GW slashed the number of 40k Space Wolves Army Sets and Chapter Approved Mission Decks that stores could pre-order, in their latest allocations update.
It looks like allocations are back for the new Warhammer 40k Space Wolves and Mission Deck releases, and while these aren’t the worst allocations we’ve seen (Games Workshop calls them “caps”), they will make finding the mission cards super hard. If you want to play with the new rules, we’ll just say good luck.
At least the Space Wolves will have a little more stock than the Death Guard or Thousand Sons Battleforces.
All the stores and groups we polled in our network of retailers reported that their orders were once again slashed numbers-wise for many of the new releases this week, lending more thought to the fact that there really doesn’t seem to be any traditional “new releases” available from Games Workshop anymore.
Here’s the latest on what you may be able to find for this week’s pre-orders now.
Games Workshop Allocations
Here are the caps that were told to stores for May 24th:
- 30 Space Wolves Army Box
- 12 Chapter Approved Mission Decks
- Single-digit allocations for Crusade books and Objective Markers.
What it All Means
Well, that’s just the state of things, but seeing such small numbers of the mission deck is just wild and sad. If GW wants people to actually play with the new rules and not just find them for free on the internet, we’d think they would make plenty of them available… For Games Workshop, it’s just business as usual, depending on who you ask.
We’re not saying it’s a full-on Heresy-level crisis, but let’s say the allocations make it look like GW’s Board of Directors is worshipping at the altar of scarcity this week.
Between the tiny numbers and vanishing “new release fanfare”, it’s getting harder to tell each week if it’s launch day or just cleverly disguised FOMO.
New 40k Space Wolves Army Set Pre-Orders Live Now
What are your thoughts on the allocations?
