Next Week’s Preorders: 40K Index Cards! Core & Crusade Rulebooks Inc Limited Editions!

Leviathan is currently on preorder, but it’s time to look ahead at to what is up for preorder next Saturday from 10am.

Spoilers, it’s more Warhammer 40,000!

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Warhammer 40,000 Core Book

Every edition comes with a hefty tome to start things off, and this one is no different. The Warhammer 40,000 Core Book is a weighty, 280-page hardback book that contains everything you need to start your journey into the grim darkness of the far future.

It contains dozens upon dozens of pages of lore and artwork detailing the history that underpins Warhammer 40,000 and the events unfolding across its dying stars, as well as faction focus sections with background info and miniature galleries. You’ll also get the core rules for the game, plus rules for playing Combat Patrol games – including six missions.

If you own a copy of Warhammer 40,000: Leviathan, you already have a tome that contains everything in this book – but for everyone else, it presents a perfect starting point for the new edition.

Warhammer 40,000 Core Book (Limited Edition)

Step into the new edition in style with this limited edition of the Warhammer 40,000 Core Book, which comes in a lavish presentation box featuring art of the Emperor on the Golden Throne and filled with an assortment of goodies. Alongside the core book itself, which is bound in a gorgeous hardback cover with art by John Blanche, you’ll get a 64-page limited edition book with just the core rules, six metal objective markers, two double-sided rules reference sheets, and five double-sided Warhammer 40,000 art prints in an envelope.

This incredible package, which is suffused with grim art, is limited to just 1,600 numbered copies, so you’ll want to act fast to secure yours.

Crusade: Tyrannic War

The Crusade game mode has been revamped, and you’ll even be able to update your existing campaigns for the new edition with free rules coming next week. This 184-page Crusade: Tyrannic War book provides the full new Crusade rules, then expands the experience with rules and missions that evoke the nightmarish Tyranid invasion at the heart of the Fourth Tyrannic War.

Bespoke Battle Traits, Crusade Relics, Crusade Blessings and Agendas feature alongside traits for Monster Hunters and Striding Behemoths – usable by any faction, not just the hungry Hive Mind and its Imperial prey – as well as 15 Tyrannic War Crusade Missions that tell the story of the Galactic West under attack by numerous Hive Fleets. There’s also plenty of background information detailing this invasion and the consequences for the Bastior Sub-sector.

Note that the printed contents of this book are the same as the Crusade section in the Warhammer 40,000: Leviathan Core Book – if you already bought Leviathan, you already have these rules and lore.

Crusade: Tyrannic War (Collectors’ Edition)

Indulge your love of Crusade with this Collectors’ Edition, which features a soft-touch cover with gold foil blocking, a black ribbon page marker, and all the same in-depth Crusade content as the regular version. Perfect for a real Crusade collector to commemorate the Fourth Tyrannic War.

Chapter Approved: Leviathan Mission Deck

Enter the world of matched play with the Leviathan mission deck, which contains the 66 cards you’ll need to generate and play Chapter Approved missions, plus rules for using them and a sheet of six cardboard objective tokens. Five Deployment cards work with nine Primary Mission cards and 12 Mission Rules cards to create over 400 different missions for you to play. Mix things up mid-game with 16 Attacker and 16 Defender Secondary Mission cards, as well as four Attacker and four Defender Gambit cards. It’s a quick and simple way to battle over unique and balanced missions.

These cards first appeared in Warhammer 40,000: Leviathan.

Warhammer 40,000 Index Cards

Next week you’ll also be able to pre-order a set of physical Index cards for every faction in Warhammer 40,000. These provide all the datasheets for that faction, plus their army rules and a themed Detachment. These are already available for free online in a regularly updated PDF format, but these physical cards give you a handy resource to use at the table and save time swiping through your phone or tablet.