Warhammer Quest: Cursed City Announced As New Boxed Game
January 23, 2021 by brennon
The new boxed game from Games Workshop wasn't The Old World or Battlefleet Gothic or even Mordheim. Instead, they treated us to another adventure into the Mortal Realms of Warhammer: Age Of Sigmar with Warhammer Quest: Cursed City.
Warhammer Quest: Cursed City Trailer // Games Workshop
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Following in the footsteps of Warhammer Quest: Blackstone Fortress, Cursed City is going to be introducing us to a Fantasy-based adventure on the tabletop. You will play as a band of adventurers who have pledged to enter the city of Ulfenkarn with the hope of bringing low its foul leader. Here's more of the background lore...
"Located in the heart of Shyish, Ulfenkarn can trace its history back to the Age of Myth. A mighty citadel was constructed by three noble dynasties of Azyrite descent and for many generations the living and the spirits of the land lived together peacefully.
The city bred a tough people whose strength would be sorely tested during the Age of Chaos. As the Dark Gods poured their hateful legions into reality, the city found itself isolated and was laid waste by Slaughn the Ravenor. The only chance to survive was to agree a pact with a potential saviour, a pact that the city would regret forever."
It all sounds very much like the kind of power that the Von Carstein family were able to wield over Sylvania in The World That Was. It certainly seems as if the heroes you'll be playing as are anticipating some bloodsucking foes if this character is anything to go by.
Jelsen Darrock // Warhammer Quest
Known as a "one-man death squad", Darrock is a nice twist on the classic Witch Hunter that we know and love from Warhammer Fantasy Battles. He comes armed with a powerful rifle which has an underslung stake launcher, a hammer for getting up close and personal and a seriously big sword too.
Fun fact; his stakes are carved from wood taken from the trees of Ashqy. That way, when he fires them into his enemies they burst into flames and consume their bodies. That all sounds very over-the-top and very Age Of Sigmar.
Arranged against Darrock and company there will be all manner of terrifying beasts that have been warped and twisted within the walls of the Cursed City. One such individual is Gorslav The Gravekeeper.
Gorslav The Gravekeeper // Warhammer Quest
This fellow is giving me serious Bloodborne vibes and I reckon that might be something which finds its way into all elements of Cursed City. This fellow tends to the crypts of the city and summons forth the undead so that they might serve their master. I really like the design of the miniature as a whole with that big spade-axe and the hooks which are used for prising open coffins.
Earlier in the year, I promised myself that I wouldn't delve into any more Warhammer games because they just took too much time and effort to build up with very little result (for me at least). Cursed City might be a game that I do indulge in though. I love the concept and I like that it's entirely self-contained. I could bring this out with my board gaming friends and we could have a lot of fun with it.
There is a little bit of time to go before we see Cursed City on the tabletop but I am intrigued. We got a peek at more characters and creatures in the trailer (see above) but make sure to watch this space for more information as it becomes available.
Are you tempted by Warhammer Quest: Cursed City?
"I love the concept and I like that it's entirely self-contained..."
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Every time I leave they pull me back in…
At :40 when it shows the characters… is that an orc? Bottom right
This does sound good
I assumed it was an Ogre.
Looks pretty orc to me as well, but it could be either.
The previous Warhamme Quest games all kind of emphasized a variety of heroes that would not normally work together.
Witch Hunters – I’m in!
Yes please! ????
I promised my self no mew games this year, but looks like I am already failing that.
This has everything I like gothic horror and amazing miniatures so far, let’s wait to see what else is in the box, but colour me interested.
This makes me so happy, Witch Hunter, Vampires and Warhammer Quest, I just can’t wait for it.
Such a shame no Warhammer Rank and File game coming back (it was a faint hope anyway), but the good news is a load of Mordheim suitable minis on their way AND GW aren’t going to rewrite/bugger up the rules for it (like they did with Necromunda). Probably will be buying for the minis to use with Mordheim, however they missed a trick in not doing an “Old World” rank and file game (imagine it with Warlord 13.5mm “strips” of 10 men) in hard plastic, it would have flown off the shelves)
We don’t know that, the Old World was “announced” at the end of 2019 I think at they said it still years before the game will come out so you still might get your WHF rank and file game in the future.
>it would have flown off the shelves
Yeah, I think the sales of GW’s previous rank and file system demonstrated that for a lie.
You’re getting the old world in the future, just wait 5 more years.
I think things are starting to move away from the plethora of “skirmish” level games (where the smallest unit is a single figure) that we have had thrown at us over the last decade (and even to an extent the extremely popular “Boardgame with minis” games that have populated Kickstarters over the same period as well. We’re starting to see some of the bigger manufacturers dip their toes back into rank and file games with large armies (but this time around with a shift to smaller scale minis rather than keeping everything at 28mm). Warmaster was a VERY good game,… Read more »
I was thinking of Mythic’s Joan of Arc when you mentioned the smaller scale games with huge armies. So the market for huge small scale games has grown at least that much. But I don’t think that the hobby has moved on from skirmish level games, since we have things like Crisis Protocol doing great (at least on this side of the ocean). There are a lot of smaller companies doing smaller scale games, and GW has gotten on board with the return of specialist games. And the miniatures board games of Kickstarter aren’t going anywhere for the moment. As… Read more »
Those look really impressive.
Can’t wait to find out more, those 2 minis are awesome!
Oh good, the Games Workshop advertising website is back. Wasn’t there some talk about expanding the scope of this site back when the name change happened?
GW had an announcement stream yesterday and so OTT covered the news that was on it. They cover hundreds of other companies – beyond the numerous news stories that they publish each week, we just finished Frostgrave week, currently part way through Conquest slow grow. Whether you like it or not, GW is the biggest in the market and reporting the news is what’s best for the site. Get a grip for goodness sake
As has been said – this was the collection of previews from GW over the weekend. It would be pretty dumb not to report on them.
We have plenty of information on dozens and dozens of other games and ranges on the site so don’t worry…I’m sure you’ll find something for you.
Oh look GW is rehashing this, Oh look GW is rehashing that. Oh look limited availability of figures, better get those now beofre they aren’t available again. Got add those to my collection of things I don’t play with. Its all old news for a mediocre game palyed by people who feel obligated to play it because they’ve spent a small fortune on it and hold out hope it will sometime get better. Its the infamous GW arrogance in a new form. Hook, line and sinker you’re all trapped by the glare of the shinies. More to the point, you… Read more »
I honestly hope you’re just trolling man, because the suggestion that OTT increase their userbase by ignoring the most popular company in the industry (by a country mile) is laughable.
Also, accusing GW of “arrogance” while dismissing their entire customer base as wasters obligated to play a mediocre game in a single breath is world class irony.
Checked his profile- he’s a GW hater that joined only recently to throw shade on the company and insult its customers and fanbase. Just ignore him and he’ll go away. (I also looked at his profile, and it went from “I can always find something positive about any game, whether it be rules or miniatures” to “I HATE GW WAAAAAH!!!” over a period of about five months, so it seems like he had a bad experience with another gamer or something that he’s now taking out on everyone else.)
To be fair, most GW haters are former huge GW fans. You also forgot the G in WAAAAGH
For my part, I think the crowd here is more Granny Wendy happy than I would like (for example, the fan awards always end up going to Forge World minis, 40k expansion books and GW boxed games rather than spreading it around with all that is going on in gaming).
But still, I often come onto here and read up on other releases.
“News website told not to cover news”
I think that cloud needs some more yelling at, old man.
GW “news” of any kind brings in viewers, GW sales also make up the larger part of any FLGS sales. But I think BoW have been doing things the spread their coverage. The most importat part of the Weekender now the the “Indie of the Week” News item (which usually has more time allocated to it than any other news items). Also with the Indie of the Week article we’re getting more historical coverage (which was always an issue here at BoW, although I do treat BoW as a Sci-fi/Fantasy website and tend to look elsewhere for historical news). So… Read more »
I don’t really do GW anymore but the Warhammer Quest miniatures, especially the heroes, always look amazing
Skipped the first two releases for Warhammer Quest as they didn’t appeal to me too much but the darker tone and stunning minis here have me hooked. Definite buy for me.
Given that the strength of Warhammer Quest Silver Tower and Hammerhall were the miniatures but Blackstone Fortress was strong in both miniatures and gameplay I’m very hopeful.
Witch-hunters, the undead and I’m betting vampires and a werewolf boss. Nice to see Warhammer Quest return to fantasy
I regretted not buying into Blackstone Fortress and I love the witch Hunter aesthetic so yeah, I’m in, GW. You can have my money ?
Fabulous figures shame I don’t play the game, they could be great in D & D but.
It’s going to be a self-contained boardgame like all the Warhammer Quest releases, you don’t need to play any other GW games.
It might be worth checking out then thanks for that.
You can have a look at the previous three iterations of Warhammer Quest to get an idea on how this will play.
Most likely, it will mirror the Blackstone Fortress rules, with some updates and changes.
a definite ‘darkest dungeon’ vibe there … I guess they see potential profit in that theme.
Then again … the old world was depressingly dark so it’s not exactly new, but more a return to the original idea.
If they add in rival warbands then you’ve got Mordheim in AoS, right ?
I’d say Warcry is Mordheim in AoS (warband skirmish with campaign elements).
Warhammer Quest is a Co-op dungeon crawler.
true, but WarCry lacks that city feel … and this appears to be based in a specific city.
OTOH … Frostgrave already makes for an alternate Mordheim.
This. I’m always amused by the “If only there was new Mordheim/Warhammer rank and file” when there is a bunch of games that do exactly that. “but they’re not from GW! I hate GW but i want GW!” is usually the schizophrenic answer to that paradox.
@poks GW have mastered the art of FOMO and marketing. Their products also tend to be very newbie friendly with all you need in the ‘starter set’. Frostgrave is more a hobbyist game. It assumes you’ve got a lot of stuff or are willing to create everything from scratch. I think beginners could do with a sexy starter kit to get them going. It won’t stop the GW-fanboys from demanding an exact copy of Mordheim, but it would make it easier for them to get into the hobby. OTOH … any official product kind of goes counter to the DIY… Read more »
– I disagree completely about the starter sets being all you need in GW products. I think that you rarely just want to play the unexpanded starter (like with AoS, 40k, Blood Bowl, Necromunda, Titan Legions, etc). The Warhammer Quest line has been more functionally self contained -the expansions seem more ‘optional’ than necessary. Quite unlike Blood Bowl, where you need more stuff unless you only ever want to play humans vs. orcs with neither side’s roster optimized. I always thought the idea of Frostgrave was that you could use whatever minis you had or found instead (rather than having… Read more »
Every starterset ‘needs’ expansions. That’s why they are starter sets and not boardgames. The idea of Frostgrave is indeed ‘use what you got’, which is why a starter set (or any sort of ‘official’ thing) feels wrong. However it could be just the thing (some) people need to *ahem* ‘get started’. It’s easy for the average OTT’er to get into Frostgrave, because we tend to have lots of terrain and minis from various systems and unfinished projects. The complete novice however needs a boxed set of some description to get them going. I know I wish I had when Rogue… Read more »
Yeah. Depending on what aspect of Mordheim you’re looking for, you could go with Malifaux, Warcry, Frostgrave, Necromunda, Armageddon, Kill Team, Company of Iron, HATE, Riot Quest, Elder Scrolls, Fallout or a number of others.
GW fans are very commonly a mite schizophrenic. No one hates on G-Dubs like their biggest fans.
Yeah, I just dropped a huge pledge on Mythic’s Darkest Dungeon. I think I’ll pass just for that reason, but this does look good.
Come to think of it, Blackstone Fortress does have a similar game pace (map travel with a quest goal that’s interrupted with combat encounters).
I just added this to the forum, thinking nobody seen the news…uploaded and of course others have done a better job..!
I’m sorely tempted by this. I don’t have the time or space for a big project but I’m tempted. There’s a bit of non-buyer’s remorse at not getting into Blackstone Fortress (same thing: lack of time and space) and just “oh would you look at them”.
tl;dr tempted
I am now a entity made of pure hype… Behold me!
Really awasome!… Mordheim2021 Instagram Will be on fire
Jan 1st 2021: this year I’ll make a concerted effort to avoid buying big box games and concentrate on the ones I already have.
Jan 24th 2021: well f@#*!!!
Hold me someone ! I am about to faint…
Bam ? this is the way
I’m glad I didn’t buy into Blackstone Fortress now. They’ll only get me for $800 on this game series the one time.
Seriously, if GW stays in the same direction going forward with models that look as good these two and Vellas Von Faine for the upcoming Old World, then they will have something really special.
There is something strangely fresh with these models and yet I’m getting an old Mordheim vibe from them. Can’t put my finger on it but these just look less heroic scale and more true scale, which I’ve always liked.
And if they don’t, well, there are other games that have my attention. Let’s see where they go with this.
Do we know if this is using the 40k Warhammer Quest system with custom dice or the Age of Sigmar one they used for The Silver Tower?
If it uses the Silver Tower, I’d also wonder if they’ll be re-releasing the card pack for using nearly every Age of Sigmar plastic character as a hero.
I think that Blackstone Fortress was considered a lot more sound mechanically so I would imagine it’s a tweaked version of that. I don’t know for sure though