House Escher & Slave Ogryns Coming To Necromunda Soon
August 17, 2020 by brennon
Games Workshop is primed to drop a bunch of Necromunda content for pre-order this weekend. House Escher are getting plenty of reinforcements thanks to the House Of Blades book and also a host of new miniatures.
House Escher Expansions // Necromunda
The new set of releases were previewed many moons ago but they are finally going to get put up for pre-order this weekend. You'll be able to include the Death-Maidens into your gang as Champions, raised from the dead in order to claim vengeance against their aggressors. You've also got the Wyld Runners who nimbly make their way through the warrens and lofty spaces of the Underhive looking to take down their foes with wyld bows in hand...man those are cool.
You can also bring the finely tuned hunters known as Phelynx into the mix. As well as dealing with bullets, blades and explosives, you now have to face down teeth and claws too. All of this is included in the new House Of Blades book which will also be up for pre-order.
House Of Blades // Necromunda
This will contain everything you need to expand and play with House Escher during your games of Necromunda. Think of it a little bit like a codex for your gang that gives you a few more options beyond what's presented in the regular book.
Slave Ogryns Break Their Chains
As well as House Escher, you can also pick up the Slave Ogryns gang which is looking to break the chains of their oppression and make a name for themselves in the Underhive.
Slave Ogryns // Necromunda
There are six Ogryns in this set which come armed with a mix of augmetic fists, storm welders and spud-jackets. If you like big, tough warriors then this is the gang for you. You also get the options to make the Lobo-Slave and an Ogryn with just one arm, a beast who has no doubt ripped his augmentations out in a mark of defiance.
More is also going to be on the way with a Jotunn H-Grade Servitor Ogryn box. This could expand your gang as it is or give you options for including a Slave Ogryn in your gang, whatever their affiliation might be.
Gang Tactic Cards // Necromunda
Are you tempted to pick up these new miniatures or perhaps these Tactics Cards and Gang Packs which help you when diving into your games? There is plenty to like about the direction that Necromunda is going and I could see this being a nice fit for those who have grown tired of building big armies.
What do you think about these upcoming pre-orders?
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I love the slave ogryn’s.
The Eschers aren’t for me but I love the big lads. The bottom right looks like he’s doing a bad Imperial Fists cosplay.
Would I pick these up to bash into weapons servitors for my Imperial guard? I could.
Those look really good. I am always happy when there is more House Escher.
I like the idea that you can pick up a couple of Ogryns rather than a set of six… let’s see what the cost differential turns out to be?
The Escher stuff is all really different and cool. I love their pets.
The Ogryns have so many possibilities and not just Necromunda: Kill Team, larger servitors, an Astra Militarum regiment that is part of a forge world, Charonite Ogryn for 30K Solar Auxilia armies, steampunk Age of Sigmar mercenaries…
Are we saying that the rules for Ogryns will be in the Escher book??
Rules were actually in the Goliath book (if I remember right), so who knows if there’s rules for an extra gang in the Escher book?
Just found out the Ogryn box of six models is coming in at £50 (ouch), the “servitor” box (which is just two of the same models) has a RRP of £26…..OUCH!!!!!!!
I’m not surprised that two Ogryns are £26 when you compare them to a couple of chaos spawn at a similar price. I’m pleasantly surprised the box of six is only £50 as I would have guessed at £60.
On the cards, we’re not sure if the “Open Hive” and “Zone Mortalis” card packs are going to be GW direct only (leaving just the Esher and Slave Ogryn Cards for local retailers. Unfortunately the local retailers don’t even know (I guess they’ll find out on Friday like the rest of us. Be advised the last time GW did these direct only card packs, they sold out in about 2 hours (you know the “limited release/FOMO” thing GW like doing, rather than just actually sell you the cards). There’s was a bit of anger last time as the GW store… Read more »
…..and the cards are sold out in less than 2 hours.
Great job GW
Yet again (and with almost every card pack release previously), GW “underestimate” (or GW speak for “marketing shenanigans”, we just call it “FOMO driving sales technique”) the demand for the card packs.
Seems strange as basically everyone who owns the particular gang involved would want the cards (and the plastic gang boxes are still available). How can GW “underestimate” every single time if it’s not intentional?
They’ve not even sent them out yet and the scalpers are already in action (good to see THEY can at least obtain them rather than the players themselves). If GW actually started to produce these things to meet demand this anger and frustration would be moot 🙁
https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Necromunda-Open-Hive-War-Card-Pack-Games-Workshop-out-of-production-SEALED/124309752748?hash=item1cf1704bac:g:x7UAAOSwCj9fQOWK
£36 for a £16 card pack and the reserve isn’t even met yet (I hate to think what it is) 🙁
Edit : infact the seller managed to get multiple copies or the card packs (even although they are supposed to be just one per customer). Shows the scalpers have there ways around the restrictions