Games Workshop Pre-Orders: ‘Pricing & Links’ Battle of Osgiliath™ Begins
Games Workshop is launching a new Lord of The Rings™ box along with a slew of new stuff this weekend!
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The Lord of The Rings™ Battle of Osgiliath™ $210
Before the dread armies of Mordor can lay siege to Minas Tirith, they must first take and hold the port city of Osgiliath, allowing them to move massive amounts of supplies and legions of warriors. While the steward of Gondor remains on his throne in relative comfort, he sends his second son, Faramir, and many of Gondor’s most trusted warriors to defend Osgiliath against all odds. Will they hold the line, or will the inexorable forces of Evil overwhelm them?
The Battle of Osgiliath is your gateway to collecting, painting, and gaming in Middle-earth. Step into this epic battle and take command of the forces of Gondor as they fight desperately to defend their homeland, or the legions of Mordor, who seek to destroy the free peoples once and for all. This box contains 54 models split into two balanced armies – one Good, one Evil – and all the rules you need to play games of Middle-earth Strategy Battle Game, plus accessories and dice. It’s a complete game in a box!
The Miniatures
The Forces of Good
– Faramir™, Captain of Gondor
– Madril, Captain of Ithilien
– Damrod, Ranger of Ithilien
– 12 Warriors of Minas Tirith™ clad in heavy armour to hold the line and wielding a variety of weapons
– 12 Rangers of Gondor™, equipped to pick off their enemies from the shadows with sturdy bows before cutting them down with sword and spear
The Forces of Evil
– Gothmog™, Lieutenant of Sauron™, both mounted on his oversized Warg™, and another model showing him on foot
– 24 heavily-armoured Morannon™ Orcs with shields and wicked melee weapons
– 1 armoured Mordor™ Troll, swinging a gargantuan hammer
The Scenery
– 2 sets of modular battlescarred Gondor™ Ruins, building four large pieces. They can also be combined to create larger structures
The Rules
This box contains the complete, unabridged 224-page hardback Middle-earth™ Strategy Battle Game Rules Manual, packed with essential rules, guides and information covering Open, Narrative and Matched Play with your Middle-earth™ miniatures. This edition has been updated to include the latest updates and balance adjustments, making it the most current and complete ruleset. Everything from the basic fundamentals of movement and combat through to fielding siege engines and casting magical powers is here, in a simple format with annotated diagrams and photographs demonstrating the flow of battle. You’ll also find beautifully-painted armies to inspire you!
The box also contains a 16-page booklet with all the scenarios and profiles you need to recreate the Battle of Osgiliath with your models. Four Scenarios allow you to play through a linked mini campaign – The Orcs Cross the Anduin, Ambush!, The Hunter or The Hunted?, and Fall Back to Minas Tirith!
The Accessories
– 12 6-sided dice in two colours
– A range ruler
– A double-sided sheet of punch-out tokens, used in game to denote effects and statuses of models.
© 2022 New Line Productions, Inc. All rights reserved. The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring, The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers, The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King and the names of the characters, items, events and places therein are trademarks of The Saul Zaentz Company d/b/a Middle-earth Enterprises under license to New Line Productions, Inc.
© Warner Bros. Entertainment Inc. All rights reserved. THE HOBBIT: AN UNEXPECTED JOURNEY, THE HOBBIT: THE DESOLATION OF SMAUG, THE HOBBIT: THE BATTLE OF THE FIVE ARMIES and the names of the characters, items, events and places therein are trademarks of The Saul Zaentz Company d/b/a Middle-earth Enterprises under license to New Line Productions, Inc. (s22)
Scorpius Missile Tank $60
Rugged and well-suited to high-intensity operations, the Scorpius missile tank is favoured across the Legiones Astartes as a source of manoeuvrable artillery support. Often collectively referred to as ‘Whirlwinds’, tanks mounted with multi-missile launcher systems are a vital part of any Legion’s war machine, providing long-range covering fire and trench-breaking barrages. The Scorpius itself only entered service shortly before the Horus Heresy, created at the behest of the Space Wolves Legion in a campaign against fortified xenos bastion-cities – where its performance quickly saw it approved for widespread use.
This multipart plastic kit builds one Legion Scorpius, a mobile artillery piece built on the Deimos-pattern chassis. This tank’s turret-mounted missile system is loaded with rotary racks of explosive rockets, ready to saturate whole battlefield zones with a whirlwind of shrapnel and flames. Its launchers can be assembled at a variety of angles, to suggest a devastating volley of direct fire or an arcing salvo of munitions that will wipe out all but the heaviest infantry.
In addition to its twin-linked bolter and smoke launchers, this kit includes components to upgrade the Legion Scorpius with an extra pintle-mounted weapon – a havoc launcher, heavy bolter, heavy flamer, multi-melta, or a combi-weapon with five configurations (bolter, flamer, melta, plasma, or volkite) – as well as a searchlight, a dozer blade, a hunter-killer missile, and cosmetic options like towing hooks, sigils, and a choice of a Space Marine gunner, spotter, or closed hatch.
This kit comprises 125 plastic components, and is supplied with a Legiones Astartes Vehicle Transfer Sheet containing 44 optional markings and icons for the Sons of Horus and Imperial Fists Legions. This miniature is supplied unpainted and requires assembly – we recommend using Citadel Plastic Glue and Citadel paints.
Warhammer Underworlds: Gnarlwood – Grinkrak’s Looncourt $42
Grinkrak the Great leads his Looncourt into the darkness under the Gnarlwood. His Loonknights are a unique breed of grot – convinced by Grinkrak’s stirring rhetoric (and some judiciously applied psychoactive fungi) that they are truly formidable warriors. Their king encourages them in this delusion, issuing them quests that, miraculously, they sometimes survive. Snorbo sounds the charge on his spore trumpet, sending both Pokin’ Snark and Grib, Da Wonky Lance, bounding and charging towards their foes. Squiggly beast missiles sail overhead as they clash with their enemies, launched by Skolko and Pronk, while Pointy Burk and Moonface Nagz bring up the rear, eager for the dregs of glory.
Grinkrak and his Looncourt are an unusual warband, to say the least. Weighing in at seven models, they’re one of the largest warbands in the game, making them ideal for board control and overwhelming your opponent. By undertaking Quests – objectives unique to this warband – fighters can earn glory points and become Inspired at the same time. This set includes a full Rivals deck to use straight out of the box, and the models are all easy to build – so you can get playing nice and quick.
This set includes:
– 7x push-fit Grinkrak’s Looncourt miniatures – no glue required to assemble, cast in gloomy green plastic to stand out even when unpainted
– 7x double-sided fighter cards, one for each warrior in the warband – Grinkrak the Great, Snorbo da Spore, Pokin’ Snark, Pointy Burk, Moonface Nagz, Skolko and Pronk, and Grib, da Wonky Lance
– 1x Grinkrak’s Looncourt Warband Background / Rivals Deck Card
A 32-card Rivals deck consisting of:
– 12x Grinkrak’s Looncourt objective cards
– 10x Grinkrak’s Looncourt gambit cards
– 10x Grinkrak’s Looncourt upgrade cards
Miniatures in this box are supplied unpainted and require assembly – we recommend using Citadel Colour paints.
Warhammer Underworlds: Gnarlwood – Fearsome Fortress Rivals Deck $29
As the battles under the Gnarlwood intensify, warbands struggle to establish control over even the smallest areas of the rootmaze. A canny strategist knows that the answer lies in doughty fortifications – so their warriors rig unclaimed territory with traps and build up walls into an unbreachable bastion, even as the enemy approaches. The most successful combat engineers may even claim the title of Castellan of the Fearsome Fortress!
Get stuck into Warhammer Underworlds or mix up your game with the complete Fearsome Fortress Rivals deck, usable by any warband – including those from past seasons. These cards can be used as a standalone deck in Rivals games, mixed with a warband’s unique cards for Nemesis games, or used to build a deck from the ground-up in Relic games. This deck doesn’t include any spells, so warbands from any season can put it to good use. Each card is brand new to the game, focused on using feature tokens to create defensible positions. Board control warbands such as the Sons of Velmorn, Skittershank’s Clawpack, Hexbane’s Hunters, and Grinkrak’s Looncourt will find Fearsome Fortress particularly suited to their play style.
This deck contains a 32-card universal Rivals deck, consisting of:
– 12x objective cards
– 10x gambit cards
– 10x upgrade cards
– 1x plot card with additional rules for using the Fearsome Fortress deck
You’ll need a Warhammer Underworlds warband, including their fighter cards, to use the contents of this deck.
The Rivals format is designed to be the most accessible way to play Warhammer Underworlds, as players face off using pre-made decks in a test of skill.
Rules for all formats can be found on the Warhammer Community website.
Middle-earth™ Strategy Battle Game – Rules Manual $60
The Middle-earth™ Strategy Battle Game is the tabletop game for two or more players where you play through the events from The Lord of the Rings™ and The Hobbit™ with your collection of Citadel miniatures. Take control of your favourite heroes, villains, and armies, recreate scenes from the movies and books, and gather your forces together to do battle with your opponent in a test of wits and prowess.
This 224-page hardback rules manual is a comprehensive guide to the hobby of building, painting, and playing games with your models – whether you choose the forces of Good or Evil.
Kill Team: Critical Ops – Tac Ops & Mission Card Pack $32
Kill Team is a fast-paced game of skirmish battles, and this deck helps set up your matched play missions just as quickly – while offering plenty of variety for pick-up-and-play games. The cards in this deck allow you to combine three new missions with nine complete killzone maps and 27 updated Tac Ops, covering every archetype. The included leaflet provides a range of ways to generate each aspect of your game, from random draws to bidding on missions – then keep the action flowing with handy game reference tools. You’ll be lurking, shooting, and smashing before you know it.
This 44-card deck includes:
– 27x updated Tac Ops cards
– 3x Mission cards
– 9x Map cards
– 1x Map Key card
– 1x Game Sequence prompt card
– 3x Scouting Step reference cards
Plus:
– 1x foldout Game Sequence reference leaflet
You’ll need a copy of the Kill Team: Core Book to use the contents of this set.
White Dwarf 483 $11
White Dwarf is Games Workshop’s premium Warhammer magazine, packed with amazing content each month – including new rules and background, short stories, regular columns, special guests, and more.
Here’s what you can look forward to in the December issue:
– Contact!
Letters and painted models from our readers.
– Worlds of Warhammer
You’ve got to ask yourself one question: how will you pick your new army for 2023? Warhammer Age of Sigmar background writer, Leila Craven, guides us through the toughest of decisions.
– Inside the Studio
Check out the games we’ve played and the models we’ve painted this month.
– ‘Eavy Metal Brush Tips
’Eavy Metal’s Connor Richardson explores the fine art of painting black, and even more black, with the ever-sombre Phoenix Lord of the Dark Reapers, Maugan Ra.
WARHAMMER 40,000
– Flashpoint Nephilim: Armies of the Anomaly
The war in the Nephilim Sector escalates as new Imperial and Necron forces join the fray.
– Flashpoint Nephilim: Depths of the Tomb
Provides a suite of rules for players to engage in a new map-based campaign set in the depths of a Necron tomb. It’s time to purge the xenos filth!
– Galactic War Hosts: Heroes and Villains
A gallery of stunning characters built and painted by members from across the studio.
– Battle Report: A Miner Detour
It’s the Leagues of Votann’s battle report debut in White Dwarf, and they face off against the Genestealer Cults in this high-octane space chase!
NOTE: This Battle Report was recorded before the recent Leagues of Votann Balance Dataslate. As such, the points valued shown in this Battle Report are no longer accurate. Refer to Warhammer Community for the most up to date points for your Leagues of Votann collection.
KILL TEAM
– Kill Team Engage!
The Dwarfers complete their second expedition into the depths of the Gallowdark, and finally find some much-needed resources!
WARHAMMER: THE HORUS HERESY
– Artillery Bombardment
Missiles! Missiles for everyone! Plus three new Warhammer: The Horus Heresy – Age of Darkness Missions for the Scorpius Missile Tank: Deadly Bombardment, Counter Battery Attack, and Tank Hunter Cadres.
– Sons of the Emperor
A gallery of 14 Primarchs painted by Golden Demon winner Damien Tomasina.
WARHAMMER AGE OF SIGMAR
– Flashpoint Rondhol: The Kraken Strikes
The Kraken Blades join the war against Ka-rokk’s great green horde.
– Flashpoint Rondhol: The Great Stomp Part 3
Ka-rokk’s Waaagh! stomps towards Everquake City. Will you join them or stand in their way? Includes a new Event Table and 15 Status Cards to add an extra layer of depth to your campaign.
– Rules of Engagement
Lead games developer Matthew Rose explores the development process of coming up with the very best rules.
– Sveldyr Lodge
Their fires may have gone out, but Joel Day’s ice-themed Fyreslayers still looks cool!
WARHAMMER UNDERWORLDS: GNARLWOOD
– Glory Points
Have you created a Nemesis deck yet? No? We thought not. Dave Sander’s hands out some useful tips to help you along.
BLACK LIBRARY
Da Wrong Type of Green, by Denny Flowers
A mob of grots fight humies. But dese humies have too many arms and smell weird…
Each physical copy of issue 483 comes with 24 game tiles to play the Warhammer 40,000 campaign, Depths of the Tomb, plus 20 Campaign Cards for use with the Warhammer Age of Sigmar campaign, The Great Stomp.
