Warhammer Quest: Darkwater

 I KNEW IT!!

(well... I had my suspicions... or... deluded hopes...? regardless, they came true!) 

I do believe it is the 30th anniversary of Warhammer Quest this year... and it's been a few years since Warhammer Quest: Cursed City was released... So I kind of expected (HOPED!) there might be a NEW Warhammer Quest in the not too distant future... and this morning they announced it!

Warhammer Quest: Darkwater

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What do we know about it.... NOTHING!

There was VERY LITTLE in the announcement:

Announcing Warhammer Quest: Darkwater on Warhammer Community

Well... it's Warhammer Quest... it's still set in the Mortal Realms - I had wondered if they'd do on set in the old world... and.. honestly... the heroes kind of LOOK more like Old World Characters than Age of Sigmar Characters...!? 

It apparently takes place in Ghyran at a location known as the Jade Abbey... ?

The rumours spreading about earlier about the main nemesis being Nurgle seems to be correct. I was surprised to see what looked like Beastmen on the cover when they've kind of been written out of Age of Sigmar... but it's been pointed out that these are likely new "Pestigor" models (similar to Tzangor and Slaangor models in the Tzeentch and Slaanesh forces). Further rumours suggest that this may herald a whole new bunch of Maggotkin of Nurgle miniatures - as Cursed City did for the Soulblight Gravelords! 

I've very excited about this because I do have a few Nurgle things... and kind of would actually like to expand this force a little... 

There is no release date... and with little information, I wonder if the announcement  was rumour control as too many leaks were getting out...? 

Regardless, I've contacted my FLGS to put me on the list for one!! Never too early!!

I DO HOPE that it is released this fall - the sooner, the better - as that might give me a chance to get all the stuff painted before we even finish Cursed City.. so we can just keep on playing when we're done Night Wars!! I could just as easily be next year, though, and that would make me sad... 

Alas, we won't be playing Cursed City this week, as Finnegan has an assignment he needs to work on for an animation class... Perhaps Amanda and I will get in a game of Spearhead on my fancy new mat!