Warhammer Quest Day (2025)
Today is Warhammer Quest Day, in a way. Pre-orders for Warhammer Quest: Darkwater go live today at 1:00 pm EST. I’m looking forward to the game system that I care most about getting some coverage. I, and the whole world, expect the game to sell well. Despite a price tag that rivals an eBay copy of Warhammer Quest 1995. I’m hoping for a good, fun game, despite some obvious cutbacks. The board-book is unproven (for WHQ), the new character and activation system looks “a bit clockwork” as a youtuber described it. Removing unnecessary grind from the game is a good thing. Cursed City was bloated with grind out of the box. Luckily that is easy to skirt, just play the missions that you want, based on your level. We’ll see. Fingers crossed. Word on the street is that there are no special incentives to pre-order. No limited edition foil character…
Did Tariffs Kill Games Workshop Bookshelf Games?
This is speculation, but I’m guessing that tariffs and other economic chicanery killed GW bookshelf games this year. 2025 has been slim pickings at B&N. We’ve definitely had more the last few years than this year. Dawn of War: Onslaught came out this year, but that’s it. By my count, at least 14 games 2019-2024. Only one in 2025. So here’s a summary of some of the most interesting boxed (bookshelf) games released by Games Workshop. I’m not even counting “mainline” games like Age of Sigmar, Kill Team, or Underworlds starter sets. Combat Arena In previous years, we had three versions of Combat Arena: Warhammer Quest: Lost Relics This is a bookshelf stand-alone Warhammer Quest game. I haven’t tried it yet, but I hear is a puzzle/optimization type game, rather than a true dungeon crawler. Blitz Bowl We’ve had three editions of Blitz Bowl, plus all the team expansions from…
What’s on the Table?!
Warhammer Quest 1995 We played ANOTHER abbreviated Little Monk adventure, available here: https://bwarhammerquestcustomized.runboard.com/t393 Castle of Darkness! I talked about this last year, but didn’t quite make it on the table. Here’s the minis that we used. It was a lot of fun. I made fewer mistakes this time!
Darkwater – Inara Sion
There’s been another hero reveal for Darkwater. Aqua-mage!
Darkwater – Bren Tylis
There’s been another hero reveal for Darkwater. I dig it. It’s a very “barbarian” pose. That is quite a sword. Similar to Qulathis the Exile, this hero stole her weapon. Why are only the ladies stealing weapons? Interesting backstory. GW says we’ll get another reveal nest week. In other news, I didn’t buy anything on Warhammer Day. The ammo pouch was cool, but I’m not dropping $200 on anything that doesn’t have a direct WHQ tie-in.
What’s on the Table?!
Warhammer Quest 1995 We played an abbreviated Little Monk adventure, available here: https://bwarhammerquestcustomized.runboard.com/t393 Castle of Darkness! I talked about this last year, but didn’t quite make it on the table. Here’s the minis that we used. It was a lot of fun. I messed some stuff up, but we all liked it.
More Darkwater News
I’m late with updates because I can only do hobby stuff on nights and weekends, but here’s the latest leaks! What happened in the last couple days? A blurry pre-release photo leaked out: So GW tried to get ahead of the story with a post on Warhammer-Community. They put a good spin on it and offered to reveal more into about a single character based on a poll. These are the choices: I voted for the dwarf, but the knight won. I don’t mind, he’s pretty cool. But I think the biggest news (division) is the board pictured above. It looks like a map-book. My knee jerk reaction was that I didn’t like it. It looks very unimpressive. There’s hardly any components pictured. What precisely are we getting for what I can only guess will be $250 US. With a map-book, that means that there’s no more exploration aspect to…
Warhammer Quest: Darkwater – Early Thoughts and Observations
A few interesting things about Darkwater in these early, early days. Descriptive text from GW We’ve really only see the cover art and a couple blurbs. A couple blurbs you say? Indeed. There are two pages up with (minimal) info about WHQ:DW. The most widely circulated link is the Warhammer Community post: https://www.warhammer-community.com/en-gb/articles/b7qzhmxz/announcing-warhammer-quest-darkwater/ Evil lurks in the dark, there’s something in the water, and the whole of Ghyran is under threat.It’s probably time to gather together a band of heroes, renegades, and misfits, and go on a Quest…That’s right! An all-new Warhammer Quest game, set in the Mortal Realms of Warhammer Age of Sigmar.What perils await our group of intrepid adventurers within the ruins of the Jade Abbey? However, there is also a Start Warhammer page up: https://start-warhammer.com/darkwater Warhammer Quest: Darkwater is a thrilling cooperative dungeon-crawling board game set in the world of Warhammer Age of Sigmar. You and up…
Warhammer Quest: Darkwater
Back in March my local Warhammer store associate (there’s only one. Just one guy) told me not to expect any more Cursed City content, but to keep an eye out for perhaps a new game some time. Looks like he’s pretty much right. We did get Grombrindal in May of 2025, but that’s it. And now we have the announcement for Warhammer Quest: Darkwater! It appears to be in the same vein as Cursed City. Set in the Age of Sigmar. Though I’m holding out judgment until I see the back of the box. Ohh, I’m looking forward to that! No details yet, other than what’s here. Cursed City was available roughly two months after it was announced. I’ve been banging the “there hasn’t been any WHQ this year!” drum for a while now. We’ll see what the timeline and additional details emerge. I’m excited!
Cursed City Expansions
The Cursed City core box came out in 2021, and I’m not going to say any more about that. Welcome back to October! My favorite month! Cooler temperatures, spooky movies, Halloween, autumn ales, and of course… Cursed City! It was followed by a number of expansions and additions. It can be tough to keep up with everything that is released after a game hits the market, especially when a list is started while content is still coming out. The internet is littered with incomplete contemporary Warhammer Quest lists. The good news is that nothing new will ever come out for Cursed City. That’s sarcasm. It’s horrible. This is the first year since 2015 that there hasn’t been new Warhammer Quest content. Sad! This is the first edition of WHQ that I’ve acquired at the initial release. I didn’t buy 1995 because it was expensive, I was still feeling the disappointment…