Hello there my friends! The Dracoth Cavalry maybe riding in this weekend but they are the Heralds of things to come... like the HUGE new Dragon for the Stormcasts, and also, are we going to witness the return of an "old" board game? Lets check it out!
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In the AoS front: As if ridding dracoths wasn´t enough, the Stormcast Eternals now are riding Stardrakes into battle! Come see the latest pics from WD's next issue:
Yes, this guy is really, really big!
If you’re looking for the “scale” of this model – compared to the Dracoth Riders in these pics you can see this new Dragon Kit is going to be a giant! It’s definitely on par with the Magmadroth from the Fyreslayers and looks to dwarf the Celestant Prime is size.
And yes, there are rules for both modes...
First off we see the “standard” model: a Drakesworn Templar:
Click to enlarge it!
Click to enlarge it!
Ok, so on the templar you get the rules for all four weapons options. Cavernous Jaws just eats models whole and can do it multiple times a turn! AWESOME!
For the Lord Celestant, the Lord of the Celestial Host will buff up your entire Extremis Chamber force on the table... But check this pictures for more details:
Buy! Must buy!
This kit is certainly “comparable in size to Archaon”... it’s HUGE! It looks like you’ll get two different heads for the Stardrake and the rider is coming with different weapons as well – You can make either a Drakesworn Templar or a Lord-Celestant riding one of these awesome star-wyrms. The scales of these Stardrakes is truly impressive and the kit is perfect for a showcase or centerpiece model. I wonder how Chaos is going to stop these things in the Realmgate series…
No matter, we also have next week’s GW releases... Is your wallet ready?
Products & Prices
GW Studio
Products & Prices
GW Studio
- Stormcast Eternals Stardrake £85 (or 120€ or $140)
- Eye of Terra: Horus Heresy Novel Compilation $30
- Realmgate Wars: Beasts of Cartha $17.50
- Legion Astartes Red Book: £32
Ok, the Star Drake is £85, which is clocking in 15 pounds cheaper than Archaon’s £100, but GW will expect you to buy multiples of the Drake (at least 2, right?). I think we can all agree that the Archaon Everchosen mini is a more impressive and well conceived mini than the Star-Drake.
Either way, this is going to be an amazing centerpiece model for any Stormcast Eternals Army and I want to wait to see it in 360 views as soon as possible! And. also in next week's HD issue we have the following teaser:
“Next Issue: The forces of Order unite against the Gorechosen!”
Hmmm, the “Gorechosen” sounds a lot like the earlier rumor talk of a Forces of Destruction release window to follow on the heels of the Stormcast Eternals.
“Gorechosen” sounds like this could be an Ork version of the Chaos Varanguard and Stormcast Eternal Dracothian Guard kits. I would look for some type of crazy mounted uber-orks next week – all nice and “age of sigmarized” (Or I might be totally wrong and it’s yet another Khorne release... or Warriors of Chaos Chosen?!).
Meanwhile, back to 40k front and out of the blue, GW seems to be bringing back the classic “Lost Patrol” as a boxed game in June... (As of press time, BoLS is awaiting confirmation from Games Workshop)
Back in 2000, GW released “Lost Patrol” a board game involving Space Marine Scouts battling for survival in a hostile environment:
The original game is described by BoardGameGeek as follows:
What the original looked like...
“Lost Patrol is the second publication in a series of mini-games by Games Workshop. In this two-player game you choose either scout-marines or the ‘lurkers’. Scouts are represented in familiar WH40K miniatures when ‘lurkers’ are just cardboard tokens.
The board is created with a hexagon tiles as the scouts travel through the dense jungle. The scouts’ mission is to reach the dropship before the ‘lurkers’ eliminate them. As the scout team explores further, the jungle divides into many sections, and some of your teammates might even get lost (never to be found again).”
Basically a picnic in 40k ...
Out of the blue, we have the following report from ICV2 and North American Game Distributors:
“Games Workshop is releasing a new version of the 2000 classic Lost Patrol with updated components and rules. It arrives in stores on June 17.
The new game is a two-player game with one side taking on the roles of Space Marine Scouts hunted by the other player controlling a group of fearsome alien Genestealers. Played out on a dynamic, tile-based board, the squad of Marines must navigate a jungle that moves and changes as they travel the board. The game has updated rules from the original 2000 game and is just as fast-paced as the original, playing in about 30 minutes.”
So far the game has been described as follows:
- Lost Patrol ($60)
- Designer: Jake Thornton (designer of many recent Mantic titles)
- Astartes Scouts x5
- Genestealers x12
- “Infestations” x6
- Map Tiles x30
I guess that's all for now. Thank you for your time and hoping to write to you soon.
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