Warhammer 40k: Jump Into 11th Edition With New Combat Patrol, Terrain, And Mission Decks

Get started fast with these new supplements coming to the new edition of Warhammer 40k!

Games Workshop has been releasing a steady stream of 11th edition product previews, but until now, it’s all focused on the upcoming Armageddon box set. That changes today with a first look at the supplements, which will follow fast on the heels of Armageddon in June.

Combat Patrol Companion

I’m not gonna lie, I’m pretty excited about this. Combat Patrol is one of my favorite things about 40k these days, but I have preferred its cousin format, Spearhead, in Age of Sigmar. This book promises a ton of setting material, hobby tips, and a general overview of the Warhammer 40,000 setting. It looks to be aimed at introducing new players to the game, but few other details are available. I hope we’ll see the format revamped into something a little more engaging, like Spearhead, but for now, we’ll have to wait and see.

Terrain Area Set

One of the upcoming edition’s innovations is standardized terrain footprints, and this product provides a starting point for the new battlefields. 16 double-sided card templates are included in the set, providing a quick way to start playing. The footprints shown look to be vaguely Armageddon-themed with industrial ruins and dusty rubble. Layer them with your terrain, and you’re immediately in business with this edition’s easily identified objectives.

Core Rulebook, Chapter Approved Mission Deck, and Dominatus Deck

The final set of reveals is unsurprising but critical, being the independent release of the core book and card decks included in the Armageddon box set. Where the box set book sports a Blood Angel on its cover, the general release book is adorned with an Ultramarine, but otherwise, the contents are the same. The same goes for the card decks, which feature different box designs but identical contents.

These products will be available for pre-order soon after the Armageddon box set, presumably in late June or early July.

What kind of changes do you think are coming to Combat Patrol?

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.