GW: Next Week’s Prices & Products CONFIRMED
Now we know what lays beyond Warhammer-40K 8th Edition. A return to the Age of Sigmar and a new set to play.
Here’s what’s headed your way this weekend according to numerous industry professionals:
GW is taking a pause on the heels of 40K 8th Edition to give us a week of products set in the 8 Realms.
Age of Sigmar
We see some of the contents of the original Age of Sigmar boxed set being broken out into their own boxed sets:
Vandus Hammerhand – Stormcast Eternals $40
Korghos Khul & Bloodsecrator $40
then an all new way to get into Age of Sigmar, the new boxed set show off at GAMA 2017 in Las Vegas earlier this year:
Age of Sigmar: Thunder & Blood $80
Read our full writeup on the new Thunder & Blood Starter Set.
- The new set includes “press fit” minis for both Stormcast Eternal and Khorne factions.
- The sprues are color cast in red and gold to get you into the game as fast as possible. You can paint them up later.
- These sprues look either identical or very similar to the sprues from the original Age of Sigmar boxed set.
- The set comes with a double sided vinyl mat that is photographed from the Age of Sigmar Realm of Battle boards.
- The Box bottom itself can be flipped over and be used as a building for some basic terrain.
Black Library
Hallowed Knights: Plague Garden $27 (Hardback)
THE STORY
As the War for the Realm of Life continues, Lord-Castellant Lorrus Grymn leads the battered remnants of the Steel Souls warrior chamber against the sargasso-citadels of the Verdant Bay. The Hallowed Knights claim victory, but at a terrible cost – Grymn is lost to Realm of Chaos. Now Gardus, newly-reforged and fresh from the destruction of the Scabrous Sprawl, must lead his warriors into the foetid heart of Nurgle’s realm in search of the Lord-Castellant, where they must once more brave the horrors of the Realm of Decay…
Written by Josh Reynolds
Scions of Elysia $17.50 (Audiobook)
THE STORY
The Elysian Drop Troops are famed throughout the Astra Militarum for their rapid deployment tactics, utter fearlessness and expertise at grav-chute assaults. The 158th Elysian are once such regiment, ordered to pacify piratical warbands at large in their native system. But as the campaign commences, disaster strikes, the regiment’s inexperienced and arrogant captain the cause. Only through the ingenuity of Sergeant Zachariah is a victory salvaged, but at a terrible cost.
Running time 57minutes
Written by Chris Dows
Narrated by John Banks
~What are you picking up?
