On the Table #43

All of this season's Battleforces at a glance, the Khazalite Holds go up for pre-order, The Old World heads into the desert, and the crowdfunding table keeps growing. Here is what is on the table this week.

Every Battleforce At A Glance

The Sunday Preview rounds up this season's boxes for 40K, Age of Sigmar and the Horus Heresy.

Games Workshop put its whole Battleforce and Battle Group lineup in one place. The boxes are only available while stocks last, and prices were not listed in the article. For Warhammer 40,000 the seven boxes are:

• Space Marines – Indomitus Task Force: Captain in Terminator Armour, Chaplain, Redemptor Dreadnought, 5 Terminators, 5 Assault Intercessors and 10 Intercessors
• Space Wolves – Champions of Fenris: Logan Grimnar, Arjac Rockfist and 15 Wolf Guard Terminators
• Blood Angels – Angelus Assault Force: Commander Dante, Chaplain with Jump Pack, Death Company Brutalis Dreadnought, 3 Sanguinary Guard and 5 Death Company Marines with Jump Packs
• Chaos Knights – Helhunt Lance: a Knight Ruinator and 4 War Dog Stalkers
• Chaos Space Marines – Cult of Destruction: Warpsmith, Defiler, Venomcrawler, 2 Obliterators, 5 Havocs and 3 Mutilators
• Orks – Armoured Blitzmob: Warboss in Mega Armour, Battlewagon (or Gunwagon), Deff Dread, 3 Meganobz and 10 Ork Boyz
• Necrons – Disciples of the Nekrosor: C'tan Shard of the Nightbringer, Nekrosor Ammentar, 3 Ophydian Destroyers, Canoptek Doomstalker, 10 Necron Warriors and 3 Canoptek Scarab Swarms

The six Age of Sigmar boxes (Stormcast Eternals, Cities of Sigmar, Maggotkin of Nurgle, Orruk Warclans, Nighthaunt and Slaves to Darkness) and the two Horus Heresy Battle Groups from the last weeks are part of the lineup as well. That is a lot of new plastic, and every army needs a home.

Warhammer 40,000: Space Marines / Space Wolves / Blood Angels · Chaos Knights · Chaos Space Marines · Orks · Necrons

Age of Sigmar: Stormcast Eternals · Cities of Sigmar · Maggotkin of Nurgle · Orruk Warclans · Nighthaunt · Slaves to Darkness

Horus Heresy: Horus Heresy

The Khazalite Holds Go Up For Pre-Order

The second wave of Age of Sigmar's newest faction is ready to order.

On Saturday, November 7, Games Workshop opened pre-orders for High Kyng Valankrom, Thrynn, Runewright, Valayan Guardians, Clangunners, Ormyr and Ashtongue, Hjulda Drakkblud, Clanshields, the Oathkeeper Cannon, the Gholems of Gazul, Spearhead: Magmic Fyrd and Regiment of Renown: Fjori's Vengeance. The Battletome comes in a standard and a Gamer's Edition, and there are matching Khazalite Holds dice. In the same week the faction made its Battle Report debut, and Warhammer Community introduced the Khazalite Ancestor Gods.

New models, new armies, new storage needs. The trays for Fyreslayers and the Khazalite Holds are ready: Fyreslayers / Khazalite Holds

The Old World Heads Into The Desert

A new Arcane Journal takes a Bretonnian baron to the Land of the Dead.

The Arcane Journal: The Doom of Lord Carrard follows a Bretonnian baron on a quest from the Badlands to the heart of ancient Nehekhara. It comes with four new scenarios, two for full-sized games and two for Battle March games, plus new army rules: the Questing Host for Bretonnia and six Nehekharan dynasties for the Tomb Kings of Khemri. A Tomb Kings Battle March boxed set accompanies the journal.

• Box set: 2 Royal Heralds, 18 Skeleton Warriors, 18 Skeleton Archers, 5 Skeleton Horsemen and 3 Sepulchral Stalkers
• Four scenarios: two full-sized, two Battle March
• Pre-orders: "soon", no date yet

The classic Wood Elves also return through Made to Order. Skeletons, knights and a long march: Tomb Kings of Khemri · Kingdom of Bretonnia

Space Wolves And Orks Take The Weekend

The California Cup crowned a repeat winner, and the Worlds are only weeks away.

The California Cup, the weekend's biggest event, drew 149 players over eight rounds. Alex Spathopoulos went 8-0 with Space Wolves led by Logan Grimnar and beat Mike Helm's Tyranids in the final. It was his second California Cup win, after 2024. In France, Robin Lechevalier won the OGRE in Saverne with Orks, and in Stockholm Kalle Abrahamsson took Shuffle Wars IV (79 players) with an undefeated Necrons list. Space Marines were strong overall, with 8 event wins over the weekend.

Next up are the World Championships of Warhammer, just under a month away. Games Workshop released a 40K FAQ for the event, and a full balance update is due in December.

• California Cup: 149 players, Space Wolves win
• OGRE (France): Orks win
• Shuffle Wars IV (Sweden, 79 players): Necrons win

Whoever packs an army for a tournament knows how much a good case matters. Our Space Marines trays are here: Space Marines

Crowdfunding Hits New Highs

Arkham Horror Remastered has passed 4.8 million euros, and a new wave of campaigns is starting.

As of November 8, according to Brettspielbox, Arkham Horror Remastered – Vault Series stood at over 4.8 million euros on Gamefound, up from 2.7 million a week earlier. The late pledge of Dungeons of Tanares passed 1.5 million, and Too Little Time is at 1.4 million. Satisfactory: The Board Game sits at around 2.5 million, the Discworld RPG at 463,000 and Kelp at 281,000 euros. Between November 10 and 12, Feed the Kraken, The Thing: The Boardgame, Wallguards of the East Empire and the Marco Polo Deluxe Master Set launch.

• Arkham Horror Remastered – Vault Series: over 4.8 million euros
• Dungeons of Tanares (late pledge): over 1.5 million euros
• Too Little Time: 1.4 million euros
• Satisfactory: The Board Game: around 2.5 million euros

The figures are as of November 8 and still moving. Big-box games need a good home, and for Arkham Horror fans we have the organizers: Arkham Horror

New Board Games And Dates For The Weekend

An expansion with five new civilizations, a vampire hunt and two fairs.

Clash of Cultures: Voyagers adds four modules that can be used separately or combined, including special landscapes and five new civilizations: Inca, Inuit, Haudenosaunee, Pueblo and Polynesians. Darkness of Dracula, a standalone deduction game, has a Gamefound campaign in preparation, and Beast from Koalla Spiele is coming in a German edition. For the weekend, the 39th Karlsruher Spieletage run from November 13 to 15, and the 30th Spielwelt in Bielefeld takes place on November 14 and 15 at the Ravensburger Spinnerei.

• Karlsruher Spieletage: November 13–15
• Spielwelt Bielefeld: November 14–15

Got a favorite from this week's news? Let us know in the comments.

Have a fun week!
Heiko