first look video review below!
About the Author: Rob Baer
Rob Baer
Job Title: Managing Editor
Founded Spikey Bits in 2009
Socials: Rob Baer on Facebook and @catdaddymbg on X
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 the Las Vegas Open, each of which attracts thousands of 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 2011 Adepticon 40k Team Tournament. He was even featured for his painting in issue #304 of Games Workshop’s White Dwarf Magazine.
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.
