GW Gaming Mats *Update: Video - Khorne Mat* / City Ruins Battlemat / Space Marine Army Box

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**Warhams-77**

*Update*

[Preorder: - / Release: - ]

There will be another gaming mat release

CragHack wrote:
This just popped. A Khorne Dominion battlemat. From Warhammer-TV fb:

https://www.facebook.com/WarhammerTVteam/videos/260817424313243/

*Original post*

[Preorder: Now / Release: October 8th 2016]

First pics of the 4'x4' Battlemat and Space Marine Strike Force Ultima army boxed set

via Spikeybits/BOLS

It is a Killteam/small game mat

Prices

*Edit* Grotorderly seems to be the original source

Genestealer Cults: Goliath / Rockgrinder - 35GBP
Neophyte Hybrid Squad - 25GBP
Genestealer Cults: Broodcoven - 37GBP
Genestealer Cults: Acolyte Iconward - 15GBP
Space Marines: Srike Force Ultima* - 150GBP
Battle Mat: City Ruins** - 50GBP

*the box contains:
1x Drop Pod
1x Land Raider
1x Razorback
1x Stormhawk Interceptor
1x Terminator Captain
5x Sternguard Veterans
5x Terminators
10x Tactical Marines

**details:
4'x4' city fight / kill team kind of mat with ruins on it!

http://grotorderly.blogspot.de/2016/09/data-cards-are-no-more-and-battle-mat.html?m=1

zamerion wrote:
This week:
Genestealer Cults: Goliath / Rockgrinder - 35GBP
Neophyte Hybrid Squad - 25GBP
Genestealer Cults: Broodcoven - 37GBP
Genestealer Cults: Acolyte Iconward - 15GBP
Space Marines: Srike Force Ultima* - 150GBP
Battle Mat: City Ruins** - 50GBP

**notprop**

What material is the mat made of?

**Warhams-77**

No info atm

**howie**

Why oh why is this not a 6x4 mat. I would of bought it in a heart beat. Don't know if I can justify two 4x4s

**BrookM**

4' x 4' is nice, personally I can use a smaller playing space for Kill Team and the like.

**Warhams-77**

howie wrote:
Why oh why is this not a 6x4 mat. I would of bought it in a heart beat. Don't know if I can justify two 4x4s

I read somewhere this is the first in a series. Rumor was there may be addon releases in a similiar city ruin style, and other designs, and larger mats in the not too far future. If you plan to use them for standard-40k better wait.

**howie**

Thanks for that info warhams-77. I'll wait out.

**zamerion**

notprop wrote:
What material is the mat made of?

neoprene or something similar.

It can be ironed.

**kronk**

Does it come with a fine cast iron?

**CragHack**

Yeah, the mat is from neoprene. Kinda meh though. Was expecting something similar to Sector Imperialis.

**Warhams-77**

"This limited edition Citadel Ironclad (TM) will be available separately. Iron like the Emperor back then in his finest hours. Limited to 1 item per customer. While stocks last"

Better careful what we wish for...

**notprop**

zamerion wrote:
notprop wrote:
What material is the mat made of?

neoprene or something similar.

It can be ironed.

Neoprene doesn't require ironing.

Ditto vinyl or card.

Cloth does......but 50 quid for a cloth mat doesn't make sense even for GW. They at least have a reputation for a decent standard of product.

Iron-on details - is that possible/desirable?

Automatically Appended Next Post:
Actually looking at the image closer, there does seem to be iron-on damage/rubble. Tidy!

**BrookM**

More likely, it is to iron out the creases and folds before first use.

**Warhams-77**

Maybe it comes with a ruin kit?

**casvalremdeikun**

Warhams-77 wrote:
Maybe it comes with a ruin kit?

that is about the only way it would be worth it.

**Herzlos**

zamerion wrote:
notprop wrote:
What material is the mat made of?

neoprene or something similar.

It can be ironed.

Yeah it's meant to be mouse mat material which is usually neoprene. Shouldn't need ironed and it hopefully comes in a roll rather than folded.

Looks like a great bit of scenery, but as usual it's about 30% overpriced. So I think I'll only pick this up if I see it in a clearance somewhere.

**Kirasu**

Herzlos wrote:
zamerion wrote:
notprop wrote:
What material is the mat made of?

neoprene or something similar.

It can be ironed.

Yeah it's meant to be mouse mat material which is usually neoprene. Shouldn't need ironed and it hopefully comes in a roll rather than folded.

Looks like a great bit of scenery, but as usual it's about 30% overpriced. So I think I'll only pick this up if I see it in a clearance somewhere.

Plenty of people buy overpriced limited edition codexs with much less use than this mat.. I'm sure people will buy it.

**Kanluwen**

One of the best parts about Dreadfleet was the fantastic mat, so cloth can definitely work.

**Sqorgar**

It's cloth. You wouldn't want to iron neoprene, as you could end up damaging the rubber/glue and destroying it. I think if you already had a neoprene mat, a cloth mat would fit on top of it nicely (if it wasn't too translucent). You'd still get all the benefits, but wouldn't fill your house with giant rolled up mouse pads. The major concern is the price, but we can't see the box too well and it's possible that they will include some plastic terrain.

**Stormonu**

Another swing and a miss by GW. They come so close, just to not quite get it right.

**MarkNorfolk**

My GW rep tells me it's neoprene with double stiched edge...

Cheers
Mark

**UNCLEBADTOUCH**

That definitely makes it more tempting thanks mark

**Breotan**

The battlemat may be of dubious value given the price but at $195 US, that Strike Force Ultima is a pretty decent savings (nearly half off and free shipping, too).

I hope they do this for other races/factions.

**MrDwhitey**

I'm unimpressed by the battlemat. I'm not a fan of mats with buildings on them by default, and it comes in a box.

At £50 for a 4x4 I'd expect at least a card tube or more likely a wargame mat bag.

**GoatboyBeta**

Guess we will know more about the mat tomorrow. If its not cloth I may be tempted. The strike force looks like a good box although I'll pass for now as my unpainted pile is already way to big. Hopefully its not a splash release and we will see similar boxes for other armies.

**Nevelon**

Breotan wrote:
The battlemat may be of dubious value given the price but at $195 US, that Strike Force Ultima is a pretty decent savings (nearly half off and free shipping, too).

I hope they do this for other races/factions.

Do we know what flavor the terminators and LR are? Not a bad little force there. Although looking at the contents, my fist thought was “That’s not 10 tac marines and 5 sternguard, <sounds of two boxes being shaken together> that’s 10 sternguard and 5 tacs!"

**Warhams-77**

Thanks all who provided more info! It also went online a few minutes ago on the NZ website

https://www.games-workshop.com/en-NZ/Warhammer-40000-Battle-Mat-City-Ruins

Automatically Appended Next Post:
And Strike Force Ultima

https://www.games-workshop.com/en-NZ/Space-Marine-Strikeforce-Ultima

**Nevelon**

Thanks for the link. And to answer my own question for people who don’t want to click through, it looks like the stock LR (TLLC) and tactical terminators.

Which makes this box a little more “meh” IMHO.

**casvalremdeikun**

What does $165NZ translate to for US prices? It definitely looks nice (though 4x4 is stupid size). If they make a 6x4 variant, I might pick it up.

SF Ultima would have been nice when I was first starting out, but now it is superfluous.

**BrookM**

Checking the site and doing price comparison, it would be the same price as a Start Collecting! boxed set.