News: GW Newsletter

Hello all, Slick here. The latest GW newsletter is out and there actually isn't anything 'new' to report, unless you've been living under a rock and do not know about Spearhead or any of the new releases. It's basically an advertisement for this month's White Dwarf, which is actually a much better offering than normal.

The Games Workshop Newsletter 28.05.2010

In this issue: Spearhead & The best issue of White Dwarf yet?

June’s White Dwarf; Warhammer 40,000: Spearhead June's issue of White Dwarf is absolutely bursting with hobby. No matter what game system you play, this issue will blow your dice-rolling socks off. Warhammer 40,000 players will find full rules (and some cracking pictures) for the new Eldar Night Spinner and accompanying Apocalypse datasheets. Mat Ward treats The Lord of the Rings players to rules for the latest releases including the Dwimmerlaik and Duinhir; and (wait for it) there's even a sneak peek at the new Warhammer!

Warhammer 40,000: Spearhead Also inside June's issue of White Dwarf are the full rules for Spearhead, a brand-new Warhammer 40,000 Expansion. Spearhead allows you to fight huge tank battles using whole squadrons of tanks and thunderous amounts of artillery support. In games of Spearhead you'll be able to field elite tank formations and waves of armoured vehicles. Each Spearhead formation has its own set of special rules making it even more deadly. This, combined with the new missions (also included in White Dwarf), allows for a whole range of new tactical possibilities and challenges for you to master. Spearhead is a completely new Expansion for Warhammer 40,000 and is completely free with June's issue of White Dwarf.

News: GW Newsletter - Spearhead News; New Plastic Kits

Hello all, Slick here. The latest GW newsletter is out and this one is pretty exciting as it previews the new Spearhead expansion and related kits coming out soon! There is a lot to digest here. Taking a look at the picture below you see the Manticore as well as a Leman Russ Exterminator, and what appear to be Vanquishers. Further down there also seems to be an Eradicator. The Eldar are also getting some love with the long-rumored plastic Fireprism and plastic Support Weapons. The Imperial forces are also getting a Knight Commander Pask mini to upgrade tanks with! Lastly, there is also something of an upgrade sprue for vehicles coming out in relation to Spearhead. Whew!


In this issue: Important Spearhead news; New Eldar & Imperial Guard kits

Spearhead: latest news Spearhead is a new Expansion for Warhammer 40,000, and you'll find all the rules and information you need to start playing in June's issue of White Dwarf. And from Tuesday 1st of June rules for the various spearhead units will be available for you to download from www.games-workshop.com. There you go: an entire Warhammer 40,000 expansion for free, leaving you plenty of extra pennies to pick up those extra tanks you'll need to demolish your opponent.

Spearhead Spearhead presents you with an exciting new way to play games of Warhammer 40,000. For a start, Spearhead games are played along the length of the table, and all walkers and tanks that are chosen as part of a spearhead count as scoring units. Not to mention the fact that all those walkers and tanks will benefit from a host of special rules and abilities.

Eldar: new tanks & weapons platform Just in time to give them the edge in Spearhead, those forward-thinking Eldar have added the firepower of two new plastic kits to their arsenal. The new Fire Prism kit can be assembled as either a Fire Prism or the all-new Death Spinner, which means no matter what type of force your opponent fields, you'll have the weaponry to defeat him.

Fire Prism The Fire Prism has the most powerful anti-vehicle weapon of any Eldar tank (it's also pretty great at vaporising elite infantry). It will be particularly potent in games of Spearhead where it'll have ample opportunity to blast apart enemy vehicles.

Eldar Support Platform The Eldar use Support Weapons to mount their heaviest weaponry. Advance order the new plastic Eldar Support Weapon and unleash either the armour busting D-cannon, the dangerously powerful vibro cannon or the infantry shredding shadow weaver, on your enemy.

Imperial Guard: new tanks & tank upgrades Also available to advance order from today are some brand-new Imperial Guard tank kits including the Deathstrike Missile Launcher, which has the largest missile ever. It's huge!

Leman Russ Battle Tank The Leman Russ Battle Tank is the mainstay of the Imperial army. It's well armoured and mounts a powerful array of weaponry that can be tailored to meet any foe. We'd heartily recommend you field as many Leman Russ tanks as possible - your opponent may not be so keen.

Manticore/Deathstrike The Deathstrike Missile Launcher and Manticore Rocket Launcher are the last word in artillery, and are now available as a plastic kit. Be among the first to wield the thunderous firepower of these new Imperial Guard tanks - advance order them here.

Knight Commander Pask Knight Commander Pask can be added to any Imperial Guard tank. Pask has a Ballistic skill of 4 and gains +1 to armour penetration rolls. Increase the lethality of your battle tanks with this legendary Cadian tank commander.

Squadron Command Frame The Squadron Command Frame allows you to upgrade your walkers and tanks to command vehicles and will help you identify individual spearheads on the battlefield.

News: Incoming! Spearhead

Hi all, Slick here. The latest GW newsletter contains some exciting news, although it is a bit odd. The upcoming issues of White Dwarf will apparently feature another 40K expansion, this one being called Spearhead! The good news is it will feature a lot of new model releases and continuing support with new material in WD and online. From the description though, it sounds like this expansion is basically adding more of a certain type of mission to the game. Did we not just get Battle Missions??? It sounds like Spearhead could be a lot of fun, but it would also be nice if GW would focus on their regular 40K/Fantasy army release schedule as well. The newsletter does mention exciting new plastic kits... which could imply a new plastic superheavy ... Time will tell. Your thoughts?

The Games Workshop Newsletter 15.03.2010

In this issue: Incoming! Spearhead

Incoming! Spearhead Gather your tanks and ready your lascannons – in June the pages of White Dwarf magazine and games-workshop.com join forces to bring you a whole new expansion for Warhammer 40,000: Spearhead. Spearhead is a new way to play Warhammer 40,000 that enables you to unleash exciting tank battles and daring breakthrough missions on the table top, bringing the full mechanised fury of the 41st Millennium to bear in your games. June's White Dwarf will contain the main part of the supplement, including new rules, missions and plenty of inspirational hobby advice. Alongside this, games-workshop.com will feature additional material for registered members such as details for how to assemble your Spearhead formations along with even more painting, modelling and collecting tips. As if a whole new Expansion wasn't exciting enough, it's going to be accompanied by a range of new miniatures including some stunning new plastic kits – more details of these kits, and the Spearhead Expansion, will follow in May's issue of White Dwarf and on games-workshop.com in due time.

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