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I'm guessing they'll be the same cost as the Combat Patrols considering they're more or less aiming for the same point cost in both types of set.

Pretty big price difference between the two Boarding Patrols


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 Platuan4th wrote:
I'm guessing they'll be the same cost as the Combat Patrols considering they're more or less aiming for the same point cost in both types of set.

But Combat Patrols include more expensive kits while these only have infantry
Also same price as combat patrols would mean the SM one would barely be cheaper

DP 47.50
Possessed 70.00
Termies 36.00
Heldrake 47.50
= £201.00

Abaddon 40.00
Legionaries 37.50
Cultists 55.00
=£132.50

Gravis Captain 24.00
Hvy Intercessors 40.00
Ass Intercessors 37.50
=£101.50

Very different costs for each one. The loyalist marine set would need to be a fair bit cheaper than a combat patrol to be worthwhile.

With the combat patrol boxes more expensive then the old start collecting boxes, this might be a more reasonable way to actually get started.

Still probably going to be on the crazy side, but they might view them as a loss leader and give em a nice deep discount to get the hooks in.

Why should Abbadon leading a Patrol?

RazorEdge wrote:
Why should Abbadon leading a Patrol?

It's his ship and he wants to kick your ass off of it personally?

He has to make sure that RandomMacGuffin#42069 is conquered, but being a cranky old man he can't trust his underlings to do it right and/or not to frak off with it for their own gain?

In 1997 there was a battle report where Abby and two dozen of his closest bodyguards teleported down to punch a couple of Orks in the face because they had been rude to them. It ended with the nurgle lieutenant being set on fire, falling into the village latrine and exploding, while Abby had a teleport mishap and was stuck murdering gretchin for 6 turns.

Price will be interesting on the boarding patrols. I never got around to buying Abaddon for one reason or another, but have been meaning to since his release. I'm interested in all the models in the box, so this might be pretty good for me.

RazorEdge wrote:
Why should Abbadon leading a Patrol?

It's like one of those RTS story missions that requires the hero on the map but still only lets you start out with a few squads of tier one infantry. Don't worry, once he sets up his base on the boarded ship and researches new technologies, his elite Cultist bodyguard will soon be replaced with his more commonly known elite Terminator bodyguard.

I am intrigued, and have no prior experience with the assault intercessor kit. the guy the first in and down from the top left. Seems to be armed only with a 4-pack of Dr Pepper, and his angry fist. Is that supposed to be some kind of breaching charge, or has a sword been airbrushed out of the image? Or actually, is he just armed with grenades? (cue jokes about competence in his role and the the massive cranial bionic he also has )

He has a grenade in right right to throw, the pouches hold more grenades.

My favorite is the one in the way back with the actively ejecting magazine.

The 10 possessed having duplicate poses on the box art makes me sad.

 Fergie0044 wrote:
The 10 possessed having duplicate poses on the box art makes me sad.

The possessed only have 5 poses. The only alternate parts are arms and heads. Well and whether or not you want an Icon and whether you want a dude stepping on a rock or a dead Primaris.

Abaddon one is….bizarre.

I mean, if you’ve been thinking of adding the constituent parts to your army you’re likely looking at some small saving (or not, time will tell).

But if you’ve already got Abaddon, or don’t want more CSM? Not exactly much appeal.

Balefleet one looks alright in terms of contents. No idea if the models are any good in a battle though.

Possessed and Termies are both meta, I believe. At least I see a LOT of lists with them in various Chaos Discords.

 Platuan4th wrote:
The possessed only have 5 poses. The only alternate parts are arms and heads. Well and whether or not you want an Icon and whether you want a dude stepping on a rock or a dead Primaris.

Which is why I'm sad. Ufff, how the mighty have fallen

Not bad, but looking forward to xenos sets later down the line.

Abbadon box says 10 marines, pic has 5. How's the sprues? Is it possible to have 5 or is it sprue of 5 marines duplicated?

tneva82 wrote:
Abbadon box says 10 marines, pic has 5. How's the sprues? Is it possible to have 5 or is it sprue of 5 marines duplicated?

The Legionnaire box makes 10. The sprue break down doesn't work for splitting it into only 5 models: all 10 leg sets are one sprue, front torso are another, weapons and backpacks on a 3rd.

It seems safe to say that the Cultists and Possessed didn't sell as well as GW hoped?

The Possessed are great models, let down a little by their lack of posing options, the Cultists are...fine. I presume the main issue with them is the price? The cultists in particular are terribly priced, especially as they contain little or no options, even for headswaps.

Depending on discount I'll be getting the larger Chaos box, even though I have all of the kits already.

The discount for the smaller box needs to be a big one for me to consider buying, I'm a sucker for all things Chaos but the Cultist price point really did piss me off.

Do we have a release date yet?

 Platuan4th wrote:

tneva82 wrote:
Abbadon box says 10 marines, pic has 5. How's the sprues? Is it possible to have 5 or is it sprue of 5 marines duplicated?

The Legionnaire box makes 10. The sprue break down doesn't work for splitting it into only 5 models: all 10 leg sets are one sprue, front torso are another, weapons and backpacks on a 3rd.

Ah good. For a change mistake is the way that is player beneficitial


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 Undead_Love-Machine wrote:
It seems safe to say that the Cultists and Possessed didn't sell as well as GW hoped?

Doubt these were even designed before sale times were made. Release schedule is set well ahead time.

I wonder if Abaddon can even fit through the doors in a Boarding Action missions, pretty sure they limit basesto be no bigger than what Terminators are on these days?

That and I'm sure he'll eat up a lot of those 500pts. So yeah, an odd choice.

Valrak was right again.

Might pick that box up...

They say that the Chaos patrol is over the points limit of a boarding action right at the bottom.

Tsagualsa wrote:
In 1997 there was a battle report where Abby and two dozen of his closest bodyguards teleported down to punch a couple of Orks in the face because they had been rude to them. It ended with the nurgle lieutenant being set on fire, falling into the village latrine and exploding, while Abby had a teleport mishap and was stuck murdering gretchin for 6 turns.

It is always important to give Abaddon something to do that is about right for his skill level...

What's the bet that these are similar to the boxes that accompanied the Broken Realm books? Reasonable value but limited production.

Tsagualsa wrote:

In 1997 there was a battle report where Abby and two dozen of his closest bodyguards teleported down to punch a couple of Orks in the face because they had been rude to them. It ended with the nurgle lieutenant being set on fire, falling into the village latrine and exploding, while Abby had a teleport mishap and was stuck murdering gretchin for 6 turns.

Priceless! I will ad this to my official Abaddon canon. Ofcourse his teleport mishaped.
Deepstrike mishap had such a terrible impact on the gameplay back in the day. Good memories, but cant say I miss that function

EonChao wrote:
What's the bet that these are similar to the boxes that accompanied the Broken Realm books? Reasonable value but limited production.

Not going to bet against that

If only it was the Chosen instead of Legionnaires

Considering how long a lead time it is theorised GW needs to get a box set out, mainly due to packaging and printed materials etc, this theory someone had on YT (can't remember the channel name) is probably implausible, however it's worth a mull over.

GW are releasing so many battleforce and new style combat patrols due to trying to make the game a little more affordable to players at the moment due to the constraints people are under spending wise currently.

I don't think this is true, however, it will be interesting if bundles like this get rolled out further than arks of omens over the next year, and outside of special army box sets and the usual christmas period box sets. If more do come, then it may have more plausibility

Nice theory, if the 500pts game mode didn’t require an army’s value of terrain and a book to play it. They already had value sets. This is just trying to get existing players to buy more. As per.

I am laughing my head off at Abaddon in a 500pt Chaos list box… that’s also over 500pts.

Does anyone have any thoughts on when these new 3 box sets will be up for pre-order. I expected them to be announced for a ne, t Saturday pre-order but maybe they've been pushed back a week to make way for the new Guard? Thanks in advance