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Games Workshop Pre-Orders: Pricing & Links – Kill Team Weekend

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Aug 14 2021
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Get your Kill Team this weekend – everyone who orders a box is guaranteed to get one!

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Warhammer 40,000 Kill Team: Octarius $199

A rogue Inquisitor’s gambit has failed. Hordes of Orks and Tyranids, set against each other in hope of mutual destruction, only grew stronger and now threaten to spill out of the Octarius sector into surrounding space. Only the desperate actions of highly specialised kill teams keeps their rampage in check, but they are not the only ones skulking through the shadows. Elite operatives clash in close confines, engaging in furious firefights and deadly duels, and the fate of billions hangs in the balance.

The new edition of Warhammer 40,000: Kill Team has been redesigned from the ground up as the greatest tabletop skirmish experience yet, and Kill Team: Octarius is the perfect place to start your campaign of clandestine missions. This incredible boxed set includes two full kill teams – Veteran Guardsmen of the Death Korps of Krieg and cunning Ork Kommandos – alongside all the rules, terrain, and accessories you need to start playing.

This boxed set includes:

1x 144-page Kill Team Core Book: Learn your way around the brand new Kill Team with this tome of clear, concise rules for matched play, open play, and narrative play missions. Alongside the rules, you’ll find pages packed with lore introducing the dark and gritty world of Kill Team and insight into both the Collecting and Gaming sides of the hobby.

1x 96-page Kill Team Octarius War Manual Book: Discover the background behind the kill teams included in the box, including rules for fielding them in games of Kill Team and a host of missions set within the rapidly destabilising Octarius sector.

23x Citadel Miniatures: Two full kill teams of Veteran Guardsmen and Ork Kommandos form the heart of Kill Team: Octarius, each featuring a wide array of customisation and alternate assembly options. Extra detail parts allow for deep personalisation of your kill team, with many models able to be assembled as multiple different kinds of operative. Each team also comes with a full transfer sheet with over 400 markings and emblems for customising your models.

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17x Terrain Pieces: Create a ramshackle Ork shanty town with brand new ruins, platforms, and scattered refuse. The terrain represents the sorts of environments commonly found throughout the Octarius sector, and presents new challenges for even the most experienced Kill Team commanders.

3x Combat Gauges: The new edition of Kill Team uses a simplified measurement system to create fast, dynamic games. These combat gauges feature the new system’s symbols and are perfect for slotting into narrow gaps between operatives when a regular tape measure would be too cumbersome.

Additional Accessories: Get straight into the game with a double-sided game mat, two decks of 27 Tactical Ops cards, and 10 dice.

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Warhammer 40,000: Kill Team Core Book $50

 

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While armies numbering millions clash on battlefields spread across a thousand worlds, specialised teams of elite operatives are dispatched on dangerous missions to accomplish vital objectives from the shadows. These kill teams, as they are known, are picked from the most capable and independent of their kind, using strange and esoteric skills to achieve what a mighty army could not.

The new edition of Warhammer 40,000: Kill Team has been redesigned from the ground up as the greatest tabletop skirmish experience yet, seeing teams of experienced operatives engage in vicious close-quarters combat as they race to complete their missions. In this book you’ll find the complete rules for playing Kill Team as well as a host of missions to embark on, lore covering the grim darkness of the 41st Millennium, and insight on the factions vying for dominance among the shadows.

The Book

This 144-page book is the ultimate companion for kill team commanders, containing all the knowledge you need to collect, build, paint, and play in the world of Warhammer 40,000: Kill Team.

Ten Thousand Years of War

The book opens with a summary of the 41st Millennium’s history, including details on the Imperium’s massive military might and the forces they encounter in their ceaseless wars across the galaxy. It also introduces kill teams, the squads players command in the course of the game, and details their continued deployment across myriad war zones throughout the galaxy.

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Core Rules

The first rules section contains the core concepts you need to start fighting battles in Kill Team, including the tools required, phases of play, and operative datasheets.

Killzones

Here you’ll find rules and guidance on how terrain interacts with your games, including example board arrangements, as well as rules governing movement around, over, and through your scenery.

Ways to Play

Once you’ve got the basics squared away, find out all about the three core ways to play the game and the missions you can undertake.

Open Play

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A free-form style of play suitable for those new to Kill Team, and a perfect place to practice in a relaxed mission environment. It’s not just for newer players, though, as experienced commanders can use the included mission creation rules to craft thematic and expansive games fit for the most hardened veterans.

Matched Play

As the most mechanically balanced style of play, matched play games are a chance for commanders to pit themselves against their opponents in battles of tactical skill and turn-by-turn decisions. With each kill team using only the core weapons and equipment on their datasheet, players will need to plan ahead to outsmart their foe and claim victory.

Spec Ops Narrative Play

The narrative campaigns detailed in the brand new Spec Ops rules allow you to take your kill team from a band of raw recruits to experienced veterans, earning accolades and special skills along the way. As teams complete objectives and earn rewards – even against opponents not participating in a Spec Ops campaign – decisions made will impact the future of your operatives and turn regular games into a rich narrative experience full of cinematic moments.

Critical Operations Mission Pack

A selection of 9 exciting missions designed to be balanced for matched play games, but equally playable in open play and Spec Ops narrative play games.

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Tac Ops

A suite of selectable secondary objectives used across a number of mission types. Tac Ops are hidden from your opponent, so commanders can decide on their strategy ahead of time while watching out for their foe’s actions on the battlefield.

Appendix

The book closes out with a handy reference section packed with special rules and abilities, as well as an overview of the different tokens, counters, and accessories used in games of Kill Team.

Warhammer 40,000 Kill Team: Tac Ops Cards $18

This card pack is an expansion for Warhammer 40,000: Kill Team.

Tac Ops are selectable secondary objectives used in many mission types found in Kill Team, which are hidden from your opponent and provide many different methods of scoring during games.

This pack contains two decks of 27 cards each comprising 24 Tac Ops objectives from the Kill Team Core Book and three selection cards for hiding your chosen objectives from your opponent. The two decks have identical fronts and differently coloured backs to ensure they’re easily kept separate.

Warhammer 40,000 Kill Team: Compendium $50

While many kill teams, such as those of the Deathwatch Space Marines, are made up of hand-picked, specially trained warriors, others are taken from the rank and file of the galaxy’s many armies. While these impromptu operatives are often given little more than a mission description and a firm pat on the back, the harsh conditions of a killzone quickly turn them into hardened veterans in their own right.

Kill Team: Compendium is the definitive 168-page resource for bringing 19 different factions into the world of tabletop skirmish combat, featuring almost every major faction from Warhammer 40,000. From daring Tempestus Scions to disciplined T’au Hunter Cadres, armies from across the galaxy can now put forward their best and brightest to undertake dangerous missions behind enemy lines.

Inside, you’ll find:

– Datacards, Ploys, and equipment for 19 factions ranging from Adeptus Astartes to Genestealer Cults
– Details about fire teams, the small groups of operatives that make up a full-size kill team
– A stunning collection of model photography and artwork featuring kill teams and their operatives

The full list of factions available in this book is as follows:
Space Marines
Grey Knights
Imperial Guard
Forge World
Ecclesiarchy
Talons of the Emperor
Traitor Space Marines
Death Guard
Thousand Sons
Chaos Daemons
Craftworld
Commorite
Troupe
Greenskins
Tomb Worlds
Hunter Cadre
Cadre Mercenaries
Hive Fleet
Brood Coven

NOTE: You will need a copy of the Kill Team Core Book in order to use the contents of this book.

Kill Team: Killzone Essentials

Commanders of elite kill teams know that victory is often a matter of securing the proper resources and ensuring their operatives have the tools they need to get the job done. Given the critical nature of their missions, kill teams often find themselves equipped with all manner of useful tools, from measuring devices to portable barricades.

Killzone Essentials is a nifty set of tools for budding players of Kill Team which provides all the accessories necessary to play, including measuring gauges, tokens, and a wide assortment of counters.

In this set, you’ll find:

– Three combat gauges marked with the measurement symbols found in the Kill Team Core Book, ideal for fitting into tight gaps and the small spaces between models in the dense terrain of a killzone
– Six Kill Team barricades, providing essential cover for your operatives as they dash between ruins and ramshackle technology
– A token sheet containing 84 assorted tokens and counters, perfect for keeping track of your orders and the status of your operatives during games of Kill Team

 

Kill Team: Death Korps of Krieg Dice Set $35

Just as the soldiers of Krieg place their lives in the hands of the Emperor, so shall you place their well-being in the hands of these dice. They’re perfect for critical close combat duels and careful shots across dense terrain.

Each six-sided, round-cornered die is orange in colour with markings in black ink. The 20 dice in this set each measure 16mm x 16mm and feature a Krieg gas mask icon on the 6 face with traditional pips on the other faces. The dice are supplied in a blister pack, with an artworked backing card.

Kill Team: Ork Kommandos Dice Set $35

Gork and Mork are sure to look down on you with favour when you cast a handful of these fetching Orky dice. They’re perfect for brutal close combat duels and kunnin’ barrages of shots across dense terrain.

Each six-sided, round-cornered die is black with markings picked out in an orange ink. The 20 dice in this set each measure 16mm x 16mm and feature an Ork head icon on the 6 face with traditional pips on the other faces. The dice are supplied in a blister pack with an artworked backing card.

Kill Team: Chaotica Dice Set $35

 

Call upon the profane power of the Chaos Gods with these themed dice. They’re perfect for critical close combat duels and careful shots across dense terrain.

Each six-sided, round-cornered die is black with markings picked out in orange ink. The 20 dice in this set each measure 16mm x 16mm and feature the Chaos star icon on the 6 face with traditional pips on the other faces. The dice are supplied in a blister pack with an artworked backing card.

Kill Team: Adeptus Astartes Dice Set $35

Show your allegiance to the superhuman operatives of the Adeptus Astartes with these themed dice. They’re perfect for critical close combat duels and careful shots across dense terrain.

Each six-sided, round-cornered die is orange with markings picked out in black ink. The 20 dice in this set each measure 16mm x 16mm and feature an Adeptus Astartes icon on the 6 face with traditional pips on the other faces. The dice are supplied in a blister pack with an artworked backing card.

 

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