What’s on the Table?!
Warhammer Quest: Darkwater The game guys got together and we played a few rounds of Darkwater. It was fun! We were able to *somewhat* complete the missions and escape without too much trouble. There was one scenario that the board was flooding and our moves were hindered. Yeah, we paced it out and there is no solution that allows us to make it to the exit in time. So we stretched the rules a bit. Unwinable. Maybe there’s a treasure that allows you to walk on water somehow. Again, setup is SO QUICK. That’s a real highlight. You can play multiple scnerarios without a big break to reset.
Projects: Finished and otherwise
I have some projects that I’d really like to get knocked out A Note to Readers: I started this post months (years?) ago. And happily, I’ve finished some things on it already! The List That’s the stuff I had on my list from the ancient and dusty past. A book of hobby grudges, perhaps. I have new grudges too! My current priorities include Darkwater, a whole stack of Citadel wizards, and a Halfling Blitz Bowl team. I missed the timeliness-deadline on the Cursed City Christmas scenario again, but maybe… next year. Which is now this year… I’ll get around to it. Now, if I can pick up a paintbrush and actually start working I can make some progress.
Darkwater in White Dwarf 519 & 520
Celebrate the New Year with new Darkwater content coming out in White Dwarf. 2025 was a slow year in Warhammer Quest news. That is until there was a deluge of coverage about Darkwater. There’s been more than I can/have posted about: Previews of heroes, monsters, community painted heroes, community painted villains, and more. We’re now getting some features in print. The December White Dwarf is already out and has a Designer’s Commentary. January has actual new game content; Flesh-Eater Courts in Darkwater. I’m curious how the ghouls look. It’s interesting that they were featured in Cursed City and now Darkwater. December 2025 – White Dwarf – 519 January 2026 – White Dwarf – 520
What’s on the Table?!
Warhammer Quest: Darkwater The green and pustulant waters of… Darkwater flooded the game table last night. We played our first game of WHQDW! It was fun. I’m pretty sure we did most things right. We’ll see how it goes. My first impression is that hostiles get a LOT of activations. In the initial “training” scenario, 3 Mire Kelpies activate (and respawn) after each hero has a go. That keeps you pretty busy. We’ll be up to our ears in it when we graduate to multiple hostile types on the board. Hopefully they don’t all keep respawing too. We were able to complete the mission and escape on time without too much trouble. The board-book worked fine. It was kind of nice actually. We were pleasently surprised with the reasonable amount of time it too to set up and play. WHQ games are fun, but they can take FOREVER to complete.…
Gifts Given, Gifts Received
“Christmastime Is Here” – Charlie Brown ‘Tis the season of gift giving. You don’t have to celebrate Christmas to give presents in December. There were a few game-centric things happening in my orbit this past week. I’m over the moon to receive Warhammer Quest: Darkwater as a present. I’ve read the book and assembled the first four heroes and the Mire Kelpies. Ready to kick things off! Other game type things that were given/received were Heroquest First Light, a Gnome Blitz Bowl team with Treeman, and a complete (beginner) paint setup. Oh, did I forget to mention… NURGLINGS!!!! Pretty fun stuff. I just splurged a small amount on a ghoul judge. Surprisingly affordable compared to lots of single model sets. Maybe this faction doesn’t sell all that great and GW tries to pump them up into Warhammer Quest (Both Cursed City and now Darkwater) . This is in anticipation of…
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…
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.
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…