Games Workshop Preview a Plethora of New Products (Part Two: the Leagues of Votann)
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Hello again, and welcome to this second part of our continuing look at Friday’s smorgasbord of Games Workshop previews.
If you missed Games Workshop’s massive preview of their new and upcoming releases, then fear not, for Tabletop Sentinel are here to bring you a reprise of all those new grimdark-tastic tasters.
This particular instalment will focus entirely on the upcoming Leagues of Votann goodies. We will cover the new Age of Sigmar and Old World in reveals in a separate article….
So, are you sitting comfortably? Then I’ll begin.
Buri Aegnirssen
Known by the very cool sobriquet ‘the Thrice-Devoured’, Buri is a new special character for the Leagues of Votann. The last survivor of a league devoured by Hive Fleet Leviathan, Buri deals with his anger management issues by rocking up, uninvited, to help other Leagues fight.
Arkanyst Evaluator
Members of the science guilds responsible for testing new weapons, Arkanyst Evaluators rush into battles just so they can field test their latest weapons. This particular Evaluator is equipped with a transmatter inverter, and is just bursting to assess its ability to rend flesh at a cellular level.
Memnyr Strategist
I’ll be honest, I read the description of this new model on the Games Workshop website and I didn’t understand a word of it. Maybe you’ll have better luck:
‘This shrewd and opportunistic chancer can be assigned to a unit of Steeljacks to use its kognitâar mantle to glorious effect. Said mantle allows the strategist to link to additional cerebral units and, in doing so, multiply its cognitive power; this will allow players to Fire Overwatch or make free Heroic Interventions each battle round. Not only that, but it will also allow players to gain Yield Points when the linked Strategists are near objectives.’
So, yeah, it does that.
Iron Steeljacks
These bonsai bad-asses are kitted out with heavy-duty armour and weapons. Born bruisers and nasty by nature, Steeljacks can weather incoming fire whilst using the Preymark Crest special rule to add Precision to any critical hits on enemies within range of an objective.
Cthonian Earthshakers
Nostalgia for the win! Mole mortars are back, baby!
Yes, they’ve been renamed ‘Cthonian Earthshakers’, but old crusties like me know heritage when we see it; these ‘new’ weapons ‘fire’ shells into the ground which emerge out of the ground to explode amongst the enemy … just like mole mortars.
Kapricus
These compact and light vehicles are used by Hernkyn Yaegirs as either swift weapons platform or troop transports. They feature ‘distinctive anti-grav repellers and curved armour panels’ and can be equipped with either a twin magna-coil autocannon or a HYLas rotary cannon.
Codex: Leagues of Votann
The rules for these models will be collected in a shiny new codex, as will the details of a new Votann resource called Yield Points. This Codex will be available as a normal edition and as a ‘lavish Collectors Edition.’
Combat Patrol
As ever, this new Combat Patrol will be a great way begin or augment a Leagues of Votann army. It will include an Einhyr Champion, five Hearthguards, three Brokhyr Thunderkyn, ten Hearthkyn Warriors, and a transfer sheet.
See the Games Workshop site for more details,
Images courtesy of Games Workshop
