"He's a rebel, and he'll never ever be any good..." so sang The Crystals back in the dim dark past, and this week your favourite Tau naughty-boy gets an upgrade. Always on the campaign, this time fighting Orks, Commander Farsight has found himself embroiled in the Arks of Omen storyline with Arks of Omen: Farsight - which comes in Red Goes Faster Collectors Edition and But You Just Don't Understand, Dad Standard Edition. As the story progresses there are also new rules, giving us yet another glimpse of the changes coming in the recently-announced 10th Edition. 
If you want to get involved with this infamous Tau commander and his retinue of red-clad cool kids, then the new Boarding Patrol: T'au Empire will give you your first look at Farsight's new mech suit - and it's pretty stunning! A very nice upgrade to the previous model, there are new elements on here, very nicely melded with the classic look. There's a look of the Infinity range about this miniature, which is no bad thing. While you're there, go pick up the Arks of Omen: Farsight Enclaves Dice Set which features his icon. Speaking of icon, it's interesting GW didn't release an upgrade sprue with shoulder pads and chest pieces for this release. It makes sense!
This is not the only Boarding Patrol this week, with the new Boarding Patrol: Orks which includes new Boss Snikrot model and his entourage - which oddly includes Beast Snagga Boyz where you'd think the somewhat forgotten Boyz set would make more sense. There's more Boarding Patrols, including the excellent Aeldari and Drukhari ones (Eldar, why do you tempt me so?), a Necrons one that shows miniatures you can't use in Boarding Actions (well done GW! This goes back to the other week when we were saying how GW needs to stop with the copy and paste and take the time to paint up these sets differently to make them special) and one for the shiny Grey Knights. Do keep in mind that the Boarding Patrol set are limited, even though they're not marked as such.
Now if you like your Orks more than the average hobbyist, you can go all in with the Boss Snikrot's Blood Axe Kollekshun which not only includes the new Boarding Patrol, but also a further 10x Kommandos, a Bomb Squig and Distraction Grot, 10x Gretchin, 1x Runtherd, 5x Nobz, yet more Ork Transfers and a Catachan vs Orks Art Print.
Hold onto your steel hats, the Armageddon Steel Legion are back in Made To Order form, yet again! So if that tickles you in your special place, then you can order the Legion Commissar, Legion Officer with Power Sword and Bolt Pistol, Steel Legion Officer with Power Sword, Legion Sergeant, Legion Guardsman with Plasma Gun, Legion Infantry Squad, Legion Heavy Bolter Heavy Weapons Team or the larger Legion Heavy Bolter Squad, the Legion Lascannon Heavy Weapons Team or larger Legion Lascannon Squad, Legion Platoon or get amongst it with a whole lot of white metal goodness with the Armageddon Steel Legion Reinforced Platoon. Again, GW have used very old pictures here, when really a fresh paint job on these would have really brought them out.
In books we have the new Phil Kelly Tau book Shadowsun: The Patient Hunter in paperback. I'm pretty sure Shadowsun would be asking for a more flattering angle for that cover shot next time. 

It's all about Chaos this weekend, with The Hotness and The Rage getting an update and some powerful figureheads.  The almighty Slaanesh, She Who Thirsts, the Prince of Darkness and almost the only reason why GW have the colour pink in their paint range have their new Battletome, Hedonites of Slaanesh. which comes in Shimmery Satin Limited Edition and These PVC Pants Are Hot In Summer Standard Edition. Probably one of, if not THE best Slaaneshi miniature makes an appearance this week with the Lord of Hubris bringing a sense of style, panache and a very cool tactical rock to the battlefield. This is a really great mini, and manages to encapsulate so much about Slaanesh, from the sculpted body, to the exotic weapons, to the almost alien style headwear. This is a must and an amazing basis for kitbashing! WIth the Battletome we of course get the Hedonites of Slaanesh Warscroll Cards and Dice Set, plus the new Vanguard: Hedonites of Slaanesh which includes both the Blissbarb kits that are "No Longer Available" on the GW webstore.
​Away from the excess and glory that is Slaanesh and over to a whole different sort of excess - this time an excess of violence and rage! Everyone's favourite skull-collecting red-boys and red-girls from Khorne are also getting their Battletome, with Blades of Khorne coming in Sticky Red Goodness Limited Edition and Spikes for Spike's Sake Standard Edition. Like Slaanesh, Khorne also have a new champion, with the Realmgore Ritualist rocking up. Personally not a fan of this mini at all. It seems thick and chunky, lacking the finer details found on the more recent Khorne miniatures. Too much and too little all at the same time! There are of course the Blades of Khorne Warscroll Cards and Dice Set, plus the new Vanguard: Blades of Khorne. It's interesting to look at this boxed set and see the change in GW's philosophy when it comes to proportions, with these minis seeming cartoonish - which even on release was a criticism we had.
In books this week it's just the one - Warboss for you Ork (and Goblin) fans!

Forge World have the first of their resin torso upgrade kits for the plastic Contemptor Dreadnought up this week. All reworkings or redesigns, these torsos are probably just the beginning of the relaunched accessories. In a way it's a pity these aren't plastic, but that's probably not practical.
This week we can get the excellent White Scars, Imperial Fists, Iron Warriors, Dark Angels, Sons of Horus and the Emperor's Children. The White Scars and the Dark Angels were probably the most recent ones made in the previous releases, so it's interesting to see them in the first wave this time.  

The next chapter of the Arks of Omen is here, and the big-bad, Vashtorr has taken form to wreak havoc in the name of pure machine-Chaos. He's not going to win any beauty awards, but he's the centrepiece for the new boxed set to accompany this new expansion. Wrath of the Soul Forge King includes not only Vashtorr, but host of machine abominations and human cultists (which makes no sense to us, but okay) against the Emperor's Finest, The First First, the Dark Angels, who are led by the now Primaris-ified Supreme Grand Master Azrael and his force of Deathwing Terminators and Dark Angel legionaries. Seems like an okay set, but not going to blow anyone away, especially with Vashtorr not being able to be fielded in the Boarding Actions combat. Small hole in the plan there! As for the fluff around Vashtorr and his parts in the current Arks of Omen story, the Arks of Omen: Vashtorr book is available in Where's The Boss? Collectors' Edition and OOOOH It's Cramped In Here Standard Edition. To accompany the new book and the new boxed set, there's a very nice set of Arks of Omen: Vashtorr Dice too. 
​Now Vashtorr might not fight in the corridors of the space hulks, but there are plenty who do, as these four new Boarding Patrols prove - one each for the Genestealer Cults, Death Guard, Adeptus Mechanicus, and Chaos Daemons. Not bad little sets for either their intended purpose, or as force multipliers for your existing armies. 
Something else that is too big to fight in the corridors of the space hulks, are Imperial Knights, who this week get new dice sets - one for Imperial Knights and one for the Chaos Knights!
Horus Heresy fans delight in having a crappy difficult and awkwardly heavy resin kit replaced with a lovely new near-identical plastic kit of the Typhon Heavy Siege Tank. What a beauty she is too! It is interesting that this kit only comes with the Dreadhammer and not the turbo-laser destroyer variant like the Vindicator does. That would make a pretty great multi-kit.
It's been a while since we have had some new plastic Lord of the Rings, and this week we have two sets - the flexible Gothmog, Lieutenant of Sauron, who has multiple weapon and accessory options and the Faramir, Madril and Damrod, Rangers of Ithilien set that provides you with dynamic poses in almost mini diorama type poses, which is a lovely touch.
In books this week we have the beautifully presented Cypher: Lord of the Fallen in Limited Edition, Knight of Talassar: The Cato Sicarius Omnibus, and Ahriman: Eternal in paperback.
It's also a White Dwarf week with Issue 486 out on Friday.

Unfortunately Forge World haven't put the links up for these on their site yet, but we have some Horus Heresy goodness this week, with Alpha Legion's very own Exodus – The One Who Is Many and the generic Traitor Esoterist Consul on pre-order. 
Not to be outdone, there are Mk VI shoulder and head upgrades for Raven Guard and Alpha Legion, plus two different generic Character Heads Upgrade Sets. These seem like great sets with some of the best heads we've seen in some time from Forge World, who can sometimes botch them horribly. However these should be on everyone's shopping list! Be great to have these in plastic!

The Kharadron Overlords are back! Those grumpy steampunk air pirates that GW seems to have forgotten have returned with the update for the newer edition of Warhammer Age of $igmar. In the new tradition of having a character model for each new Battletome release, meet the Codewright - a mini modelled on the bane of any Facebook Group, the Neck-beard. See him there pointing to the parts where it says only men can be Space Marines? Then he's cross-referencing that with a line from a 30 year old book, saying nothing can change but accepting characters being transformed into Primaris versions of themselves. Aaaaah, how joyous! Anyway, the main focus of the release is of course the new Battletome: Kharadron Overlords which comes in Chinese Interloper Limited Edition and 99 Luftballons Standard Edition. There's also the new Warscroll Cards and some Kharadron Overlords Dice you will have no trouble finding if one rolls under the couch. There's also a new, but uninspiring Vanguard box too. 
Regiments of Renown is a title that Games Workshop use for mercenary groups, not to put too fine a point on it. In the old days, these were unusual units - a bit like the Warcry warbands but larger. The rebirth of this is a little less exciting, but it could be awesome if you have a creative flair - a unit led by an experienced General that you can run alongside allies. These allies can be a friend's larger army, or maybe your army and you just want a small unit for fun. Unfortunately Games Workshop have not taken the opportunity to really show this and have just shown existing colour schemes in the box images - which is an opportunity lost and hopefully the Community will take on. This series of regiments are the very tempting Norgrimm's Rune Throng, The Coven of Thryx, Big Grikk's Kruleshots (imagine these guys with blue skin, or maybe a very light grey to make them look different), Hargax's Pit-beasts, Veremord's Shamblers, and Elthwin's Thorns (a great basis for an alternative colour scheme). Mercenary groups, or small elite groups give a great opportunity to do something different, and it's so great to see this idea back - well done GW! 
Speaking of warbands, Warhammer Underworlds have a new deck available, in the form of the Gnarlwood – Beastbound Assault Rivals Deck. These can be used with any faction, so go wild!
In books this week we have Book three in the Tales of Mhurghast series Black-eyed Saint in paperback, the Warhammer Horror anthology The Resting Places, and something for the Kharadron Overlords fans, The Arkanaut's Oath in paperback.   

It's a smaller week, but not gentle on your wallet if you're tempted by these sets!
First up is the new Strike Force Agastus, which introduces probably the most maligned Primaris Space Marines since the ​Primaris Invader ATV, it's the Desolation Marines who seemed to have been laughed at from the very first glimpse. It's a shame as these could have been a lot cooler  - use Gravis armour, make the weapons backpack mounted, or maybe underslung or on power gloves. They just miss the mark on so many levels. Strike Force Agastus does however come with other goodies including the new Primaris Lieutenant with all his weapon options (which in our opinion should have also been released separately this week too), the new close combat Brutalis Dreadnought and five of the older Heavy Intercessors. It's an expensive set, and as a limited set, it'll be interesting to see how it goes, because certainly at the moment it has few fans. It will be fun to see the Community creations that come from this set though, so there's that to look forward to. If you are in Japan, this set is unfortunately delayed for you at the moment.
There's also two new Boarding Actions sets based around the Arks of Omen story... arc (double ark, oh that's great!) with the Boarding Patrol: Chaos Space Marines now taking the #1 spot in the Best Set category. Not only do you get the mighty Abaddon model, but you also get ten Chaos Space Marines and twenty (that's two sets) of Chaos Cultists. Now that is either the start of a Chaos Space Marine force, or if you don't own Abaddon, a great force multiplier to your already existing army.
The second Arks of Omen set this week is the Boarding Patrol: Tyranids, which unfortunately isn't that exciting or that thematic. With one Broodlord, six Tyranid Warriors and eight Genestealers it gives you that Space Hulk-style vibe, but it's not very exciting. From what I hear the Genestealers are moving away from their brood/ horde style tactics and towards a more elite formation, so maybe this fits in with that meta, but it's a bit naff as a set - but maybe it's a great force multiplier...
No books this week after last week's Black Library Celebration, which just gives more time for hobby!

So far the Imperial Guard releases have concentrated on the Cadians, who - we are told - have uniforms that are generic enough to be added to for the Regiment of your choice. Well this week we get some flavour in the form of the Attilan Rough Riders, elite cavalry sent to warzones to crush man and armour alike. This unit goes way back to a time when there were multiple interesting Guard options - Valhallans, Tallarns, Praetorians, Mordians and more - and this is the first taste, and what a taste it is! Not heavy on options, this set is full of detail however, with lots of dynamism and detail on the horses especially providing a really lovely kit. Joining them to take the field we have the new HQ choices, the Cadian Castellan which has many head and weapon options and the very welcome return of the Commissar to the universe, with a somewhat static pose only offering a weapon option. However, if options are your bag, then the new Cadian Upgrades kit is a must, with over 25 heads, multiple weapons, arm and accessory options spread over two sprues, this is a great way to bring variety to your Guard. Unfortunately the older (now retired) Imperial Guard Upgrade Sprue had some amazing head options, so it's sad to see them go. Now the Guard need cover, and what better cover than the new Aegis Defence Line. Strong a robust, this set can of course be used with any Imperial force, even if the larger pieces are now also out of production.
Fear not Imperials, the Space Marines aren't missing out this week, with the new Captain Messinius on offer. He has a very large fist which looks odd and no option for a closed one.
Black Library Celebration 2023 is upon us, which brings with it a bevvy of books including the art and lore book First Founding in Hardback, the penultimate Siege of Terra Book 8, The End and the Death Volume I which comes in the glorious Limited Edition and Hardback in the same week which is nice, as is The Iron Kingdom in Special Edition and Paperback also in the same week. To celebrate the 20th anniversary of Gav Thorpe's Angels of Darkness, there's also a 20th Anniversary Edition in Hardback for the event too. There are two Black Library Celebration 2023 Readers’ Choice releases, Book One of The Macharian Crusade: Angel of Fire in Paperback and  Skarsnik in Paperback, plus the Gaunt's Ghosts series in the Print On Demand format, Gaunt's Ghosts: First and Only, Gaunt's Ghosts: Necropolis, and Gaunt's Ghosts: Ghostmaker, all in Hardback. This week also sees the release of Bad Loon Rising in Hardback.
Any orders from the webstore this week will also get the Black Library Celebration 2023 in Paperback too.

Between Kill Team and Warcry, we can certainly see where the interest in Games Workshop games lie, with  this week's pre-orders being stuffed with new and old minis from these expansions.
The next expansion in the growing range is Kill Team: Soulshackle, which sees the return of a fan favourite, the indomitable Imperial Adeptus Arbites (pronounced Ar-BEE-tees believe it or not... ) in an Exaction Squad matched up against the only real evil in the 40K universe, Drukhari of the Hand of The Archon. The Drukhari kit is not a new set of minis, it's an upgrade sprue with the venerable (and well priced) Kabalite Warriors kit. This is an excellent kit, so Soulshackle is coming in as one of the better of these expansions. There's also Exaction Squad and Hand of Archon Dice Sets plus a very cool new base set, Boarding Actions: Void War Bases, to go with the new Space Hulk feel. These seem like really nice bases, adding a new look and feel to the older Necromunda bases which many people use for Zone Mortalis.
If you didn't go all in on the Warhammer 40,000 Boarding Actions Terrain Set, then you can now get the smaller Kill Team: Killzone Gallowdark which comes with some extra scatter terrain but less wall sections. From that original expansion we also finally get access to the two Kill Teams, the Kasrkin and the Necron Hierotek Circle. Like the Drukari set this week, the Necron set is mainly an upgrade sprue with the existing Immortals sprue and some characters. If you want to team these guys up against each other, the Kill Team: Shadowvaults Book is also available separately, as is the Kill Team – Killzone Upgrade: Shadowvaults scatter terrain. But wait, there's more! That's right, the Imperial Navy Breachers Kill Team and the Kroot Farstalker Kinband are also now available to add to existing 40K forces or to throw into your Kill Team skirmishes too. The Farstalker Kinband is one of the really excellent additions to the universe, harking back to the original concept of Kroot outside the Tau alliance, so it's great to have these available. The Imperial Navy have always been around, first appearing in this form as part of the concept art by Jes Goodwin for Battlefleet Gothic. Like Shadowvaults, the Kill Team: Into the Dark Book and Dice Sets for the Imperial Navy Breachers and the Farstalker Kinband are also available.
There's also a very cool new addition for Horus Heresy this week, with the Legion Sky-hunter Squadron giving us Heresy-era Javelin jetbikes in plastic for the very first time.. Instead of one miniature, we get three. This is also the first time we have seen the Horus Heresy Space Marine 'rider sprue' for want of a better term, so that's worth a look as this may also appear in a later release of bikes or other fast transport.
It's not just Warhammer 40K that does skirmish, oh no, for Age of $igmar has Warcry, and this week gives us the opportunity to pre-order Warcry: Bloodhunt, a very cool new set with two excellent new warbands - the samurai vampires of the ​Askurgan Trueblades and the feral Khorne-worshiping Claws of Karanak. Both of these are excellent, and although the scenery is a bit Ewok village, it fits with the current deep-dark-jungle vibe. Speaking of deep-dark-jungle, the newest Seraphon warband, the Hunters of Huanchi had stepped out of the more recent expansion along with their foe, the Jade Obelisk warband. Again (broken record) these are also both awesome and oh-so-tempting. Honestly, it wouldn't be a stretch to say that each and every one of these warbands is great in their own right, it's just how far the wallet will stretch...
Oh look, it's some classic metal Made to Order Lord of the Rings, The Hobbit, Middle-Earth once again with some of the (mostly) later releases from that range - Heroes of Helm's Deep, Théoden (Warg Attack), the very nice and only eclipsed by the plastic kit Gandalf the White (The Two Towers), Gimli Getting Stoned on Dead Uruk-hai, Frodo, Sam and Gollum in Ithilien, Gamling (Warg Attack), the Rangers of Ithilien, Ringwraith on Fell Beast, another nice set the Warg Riders and the Uruk-hai Battering Ram.
Next week is also a White Dwarf week with issue 485 on sale on Friday.
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If you missed our article on the new pricing for Games Workshop and how they A) don't need to do it and B) possibly shouldn't do it - then check that out here.

In case you had missed it, this morning Games Workshop released a statement that they will be raising prices on many of their products at an average of approximately 6%. This shouldn't come as a surprise as it was announced last year at around this time that there would also be a price hike for the 2022 calendar year. As much as it's any business' right to increase, or lower, prices when they see fit, we've done some digging and we'd like to put the case forward that Games Workshop A) don't need to and B) shouldn't raise their prices this calendar year, of all years.

The price increase will take place on March the 6th, with Plastic miniatures, Forge World and Citadel resin miniatures, Standard and Artificer Citadel brushes, and Spray paints going up and Starter sets, Paint sets, Paint pots, Citadel Tools, Codexes, rulebooks/ battletomes and Synthetic STC brushes staying the same.

Our contention is this; with the increase in the price of electricity, fuel, food and gas around the world, Games Workshop can afford to take a hit for their consumers. Currently, in the homeland of Games Workshop - the United Kingdom - people are having huge increases in the basics of life, putting a pressure on families and budgets. 
Now of course you may say that Games Workshop are a business and they need to make money - and you would be right, because if they didn't make money we wouldn't have our little minis. Correct! But as our hobby is a luxury compared to the essentials of living, Games Workshop not increasing the prices this year, and potentially taking a financial hit for 12 months not only serves their customer base, will mean that the new releases this year will be more likely to be successful, will keep loyalty to their brand from a happy Community, but they can afford it!

Here's an amazing statistic - in 2020, the company made sales of £361m and an operating profit margin of 43%, higher than Google owner Alphabet Group’s margin of about 25%. Now we all know the story of how 2020 was COVID lockdown and people got back into hobbies, and you could say this was a once off - but it's not, in fact both 2021 and 2022 were bigger years for their gross profit margin.

Now there's a difference between Gross margin and the Net profit margin - the first is everything together, the latter is the profit once all expenses, incomes, losses etc are taken into consideration. SO how does this look holistically then?

Games Workshop FY 21/22
Gross margin 66.68% / Net profit margin 28.78% / Operating margin 35.41% 
So is this good?
According to Marcotrends: "Ideally companies want an operating margin of 15% or higher. 10% is considered average". This sees Games Workshop having over twice an ideal result and over three times as much as an average performer would. 

Games Workshop will say that that not everything went their way in FY 21/22 so they need to recoup, well according to The Financial Times: "In 2022, cash reserves at Games Workshop Group PLC fell by 13.80m. However, the company earned 121.50m from its operations for a Cash Flow Margin of 29.29%. In addition the company used 32.10m on investing activities and also paid 103.60m in financing cash flows." So in one way yes, the cash reserves were down, but they made it back in other ways. Overall this is a profit being written off as a quasi-loss.

To be fair to Games Workshop, their statement that: "We’re sure it hasn’t escaped your notice that a lot of things are more expensive than they used to be: food, materials, transport – essentials and luxuries alike. Stuff costs more to make and more to move, and Warhammer is not immune to these changes..." is true. However, our contention is that with the very very healthy figures we have shown you above, that even if they didn't raise the prices this year to support the Community who really are going through a rough trot, they wouldn't lose. In fact the public attention for them not raising prices to help their Community may go some way to repairing the frankly awful record Games Workshop has for pricing since Age of $igmar was released. We all know about the international pricing, with New Zealand and Australia paying hefty prices compared to the US and Canada (counting the UK is unfair as their is comparatively little transport cost compared to internationally), and despite that the Community remains loyal.
 
Games Workshop could choose now to say "Hey Community, we know you're going through rough trot, and yes we do factor in a 6% increase to prices each year, but this year with so much uncertainty and huge rises in the essentials of life, we have decided to not implement the price increase. Will this make us tighten our belts? Yes it will, but for over 40 years, through strikes, recessions and COVID you have stood by us so we are going to stand by you. Our hobby is a luxury, so if we can help you get through the big bills and still be able to afford some hobby, then that's a small price for us to pay."

How hard is that? It's not hard at all!

​Planning on a 6% increase each year if probably fair for a company, but there's the people factor they really have to be cognoscente about. Not all plans can stay on the path we want, and for a company that can afford to not put the prices up, it would be a really responsible act from them to the very loyal fanbase.   

So what do you think?
​Looking at the facts and figures, should Games Workshop look outside their plan and think about the Community at large or should they raise their prices no matter what is happening to their fanbase?

One of the most popular Space Marine Legions in Horus Heresy are the World Eaters, but in Warhammer 40K, the range has had sporadic updates over the years - but no more! This week sees not only the release of the long-awaited stand alone Codex: World Eaters (available in Serious Daddy Issues Collectors' Edition and Bring Back The Hounds Standard Edition) but also a bevy of new miniatures, led by the one, the only Angron, Daemon Primarch of Khorne. Wrought in plastic for the very first time, Angron is a beast of a model with a lot of detail to delight and frustrate hobbyists alike - though we must admit we thought he'd be bigger! The Primarch is joined by his abandoned sons, spearheaded by the World Eaters Lord on Juggernaut/ Lord Invocatus combi-kit and the new elite unit, the Eightbound/ Exalted Eightbound combi-kit. A big update to a very old plastic kit is the new Khorne Berzerkers set, with these deadly close combat maniacs looking to have taken the leap to Primaris-esque scale - which matches the lore even in Horus Heresy. A great new addition is the new Jakhals kit, Khorne Cultists wielding more chains and chain weapons than a Khorne-vention. Nice set, though you might think they would look bulkier in general. Of course to lead your happy band into battle, you'll need the Datacards and covet the World Eaters Dice Set. If all this spells happiness in your pants, then get it all (minus Angron) in the World Eaters Pre-order Collection. It's been interesting to see some of the alternative colour schemes starting to sprout up on these guys already, with the white and blue of the Heresy-era (incorrectly called "pre-Heresy" on the WarCom site) and the black and red of some of the other Khorne warbands.
Now as we know, the current Arks of Omen campaign is going on - though very quietly and without much fanfare - and guess who's the poster boy this time... Angron! Yes, Arks of Omen Book 2: Angron (available in Great Balls of Fire Collectors Edition and Kick Out The Jams Standard Edition) brings the next part of the narrative, plus rules for boarding actions to Warhammer 40K. Want to play along? Well you can, with two new themed sets, the Boarding Patrol: Space Marines and Arks of Omen: Balefleet Battleforce giving you a choice of forces to start butting heads with. Why the flyer in the Chaos one I don't know! Surely a Dreadnought would be better...
In books this week, the new Angron: The Red Angel (in a very nice Special Edition or hardback) is coming, along with another Chaos Space Marine-themed book, Renegades of the Long War in paperback. The Blackhearts Omnibus is in paperback, just weeks from it's hardback release and there's a new Warhammer Horror anthology Unholy: Tales of Horror and Woe from the Imperium also in paperback.

Goblins certainly have come a long way in recent years, and the evolution into the Gloomspite Gitz have given them a whole new look and feel, plus some of the most characterful models in the Warhammer Age of $igmar range. Well this week the little buggers get an update to their rules with Battletome: Gloomspite Gitz, which comes in 'Shroom Bloom Limited Edition and Hooded Horrors Standard Edition. There's also a fantastic new miniature, the Squigboss with Gnasha-squig, which is so cool and joins a long line of great models in this range. Pity not to have an alternative weapon or head option as there is room on the sprue, but there you go. In the world of more traditional looking Goblins, there is an update to the Goblin cavalry in the form of the new Snarlfang Riders. This is a great looking kit (and a lovely paint job by the GW team) with ranged and close combat weapons options. The bowmen are especially cool, and again oh-so tempting! The new Vanguard: Gloomspite Gitz is pretty good too, with some heavy hitters, little attack dudes and some line infantry. It's interesting there hasn't been an update to the venerable Night Goblin kit, but they are a delight to paint! And of course, don't forget the Warscroll Cards.
A personal favourite in this neck of the woods are Beastmen, and with Battletome: Beasts of Chaos, available in both Happy Hirsute Hero Limited Edition and Nature's Forest Defenders Standard Edition, it's great to see these guys getting some attention again. There's also a new Beastlord model to lead your dudes and dudettes, but again the lack of alternative head or weapons options is a shame for the price. The new Vanguard: Beasts of Chaos box, which replaced the Cygor with a unit of Dragon Ogres and a unit of Bestigors is amazing. This is not only a great way to start, but a great force multiplier, a must-have for Beastmen players. Interestingly the Warscroll Cards for the Beasts of Chaos have not been offered this week, and neither faction get themed dice.
Sadly, there is another round of Made to Order, this time around the Commissars of the Imperial Guard - great to see them back as a playable unit. You can get your hands on Classic Commissar Yarrick, Commissar Yarrick, Commissar With Sword And Power Fist, Commissar With Bolt Pistol, Commissar With Power Fist, Commissar With Plasma Pistol, Lord Commissar or Severina Raine (who is currently in Last Chance to Buy as well). If that interests, then you can also get them all in the Mortgage The House Made to Order Commissar Collection. There's also two of the very old Inquisitor  models in Made to Order this week too, with Inquisitor with Power Sword and Bolt Pistol and Inquisitor with Combi-melta available plus Lord Castellan Creed.

Imperial Guard Part 1 (by the look of the missing Rough Riders and a few other bits) will be landing next weekend at a retailer near you. It's a long overdue refresh for the venerable range, with some very nice models adding the dynamism we all expect in this era, plus some... well, lacklustre ones too. 
Codex: Astra Militarum leads the way, with the Boots And All Collectors' Edition and No Guts No Glory Standard Edition giving you all you need to know to field these new, and some older, units. Be great to see Guard Assault Squads back, but that seems unlikely. Leading your valiant troops to certain victory is Lord Solar Leontus on his trusty mech-steed. Now this model, well it sort of sucks. I mean there's some real missed opportunities here. First one is the head which is flat and featureless. Even the alternative head, which is better, is still pretty poor. Please bring Jes Goodwin back to designing the faces! The second real missed opportunity is how this could have been a miniature with a retinue, like The Silent King or Katakros, Mortarch of the Necropolis or even the much more recent Chaplain Grimaldus & Retinue. All of these are fantastic centrepieces, and surely this guy could to with some banner bearers, a town cryer guy and a priest, even a Sisters of Battle bodyguard! A real missed opportunity for what could have bene an amazing model. The second command model we get is Lord Castellan Ursula Creed, who despite being the first older female character we have seen in lord-knows how long, also suffers from the curse of having a face made of pudding. A nice mini otherwise, both options are pretty naff for someone who is manet to kick arse. Going way back in time, welcome back to the Primaris Psyker! How great to have a mini like this in the range - look at the expression and the dynamic pose. Great mini! Troops are plentiful, and the Cadian Command Squad is a nice step up from the older one, this time introducing an archaic radio and other nicely rendered specialists to lead the men and women of the rank and file - the Cadian Shock Troops. Great new poses (though the heads are a bit naff, so just use the old ones on the new bodies, they look great!) with better scaled weapons and a nice look and feel to them. Putting them together isn't as modular as the older set, but you can easily fix that, plus these poses really are excellent! Back up the waves of infantry is an other excellent update - the Heavy Weapons Squad. The poses and detail on these minis is such a huge step up they are almost mini dioramas in themselves. Very much worth a look and a nice little project to sit on their own even if you don't do Guard. Speaking of big guns, here's some bigger ones; the Field Ordnance Battery with which you can build two Ordnance Teams, with the choice of a heavy lascannon, bombast field gun, or malleus rocket launcher. Another nice little set to turn into an action scene. The brand new Guard tank makes it's debut this week, with the Rogal Dorn Battle Tank rolling out and having a very different look to the previous tracked support elements for the Guard. Sporting a rounded turret, but the flat sloped sides we're so used to, there's an almost Vietnam-era look to this one. It's big too! Kind of tempted, kind of not - be very interested to see what the community come up with when they get this kit. The other new armoured kit is the new Sentinel. Available as a combi-kit, the Armoured Sentinel/ Scout Sentinel looks less like a rubbish bin on legs and more like something you could imagine prowling around. A very welcome update for sure. Now here's a classic kit that should never go away, the Baneblade / Stormlord / Banesword / Shadowsword / Doomhammer / Stormsword / Banehammer / Hellhammer combi-kit. Now sporting the new decals and added sponsons, she's a beast and must be loved!! The other classic tank is the Leman Russ Battle Tank, which gets a rebox and new decals but misses out on the opportunity for the upgrade sprue that offers track covers and more. 
Away from minis, helping you take to the field are the Astra Militarum Datacards and Dice Set.
Now if If you've been patiently waiting like the good supplicant that you are, then you could go all in and get the Collection, Art Print, Astra Militarum MKVII or the Collection, Art print, Astra Militarum, Launch Box Add-on MKIII and have it all at once. Maybe not the most imaginative names for these bundles, but there you go. 
In books this week we have the Armageddon Special Edition novel too. All pretty and ready to be devoured.

Big week for Age of $igmar this week, with the Slaves to Darkness sets getting a big push. Starting off with the Battletome: Slaves to Darkness which comes in On Leathered Wings Limited Edition and So Many Spikes! Standard Edition. The big piece this week is the new Daemon Prince - a glorious model with options for each of the Chaos Powers, plus two for Chaos Undivided. It's a real shame they keep showing this version of the model which has to be the weakest of all the versions. The other command mini is the Eternus, Blade of The First Prince / Chaos Lord on Daemonic Mount combi-kit, both dynamic thematic minis that would work in any Chaos force. Very tempting! Chaos loves a hero, and the new Exalted Hero of Chaos has a few options to customise your own version. Sadly this is the most lacklustre of the releases this week and looks more like it belongs in a boxed set rather than stand alone, so it's a bit of a wasted opportunity. However there's some great releases to balance him out, including the elite Chaos Chosen with their heavy weapons, the newly retooled Chaos Warriors with both long and skirmish weapons, and the Chaos Knights with their new upgrade sprue. The Chaos Knights are a great kit, and the upgrade sprue adds new banners and commander options. Now if you like these releases, the new Vanguard: Slaves to Darkness box is great value with a set of amazing models (the new Chaos Warriors and Chaos Knights, the old Chaos Chariot/ Gorebeast Chariot combi-kit and the excellent Chaos Lord) making it a perfect starter or even force multiplier. An interesting addition is the Slaves to Darkness are the Ogroid Theridons set. Based on the Ogroid Myrmidon Champion and Ogroid Thaumaturge models, this set unfortunately lacks the dynamic poses and interesting character of their progenitors. Still maybe they will evolve and become cooler in time! A model released separately from the previous Start Collecting set is Chaos Lord on Karkadrak, which is a very cool model, and even better with a head swap from the newer range. Away from miniatures, the Slaves to Darkness get a nice Dice Set - nothing fancy - just plain grunty black!
Slaves to Darkness also launches the next season of Age of $igmar, with the General's Handbook: Pitched Battles 2022-23 Season 2 offering 12 battleplans, new realm rules for the competitive side of the hobby.
In books this week, the latest Horus Heresy Siege of Terra novel, Garro: Knight of Grey is on pre-order in faux-leather Limited Edition (it's probably already sold out) and standard Hardback. Also in books this week, Godeater's Son in Hardback and the Gotrek Gurnisson novel Soulslayer in Paperback.
It's also a White Dwarf week with Issue 484 out and about from Friday.

And here it is - the "groundbreaking narrative campaign that will change everything in the 40K universe" - the Arks of Omen. Everyone's favourite killing machine, and one of the truly multi-layered characters from the Siege of Terra novel series and beyond, Abaddon the Despoiler is back having not learnt his lesson from the previous Black Crusades he has launched over the decades. This new campaign introduces to Warhammer 40K the ability to have boarding actions and Zone Mortalis-style fighting (very familiar to Horus Heresy players) to the wider ruleset. Of course the Arks of Omen is spread across the year, and Book One: Abaddon - available in It'll Work This Time Collectors' Edition and It Would Have Worked If It Wasn't For You Meddling Kids Standard Edition. To bring this new game mode to life, there's a huge new box, the Warhammer 40,000 Boarding Actions Terrain Set with a tonne of wall sections and a reversible hardboard gaming mat. First appearing in Kill Team, this terrain moves away from the previous Zone Mortalis sets for Necromunda, which is curious, and seems to have little cross compatibility. It's also curious as we've had over two years of the Zone Mortalis set being used widely, especially in Horus Heresy where Forge World once produced these sets in resin. Ours is not to wonder why, ours is to just buy the stuff that fits the thing... Now if all of this thrills you to pieces - then get the lot in the Warhammer 40,000 Boarding Actions Rules and Terrain Collection. Taking the action wider, the Chapter Approved – Arks of Omen: Grand Tournament Mission Pack gives you missions and scenarios outside of the first book to continue running these mission types if that is your whim and desire. 
Once upon a time, in a world pre-Primaris, there were the Space Marines. Now referred to as the Space Marines Alphas, amongst other names, we don't see new minis for them any more, but this rerelease of the Space Marine Heroes Collection Two, sees it in the colours of the Blood Angels (despite the heads really not being very Blood Angels). Collection One came out in October last year, so it's nice to see the second half. Arguably Collection Two are more dynamic than Collection One, so grab them while you can!
As discussed the other week, the thoroughly disappointing Abhorrant Ghoul King with Crown of Delusion was available last week in GW stores, but if you want the Made to Order version, go forth! It's here...
Fans of the Horus Heresy have their new map on pre-order this week, with the Mercury-Exultant Kill-Zone Map about. From memory Jes Goodwin's daughter does these maps, so if that makes it cooler, then jump on it. These do seem to sell out.
In books we have the Flesh Tearers novel Wrath of The Lost in hardback, the assassins' story Assassinorum: Kingmaker finally in paperback and Mortis - The Horus Heresy: Siege of Terra Book 5 also in paperback. You'd think Mortis would just be about engine war, but there is a tonne of great fluff in this book.

Also this week for the rest of the world except Australia and New Zealand, there are four new Adeptus Astartes Battleforces - Salamanders, Iron Hands, White Scars and of course Ultramarines. These all come with Chapter Upgrade sprues and decals. It's good to note the change to the box art on these Battleforces as they're really quite stunning. You'd have to think these are meant to be the standard boxes for these Chapters ongoing. Also this week, the Warhammer 40,000 Black Legion Dice Set!

Well here we are at the end of a bit of a weird year in terms of releases, and ending on the usual quiet note.
Blood Bowl fans get the new Blood Bowl Matched Play Guide, which is really only a 32-page guide to running a Blood Bowl event, which could be a great way to expand upon the newer edition released this year.
What would Christmas, New Year, a quiet week, a week ending on a Sunday, without some classic Lord of the Rings, and this time it's a kit that would be amazing in an updated plastic form - the Khandish Horsemen Warband. Very thematic with dynamic posing, both these and the Frodo Baggins, Samwise Gamgee and Gollum in Emyn Muil sets are old-school metal!
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That's it for releases this year in the ongoing complication of GW releases for posterity. The Eldar saw their long-awaited update, plastic Horus Heresy, the Guard in 2023 - bring it on, we say!

The other two releases this week are from Forge World, Outland Beastmaster with Ripperjacks and the Brute Handler and Chem Dealer. The write up for the latter is interesting: "Take on a helpful Brute Handler to ensure your biggest bruisers are receiving adequate training, and hire a Chem Dealer to ensure a steady supply of performance-enhancing black market chems for your gang". Having a look you'd think that it was the local pusher with his bodyguard, but maybe that's too real for Forge World!
​While we're here, those Ripperjacks are horrific - an amazing paint job and brilliant modelling. They are nightmare-inducing!

Well it's Christmas, and in place of our Red Gobbo or White Dwarf this year, we have this guy, the Abhorrant Ghoul King with Crown of Delusion. And deluded it may be, as this model certainly carries none of the regal nature of his faction, nor does he really look like he's been detailed very well. Flat and lacking the pose a leader needs, this model - available in store on Boxing Day - really doesn't hit home at all.
Now you may think that's pretty harsh, but let's compare him to some miniatures that are meant to have some gravitas, some leadership, and those are the Made to Order releases for this week - Space Marines, but not just any Space Marines. Yes the Alpha Pattern Space Marines are back with the classic bitz-heavy plastic Space Marine Commander and his more modern Space Marine Captain available again. These are great basis' for conversions of bitz. In a similar vein, here's one of our favourite Space Marine miniatures of all time, the Lord Executioner in resin. One of the later Space Marine characters pre-Primaris, this guy oozes power, leadership and a regal nature. Speaking of which, from an earlier time, the Masters of the Chapter give a variety of leadership personas. With flexible icongraphy to go with any Chapter (or in fact Legion with some of them) this is a good set for 40K and 30K alive. Back to plastic with a very much more recent model the Librarian in Terminator Armour - an imposing figure he makes too. A miniature that I painted back in metal in the day is the Chaplain with Jump Pack - an excellent miniature and totally recommended if you're looking for a Chaplain. This is a bit of a fun one, the old Armour Through the Ages which shows the original intention of the Mk I to MK V power armour - the MK III with the fixed helmet, the MK IV with the pipes and blunt nose on their helmet. Nice little set for nostalgia's sake. Speaking of nostaliga, the last of the pre-plastic Techmarines is Made to Order this weekend too, and boy hasn't this design improved recently. The real improvement started with the Space Wolf Techmarine, and then everyone got a less chunky version... thank God! And of course, as much as Alpha Pattern is great, the Primaris want to join in, so the very expensive Heroes of the Chapter have reappeared too!
In books this week, it's the start of the ​12 Tales of Christmas eShorts Subscription from Black Library. I think last year they were earlier, but here they are to get your through the Christmas period.
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For the second week in a row the Australian and New Zealand webstores have not been updated at the time of publishing, so there are no links. We will update when they go live later in the day... one hopes!!

Well, here we are, it's the week before Christmas, and all the Warhammer boys and girls are getting all excited to see what Santa-Warhammer will be brining them. They've been buying hobby presents for friends and been oh-so good not open them, and now it's time for their Games Workshop Christmas Preview. So with blurry sleep-filled eyes, they wake up, momentarily blinded by the light from phones and tablets across the world, joy filling their expectant hearts - and there, in their stocking, is coal!
The coal, metaphorical as it is, are the two expansions to Warhammer Quest: Cursed City, Nightwars and Nemesis, which are available as Made to Order for the next two weeks. The thing about these expansions is that this is a games system GW have admitted they will no longer support, despite people loving the minis, and it being such a close setting to Mordheim (another unsupported but increasingly popular games system) that they could relaunch it and cash in. Not only that, these expansions have no minis. They're just cardboard! And expensive cardboard. Surely, GW could have listed the Cursed City minis along with this cardboard monstrosity and given us something to look at, because the minis are really excellent and deserve love! Now the funniest thing about this week's "exciting" release is that it's so huge, so important, that in Australia and New Zealand, it's not even been listed on the webstore. It's literally been forgotten!
Ah Games Workshop, you really are the gift that keeps on giving. So hit and miss.

Meanwhile, our friends at Forge World at least have something for us, yes it's made to order, but it's useful and people will enjoy them.
The slackers of the Horus Heresy, (look forward to the backlash on that hahaha) the Ultramarines have their classic MKIII Shoulder Pads, MKIV Torsos, Veteran Helmets and MKIII Veteran Torsos all available in Made to Order. These are all classic pieces and very nice in any Ultramarines force.
The not-Traitors, the Thousand Sons also get their MKIII Shoulder Pads, which have always been awesome!
In an actual lovely re-release, The Ringbearers, the clear resin set of Lord of the Rings adventurers is back. This is a really nice thematic set that's a fan favourite and a smart release.

Ever wanted to find something on the site that we've categorised badly? Maybe its the much-copied Combi-Volkite tutorial, or how to articulate your Kastelan Robot, or the War Hounds painting guide (that needs updating), or maybe it was a product released by Games Workshop since 2014** - well now you can find it with this handy Search box.
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** Yes we have catalogued every pre-order every week from Games Workshop since 2014, slowly becoming a bit of an archive. Not all links are active, but the pics are there!

Barely a week goes by without Games Workshop dragging some old white metal Lord of the Rings models out to pad out a slow release week, but fear not valiant followers of all things Tolkien, for new things come to tempt you back to The Precious! This week sees the new The Lord of The Rings Battle of Osgiliath boxed set, that includes new terrain, new rules and some new miniatures for Faramir, Madril, Damrod, and Gothmog. This is an actual Starter Set, so if you're wanting to begin in the realms of Tolkien, this is the time and this is the place. Speaking of the new rules, the Middle-earth Strategy Battle Game - Rules Manual is also available separately, so if you're running a force, then you can catch up on the changes and then beat the living snot out of the new players and if you're anything like the Horus Heresy Community, you can gatekeep and make people feel uncomfortable. Well... with that of our chests... there's also some lovely dices sets, one each for Mordor, Minas Tirith, Isengard, and Rohan.
Speaking of Horus Heresy, it's time for some serious long range hitting power - need to get some people in a building? Scorpius Missile Tank! Need to shoot down a plane? Scorpius Missile Tank! Need to destroy an Archmagos sitting in the backfield? Scorpius Missile Tank! Yes the Scorpius Missile Tank, once very overpowered and may have now been fixed, is here and it's a really great piece of kit on the field. If you're a gamer of Heresy, then this is an almost must-have!
Warhammer Underworlds continues to grow (no pun intended) as we continue into the Gnarlwood, this time with some Gloomspite Gitz, it's Grinkrak's Looncourt. Lots of character in this lot, but as a Goblin fan, it does feel like some of these are moving away from the idea of war and more towards the idea of circus! Also in Warhammer Underworlds: Gnarlwood, the Fearsome Fortress Rivals Deck is here. It can be used with any warband, giving you the power to build walls and traps. There's also cross-compatibility with Rivals, Nemesis, and Relic games
More rules supplements this week with Kill Team getting their Critical Ops - Tac Ops & Mission Card Pack giving you new scenarios and maps, plus an update to the existing Tac Ops mechanic. 
Next week is also a White Dwarf week with ​White Dwarf 483.

It's getting pretty loud out in those Ash Wastes, with almost all factions now having some sort of vehicle to do combat with in the hell-scape that is Necromunda. This week it's Escher who now have something to help distribute their illicit contraband with in the form of the Escher Cutters - jet bikes that would also make excellent engines on an Ork flyer. The flyers also have special Dice, Escher Vehicle Gang Tactics Cards, plus the second edition of the Escher Gang Tactics Cards.
Last week we saw the Age of $igmar Battleforces, well this week it's time for the Warhammer 40,000 versions. Interestingly, two of the Battleforces come with a Primarch, with the Thousand Sons – Court of The Crimson King and the Death Guard – Council of The Death Lord boxes boasting their powerful leader. Meanwhile, the Legion whose Father doesn't love them - the Imperial Fists - have to battle on alone with the Imperial Fists – Bastion Strike Force. The Raven Guard also get their own set with the Raven Guard – Ravenstrike Battle Force, but at least the Raven Guard's Chapter Master, Kayvaan Shrike turned up! Two elite forces of the Imperium get some love, the Adepta Sororitas – Sanctorum Guard and the Adeptus Custodes – Watchers of The Gate with both being forces all unto themselves.
Still in the world of WH40K, your old Machine Cult friends, the Adeptus Mechanicus have a new-ish model out, the Technoarcheologist, who is a nice mini it itself, but also a great base for any conversion.
Warhammer Quest: Cursed City – Nemesis, the second and final expansion for Cursed City is here, and sadly, no new minis! This seems like an awful lot for just some paper... 
In books this week, another beautifully presented set, The Gotrek Gurnisson Collection collecting three novels and three short stories written by Darius Hinks, including Ghoulslayer, The Neverspike, Gitslayer, Death on the Road to Svardheim, Soulslayer, and a new short story – The Crown of Karak-Khazhar. Age of $igmar's favourite Golden Bois have a new hardback, Hammers of Sigmar: First Forged and the Emperor's Murder Lords appear in 26 stories across the Heirs of The Emperor anthology in hardback.

All that later, lets' go with the new stuff first as the new Blood Bowl set is out, Dungeon Bowl: Death Match. Feels like this has slipped under the radar a bit, but if you're thinking "Hmmmmm, that'd be fun on Xmas Day with the family/ kids/ collection of fellow geeks" then you might want to look at the Jim and Bob's Dungeon Bowl Yearbook Collection which gives you the base set plus a softcover Spike! yearbook. While you're at it, the Blood Bowl Spike! Presents: 2022 Almanac is also here, bringing you rules from the year's Spike! issues and White Dwarf articles.
We say it all the time - but Warcry is awesome. Sure recently it seems like maybe they are scraping the bottom of the imagination bin, but how cool to see Seraphon back as the Hunters of Huanchi in the new Warcry: Sundered Fate expansion. It's Seraphon vs the Tzeentch-flavoured Jade Obelisk warband with terrain that expands the existing Gnarlwood look at feel. This is where we see the first of the regional differences in pre-orders this week, with the Hunters of Huanchi Dice Set and Jade Obelisk Dice Set being delayed to the US and Japanese customers. More on what you're missing below. 
That's not the only Warcry this week though, with the Warcry: Warband Tome – Rot and Ruin expansion book, the Ravaged Lands: Gnarlwood Watchcamp, and the two warbands from the previous release, the Horns of Hashut and Rotmire Creed all on pre-order this week too. It's not just these releases either - on pre-order this week is ALL the previous warbands - some of the very best miniatures Games Workshop has ever produced and now webstore exclusives. Let's start with the beasts, the Ogroid Myrmidon Champion, Fomoroid Crusher and Mindstealer Sphiranx are all amazing models - I have them all (sure they all got converted) and they are highly recommended. In fact you would have seen the recent Slaves to Darkness Army Box set has three somewhat more static Myrmidon in there too. You like your warbands - check these out: the gruesome Unmade, personal favourite, the dynamic Corvus Cabal, three of the warbands from the original boxed game the Iron Golems, the Untamed Beasts and the Chaotic Beasts, another favourite that became Slaaneshi warriors on our hobby desk - the Cypher Lords, the Chaos Undivided warbands the Spire Tyrants and the Darkoath Savagers, the newer Scions of the Flame and Tarantulos Brood, and two of the best for last, the Khainite Shadowstalkers who make amazing characters in Dark Elf forces and the amazing Splintered Fang. If you're into Warhammer, Age of $igmar or even Dungeons and Dragons, these add so much character and dynamism to your forces.
Christmas is a time for giving, but it's pretty rare we get the hobby stuff we need/ want/ desire - so why not get yourself a Christmas present and grab one of these Battleforce boxes to reinforce your army, add allies, or start something brand-spankingly new?! You could get these from Games Workshop, or you could support a local business and buy it from your hobby store and save around 20% on the RRP. Let's dig in...
First up we have the Bloody Side of the Force with the Daughters of Khaine – Khainite Slaughter-coven box, which comes with a good cross section of their forces. The Gloomspite Gitz are here with the Stampeding Squigalanche, which may not give you the masses of infantry you want, so if it's pure numbers you're after , then it's the Skaven's Verminous Host answers that in spades. Meanwhile, on the Sylvaneth arrive with their Revenant Wargrove.
Want to add some Tzeentch to your hobby table? Well the Curseling, Eye of Tzeentch is now available for the first time separately too.
In books this week, a beautiful Special Edition for the nice guy of the Primarchs, Sanguinius: The Great Angel, which is also available in hardcover the same week which is nice! For Age of $igmar readers, there's the paperback of Hallowed Ground, and The Soul Drinkers Omnibus II in paperback for the WH40K fans.

As above, Australian, New Zealand and Japan won't be getting some of the pre-orders this week, so ideally our chance to get our hands on the Nighthaunt - Legion of Grief, Orruk Warclans – Kruleboyz Swamp-lurkers and Stormcast Eternals – Thunderstrike Spearhead Battleforces will have to come later. I'm not saying this was a contributing factor, but Dominion did not sell well in Australia and NZ, so if I was GW and had to choose to work out what to put in a container, these would be ones I would drop for room. It's logical, but also a pity because all three may in fact be the pick of the bunch.
Add three of the Warcry Dice Sets - The Hunters of Huanchi and Jade Obelisk dice which are delayed in Japan and North America, and the Horns of Hashut and Rotmire Creed dice are delayed in Japan, Australia, and New Zealand and it's a bit of a bummer. Japan also has delays with Blood Bowl and Warcry, so a small week for you I'm afraid!
Lastly in the delayed section for today, the Scinari Enlightener from the Lumineth range, available for the first time separately except in Australia, NZ and Japan this week 

In the Wonderful World of Forge World, Horus Heresy is king, and this week we get the Mark VI upgrades for the Night Lords and the Iron Hands.
Night Lords get MK VI Helmets and Shoulder Pads, while their Loyalist Brothers in the Iron Hands also get their new MK VI Helmets and Shoulder Pads.