Games Workshop Reveal Three New Games At NY Toy Fair
February 15, 2019 by brennon
Games Workshop has revealed three new games coming to the tabletop from the worlds of Warhammer 40,000 and Age Of Sigmar. The first of these is Combat Arena.
Combat Arena is another of the board games from Games Workshop for two-to-four players where they are battling for supremacy aboard an Imperial Vessel. Imagine you're in the X-Men Danger Room and you'll hit the right note.
The set is actually meant to be a prequel to Warhammer Quest: Blackstone Fortress and these characters might find their way into that.
The game looks quick and simple to play, a nice thing to throw into the mix when you're pressed for time at the local club.
Stormvault
Taking a step into the Mortal Realms we have Stormvault.
This two-to-five player game has you adventuring across the land as Stormcast Eternals.
It seems like a new take on the rules that we saw used for that somewhat weird Lord Of The Rings board game they came out with last year. There are no more details on this one just yet but it does come with some nice looking components and plastic models to represent the various heroes.
Warhammer Underworlds: Dreadfane
Adapting Warhammer Underworlds for a new audience, Dreadfane gives people who are new to the game a good entry-level experience. It comes with Stormcast Eternals and Nighthaunts as well as options to play with them beyond this set against other warbands.
It looks like a rather neat take on the game and if it's focused on new players, that can only be a good thing. It's good to have more options for people who want to experience these worlds but don't want to drop hundreds of pounds.
Here's hoping these are three new games which actually sit on the Games Workshop shelf for longer than some of their older projects. Time will tell no doubt!
Will you be checking out these games?
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Any idea whether these are available in all markets and not just in America or something like that?
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I find it interesting that there is currently no trade dress on the first two games mentioned in the article.
Both are missing GW branding and the brand of the universe they coming from.
Rather strange for a GW product.
I’m assuming that both games are going into the US mass retail market that Blitz Bowl went into last year.
Looks like Combat Arena is a 40k reskin of Gore Chosen (which was actually a really fun game). I see Gore Chosen as very much a precursor to Shadespire so I wonder if we will see a 40k version of Shadespire at some point in the future.
Combat Arena looks like a re-skinning of Gorechosen.
Stormvault board reminds me of Star Wars: Rebellion, but I’m sure that’s the only similarity. Pity it’s Stormcast eternal… I hate those guys… just space marines with guns replaced by energy weapons… so space marines really…
I’d rather have a fantasy spin on Kill Team (with anything but Stormcast) or a two player box (with something other than stormcast… Daughters of Khaine vs Dwarves would be cool)
I’m with you on the non-stormcast two player box… Though I get why the Stormcast are in everything. (Except for that khorne vs Slaanesh demons box… but that release feels like it just kinda flew under the radar anyway). Me personally, I’d like a Daughters vs Seraphon so you could have Snake Women vs Lizard Men. Though I think that lore-wise a Daughters vs Slaanesh army would make more sense, (if they are going to go through with that story line and release Slananesh and build out that army.. but who knows if that’s a thing now.) And, for a… Read more »
It would be nice to have some heroic warbands kicking ass and looting tombs.
I’d like to start a Khaine army, but I have so much to paint, would cost so much and those Daughters are so… squishy…
In a post lottery win world I would buy that amazing Morathi double figure pack, but that’s more an artistic project than gaming one. Imagine painting that up and then dropping it…
** cough ** non-stormcast 2 player box ** cough** https://www.games-workshop.com/en-AU/Age-of-Sigmar-Carrion-Empire-2019-eng
Two figure’s enters only one exits.
Ooh, a prequel to Blackstone Fortress, interesting…
Dreadfane would be nice if they had chosen some other faction to go with Nighthaunts than Sigmarines. Those games seem like they could be fun to play time to time.
Combat arena and Dreadfane sounds interesting but, Stormvault does nothing to me. However, the more games the better!
When I first saw the Easybuild Myrmourne Banshees and the Easybuild Sequitors with their sculpted bases 8 months ago, I said to others hanging out in the new realeses in my “local” Warhammer store I said …. look at the textured bases these will be made in into Warhammer Underworlds warbands one day. “I don’t think so”, they said. ** “Shut up you old fool” “Where did you read that? You didn’t!?! you are wrong !!!!” “Don’t listen him he’s senile” “I haven’t read that on BoLs he must be wrong” ” People over 40 are stupid and should wait… Read more »