Games Workshop Pre-Orders: Kill Team Dominates

A big weekend for Warhammer 40,000: Kill Team fans with a number of all new kits and re-releases.

Kill Team dominates this week’s pre-orders, but as usual, most of these models have rules for use in 40k, as well. Terror on Devlan takes center stage, but numerous other models are joining the Kill Team range for the first time as independent releases.

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New For Kill Team

Terror on Devlan $165

At long last, the Red Terror returns to Devlan and the Warhammer 40k universe at large! The elite soldiers of Spectre Squad take on this monstrous foe and its accompanying termagant swarm in the latest full expansion for Kill Team. The set includes 22 miniatures, a 72-page Terror on Devlan dossier, 66 tokens, 27 Terror on Devlan Mission pack cards, and 40 Spectre Squad datacards. Both the Red Terror and Spectre Squad have already received free datasheets for use in Warhammer 40,000. Kill Team: Terror on Devlan is a limited release, available only while stocks last.

Nemesis Operatives $40

Nemesis Operatives is a new expansion encouraging you to take centerpiece models from 40k and turn them into powerful assets for your Kill Team squads. A custom builder guides you through ways to use models like Redemptor Dreadnoughts or Screamer-Killers in solo, co-op, and head-to-head game modes alongside example operatives. Accompanying mission packs are included for the Ambull and Archivist, as well.

New Miniatures

The Archivist $48

Zoats McGoats! Originally released for use with Blackstone Fortress, the Archivist returns to the tabletop after a long absence. It can be used an NPO in missions released with the Nemesis Operatives Book as and its atomic dissasembler is sure to provide a nasty challenge.

Ambull $48

The Ambull has been sighted both in Blackstone Fortress and then on Necromunda but this is its first time taking the field in games of Kill Team. Accompanied by a pair of Borewyrm Infestations, this burrowing terror hits like a freight train from unexpected vectors.

New Boxes

Celestial Insidiants $69

First seen in Kill Team: Shadowhunt, the zealous witch huntresses of the Adepta Sorroritas receive their independent release. Sinister slayers of psykers, this set of 10 are lead by a Sister Superior with a choice of 4 heads. Other members can be built with condemnor stakethrowers in addition to their standard maces. Additional bits are included to build a number of Kill Team specialists.

Murderwing $82

Not to be left behind, the Murderwing also see their independent release. Led by a Chaos Lord with a variety of weapons options, the rest of the squad can be built as your choice of Raptors or Warp Talons with a variety of Kill Team specialist wargear.

New Datacards

Datacards $34

These datacard decks contain all the operative, faction rules, equipment, ploys and equipment cards for both of the newly released Kill Teams. Each deck also includes a marker/token guide and team selection card. These packs are only available while stock lasts, so get ’em while you can.

Will you purge the alien and heretic with Spectre Squad and the Celestial Insidiants or ravage worlds with the Red Terror and the Murderwing?

Author: Simon Berman

Simon Berman has been a wargamer since 1993 and has worked in the tabletop games industry since 2008 as a staff writer for the first three editions of WARMACHINE and HORDES. These days he's the General President of the Brush Wielders Union, a worldwide organization of miniatures painters of all skill levels, a freelance games writer who has contributed to a number of roleplaying games like Eclipse Phase, Dune: Adventures in the Imperium, and The Hammer and the Stake. He runs his own small-press publishing company, Strix Publishing, and paints more miniatures than he can keep track of. Simon lives with his wife in Tacoma, Washington along with a number of cats and a pack of savage wiener dogs.