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Warhammer is in for another incredible year. January isn’t even over, and we’ve already seen a raft of new models land for Nurgle players, the Adeptus Custodes have fully mobilized for the first time in millennia, and more codexes and battletomes not far behind.

Guess what? We’re only getting warmed up. The Warhammer Community and Studio Preview at the Las Vegas Open unveiled EVEN MORE awesome reveals for every Warhammer fan – so we’ll dive right in…

Meanwhile, in the Mortal Realms, a figure from the long lost past has returned. We almost feel sorry for Chaos…

Following hot on the heels of Maggotkin of Nurgle and Legions of Nagash, the Daughters of Khaine battletome presents Aelves as you’ve never seen them before.

The Daughters of Khaine are an army of religious fanatics, combining the cruelty for which their predecessors in the World-That-Was were known with unbreakable faith in Khaine and their queen, Morathi.

The Fyreslayers have fast become a fan favourite faction in Warhammer Age of Sigmar – after all, there’s an undeniable charm about playing an army of avaricious duardin Berzerkers. We think they might have gotten in over their heads with their latest venture, however…

The Chosen Axes are Warhammer Underworlds: Shadespire’s latest warband, bringing with them new fighters, new tactics to master and loads of new cards that every warband will be able to make use of. Fyreslayers may be slow, but they’re monstrously powerful in close combat – and Sigmar help you if you let them capture an objective. We’ll be looking at these guys in-depth nearer to their release, and even Warhammer Age of Sigmar players who don’t play Warhammer Underworlds: Shadespire will be able to include them in their army with a pair of new warscrolls.

Warhammer Underworlds: Shadespire has quickly evolved into a flourishing competitive game, with Grand Clashes around the world selling out as players look for opportunities to prove their mastery in the City of Mirrors. This year, you’ll have even more opportunities to get involved in competitive play (and win some awesome loot) with the Warhammer Underworlds: Shadespire organised play pack, a seasonal package that allows your local independent store to run leagues of their own. Starting in February, you’ll be able to rise through the ranks and win alternative art cards, limited edition accessories and, for the very best, a quarterly trophy.

Whichever army you play in Warhammer Age of Sigmar, the coming months will allow you to test your mettle in a new kind of campaign as part of Malign Portents. For weeks, you’ve watched the teasers and read the stories of the first chapter in this dark new age – now, it’s your turn.

We knew this campaign was coming, but the Studio Preview revealed just how it would work. The Dread Solstice Campaign is a branching narrative, where the games you play and models you paint can be used to decide where the story goes next. Imagine a huge, collaborative ‘choose your own adventure’ story and you’ll have the basic idea of how it works.

In Dread Solstice, every choice has consequences, not just in terms of new rules or the ongoing story of the campaign, but for the Mortal Realms as a whole. Just as the Seeds of Hope from 2016’s Season of War campaign have transformed into an important part of the story of the Age of Sigmar, so too will the decisions you make in this campaign influence the future of the Mortal Realms for years to come.

Taking part in Dread Solstice is simple, as every Warhammer and Games Workshop store, and plenty of independent retailers will be participating. We’ll share exactly how you can get involved closer to the beginning of the campaign. In the meantime, keep mustering your armies and following the narrative of Malign Portents on the Malign Portents website.

We want this year for Warhammer Age of Sigmar to be the best ever, and the new releases, such as the Daughters of Khaine, and narrative developments like Malign Portents, are just a taste of what’s to come. This year, we’re committed to continuously improving the rules and gameplay for Warhammer Age of Sigmar, too, supported by a new model for FAQs, errata and rules updates.

Firstly, every battletome will receive an errata document two weeks after release, dealing with any ambiguities that emerge and helping to make sure that your games run as smoothly as possible. Subsequent to this, bigger rules changes will be handled through more encompassing FAQ documents released every January and July, each in time for the upcoming tournament season. Finally, each year will see a new General’s Handbook for you to enjoy, packed with content – including new ways to play, allegiance abilities for factions which lack them, battleplans and matched play points profiles. In short, you’ll be able to benefit from regular, consistent updates to the game you love without having to worry about sudden major changes.

Last, but very far from least, we can finally confirm some of the winning nominees of this year’s Warhammer Heroes. Warhammer Heroes was set up to recognise the people who make our hobby great, and we’ve been bowled over by the sheer volume of nominations – it’s inspiring and humbling to know there are so many awesome people involved with Warhammer. As such, we’ve chosen 8 winners from the US & Canada alone this year, as follows:

We’ll be going into detail of how and why we picked these heroes in a follow-up article shortly. These heroes will be rewarded with medals, along with a special celebration ceremony and dinner at AdeptiCon later in the year, and permanent enshrinement at Warhammer World – worthy prizes for their incredible deeds. There are still more winners to be announced from outside North America, and if you nominated a candidate this year who didn’t win, please nominate them again for the next Warhammer Heroes – there are plenty of heroes in our community who still warrant recognition.

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So first up we’ve got the Big Daddy of Death – Nagash. Overall the warscroll is the same with a few additions. He can heal up 5 units with the “Summonable” keyword for D3 wounds (which can also resurrect slain models) from an ability which Nagash can re-roll – this is anywhere on the battlefield too.

Next up we’ve Arkhan the Black who has also gained the Deathly Invocation ability (but only for 4 units within 18″) and can re-roll the number of wounds added, he has lost his 1 casting ability when summoning however.

Neferata has had a few more tweaks. In addition to Deathly Invocation (4 units within 18″ as per Arkhan), her Dagger of Jet has improved and become an instant kill on a roll of a 6 . Her Mortarch of Blood ability no longer allows you convert a hero into a Vampire Lord and instead just heals up 1 additional wound if she kills any heroes. Her unique spell grants a unit fly and makes them immune to any armour save modifiers. Neferata has also gained the Soulblight Keyword.

Mannfred appears to have only had Deathly Invocation added (4 units within 18″) and gained the Soulblight Keyword.

A new addition, basically a named version of the Vampire Lord on Zombie Dragon but buffed up. The lance has 1″ longer range, 1 extra attack and an increased rend (now -2), whilst the maw has one more attack. Armour save is a 3 (so the shield bonus included). The breath attack is a ranged mortal wound attack on a 3 (I don’t really like this type of attack, but it trails off quickly). His unique spell is a simple 1 to hit and wound and the command ability is quite clever in that it allows a unit within 14″ to either pile in and attack or a Wizard to case an additional spell.

This is a non-flesh eater variant of the Terrorgheist, the biggest change is the Gaping Maw is reworded so that it’s not mortal wounds inflicted but normal damage (just unsavable and 6 damage)

As with the Terrorgheist this is a non-flesh eater variant of the Zombie Dragon.

Another new warscroll but one that looks like it’s a kitbash of the Coven Throne and Mortis Engine. Very clever little unit that can add 1 attack to another Soulblight unit if an enemy unit is slain with 9″. It also has Deathly Invocation (but only for 2 units within 6″). It’s spell is different too, basically a hero only mortal wound spell, but based on a D6 roll (1-3 = 1MW; 4-5 = D3MW; 6 = D6MW)

No earth shattering changes to this other than the Bound Necromancer wording.

Two changes to Vampires Lords, who have gained the Dealthly Invocation on 3 units within 12″ and lost their named spell (I assume it’s been replaced by spell lists in the Legions of Nagash Battletome)

A few changes on the Wight King, the most noticable being the loss of it’s Infernal Standard option. Sadly the lack of model has seen this fantastic option disappear (I’m expecting it as an Artefact). He has had his armour save increased to 3 and gained the Deathly Invocation ability on 2 units within 6″. [Updated to larger Version]

As with Neferata’s Black Dagger, the Black Axe wielded by the Wight King is now a simple roll to slay a wounded model on 6+. He’s also gained Deathly Invocation for 2 units within 6″

And finally Blood Knights. Two changes on these, firstly the Kastellan now gains 1 attacks rather than 1 to hit and secondly the Standard Bearer rule now is a bravery debuff. However the wording on this is slightly worrying and implies that this is the new Death Standard Bearer rule – have we lost our unit regen?

So we’ve got Knight of Shrouds which though it’s not part of Legions of Nagash is still a new Death unit. This model is one of the Harbinger units for Malign Portents and I can see how he’s an ideal general for a small Nighthaunt army (1000 points or so), granting +1 to hit to Nighthaunt models within 9″ as a command ability. As a model he’s a fairly solid little combat unit with 4 attacks at damage 2 and the option to heal. However as with all heroes it wouldn’t take much effort to snipe him off without some kind of additional save.

Now the Cairn Wraith has had a nice buff, they’ve gained the new Ethereal ability, but now inflict mortal wounds on a to hit roll of 6+

The Necromancer has received a pretty big change in that his spell only effects Summonable units which means you’re much more limited on what you can buff. He’s got the 2 unit 6″ Deathly Invocation ability too.

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Morghast Archai have gained a new Morghast keyword in addition to their unit name – interesting considering there are only two Morghast units. Heralds of the Accursed One has been changed to a simple -1 bravery debuff, so this unit is now a pure melee hitter. Note they don’t have the summonable keyword either.

This is identical to the Archai warscroll but with the 3 dice charge rather than the armour that halves damage.

Spirit hosts are pretty predictable, the new Ethereal ability and gaining summonable as a Keyword

A tiny buff to Black Knights in that they now have 2 attacks and gained +1 to hit on their lance. The standard bearer is now the bravery one and the unit has gained the summonable keyword. A minor change making them a tiny bit better but far cry from other cavalry units due to their potential fragility.

Sadly only minor changes to Grave Guard, with the new -1 bravery standard and summonable keyword. This is an interesting one as they’re still 1 wound, meaning keeping them up at full strength is a lot easier.

Fairly predictable changes based on everything else we’ve seen, the new -1 bravery banner with summonable keyword. Thankfully they’ve kept the +1 attack buffs for large Units.

Legions of Nagash Summary So Far

We’ve seen a few big changes. All Death Heroes can heal/regen multiple summonable units – this is potentially huge it’s an ability and stacks from different heroes. However we have to look at this in relation to losing our regen banners. Not all heroes/behemoths can heal either – minor ones such as the Cairn Wraith and new Knight of Shrouds can’t.
Ethereal now ignores armour modifiers of any kind, including mystic shield. This might sound bad, but this will mean that things like the Nurgle ability to reduce your armour will have no effect on those units which I actually think adds more tactical options.
I’m still excited about Legions of Nagash but a little bit of the enthusiasm has petered off. It would appear that we have no new models being added to the army (not even replacing some of the awful or missing models) and this battletome is completely being overshadowed by the new Daughters of Khaine release (another Order army) which really worries me if GW are serious about Nagash being the “big bad” in Malign Portents.
I can see regen being more powerful even with the loss of banners, however it’s yet again created a dependence upon easily sniped characters.
With luck we’re going to fing that allegiance abilities are quite good and improve some things like Deathly Invocation. My worry is that this book is going to fall into the “Blades of Khorne” trap where the army would have played fantastically 18 months ago, but just doesn’t have the tools for the armies that have received a proper update since then.

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An ill wind blows upon the Mortal Realms. The signs and portents point towards Shyish, as Nagash gathers his forces for the Great Work, a scheme to usher in a dark new epoch in the Mortal Realms. Very soon, you’ll be able to fight to stop it (or hasten its coming) with the Malign Portents book, Harbingers, and Battletome: Legions of Nagash – not to mention the return of a much-loved piece of terrain.

The Malign Portents book is your guide to this dark new era. In part, it’s a primer for a darker Mortal Realms than the one you might be familiar with. Following on from Firestorm last year, Malign Portents continues the saga of the Age of Sigmar with new lore and art looking at the Realm of Death and how the different factions of the Mortal Realms are responding to the coming of something very dark, and very old…

As well as providing a rich new story for you to get your teeth into, the Malign Portents book is a toolbox for gamers, however you prefer to play. Inside, you’ll find in-depth rules for playing during the Time of Tribulations, a period where the Mortal Realms are wracked by strange premonitions of the wars to come. During battles in this time, armies can read the stars and interpret portents to their advantage – or the doom of their foes…

Building on the Time of War rules found in the General’s Handbook 2017, Malign Portents also allows you to bring your games into the Realm of Death – perhaps in pursuit of Nagash’s secrets, or perhaps as a defender of his kingdoms. Battles in Shyish bring new dangers and new tactical challenges to face, as the land itself rises to oppose the armies that dare invade it.

You can even play games in the Time of Tribulations with only a handful of models. Malign Portents contains an expansion to Warhammer Age of Sigmar: Skirmish, featuring artefacts, command abilities and more. We’ve only scratched the surface of what you’ll find in this tome of arcane knowledge, and we think it’ll be a great companion to your games in the months to come.

To take full advantage of Malign Portents, you’ll want to pick up a Harbinger – a new kind of hero, particularly gifted in prophecy, rising to aid the armies of the Grand Alliances. Harbingers have special powers that allow them to interpret the signs and sigils of Malign Portents with ease, and can be added to any army in games set during the Time of Tribulations – so you could well take a Fungoid Cave-Shaman while keeping your Beastclaw Raiders’ Allegiance Abilities, or lead your Brayherd into battle with a Darkoath Warqueen. Indeed, each Harbinger has valuable bonuses that may even be worth building an army around – the Lord-Ordinator, for instance, gives all friendly Order War Machines +1 to hit.

Less handy in a fight than a Harbinger, but still a great addition to your games during Malign Portents, are the range of Malign Portents accessories. Emblazoned with the distinctive arrowhead rune of Shyish, the Malign Portents Dice and Combat Gauge are attractive additions to any collection, while the Malign Portents Cards make keeping track of the various stars and portents simple.

With Nagash taking centre stage, it’s only fitting that he should receive a battletome worthy of his armies. Battletome: Legions of Nagash is more than just an army book – it’s a revolution for Death players and battletomes alike, offering a new approach to one of Warhammer Age of Sigmar’s most unusual Grand Alliances.

Order players, for example, can focus their efforts on small but focused factions like the Kharadron Overlords, or build thematic and varied armies based on the Great Cities of Firestorm. Chaos armies vary from the elite Everchosen to nightmarish parades of Daemons, mortals and even beasts, drawn together by their mutual dedication to a chosen Chaos god. Destruction armies meanwhile benefit from various synergies between the various Grot, Orruk and Ogor factions. Battletome: Legions of Nagash is designed to make army building with Death similarly fun and varied, allowing you a range of ways to construct a powerful force.

In Battletome: Legions of Nagash, your allegiance abilities won’t restrict you – instead, whichever Mortarch you dedicate yourself to, you’ll be able to unleash the full arsenal of the Death God. In turn, you’ll be able to capitalise on synergies between your Death units designed to reward players regardless of which are their favourites. The Legion of Shadows, for instance, uses Deathrattle Skeletons as bait, before flanking the foe with fast-moving units like Vargheists, while the magi in Arkhan’s Legion of Sacrament gain skill in Death magic from the teachings of their master. In short, if you had a mixed Death army before, it just got better – and chances are, you don’t even have to change your list.

It’s not just gameplay, either – the Legions of Nagash battletome realises this Grand Alliance in greater detail than ever before. You’ll learn how Nagash rose to prominence following the annihilation of the world-that-was, how each Mortarch reigns over their kingdom, and what happens when a Vampire Lord thinks he can suborn a Wight King to his will without asking nicely. There are all sorts of things in the book to inspire you to create armies of your own – one of our favourites is a reference to the flaming skeletons that haunt the plains of Aqshy.

Last, but very far from least, next week, you’ll be able to pre-order the Warscryer Citadel, previously known as the Skullvane Manse. This iconic piece of terrain has been updated with some brand new rules specific to Malign Portents, allowing you to add even more thematic depth to your games during the Time of Tribulations.

You’ve only got a couple of weeks to wait before Death hits a shelf near you, but in the meantime, make sure to check back on Warhammer Community next week as we preview Legions of Nagash in detail, taking a closer look at what the changes to Death mean to you.

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