Tomb Kings confirmed for May

[Lynks]

Tomb Kings in May

Games workshop has announced that Tomb kings will be recieving a new army book in may. I think i may have to buy some more skeletons so i can betray the legions of Nagash for a while

The images they are showing appears to be some form of new large beastie from the body shape and apparent size, or GW has really cranked on the detail

 

[Alfika]

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Incoming: Tomb Kings
— Article by Adam Troke

An ancient race that has lain dormant for thousands of years, the Tomb Kings now awaken from within their ancient burial pyramids. Cheated from the eternal life that they were promised, the Tomb Kings are instead doomed to an eternal undeath - awakened they thirst for vengeance against those who would disturb their slumber.

At the command of these undying lords march legions of implacable Skeleton Warriors, hosts of chariots crewed by long-dead crewmen and towering statues carved from unyielding stone.

The armies of the Tomb Kings are vast, unstoppable hordes that know neither fear nor remorse - and they shall not rest until all who stand against them are laid low.

This May Warhammer: Tomb Kings is released, containing everything you need to use the legions of Nehekhara in your games of Warhammer.

Alongside the new book we'll also be releases a slew of amazing new miniatures for Tomb Kings players to collect and add to their armies. Details are being kept firmly under wraps for now, but more details will be available over the coming months. To make sure you're the first to see the new models and read the latest news keep your eyes fixed to the pages of White Dwarf, the Games Workshop newsletter and the What's New Today blog.

In the meantime, if you're a Tomb Kings player (or thinking about becoming one) it's time to start building up your Undead hordes in preparation for the new arrivals. So, out with the large drybrush (and the pot of Bleached Bone) and onwards to glory!

Presented below are two exclusive sneak peeks at the upcoming releases. Please keep checking back on the website, and in White Dwarf for more information in the near future.

Sounds promising!

 

[Christophe von Carstein]

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I think I may have to betray my vampires for a while to collect some of the new TK if the little bit of art work and photos are anything to go by for the rest of the army

 

[desfer]

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Thats great news!!! It seems that GW decided to bring some "life" to Warhammer Fantasy! I am very very happy and excited!!! Go Go...Ogres next!!!pleeeeaseee!!!

 

[Anubis]

Tomb Kings confirmed for May!

just got my incoming e-mail this morning! (happy valentine's day indeed!)

so, now that an undead book is confirmed, how do we think it will change the undead overall?

if the changes are sweeping enough, could this mean that VC's might also creep up the list and get a new book sooner rather than later?

cheers!

 

[Forgotten Heretic]

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if the changes are sweeping enough, could this mean that VC's might also creep up the list and get a new book sooner rather than later?

i was wondering this myself, especially with the vampire books on the way out in the near future, bloodborn last year, bloodforged and the red duke this year. could it be a meaningful sign like the recent Necron activity in print or just wishful thinking?

 

[Cuzzy]

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I´ve seen it to (got a mail from them) and it looks promissing.
Hopefully GW won´t F things up ... AGAIN!!!

 

[Bravo_10]

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I think a new VC book is still wishful thinking at this point, but, personally, I'm pretty psyched about a new TK book coming out! They currently have the oldest armybook in all of Warhammer, and I think they've seriously been in the need of an update. I just hope they don't change the wonderfully unique TK magic too much. Having a 12 dice cap or something like that would be a real drag.

 

[Anubis]

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I think a new VC book is still wishful thinking at this point, but, personally, I'm pretty psyched about a new TK book coming out! They currently have the oldest armybook in all of Warhammer, and I think they've seriously been in the need of an update. I just hope they don't change the wonderfully unique TK magic too much. Having a 12 dice cap or something like that would be a real drag.

it would be a shame to see the uniqueness of the tomb kings magic be dropped.:'( it adds a huge level individuality and story to the army, as well as making them very unique.

the big thing is though, if the 'basic' undead rules change, for example giving tomb kings a bit of help with the crumbling and/or adding a bonus for when undead outrank their enemy, then i can't see how GW could expect us poor VC's to sit back and take it up the arse again!
we've already seen our book get ripped in half by 8th ed, if tomb kings now get a slew of new benefits that should be common across all undead, then we would be in need of an update to bring us line!

hopefully we'll start getting an idea of rummored rules changes once the O&G's are outta the way!

cheers!

 

[Disciple of Nagash]

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Sounds great - maybe some good undead models we can nick Look forward to seeing this - if anyone finds any rumours (no doubt from the rumour-mill that is Warseer) please make sure you post them.

Very interesting to see what their crumble rule will be as well.....

 

[Annie]

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Wooohooo, I'm tempted for a second army!

 

[Malochai]

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Looks good ... Seems like I'm going to have to get both a VC AND TK army ... Darn!

 

[TMS]

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Yeah, this is definately going to be an interesting release to follow. Let's hope for some cool new conceptualised critters for everyone's favourite necromechanics.

 

[Cobra7]

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I'm willing to bet that in TK, skellies will be lowered in cost (my own opinion, not rumor/fact).

So my question is, if this is true, do you think they will FAQ our skellies for the same point cost as well? Should they?

 

[Arkhan]

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Oh, this actually looks promising. Now bring back Nagash next!

 

[Zanos]

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Well I know what my next army is now...that's right, Imperial Guard! Wait, no, I lied, Tomb Kings!

 

[Bishop]

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While undead... they are not Vampire Counts.. so...

[mod] Moved to correct forum

Also, merged duplicate threads [/mod]

 

[Danceman]

I expect the magic phase to be altered. I believe it will be similiar but I doubt the "hierarchy order" will be kept. Likely to be altered to fit 8th.
I would not expect a change to crumbling, not sure why it needs a fix in first place. If there is a "fix" it is likely to sorted by the unit(s) themselves. It is after all much what defines the 'undead' rule.

So my question is, if this is true, do you think they will FAQ our skellies for the same point cost as well? Should they?

No and no. VC can boost the size about the starting points and have easy access to IoN. TK haven't got one in all this time and I don't see GW starting to release Erratas akin to the DE revision in the 6th ed anytime soon. That was stated as a "one time occurence".

However, if they keep pumping out releases in this pace you won't have to wait long anyways

 

[Gneisenau]

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the big thing is though, if the 'basic' undead rules change, for example giving tomb kings a bit of help with the crumbling and/or adding a bonus for when undead outrank their enemy, then i can't see how GW could expect us poor VC's to sit back and take it up the arse again!
we've already seen our book get ripped in half by 8th ed, if tomb kings now get a slew of new benefits that should be common across all undead, then we would be in need of an update to bring us line!

To be honest, I wouldn't get my hopes too high. GW is not too concerned about balance. In my opinion, while VC got hit with the nerfhammer in 8th, they are not as underpowered as they were overpowered when they came out in 7th. Especially are they not as underpowered as Demons were overpowered in 7th...

As for the TK, I very much hope that the new book can even remotely keep up the quality of the old one. The army design was one of the best GW has ever done, back in the days when Alessio was still trying to create a balance among the armies, before he got drunk and wrote the Skaven book.

Also, I hope that there are no rules for Nagash. Please please please no rules for Nagash.

 

[Anubis]

in regards to us needing a new book depending on how the TK on turns out, i'm thinking we'd need one if changes include things like;
- unstable becoming a test ala daemons. (skellies crumble waaaaaay too fast to be useful)
- BSB gaining a bonus to put it in line with everyone else's buffs.
- steadfast doing something for undead.

as these are the kinda the 3 big factors that will always be shared among our respective books, i feel personally that if tomb kings get a buff to two or more the above, then it will put them way ahead of us...


anyways, if GW ever did bring nagash back, i think he's fit better into the VC book - perhaps allowing a necromancer style list?! afterall, all of vampire kind were indirectly created by nagash! (well, at least through his books...)

as for new models, giant-@$$ sphinx please!!! seriously, it would be a major cash-cow for GW since every single fantasy player needs one!
the 'nehekharan sphynx' terrain piece is too cool not to want, i mean, sure i'd like all my characters to gain heroic killing blow! and all fighty characters wouldn't sniff at the chance for devastating charge... meanwhile, all those wizards would drop dead for the chance to get loremaster - death on top of their other spells!!!
seriously, this is the one piece of terrain no army can do without, even if just for the laughs it will provide! (hello sword of bloodshed + red fury vampire lord w/heroic killing blow meeting a hoard of ogres! )

cheers!

 

[Danceman]

I can't see any reason why Nagash would be in the TK book. That's like putting Malekith in the HE book. In both cases they want TK/HE gone, dead or conquered. Simply put, it would be quite strange include the mortal enemy of TK in their own army book don't you think?

Random info;
TK magic will work like everyone else's except with the following exceptions; They can never miscast or IF, have their own lore. They can even pick some lores from the BRB. This makes sense because of 8th new magic system. If the racial lore fits the TK-feeling this works for me.
There are 2 new monsters, 1 war machine and 1 infantry unit.
One monster may be a massive tomb scorpion(in similiar size as the O&G giant spider). The second new monster may be the shpinx(the ribcage on the pics but that doesn't look right to me. Looks more of humanoid ribcage to me).

* These are all just 3rd hand rumours so take them with metric ton of salt. Don't flip your sh*t over this.

 

[Disciple of Nagash]

Interesting rumours Dancey. Really a big pity if the do make such drastic changes to their casting, it was one of the interesting unique rules.

I am about 90% they will indeed have some kind of huge new monster, after all it is following in the style of the recent army books (makes me wonder what we will get in the future).

I agree with Dancey it is unlikely the will put Nagash in - even though I am sad about it I think he is too strong for them to include in any army book.

About the new rules affecting VC - not a chance. GW don't work that way, in the same way when we had our updates our book did not affect TK. However if there are any rules changes it is likely to be an indication on what we can expect when our book is updated as well.

 

[Wallach]

Nagash won't happen for the simple reason that if they do his rules right according to fluff, he will be so overpowered they'd have to re-release Empire with rules for Sigmar just so someone would stand a chance of killing him, or they'll do it wrong and he'll be so wimpy there will be a huge shitstorm from all his hard core lore fans.

- The Coach.

 

[Danceman]

Woah! Reign the fanboyism there. Nagash was that powerful. No one really knows how powerful he is at this point. Every character(who relied on magic) in the warhammer world that who had demi-god like powers took a massive hit with the sundering(see HE vortex). Or put simply, everything we know about the guy is speculation at best. Neither can you use the old rules for him because... well, everything was a little bit crazy back then. Army book fluff tend to get rather heavy on the superlatives as well.

The reason I think they're not putting him in either VC or TK book is this;
1. Mortal enemy of TK.
2. Vampires being bit like rebellious children to Nagash. He punished them with the "Sigmar-curse" for the lack of a better word to describe it and seem a bit too aloof to sully himself with physical work. Seem to have become more of a guy who pulls the strings rather than getting his hards dirty.

Basically, without a unified undead book he just doesn't fit. Having him either army lists would just be too plain. Also, I am not saying he's not powerful but just not the uber-badass from back in the day. He's definitely up there with the best of them, might even be the best.

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The sphinx seem to detract a bit from the egyptian one, ie, in appearnce. It will have two variants, probably combat and magic oriented. Plastic kit!

Also new Tomb Guard but no new skeletons(I don't mind, I like the ones we've got).

 

[Bravo_10]

TK magic will work like everyone else's except with the following exceptions; They can never miscast or IF, have their own lore. They can even pick some lores from the BRB.

:O