Warmachine Wednesday: GEN CON Edition
What’s up, wargamers?!
With Gen Con looming large tomorrow, the time is ripe for some news, and the regularly-scheduled Warmachine Wednesday update is the perfect place to share it.
Whether you’re at the show or staying home, there’s something for you, from early releases to new rules and lore. So, let’s get to the details!
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At Gen Con
EARLY RELEASE - Cryx Necrofactorium
If you’re one of the lucky souls (get it?) attending Gen Con, you’ll have the first chance to get your hands on the new Command Starter and Battlegroup Box for Cryx Necrofactorium. All souls are welcome!
Currently up for pre-order and set to start shipping at the end of August, both boxes will be available as early releases from the Steamforged booth (#2329).
So if you’d like to snag yours in advance, make sure to head over. Once we’re out, we’re out!
If you’re new to Warmachine and fancy giving industrialized necromancy a try, the Necrofactorium Command Starter gives you a full 30-point force to play with, which is enough to get started.
Fancy a bigger game? Add in the Battlegroup Box to build up a 50-point force, with Discerptor Eviscerus supplying some heavy and light warjack options for your army.
Cryx Necrofactorium may be the star of the show this year, but thats not all! There’s plenty more Warmachine goodness to check out, including Core Expansions and Battlegroup Boxes for Cygnar, Khador, Orgoth, Dusk, Southern Kriels, and Khymaera.
We’ll have loads of painted minis on display, too (there may even be a couple of spoilers hiding in the cabinets), so be sure to swing by and have a good look.
Psst — interested in Cryx Necrofactorium lore? Check out the new app content below
Warmachine Demos
We’ve got Warmachine demos running all weekend at booth #2329, so come give it a try! And snag an exclusive 2024 SFG dice while you’re at it. This year’s dice is Cryx themed to celebrate the early release.
These aren’t ordinary Warmachine demos, either. We’re doing something a little different this year. Whether you’ve never played or are thinking of getting back into the game, it’s worth heading over to booth #2329.
We won’t spoil too much, but suffice to say you’ll be facing some colossal challenges.
Not at the Show?
Fear not, friends, for today’s Warmachine app update brings the thing many of you long for — new rules!
More specifically…
New Warcaster Rules! Cygnar v Khador Starter Set
Major Allister Caine
Major Allister Caine is the same brash, skilled gun mage he’s always been, known for his deadly accuracy, rebellious nature, and a penchant for operating on the fringes of the law in the Iron Kingdoms.
Years of taking on some of Cygnar’s toughest battles have taught him how to survive without dulling his disdain for authority.
With Evasive, you won’t pin him, or his battlegroup, down easily. As if that weren’t enough, Caine’s Teleport spell makes him even harder to get a grip on, letting him slip in to deliver a devastating flurry of gunfire and retreat out of enemy range with ease.
His experience as the leader of the Hellslingers has meant Caine has become an even more accurate shot. His Headshot ability makes sure what he shoots down stays down. Following their leader’s example, Caine’s gunmages are inspired to aim just as well with Leadership Headshot.
Finally, Caine’s feat ensures the power of the gunmage weapons is really tuned up for the killing blow, while injecting as much magic into each bullet as possible. Update or download the Warmachine app now to check out Caine’s rules.
Kapitan Zahara Vilkul
Kapitan Zahara Vilkul is a master of battlefield tactics.
With a combination of Unstoppable and Cyclone, Vilkul can easily get into combat where the need is greatest, or easily escape an enemy threat, before covering tracks with a wall of clouds formed by Eruption of Ash on both many thrown, and melee, mechanica axes.
Even so, that might not be quite enough clouds to block enemy line of sight. Vilkul can generate even more clouds for a turn with the feat, Pall of Ashes. Place them on an enemy for a powerful debuff, or give your SKS-6 models, as well as the rest of your army, access to Pathfinder and the ability to walk through obstructions in the area.
Enemy living models caught in a Pall of Ashes cloud additionally suffer debuffs to DEF and attack rolls, as well as losing Tough unless they can ignore gas effects. Anyone need a gas mask?
While the Kapitan skirmishes on the enemy lines, her battlegroup emerges from the shadows and smoke. Field Marshal Prowl means the already tough Khadoran ‘jacks can make it up the field unscratched, letting you leverage their full strength to crush hard targets and confound enemy guns.
Update or download the Warmachine app now to check out Caine and Vilkul's rules.
There’s plenty more reveals to come for the Starter Set! Make sure you’ve signed up to the Steamforged newsletter so you don’t miss anything.
Subscriber Lore! Heroes & Villains: Master Necrosurgeon Sepsira
And of course, Wednesday has arrived, which means it’s time for your weekly drop of new content and features in the WARMACHINE app!
We’ve already covered the new rules above, but there’s also new app subscriber content in the form of a Heroes & Villains installment for Cryx’s Master Necrosurgeon warcaster, Sepsira:
Among the most proficient and professional agents of the Nightmare Empire’s Necrofactorium, the Master Necrosurgeon Sepsira comes alive only in the operating theater or on the battlefield.
In both arenas, her reputation for results is beyond reproach. On the battlefield, the grating rasp of Sepsira’s voice rises unnaturally over the din of battle to command her teeming legions of thralls.
Always in the vanguard, Sepsira whirls through combat, unleashing death with every carefully calculated motion. Her blades and saws leap in every direction, probing the battlelines to strike over, behind, beneath, and even through the crush of thralls as they fall upon the enemy.
Though her military accomplishments have been limited to expeditions across the islands claimed by Cryx during the Scharde Invasions of the past century and to remote localities beyond Immoren, Sepsira has proven herself cool and capable.
Want to read more? Download the Warmachine app and subscribe to instantly access a library of lore.
Gargantuan New Pre-order! Abyssal King
Last but certainly not least for those, new to pre-order direct from our website is the gargantuan Abyssal King!
Abyssal Kings are gargantuan trolls that fight alongside the Southern Kriels Brineblood Marauders. Native to the deep, warm ocean off the coast of Alchiere, they’re deadly in battle, using their fists, tentacles, Bowsprit spear, and with a tendency to hurl jetsam at distant targets.
The model includes four customisable hard points—head, ship’s figurehead, and two tentacle weapons. Each head offers a different debuff against nearby enemy models—either a Paralyzing Gaze that saps DEF, or Awe, which reduces enemy attack rolls by -2.
The Abyssal King won't be available on stand, but you can pre-order yours for delivery here — and there's a chance the IRL painted mini might be hiding in one of the cabinets...
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