Blackstone Fortress: Escalation Expansion Coming Soon
June 5, 2019 by brennon
Games Workshop teased an expansion for Warhammer Quest: Blackstone Fortress over the weekend at UK Games Expo. Escalation is bringing new characters, new foes and the next chapter of the story into the mix for those still hunting for treasures in these winding passageways.
In Escalation, the threat has increased tenfold. Whilst before you were simply looking for treasures and avoiding the forces of Obsidius Mallex, he has now taken control of various systems within the installation and threatens the future of the Imperium.
A new selection of heroes will be entering the fold to try and stop him including a new Rogue Trader Captain.
For those that love the Blanchian artistry of the Warhammer 40,000 world, Blackstone Fortress is a really kick ass game. Nearly all of the models that you get for the game have something of his influence wrought into them and it's fascinating to see it presented in a modern way too. Anyone who also likes Inq28 and the like is also in for a treat.
Firey Foes
As well as the new heroes coming to beat back the Chaos threat we also have new servants for Mallex too. These Servants Of The Abyss, led by the Fireband, are a force to be reckoned with deep within the halls of the Blackstone Fortress.
Whereas before the Traitor Guardsmen presented you with an insidious threat these new barbaric individuals add another tricky sum to the equation. I love the design of them and hope they appear as a separate box for those playing Warhammer 40,000 and Kill Team in the future.
As with all of the Blackstone Fortress expansions before it, Escalation can be used as its own mission or elements of it can be mixed into the existing collection. You can then create new variants of existing missions so that you can keep playing to your heart's content.
Will you be delving into Blackstone Fortress again with this new expansion?
"Will you be delving into Blackstone Fortress again with this new expansion?"
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I do love the aesthetic you get with Blackstone Fortress. Will need to start saving the pennies for this.
I really like way those models look. I might spend some of my LGS store credits that I got from MtG collection to get this.
The Rogue Trader Stuff makes me really want to get into Inquisitor 28 but I’ve already got so much stuff to do….
The chaos troopers look good.
Great to see a modern servitor sculpt – would love some more generic looking ones for screw-served weapons etc. The sword-leg on the captain is a little OTT for me, but would be pretty easy to swap out I think – I do like those ornate pistols. Looking forward to picking up those heretics too. What with the Traitor Guard in the base-game and the older plastics from Dark Vengeance, you can put together a really varied looking Chaos Cult. Cool seeing the guy running forward with ammo for the heavy stubber, as well as the grenade launcher mini having… Read more »
I got the core game and painted the bad guys… heroes (if such a thing exists in 40k) require a but more effort and I still have to finish them.
Played the game a couple of times and it’s not easy. We drew large mobs of bad guys and they ripped us to pieces. I need to play more to decide if it’s more than just some minis for RPG’s and certainly won’t buy any more expansions until I have made that decision.
Really liking all the stuff coming out for this game so far. The models are looking really good, and I am definitely going to pick up this expansion.
Quick question, though, anyone know when that other expansion was supposed to come out? The one with the Chaos Ogryn in it? Is it stuck in limbo with the Sylvaneth stuff that they said was having various shipping problems? I’m assuming that’s what it is but haven’t heard anything officially.
And speaking of chaos Ogryns, while I really dig these rogue trader models, I’m hoping for more xenos/abhumans in the future.
Not sure when but I’ve been reliably told we’re getting at least two more boxes this year. One with the already mention Ogryn and Commissar but the other I’m not of/when.
I love Techpriest, Primaris and Crusader. The rest is not to my taste.