Warhammer Quest - Blackstone Fortress

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Anyone else spotted this on the Horizon, pre-orders open. Warhammer Quest ventures into 40k territory.

Some brilliant minis, a 1-5 player game and rules to use the minis in 40k tabletop too.

Games Workshop official site

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As vast and dark as a sunless void, the Blackstone Fortress is a creation far beyond the ken of any race in the galaxy. In this age of darkness, in a galaxy riven with strife and horror, the desperate and intrepid alike search this Fortress for long-lost technologies that may be used to turn the tide of war.

In Warhammer Quest Blackstone Fortress, you and your friends take on the role of a group of disparate explorers delving into the labyrinthine halls of a vast and ancient space station. Only by working together and balancing your strength and skills can you hope to survive. With each expedition, you will discover powerful archeotech and learn more of the Blackstone Fortress’ closely guarded secrets, including, perhaps, the location of its greatest treasure. The game can be played solo, or with up to 4 friends, with the fifth player controlling the hostiles. At the end of each expedition, the players return to the nearby port city of Precipice to rest, recuperate, and trade their loot for resources that will aid in their next adventure.

Included in the box:

Miniatures

44 push-fit Citadel miniatures are included in Blackstone Fortress, each supplied on pre-coloured plastic sprues:

- 9 Explorers in red plastic: Janus Draik, Rogue Trader; Taddeus the Purifier, Ministorum Priest; Espern Locarno, Imperial Navigator; Pious Vorne, Missionary Zealot; UR-025, Imperial Robot; Dahyak Grekh, Kroot Tracker; Amallyn Shadowguide, Asuryani Ranger and the Ratling Twins, Rein and Raus;
- 35 Hostiles in grey plastic: Obsidius Mallex, Chaos Lord; 2 Chaos Space Marines; 4 Chaos Beastmen; 4 Ur-Ghuls; 4 Negavolt Cultists; 2 Rogue Psykers; 4 Spindle Drones and 14 Traitor Guardsmen.

Books

The box contains 5 booklets full of rules, background and construction guides for the miniatures:

- A 16-page Rules booklet: this walks the player through games of Blackstone Fortress from setup to exploration, with explanations of special rules and a quick reference guide;
- A 16-page Combat booklet: this contains all the rules for resolving combat during games, with easy to follow annotated examples and a quick reference guide;
- A 24-page Precipice booklet: this details the actions that occur between expeditions, with your explorers resting and rejuvenating;
- A 24-page Background booklet: this provides details on the Fortress, the explorers and the hostile forces they face;
- A 16-page booklet of datasheets for using the included miniatures in games of Warhammer 40,000.

Gaming Content

The box also contains everything you need to set up and play a game of Blackstone Fortress, including:

- 40 double-sided board tiles to create the internal labyrinths of the Blackstone Fortress;
- 234 gaming cards;
- 9 Stasis Chambers – safe places for characters to rest between explorations;
- A Databank and a Hidden Vault;
- 70 markers;
- 28 dice.
 
I love my Warhammer stuff but this doesn't even remotely appeal for some reason, though I do like the new Chaos Marine models, hopefully a sign of an incoming 40k re-release.
 
I've been keeping on eye on it, but to be honest, boardgames-wise, I've got the 4 D&D versions of this, and they hardly ever get played, even though I play D&D all the time. The chance of this getting an outing is very low.

As for the minis, I've got enough on my plate painting the Blades of Khorne army I've got! And my subscription to Conquest hasn't been touched!
 
For all that I'm enjoying the hobby again they are not a company known for their generosity to customers :p
To be fair, a lot of their big boxes work out as fairly good discounts, but they don't necessarily have them available for long with the exception of "Start Collecting...." sets.

They just don't do sales as such;) (the one click bundles always make me laugh).

I was at WHW on Sunday and the blackstone models look great in the plastic, mind you their painters can make almost anything look good when you see it in real life (whilst their photographs tend to work the other way).
 
To be brutally honest though, they don't need to put anything on sale to make massive profits! People buy buy buy and their position has never been better.

I do think the sheer number of games threatens to weaken their communities, however, with more people moving away from the core 40k to play Sigmar, or the boxed games, like Shadespire and Blackstone Fortress. My local groups seems to have less 40k and AoS games, for stuff like this.

On the deals front though, you can't beat Dark Sphere for prices or delivery - they're quick!
 
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