On the Table #32

Gen Con took over Indianapolis, Games Workshop lined up one of the biggest Old World waves since the relaunch, and a Lovecraftian classic came back out of the vault. Here is what landed on the table this week.

Chaos Marches Back Into the Old World

The Warriors of Chaos get a full plastic wave — and after all these years, the Chaos Dragon finally gets a kit of its own.

This is the biggest pre-order week Warhammer: The Old World has seen since the Core Set relaunch, and it lands squarely on the Warriors of Chaos. The centrepiece is a two-headed Chaos Dragon that can be built as a mount for either a Chaos Lord or a Chaos Sorcerer — and if you would rather have the beast on its own, it works as a solo monster or as Galrauch. The rider is a separate build either way, so a single box quietly gives you a foot character as well.

Alongside it comes the rank-and-file: a 16-model Chaos Warriors kit with swappable heads, shields and weapons, eight Chaos Knights with lance and command options, and a Champions of Chaos set with two heroes, both of which can be built as a Battle Standard Bearer. Two Battle March boxes round the wave out — one for the Warriors of Chaos, one for Grand Cathay — which is the fastest way from zero to a playable force this system has offered so far.

• Pre-order Saturday 8 August, in stores Saturday 22 August 2026
• Chaos Dragon: two heads, builds as Chaos Lord, Chaos Sorcerer, riderless monster or Galrauch
• Chaos Warriors: 16 models, one or two command groups possible
• Chaos Knights: 8 mounted models with lance and command options
• Battle March boxes for Warriors of Chaos and Grand Cathay
• Arcane Journal: The March of Chaos, 48-page softback, also available as ePub
• Arcane Magic Ploys card pack: 56 cards, usable across factions

A Battle March box plus a dragon on a big base is exactly the moment a shelf stops being a storage solution. If your Chaos army is about to double overnight, the trays are already here: Foam trays for Warriors of Chaos

The Ogors Finally Get Their Turn

The Ogor Mawtribes Army Set hit stores on 1 August — the faction's first real refresh in roughly two decades.

Ogor players have been patient. Very patient. The new army set puts a Tyrant at the front, backs him with three Ironguts and ten Gluttons, and adds something genuinely new: two Maulbeast Cavalry, the first fresh mounted models the Mawtribes have seen in a very long time. The set also carries a Battletome with a cover exclusive to this box and a stack of 52 warscroll cards.

What makes this one interesting beyond the models is the timing — an army set like this is usually the opening move of a longer release run, so if you have been waiting for a reason to start Ogors, this is a reasonable bet.

• Released Saturday 1 August 2026, pre-orders ran from 18 July
• Contents: 1 Tyrant, 2 Maulbeast Cavalry, 3 Ironguts, 10 Gluttons
• Battletome: Ogor Mawtribes with a cover exclusive to the army set
• 52 warscroll cards included
• First substantial model refresh for the faction in around 20 years

Ogors are big, top-heavy and awkward to pack — and the new cavalry does not make that easier. Ours are cut for exactly that problem: Foam trays for Ogor Mawtribes

Kill Team: Exodite Brings the Aeldari Exodites to the Tabletop

A faction that has lived in the lore for decades finally gets models — and only one production run of them.

The Aeldari Exodites have been a footnote in Warhammer 40,000's background material since the old days: Aeldari who left the Craftworlds behind to live on primitive worlds and ride dinosaurs. As of this release, they are actual plastic. The kill team is built around three Dragon Master operatives and two Drakolithes, and the box also includes a full set of non-player operatives — ten Beast Snagga Boyz and four Squighog Boyz — for the PvE and Joint Ops missions in the Exodite Dossier.

One detail worth flagging: Games Workshop has said this is a single production run. Kill Team boxes in that category tend to disappear quietly and reappear at unpleasant prices.

• Pre-orders opened 25 July, release Saturday 8 August 2026
• Player operatives: 3 Dragon Masters, 2 Drakolithes
• Non-player operatives: 10 Beast Snagga Boyz, 4 Squighog Boyz
• 88 datacards, transfer sheet and token sheet included
• Single production run — limited availability
• Spectre Squad also releases 8 August

Kill Team is the format that actually travels — club nights, tournaments, a friend's kitchen table. Fourteen-odd models want a case that fits in a bag: Foam trays for Kill Team and Magnetic cases

BattleTech Rebuilds Its Entry Point From Scratch

Catalyst launched Refit & Redeployment at Gen Con: starter box, core box and core rulebook developed together for the first time in over 30 years.

Catalyst has been very deliberate about one thing here — this is not a new edition. The rules changes came out of the largest public playtest in BattleTech's history, six months long and spread across five playtest packets, and the compatibility claim is remarkably specific: fewer than 0.05% of existing record sheets need any adjustment at all. If you own BattleTech, your BattleTech still works.

What is new is the presentation. For the first time since the early nineties, the entry products were designed as one coherent package instead of accumulating over the years, and the core box comes with eight ready-to-play miniatures including some genuinely popular chassis.

• Launched at Gen Con 2026, 30 July – 2 August, Catalyst booth 1611
• Starter box, core box and core rulebook developed simultaneously — a first in over 30 years
• Explicitly not a new edition
• Core box: 8 ready-to-play miniatures, including Mad Cat Mk II, Vulture Mk IV Prime, Uziel and Hollander
• Starter box: two ilClan-era mechs, Hammerhead and Kontio
• Under 0.05% of existing record sheets require adjustment

BattleTech collections have a habit of growing sideways — mechs of wildly different heights, all needing their own depth. That is a solved problem: Foam trays for BattleTech

Arkham Horror Remastered Comes Out of the Vault

Fantasy Flight is bringing back the 2005 second edition — with every expansion — as the opening campaign of a new Gamefound series.

Arkham Horror second edition has been out of print for years and quietly expensive on the second-hand market for just as long. The remaster keeps the game people remember but rebuilds the presentation around it: new illustrations, revised rules, quality-of-life component upgrades, and new dashboards for both investigators and Ancient Ones. It is the first campaign in Fantasy Flight's new Gamefound "Vault Series", which is aimed squarely at exactly this kind of out-of-print classic.

The part that matters most for anyone who played the original: the plan covers the game's full run, expansions included. Anyone who has actually set up Arkham Horror with three or four expansions on the table already knows what that means logistically.

• Announced 30 July 2026 during Gen Con week
• Remaster of Arkham Horror second edition, originally released 2005
• New artwork, revised rules, upgraded components
• New dashboards for investigators and Ancient Ones
• First campaign in the Gamefound "Vault Series"
• Crowdfunding campaign expected in October 2026 — dates not officially confirmed yet

An Arkham Horror box with all its expansions is less a game and more a filing problem. We have thought about it a lot: Organizers and inserts for Arkham Horror

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Have a fun week!
Heiko