Games Workshop has announced the pre-order date for the launch box for the new edition of Warhammer Age Of Sigmar. From 29th June you'll be able to scoop up the big new Skaventide boxed set which features new miniatures for the Stormcast Eternals and Skaven.

Skaventide Pre-Orders // Warhammer Age Of Sigmar

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The Skaventide launch box comes packed with two big armies for you to get started in Warhammer Age Of Sigmar plus the elements to make two Spearhead forces. This means you don't have to assemble everything in the box to get started. Alongside the Spearhead rules, you will also get the big Core Rulebook and the General's Handbook which will let you dive deeper into games set within The Mortal Realms.

Skaventide will then become available in stores from 13th July when The Battle For Hel Crown launches, a new campaign to launch the edition.

The Slaughter Of Hel Crown // Warhammer Age Of Sigmar

As the Skaven spread across Aqshy, destroying everything in their wake there is one city still holding out against the forces of Chaos. Hel Crown is a fortress city built around a realmgate that goes to the Realm Of Chaos itself. Hel Crown was recently conquered by Sigmarite forces and now the Vermindoom is coming to bring it back into Chaos' hands. With that in mind, the stage is now set for a big clash for the start of the new edition where the Stormcast Eternals and their allies need to hold the bulwark and stop the Skaven from rampaging further into Aqshy.

The Slaughter Of Hel Crown - Campaign Map // Warhammer Age Of Sigmar

Here's some more of the lore about the upcoming launch campaign...

"Should the forces of Order hold Hel Crown, it would be the ideal beachhead from which to strike deep into the heart of the Gnaw. The Skaven, for their part, are all too aware that this flank of the Gnaw may yet be seized by the storm-things after their first encounters with the Ruination chambers. Rats have swarmed forth in their thousands to claim this vital port, further curdling its surface and causing the very air to scratch at the lungs of mortal intruders. Its surface is now pocked with warpstone mines to obliterate unsuspecting strike forces whilst Jezzail sniper-posts line the island’s edges. Hidden monster pens full of Moulder experiments writhe with mutant filth, just waiting to be sprung free via carefully laid traps."

Now, I wonder how much impact this is actually going to have on The Mortal Realms. The Leviathan campaign and The Battle For Oghram didn't really seem like it had that much influence but then again, maybe Warhammer Age Of Sigmar's design team might be more accepting of some big shifts in the lore. It would be rather cool to see the Skaven win and pour into the rest of Aqshy, aiming for Hammerhal Aqsha.

Are you going to be getting your hands on the new launch box and will you take part in the campaign?