Later update today due to being away with work, and it's interesting to see what sells out quickly doing this 12 hours after pre-orders open on this side of the world. Necromunda trumps dragons it seems!
Speaking of which, this week sees the coming of those mythical creatures to the world of Age of $igmar. The big boy of the release is the Krondys, Son of Dracothion/ Karazai the Scarred combi-kit. A truly sizeable kit, this offers two main variants of Draconith hero. As much as this is a nice kit, for us these are the true winners; the Stormdrake Guard/ Knight-Draconis combi-kit. This is a great looking kit, with again limited variants, but this is sure to be a hit. Damn Stormcast keep getting better and better!
From high Fantasy to the darkest of places in the Necromunda Underhive with this week's release of the new Necromunda: Book of the Outcast expansion. This lets you field what would have once been called the Scum Gangers. Always a very cool part of the story, and with this release here's hoping the Upper Hive gangs aren't far behind. A nice addition for this release is the Underhive Outcasts Gang, which supposedly has lots of weapon options, but they don't seem that evident by the sprues. Interesting aside here - these are now listed as No Longer Available... New terrain for Necromunda too, with the Zone Mortalis: Underhive Market. Very keen on this for an upcoming project! There is of course the themed Necromunda: Underhive Outcasts Gang Tactics Cards, and curiously this is now listed as No Longer Available too!
Remember that one scene in Lord of the Rings in Balin's Tomb? Well you can now play that one scene, over and over again. Why? I mean if this was part of a string of releases where you could join them all together and have a huge narrative arc, then cool, but this does not seem to be that. Still it comes with the core minis and that's cool!
​Blood Bowl, you sneaky thing you, has a whole new incarnation - Space Hulk. No, seriously, Hero Quest. NOOO! It's called Dungeon Bowl and it's Blood Bowl... but in a dungeon! Other Blood Bowl things on show this week include the Goblin Pitch – Double-sided Pitch and Dugouts Set, Goblin Team Dice Set and of course the Goblin Team Card Pack. 
​Last week was a Made To Order weekend, and not wanting to be left out, this weekend we get some classic Chaplain sculpts for your Space Marines. These are actually nice models, so if you want to get the Chaplain with Crozius and Bolt Pistol, Chaplain with Crozius and Plasma Pistol, Chaplain with Crozius and Power Fist or the Chaplain with Skull Helmet, then start ordering!
Speaking of dudes in black, if you got all excited about the Black Templars the other week, then this week you can pick up the Black Templars Parade Ready Paint Bundle and start painting!
In book pre-orders this week, the rather splendid looking Forges of Mars Special Edition Boxed Set Collection is upon us, as is the rather less impressive but available Steel Tread in paperback.
Now who doesn't love stupid trinkets? GW sure does, so this week you can order these new Starforged products - Bolt Round Keyring, Imperial Aquila Purity Seal Pin Badge, Sigmarite Shield Keyring, Ultramarines Ultima Storm Shield Keyring, Khornate Shield Keyring or ​Melta Bomb Keyring. Never have your keys been so dangerous, or so imbued with nerd cred!

This morning Games Workshop released a statement on Warhammer Community, making their previous statements about inclusivity and zero tolerance for extremism in the Community pale into insignificance. We weren't aware of the root of this, but thankfully a reader sent us the context - this - which shone a light on the explicit nature of extremism in the hobby. Now for most of us, we are probably far away from this either geographically or in terms of our experience, but as the Australian Federal Police have said, violent Right Wing Extremism is the fastest growing form of TERRORISM they are seeing. That transposed onto Europe must be in the magnitude of multitudes, a Europe that suffered greatly under this specific brand of extremism. What is quite extraordinary is GW giving us a very explicit view of the universe we visit in the hobby. They have set the stage so it is abundantly clear that WH40K is about life and conflict in an oppressive state built on zealotry dictated by a bureaucracy that is divining guidance from a corpse. Beardys will understand the inherent satire that has always been part of the universe, and we wonder if this statement will stick. 
You will notice I've chosen to use the word "extremism" here, as this could apply to any extremism (religious, political etc) but we're talking Nazis. Those losers who still follow a regime that lost their fight and their appeal because it was fundamentally flawed. The inherent nature of we as humans is about fairness and justice not oppression and genocide.

It's a Made To Order this week, with the Warhammer Commemorative Series: Holga Clovenhorn making a reappearance. This is a really cool model with one of the best faces in Warhammer today. Great model, steep price, but ultimately tempting, despite that stupid horn!
The undisputed stars of Made To Order are the Lord of the Rings/ Middle-earth range and this week we see probably the nicest set out of the entire older range, The White Council reappear. This is an awesome set, have a look at those likenesses! Less exciting are the Mirkwood Elf Captains, Thranduil, the Elvenking, Kârdush the Firecaller, Twilight Ringwraiths.
Meanwhile in Forge World-land, the Van Saars get one of the oddest anime-inspired powersuits with the Van Saar Arachni-rig. To us it looks unstable, but the far future is a weird and wonderful place for technology. Also for Van Saar this week are two great looking models, the Van Saar Champions in Mesh and Flak Armour and something a little weirder, the ​Van Saar Champion in Carapace Armour with Cyberachnids.

Black Templars get some reinforcements from last week with some great looking minis and a brand new Black Templars Codex, which comes in Cleanse the Populace Collector's Edition or Back in Black  Standard Edition.
Led by the new Primaris-ed High Marshal Helbrecht, an amazing model with so much presence, we also see the return of the Black Templars' very own Chaplain Grimaldus (also Primaris-ed by the look of him) & his Retinue.
A Black Templars force wouldn't be a force without a Black Templars Marshal, and what a cool model it is with optional heads and weapons. John Blanche's rotund Black Templars Castellan comes to life as well, plus the much-hyped Emperor's Champion. Taking up the elite slot we have the Black Templars Sword Brethren, robed for your ocular pleasure. There's also the Primaris Crusader Squad and the rather nice Black Templars: Upgrades and Transfers set. Like the look of the Black Templars? Well dive into the Combat Patrol: Black Templars which comes with a nice collection of models from the new range. There are of course the standard Datacards and Black Templars Dice Set, plus if you want to go all out, then there are a few collections too - the High Marshal's Collection, the Black Templars Army Box Reinforcements Collection and the Sword Brethren Collection.
Like Space Marines and feel like some zealotry in your force? Well go no further than this new plastic ​Space Marines Chaplain, who - like almost all the Black Templars - is trying to stab the sky...
It's a ​White Dwarf week, with issue 470 on the shelves next week, plus a new Iron Snakes novel, Urdesh: The Magister and the Martyr in hardback, and in mech there's the Koyo: Warhammer Age of Sigmar – Mystery Faction Pin Badge.
++ Heads Up - The Black Templars all have a November 26th release date on them ++

The launch of Warcry: Red Harvest not only sees two awesome, diverse and dynamic factions, but also a large set of new (and some would say very situationally-specific) scenery. These two new factions will be popular, so it will be interesting to see how this sells, especially at this quite high price point.
Warhammer 40K sees the conclusion of the Octarius War with Critical Mass which includes rules for Blood Axes Orks, Rogue Trader crews, and the Speed Mob Army of Renown. Rules for Rogue Trader crews is really interesting, its a pity it's stuck in this book and not it's own supplement. War Zone Octarius: Book 2 – Critical Mass comes in Collector's Edition and Standard Edition, plus there's also a set of Critical Mass Dice.
The Necromunda Weapons & Upgrades continue to roll out, this time with Cawdor. From what I've seen most people seem to use Cawdor to convert into other things (like Skitarii) so be interesting to see how these go. Must admit we're very keen for an Enforcers Weapons & Upgrades set!
Like Warcry, Blood Bowl adds another layer to the world of Warhammer Age of $igmar, this week adding the second Khorne team - The Skull-tribe Slaughterers - to the ranks. The first is of course the venerable Chaos Chosen Doom Lords. THis new Khornate team sees the addition of Khorne Team Dice, a Team Card Pack plus the very skull-adorned Khorne Team Double-sided Pitch and Dugouts Set. The next edition of Spike! Journal is out too, with Issue 13 (13 for Khorne, how appropriate) out next week.
The last mini release for this week is the Da Red Gobbo and Bounca, all Xmas-ed up and ready to bounce down your chimney and into your heart! The Red Gobbo also has a new novel out this week with Da Gobbo's Revenge in hardback.
In other book news, Space Wolves focused The Wolftime is coming in Special Edition and paperback,  
Marvel: Warhammer 40,000 Sisters of Battle Comic #3 is coming next week, and last but not least is the Black Library Advent Calendar 2021 packed with 24 lovely black library prints.

Warhammer Day brings us some great releases this year, with something for almost everyone! The exclusive miniatures this year are the Primaris Lieutenant with Storm Shield and Vampire Lord Anasta Malkorion. Both lovely models, with the vamp coming with an alternate arm and the Primaris coming with a helmeted head option. He would make an amazing standard bearer let me add!
The main release this week, however, is the next installment of Kill Team - Kill Team: Chalnath, bringing fledgling Adepta Sororitas up against advanced scouts of the Tau Empire. Seeing Tau getting love so early was initially very exciting, but on closer inspection it's really just an extra sprue added to the existing Tau Pathfinders kits (see below). One would assume that will make it's way into the set at some point anyway. Chalnath also includes some older scenery that was discontinued, so grab it while you can! Of course this release also sees two dice sets, one for the Tau Empire and one for the Adepta Sororitas.   
Also getting some love this week is Adeptus Titanicus in the form of the Adeptus Titanicus: Traitor Legios book and the massive Warmaster Iconoclast Heavy Battle Titan. This is a great kit to build and paint. I thoroughly enjoyed making mine and it looks amazing alongside the rest of the models. As Titan Legions go, the Traitors have some of the most complicated heraldry, so thankfully there's some decal sheets coming out too - one each for Legio Fureans, Legio Krytos, and Legio Tempestus.
I you enjoy this scale, then Aeronautica Imperialis could be for you with the very first appearance of a plastic Thunderhawk Gunship and their smaller cousins the Fire Raptors. Have a feeling a lot of these will end up as scenery in Titanicus games... 
We all love hobby supplies - and we have some this week that will surprise. First up is the Citadel Painting Handle XL, very handy for the large models which are a pain to try to hold and not break while painting. There's also the Citadel Colour Assembly Stand (which is just weird), the Citadel Colour Spray Stick and a brand new one, the Citadel Colour Sub-assembly Holder allowing you to glue small bits to and then paint. A few people have said this just replicates using old sprue, but we'd be keen to try this. 
In books we have Inferno! Presents: The Inquisition and the paperback of Stormvault.
Horus Heresy is getting some love lately from Forge World after a storm of criticism from the Community. This week it's the Trump-faced Remus Ventanus. This is a striking miniature, and if you use the helmeted option a pretty perfect miniature!

Did someone say "Middle Earth"? No?? Well you're getting some anyway with the rerelease of some of the early Lord of the Rings minis. Lórien Elf Commanders, Galadhrim Elf Commanders, Castellans of Dol Guldur, Spiders of Middle-earth, Ringwraiths of Angmar, Thráin the Broken and Gandalf the Grey, Wood Elf Sentinels, Vanquishers of the Necromancer, The Spider Queen of Mirkwood all make a reappearance!

Alrighty - well here we are with the Tau Pathfinders from Kill Team: Chalnath. This was an exciting glimpse of something new for Tau players, but on closer inspection, this is really housed all on one sprue. So the question is, will it be packaged in with the existing Tau Pathfinders kit from 2017 at some pint - like the upgrade sprue for the Imperial Guard - or will it only live in this box - and are you willing to take the risk? The other thing about this set is that it effectively makes the rules for Tau in the Kill Team Compendium null and void (wasn't that a good purchase? NO!!) with this sprue and the rules giving you the same classes that the Orks and Krieg dudes have in the recent Kill Team release. Seeing this coming, our Tau Kill Team already had planned for the classes to be brought across to all factions, so a lot of kitbashing has made this sprue not really worth the money, despite the cool bits...

Well here we go again, new Stormcast Eternals, blah blah blah, yawn! Bust wait, what's this? Are these miniatures actually holding our attention? Are these... good? Well, it seems the evolution of the Stormcast Eternals has truly happened. First premiering in Age of $igmar: Dominion, now we get to buy the minis in a more economical and poseable way, plus we get some new heroes! First shiny-boi off the block is the afore-mentioned Lord-Commander Bastian Carthalos - Sigmar's right-hand man, now a battlefield presence. Great looking model with awesome looking helmet and weapon options. He shadowed by a dodgy looking character, the Knight-Relictor, another great looking character model. Both of these guys would be flanked in battle by the Praetors, shiny dudes and dudettes who will slap you back to Christmas 1988. Sadly these are push-fit, but maybe one day there will be proper ones. We also have new troops - the Vanquishers, Vigilors (with some awesome head options), the Vindictors and last but not least, the Annihilators/ Annihilators with Meteoric Grandhammers combi-kit!
Into Fantasy but prefer the swampy feel? Well the Man-Skewer Boltboyz and Hobgrot Slittaz may be more your cup of tea. Both from the Age of $igmar: Dominion box (still available) these are also push-fit kits. 
Middle-earth gets a few newies too - with the lovely Witch-king of Angmar (who comes both mounted and on foot - an awesome idea for character models), some great scenery with the Ruins of Dol Guldur, and some of the nicest dice we have seen for a while - the Dol Guldur and Angmar Dice Sets. These releases come off the back of the new Fall of the Necromancer expansion.
In books this week we have The Accursed now in paperback.
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​It may look like we're missing some stuff this week, but Australian and New Zealand customers are having some products delayed, so scroll down for more if you're lucky enough to be out of this region.

Three cool releases from Forge World this week - Blood Bowl Star Players - Kreek ‘the Verminator’ Rustgouger and Wilhelm Chaney. Adeptus Titanicus also gets a new Titan, the ​Mechanicum Acastus Knight Asterius. Strange choice to do this in resin, when they could just gassed it around the plastic version.

Two products on the international releases this week, but not on the Australia/New Zealand schedule are the Warhammer 40,000 Space Marine Chibi Advent Calendar and ​Koyo Faction Pin Badges Series 2. We were originally pretty jazzed about the advent calendar... and then we saw the price!

Everyone's favourite Age of $igmar off-shoot, Warhammer Underworlds has a new expansion - Harrowdeep with two new units, Xandire's Truthseekers and Da Kunnin' Krew which builds on the recent swampy Orcs aesthetic. If you buy this through the GW webstore, you'll also get the Warhammer Underworlds: Harrowdeep Acrylic Token Set. Games Workshop have also relisted some of the warbands Nurgle's The Wurmspat  (with the fan-favourite Plumed Pointy Stick Guy), Slaanesh's The Dread Pageant, those pesky Skaeth’s Wild Hunt Wood Elves, ghoulish Grymwatch, Rippa's Snarlfangs, the heavily armoured Morgok’s Krushas, Myari’s Purifiers, the frankly spectacular Morgwaeth's Blade-coven, Hrothgorn’s Mantrappers, and the surprisingly characterful Beastmen of Grashrak’s Despoilers.
In the world of 40K, War Zone Octarius expands with Book 1: Rising Tide, which comes in Collector's Edition or Standard Edition and includes rules for Tyranids, Deathwatch, and Astra Militarum. There's also the Crusade Mission Pack: Containment with 21 brand new Planetstrike missions for Crusade campaign games, new Stratagems, Battle Traits and Agendas. There's also the pretty purple War Zone Octarius: Rising Tide Dice Set.
Some Citadel Colour scenics hit the shelves next week with the Mordian Corpsegrass and Verdia Veldt Tufts. Interesting to se how these weigh up against the Gamer Grass tufts, which are excellent!
Marvel have the next Warhammer 40,000 Sisters of Battle Issue 2 out and we forgot this last week, but the paperback of Mortis - The Horus Heresy: Siege of Terra Book 5 is out! Sorry about that.

In the world of Forge World, Horus Heresy seems to be slowly back on the boil - despite the delay in the books as promised last week - with the Sons of Horus Legion Praetor and a rerelease of the ​Legion MKIV Destroyer Squad. No word if the Destroyers have been retooled, but this is a nice scheme on them.

The Black Templars have been a favourite of many for a long time. The black-clad, robe-wearing exemplars of justice and piety striding forth to serve the Emperor's justice. Really they're the Space Marine version of the Sisters of Battle - looking forward to getting flamed for that! Well the launch box for the Black Templars in this version of Warhammer 40K is here with the Black Templars Army Set sporting 12 new models, all Primaris-ed up, including some Scouts/ Initiates. The set also comes with the cards, a Codex and more. Similar pricing to the Sisters of Battle box, these minis and are also multi-pose which is awesome! 
Away from 40K, there's two legacy Blood Bowl releases - the Amazon Team and the Tomb Kings Team, both of which deserve an update in the current game. It's really odd that GW haven't done more with Amazons, especially considering her popularity of Escher in Necromunda. 
Next week is also a White Dwarf week, so if need to fill your recycling bin, here's an opportunity! 

With a slow week in the world of Games Workshop, Forge World have brought out two new sets for Aeronautica Imperialis - the Adeptus Astartes Ground Assets and the Aeldari Ground Assets.

The recent release of the JOY TOY Space Marines Ultramarines Incursors and Vanguard Space Marines Ultramarines Infiltrators Action Figures has caused a bit of a storm - actual well produced Games Workshop action figures, well that's a nice change! 
Well you'll be happy to know there's more on the way. Courtesy of the MiniWars blog we have these pictures of the upcoming Blood Angels units, and they look pretty amazing.

Aeronautica Imperialis has been a fun little distraction for hobbyists, and with talk that both Adeptus Titanicus and this little game of little planes may be wrapping up in 2022, the release of the new expansion, Wrath of Angels has come as a rather nice event. Sporting Space Marine and Aeldari/ Asuryani planes, this is sure to be popular, especially with the level of lovely detail.
Also available separately from the set are the planes themselves, with the Asuryani Nightwing Squadron (which sports optional variable wing positions) and the Asuryani Phoenix Bomber Squadron really standing out in terms of detail and aesthetic. Of course they also get the Aircraft and Aces – Asuryani Cards and a wraithbone-inspired Asuryani Dice Set. Everyone's favourite xenophobic armoured thugs also get a go with the Adeptus Astartes Xiphon Interceptor Squadron and Storm Eagle Squadron out too, supported by the Adeptus Astartes Cards and Dice Set. There's also the Outer Reaches Area of Engagement Board to use your existing aircraft on, and the older Imperial Navy & Ork Air Waaagh! Ground Assets have been rereleased after a bit of a hiatus.
It was only a few weeks ago that we have the Orlock Weapons Upgrades for Necromunda, well this well we have Van Saar Weapons & Upgrades. Not as big a fan of these, but I'm sure they will have their fans.
After seeing the JOYTOY action figures last week, the crappy McFarlane Toys action figures are looking pretty naff (don't say we didn't tell you), but this week we get the Adepta Sororitas The Order of the Bloody Rose Battle Sister, Necrons Flayed One, and Necrons Flayed One Artists' Proof Action Figures. 
Books books, many books with the very nicely presented new The Twice-dead King: Ruin in green-bound pages Special Edition or the standard Hardback. There's also the ​Silent Hunters in Paperback and some Hardback Horus Heresy books; The Path of Heaven, The Silent War, Angels of Caliban, Praetorian of Dorn and Corax. 
Merchandising - what a blast, and now we move into the realm of plushies... Do you like Nurgle? DO you want to hug Nurgle? Well you can enjoy this little cutie, the KOYO Warhammer 40,000 Nurgling Plush.
With the UK opening up after COVID, tickets are back for Warhammer World, so you can get the Warhammer World Exhibition Dioramas Book Bundle or just go for one of the different tickets available. Fun and games for the whole family!

This week sees the big Boyz in the new beasty-Orks range, with the commanders out in force in what is a really nicely detailed kit. The Mozrog Skragbad/ Beastboss on Squigosaur combi-kit is deceptively large and both the rider options are awesome - one more tribal and the other heavily augmented. Probably the biggest vehicle kit GW has released in some years, the Kill Rig/ Hunta Rig is sizeable, and would be an absolute pain to transport to a game, however it's an amazing centrepiece and with the option to probably field more than one, the Orks are really going to be making a splash on the gaming tales and Golden Demon's this year. Sporting some awesome bionic legs, the new Painboss is a great looking model, and he has a cute little minion too!
When GW started licensing their IP wider, they picked a very smart action figure maker in JOYTOY. Probably the leader in articulated action figures today, the quality of their finished product is really impressive, so the new Vanguard Space Marines Ultramarines Incursors and Infiltrators action figure sets should be awesome. Word on the street is a November release, so we'll see if that blows out. Each set has four figures, so keep an eye on the bitz market for some awesome customisable options.
After a long wait, the next Horus Heresy Siege of Terra novel is coming. Bringing the White Scars Legion and their Primarch into the picture Warhawk comes in Limited Edition and Hardback. If you want it, grab it quickly because it will disappear.

I have to admit, the new Orcs have not created much excitement here, BUT, when I saw this model up close this morning and the options - it was a must-buy. The Swampboss Skumdrekk/ Snatchaboss on Sludgeraker Beast combi-kit not only offers these two models, but carries so much character in the stead itself, and for a fair price. it's not the only Orc combi-kit this week, there's also the Gobsprakk, The Mouth of Mork/ Killaboss on Corpse-rippa Vulcha bringing you the options to make one of two leaders. The model itself isn't huge, but the wing span gives it presence. Interestingly the price point is quite high, making it lose to Primarch pricing. The Swampy-Orcs also get the creepy-looking Marshcrawla Sloggoth, which has multiple crew and weapon options, but really, wouldn't you get nightmares just painting this? There's a new unit of Gutrippaz too, different from the ones in the starter set, with both spears or swords and axes. These are actually quite nice, and I'm being very good not being tempted. The forces of Order have some terrain this week, and if most of it looks familiar, you'd be right - the Domicile Shell, Domicile Shell with Winch and Guardian Idol are all available in the cheaper option (so pick this up while it's till around): Warhammer Age of Sigmar: Extremis Edition – Realmscape Expansion Set. There is also the Nexus Syphon which could be nice converted into all manner of scenery if you're not into the gleaming white look.

It's a pretty big week for Age of $igmar, with the two main contenders for this edition - the steadfast Stormcast and the new-look Orruk Warclans getting some additions and splits from the boxed edition to add to their forces. You think that would be enough to get our attention, but something that really got our attention was the new faction dice on pre-release this week, and how lacklustre they are! GW used to do amazing dice - think back to the Custodes, the Beastmen, Slaanesh and of course the Gloomspite Gitz. But it has to be said that these new dice look very cheap, boring, obviously not from their usual manufacturer. It's a real shame as their previous efforts always sold well, and looked great on the table. Everything about these new dice looks off; the finish, the colour (especially on the Chaos and Destruction ones) - they just lack the quality we are used to getting. Not sure what bean counter thought this move was a good idea, but for us it's a real drop in quality that wasn't needed.  

Alrighty, Age of $igmar peeps, your time has come - Sigmar's merry band of gold-rod muscle dudes and dudettes are here with their Battletome, which comes in Chromed and Ready To Rumble Limited Edition and Hail To The Chief Standard Edition. There's two amazing new models for the Stormcast too - both push-fit (which makes you wonder if they were meant for the boxed set), the Knight-Judicator with Gryph-hounds and Stormstrike Chariot. The Knight-Judicator comes with alternative heads and it has to be said, GW do a great job of chariots - those are bot excellent models. There's also two older releases boxed together in the form of the Stormcast Eternals: Masters of the Sacrosanct. The Stormcast of course get their Warscroll Cards and a set of rather nice Stormcast Eternals Dice Set.  Now in the red corner we have the Orruk Warclans. Clearly drawing heavily on GW's experience making Lord of the Rings models, this new-look Orc faction have their new Battletome which comes in Rusted Blade Limited Edition and Recycled Armour is the new Black Standard Edition. There's a spectacular leader model for these guys - the Breaka-boss on Mirebrute Troggoth, which despite being snap fit, comes with head options for both the boss and his rather large friend. There's also the Beast-skewer Killbow which is a very detailed BRUTAL kit! Of course our friends get their Warscroll Cards and a set of comparatively boring Orruk Warclans Dice.
Speaking of dice, here they are in all their non-glory. As mentioned above there's sets for Grand Alliance Order, Grand Alliance Death, Grand Alliance Chaos (yuck!), and Grand Alliance Destruction.
It's a week for dice, because everyone's favourite sexy Elves, the Dark Elves, get some love in the Blood Bowl world with the Dark Elf Team Dice, the Dark Elf Team Card Pack and the Dark Elf Team – Double-sided Pitch and Dugouts. Why don't the Dark Elves get more love? They picked Order in the Ao$ universe so they got boring... or did they?
In books we have the new dogfighting Double Eagle in Special Edition, the paperback version of Direchasm, and this month's ​White Dwarf comes with a transfer sheet for the Includes lore and rules for the Wolfspear, the Space Wolves Primaris successor Chapter. Literally the only reason to buy WD.

Orks were the first enemy in the early days of Warhammer 40K, not canonically, but certainly in the battle reports and fleshed out in a miniatures range. They have a rich history that's been layered over decades of change and evolution, with clans and heroes, great battles and epic rivalries - but this update of the Orks in the Warhammer 40K universe seems to be a whimper, not a storm. Overshadowed by Warhammer+, the sworn enemies of the Tau, greatest scourge of the Imperium (arguably alongside the Tyranids), the unstoppable tide, has been lost. Lackluster response to the new Beast Snaggas, and almost no attention to the excellent new Combat Patrol with new plastic Boyz is sad to see. Will this be a release lost amongst all the others? Looking at the content of the Combat Patrol, the new Boyz and their Warboss look like they were meant to be half of a battlebox possibly cancelled. The Orks do deserve better, and if you look back at the rich tapestry of lore, especially in the late 80s and early 90s, this release has been given little respect - respect earned over a long time, purely by he creative energy of many over the years let alone the hobbyists and fans who have kept their spirit alive while others have been given more love.

It seems kind of odd that Orks, of all races would get a Collector's Edition of their Codex. If anything they should get one that's all torn and damaged - but none the less, there is indeed a new Ork Codex which comes in Grot-Stomper Collector's Edition and Dakka-dakka Standard Edition. As mentioned above there is a very cool new Combat Patrol with 20 new Boyz, and new Warboss, new Deffkoptas and an older Deff Dread. These new Boyz, by the way, are snap-fit - another pointer to them potentially being from another set and repurposed for this box. The Beast Snaggas are getting another run, this time with the Ork Beast Snagga Boyz and the Squighog Boyz/ Nob on Smasha Squig combi-kit. The awesome Beastboss is also here, with his magic-endowed offsider Zodgrod Wortsnagga and an old favourite for many the Big Mek With Kustom Force Field. Speaking of older, the amazing Battlewagon/ Gunwagon/ Bonebreaka combi-kit is back. Truly one of the quintessential Ork kits, this is such a brilliant model and a huge hit when it was first released. There's an extra piece of Ork terrain if you didn't pick up Kill Team Octarius, the Big'ed Bossbunka. Of course, with any update there is the Orks Dice Set and Datacards.

With the flurry of excitement around Kill Team over the last few weeks, it's a very quiet week from GW this week, so we've branched out this week, including some new Horus Heresy from Forgeworld.
But first, Warhammer Underworlds has been a big success for Games Workshop, and the latest incarnation - Direchasm – is now sporting single combat scenarios with Arena Mortis. No new minis, but you do get new upgrade cards and a double-sided game board. For the Destruction players there's also some really ugly dice with the Direchasm Grand Alliance Destruction Dice Pack.
In books this week we get a rather nice surprise with the Art of Warhammer Age of Sigmar and Warhammer Fantasy Battles
bringing us pretty pictures for inspiration and amazement from covers and batteltomes across that universe. If reading is more you thing, then Sanction & Sin in paperback might get your short story buzz on - another good things for inspiration!

With the lack of GW miniatures, and the seeming influx of Horus Heresy content, there are two new reinforcements for the Imperial Fists - an ​Imperial Fists Legion Terminator Praetor and Imperial Fists Legion Praetor in MK III plate. Both are nicely dynamic poses, and with the MKVI set ideally appearing soon, it's potentially a great time for Heresy gamers. Fear not other Legions, for you are also being served, with the updated Legion Graviton Gun Set.

Just in time for the "you'll all get a box of Kill Team if you order it... oh oops, we're selling out and we still have the Australian and NZ warehouse so they might miss out", the warehouse for Australia and New Zealand has reopened to orders. Distribution we will see about, but orders it is open to!

Well here we are, week 2 of Kill Team pre-orders, which sees two bundles added to the list from last week, the Kill Team Essentials Collection and the Kill Team Rules Collection.
The big release this week, however, is the BANDAI: Ultramarines Captain Action Figure. Two things to really note about this figure - how incredibly plastic it looks compared to the previous releases (have a look at that awful ammunition belt) and the price. Unless this is a mistake, you could buy an entire army for $500+ AUD it's listed at. Makes us wonder how this will sell, or if it will add to the disquiet in the community around GW prices...

With the ranked battle version of Warhammer in it's Old World form coming from Forge World, it's interesting to see skirmish games coming from the main studio - Warcry, Silver Tower and the Underworlds series, Necromunda and more. This week it's Warhammer 40K's turn with the reinvention of Kill Team, alongside the promise of a whole new combat system. It is interesting to see this not only having a two week delivery window, but also the rules, dice and extra bits from the boxed game being offered in the same week as the box release. And with the promise of add-ons each quarter (see below) this could be the 40K Warcry, which would be amazing!!

The big-mutha release is of course the boxed game - Warhammer 40,000 Kill Team: Octarius. With brand new Orks and plastic Krieg, all with multiple weapon options, and Ork terrain (some re-used) this is a hefty box for many a 40K player. Now if, like us, you want to ply the game but don't need the box, then happily you can pick up the Kill Team Core Book and the Kill Team Compendium - which contains the rules for 19 different factions, plus how to use the new "Ploy" system in Kill Team missions. You can also get the Tac Ops Cards and the Killzone Essentials. Now if you do buy the box, then you may get one of the limited edition Kill Team: Octarius Metal Combat Gauge. If you're a dice fa, then get excited as there are dice for Death Korps of Krieg, the Ork Kommandos, Adeptus Astartes (featuring the old Angels of Death icon) and the forces of Chaos.
In books we have the new Helwinter Gate in hardback, the Covens of Blood in paperback, and the latest version of the fan-favourite The Chronicles of Malus Darkblade: Volume One in paperback.
It's also a White Dwarf week with Issue 467.
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## For Australian and New Zealand hobbyists, the distribution point in this neck of the woods stays closed (and by the sounds of today will do for some time) but stockists like Mighty Ape and Emerald Hobbies amongst others can sort you out ##

Welcome to this week's pre-orders, and for those of us in Australia and New Zealand - zero way of ordering. Have to feel sorry for New Zealand and the parts of Australia not in lockdown! Wonder if this will see a change of policy in terms of distribution in this neck of the woods.
This week sees the release of the Hexfire boxed set, and with the seeming lacklustre performance of Age of $igmar: Dominion, it will be interesting to see how this goes. In fact seeing the price point on what is effectively a box of old minis with two new characters, it will be truly interesting to see how strong this release is - being two pretty niche forces, though thematically well tied together. 

The release of Hexfire sees two witchy-poo forces go up against each other, with two brand new characters leading the charge. This box is of course a great excuse for the release of two new Codex - one for Grey Knights, plus their Dice and Datacards - and one for the Thousand Sons, plus their Dice (which you'd kind of expect to be sparkly) and Datacards
Now if you're a big fan of either side, then you might decide to go for one of the deluxe bundles - the Shining Ceramite Collection with the game and all the Grey Knights goodies plus a pretty print, or the All Is Dust Collection with the game and all the Thousand Sons wonderments and print!
Blood Bowl keeps rumbling along, with the Shambling Undead Double-sided Pitch and Dugouts set plus the Undead Team Dice Set and Team Card Pack.
In books we have the very on-brand paperback version of Deathwatch: The Long Vigil, some Blood Angel-goodness in Darkness in the Blood in paperback, two of the tweens-focussed books Battle for the Soulspring: Book 6 and Tomb of the Necron: Book 6, speaking of Necrons the paperback of The Infinite and The Divine is coming, and Broken City gets it's paperback release. Now of course if you're down under, then you can look but not touch - so enjoy the look!

The release of the Sisters of Battle forces hase been a bit of a weird one - the deluxe box followed by intermittent releases, but today it all comes to an end with the final miniatures previewed all those months ago. It's actually quite a good time to get in, as the Combat Patrol: Adepta Sororitas has the backbone of a force, plus the release next week of the Castigator to give them some extra hitting power. The Sisters also get a new character in the shape of Aestred Thurga, Reliquant at Arms, who not only has a great banner, but an offsider who reminds is of Baldrick from Blackadder!
Talking of staggered releases, the update to the Delaque gang is here, with the new Necromunda: House Of Shadow which gives background and new forces to the gang of assassins, including the new Delaque Nacht-Ghul, Psy-Gheists and Piscean Spektor minis - which are weird and kind of cool, but a pretty sizeable departure from the minis we have seen before. Of course what would a release be with the requisite House of Shadow Dice and Delaque Gang Tactics Cards. In other Necromunda news, there's a great new weapon upgrade set, the Orlock Weapons & Upgrades, which not only gives you upgrades for them, but arms with rolled up sleeves - converters go forth and buy!!
There's some reissue scenery coming next week in the Battlezone: Mechanicus – Charadon. If you want to get these bits indiviudually, you can pick them up as the Battlezone: Mechanicus – Battlefield, Battlezone: Mechanicus – Ferratonic Furnace, Battlezone: Mechanicus – Galvanic Magnavent, and Battlezone: Mechanicus – Transterranic Gantries. On their own they're a bit useless, so having them together is actually quite good. There's also the new Battlezone: Mechanicum – Terrain Datasheet Cards.
In merch news, we have the Siege of Terra: Lion’s Gate Space Port Map, which you can add to your existing Horus Heresy maps, and in books it's the paperback version of ​The First Wall The Horus Heresy: Siege of Terra Book 3, which I think is the third of fourth version of this book that's been released.

Over the past couple of weeks, with Age of $igmar Dominion still on the shelves, we asked the question if this release had failed. Well today, the Age of $igmar Dominion boxed set went into Last Chance to Buy - probably the first time a box of this size and "importance" has done so.

Do you like your exclusive hero minis? Well this week both Warhammer 4oK and Age of $igmar get a pretty nifty release, with the Necron Lord Hasmoteph the Resplendent (he of the squashed head) and the Stormcast Knight-Questor Dacian Anvil on their way.
With Dominion ushering in a new version of Age of $igmar, the starter sets are upon us - Warhammer Age of Sigmar Extremis Starter Set, Warhammer Age of Sigmar Harbinger Starter Set, and the Warhammer Age of Sigmar Warrior Starter Set, all offering different levels to get involved in. If you're new to Age of $igmar, then the Getting Started With Warhammer Age of Sigmar magazine and mini set is fun and a great gift for any kids or a mate you want to get involved in the hobby. There's new paint sets too - the Warhammer Age of Sigmar: Paint + Tools Set, the Stormcast Eternals Vindictors + Paints Set and the Orruk Warclans Gutrippaz + Paints Set.
If terrain is more your thing, then this brand new Warhammer Age of Sigmar: Extremis Edition – Realmscape Expansion Set is a really interesting addition with some cool pieces that take it away from some of the tolder sets. There's also the Penumbral Engine if you'd like a bit of an older fave atop something you've constructed.
There's also two magical sets, the combined Warhammer Age of Sigmar: Malign Sorcery and Nagash-themed Warhammer Age of Sigmar: Forbidden Power.
In books we have the Thunderstrike & Other Stories in paperback and the paperback version of ​Indomitus.