Games Workshop Look Ahead To New Codexes, Gangs & More From Middle-earth
June 5, 2018 by brennon
Games Workshop gave everyone a bit of an update on what to look forward to when it comes to their various games, both big and small. We start with some news from Warhammer 40,000.
There are going to be two new Codexes on the way for fans of 8th Edition. The Space Wolves, or Mega Sci-Fi Vikings as I like to refer to them, are going to be getting themselves an upgrade with additional rules and tweaks for using the Space Marines with possibly the most personality in the grimdark.
If you're a fan of Xenos then you'll also be able to get your hands on the Orks (man, when did they stop calling them Space Orks?) Codex.
Once again, you'll be getting yourself a revamped and up-to-date list of what you can do with the Orks of Warhammer 40,000 with a fair few surprises thrown in their for good measure too I would imagine.
Another Xenos race that is going to be getting some love is the Genestealer Cult. Some new options, models and more appear to be on the horizon if this preview is anything to go by.
Now that man has had a bad day. Half his face is turning into another face AND he just got booked for road rage after getting out of his Cult Limo and tearing up a stop sign. Not a good day to be him...although I'm fairly sure he's going to clobber some fools with that concrete block!
New Necromunda House
As well as the news from Warhammer 40,000 we also have a new gang for those who like playing Necromunda. Here we have the announcement of House Cawdor.
Masked and armed with deadly weapons which have been cobbled together from whatever they can find down in the Underhive, these gangers are a cruel selection of personalities. The team at Games Workshop have been doing a sterling job updating the look and feel of the Necromunda gangs.
They still retain a lot of what made the old gangs characterful, but with a modern twist.
Nighthaunt Heroes
Age Of Sigmar also sees its 2nd Edition soon and the new enemy of the Stormcast Eternals is the Nighthaunt. They are led by three different heroes, one of which was shown off during last weekend's preview.
Flanked by two of his followers this chap seems like someone to take notice of. It is a bit step up from what we've seen so far of the Nighthaunt AND maybe it's a tweak on the Knight Of Shrouds we saw during the Malign Portents campaign?
Middle-earth's Future
As well as the work going into all of these lines we also have news about what's coming up for fans of Lord of the Rings and The Hobbit.
We look to be getting a more inclusive name for the game going forward which is good...and this...
I can't wait to see what this turns out to be. A lot of people have been speculating a new boxed game...and if that is true, well, sign me up immediately!
What are you looking forward to from Games Workshop?
"A lot of people have been speculating a new boxed game...and if that is true, well, sign me up immediately!"
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My beloved Space Wolves – I miss them the most of all the GW miniatures I ever owned. Games Workshop are an amazing new beast compared to 10 years ago, very much focused on their community of gamers than before.
Both codices are welcome and Ork players had already gotten inpatient for they codex for no reason. Cawdor guys do look good but they are not my style.
I quite like the Cawdor gang with the exception of the pointy hat with candles on it. They certainly look a lot better than the original miniatures – I was never a fan of house Cawdor.
The good news is I’d expect the heads to be separate with plenty of spares. I agree, they’re a bit much (I’ve never been a fan of candles on heads, it seems a bloody daft idea).
@somegeezer while daft I’m sure redemptionist allies appreciate the ease it allows to get there flamer chainsaws lit….
Ha! Candles on the head, for when regular gang warfare isn’t dangerous enough
Not sure on that one, the last release had less than heads per sprue and only two “builds” per body (or a different weapon). The First two had extra arms to make more variants, but I suppose there’s only so much room on the sprue. I’ve got some bits from the old Empire flagellants set (a fine set that everyone should pick up (used it to make a couple of Hive Scum)), that I’m planning to do some head swaps with. Looking at the photo, is it me or are there only 3 different “ganger” heads in there (and no… Read more »
Ooh that’s a bit harsh. IIRC there were 10 (for 5 bodies) on both the Goliath and Orlock sprues.
Really hope they don’t let Ork players down, they get neglected more than anyone else. Get rid of the old warbuggies and wartraks (they’re from the Gorkamorka era!), bring back rules for looted vehicles (a conversion kit be nice, glyph plates, spikes etc) and lets see a plastic Ghazghkull. As for the Pelennor fields release, about time! Been ages since we last saw a full boxed game, just the thing to get new people into Lord of the Rings. Still think it’s one of the best systems Workshop have done for years, time to do the subject matter justice and… Read more »
The ghost is a blast, house Cawdor looks very interesting and a new LotR Box Set ? Great !
GW is firing on all cylinders : D
I like the nighthaunt model and the Middle Earth news has me intrigued. I’ve not bought into the game yet but I have really liked the look of many of the models. It is a bit nostalgic for me (not because of the movies but from reading the books when I was a teenager).
Three great new codexes for the war’s always love the fluff for wolfs an the stealer may be a good story the Orks are great read every time around.
A new LotR boxed games would be awesome. I am crossing everything for that one…
Good news on the codexs, keen to see the direction they take with the Orks and what new kits we see (Please please make it new wartrakks etc). Space wolves, not personally bothered but good to have all forces with a codex. (I would say make the wolves fans wait but that’s a bit like kicking a puppy). New aberrant looks good.
Really like the re-imagining of the Cawdor, probably my favourite so far.
Being honest ghost thing is probably the least impressive of the range, and hideously unstable. The silhouettes look more promising though.
Oh and middle earth stuff count me intrigued.
Personally I like the Ork vehicles as are, but then I don’t I own any that I haven’t just used as a chassis and built my own on top of…
They have done great and I still have my gorkamorka force and a few converted bits for my 40k army, just a sucker for the new shiny – and occasionally out of the box is nice
Kill Team, Kill Team & Kill Team…no news on a release date yet 🙁
Probably once we have start Collecting boxes for all the factions
There’s a lot in that update. I absolutely love New Cawdor!
Really interested to see what will be in a new LOTR box set. I’ll just need my wallet to recover from the new AoS2 and the Adeptus Titanicus release in AUG.