Storm of Magic

[Jossi]

So it is official then. I think the article speaks for itself...

http://www.games-workshop.com/gws/co...?aId=16200020a

If you can't log in, the article is about the new magic expansion for WFB, coming out this july.

Incoming: Storm of Magic

Storm of Magic - when the eight winds howl...

The Winds of Magic are tumultuous. Drawn by Morrslieb, they are prone to rise from a strong gale into a howling tempest. And when they do no kingdom or realm is safe.

Monsters awaken from their slumber and are summoned from their lairs at the bidding of sorcerous masters. Armies assemble, ready to defend their borders or seize the opportunity to gain limitless power. It is in these desperate times tenuous pacts between wizards and creatures of darkness are sealed to create alliances never thought possible.

A time of doom and great deeds is at hand. Will you rise to meet the storm?

Announcing the impending arrival of Storm of Magic, the latest and largest Expansion for Warhammer, the Game of Fantasy Battles. Launched in July 2011, Storm of Magic describes what happens when great eldritch maelstroms roil across the lands. Magic becomes far more powerful and there is a whole range of Cataclysm spells to cast, unleashing untold devastation on the enemy. Arcane Fulcrums burst from the ground, not only acting as loci for the swirling energies that pervade a battle fought amidst the Storm of Magic, but changing the way a Warhammer tabletop looks and interacts with your armies. With such things so crucial to your Storm of Magic games a new range of Warhammer scenery and Wizards will soon be released in time for you to wage cataclysmic battles.

Then there are the monsters. When the Winds of Magic blow with such strength, the fell creatures of the world gravitate towards the tempest, slithering from deep tunnels or emerging from mountain lairs.

With the new Expansion allowing you to use so many different creatures there are a whole host of new monstrous plastic kits on their way. Citadel's queen of creatures, Trish Morrison, has spent the last few years in her own lair preparing for the new monsters to be unleashed upon the world and you can see two brief glimpses of what is to come below:

July is still a few months away; we are in the calm before the storm so now is the time to prepare. Bolster your forces, prepare your regiments and summon your wizards in time for the ultimate war. Keep checking White Dwarf and the website for updates, for when the storm hits nowhere will be safe!

Ps. A most humble thank you to Darnok for the edit!

16/04 Update:

Confirmed
- we get a new expansion for WFB that focuses on magic and monsters
- this is not limited to WD
- this is not a specific campaign or new rules system, but a build-on to the core WFB rules
- we get new wizard models
- we get new monster models
- we get new scenery

Unconfirmed

- according to Harry this is in scale Apocalypse for WFB
- according to Harry the pics may be of a Black Dragon and Manticore
- others have suggested that the first monster may be an Abyssal Terror
- they may in fact both be spell related creatures (as e.g. Transformation of Kadon)
- we get generic monsters
- we get many new wizards
- we may get resin models
- the new scenery is magical (i.e. magical structures/magical effects/something utterly new)
- there is a new rumour of a new Nagash model

Possible gold nugget from undeadgoblin:

Information from a friend with an advance copy of the ruleset:

- Magic Re-adjusted "alot"
- 9th type of magic
-No level 5 wizards - Tomb King only thing
- releases spread out over a few months.

[DarthSte]

So it is official then. I think the article speaks for itself...

http://www.games-workshop.com/gws/co...?aId=16200020a

If you can't log in, the article is about the new magic expansion for WFB, coming out this july.

Edit. Damn! Ninjaed by the Warhammer Expansion thread by a single minute!

I wasn't sure whether to start a new thread or not... Great news though!

[Darnok]

We better give this a fresh start here.

Good to see this in the open at last.

[Feorag]

wow can't wait to hear more about it it looks awesome!

[dragonet111]

Ok guessing time.


First picture, some kind of dragon (have to say I really like this picture)
Second picture a new griffon

And you guys what to you think?

[Darnok]

First post updated with mod magic.

[DarthSte]

Ok guessing time.


First picture, some kind of dragon (have to say I really like this picture)
Second picture a new griffon

And you guys what to you think?

Second picture looks more like a manticore or something to me.

[Feorag]

why is it I always mess up editing posts

[Feorag]

damnation
edit - ninjad

[Heepee]

man, I really, REALLY wish there will be some monster for beastmen...bottle of Jack for anyone who confirms that!!!

[Deff Mekz]

Haha the image files are labeled DE Dragon, and Manticore! I love the look of this expansion, I persume these will be monster miniatures for the final beast spell?

[unheilig]

Magic MORE powerful? Are they kidding with this?

[Scalebug]

Mmm... my bet for the second image is on a Manticore and/or (with multi-kit-use) the lion head of a mountain Chimera...

[Tancred II von Quenelles]

is there hope to get plastic kits for mages of different rases or we ll get some promo metal models?

[Harry]

Oh, thank goodness.
I have been dying for this rumour to to roll out.

I only really want to say one thing .....

BRING IT ON!

[Chris_]

Awesome stuff! I am going to be so selfish as to hope for a Necrolith Colossus/Hiero-titan dual kit for Tomb Kings Not that I'm getting my hopes up as we will be getting some new stuff in May.

I expect that there will be some stuff for the Beastmen population though. And please do share Harry

[Memnon]

This does look very exciting, wizards, monsters and scenery!? Big expansion! Cataclysm Spells!?! All sounds very Fantasy!

Still if that first image is indeed a Dragon, why so furry?

Share all Harry!

[Rosstifer]

If there isn't anything for Beastmen I may cry.

Though I wonder if it will be more generic monsters that anyone can take as opposed to race specific monsters, like back in the day.

[Deff Mekz]

Awesome stuff! I am going to be so selfish as to hope for a Necrolith Colossus/Hiero-titan dual kit for Tomb Kings

I'll drink to that!

[Ronin[XiC]]

Maybe they used this opportunity to rebalance the lores a bit?