40K RUMORS: Deathwatch vs Guess Who!?

The Deathwatch are coming in 2016, but here’s who they will be fighting!  Come on in for details:

A source who spoke to BoLS on condition of anonymity, says:

• Opposition force for the Deathwatch in the Boardgame is Tyranids.
• Look for Genestealers, Warriors, Lictors.
• There is a “box only” Lictor Character.
• As with Betrayal at Calth – these are standard 40K models fully usable outside the boardgame.
• There is chatter of potential Deathwatch op-for xenos expansions for the boardgame (Orks, etc…)

Recall that the earlier set of info on the boxed game was:

• Look for the Deathwatch to arrive in the Grimdark in 2016.
• They will make their initial appearance in a boxed boardgame like Execution Force / Betrayal at Calth.
• The Deathwatch models are based around a new Deathwatch upgrade sprue.
• The sprue will contain items such the distinctive shoulderpads, and specialist equipment and weapons of the Deathwatch.
• The Deathwatch sprue will be bundled atop the Sternguard base kit in the boardgame.
• The game will allow for you to equip your Killteam’s weapons and equipment in a variety of ways with rules to support them all.
• As with Betrayal at Calth – these are standard 40K models fully usable outside the boardgame.
• There will be an opposing force the Deathwatch is pitted against with their own models in the box.

Opposing Viewpoints:

If you recall, across 2015, there have been intermittent voices saying that Genestealer Cult was coming.  So the big question doing the rounds now is whether not the opposition force will be generic Tyranids, or if GW will turn the volume all the way up to 11 and do Genestealer Cult as multiple rumormongers this past year have said…

~Would you be all over Deathwatch forces that could evolve into a standalone codex later down the road for the Grimdark?

Author: Larry Vela

Dad, Gamer, Publisher, Pilot, Texan. All games all the time since junior-high. I started BoLS Interactive in 2006. I’m a lifelong tabletop & RPG gaming enthusiast, and internet publisher working to entertain and inform my readers every day. I've been playing RPGs and Tabletop Games since the 1970s. I'm been playing and covering Warhammer and Warhammer 40K for over 35 years.