It's that magical time of the year where Christmas comes, presents are opened... and if you're a lucky boy/ girl/ Xenos lifeform, then Santa has brought you a Battleforce! Games Workshop haven't gone all out this year with some typical recycling of ideas (hello Tau!!), but there's still good stuff in here - so come check it out.
​++ Incidentally, this is a perfect opportunity to support your local independent stores by preordering - you save 20% off the GW price and they get some needed end-of-year foot traffic ++ 
Let's start with Warhammer 40K and the Space Marines Battleforce: Iron Halo Strike Force, which would be the perfect way to start or add new units for any Space Marine force and includes 5 x Company Heroes (including a Captain), a Lieutenant, Redemptor Dreadnought, Ballistus Dreadnought, 5 x Sternguard Veterans, 5 x Hellblasters, plus this is first way to get the new plastic Helmeted Heads - 30 x Bare heads and 6 x Terminator heads. A real winner out of the Warhammer 40K options is the Astra Militarum Battleforce: Krieg Siege Platoon giving you a really solid amount of troops and support including 7 x Krieg Command Squad miniatures, 2 x Artillery Teams, 5 x Krieg Combat Engineers, and 20 x Death Korps of Krieg troopers. If "bad guys" are more your cup of tea, then the Chaos Space Marines Battleforce: Hellforged Warband is the way to go, which has all the standard minis we get these days; a Lord Discordant, Chaos Rhino, Venomcrawler, 2 x Obliterators, 5 x Havocs and 10 x Legionaries. Really not an exciting option, but maybe a good way to start. Speaking of Chaos, its the first year that Slaanesh get their very own Xmas box (Slaanesh would love Christmas!!) in the form of the Emperor’s Children Battleforce: Blissbound Warband, and look who's here - Fulgrim, Daemon Primarch of Slaanesh, 6 x of the elite Flawless Blades and 6 x Noise Marines. Pretty awesome to get a Primarch in a box like this, even if it's not the first time! While the Chaos Battleforce is pretty boring, check this out for copy-paste, the T’au Empire Battleforce: Farsight Cadre which includes Commander Farsight, a Riptide Battlesuit and drones, a Broadside Battlesuit and drones and 3 x Crisis Battlesuits and drones. This is the standard Tau Battleforce we keep getting in rotation with the Stealth version EVERY YEAR!! Very uninteresting, very boring, when what would be really fun would be a great combined arms infantry box with Kroot, Tau and Vespid - great fun and probably really popular. Yet another wasted opportunity to get people into Tau and also serve the Tau hobbyist community. In more Xenos news, the Tyranids Battleforce: Crusher Stampede with a Neurotyrant (and Neuroloids), Screamer-Killer, Tyrannofex/ Tervigon, Haruspex/ Exocrine and Maleceptor/ Toxicrene may have a low model count, but it's a huge project to undertaker with all that bioorganic armour. Not Xenos but not Imperial, the Leagues of Votann Battleforce: Cthonian Prospect is an interesting one, with Brôkhyr Iron-master (plus a Ironkin Assistant, and 3 x E-COGs), a Kapricus Defender/ Kapricus Carrier, 2 x Cthonian Earthshakers, 3 x Brôkhyr Thunderkyn and 10 x Cthonian Beserks.
​In the world of Warhammer: Age of $igmar we have the very tempting Skaven: Skryre Warpswarm, bringing the Arch-Warlock, a Ratling Warpblaster, 3 x Warplock Jezzails, 3 x Warpspark Weapon Battery teams, 5 x Acolyte Globadiers and 20 of the awesome Stormvermin. From the forest we have the Sylvaneth: Outcast Spitegrove with Drycha Hamadreth, a Spirit of Durthu/ Treelord/ Treelord Ancient, 15 x Spite-Revenants/ Tree-Revenants and 20 x Dryads. A really great set that would look amazing on the tabletop if you decided to to the high contrast version we're seeing more and more from hobbyists. Your friends and mine, the Soulblight Gravelords meanwhile, have the Lances of the Crimson Keep which brings Prince Vhordrai, Lord of the Crimson Keep/ Revenant Draconith, 3 x Fell Bats and 10 x Blood Knights to battle. Not sure about this one, but we have had a lot of Skeleton and Vampire boxes recently, so there's probably what you're after elsewhere anyway. Lastly in the Age of $igmar Xmas Battleforces are the Gloomspite Gitz: Dankhold Rampage which includes Trugg, the Troggoth King, a Dankhold Troggoth/ Dankhold Troggboss, 3 x Fellwater Troggoths and 6 x Rockgut Troggoths. A fun one if you like some big stompy friends!
++ As an aside here, it's really interesting that we didn't get Xmas Battleforces for Warhammer: The Old World. It would have been an awesome opportunity to get some extra massed troops and maybe even themed armies under named commanders - a bit like the old Regiments of Renown sets ++
In books this week we have the Special Edition of Steel Tread.

It’s Kill Team, and finally the Tau get some love! But not just any love, because the classic XV26 Stealth Suit has had an upgrade adding more dynamism to this old lady! “How can I get this?”, you ask - well the brand new Kill Team: Dead Silence is your answer, sporting not only some stealth Tau, but also some stealth Space Wolves. Wolves are an interesting choice, especially considering Raven Guard or even Alpha Legion would be a seemingly better fit! None the less, Kill Team: Blind Silence doesn’t come with scenery, but it does come with 8 of the afore-mentioned XV26 Stealth Battlesuits with standard loadout, plus extra parts to build Kill Team specialists like the Lodestar, and Neutraliser. The Wolf Scouts Kill Team, meanwhile, gives you 5 Phobos armoured dudes, plus a wolf, and of course you will get the parts to build optional specialists like the Fangbearer, Rune Priest Skjald, and a guy with a big round handbag! This set also comes with the softcover Dead Silence Dossier, maps, Campaign Log Pad, Datacards for the Tau and Space Wolf operatives, token sheet and decals. Of specific note must be the addition of tactical rocks for the Wolf Scouts!
 If you’re a Kill Team fan, then you’re in luck, because this week we also have the individual release of the Killzone: Tomb World bringing us some rare Necron terrain and the very first to show us inside a Tomb World (thus the name – no real surprise there).
Speaking of Necrons there’s also the Kill Team: Canoptek Circle and their Data Cards, and the Deathwatch don’t miss out, with Kill Team: Deathwatch and their Data Cards also available on pre-order this weekend too.
In books this week we have Eisenhorn: Hereticus – Illustrated and Annotated Edition in hardback, Archmagos in Special Edition and hardback, the Twice-Dead King: Omnibus in paperback and the Special Edition of an older book, Renegades: Harrowmaster.
It’s a White Dwarf week too, with Issue 517 up for pre-order. We’ve been hearing whispers about how the new editor Lyle has been doing a great job on the book, so lets see how long he lasts! Well done Lyle. 

What a joy to have a game that brings humour and epic violence together and calls it "sport" - I guess it's like real life! Blood Bowl is back, this time as the Blood Bowl – Third Season Edition! A big fan favourite and a place to find really fantastic alternative sculpts and kitbash material for your armies, this really has been a gift that keeps on giving. The brand new set includes two teams; 12 x red plastic Bretonnian team players and 14 x bone-coloured plastic Tomb Kings players, the 200-page hardback Blood Bowl: The Official Rulebook – Third Season Edition!, a double-sided fold-out pitch, 2 x Double-sided cardboard team Dugouts, plastic game tokens, Tomb Kings-themed dice, Bretonnian-themed dice, cheat sheets and transfer sheets for both teams. That is everything you need to play - all in one box. It's kidn of a shame we didn't get two referee models for fun. but that's okay! What a great set and perfect for a Christmas present or to have when the family comes around. Honestly, big fan of this!
Now if you didn't need or want the box but you wanted to get involved, they have made it really easy for you. You can get the Blood Bowl: The Official Rulebook – Third Season Edition! seperately on Day 1 of release. Catch up on new rules, buy your own teams seperately and use the rules in this book, or just have a read and see if it's for you. But that's not all...
On Day 1 of release you can also buy the full Bretonnian release seperately. We have the very proud and arrogant Bretonnian Blood Bowl Team: The Brionne Barons, plus you can get more on their rules and star players in Blood Bowl Spike! Journal Issue 19 and also add to their gameplay with the Bretonnian Team Reference Card Pack and Bretonnian Team Dice Set. If you relaly want to get thematic, then there's also the Bretonnian Pitch: Double-sided Pitch and Dugouts set.
The Bretonnians arent the only ones to get the treatment though - bring on the best team so far; the Tomb Kings Blood Bowl Team: The Nehekhara Nightmares. They also get added rules and player profiles in their own Blood Bowl Spike! Journal, Issue 20, as set of Tomb Kings Team Reference Cards, the Tomb Kings Team Dice Set and the Tomb Kings Pitch: Double-sided Pitch and Dugouts Set. All there, all available.
It's a really smart move by Games Workshop to do this, giving ultimate flexibility to gamers and hobbyists to get into the new edition early and enjoy the fun. Damn, can't wait to see some of those minis turn up in people Warhammer: The Old World armies. The other game asset that's out seperately are the Blood Bowl: Official Game Tokens, plastic but looking metallic, these are really vital for the game and a different fun mechanic.
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++ While we're talking about Blood Bowl, I think it would be a really smart idea for Games Workshop to bring out a plastic stadium seating/ bleachers set. It would be a huge seller, and could be used in Warhammer for jousting, Warcry for gladiator arenas, even Warhammer 40K and Necromunda. Seems to be a great idea - give it a go Games Workshop! ++
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In books this week we have the new ​Vagabond Squadron in Special Edition and hardback and the new Seraphon-themed Starseer's Ruin in hardback.

If you're a long-time fan of Warhammer 40K or Warhammer in general, there's a specific Chapter of Space Marines you may never have heard about. Lost in the midst of time, these heroes are finally getting the spotlight they so richly deserve, and yes I'm talking about the little-seen Ultramarines. Those shy, retiring... okay I can't keep up the pretext anymore! Seriously? MORE Ultramarines? Urgh, the boring Blue Boys, the poster children of Warhammer 40K are getting yet more attention, granted, two of these minis are needed, but the rest? Why??  
So lets get to the legitimate releases - we have the Primaris-ified living legend himself, Marneus Calgar in Armour of Antilochus. An upscaled and version of his former self, this mini is very cool and a must-have for Ultras hobbyists - but he's not the best boy this week. No, that honour goes to Cato Sicarius in his ornate armour, backbanner and Victrix-style helmet. A fantastic mini, almost like as smaller version of the orginal Forge World Roboute Girlyman, this guy is here to lead and lead he does. Absolute standout this week! Speaking of Victrix, the new Victrix Honour Guard are on pre-order this week too, and the kit has some much-needed flexibility, with the option to build three Victrix dudes, or you can build one of them as a Chapter Champion, and another can be built as a Chapter Ancient, with the Banner of Macragge. That's a cool kit, giving you some nice Command options.
Now here's where a mini didn't have to be an Ultramarine - the Captain with Jump Pack and Relic Shield is a cool mini, would it have killed you to paint him up as a Raven Guard or Blood Angel? Noooo. Bring back more generic Marines like in the old days when there were colour schemes on the side of the boxes to get excited about! There's some more Ultras (see below) and there's also the Ultramarines Dice.
It's a 40K week and we have the new Drukhari Archon model availble seperately for the first time. This is a brilliant kit, giving you gender, helmet and weapon options. Drukhari players need love, and this mini answers some long held prayers, being a vast improvement on the previous model. 
How do you feel about Da Red Gobbo? Well he's hanging around again, but this time it's the Da Red Gobbo's Tinboy, giving him a nice armoured suit made in the image of the Vostroyans. Does this mean we will be seeing new Vostroyans soon? One can live in hope!
Two former Kill Teams are making their way into the main range as well, with the Legionaries and ​Traitor Guardsmen Squad being repackaged to add to your 40K armies.
In books this week we have the Death Korps of Krieg-themed The Relentless Dead, in both Special Edition and Hardback. Jump on this if you want it, the Special Edition is probably already sold out, plus Da Red Gobbo's Last Stand in hardback.
We also have two 40K anthologies, No Peace Among Stars in paperback, which includes: Death's Toll, The Blooded, The Guns of Enth, Tally of Slaughter, The Vengeful Dead, The Shot that Kills You, Tears of Raphaela, Tattershield, The Strength of Symbols, Those Without Mercy, The Last Psyker, Exterminator, Nightfall on Stygies, Dream of the Locust, Beneath the Ashes, and Imperfect Engines. The other anthology is Death and Duty in paperback which includes Less Than Human, Blood Sands, Hell Fist, The Sum of its Parts, The Strength of Symbols (in both antholgies this week - interesting...), The Redoubt, Finest Hour, Resounding, Those Without Mercy (another one!), The Last Psyker (I feel a pattern here) , Exterminator (you again!) , and Worm of Valhalla. Interesting GW doen't think that the audience will buy both books so they include some of the same stories in both... In other books we have the air battle-themed Double Eagle and ​Interceptor City both in paperback.
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It seems Australia and New Zealand get spared some of the Ultramarines gushing, but for the rest of you, suffer with this new Ultramarines Upgrades and Transfers, which is a bit boring, but fine! There's also a new Battleforce, with Battleforce: Crux Terminatus the first set to include the new Ancient in Terminator Armour and ten brand new Assault Terminators. You also get a multi-part Terminator Captain, a Terminator Chaplain, and five regular multi-part Terminators. As well as the Battleforce, there's also a new Combat Patrol: Ultramarines, which includes Chief Librarian Tigurius, 3 x Aggressors, 3 x Bladeguard Veterans, 5 x Reivers, 5 x Intercessors, plus the brand new Ultramarines Upgrades and Transfers set.
The other 40K release is the other Kill Team now available seperately, and its the ​Traitor Enforcer with Ogryn Bodyguard.

It's quite rare to see a product range that's almost perfect - but the Helsmiths of Hashut have reimagined the old Chaos Dwarves so brilliantly that it's very hard to resist being sucked into their orbit. For many of us, this week will be one to be very disciplined and nide our wallets somewhere!
Giving us the rules and lore we all need is the Chaos Battletome: Helsmiths of Hashut which comes in Ashen Hooves Gamer's Edition and Vengeful Anvils Standard Edition. There's also a big selection of minis, including the miniatures from the former Army Box plus what seems like the rest of the range as well. Leading off the charge is the War Despot, a powerful leader who seems to carry all the rage that the Helsmiths embody - a pretty big achievement in such a small miniature! The other single leader model is the Daemonsmith/Ashen Elder combi-kit, which really does make two miniature that are so different! This set also gives you some lovely bitz to add to your bitz box. The big model in this range is the Urak Taar the First Daemonsmith/ Daemonsmith on Infernal Taurus combi-kit - and it's stunning - a huge winged bull with three character options, again, all very different and incredibly thematic! Pain in the butt to paint, but a gorgeous kit. A standout favourite is the Bull Centaurs/Annointed Sentinels combi-kit. How would you choose? Both amazing, both dynamic and just awesome. These embody the whole Helsmiths of Hashut vibe and are just fantastic. In terms of infantry models we have the Infernal Razers (which can be armed with Grizmalok Blunderbusses or Karagthrun Flamehurlers), the the Infernal Cohort core unit (with either blades or spears), and the much-maligned Hobgrot Vandalz, infantry fodder but still very cool minis and a huge improvement on the awful Hobgrots we got with the Age of $igmar Swamp Orcs a few years ago. In terms of heavy hitters we have the Dominator Engine (which comes with either melee or ranged weapons) and the Deathshrieker Rocket Battery/Tormentor Bombard combi-kit, which gives your Helsmiths much needed firepower. There's also the Helsmiths of Hashut Dice, but no amry cards this week, so ideally they will be soon.
++ Please note that the Infernal Razers, Hobgrot Vandalz, and Infernal Cohort will not be up for pre-order in Australia and New Zealand this weekend ++
In books this week we have the Space Wolf-themed Krakenblood which comes in yet another Special Edition and hardback. We also have some omnibus', with The Dark Coil: Ascension for WH40K in Paperback whcih features the novels The Reverie, and Requiem Infernal, and the short stories, The Crown of Thorns, The Sins of My Brothers, The Thirteenth Psalm, Nightbleed, Nightshift Nineteen, Aria Arcana, The Walker in Fire, and Nightfall. The other omnibus is for Age of $igmar - On the Shoulders of Giants And Other Stories in paperback which features the novella On the Shoulders of Giants, and the short stories The Wanderer, Hounds, Roadwarden, Murder by Moonlight, The Manse of Mirrors, Past Returns, False Dawn, River of Death, The Siege of Greenspire, The Book of Transformations, and The Nameless.
Also in books this week is Abraxia: Spear of the Everchosen in hardback.

The Iron Hands don't get as much love as they should - either the Legion or the Chapter depending on your games system! Well this week the Iron Hands in Warhammer 40K get a new character with Caanok Var and his awesome power maul. We don't see power mauls enough, and this Japanese kanabō-style is awesome! Also in Iron Hands-land is their new Combat Patrol, which includes the awesome Techmarine, 2 x Firestrike Servo-turrets and 10 x Heavy Intercessors. There's also some new Iron Hands Dice. The White Scars also get their Combat Patrol with the brand new Suboden Khan mini, an Impulsor, 3 x Outriders and 5 x Assault Intercessors. Like the Iron Hands, there's also some White Scars Dice on pre-order this week. The last Combat Patrol on pre-order is for the Harlequins, which includes 6 x Harlequin minis, 2 x Skyweavers, 2 x Starweaver/ Voidweaver, and a Solitaire. 
Unfortunately the Warhammer Day 2025 miniature this year isn't anything to write home about (he says while writing about it) with Urkhan the Dark Warden stepping up to the plate. He looks cool with his helmet off, but frankly he looks more at home in Warhammer: The Old World than Age of $igmar, matching the aesthetic of the old mono-pose Warriors of Chaos. Swing and a miss!
In books this week we have the new Horus Heresy-themed Dropsite Massacre in hardback. In audiobook land there's two older novellas that have made their way to an audible (no pun intended) medium. both Spear of Ultramar and Dreadwing were released in 2018 and will be released on the 17th of October. I've read Dreadwing and liked it a lot, so despite it's short length it might be worth a listen!
Previewed last week but not appearing in the Australian or New Zealand webstore is the Captain with Jump Pack and Relic Shield. Maybe it's been delayed here ro forgotten, but keep an eye out for it if you have been waiting.  
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A few weeks ago Australia and New Zealand didn't get the big Horus Heresy releases that week, well now we have. Mortgage the cat because the price of the Fellblade Super-Heavy Battle Tank is nuts!! That's a lot of tank and a lot of money! The must-anticipated MkII Assault Squad is also pricey, so is definitely one to get from independent retailers, and of course the rather lacklustre Journal Tactica: The Forges of Saturn.

Ho Ho Ho! It's that time of year again, when the industrial furnaces of South East and Northern Asia ramp up to produce loads of Christmas crap from Games Workshop. Do you need this? No. Do you want this? Probably not really! 
Games Workshop takes these products so seriously some of them aren't even in the webstore, so if you are so inclined, toddle along to a store and see what they have. Listed below are the ones we have links for, the others not so much. Who loves the Da Red Gobbo? Not us, but here is a fluffy one! Want some Xmas cheer on your fridge, well AAA have Warhammer Christmas Magnets in three flavours; Inquisition, Skull, Stormcast Eternals AND they have a Da Red Gobbo Fridge Magnet Bottle Opener.
Meanwhile, Starforged actually have some things that might be useful, with the Eradicator's Melta Gun Keychain, Mephiston's Plasma Pistol Keychain, Servo Skull Keychain, Death Company Purity Seal and Astartes Purity Seal all available via the links.
Nothing says Christmas like a pogram in a far future world! 

It's a bumper week for Age of $igmar fans with a new game and some decent boxed sets, Warhammer: The Old World fans with new minis for the Undead of Khemri, and Combat Force sets for Legions Imperialis.
It's a fact that the Undead of Khemri are the best force in Warhammer: The Old World (well fact in our minds) but this week the new Arcane Journal: The War of Settra's Fury is planning to convert you to their side. The new book gives expanded lore and rules as we see Settra's forces enter the Kingdom of Man and take on the Empire, Dwarves and Bretonnians. A must-have for player and hobbyists of all those factions. As well as the new Arcane Journal, there's also some great new leadership minis for the Undead, with the Royal Heralds and Liche Priests on pre-order this weekend. Both boxes have alternative heads and weapons making them great for bitz, but also flexible enough to make an interesting and bespoke leader for your forces. The price is pretty high, working out at $2 AUD per piece - this is defintely one to get from independent stockists! 
In Age of $igmar we have a new entrant into the ​Warhammer Underworlds series of games, with Spitewood bringing two new warbands to the game - Kurnoth's Heralds from the Sylvaneth and the Blood of the Bull from the Chaos Dwarf faction. Great to already see some new minis for the Chaos Dwarves (despite the full range not being out yet) and these Kurnoth's Heralds are great! We finally have some Centaurs backing up the Sylvaneth! There is also a set of cards for most existing Warhammer Underworlds warbands in the Warbands of Spitewood set, allowing you to play them in this new setting. 
If warbands are your thing, then these boxes give you a chance to pick up some great minis for each Grand Alliance (do we still use that term?). In Death Warbands: Morbid Minions we have the Exiled Dead, Sons of Velmorn, Skinnerkin and Thorns of the Briar Queen. The Chaos Warbands: Reavers of Ruin gives you the Gnarlspirit Pack, Skittershank's Clawpack, the Thricefold Discord, and the Wurmspat. The Order Warbands: Seekers in Shadow includes: Xandire's Truthseekers, the Shadeborn, the Starblood Stalkers, and Elathain's Soulraid. While Destruction Warbands: Gitz and Goliaths is Zarbag's Gitz, Hrothgorn's Mantrappers, Mollog's Mob, and Rippa's Snarlfangs. Not cheap, but a big saving on buying them seperately.
Meanwhile, in the world of tiny minis, ​Legions Imperialis have three Combat Forces - the Mechanicum Combat Force, Legiones Astartes Combat Force and the Solar Auxilia Combat Force. Big armies to bolster your existing force or maybe start in the game.
In books this week we have the prestige-looking Yarrick: The Box Set which includes the novels Imperial Creed, and The Pyres of Armageddon, plus the short stories Chains of Golgotha, A Plague of Saints, The Wreckage, Evil Eye, The Gallows Saint, Sacrificial, and Sarcophagus.
​For everyone except Australia and New Zealand you also get White Dwarf 517 too. We'll just wait over here for the English to be translated into Oceanic. Oh what a chore that must be!

The Warhammer 40k universe is really not a nice place, and as such there's really no "good guys". The Tau probably get closest, but in relaity you don't play as a good guy! However, when it comes to a spectrum. the Dark Eldar (or Drukhari) are definitely the very worst of the bad guys. Slave traders, pirates, raiders, torturers - there's no real positive side, unless you like politcal infighting, treachery and cruel violence... which in this game, we do! It does help that the Drukhari are from the design mind of Jes Goodwin, portraying the flipside to his Eldar. Beautifully designed, brilliantly modelled, the Drukhari are truly amazing models and have been for well over a decade. They have stood the test of time and keep on looking amazing. This week we have the pre-orders for the new Drukhari Codex, an amazing Battleforce and a new character - lets dive in!
The new Codex: Drukhari comes in two flavours Spiky Visage of Death Collectors Edition and Heartless Raiders Standard Edition. There's an interesting new mechanic in this Codex, with rules for battling rival lords and trading the spoils of war in Crusade campaigns, both of which sound really interesting and adding a new flavour that could be great in terms of expanding the narrative element. This new Codex is acc0mpanied by a new combat leader, Lady Malys, who doesn't quite match the look of the other miniatures, so here's hoping this isn't a portent of things to come in a range refresh! Now this is cool - if you are vaguely interested in Drukhari, you have Drukhari and need reinforcements, or you even just like the Drukhari miniatures - then the Drukhari Battleforce: Realspace Raiders is for you. It has EVERYTHING you need in terms of troops. Lead by the brand new Archon miniature, who has mutiple weapon and gender build options, this box packs a punch! It also comes with a light support/ transport Venom, 5 x winged Scourges, 5 x elite Incubi, 5 x fast attack Hellions, 10 x Kabalite Warriors and 10 x assault Wyches. This is a great box! I already have multiples of these minis and want to buy it!! If you're more into the Haemonculus Covens, then the new Combat Patrol: Drukhari is for you, with a Haemonculus, 2 x Cronos/ Talos and 10 x Wracks. Speaking of Wracks, these guys have been reboxed for this edition too and can be bought seperately. Of course we also have the Drukhari Dice (why are these blue and yellow?) and Drukhari Datasheet Cards.
Warhammer 40K also has two new Combat Patrols on pre-order this weekend as well. The Combat Patrol: Imperial Fists includes 5 x Company Heroes, 5 x Intercessors, 5 x Heavy Intercessors, 5 x Terminators and an Imperial Fists upgrade frame. This is a great set for any any Space Marines player to pick up, especially with the Company Heroes and Terminators. The other Combat Patrol is the Combat Patrol: Death Korps of Krieg which includes 5 x Death Riders, Krieg Heavy Weapons Squads, 10 x Death Korps of Krieg soldiers and a Krieg Command Squad. Another very cool set!
In books this week we have a new Necron-themed novel, Tomb World which is avaible in hardback and also a cool Special Edition. There's also Morvenn Vahl: Spear of Faith in paperback, plus it's a White Dwarf week with Issue 516 celebrating 10 years since Warhammer died and Age of $igmar was born! 

Horus Heresy, you glorious beast! It's the gift that keeps on giving, and this week there's a bevy of Horus Heresy pre-orders - but not for everyone! Unfortunately for Australia and New Zealand, three of the main pieces are delayed (see below), but as far as all the things we can pre-order this weekend, let's go for a tour!
First up there's three Combat Forces for Horus Heresy, leading gthe charge is The Legiones Astartes: Combat Force, which includes a Leviathan Dreadnought (with Ranged Weapons), a Deimos pattern Rhino, 10 MkVI Tactical Squad Legionaries and 10 MkVI Heavy Support Squad Legionaries (which can be made with either the missile launcher or the heavy bolter). Great set to start with, especially with a transport. The Solar Auxilia: Combat Force comes with a Leman Russ Strike Tank, 2 Hermes Light Sentinels/ Veletaris Sentinels, 5 Tactical Command Section/ Legatine Command Section/ Line Command Section members, and 20 Lasrifle Section Auxiliaries. Pretty solid, and buying multiples of this box will not only give you savings on the RRP, but also a quick army all in one swoop. The Mechanicum: Combat Force is a Thanatar Cavas Siege-automata, 2 Castellax Battle-automata, and 6 of the amazing Thallax. This is brutal hitting power, and those Thallax are fantastic minis! All these boxes are a perfect addition to whatever force you're into.
We've seen some reall ynice new minis come out for Middle-earth in recent times, and the new The Lord of the Rings: The War of the Rohirrim expansion gives us even more. The book gives us new missions based on the movie The War of the Rohirrim plus more, expanding the universe, quite literally. In terms of miniature we have the new Helm Hammerhand, King of Rohan, Théodred, Prince of Rohan, Fréaláf Hildeson, Olwyn & Lief, Heroes of Rohan. All these are beautifully painted and show just how great these miniatures really are. There's also some new Rohirrim Dice Set and ​Hill Tribesmen Dice Set.
In books this week we have Night Lords-themed The Remnant Blade in Hardback, the Eldar pirate-themed Voidscarred in Hardback and also a very garish Special Edition. There's also two paperbacks, the Tau-themed Elemental Council and the Warhammer 40K Darkness Eternal omnibus which includes One Million Years by Nate Crowley, Altar of Maws by Peter Fehervari, The Light of the Emperor by Darius Hinks, The Devouring Void by Danie Ware, Own Worst Enemy by Denny Flowers, Arcady Pride by Justin D Hill, Nightsider Imperialis by Victoria Hayward, A Forbidden Meal by Carrie Harris, Eradicant by R S Wilt, The Convocation by Tammy Nicholls, Stealing Orpheon by Richard Ford, Lessons of Rorphax by Callum Davis and Devilhunter by Nicholas Wolf.

As stated above, theres' three key Horus Heresy pre-orders that some of us miss out on this week, the titanic Fellblade Super-heavy Battle Tank, the glorious Astartes MkII Assault Squad with their new assault weapons and jump packs, and Journal Tactica: The Forges of Saturn - which considering the reviews of the first Journal Tactica, might not be worth it anyway. Journal Tactica: The Forges of Saturn goes into depth on the origins of the Saturnine-pattern suits, including their use in the Great Crusade and how Vulkan brought them back to life. There's also rules for new units; Centurions and Command Squads in Saturnine armour, Word Bearers in daemon-infused Terminator unit, and new Prosperine arcana for the Thousand Sons.

Well here's a day that we weren't sure would ever come, but the Chaos Dwarves - now called the Helsmiths of Hashut - are launching with their new Army Set. It's a great set, and every miniature is a winner, even their alternative builds! The new Helsmiths of Hashut Army Set includes a War Despot, a Dominator Engine with Immolation Cannons/ Bane Maces, a Tormentor Bombard/ Deathshrieker Rocket Battery and 11 x Infernal Cohort miniatures that can either have spears or blades. In terms of troops, this isn't the very best the Helsmiths of Hashut have to offer, but it is a good core! The Army set also comes with the new Chaos Battletome: Helsmiths of Hashut, Helsmiths of Hashut warscroll cards, and a Helsmiths of Hashut Transfer Sheet containing transfers for the Ur-Zorn, Muspelzharr, Zharr Vyxa, and The Forge Anathema ziggurats, along with other cursed sigils and runes to decorate your miniatures. We're very keen for the Helsmiths of Hashut, and this is a nice box, but it really does miss some of the best new minis in the line. The Spearhead for this faction is going to be awesome!
​An interesting update for Necromunda this week with the new Necromunda: Bastions of Law expansion, which gives us some solid background for these brutes, plus some rules for "Badzone Enforcer Gangs - Enforcers from isolated or abandoned fortress-precincts". That could be interesting. I'm thinking Marshall Bravestarr or a wayward Sheriff - either way there's some fun hobby potential in there! We also have new miniatures, with the Palanite Enforcer Captains & Sergeants giving us some plastic leaders for our crews, and there's also two new resin sets too, with the Palanite Companions (crappy lore for these guys - such a wasted opportunity!) and Palanite Enforcer Haunts on pre-order this weekend too. Not listed on the GW site for Australia and New Zealand but listed at independent stockists is the Palanite Enforcer Weapons and Upgrades, a nice selection of wepons for your crew, but do be aware that they are not designed for use with the older Subjugator Patrol, which is a bit of a shame really! Maybe it's going to be deleted from the range... Of course with this expansion comes the Bastions of Law Dice Set and Bastions of Law Gang Tactics Cards. That's not all in Necromunda, there's also the new Ashwing Helamites for the Ash Wastes. Great looking minis that would fit into any games system and surely will!
Warhammer: Age of $igmar has a really really tempting new box - the Spearhead: Soulblight Gravelords – Deathrattle Tomb Host. Oh God this is a beauty! It comes with a Wight King, 5 x Barrow Knights, 10 x Barrow Guard, 20 x Deathrattle Skeletons and 4 x Tombstones. A great great set. Need. Want!! The other Spearhead is the new Gloomspite Gitz – Snarlpack Huntaz which comes with a Snarlboss, 2 x Wolfgit Retinue, 2 x Sunsteala Wheelas and 6 x Snarlpack Cavalry. Super fluffy, very cool, lots of character! Dammit!
In books this week we have the (probably already out of stock) Saints of the Imperium (Limited Edition). It includes the novels Celestine by Andy Clark, Ephrael Stern: The Heretic Saint by David Annandale, The Triumph of Saint Katherine by Danie Ware and the short story Celestine: Revelation by Andy Clark.

In Made to Order this week we have some old school Space Wolves, with the Classic Njal Stormcaller, Lukas the Trickster, Classic Wolf Guard Standard Bearer, Priests of Russ and Classic Bjorn the Fell-Handed all on pre-order. As they are Made to Order, they will take up to 180 days to arrive, so be aware!

The Raven Guard get a little bit ignored these days, but this week we have their brand new Chapter Master Aethon Shaan - and he's a brilliant miniature, incredibly dynamic and a great way to introduce new hobbyists to the Chapter. There's also a new Combat Patrol: Raven Guard, and a new set of Raven Guard Dice.
The Imperial Knights get a refresh in pre-orders this week too, with the new Codex: Imperial Knights in Stompy Boys Collector's Edition or Mighty Machine Men, Mighty Robots Standard Edition. WIth the Codex comes a reboxing of the Knight Questoris (which also makes the Knight Defender, Knight Paladin, Knight Errant, Knight Gallant, Knight Warden, or Knight Crusader) plus the Knight Preceptor also get's a rebox. With the relaunch comes the new Imperial Knights Dice and the Datasheet Cards: Imperial Knights.
Warhammer 40K also has some random minis chucked in, with the weirdly-cool Grand Master in Nemesis Dreadknight, Imperial Fists Chapter Master Darnath Lysander, plus the Imperial Fists Dice, and the new Thousand Sons Sekhetar Robots - who are so different from the other Thousand Sons minis that they may as well be a new Xenos faction.
Kill Team fans rejoice as the new Kill Team: Approved Ops Card Pack 2025 goes on pre-order too, which goes nicely with the Kill Teams from last weekend.
In books this week there's the Imperial Guard-themed Ciaphas Cain: The Anthology, and it's a White Dwarf week with Issue 515, which comes with a new Space Marine transfer sheet.

It's not often we get to see an entirely alien environment in Warhammer, but the new Kill Team: Tomb World gives us just that, as we enter a Necron... Tomb World, well it's all in the name really!!
Kill Team: Tomb World is the largest  
Kill Team set we have seen in a while, and although the Necron minatures aren't that exciting, the environment that comes with the boxed set certainly is! For the Necron hobbyist, this is a fantastic opportunity, with 25 x modular Tomb World pillars and walls as well as scatter terrain of sarcophagus and teleport pads. This is a fantastic opportunity to get into a civilisation, plus there's an 80-page softcover Kill Team: Tomb World Dossier with background, artwork, and rules for the kill teams included in the box, including the new Necron Canoptek Circle Kill Team. They are led by a Cryptek Geomancer, and include 2 x Tomb Crawlers and 5 x Macrocyte Warriors (with options to build the specialist Accelerator and Reanimator). Their adversary... the Deathwatch Kill Team, which inlcudes 10 x multipart Space Marines with all their specialist gear. This is enough f0r two Kill Teams, so go nuts! The set also includes NPCs, with 10 x Necron Warriors and 3 x Canoptek Scarab Swarm. There's also a double-sided folding game board, 37 x Datacards for the Deathwatch and 32 x Datacards for the Canoptek Circle, and the Tomb World Card Pack. It's a hefty box and sure to be popular. Full credit to Games Workshop for creating this awesome terrain - it really brings to Necrons to life... no pun intended!
There's more Kill Team goodness, and this time from the last alien world we got to see, and that's the Killzone Upgrade: Tyranid Infestation, giving us terrain for the Tyranids, there's also the ​Kill Team: Raveners and the Kill Team: Raveners Datacards. Their adversary, the Adeptus Mechanicus also rolls into town with the Kill Team: Battleclade and their Kill Team: Battleclade Datacards. As a great addition to the Imperial ranks, there's also the Sisters Novitiate Squad, and the amazing Ork Kommandos.
This week saw the preview for the exclusive Warhammer+ Year 5 miniature, which goes on pre-order this week too. You can pick from the really dynamic Aeldari – Infinity’s Lament or the malevolent Soulblight Gravelords – The Summons. They're both excellent, unlike some of the Warhammer+ content we've seen, but maybe the miniature alone is worth it. They're both gorgeous.
In books this week we have the Special Edition of Assassinorum: Kingmaker, plus it's a White Dwarf week coming up, so we have White Dwarf 515 on pre-order too.

In Made to Order this week, we have some lovely Eldar and some not-so lovely Emperor's Children!
Lovely metal miniatures of your favourite old school Aeldari include the Classic Eldrad Ulthran, Farseer and Warlocks, the Phoenix Court of Khaine (Avatar of Khaine, Baharroth, Karandras, Asurmen, Jain Zar, Maugan Ra, Fuegan), and the plastic Webway Gate, which should be a shelf item in all stores frankly! It not being so is a diservice to Aeldari players! All these sculpts (from memory) are classic Jes Goodwin and beautiful reminders of his amazing work. 
In the absolute opposite camp, we have the Emperor's Children Heroes (Emperor's Children Lord, Fabius Bile, and Lucius the Eternal), Classic Noise Marines, and the awesome plastic Noise Marine. This should also be a line item in stores - damn them for ever removing it.

After a hiatus away from the XIIth Legion War Hounds, the new Horus Heresy has brought them back. The colour scheme has been tweaked, there's some new units, and boy do those MKII marines look AWESOME!! Click the image below to take you there! 

Grand Alliance Cathay have had a bit of a stange release - the normal army box, then some staggered other minis and now these guys. It almost seems like a diservice to some great miniatures and a really interesting culture we haven't seen before. Anyway, this week we have a varied pre-order week starting off with the afore-mentioned Grand Cathy! The new Arcane Journal: Dawn of the Storm Dragon gives us rules for allying with Empire of Man, an expanded history of Grand Cathay and much more as we get to know more. We're finally getting not only one of the brilliant new dragon models in the form of ​Miao Ying, the Storm Dragon, but also the core of the Grand Cathay army, the Jade Warriors and Jade Lancers. These are brilliantly detailed miniatures and deserve a much greater fanfare - one does wonder if it's because these aren't being put out by the main studio... The other miniature release is the Grand Cannon & Fire Rain Rocket Battery which captured the imagination of hobbyists with the highly detailed crews. Surely this will be the inspiration for many dioramas. Lastly, the new The Northern Provinces of Grand Cathay Transfer Sheet is also on pre-order and it's great! In the tradition of the Horus Heresy transfer sheets this beauty will not only add a tonne of flavour to your troops, but will surely go like hotcakes.
If you like your battles "grand" but not Warhammer: The Old World, then Legions Imperialis is for you, and this week we have the pre-orders for the new Legions Imperialis: Liber Strategia, which has the army lists for Legiones Astartes, Solar Auxilia, Mechanicum Taghmata, Dark Mechanicum, Collegia Titanica, and Knight Households plus rules for bonded automata in allied units. Adding to the new book we have the new plastic Whirlwind and Scorpius Missile Tank Squadrons, Vindicator Siege Tank Squadron, Cerberus Heavy Tank Destroyer Squadron, Typhon Heavy Siege Tank Squadron and Mastodon Super-heavy Assault Transports. In terms of rules there's the Datasheet Cards for Legiones Astartes, Solar Auxilia and Mechanicum, plus some new plastic Legions Imperialis: Order Tokens and Objective Markers.
From the world of Middle-Earth the new resin Gundabad Catapult Troll makes his debut. He's a large lad and so is his price tag, but damn is he cool!! Also this week are two great looking minis War Drakes of Rhûn.

Although the gory nature of the Death faction in Warhammer Age of $igmar might not everyone's cup of tea (except you sick-sick Nurgle hobbists) you have to admit that the Death faction have some absolutely amazing looking miniatures - and they just seem to be getting better!
Nighthaunt, the embodiment of all things that go bump in the night, lead us off this week with a new Battletome, which comes in Did You Just Hear? That Gamer's Edition and Venkman Ectoplasm Standard Edition. There's two new minis in this edition, with the Knight of Shrouds (available for the first time seperately) and the noxious Lord Vitriolic, with the cutest little apothecary rack on his back you ever-did see! 
Sporting a good mix of troops, the new Spearhead: Nighthaunt – Cursed Shacklehorde gives you a ready to play set that would be a great fun boost to your existing forces or maybe the start to something fun and new. As we would expect there are the Nighthaunt Warscroll Cards and ​Nighthaunt Dice making up the rest of the pre-orders for them this week.
Meanwhile, on the stinkier ghoulish end of the Death faction (don't tell them, they think they're very regal and glamorous), we have the Flesh-eater Courts! Heading up the wave there is the Flesh-eater Courts Battletome which comes in Imperious Exemplar Gamer's Edition and Jeepers Shaggy Standard Edition. There's a new ghoul on the block for the Flesh-eater Courts, with High Falconer Felgryn making his debut too - where do these ghouls find so many tree stumps to hang from? There's also two new sets - the Regiment of Renown: The Scarlet Jury with ole Guts Head Grand Justice Gormayne and his Royal Decapitator minion, or you could go with a brilliant core set, the Spearhead: Flesh-eater Courts – Charnel Watch. This latter set is absolutely brilliant, with an Abhorrant Gorewarden, 6 x Crypt Flayers/ Crypt Horrors, and 10 characterful Royal Beastflayers. Packed with great minis, this is a must have! For the gamers out there we also have the Flesh-eater Courts Warscroll Cards and the Flesh-eater Courts Dice.
​In books this week we have the new Chaos-themed Abraxia: Spear of the Everchosen in Limited Edition, with an awesome cover, and the new Legend of Sigmar omnibus by Graham McNeill in paperback. The omnibus includes the novels, Heldenhammer, the David Gemmell Legend Awarding Empire, and God King, as well as short stories Let the Great Axe Fall, Gods of Flesh and Blood and Sword Guardian.

I was tooling around in the New Releases part of Warhammer.com and saw these which had slipped our gaze before - classic Perry Twins metal goodness. These miniatures are smaller than the current rangte (not much smaller, but smaller) but have so much character and presence. We have the Classic Peasant Bowmen Command, Classic Peasant Bowmen, Classic Men-at-Arms with Halberds Command (absolutely one of the best!!), Classic Men-at-Arms with Halberds (also excellent - need/want!), and the Classic Men-at-Arms with Spears Command with their Classic Men-at-Arms with Spears. Keep in mind that these are Made To Order, so could take up to 180 days to get to you.

The first release of the Leagues of Votann went badly... overpowered, terrible rules, recall of the Codex, by The Gods it did not go well. Now we get the new era of the Leagues of Votann with some new fluff, and the Squats extinction story from Hive Fleet Leviathan now codified in their backstory. Yes it happened. No not everyone died. They're back and grumpy. That's pretty much it - saved you reading the new Codex. Speaking of the new Codex, the new Leagues of Votann Codex comes in Armoured Beard Collector's Edition and Retro Juggernaut Standard Edition. Fingers crossed this one is a lot better than their launch! God they're so cool, please be good...
This release comes with some significant additions to the background, a new anti-Tyranid hero in the form of Buri Aegnirssen, Arkanyst Evaluator - a mad scientist with nuts weapons and the sentient Ironkin Memnyr Strategist. The big addition are the Ironkin Steeljacks, larger stronger warriors powered by the same CU that powers any other Ironkin, just taller with bigger guns. An interesting addition to the range is the Cthonian Earthshakers, which reintroduces the Rogue Trader-era Mole Mortar to Warhammer 40K. Sending projectiles down and then up, instead of up and then down, these weapons can get under walls and bit vehicles in their soft underbelly. Speaking of vehicles, there's a new grav-platform in town and it's the Kapricus Defender/Carrier combi-kit. Again drawing on the tech from Rogue Trader, this light transport/ light support vehicle could be a great option for your Leagues of Votann force, or even as terrain or a vehicle in Necromunda. Repackaging minis from the first and second wave, the Combat Patrol: Leagues of Votann gives you an Einhyr Champion, 3 x Brôkhyr Thunderkyn, 5 x Einhyr Hearthguard and 10 x Hearthkyn Warriors - a solid warrior cadre to start with! Of course we also get the Leagues of Votann Datasheet Cards and some pretty Leagues of Votann Dice.
​It's not all short dudes with big guns this week, it's also big dudes with bigger guns as the Space Marine Salamamaders Chapter gets some love. We have the new Primaris-ified Vulkan He'stan, a new Combat Patrol: Salamanders which includes the awesome Adrax Agatone, an Invader ATV, 3 x Eradicators, 5 x Assault Intercessors and 10 of the all-important Infernus Marines - they are Salamanders after all. There's also some shiny Salamanders Dice on pre-order this week too!
It's not all good guys this week though, Khorne has a new Slaughterbound champion, and Nurgle emerges with the very cool Lord of Poxes. Get stuffed, Nurgle, I'm not taking the bait.
In books this week we have a Nurgle-themed The Lords of Silence in a really nice looking Illustrated and Annotated Edition, The High Kâhl's Oath in paperback and the Imperial Guard-themed ​​Final Deployment also in paperback.

Well today is the day that Horus Heresy 3.0 (or maybe 3.1 after the changes to the Legends list that's been delayed) really hits it's strides with the release of individual kits from the Starter Box plus a few other tid-bits.
It's only fair to start with the boss, and here he is, the ​Saturnine Praetor in all his immense glory. There's been a lot of senseless whinging about this model since release - he's too big, he's too complicated etc etc - and frankly it needs to stop! 1) This is a mark of armour from a bygone era, it's not going to match the size of 30K armour - get over it! 2) For a miniature of such importance in your army, and this price he costs in points and money, don't you want him to have lots of options? Don't you want him to be a modelling challenge? Don't you want him to be fun to paint? Honestly, can the Community (and by that I mean the YouTubers) please shut the **** up? For those of us who want value, want a challenge and want to enjoy our painting experience, this model is great, this model is fine, this model is something thgat deserves time and attention. Please STOP! 
Okay, back to the show... a favourite from this range is the new Centurion with Power Maul who manages to carry weight, power and authority all in this one miniature. He can be built without his cape, but some parts of the arms and shoulders are attached to the cape, so be aware. He's a brilliant model and will be back here at HQ ASAP. With Terminators now being Heavy rather than Elite, maybe this is in the wrong order, but we also have the Saturnine Terminator Squad - which sort of misses for me. The underslung weapons as opposed to a power fist and hand-held weapon taking it right back to the old school days would have been preferred, but there you go. They still look cool and come with weapon and head options. The MKII Tactical Squad that we showed two weeks ago now has an off-shoot with the MKII Veteran Squad with Disintegrator Weapons. I was surprised the Tactical Squad didn't come with the Disintegrator weapons, but now there's the Veteran Squad it makes more sense. Speaking of which, you can n0w get the Disintegrator Weapons Upgrade Set individually as well! The combi-Bolter with Disintegrator looks so great too. The Praetor may be large, but check this guy out - the Saturnine Siege Dreadnought. He comes in two flavours; Chiron Configuration and Ophion Configuration, with the Saturnine Dreadnought Weapons – Chiron Configuration and Saturnine Dreadnought Weapons – Ophion Configuration also available a seperate items. Slight bone to pick here in terms of lore; from memory the heavy plasma bombard is a Mechanicum weapon made on Mars, so why is it on a mech made on Saturn? Did I miss something? Open to being corrected. The Adeptus Astartes don't just have troops today, they also have big guns, with the Araknae Quad Accelerator Platform available to order too. Armed with twice the weapons you would find on a Sicaran turret, that's some serious firepower, and sure to end up on the chassis of some vehicle at some point. Making it's way from the dim-distant past of two weeks ago, the original Drop Pod returns, this time in the guise of the Legion Drop Pod. After some crtitical feedback on the new Drop Pod from the Community, it seems Games Workshop have rolled this old lady out to the Heresy hobbyists and players. It will be interesting to see if this delays any of the Heresy-specific marks of Drop Pod being released. In terms of play accessories, we have the Age of Darkness Markers and Tokens and the Age of Darkness Dice Set. In books we have the (deep breath) The End and the Death: Volume III - The Horus Heresy: Siege of Terra Book 8 in paperback... yes it's the end. The end-end! Until that boring omnibus comes out in paperback. And to prove it's the end... look here's a map to find your way - it's the ​Here is Where it Will End Map.

In all of the Imperium it's hard to know of two more zealous Chapters of the Adeptus Astartes than the Black Templars and the Grey Knights. The Grey Knights are the tool of the Inquisition, hunting down demons, and the Black Templars hunt... well everyone else!
The Black Templars get the best of the releases in this pre-order wave, with not only a new 98 page Codex Supplement: Black Templars - available in Cleansing Hate Collector's Edition and Purge the Blaphemer Standard Edition - but they also get some new minis. The first is the rather diminitive Execrator (who knew the Black Templars recruit Squats into their Chapter), who has an amazing bare head sculpt, and the other is a Crusade Ancient, who comes with a pretty epic banner, as you would imagine. There's also a new Combat Patrol: Black Templars, some Black Templars Dice and of course the Datasheet Cards: Black Templars. Now if you prefer your Space Marines shinier, then the Grey Knights are for you! The Codex: Grey Knights comes in Buff & Polish Collector's Edition and Xeno-Scour Standard Edition. Sadly, however, there are no new miniatures! The poor Grey Knights have been so poorly served over the years, and despite the addition of Primaris-ised characters, the troops are still old. Not bad, but old. It's so strange to not update them now. Anyway, there is a new Combat Patrol: Grey Knights, which if you zoom in on the miniatures, even the paint jobs on them are very dated. At least you'll get the new-ish Castellan Crowe model! Seems like the Grey Knights will again stay the lone Chapter to not be updated. If that doesn't bother you, there's also the Grey Knights Battleforce: Sanctic Conclave. Like their Black Templar bretheren there's the Grey Knights Dice and Datasheet Cards so you can be a fancy player!! There's two other Combat Patrols, the Assault Brood for the Tyranid which includes a really nice selection of the newer minis, and the Combat Patrol: Space Wolves. Speaking of ​Space Wolves, the Spear of Russ Limited Edition is on pre-order this week and includes Wolfblade, Sons of Fenris and Wolf's Honour. There's also a Black Templar-themed book, Broken Crusade in paperback and Grey Knights: The Omnibus in paperback which includes the books; Grey Knights, Dark Adeptus and Hammer of Daemons.

It's time for the cultists of Khorne to march full force into the world of Age of $igmar, with the Chaos Battletome: Blades of Khorne on pre-order this weekend. As we would expect, there are two flavours; Type-O Negative Gamer's Edition and My Bloody Valentine Standard Edition, so pick your poison if you are a human follower of the Lord of Skulls. There's also a new hero, the Deathbringer, which despite having some inspiration from the Frank Frazetta art, doesn't really hit the mark. Khorne equals warbands, and there's three for Khorne; the Goreblade Warband (which includes a Mighty Lord of Khorne, a Bloodsecrator, a Bloodstoker, a Khorgorath, five of the fearsome Blood Warriors, and ten of the weirdly-proportioned Bloodreavers... honestly just so ugly!). There's also the Regiment of Renown: The Red Revelation (which includes the Slaughterpriest, five Skullreapers/ Wrathmongers, and ten Bloodreavers), and lastly there's the new Spearhead: Blades of Khorne – Fangs of the Blood God (which is a Karanak, eight Claws of Karanak and ten of the newer Flesh Hounds). As a fan of the Claws of Karanak, it's great to see these really great minis also available seperately once again. If you want to play these lads and lasses to their full potential, then you'll be needing the Warscroll Cards: Blades of Khorne, and if you want to play them pretty, then there's the Blades of Khorne Dice.
Bringing balance to The Force in the world of Warhammer: Age of $igmar, we have the Kharadron Overlords, who one would have to say have been pretty poorly serviced since their introduction around 10 years ago. Released, then abandoned, rejigged to make them more steampunk looking but ending up looking like flying kettles, and now having another little rejig to bring them inline with how they probably should have always appeared - sky pirates! Unfortunately Games Workshop have added these guys to the Order roster, when it would have been far more interesting to have them being ambiguous and truly mercenaries. All that aside, the new  ​​Order Battletome: Kharadron Overlords also comes in two flavours; Ahaaaar Me Hearties Gamer's Edition and Armoured Luftballoons Standard Edition. Talking of flying teapots, here's a mess of bits - it's the Null-Khemist, who despite someones best efforts, really is completely impractical. The new Vongrim Harpoon Crew/ Vongrim Salvagers set however, are great! This is the look and feel we should have had all along and now they are here! Here's hoping they are greeted well and we can move forward with a proper rejig of the faction. There's a two new boxed sets, the Spearhead: Kharadron Overlords – Grundstok Trailblazers (which includes, an Endrinmaster with Dirigible Suit, five Grundstok Thunderers, one Grundtsok Gunhauler and three Endrinriggers/ Skywardens) plus the Regiment of Renown: Drekki's Privateers (which have a Drekki Flynt, an Arkanaut Frigate and ten Arkanaut Company miniatures). There's also a piece of terrain for the Steampunk Kettles, with the Zontari Endrin Dock on pre-order this week too. As you would expect there are the Warscroll Cards: Kharadron Overlords and sparkly orange Kharadron Overlords Dice... they obviously ran out of ideas for colours. Just make them bronze!
In Age of $igmar adjacent products this week we have the Raging Slayers Rivals Deck which brings more paper into your life for a hefty price, and the Kamandora's Blades - one of the worst miniature releases this year. Maybe we should make a list every year. These are really poor!
In books there's the new Soulblight Gravelords novel Queen of the Rose Throne in hardback, and it's also a ​White Dwarf week with issue 513 hitting the shelves.

In Made To Order this week we have some great Age of $igmar terrain - and it is very good, so do consider it if you are even a bit tempted.
The ubiquitous Citadel Wood, which really should be part of the range all the time, is back - as is the range of Dominion of Sigmar structures, with the Penumbral Stormvault, Enduring Stormvault, Hallowed Stormthrone, Sigmarite Dais (a favourite), Shattered Temple, and Penumbral Engine all up for order today but will be sent to you in the next 180 days.

The Horus Heresy is finally making waves again, and this weekend we have the pre-orders to restart the best part of Warhammer! Yes, I said it - you know it's true!
The launch box for Horus Heresy V3.1 is Age of Darkness: Saturnine which alongside the rulebook, play aids, transfers etc (blah blah blah, it's not the interesting bit) includes the stunning new Saturnine Praetor (with his multiple build options), one of the coolest Heresy miniatures in some time; the Centurion in MKII power armour, the comically giant Saturnine Dreadnought, the equally comically giant Araknae Quad Accelerator Platform, 6 of the new Saturnine Terminators, and 40 of the long awaited Space Marines in in MKII power armour! Praise be to the Gods... This is a great set, but it is a large outlay, so unless you need them all in one hit, the others will appear in the next month or so. Both those commander models though are soooo sweet!! Very smartly, thank you Games Workshop, they have also released the ​MKII Tactical Squad onto pre-order this week too. The box of 20 Space Marines comes with all the usual fare, plus the disintegrator weapons. Unfortunately we don't get sprue pics anymore, but it would be interesting if the disintergators are on a seperate sprue. Now what would a new edition be without rules. SO many rules. ALL the rules. Having read through the articles they do sound interesting, and there's a video up showing the new gameplay too, but if you want to dive in and you're not getting Age of Darkness: Saturnine, then you'll be needing the Warhammer: The Horus Heresy – Age of Darkness Rulebook. Packed with all the things you need, this will propel you into the internecine warfare that was (or "will be" - it is the far future to be fair) the Horus Heresy. When it comes to fielding your troops, you'll need one of the new Liber tomes, giving you unit rules and stats, weapon options and more. Pick from (or Hell, buy them all) ​​Liber Astartes: Loyalist Legiones Astartes Army Book, Liber Hereticus: Traitor Legiones Astartes Army Book, Liber Mechanicum: Forces of the Taghmata Army Book, Liber Auxilia: Solar Auxilia Army Book, or the Liber Questoris: Knights and Titans Army Book. Having seen some previews there doesn't seem to be a lot of new stuff since the last edition apart from changes, but if you want to play or have the most tuned up army in your display cabinet, then these books will guide you through. The other book is a new format for the Horus Heresy, it's the Journal Tactica: The Isstvan V Dropsite Massacre – Part One. This 48 page book gives background and lore to the beginning of the Dropsite Massacre, plus some new Unit Profiles and rules. This format has been one that's been needed for a long time. So has one for each Legion - which would be amazing!
In novels this week we have the (takes deep breath) The End and the Death Volume II (Paperback) The Horus Heresy: Siege of Terra Book 8: Part 2. This has been out for some time in other formats and it's pretty unfair it took this long for the paperback. If you want to read the end, then this is it. Pretty disappointing book to be honest, but others probably loved it.
In merchandise this week there's the Vengeful Spirit Map and the Carta Galactica: The Imperium of Mankind, which is how the Imperium looked at the time of the Horus Heresy.