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GTM #214 - Warhammer Underworlds: Shadespire - Accessories & Expansions
by Games Workshop

Warhammer Underworlds: Shadespire is the ultimate competitive miniatures game, pitting two or more players against each other in fast-paced arena combat. Pick your warband, build your deck, and fight for your survival in the City of Mirrors!

Games Workshop’s Warhammer Underworlds Shadespire game has already hit the streets, and hot on the heels of the Core Set’s release, the first eagerly anticipated expansions and accessories are already here.

While the Core Set starts players off with two Warbands (Garrek’s Reavers and Steelheart’s Champions), the first two expansions add two new warbands to the field of combat: the Orruks of Ironskull’s Boyz and the undead skeletons of the Sepulchral Guard. Both warbands bring with them their own unique playing styles, and thanks to a wealth of new cards, increase the tactical options and challenges for all Warhammer Underworld’s players.

The expansions, like the core set, include highly detailed, easy build, colored plastic miniatures, and a host of new cards, including that warbands fighter card, and new power and objective cards. These power and objective cards are all unique, and include cards dedicated not only to that warband (Orruk or Deathrattle), but also many new universal cards that any warband can use, increasing the tactical depth of the game and particularly the deck construction aspect many gamers, especially tournament gamers, love.

As players gather their warbands, they also now have access to dedicated accessories for the factions they own — card sleeves and dice for all four warbands are now available. The card sleeves are geared for each warband, bearing their imagery and containing sleeves appropriate for each faction (so the Sepulchral Guard sleeve pack has seven sleeves for their seven fighter cards, for instance) including fighter and power and objective decks. The dice are individual to their warband, as well, with thematic iconography and colored to match.

Warband Expansions:

Ironskull’s Boyz – four Orruks (green) and 60 unique cards, including 31 universal cards usable by any faction ($30 MSRP)

Sepulchral Guard– seven Deathrattle (white) and 60 unique cards, including 31 universal cards usable by any faction ($30 MSRP)

Accessories:

Shadespire: Stormcast Eternals Dice – eight six-sided dice, including five blue attack dice and three grey defense dice with appropriate symbols on each ($10 MSRP)

Shadespire: Khorne Bloodbound Dice – eight six-sided dice, including five red attack dice and three grey defense dice with appropriate symbols on each ($10 MSRP)

Shadespire: Ironjawz Dice – eight six-sided dice, including five green attack dice and three grey defense dice with appropriate symbols on each ($10 MSRP)

Shadespire: Deathrattle Dice – eight six-sided dice, including five purple attack dice and three grey defense dice with appropriate symbols on each ($10 MSRP)

Shadespire: Steelheart’s Champions sleeves – themed for your Steelheart’s warband with sleeves for 12 objective cards, 20 power cards, and three character cards ($8 MSRP)

Shadespire: Garrek’s Reavers sleeves – themed for your Garrek’s warband with sleeves for 12 objective cards, 20 power cards, and five character cards ($8 MSRP)

Shadespire: Ironskull’s Boyz sleeves – themed for your Ironskull’s warband with sleeves for 12 objective cards, 20 power cards, and four character cards ($8 MSRP)

Shadespire: Sepulchral Guard sleeves – themed for your Sepulchral warband with sleeves for 12 objective cards, 20 power cards, and seven character cards ($8 MSRP)

Your store now has access to a range of 11 Warhammer Underworlds product. Each complements Warhammer Underworlds and is supported both by the gaming community and the tournament scene. And, this is just an exciting beginning! Games Workshop is hard at work designing and producing even more Warhammer Underworld product, including brand-new warbands and accessories, ensuring that this game is here to stay. Some of these great new additions will be released as early as the first quarter of 2018.

On top of this, Warhammer Underworlds boasts plenty of support with a dedicated website (WarhammerUnderworlds.com) that’s updated with each new release, a popular Facebook page (facebook.com/WarhammerUnderworlds) with daily posts and content, and a series of ‘Grand Clash’ tournaments planned for 2018. In-store activities are also primed and running thanks to Games Workshop’s Monthly and Quarterly OP programs available for shops to run, and additional store online support.

Warhammer Underworlds: Shadespire is for 2-4 players and takes around 30-60 minutes to play. The Core Set ($60 MSRP) allows two players to play this fast-paced, tactical game inside 30 minutes (ages 12+); and comes complete with eight miniatures, eight fighter cards, two double-sided boards, 96 power and objective cards, 126 tokens, and eight dice. While fast and fun, Shadespire also has the tactical depth needed for the tournament environment. The fun 3 or 4 player game variants, where each player gets to field their own warband, board, and card deck, requires two Core Sets.