All-New ‘Warhammer 40K: Kill Team’ Arrives This Month

Jul 8, 2018

Games Workshop is getting ready to release a new edition of their skirmish level miniatures game set in the Dark Imperium. The starter set for Warhammer 40K: Kill Team is set for release late this month and will include two opposing factions: the Genestealer Cult and Skatarii. You’ll also score the hardcover rule book, terrain pieces, dice, rulers, and more. No official release date or MSRP is available just yet but I’ll guess the starter box should sell at retail for around $150.00 while the stand alone core manual should be priced around $60.00.

From GW:

Mass battles between scores of units and thundering war machines are great, but there’s always been an undeniable appeal to skirmishes – those moment-to-moment struggles where victory rests on the efforts of a mere handful of troops and their individual heroics – when every warrior is a distinct character with their own story. Over the years, Warhammer fans have enjoyed a range of skirmish games, from past iterations of Kill Team to the recent Shadow War: Armageddon.

We’ve taken the best of these systems and combined them to create a brand new gaming experience.

The new Kill Team takes the stuff we know you love – deep squad customisation, narrative progression and development, low model counts – and marries it to cutting-edge rules design, bringing in the team behind Warhammer Underworlds: Shadespire to ensure the ruleset is as tight and balanced as possible.

The result is a high-octane skirmish battler where you’ll command a handful of elite troops in action-packed squad combat.

Your kill team is a squad of elite warriors, hand-picked by you, consisting of about 5-10 individuals. You construct your kill team model by model – a squad of Space Marines could consist of two Reivers, a missile launcher-wielding Tactical Marine Gunner, a Scout with a sniper rifle and a Primaris Sergeant with a power sword, for instance.

Once you’ve assembled your kill team, you can customise them even further with a deep system of specialisms and advancements. These allow you to really distinguish your key troops – creating sharp-shooting Snipers, fearless combat Medics or vox-hacking Comms specialists. Kill teams can be used in one-off missions or in campaigns where they grow in power, leveling up and developing their abilities with bespoke skill trees.

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