The new Warhammer 40,000 narrative campaign is Armageddon: The Return of Yarrick. And who is Yarrick you may ask? Well he's the greatest Commissar the Imperium has ever seen - able to lead men to extraordinary feats of glory while at the same time taking the mantle as a heroic fighter of Xenos.
The narrative campaign begins here, in the pages of the Armageddon: The Return of Yarrick – War Without End (available in both Standard Edition and Collector's Edition). This series of books includes: Armageddon: The Return of Yarrick – An 80-page hardcover book with background on Armageddon, and the opposing forces. The second book is Armageddon: The Return of Yarrick – Armoured Gauntlet which provides "special rules for playing games with the largest and deadliest miniatures for each faction" - absolutely no idea what that means! The third book is Armageddon: The Return of Yarrick – Detachments 16-pages of new detachments for the Astra Militarum (Steel Hammer and Armoured Infantry), Orks (Speedwaaagh! and Blitz Brigade), and Space Marines (Armoured Speartip and Headhunter Task Force). Speaking of Yarrick, here's the brand new plastic Commissar Yarrick model. Yarrick might be old-hat, but Inquisitor Kroyle is the new Inquisitor on the block, and what a spectacular model he is. He's mounted on a Garralisk steed, and armed with the new Jindarii tox-cycler which fires venom-laced rounds. Imperial forces are supplemented by the Adepta Sororitas, spearheaded by their leader Intranzia Fraye – Dogmata Superior. What a great title, and mounted on an armed mechanical throne, she's quite the imposing miniature and a must-have for fans of the Adepta Sororitas! The final Imperial character release is Commissar Graves, who comes with their own custom Centaur RSV and retinue! Commissar Graves also comes dismounted in the kit too. The Orks come in waves, and leading the Speedwaaagh! is Wazdakka Gutsmek, mounted on his motorbike. It's an amazing looking model, and sure to be popular at Golden Demon time! There's four new Armageddon Battalions too, the first being for the Astra Militarum and includes two new vehicles. Armageddon Battalion: Astra Militarum comes with 2 x Hippogriff AFVs, a Centaur RSV, Rogal Dorn Battle Tank and 10 x Cadian Shock Troops. Each Hippogriff AFV can be mounted with one of 4 turret-mounted weapons and, like the Centaur, is heavily HEAVILY influenced by World War II armoured fighting vehicles. It's a bit of a shame really that they didn't do more of a spin on these rather than making them so similar - certainly when you look at Mortian's products you can see how nice these could have been. We mentioned the Adepta Sororitas before and they have a new Armageddon Battalion: Adepta Sororitas, which includes a Palatine, 3 x Paragon Warsuits, 9 x Sisters Repentia, a Repentia Superior, 9 x Sisters Novitiate and a Novitiate Superior. The sadly unloved Deathwatch get the Armageddon Battalion: Deathwatch (which we've seen dozens of times) with a Corvus Blackstar and 10 x Deathwatch Kill Team miniatures. Orks play the bad guys, so they have a Armageddon Battalion: Orks which includes a very mobile force with a Deffkilla Wartrike, a Rukkatrukk Squigbuggy and 6 x Deffkoptas.
With this campaign we also have some dice for both Ghazghkull and Commissar Yarrick.
In books this week we have four omnibus, starting off with Legends of the Waaagh! in paperback, which includes the novels Caves of Ice and Helsreach, the I am Slaughter novella and the short stories The Only Good Ork, Ork Hunter, and One Hate.
With Yarrick back there's also the Yarrick: The Omnibus in paperback, with the novels Imperial Creed, and The Pyres of Armageddon, and the short stories Chains of Golgotha, A Plague of Saints, The Wreckage, Evil Eye, The Gallows Saint, Sacrificial, and Sarcophagus.
Sporting a particularly rad cover is Veterans of the Fall in paperback, which includes the short stories Tattershield, Tatters of Hope: Parts One - Five and the Veterans of the Fall novella.
Do you prefer stories from across the Warhammer 40K universe? Well World Ablaze in hardback is for you! It features the short stories Pursuit of Redemption, Riderz of da Storm, The White Horror, Good Enemy, Rok Crackers, Steel Mayhem, Fighting Blind, Ash and Steel, Ark of Salvation, Home Front, and Seasons of Woe.
We haven't seen Catachans for a very long time, but here they are in the 20th anniversary reprinting of Death World (Anniversary Edition).
There's also a Special Edition book out this week, and it's Da Freebooterz Code available in the afore mentioned Special Edition and Hardback.




















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