Here’s a first look at the new Ashes of Faith 40k Kill Team box and Horus Heresy release hitting pre-orders 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 20th, 2023, around 1 pm EST!
New Ashes of Faith 40k Kill Team & Horus Heresy: FIRST LOOK
The new Kill Team box is actually pretty decent and it’s always nice to grab more tanks for HH; however, it’s a pretty small release week overall.
Warhammer 40k Kill Team: Ashes of Faith (Allocated 2 Per Store)
It falls to the clandestine warriors of the Inquisition to lead the charge against these forces of sedition. Kill Team: Ashes of faith provides a lengthy narrative campaign focused on a group of these operatives and their attempt to purge a whole planet of a malignant Chaos Cult.
There are 40 miniatures, 23 for the Chaos Cult, and 17 assorted Inquisitorial Agents. Seven of these are brand-new dual-build miniatures that allow you to build a rag-tag band of hyper-talented weirdos. The set also contains the Ashes of Faith Campaign Rulebook with all the rules for playing out this planet-spanning narrative, and dozens of accessories.
These new Inquisition Agents seem to already be a fan-favorite with hobbyists because of their modularity and retro callbacks to the early 2000s 54mm scale Inquisition tabletop game.
Unfortunately, this box wasn’t produced in quantity to satisfy stores and gamers alike.
With Gallowfall capped at 4 per store, and prices going for 1.5 to 2x retail, the frustration at Games Workshop and their influencers has become palpable in both online comments and in-person conversation.
Click here for everything we have seen previewed on Ashes of Faith so far.
Vindicator Siege Tank
Lay waste to enemy fortifications and pulverise whole squads of Astartes with salvos of shells spat from the hull-mounted demolisher cannon of the Vindicator Siege Tank. This plastic kit will fill out squadrons and bring ruin to your foes.
Also coming this week is the Vindicator Siege Tank, previewed way back towards the beginning of the year.
Campaigns of The Age of Darkness: The Siege of Cthonia (Web Direct)
The first narrative expansion for the Horus Heresy arrives, and it’s a 240-page whopper. The Siege of Cthonia covers the catastrophic battle for the homeworld of the Sons of Horus, which Vheren Ashurhaddon has vowed to take back for the Warmaster. All that stands between him and victory for the True Sons is a massive, entrenched Imperial Fists garrison led by Evander Garrius.
This huge supplement features a hefty lore section, campaign rules for playing out the key battles of the siege, new rules for claustrophobic Zone Mortalis battles, as well as new options for units and wargear including Inductii, tank commanders, and the Infernus Abomination.
It’s cool to see the first narrative campaign book for Horus Heresy. Hobbyists for this game take it very seriously, and we love to see it. However, with this book being direct only and having the potential of a low print run, it’s going to be even more challenging for players to get the rules they need now.
But digital is always a great option and we would love to see it come back for Warhammer 40k codex books as well.
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