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— Article by Adam Troke
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Gather your tanks and ready your lascannons – in June the pages of White Dwarf magazine and the Games Workshop website join forces to bring you a whole new expansion for Warhammer 40,000: Spearhead.

Spearhead is a new way to play Warhammer 40,000 that enables you to unleash exciting tank battles and daring breakthrough missions on the tabletop, bringing the full mechanised fury of the 41st Millennium to bear in your games. June's White Dwarf will contain the main part of the supplement, including new rules, missions and plenty of inspirational hobby advice. Alongside this, the Games Workshop website will feature additional material exclusively for registered members, such as details of how to assemble your Spearhead formations along with even more painting, modelling and collecting tips.

As if a whole new Expansion wasn't exciting enough, it's going to be accompanied by a range of new miniatures including some stunning new plastic kits – more details of these kits, and the Spearhead Expansion, will follow in White Dwarf and here on the Games Workshop website.

A word of advice, however – because it contains a new Expansion, June's White Dwarf promises to be very popular. If you're not already a subscriber now's probably a very good time to correct that, and to register on the Games Workshop website to hear all the news first.

"As if a whole new Expansion wasn't exciting enough, it's going to be accompanied by a range of new miniatures including some stunning new plastic kits – more details of these kits, and the Spearhead Expansion, will follow in White Dwarf and here on the Games Workshop website."

This is the only part I'm excited about. Less expansions, more codices, imo.

GW is really on the ball with new releases. And if this is a sign of things to come... It means that White Dwarf is heading the right direction.

i wonder if the new plastic kits will be as stunning as the "new" chimera and basilisk models... yawn...

Looking at this, plastic kits that spring to mind, which fit the idea of spearhead/breakthrough missions, would be some large Tyranid monstrous creature (either with a big gun or the ability to deploy lots of troops), maybe some Space Marines riding really tough, ferocious animals, or even a fast flyer that can combat drop troops (or even Dreads...?)...

warboss wrote:i wonder if the new plastic kits will be as stunning as the "new" chimera and basilisk models... yawn...

The Watcher in the Dark wrote:, or even a fast flyer that can combat drop troops (or even Dreads...?)...

Stormraven?

Oh please oh please oh please.....

This can only mean new plastic buggies and wartrakks. Orks are getting all of the GW love with these supplements.

Don't get me wrong, I am just speculating. I should make it clear that unlike some people who like to give the impression they know more than they do, I fully admit that I know nothing. Those are just the sorts of kits that I think would plausibly fit in with this expansion.

Hello Leman Russ, hello artillery tank.

New rules In the White Dwarf? What is this? Bizzaro World???

Also: yay, new vehicles!

"Spearhead is a new way to play Warhammer 40,000......"

I ask the same question that I ask with all of these releases, "Whats wrong with the old way?"

The Watcher in the Dark wrote:maybe some Space Marines riding really tough, ferocious animals,

Please tell me your joking...

Space Wolves on wolves has to be the silliest thing they have come out with in years...

Lets hope they don't make a habit of it.

Mechanised assaults? New Kits? This can only herald the appearance of yet another Land Raider variant

Deadshane1 wrote:"Spearhead is a new way to play Warhammer 40,000......"

I ask the same question that I ask with all of these releases, "Whats wrong with the old way?"

Nothing prevents you from continuing to play the old way does it?

Now I know not to buy any new tanks till this summer

good thing my bugs will keep me busy till then...

lol another expansion so soon.

CT GAMER wrote:

The Watcher in the Dark wrote:maybe some Space Marines riding really tough, ferocious animals,

Please tell me your joking...

Space Wolves on wolves has to be the silliestest thing they have come out with in years...

Lets hope they don't make a habit of it.

I rest my case. . .

Seeing as it will be released in the WD, I wouldn't put too much hope into it, it will be dropped in a month or two, maybe even faster if it's a typical rush job.

BrookM wrote:Seeing as it will be released in the WD, I wouldn't put too much hope into it, it will be dropped in a month or two, maybe even faster if it's a typical rush job.

Pssst. It's not "just" WD. It's launching in WD and then moving to the website, apparently. And it sounds like something they've been planning for awhile.

So we have standard 40K for "standard" sized battles...

Planetstrike for surgical strikes and orbital assaults...

Apoc for mega-battles...

COD for urban combat...

And this will cover mechanized battles...

So what major battle archetype is yet to be made to be the focus of an expansion?

Seems like Kill team would have been ripe, but they gave a passing nod in battle Missions.


Amphibious landings?

Boarding actions?

Zero G/ space?

close quarter/instillation invasion (fighting inside tunnel/bunker complexes a la Space Hulk)?

As long as they all are released along side new plastic kits It's all good in my book...




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puma713 wrote:

CT GAMER wrote:

The Watcher in the Dark wrote:maybe some Space Marines riding really tough, ferocious animals,

Please tell me your joking...

Space Wolves on wolves has to be the gayest thing they have come out with in years...

Lets hope they don't make a habit of it.

I rest my case. . .

The wolves on wolves still take the cake...

Yo Dawg wolves riding wolves > Fancypants lads with nipple armor, hot crossed buns on their kneecaps, and bolters sewn to their mittens? I don't think so.

Looks like there is a reason to buy WD again. Cool.

New models -> Cool
ANOTHER way to play 40k? -> Meh!

CT GAMER wrote:

The Watcher in the Dark wrote:maybe some Space Marines riding really tough, ferocious animals,

Please tell me your joking...

Space Wolves on wolves has to be the gayest thing they have come out with in years...

Lets hope they don't make a habit of it.

I didn't say I approved, I just tgink that if they are going to release them anytime soon, this Expansion would be a logical time to do it. Oh yeah, GW logical, forget I mentioned it...

Seriously?! Awesome! Can't wait for new models, particularly tanks since that what I'm waiting for for my Imperial Guard.

But what tanks are we missing?

Storm Raven
All plastic Fire Prism
IG Artillery
IG Manitcore
Hydra
Deathstrike
3 Leman Russ Variants
Warbuggies
Wartraks

Is that it?

I'd love some Ork sets for DeffKoptas, alongside some new Jetbikes.

I will say though, the fact that they keep releasing expansions rather than updating some of the older codices makes a strong case that they are being shelved.

Breotan wrote:Yo Dawg wolves riding wolves > Fancypants lads with nipple armor, hot crossed buns on their kneecaps, and bolters sewn to their mittens? I don't think so.

I'm not defending either...

Scottywan82 wrote:
I will say though, the fact that they keep releasing expansions rather than updating some of the older codices makes a strong case that they are being shelved.

No, it doesn't. When they remove all references to the older codices from the expansions is when you get to spout "SQUATTED! SQUATTED! SQUATTED!".

Creating an expansion doesn't take them nearly as much work as designing a codex. It's really that simple to comprehend.

Did GW decide that fifth edition doesn't have enough tanks on the board, so you need a new way to play that emphasizes armor even more?

Flashman wrote:Mechanised assaults? New Kits? This can only herald the appearance of yet another Land Raider variant

the flying type that can carry a unit and a dread?