The vaults of an ancient tomb complex have opened on the desolate backwater world of Somneft, and the valiant Deathwatch are plunged into an emerald nightmare as Necrons begin to awaken from millennia of slumber. Kill Team: Tomb World is a huge expansion box packed with awesome miniatures and a new set of close-quarters terrain. It’s joined next week by new releases for Warhammer 40,000, some classic returning miniatures, and a very special Black Library edition.
Kill Team: Tomb World
We leave Volkus and the Great Gun behind in the latest season of Kill Team, with focus falling now on a new planet: Somneft in the Nephilim Sector. On this wasteland world lies a long-dormant tomb complex, a threat that has not gone unnoticed by the Imperium. A team of Space Marines from the Deathwatch have been dispatched to prevent it from awakening, forcing their way into its claustrophobic corridors to plant charges and remove the threat before it can get started. Not all of the Necrons within lie sleeping, however, and an eccentric Cryptek begins hunting down the Adeptus Astartes, keen to use them as part of her terrifying experiments.
Kill Team: Tomb World contains two completely new kill teams, and a gargantuan stack of terrain to provide new tactical thrills. Deathwatch kill teams are the elite of the elite, each operative pulled from a different Chapter and given a role that suits them – the box contains enough miniatures to create two entire teams using a wide variety of operatives, with plenty of sculpted shoulderpads and faces representing numerous Chapters. The Canoptek Circle stalk them through the complex: two Tomb Crawlers, an Accelerator, a Reanimator, and three Canoptek Circle Warriors all led by a powerful Geomancer
This box also contains a set of 10 Necron Warriors and three Scarab Swarms that can be used as NPOs, plus 25 pieces of Tomb World terrain: 16 walls, 16 pillars, two wall ends, one sarcophagus, two teleport pads, and four debris pieces. A matching Tomb World game board completes the Necron vibe. The 80-page Tomb World Dossier contains background for the conflict, lore, and rules for both Kill Teams, the Killzone, a Joint Ops mission pack where you can duke it out solo or with a friend against a Necron Host, and an Adversary Ops mission pack that has two players battling as the Necron threat whirrs to life around you. Tokens and datacards round out the package, alongside a deck of Tomb World event cards and NPO cards for your games.
Kill Team: Battleclade and Datacards
The Adeptus Mechanicus deploy Servitors to help their Tech-Priests secure archeotech or defend key logistical nodes as part of their outwardly confusing and impenetrable strategies – controlled by a Servitor Underseer who can reprogram his charges on the fly to turn these simple but effective semi-sentient gun platforms into something far deadlier. This set contains a Technoarcheologist, a Servitor Underseer, and eight Servitors that can build a selection of Gun Servitors, Combat Servitors, and a range of operatives like the Technomedic Servitor and Auto-Proxy Servitor. You also get a set of unique tokens for use in games of Kill Team, and a Battleclade transfer sheet with 64 decals.
There’s a deck of 32 datacards sold separately, comprising faction rules and equipment, unique ploys, operative profiles, and other helpful information. The datacards are available while stocks last.
Kill Team Raveners and Datacards
The Raveners track their prey from beneath the ground, bursting through to slaughter unsuspecting foes. These burrowing biomorphs use tunnels to perform deadly hit-and-run attacks, catching enemies unaware and tearing them apart with razor-sharp talons. This set contains five figures, and will build a Ravener Prime and four specialised Ravener biomorphs, including the Wrecker, Tremorscythe and Venomspitter. Each miniature may also be built as a standard Ravener Warrior for use in games of Warhammer 40,000. You also get a set of unique tokens for use in games of Kill Team.
There’s also a deck of 33 datacards sold separately, comprising faction rules and equipment, unique ploys, operative profiles, and other helpful information. The datacards are available while stocks last.
Killzone Upgrade: Tyranid Infestation
Add a sprinkling of Tyranid terrain to your collection with a new Killzone upgrade. This set contains 15 terrain pieces of scatter terrain, including two gestation sacs, two shardspewer growths, two capillary towers, two brood nests, two capillary roots, two spore vents, and a spore chimney that can rest on a brood nest to create a larger structure. Rules for this expansion will be available to download free from Warhammer Community as part of the upcoming Kill Team balance update. It’s also great for games of Warhammer 40,000, or for dioramas and Armies on Parade display boards!
Sisters Novitiate Squad
Sisters Novitiate are the young recruits for the Adepta Sororitas, fresh zealots ready to be sent into battle under the charge of a Drill Abbot and gain experience in the fires of war. If they survive this unforgiving crucible, they may one day be promoted to become fully-fledged Battle Sisters. Until then, they battle with impetuous fervour, driving enemies off key objectives with a collection of melee and ranged weapons. With this kit leaving the Classified Kill Team range, it is being repackaged for Warhammer 40,000. It contains 10 miniatures, and an Adepta Sororitas transfer sheet comprising 290 transfers.
Ork Kommandos
The rest of the Ork hordes treat Kommandos with bafflement or suspicion. They sneak around instead of throwing themselves right into combat, and practice strange tactics like patience and stealthy assassinations. To their foes, they are a force to be reckoned with – due to their crude but effective weapons and unpredictable cunning. With this kit leaving the Classified Kill Team range, it is being repackaged for Warhammer 40,000. It contains 12 miniatures and an Ork transfer sheet comprising 438 decals.
Made to Order: Classic Aeldari
The Aeldari are great at scrying into the future, but we’re better at looking into the past – and we see some of their classic headlining kits coming back for another go-around. Eldrad Ulthran returns alongside a set of one Farseer and five Warlocks, while the Court of the Young King assembles with all six of the original Phoenix Lord miniatures and a looming Avatar of Khaine – all cast in metal. Finally, the Aeldari Webway gate fortification is back in plastic, with rules found in the downloadable Legends PDF.
Each of these products will be available on a Made to Order basis from Saturday 30th August until 8am BST on Monday 8th September, and may take up to 180 days to arrive.
Made to Order: Classic Emperor’s Children
Slaanesh isn’t about to see the Aeldari have some fun and get away with it, so the Dark Prince has sent some of his favourite Chaos Space Marines to join the Made to Order party. First, the famous cloven-hoofed Noise Marine bursts back onto the stage in plastic with his radical sonic blaster, beautifully updating the 1991 original with flowing locks and all sorts of hedonistic detail.
Three classic metal heroes from an earlier incarnation of the Emperor’s Children also return in one pack, containing a Chaos Lord packed with cacophonous weapons, Lucius the Eternal, and Fabius Bile, while a further set of three venerable metal Noise Marines collects a Champion with Doom Siren, a Noise Marine with Blastmaster and a Noise Marine with Sonic Blaster.
Each of these products will be available on a made-to-order basis from Saturday 30th August until 8am BST on Monday 8th September, and may take up to 180 days to arrive.
Assassinorum: Kingmaker (Special Edition)
Vindicare assassin Absolom Raithe has been given a tricky order – bring down the increasingly unstable king of a Knight world that is well on the way to insurrection, and guide a chosen candidate to take their place on an absent throne. A network of inscrutable blood feuds and ancient rivalries threatens the operation, but few have the skill and determination as the operatives of the Officio Assassinorum.
Robert Rath’s Assassinorum: Kingmaker will be available to pre-order next week in a Special Edition that features a screen-printed cover with unique art, blue printed page edges, and a ribbon bookmark. Each copy is numbered, signed by the author, and contains an introduction and the short story Assassinorum: Iron Sight. It will only be available while stocks last.
Lord of Chaos (audiobook)
Archaon, a former templar of Sigmar now dedicated to the Ruinous Powers, continues his quest to claim the six great treasures of Chaos and bring ruin to the world. From the southern Chaos Wastes to the verdant fields of Bretonnia, Archaon faces challenges and betrayal, all while Be’lakor, the first daemon prince, plots his demise from the shadows. Lord of Chaos by Rob Sanders is available to pre-order next week in MP3 audiobook format.
The Legend of Sigmar (ebook)
The Legend of Sigmar by Graham McNeill is the story of Sigmar’s earliest days in the World of Legend, from his humble beginnings as the son of a barbarian chieftain to the unparalleled power he wielded at the head of a united empire – battling orcs, the forces of Chaos, and even Nagash himself along the way. This massive 944-page eBook omnibus includes three novels and three short stories.
Final Deployment (audiobook and ebook)
Led by the merciless Tempestor Traxel, the Scions of First Eradicant drop directly into the fires of a global civil war. Joined by a Commissar who personifies the suffering of his past and facing a foe from the darkest days of the Imperium, Traxel’s fracturing psyche places the entire world at risk. On Rilis, he will face the foe that broke him, in this epic novel by RS Wilt, available in eBook and MP3. This product was originally announced in a previous Sunday Preview, but had been slightly delayed.
It’s a big week on Warhammer+, with some end-of-season specials crowning another awesome few months of shows. Open Play returns with a monumental task for our intrepid presenters – building and painting an entire army in just five days – while the quiz show Brainboyz pits two teams against each other to earn Victory Points across several rounds of devious challenges.
Lastly, the Black Library Book Club gathers for a sombre look at the excellent The Fall of Cadia by Robert Rath, discussing the book’s definitive tale of the legendary world’s final hours. Here at Warhammer Community, we’re taking our own trip into the Tomb World to examine all the new terrain, a few rules, and a closer look at the new Deathwatch model kit.
