GW revealed next week’s new releases for 40k in Battlezone: Fronteris terrain and the AOS Arena of Shades boxset are hitting pre-orders.
Games Workshop just let us in on all the new releases that will be going up for pre-order this coming Saturday at 1 PM Eastern time here in the states.
Now let’s look at next week’s Pre-Order line-up from Warhammer Community.
Arena of Shades
The box includes two armies – the spectral Nighthaunt and the brutal Daughters of Khaine. Along with a selection of units that make an ideal starting army or reinforcements to an existing one, there are new models for both factions – the Scriptor Mortis and Craventhrone Guard for the Nighthaunt and the High Gladiatrix for the Daughters of Khaine.
As a pretty large box with plenty of variety in units, this is actually looking to be a pretty sweet army box! The new models are just a cherry on top, but clearly, some of us will want the box for them alone!
The two new characters are both looking dope, so these might be popular reasons to get the new box.
If that wasn’t enough, Nighthaunts are also getting a whole new unit inside too!
Battlezone: Fronteris – Nachmund
Bring your games of Warhammer 40,000 to life with the new Fronteris terrain. Not only are they cool and thematic – perfect for adding narrative flavour to your games – they’re also suitably chunky to block line of sight for your matched play games. Grab this kit to make your games more tactical and tightly fought.
If your someone looking to start your own 40k table, this terrain might just be your ticket in, as it’s more or less a complete board depending on size!
As a huge terrain set, this comes with a ton of pieces and is a fairly large project on its own, but if done correctly it will certainly help with emersion and gameplay by providing interesting play patterns.
Battlezone: Fronteris – STC Hab-Bunker and Stockades
First up is the STC Hab-Bunker and Stockades kit – this bunker acts as an ideal headquarters for a stronghold, while the new stockades can be assembled in multiple ways to create a perimeter that any enemy will struggle to break through.
As it would seem, you can also pick up a few of the pieces separately!
Battlezone: Fronteris – Landing Pad
Continue your expansion onto new worlds with the Landing Pad. It’s the source of transportation for a Fronteris base, helping to maintain the flow of supplies and reinforcements to the sharp edge of the Imperium.
As a simple pad, this might be able to fit on a ton of boards without looking out of place depending on the color scheme, which might make this a popular pickup.
Battlezone: Fronteris – Vox Antenna and Auspex Shrine
Finish off your outpost with a Vox-Antenna and Auspex Shrine. These large structures act as vital communication nodes and make great objectives to defend (or destroy!) in your games.
Just like the landing pad, we can see this fitting into a ton of board styles with slight painting changes, so maybe you should consider these for your own tables too.
Battlezone: Fronteris – Battlefield Gaming Boards
Set your games in an arid frontier setting with these moody new gaming boards. When put together, they make a battlefield that’s the perfect size for a 1,000 point game of Warhammer 40,000.
These boards are generally also the ones from the larger box sets so save yourself the hobby dollars and just pick up the box with the terrain and boards for maximum value!
GW Reveals New 40k Battlezone Fronteris Terrain & Rules
While they did include a slew of new rules in a recent Warhammer Community post, these look to be the only Battlezone: Fronteris terrain rules that will matter for matched play games.
There are plenty of other ways for you to spice up your games, matched play or otherwise, thanks to new Terrain Traits. Alongside the Light Cover, Scalable, Exposed Position, and Obscuring traits, the Fronteris Landing Pad has Hidden Supplies ability, which lets your troops raid its cargo holds for ammo and gubbins to give them the edge in a firefight.
The Auspex Shrine lets you Download Propaganda – an action that makes Combat Attrition tests easier to pass, as nearby troops fight overwhelming odds while backed up by messages full of anti-foe invectives.
So from the looks of it, this may have a similar amount of terrain inside compared to the old Battlezones. Which ranged in price from $90-$150, so expect in that range for this one.
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