Black Library have announced two new upcoming novels set in GW’s 40K and Warhammer universes.

Battle for the Abyss Ben Counter : £6.99 : Aug 08 UK, Sept 08 USA
The eighth exciting instalment the bestselling Horus Heresy series. Now that news of Horus’s treachery is in the open, a time of testing has come. Some Legions have already declared their allegiance to the Warmaster, while the loyalty of others lies firmly with the Emperor.

As Horus deploys his forces, loyalist Astartes learn that a massive Wordbearers fleet is heading to Ultramar, home of the Ultramarines.

The Chronicles of Malus Darkblade : Vol 1 Dan Abnett, Mike Lee : £9.99 : Aug 08 UK, Sept 08 USA
Omnibus edition containing three highly popular Warhammer novels. Even amongst the dark elves Malus Darkblade stands out for his treachery and cunning. Having been possessed by the ancient daemon Tz’arkan, Malus is faced with a stark choice – recover five items of unimaginable power within one year or forfeit his soul for ever.

The first issue of a PDF based Word of Hashut Chaos Dwarf fanzine has been posted via the CDO Forums message board. The magazine covers all things Chaos Dwarf as it pertains to the Warhammer world including Warhammer Fantasy and BLood Bowl.

Episode 23 of the Podhammer Warhammer podcast has been posted to their website.

From their website:

Dave Palmer and Micheal Fair join me for this super secret pre-wedding episode. Shownotes for this show would be quite pointless as this episode was quite random = ) Please let us know what you think about Daves list check it out here. I hope you enjoy listening to the show this episode as much as we did making it. This is definatley the last one before my wedding. We will be back in July

The Battle Reporter blog has photos of the box art of the Warhammer Dark Elf Cold One Knight and Corsair box art.

The Warhammer Forum has a post with more details, pulled from Druchii.net (with no crediting link), of the structure and options for the upcoming Warhammer Dark Elf army.

Dakka Dakka has a post with more details of the Dark Elf army for Warhammer gleaned from the Games Workshop displays at Games Day Baltimore.

The Dead Tau Project blog has photos and rules details of the new Dark Elf miniatures and army taken from Games Day Baltimore

Dakka Dakka has a thread with some news/tidbits/rumours from Games Day Baltimore. Hopefully as the weekend goes on we should have more news and photos from the event.

Warseer member Philbrad is posting material from the UK Design Studio Open Day including photos and impressions from the seminars.

Black Library have announced three upcoming new books.

Curse of the Necrarch Steven Savile : £6.99 : Jul 08 UK, Aug 08 USA
Gruesome horror from the author of the von Carstein trilogy.
Feared and reviled, the reclusive Necrarch vampires lurk in their lairs, engrossed in mad experiments and dreams of depraved glory.

When one of these foul creatures invades an Empire town and slaughters its inhabitants, its knight protector, the ageing hero Reinhardt Metzger swears vengeance. Gathering an army, he leads his men to the vampire’s castle for an epic confrontation against the forces of evil.

Planetkill Nick Kyme, Lindsey Priestley : £6.99 : Jul 08 UK, Aug 08 USA
Short stories on the theme of planetary destruction.
These tales of total war are scribed by fan favourites such as a new Ultramarines story by Graham McNeill along with up and coming new talent to really get the adrenaline pumping.

Angels of Darkness Gav Thorpe : £6.99 : Jul 08 UK, Aug 08 USA
New edition of the classic novel by Gav Thorpe.
The Dark Angels are devout servants of the Imperium, but a secretive nature has led some to question their motives. They harbour a dark secret that stretches back over ten thousand years.

Games Workshop UK has added several Warhammer Fantasy themed bitz packs to their Advance Order page.

• Boars
• Wolves
• Elven Horses
• Standard Horses
• Arcane Books
• Mordheim Accessory Sprue
• Fantasy Graveyard
• Familiars
• Armoured Horses
• Bretonnian Horses

The Skavenblight Gazette, a Warhammer Fantasy fanzine focusing on the Skaven, has announced the release of their latest issue

From their announcement:

The fourth issue of the Skavenblight Gazette has been released. This webmagazine is created by members of the UnderEmpire.net community, for all the Skaven players (but also those who do not play Skaven) out there.

This issue sees the return of the Skaven and clan Eshin tactica, as well as the Ask Seer Squeek column. Finally, there is a Painting tutorial and a converting tutorial for siege rams.

Games Workshop UK has added several new Warhammer and 40K products to their Advance Orders page.

• Dark Elves Spearhead
• Warhammer 40K 5th Edition
• Apocalypse Reload
• 40K Collectors’ Edition
• 40K Gamers’ Edition
• Space Marines Battle Company
• Emperor’s Fist Tank Company

Gleaned from Warseer and cleaned up to make it a bit more readable, here are the Games Workshop UK releases for August.

August 2, 2008

• Dark Elf Army Book £12.00 104 Page Book
• Dark Elf Black Ark Corsairs £12.00 10 Fig Box
• Dark Elf Cold One Knights £12.00 5 Fig Box
• Dark Elf War Hydra £25.00 1 Fig Box
• Dark Elf Witch Elves £12.00 5 Fig Box
• Dark Elf Witch Elves Command £12.00 5 Fig Box
• Dark Elf Executioners £12.00 5 Fig Box
• Dark Elf Executioner Command £12.00 5 Fig Box
• Dark Elf Black Guard £12.00 5 Fig Box
• Dark Elf Black Guard Command £12.00 5 Fig Box

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Games Workshop UK has posted their release schedule for July 2008. Please note that North American release dates will be later than this.

Update: based on comments from local retailers it appears that the 40K new releases will hit North American stores at the same time as in the UK and Europe.

July 12th, 2008

• Warhammer 40,000 Rulebook (English) £30.00 320 Page Book
• Chaos Space Marine Strike Force £150.00 31 Fig Box
• Space Marine Strike Force £150.00 31 Fig Box
• Necron Warrior Phalanx £110.00 56 Fig Box
• Tyranid Assault Brood £100.00 57 Fig Box
• Moonscape £10.00 € 15.00 5 Craters
• Citadel Battlematt £18.00 1 Cloth Gaming Matt
• Warhammer 40,000 Template Set £4.00 Templates
• Warhammer 40,000 Counter Set £8.00 Gaming Counters: 2 Frames of plastic markers
• Warhammer 40,000 L.O.S. Markerlight £6.00 Laser Pointer
• Horus Heresy: Battle For The Abyss £6.99 Paperback Novel
• The Chronicles Of Malus Darkblade Vol: 1 £9.99 Paperback Novel

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Games Workshop is set to release a wave of Warhammer Dark Elf products in August 2008. The list we currently have is:

• Morathi On Dark Pegasus 85-55
• Shadowblade Dark Elf Assassin
• Dark Elf Shades
• Dark Elf Witch Elves Command
• Dark Elf Witch Elves
• Dark Elf Executioner Command
• Dark Elf Executioners
• Dark Elf Black Guard Command
• Dark Elf Black Guard
• Dark Elf Army Book
• Dark Elf Black Ark Corsairs
• Dark Elf Cold One Knights
• Dark Elf Assassin
• Dark Elf Dreadlord On Cold One
• Dark Elf Supreme Sorceress
• Dark Elf War Hydra
• Dark Elf Lokhir Fellheart
• Dark Elf Dreadlord
• Dark Elf Supreme Sorceress On Cold One
• Dark Elf Battalion

French blog Ulthuan Versus Naggaroth has photos of the miniatures in the Warhammer Dark Elf Spearhead boxed set.

Sigmar is reporting on his blog that Games Workshop has posted a new Warhammer CHaos army list to replace the Hordes of Chaos list.

Games Workshop have posted updated 40K Chaos Marine and Eldar Errata documents.

Update: Also available from the same page are updated errata for the WFB Beasts of Chaos, Wood Elves and Vampire Counts armies.

The Miniature Wargaming Union has details and photos of some upcoming new Warhammer Dark Elf figures.

Links below to the correct images as the links in the forum post are incorrect.

• Dreadlord
• Corsair with Handbow
• Corsair with two hand weapons
• Plastic Black Ark Corsair regiment

Episode 19 of Podhammer, the Warhammer Podcast, is now available for download.

From their announcement:

This weeks show features Warhammer Veteran from the UK Andy Przybyla. In this episode we discuss the ins and outs of the UK warhammer tournament scene

Games Workshop US has posted several new hobby articles in support of their upcoming 40K and WFB Daemon releases. The same articles have been released focusing on 40K and Warhammer respectively.

Warhammer

• Spotlight: Masque of Slaanesh
  Once the Slaanesh’s favourite dancer, now cast out and cursed, the Masque of Slaanesh must dance through the mortal and immortal worlds for eternity.
• Daemon Army Lists
  To help you field your own legion of beasties, Mat Ward has compiled a number of army lists for you to try, modify, and use on your unsuspecting opponents.
• Getting Started with Chaos Daemons
  A guide to starting a Chaos Daemons army.

40K

• Spotlight: Masque of Slaanesh
  Once the Slaanesh’s favourite dancer, now cast out and cursed, the Masque of Slaanesh must dance through the mortal and immortal worlds for eternity.
• Daemon Army Lists
  To help you field your own legion of beasties, Alessio Cavatore has compiled a number of army lists for you to try, modify, and use on your unsuspecting opponents.
• Getting Started with Chaos Daemons
  A guide to starting a Chaos Daemons army.

Games Workshop have posted the results of fan voting for the most popular, staff picked, Warhammer fantasy miniature. You can also see the results by country. Sadly Thrudd didn’t seem to make it.

Black Library have announced three new upcoming Games Workshop novels.

From their announcement:

The Killing Ground by Graham McNeill : £16.99 : Jun 08 UK, Jul 08 USA
The Ultramarines are back in this storming new novel from Graham McNeill, author of the Ultramarines Omnibus.
In the nightmare universe of Warhammer 40,000, no servants of the Imperium are more dedicated than the Ultramarines, who follow the teachings of the legendary Codex Astartes to the letter.

Having escaped from the Eye of Terror, Uriel Ventris and Pasanius now face an epic journey through a hostile universe in their quest to get home to Ultramar to safety and redemption.

Runefang by C.L. Werner : £6.99 : Jun 08 UK, Jul 08 USA
A mighty undead horde lays waste to the state of Wissenland. As the Imperial troops are pushed remorselessly back, the count and his advisors come up with a desperate plan – to find the missing Solland runefang.

Blood Angels: The Omnibus by James Swallow : £9.99 : Jun 08 UK, Jul 08 USA
In this two-book sequence, author James Swallow brings the Blood Angels Chapter to life.
In an epic story of heroism, corruption and betrayal, battle-brothers Rafen and Arkio find themselves pitted against each other in a battle for the very soul of the chapter.

Ghazhkull Thraka from Warseer found some interesting new additions to the Warhammer and 40K line-up on Alliance Distributors website. All prices are in US$.

40K
CSM Chaos Space Marines $8.00
EL Guardians $8.00
IG Cadians $8.00
Rulebook 5th Ed Hardback $50.00
Apocalypse Vol II $25.00
CSM Renegade Strike Force $240.00
SM Strike Force $200.00
NC Warrior Phalanx $200.00
TY Assault Brood $180.00
TR Citadel Battlemat $30.00
40K Template Set $6.00
40K Counter Set $15.00
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Games Workshop has posted new errata documents for the High Elves, Wood Elves and Empire army books.

CSRA Gamers Association have announced the Augusta Warhammer RTT. The tournament will be held May 24th at the Augusta Book Exchange. There is space for 12 participants and the entry fee is $10 US.

Miniatures Wargaming Union has posted part 2 of their History of Warhammer retrospective.

From their announcement:

Completing our Warhammer 25th Anniversary Retrospective with the second half of the history of Warhammer. This will air exclusively on the MWU (video form) and The Drop Pod Cast (audio only).

Games Workshop UK has added a new series of Citadel Washes and a 25yh Anniversary WFB rulebook to their online store.

Citadel Wash Set
The brand new Citadel Washes have been developed specifically for use on Citadel miniatures. The unique flow properties of the new washes means they are easy to control and will naturally run into recesses, shading your models. This box set contains all 8 of the Citadel Washes in the current range. Each pot contains 12ml of Citadel wash. £12.00

25th Anniversary Rulebook
To celebrate 25 years of Warhammer, we’re releasing a very special edition of the game - the Warhammer 25th Anniversary Edition Rulebook. Released as a numbered, limited edition of 2,500, the embossed case contains a hardback leather-bound copy of the current rule, printed on silver-edged, premium-quality paper. Also included in the case is a facsimile copy of the first edition Warhammer rulebook. £100.00

Games Workshop US has posted several 40K and Warhammer Chaos Daemon hobby articles.

• Chaos Daemons Codex
  With the Chaos Daemons Codex set to be released very soon, we can give you your first taste of all the new stuff in this book.
• Chaos Daemons Background
  Beyond the boundaries of physical space, unrestricted by time or causality, there is a plane utterly incomprehensible to mortal minds.
• Warhammer Armies: Daemons of Chaos
  Once you’ve explored the background of the Daemons of Chaos, the next step to take is to get Warhammer Armies: Daemons of Chaos.
• Daemons of Chaos Background
  Daemons are destruction incarnate; they exist only to destroy civilisation and replace it with their own twisted vision