Games Workshop revealed The Maelstrom, a new narrative campaign for Warhammer 40,000, which is headed to preorder.
This narrative campaign follows up on the 500 Worlds: Titus set (see “Reclaim the 500 Worlds“) with three books and a booklet that allow players to battle through the Huron Blackheart’s most recent raid and the resistance he encounters from the Aeldari Corsairs. The Lair of the Tyrant book offers up the campaign’s narrative; the Crucible of Champions contains the new rules for creating custom Warhammer 40,000 characters for The Maelstrom. The Raid and Ruin book offers players a new campaign system for this narrative, and the Detachments booklet contains Detachment options for Chaos Space Marines, Aeldari, Orks, and Leagues of Votann armies. The set of books will also come in a Collector’s Edition.
Alongside the campaign, GW will also release five new miniatures sets:
- Huron Blackheart and the Masters of the Maelstrom: This set contains the core Red Corsairs commanders, including Huron Blackheart, Garreon the Corpsemaster, Katar Garrix, Garlon Souleater, Captain Sargotta, and the Enforcer with her Barghesi pup Plunder.
- Battleforce: Lords of Maelstrom: This set comes with 10 Red Corsairs Raiders, a multi-part Reave-Captain, 10 Chaos Space Marines Legionaries, 5 Chaos Terminators, 10 Traitor Guardsmen, and a new Red Corsairs upgrades set.
- Battleforce: Eldritch Raiders: The force, led by Prince Yriel of Iyanden, features the Void Dreamer Kharseth, ten Corsair Skyreavers, a Starfang, and 10 Corsair Voidreavers.
- The Maelstrom Battalion: Drukhari: This Battalion box comes with a Succubus war leader, 2 Venoms, 3 Reaver jetbikes, 5 Hellions, and 10 Wyches.
- The Maelstrom Battalion: Leagues of Votann: The Ironkin get a new force in this narrative. Their box contains a Memnyr Strategist, 3 Hernkyn Pioneers, and 6 Ironkin Steeljacks.
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