This week’s big news is the release of Sylvania: The Cursed County, the latest supplement for Warhammer Fantasy Roleplay. While the physical copies won’t be available until next year, the PDF is available and- as we’ll see in a moment- doing rather well for itself in the sales department!

As the Cubicle 7 Games release stated, this is the first of three books that will be set in that benighted province.

As the opening release, The Cursed County seems to be a sort of GM’s guide, with little content in the way of new goodies for players. It’s not clear that this was Cubicle 7’s initial intent when the content was announced under its original title, the Sylvania Setting Guide. Indeed, the rebrand came without announcement, and they even went back and updated the original announcement from a month ago on the official blog.

All the same, even if the book is an adjustment in release strategy it has delivered content a bit quicker than many expected. Here’s to seeing what’s around the next, dimly-lit and sinister corner!

RPG Bestsellers

Bookwriters get their New York Times bestseller lists, so why shouldn’t we enjoy the same thing? While we don’t have any aggregated sales lists, we can use DriveThruRPG’s top-seller list as a reasonable barometer- and here’s this week’s snapshot!

• #1 ( - ) Warhammer Fantasy Roleplay: Sylvania: The Cursed Country

• #25 (-10). Warhammer The Old World: Talagaad Adventures

• #60 (-37). Imperium Maledictum: Adeptus Mechanicus GM’s Guide

• #124 (-20). Imperium Maledictum: Core Rulebook

• #125 (-4). Wrath & Glory: Core Rulebook

• #130 (-46). Imperium Maledictum: Adeptus Mechanicus Player’s Guide

• #168 (-27). Imperium Maledictum: Core Rulebook (German)

What a debut for Sylvania: The Cursed Country, straight to the top of the charts! Overall Cubicle 7’s titles slipped a bit this week, as evidenced by all the red, but still a decent showing overall. Titles that were clinging on by their fingertips last week, including The Old World Player’s Guide and both Imperium Maledictum Inquisition Guides, slipped off the slope this week altogether.

Finally, it was nice to see the German Edition of Imperium Maledictum’s Core Rulebook still tracking a week after it cracked the charts. Ausgezeichnet!

ICYMI

• Careless Conjuration rang in its first birthday this week, and celebrated with the next in it’s terrific series, The GM’s Guide to The Enemy Within. This week it’s a look at chapters 5-7, as the players arrive in Bogenhafen. Happy Anniversary!

• Wargamer highlighted a new Fighting Fantasy gamebook coming out, Sir Ian Livingstone’s Tomb of the Golden Skull, which features a cover from Karl Kopinski! “If you're under the age of 30, it's possible you might not know the name Fighting Fantasy or even what a 'gamebook' is,” notes Alex Evans, “but you should.” For games of a certain age like myself, these kinds of books were solo-RPG gaming before solo-RPG gaming evolved to what it is today. A terrific piece!

• u/ConflictBetter1332 shared a map of the Southern Chaos Wastes on the r/WarhammerFantasyRPG Reddit. Pictured above, it’s a lush rendition of one of the world’s most formidable locales!

• Some interesting things I’ve come across in the RPG world on Substack include:

  • Prepping a One-Shot to Last One Session by Chris Vicari tackles the time sinks that often can bloat a one-shot adventure

  • Terrific roundup of the broader tabletop landscape here from The Tabletop Engineer, including a great overview for those wanting to start their own zine!

  • Finally, while not directly RPG related, Warhammer history is a fascinating subject, and here’s the latest from Exploring Warhammer!

• Finally, if you happen to be subscribed to Black Library author John French (Dropsite Massacre, The Hollow King), his newsletter this week was all about his experience with role-playing games. He’s helped write several of the Dark Heresy RPG books, including The Inquisitor’s Handbook and Disciples of the Dark Gods, and noted that as he’s returning to RPG writing his newsletter will have more such content going forward (sign up free here). As he noted:

Coming Attractions

Here’s a list of the known upcoming releases from Cubicle 7 based on the available preorder information we have. Note that Cubicle 7’s own delivery estimates appear to be just that- estimates- which is why many products have an upcoming delivery listed for Q1 while we’re already past that.

This section will be updated weekly in this column, with new or updated info presented in boldface.

To make this section more useful, starting this week I’ll be breaking them out by game.

Shipping Q3

• Limited Edition Warhammer Fantasy Map Bundle 1 (July 2026)

• Limited Edition Warhammer Fantasy Map Bundle 2 (July 2026)

Shipping Q4

• Warhammer Fantasy Roleplay: Temple of Spite (Q4)

Shipping 2027

• Sylvania: The Cursed Country

Shipping Q2

• Warhammer: the Old World Roleplaying Game, Grand Duchy of Talabec Map Pack (May 2026)

Shipping Q4

• Warhammer: the Old World Roleplaying Game Starter Set (Q4)

• Warhammer: the Old World Roleplaying Game Gamemaster’s Screen (Q4)

Shipping 2027

• Talagaad Adventures

Shipping Q1

• Warhammer Age of Sigmar Soulbound, Champions of Chaos: Dark Gifts Card Pack (Q1)

• Warhammer Age of Sigmar Soulbound, Champions of Chaos: Spells Lore Card Pack (Q1)

• Warhammer Age of Sigmar Soulbound, Champions of Chaos: Artefacts & Wargear Card Pack (Q1)

• Warhammer Age of Sigmar Soulbound, Champions of Chaos: Core Rulebook (Standard and Collector’s Edition) (Q1)

• Warhammer Age of Sigmar Soulbound, Champions of Chaos: Bloodwind Spoil Map (Q1)

Shipping Q3

• Limited Edition Age of Sigmar Map Bundle (July 2026)

Shipping Q1 2027

• Warhammer Age of Sigmar Soulbound: Champions of Chaos: Carngrad Adventures

Shipping Q2

• Warhammer 40,000: Wrath & Glory, Adventures in Gilead

Shipping Q2

• Warhammer 40,000 Roleplay, Imperium Maledictum: Adeptus Mechanicus Character Sheet Pad

Shipping Q3

• Limited Edition Imperium Maledictum Macharian Sector Map (July 2026)

Shipping Q4

• Warhammer 40,000 Roleplay, Imperium Maledictum: Adeptus Mechanicus Collector’s Edition

• Warhammer 40,000 Roleplay, Imperium Maledictum: Adeptus Mechanicus Player’s Guide

• Warhammer 40,000 Roleplay, Imperium Maledictum: Adeptus Mechanicus Gamemaster’s Guide

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My Warhammer writing journey began in 2024, when I got the itch to start writing about games- something I hadn’t done consistently in about a decade1. I pitched a series to Tabletop Battles (then called Goonhammer), covering the history of the Black Library from a 40K perspective. They greenlit it, and I was off to the races!

I’ll never forget how excited I was to see the 40K History of the Black Library make its way into the world- and how embarrassed I was when no less a personage than Marc Gascoigne- one of the three people responsible for the Black Library’s creation- then noted on social media that I’d misspelled two of their names.

It was a teachable moment, one on the importance of getting not just the broad strokes correctly, but the fine details as well. Regardless of how it felt in the moment, I was grateful for the lesson.

I had a similar moment with last week’s Warhammer RPG Weekly. In the column I talked about Jeff McAleer of The Gaming Gang, who was holding a big Summer sale of the review content he’d been supplied by gaming companies. It seemed to me a win-win-win: Gamers get deeply-discounted merch in like-new condition, Jeff’s charity of choice (Jude’s Children’s Research Hospital) gets a welcome donation, and Jeff gets to reclaim some shelf space in his game room.

After the article went live, I noticed this interaction on the r/40krpg subreddit:

Wait, 'calling out?' That wasn't my intent at all!

Perception is Reality

As a writer, getting the right words- and getting words right- means a great deal to me. While it genuinely surprised me that my piece could be read as 'calling out' a fellow creator for doing something I wholeheartedly endorsed, the upvotes made it clear that this reader was not alone in their interpretation.

A positive conversation with the poster helped clarify where my words had missed the mark, and I went back and refined the original piece to ensure my intent was clear. But it was a good and timely reminder of a hard truth in writing: if enough people are getting the impression of something, it doesn’t matter what my original intention was. My intent takes a backseat to their perception- and that becomes the reality.

It was also a useful lesson in ‘reputational capital.’ While I’ve developed a recognized voice in the Black Library community, I’m a relative unknown in the RPG space. I haven't yet earned the benefit of the doubt here that I might expect when covering Warhammer fiction.

One week older now, and hopefully a little wiser as a result, all of this also got me thinking about the idea of what I represent here. What are the ‘guiding principles’ that define the tone of the Warhammer Wordforge?

Here’s what I came up with.

The Six Guiding Principles

If you’ve been following my Black Library work, some of these should already sound familiar, but this is the first time I’ve sat down and written them out formally.

No snark. I’m not here to tear things down, but rather to give my honest opinions and assessments. I can dislike something without feeling the need to diminish it through mean-spiritedness.

“There Are No Bad Books.” This one comes straight from Magic: the Gathering’s head designer Mark Rosewater, who has often noted that there are no bad cards, just cards that aren’t for you. If I don’t like something, it doesn’t mean that someone else won’t love it and I always try to consider who the intended audience might be for something.

Protecting the "First-Time" Experience. You only ever get to experience something for the first time once, and I always seek to preserve that for the reader. I try to avoid or limit the number of spoilers I disclose, and will announce them in advance when necessary for discussion.

Knowing My "Lane" as a Reviewer. There’s no such thing as a universal reader- we all come into Warhammer with different levels of engagement, experience, and knowledge. How a novice perceives something may be different than a veteran, and that’s important to bear in mind when reviewing. (For instance, I’m a 40K vet but an AoS rookie).

Assuming Good Faith. Whether it’s the choices and decisions of individual writers, the editorial team of the Black Library, or Games Workshop as a whole, I always try to assume good faith as my default posture. I’ve been wrong far more often in life than I’ve been right when I’ve allowed cynicism to guide my thoughts and actions.

Responsible Reporting. Finally, truth and facts matter. While calling myself a “journalist” would feel a bit highfalutin, I share that profession’s value of factual accuracy in what I write. I don’t do clickbait or sensationalism in an effort to drive up engagement.

Will I always get it perfectly right? Almost certainly not. There will undoubtedly be more typos, misreads, and misunderstandings down the road- that’s just the nature of putting words out into the world. But having these six pillars as the bedrock of the Warhammer Wordforge ensures that when I do inevitably stumble, I have a clear map to help me find my way back.

Ultimately, covering the Black Library, the Warhammer RPG’s, and the wider Games Workshop universe is an absolute privilege. My goal is always to do right by the writers who pour their hearts into these books, and by you- the community- who share this passion with me week after week.

Now, let’s get to those books!

RPG Bestsellers

Bookwriters get their New York Times bestseller lists, so why shouldn’t we enjoy the same thing? While we don’t have any aggregated sales lists, we can use DriveThruRPG’s top-seller list as a reasonable barometer- and here’s this week’s snapshot!

• #15 ( - ). Warhammer The Old World: Talagaad Adventures

• #23 (-17). Imperium Maledictum: Adeptus Mechanicus GM’s Guide

• #84 ( - ). Imperium Maledictum: Adeptus Mechanicus Player’s Guide

• #104 ( - ). Imperium Maledictum: Core Rulebook

• #121 ( - ). Wrath & Glory: Core Rulebook

• #141 ( - ). Imperium Maledictum: Core Rulebook (German)

• #171 ( - ). Imperium Maledictum: Inquisition Player’s Guide

• #174 ( - ). Warhammer The Old World: Player’s Guide

• #198 ( - ). Imperium Maledictum: Inquisition GM’s Guide

• #200 ( - ). Imperium Maledictum: Macharian Requisition Guide

An awful lot of dashes here, indicating that last week these titles weren’t in the top 200 of bestsellers. Terrific progress! While it might look like only the Adeptus Mechanicus GM’s Guide lost ground in the standings, some other titles fell off completely. Sons of Russ, the Wrath & Glory sourcebook for the Space Wolves, was a healthy #48 last week, now nowhere to be seen. Same with Temple of Spite (was #34) and Champions of Chaos (#25).

The German Edition of Imperium Maledictum’s Core Rulebook coming in at #141 was nice to see, since it appears to only have been released within the last week. Willkommen, Freunde!

Overall a lot of movement this week, highlighting the volatility of this measurement. The Zelda-inspired Twilight Sword RPG2 arrived with a splash with a number of offerings crowding the upper range of the bestsellers, but it’s still a solid week for Cubicle 7 Games.

ICYMI

• Sticking with DriveThruRPG for a moment, they have loads of Warhammer RPG titles discounted for their “Christmas in July” sale, many up to 50% off. Zekiel of Ill Met by Morrslieb provided a great roundup here.

• Careless Conjuration posted the next article in its series The GM’s Guide to the Enemy Within, focusing on streamlining the running of chapters three and four of volume one.

• Meanwhile, Awesome Lies reviewed Hirelings of the Old World, a PDF release that contained four NPC’s usable for WFRP’s 4th Edition.

• Ill Met by Morrslieb, on the other hand went quite a bit further back for its review this week, with this assessment of WFRP 1st Edition’s Warhammer Companion.

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Coming Attractions

Here’s a list of the known upcoming releases from Cubicle 7 based on the available preorder information we have. Note that Cubicle 7’s own delivery estimates appear to be just that- estimates- which is why many products have an upcoming delivery listed for Q1 while we’re already past that.

This section will be updated weekly in this column, with new or updated info presented in boldface.

To make this section more useful, starting this week I’ll be breaking them out by game.

Undated

• Sylvania Setting Guide

Shipping Q3

• Limited Edition Warhammer Fantasy Map Bundle 1 (July 2026)

• Limited Edition Warhammer Fantasy Map Bundle 2 (July 2026)

Shipping Q4

• Warhammer Fantasy Roleplay: Temple of Spite (Q4)

Shipping Q2

• Warhammer: the Old World Roleplaying Game, Grand Duchy of Talabec Map Pack (May 2026)

Shipping Q4

• Warhammer: the Old World Roleplaying Game Starter Set (Q4)

• Warhammer: the Old World Roleplaying Game Gamemaster’s Screen (Q4)

Shipping 2027

• Talagaad Adventures

Shipping Q1

• Warhammer Age of Sigmar Soulbound, Champions of Chaos: Dark Gifts Card Pack (Q1)

• Warhammer Age of Sigmar Soulbound, Champions of Chaos: Spells Lore Card Pack (Q1)

• Warhammer Age of Sigmar Soulbound, Champions of Chaos: Artefacts & Wargear Card Pack (Q1)

• Warhammer Age of Sigmar Soulbound, Champions of Chaos: Core Rulebook (Standard and Collector’s Edition) (Q1)

• Warhammer Age of Sigmar Soulbound, Champions of Chaos: Bloodwind Spoil Map (Q1)

Shipping Q3

• Limited Edition Age of Sigmar Map Bundle (July 2026)

Shipping Q1 2027

• Warhammer Age of Sigmar Soulbound: Champions of Chaos: Carngrad Adventures

Shipping Q2

• Warhammer 40,000: Wrath & Glory, Adventures in Gilead

Shipping Q2

• Warhammer 40,000 Roleplay, Imperium Maledictum: Adeptus Mechanicus Character Sheet Pad

Shipping Q3

• Limited Edition Imperium Maledictum Macharian Sector Map (July 2026)

Shipping Q4

• Warhammer 40,000 Roleplay, Imperium Maledictum: Adeptus Mechanicus Collector’s Edition

• Warhammer 40,000 Roleplay, Imperium Maledictum: Adeptus Mechanicus Player’s Guide

• Warhammer 40,000 Roleplay, Imperium Maledictum: Adeptus Mechanicus Gamemaster’s Guide

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Another lifetime ago, I ran a Magic: the Gathering website called Ertai’s Lament, dedicated to a very small (but equally) fun niche aspect of the hobby: preconstructed decks. From Theme Decks to Intro Packs and everything in between, if it came prepackaged I was keen to discuss it, play it, and give it a review.

Eventually my little project got the attention of Wizards of the Coast, and I found myself occasionally receiving boxes in the mail of free goodies. I was delighted, of course, not least because it seemed to validate what I was doing. My audience was never vast but it was dedicated and passionate, and I was pleased to count some WotC folks as regular readers1. Getting free product felt a bit like I’d ‘made it.’

But it also came with complicated feelings.

I’d started the site purely out of passion for the game, a labor of love in much the same way Warhammer Wordforge is. I never monetized my content or sought to curry favor with the publisher in hopes of scoring product. And when that free product came, while it came with no strings attached I had to make sure to introspect and self-examine, to make sure that I wasn’t letting it influence any of my opinions or reviews.

Positively-influenced coverage doesn’t always have to be transactional, and indeed the notion of “access journalism” is often an unspoken social contract. “We’ll let you keep talking to our star athletes,” a sports journo might be led to understand, “so long as you aren’t asking questions we wouldn’t approve of.” Cross that line one too many times, and those doors might quietly close.

In a vacuum, there’s nothing wrong with reviewers getting free product for the purposes of content generation. Game products are expensive, and going out of pocket for them can add up very quickly- especially if you’re a site that has no monetization options to help offset that. By the same token, though, reviewers must forever be on guard against the appearance of influence. Credible reviewers, for instance, should always disclose whether or not they received free merchandise for the purposes of the interview.

I bring all this up this week to offer an example of what ‘doing it right’ can look like: the Summer Sale at The Gaming Gang.

I don’t know Jeff McAleer personally, but because he frequently reviews Warhammer RPG he’s on the radar of sites I check every week when I write up the ICYMI segment below. This week, he’s kicked off a massive sale of gamebooks and board games he’s received for reviewing purposes. Two things make this particularly notable.

First, from what I could tell his pricing is at least half off what you’d pay at full retail. Sure most of these have been ‘used,’ but generally no more than just for the purposes of a review. A gamebook flipped through a bit before being shelved is little different from what you’d expect to see at a friendly, local game store.

Second- and here’s the coolest part- Jeff is donating the sale’s proceeds to the St. Jude’s Children’s Research Hospital. Okay sure, if you’re really cynical at heart you could point out that in so doing, he’ll be getting a tax writeoff come next April, but that’s Gargamel-level thinking. Gamers benefit by getting great games at ridiculous prices, the Hospital benefits from the donation, and Jeff gets to reclaim some shelf space in his home (and don’t all us tabletop gamers know how precious a commodity that is!).

I couldn’t help but break my “no new boardgames” rule when I saw Robotech: Attack on the SDF-1 by Strange Machine Games for only USD $15. With a sticker price of $50, even with shipping I’m likely paying only half. I was grateful to see someone else had already snapped up the bundle of four Twilight: 2000 box sets for just $80, lest I be sorely tempted myself.

And at time of writing, Cubicle 7’s Darktide: The Card Game is still there for $15, and the Wrath & Glory Starter Set is just $20.

Back to Ertai’s Lament, I typically used that free product from Wizards in giveaways to the readers (and here again, Gargamel might say- not entirely without merit- that this is self-serving promotion2). But at the end of the day, putting products back in the hands of gamers is always going to be a win. This is a terrific idea for a great cause, and I encourage everyone to check it out.

Well done, Gaming Gang!

RPG Bestsellers

Bookwriters get their New York Times bestseller lists, so why shouldn’t we enjoy the same thing? While we don’t have any aggregated sales lists, we can use DriveThruRPG’s top-seller list as a reasonable barometer- and here’s this week’s snapshot!

• #6 (+3). Imperium Maledictum: Adeptus Mechanicus GM’s Guide

• #25 (+127). Warhammer Age of Sigmar Soulbound: Champions of Chaos

• #26 ( - ). Warhammer The Old World: Starter Set

• #34 ( - ). Warhamer Fantasy Roleplay: Temple of Spite

• #37 ( - ). Imperium Maledictum: Voll Adventures

• #48 ( - ). Wrath & Glory: Sons of Russ

• #66 ( - ). Wrath & Glory: Darktide Extraction

Interesting week! Five different titles that weren’t on the charts last week pop up today, and in top-half positions one and all. Cubicle 7 continues its three-week streak of having a title in the Top 10 as well. Seems good!

On the other hand, a number of titles that charted last week slipped off the Top 200. Some of these, I imagine, are fairly routine fluctuations. Things like the Wrath & Glory Core Rulebook have been available for some time and are unlikely at this point to see sustained demand, but I was sad to see the new Carngrad Adventures slip away so quickly.

Still, Soulbound folks will be delighted to see a surge of interest in the core Champions of Chaos book, so there’s some consolation to be had. Two weeks ago it wasn’t even in the Top 200, and now it’s #25.

ICYMI

• Don’t look now, but Warhammer The Old World’s Player’s Guide is an ENNIE finalist for Best Layout and Design! The ENNIEs- essentially the industry’s equivalent of the Oscars- have been going since 2001, recognizing some of the best in tabletop gaming. Winners will be announced at GEN CON, so fingers crossed!

• Big congratulations to Zekiel, who rang in the third anniversary of Ill Met by Morrslieb! Good content creation is a lot like small businesses- so many of them fold within the first year. It takes a lot of dedication to keep things going after that heady, early “new car smell” wears off, so here’s to the next three (and beyond!), Zekiel!

• Speaking of dedication, the Lorebeards continue to display an almost fanatic workrate. In addition to plenty of lore content, this week also saw them dive into a topic near and dear to many the GM: cartography! They talk about the newest Old World map here, then interview cartographer and WFRP writer ‘Mad’ Alfred Nuñez here.

• Careless Conjuration continued its series The GM’s Guide to the Enemy Within, discussing events and social encounters for the campaign.

• Great conversations and content on Reddit this week, including:

  • Taking a pulse check on how people are feeling about the state of Imperium Maledictum.

  • Homebrewing non-Imperial human societies

  • u/NerdyFrida shared an illustrated collage (above) of her Enemy Within party’s progression that’s just superb. Great things can happen when you game with artists, folks!

  • Ways to prevent combat from bogging down games in Warhammer: The Old World

• Finally, here’s some interesting content I enjoyed on Substack this week as well!

  • Time for the Danse Macabre as we explore the origins of the Eldar Harlequins, on Exploring Warhammer

  • The Real Problem With Generation Ships, by Vincent S. Gehring

  • A Practical Guide to Designing Villains, on Behind the Screen

  • How to write an OSR adventure, by the Copy/Paste Co-Op

Coming Attractions

Here’s a list of the known upcoming releases from Cubicle 7 based on the available preorder information we have. Note that Cubicle 7’s own delivery estimates appear to be just that- estimates- which is why many products have an upcoming delivery listed for Q1 while we’re already past that.

This section will be updated weekly in this column, with new or updated info presented in boldface.

To make this section more useful, starting this week I’ll be breaking them out by game.

Undated

• Sylvania Setting Guide

Shipping Q3

• Limited Edition Warhammer Fantasy Map Bundle 1 (July 2026)

• Limited Edition Warhammer Fantasy Map Bundle 2 (July 2026)

Shipping Q4

• Warhammer Fantasy Roleplay: Temple of Spite (Q4)

Shipping Q2

• Warhammer: the Old World Roleplaying Game, Grand Duchy of Talabec Map Pack (May 2026)

Shipping Q4

• Warhammer: the Old World Roleplaying Game Starter Set (Q4)

• Warhammer: the Old World Roleplaying Game Gamemaster’s Screen (Q4)

Shipping 2027

• Talagaad Adventures

Shipping Q1

• Warhammer Age of Sigmar Soulbound, Champions of Chaos: Dark Gifts Card Pack (Q1)

• Warhammer Age of Sigmar Soulbound, Champions of Chaos: Spells Lore Card Pack (Q1)

• Warhammer Age of Sigmar Soulbound, Champions of Chaos: Artefacts & Wargear Card Pack (Q1)

• Warhammer Age of Sigmar Soulbound, Champions of Chaos: Core Rulebook (Standard and Collector’s Edition) (Q1)

• Warhammer Age of Sigmar Soulbound, Champions of Chaos: Bloodwind Spoil Map (Q1)

Shipping Q3

• Limited Edition Age of Sigmar Map Bundle (July 2026)

Shipping Q1 2027

• Warhammer Age of Sigmar Soulbound: Champions of Chaos: Carngrad Adventures

Shipping Q2

• Warhammer 40,000: Wrath & Glory, Adventures in Gilead

Shipping Q2

• Warhammer 40,000 Roleplay, Imperium Maledictum: Adeptus Mechanicus Character Sheet Pad

Shipping Q3

• Limited Edition Imperium Maledictum Macharian Sector Map (July 2026)

Shipping Q4

• Warhammer 40,000 Roleplay, Imperium Maledictum: Adeptus Mechanicus Collector’s Edition

• Warhammer 40,000 Roleplay, Imperium Maledictum: Adeptus Mechanicus Player’s Guide

• Warhammer 40,000 Roleplay, Imperium Maledictum: Adeptus Mechanicus Gamemaster’s Guide

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When I was growing up, my local hobby store carried a small selection of Dungeons & Dragons and a few other role-playing game lines. Blinn’s was a cozy shop right next to the Metro-North tracks, just down the way from my middle school, and I could go from browsing the games there to the Fairfield Public Library and hang out reading Dragon magazines until it was time to get picked up.

Blinn’s was… not what you’d today call a Friendly, Local Gaming Store (FLGS). They were, at best, local and a store (LS). The hobbies they catered to were things like metal army soldiers, model kits, and dolls- none of which I’d had any interest in at all1. I always felt very unwelcome whenever I set foot in there, likely because I seldom was able to buy anything myself but constantly wanted to look at all the role-playing game books they had on the shelf.

Forty years later, I’m far more spoiled for choice. I can get just about anything I want to get online, and in the case of Cubicle 7 Games’ products there’s even an added incentive for doing so (namely, the free PDF of the book when you buy a hard copy). But there’s nothing quite like walking the shelves of a well-stocked gaming store, whether it’s my own local “home” (Derby Comics & Games in Shelbyville, KY), a gaming mecca like YottaQuest in Cincinnati, or area players like Miso’s Game Room in Louisville or The Rusty Scabbard in Lexington.

So if you’re one of the fortunate who has an FLGS in your area, I would definitely encourage you to give them as much of your business as you’re able, because that’s how you keep an FLGS in your area.

Alright, I’m stepping off the ol’ soapbox for the day, let’s talk books!

A Glass of Port

Talagaad Aventures hit the virtual bookshelves this week, with the physical copy to follow further down the line. It had an impressive debut, climbing to the fourth-best-selling RPG on DriveThruRPG.

Consisting of five standalone adventures, Talabec Adventures has helped get The Old World off to a well-supported start and includes the following:

RPG Bestsellers

Bookwriters get their New York Times bestseller lists, so why shouldn’t we enjoy the same thing? While we don’t have any aggregated sales lists, we can use DriveThruRPG’s top-seller list as a reasonable barometer- and here’s this week’s snapshot!

• #4 (new). Warhammer The Old World: Talagaad Adventures

• #9 ( - ). Imperium Maledictum: Adeptus Mechanicus GM’s Guide

• #63 (+18). Imperium Maledictum: Adeptus Mechanicus Player’s Guide

• #96 (+6). Imperium Maledictum: Core Rulebook

• #114 (+22). Wrath & Glory: Core Rulebook

• #128 (+22). Imperium Maledictum: Inquisition Player’s Guide

• #145 (+58). Warhammer The Old World: Player’s Guide

• #152 (+69). Warhammer Age of Sigmar Soulbound: Champions of Chaos

• #155 (+21): Warhammer Age of Sigmar Soulbound: Carngrad Adventures

• #165 (+20). Imperium Maledictum: Macharian Requisition Guide

• #168 (+28). Imperium Maledictum: Inquisition GM’s Guide

This was a very good week for Cubicle 7, with almost every book improving its position alongside that strong debut from Talagaad Adventures. I know I ran this out to the top 250 or so last week, but I”m going to cap this at the top 200 going forward.

The biggest jump was Soulbound: Champions of Chaos, moving up almost 70 points. Nice!

ICYMI

• Sprues and Brews reviewed Journal Tactica: Zone Mortalis this week. I know what you’re thinking- that’s tabletop, not RPG!- but I always find these sorts of supplements to be terrific tabletop lore sourcebooks that can be woven in to RPG campaigns. In fairness, we’re all in a bit of a holding pattern for the Horus Heresy RPG…

• AngelAnvar of Careless Conjuration released the second part of The GM’s Guide to the Enemy Within, this time focusing on an overview of the campaign itself.

• The Grim imPortents folks announced that they’re getting ready to kick off season two of their series, focusing on a play of Warhammer: The Old World. New players take on a new adventure, The Hand that Feeds.

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Coming Attractions

Here’s a list of the known upcoming releases from Cubicle 7 based on the available preorder information we have. Note that Cubicle 7’s own delivery estimates appear to be just that- estimates- which is why many products have an upcoming delivery listed for Q1 while we’re already into Q2.

This section will be updated weekly in this column, with new or updated info presented in boldface.

To make this section more useful, starting this week I’ll be breaking them out by game.

Undated

• Sylvania Setting Guide

Shipping Q3

• Limited Edition Warhammer Fantasy Map Bundle 1 (July 2026)

• Limited Edition Warhammer Fantasy Map Bundle 2 (July 2026)

Shipping Q4

• Warhammer Fantasy Roleplay: Temple of Spite (Q4)

Shipping Q2

• Warhammer: the Old World Roleplaying Game, Grand Duchy of Talabec Map Pack (May 2026)

Shipping Q4

• Warhammer: the Old World Roleplaying Game Starter Set (Q4)

• Warhammer: the Old World Roleplaying Game Gamemaster’s Screen (Q4)

Shipping 2027

• Talagaad Adventures

Shipping Q1

• Warhammer Age of Sigmar Soulbound, Champions of Chaos: Dark Gifts Card Pack (Q1)

• Warhammer Age of Sigmar Soulbound, Champions of Chaos: Spells Lore Card Pack (Q1)

• Warhammer Age of Sigmar Soulbound, Champions of Chaos: Artefacts & Wargear Card Pack (Q1)

• Warhammer Age of Sigmar Soulbound, Champions of Chaos: Core Rulebook (Standard and Collector’s Edition) (Q1)

• Warhammer Age of Sigmar Soulbound, Champions of Chaos: Bloodwind Spoil Map (Q1)

Shipping Q3

• Limited Edition Age of Sigmar Map Bundle (July 2026)

Shipping Q1 2027

• Warhammer Age of Sigmar Soulbound: Champions of Chaos: Carngrad Adventures

Shipping Q2

• Warhammer 40,000: Wrath & Glory, Adventures in Gilead

Shipping Q2

• Warhammer 40,000 Roleplay, Imperium Maledictum: Adeptus Mechanicus Character Sheet Pad

Shipping Q3

• Limited Edition Imperium Maledictum Macharian Sector Map (July 2026)

Shipping Q4

• Warhammer 40,000 Roleplay, Imperium Maledictum: Adeptus Mechanicus Collector’s Edition

• Warhammer 40,000 Roleplay, Imperium Maledictum: Adeptus Mechanicus Player’s Guide

• Warhammer 40,000 Roleplay, Imperium Maledictum: Adeptus Mechanicus Gamemaster’s Guide

Undated

• (Nothing at this time)

Thanks for reading, and see you next week!

Happy Friday! We’re back with the latest look around the webway at what’s new and exciting in the Warhammer RPG scene.

It’s been a quiet week after Cubicle 7 Games dropped a teaser on us for the upcoming Sylvania Setting Guide last Friday. But “quiet,” of course, doesn’t mean “dead.” Before we jump in, though, a quick site update for our RPG content subscribers.

Right, business done, let’s jump in.

RPG Bestsellers

Bookwriters get their New York Times bestseller lists, so why shouldn’t we enjoy the same thing? While we don’t have any aggregated sales lists, we can use DriveThruRPG’s top-seller list as a reasonable barometer- and here’s this week’s snapshot!

• #9. Imperium Maledictum: Adeptus Mechanicus GM’s Guide

• #81. Imperium Maledictum: Adeptus Mechanicus Player’s Guide

• #102. Imperium Maledictum: Core Rulebook

• #113. Dungeons & Dragons: The Keep on the Borderlands. Okay, obviously not Warhammer related, but this took me aback and I had to share. Still selling after all these years…

• #136: Wrath & Glory: Core Rulebook

• #150. Imperium Maledictum: Inquisition Player’s Guide

• #176: Warhammer Age of Sigmar Soulbound: Carngrad Adventures

• #185. Imperium Maledictum: Macharian Requisition Guide

• #196. Imperium Maledictum: Inquisition GM’s Guide

Normally I’d say I’d dug far enough, but every time I was about to wrap it up I’d see another Warhammer game.

• #203. Warhammer The Old World: Player’s Guide

• #221. Warhammer Age of Sigmar Soulbound: Champions of Chaos

I’m actually not sure how much deeper the hole goes, but I suspect it’s pretty deep. #255 is Dark Heresy Second Edition’s Core Rulebook. Five slots later there’s the Warhammer Fantasy Roleplay Core Rulebook. Rogue Trader’s Core Rulebook at #276. Warhammer The Old World: Player’s Guide at #288. And I’m refusing to go past #300, because at this point it feels less like bestseller data and more like pub trivia answers.

An Offer You Can’t Refuse

Speaking of Warhammer RPG PDF’s, online retailer Fanatical is currently offering Warhammer Fantasy Roleplay bundles at pennies on the pound.

• USD $1 gets you the WFRP Starter Set, Old World Adventures: Something’s Knocking, Old World Adventures: The Spirit of Mondstille, and a 15% off coupon to Cubicle 7’s webstore.

• For nine bucks, you get all the above plus WFRP’s Core Rulebook, the Gamemaster’s Screen, Buildings of the Reikland, and One Shots of the Reikland.

• Finally, nineteen dollars gets you all that plus: Altdorf: Crown of the Empire, Middenheim: City of the White Wolf, Salzenmund, City of Salt and Silver, Up in Arms, Old World Adventures, Taverns of the Old World, Blood and Bramble, Sullasara’s Spells of Unrivalled Utility, Shrines of Sigmar, It’s Your Funeral, and Old World Adventures: Hell Rides to Hallt.

That’s a crazy amount of goodies for less than the cost of a single book, estimated at just over $200 at full sticker. Hardly one to pass up a good deal, I went for it and at checkout, they offered me a mystery bundle of four video games for about four bucks. Who doesn’t like the occasional scratch-off ticket, right?

(For the curious, my four bonus video games were: Soulstice Deluxe Edition, Fallout 3, Resident Evil 4, and something called 30 Birds.)

There’s about 45 days left on this bundle, so plenty of time left!

A Drop Pod from Fenris

Great news for Wrath & Glory players as the preorders for the Sons of Russ expansion began fulfillment this week. From new archetypes and powers, to wargear and NPC’s, the book also includes a Tier 4/5 adventure for Space Wolf characters.

Players, no peeking!

ICYMI

• AngelAnvar of Careless Conjuration released a GM’s Guide to The Enemy Within, filled with guidance and tips from their experience running this classic campaign multiple times.

• Xathrodox86 of the It Always Rains in Nuln blog shared that they were part of a roundtable discussion on the role of TTRPG’s in education. This should be an interesting conversation, as the role of the hobby in the classroom is an evolving one.

• Zekiel of Ill Met by Morrslieb mused this week about they’d like to see coming up in WFRP’s 5th Edition, including a look at the strengths (and weaknesses) of 4th Edition.

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Coming Attractions

Here’s a list of the known upcoming releases from Cubicle 7 based on the available preorder information we have. Note that Cubicle 7’s own delivery estimates appear to be just that- estimates- which is why many products have an upcoming delivery listed for Q1 while we’re already into Q2.

This section will be updated weekly in this column, with new or updated info presented in boldface.

To make this section more useful, starting this week I’ll be breaking them out by game.

Undated

• Sylvania Setting Guide

Shipping Q3

• Limited Edition Warhammer Fantasy Map Bundle 1 (July 2026)

• Limited Edition Warhammer Fantasy Map Bundle 2 (July 2026)

Shipping Q4

• Warhammer Fantasy Roleplay: Temple of Spite (Q4)

Undated

• Talagaad Adventures

Shipping Q2

• Warhammer: the Old World Roleplaying Game, Grand Duchy of Talabec Map Pack (May 2026)

Shipping Q4

• Warhammer: the Old World Roleplaying Game Starter Set (Q4)

• Warhammer: the Old World Roleplaying Game Gamemaster’s Screen (Q4)

Shipping Q1

• Warhammer Age of Sigmar Soulbound, Champions of Chaos: Dark Gifts Card Pack (Q1)

• Warhammer Age of Sigmar Soulbound, Champions of Chaos: Spells Lore Card Pack (Q1)

• Warhammer Age of Sigmar Soulbound, Champions of Chaos: Artefacts & Wargear Card Pack (Q1)

• Warhammer Age of Sigmar Soulbound, Champions of Chaos: Core Rulebook (Standard and Collector’s Edition) (Q1)

• Warhammer Age of Sigmar Soulbound, Champions of Chaos: Bloodwind Spoil Map (Q1)

Shipping Q3

• Limited Edition Age of Sigmar Map Bundle (July 2026)

Shipping Q1 2027

• Warhammer Age of Sigmar Soulbound: Champions of Chaos: Carngrad Adventures

Shipping Q2

• Warhammer 40,000: Wrath & Glory, Adventures in Gilead

Shipping Q2

• Warhammer 40,000 Roleplay, Imperium Maledictum: Adeptus Mechanicus Character Sheet Pad

Shipping Q3

• Limited Edition Imperium Maledictum Macharian Sector Map (July 2026)

Shipping Q4

• Warhammer 40,000 Roleplay, Imperium Maledictum: Adeptus Mechanicus Collector’s Edition

• Warhammer 40,000 Roleplay, Imperium Maledictum: Adeptus Mechanicus Player’s Guide

• Warhammer 40,000 Roleplay, Imperium Maledictum: Adeptus Mechanicus Gamemaster’s Guide

Undated

• (Nothing at this time)

Thanks for reading, and see you next week!

Welcome one and all to the Warhammer RPG Weekly, the every-Friday chronicle of what’s new and exciting at the tabletop from the World of Legend, Mortal Realms, or grim, dark future where there is only war!

A quieter week this week, but not one without at least a little bit of news as Cubicle 7 Games today teased its next Warhammer Fantasy Role Play supplement, the Sylvania Setting Guide.

If you’re new to the world of Warhammer Fantasy, think a little slice of Ravenloft nestled in the eastern fringe of the Empire, right down to the mists and the vampires. Of course for Warhammer, that means you’ll be getting the von Carsteins instead of von Zarovich, but we like to think the end result will probably be the same.

If you’re not new to the setting, well, you already know some of the horrors that lie in store.

No ETA or timeline on the release yet.

The Old World Bundle Giveaway

We had loads of entries into our bundle giveaway, including the Player’s Guide, Gamemaster’s Guide, and Character Sheet Pad. In the end, though, we only had one bundle to offer, and the lucky winner is… Falbangold!

To enter, respondents were asked to name their favorite Warhammer RPG system, and WFRP 4th Edition was far and away the top pick. All the same, I was delighted to see love for WFRP 2nd alongside mentions of Wrath & Glory, Soulbound, Imperium Maledictum and more!

Thanks to all who entered, congrats to our lucky winner and keep an eye out for more down the road.

ICYMI

• Jeff McAleer of The Gaming Gang was back this week with another Warhammer: The Old World video review. This time, he dove between the covers of the Gamemaster’s Guide.

• Zekiel at Ill Met by Morrslieb was also looking at The Old World this week, posting a review of the first digital mini-adventure released by Cubicle 7 Games, Thirst of Three.

• If WFRP is more your thing, Sprues & Brews reviewed the upcoming Temple of Spite sourcebook for Dark Elves.

• A terrific conversation this week in the r/40Krpg subreddit when u/Newez asked for opinions on Fantasy Flight Games’ Deathwatch RPG- and one of the game’s writers chimed in!

• Artist u/Illustrious-Box2693 shared some incredible, medieval-style portraits of some of Middenheim’s most notable citizenry the players will meet in WFRP’s classic campaign, The Enemy Within.

• Looking for an actual play video for Wrath & Glory? Good news, Crits & Coffee dropped one just this week!

Coming Attractions

Here’s a list of the known upcoming releases from Cubicle 7 based on the available preorder information we have. Note that Cubicle 7’s own delivery estimates appear to be just that- estimates- which is why many products have an upcoming delivery listed for Q1 while we’re already into Q2.

This section will be updated weekly in this column, with new or updated info presented in boldface.

To make this section more useful, starting this week I’ll be breaking them out by game.

Undated

• Sylvania Setting Guide

Shipping Q3

• Limited Edition Warhammer Fantasy Map Bundle 1 (July 2026)

• Limited Edition Warhammer Fantasy Map Bundle 2 (July 2026)

Shipping Q4

• Warhammer Fantasy Roleplay: Temple of Spite (Q4)

Undated

• Talagaad Adventures

Shipping Q2

• Warhammer: the Old World Roleplaying Game, Grand Duchy of Talabec Map Pack (May 2026)

Shipping Q4

• Warhammer: the Old World Roleplaying Game Starter Set (Q4)

• Warhammer: the Old World Roleplaying Game Gamemaster’s Screen (Q4)

Shipping Q1

• Warhammer Age of Sigmar Soulbound, Champions of Chaos: Dark Gifts Card Pack (Q1)

• Warhammer Age of Sigmar Soulbound, Champions of Chaos: Spells Lore Card Pack (Q1)

• Warhammer Age of Sigmar Soulbound, Champions of Chaos: Artefacts & Wargear Card Pack (Q1)

• Warhammer Age of Sigmar Soulbound, Champions of Chaos: Core Rulebook (Standard and Collector’s Edition) (Q1)

• Warhammer Age of Sigmar Soulbound, Champions of Chaos: Bloodwind Spoil Map (Q1)

Shipping Q3

• Limited Edition Age of Sigmar Map Bundle (July 2026)

Shipping Q1 2027

• Warhammer Age of Sigmar Soulbound: Champions of Chaos: Carngrad Adventures

Shipping Q2

• Warhammer 40,000: Wrath & Glory, Sons of Russ (Standard and Collector’s Edition)

• Warhammer 40,000: Wrath & Glory, Adventures in Gilead

Shipping Q2

• Warhammer 40,000 Roleplay, Imperium Maledictum: Adeptus Mechanicus Character Sheet Pad

Shipping Q3

• Limited Edition Imperium Maledictum Macharian Sector Map (July 2026)

Shipping Q4

• Warhammer 40,000 Roleplay, Imperium Maledictum: Adeptus Mechanicus Collector’s Edition

• Warhammer 40,000 Roleplay, Imperium Maledictum: Adeptus Mechanicus Player’s Guide

• Warhammer 40,000 Roleplay, Imperium Maledictum: Adeptus Mechanicus Gamemaster’s Guide

Undated

• (Nothing at this time)

Thanks for reading, and see you next week!

So big news this week, as I’ve rechristened the Substack to better reflect what I’m looking to build. You can find the full story here, but the TLDR version is that two months ago, I started it up as a home for my Black Library Weekly column over on Tabletop Battles (formerly Goonhammer), where I continue to serve as a reviewer.

As I’ve continued to expand my Warhammer RPG content, The Black Library Dispatch became less of a fit. Voila, it’s now the Warhammer Wordforge! I’ve also rechristened this column to the Warhammer RPG Weekly (formerly Warhammer RPG SITREP). Simpler, cleaner, clearer.

With the site’s new, clear distinction between Black Library and RPG content- and the ability for Subscribers to tailor what they get in their inbox- this is also the first RPG weekly that is being sent out in email format as well as published here.

In celebration, I’ll be giving one lucky reader a Warhammer: The Old World RPG bundle, including the Player’s Guide, Gamemaster’s Guide, and Character Sheet Pad.

But first, a quick word from our sponsor!

Subscriptions, Newsletters, and Emails

Oh right, that’s me. I’m the sponsor.

So before we do the giveaway, I want to quickly point out that Substack allows subscribers to tailor the content they want to see sent to their inbox each week. As someone whose email is inundated with junk, I want to make sure I’m not doing the same to you!

The Warhammer Wordforge has two sections, Black Library and RPG. I’m only going to be emailing 1-2 times a week for each (mainly the weekly columns, Black Library Weekly and Warhammer RPG Weekly), and if you’re only into one of these two things then you can turn off the email from the other quite easily. I show you how (with screenshots) here.

Alright, now back to our regularly scheduled programming!

The Old World Bundle Giveaway

I noted a few weeks ago that Cubicle 7’s fulfillment department had a little hiccup, with some customers receiving twice as much as they ordered. I was one of these fortunate few, if you will, and that gives me the perfect opportunity to pay some of this good luck forward1.

So here it is! I’ve got a brand-new copy of the Player’s Guide, Gamemaster’s Guide, and Character Sheet Pad for Warhammer: The Old World to give away- everything you need to get started!

To enter, I’ll keep it simple:

1. Be a subscriber to the Warhammer Wordforge, and

2. Leave a comment below letting me know what your favorite Warhammer RPG system (and/or edition) is, and why!

That’s it, it’s that easy. I’ll pick one at random from all comments entered by this coming Thursday (6/19), and a winner is you! I’ll ship at my cost, and since our community is truly global I’ll accept entries from folks from anywhere.

Voll Adventures Releases

We can cross another one off the release map below, as Voll Adventures made its way into the physical world this week. This latest sourcebook/adventure supplement for Imperium Maledictum contains information about the planet Voll as well as five standalone adventures for GM’s to offer their players.

Given Imperium Maledictum’s comparatively narrower offerings profile compared to Wrath & Glory, this is a welcome addition.

ICYMI

• Want to get a look at what you could be winning this week? Jeff McAleer of The Gaming Gang did a review of the Player’s Guide for Warhammer: The Old World. Jeff is clearly held in some esteem by Cubicle 7 Games, as the advance reviewer copy they provided him was a Collector’s Edition!

• Careless Conjuration took a look at Slaughter in Spittlefield, an adventure “dripping in Old World black humour” that was part of WFRP’s Ubersreik Adventures from 2019.

• Tributes to John Blanche continued to pour in to mark his passing. Of note were ones from It Always Rains in Nuln and Ill Met by Morrslieb. I also came across this terrific interview with Sean Äaberg.

• Not directly Warhammer-related but an interesting take on RPG’s I read this week is this piece from Mage Advice on using combat roles for monsters to help guide your combats.

• Finally, there was a terrific discussion on Reddit this week about the best adventures for beginners to WFRP 4e. Always great when the community helps those getting started!

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Coming Attractions

Here’s a list of the known upcoming releases from Cubicle 7 based on the available preorder information we have. Note that Cubicle 7’s own delivery estimates appear to be just that- estimates- which is why many products have an upcoming delivery listed for Q1 while we’re already into Q2.

This section will be updated weekly in this column, with new or updated info presented in boldface.

To make this section more useful, starting this week I’ll be breaking them out by game.

Shipping Q3

• Warhammer Fantasy Roleplay: Temple of Spite

• Limited Edition Warhammer Fantasy Map Bundle 1 (July 2026)

• Limited Edition Warhammer Fantasy Map Bundle 2 (July 2026)

Undated

• Talagaad Adventures

Shipping Q2

• Warhammer: the Old World Roleplaying Game, Grand Duchy of Talabec Map Pack (May 2026)

Shipping Q4

• Warhammer: the Old World Roleplaying Game Starter Set (Q4)

• Warhammer: the Old World Roleplaying Game Gamemaster’s Screen (Q4)

Shipping Q1

• Warhammer Age of Sigmar Soulbound, Champions of Chaos: Dark Gifts Card Pack (Q1)

• Warhammer Age of Sigmar Soulbound, Champions of Chaos: Spells Lore Card Pack (Q1)

• Warhammer Age of Sigmar Soulbound, Champions of Chaos: Artefacts & Wargear Card Pack (Q1)

• Warhammer Age of Sigmar Soulbound, Champions of Chaos: Core Rulebook (Standard and Collector’s Edition) (Q1)

• Warhammer Age of Sigmar Soulbound, Champions of Chaos: Bloodwind Spoil Map (Q1)

Shipping Q3

• Limited Edition Age of Sigmar Map Bundle (July 2026)

Shipping Q1 2027

• Warhammer Age of Sigmar Soulbound: Champions of Chaos: Carngrad Adventures

Shipping Q2

• Warhammer 40,000: Wrath & Glory, Sons of Russ (Standard and Collector’s Edition)

• Warhammer 40,000: Wrath & Glory, Adventures in Gilead

Shipping Q2

• Warhammer 40,000 Roleplay, Imperium Maledictum: Adeptus Mechanicus Character Sheet Pad

Shipping Q3

• Limited Edition Imperium Maledictum Macharian Sector Map (July 2026)

Shipping Q4

• Warhammer 40,000 Roleplay, Imperium Maledictum: Adeptus Mechanicus Collector’s Edition

• Warhammer 40,000 Roleplay, Imperium Maledictum: Adeptus Mechanicus Player’s Guide

• Warhammer 40,000 Roleplay, Imperium Maledictum: Adeptus Mechanicus Gamemaster’s Guide

Undated

• (Nothing at this time)

Thanks for reading, and see you next week!

We have a cover!

Cubicle 7 Games this week released the cover art for its upcoming Warhammer: The Old World release, Talagaad Adventures1.

An adventure anthology, Talagaad Adventures contains “a series of standalone stories set in and around Talagaad that can slot seamlessly into any ongoing campaign in the area.” These are2:

Requiescat in Pace

Warhammer lost one of its most visionary lights this week in the person of John Blanche. I’ll be paying full respects to John’s incredible contribution to this extraordinary universe he helped build with this Monday’s Black Library Weekly3, but here’s a lovely tribute from Tabletop Battles.

Community Creativity

As much as I enjoy stringing words together, now and again I wish I’d instead been born with the talent for visualizing the imagination- and this is certainly one of those. This week’s visual treat comes by way of u/ConflictBetter1332, who shared this amazing private commission he did for a client. If you’re interested in an HD file of it, that’s available too! ConflictBetter1332 also shared that it’s their two-year anniversary of working for Games Workshop and Cubicle 7, ringing it in by sharing the first-ever map they created for the world. Happy anniversary to you both!

u/Taryf’s talents seem to be of the stringing-words-together variety, except theirs is code. Taryf shared a toolkit they’d built for Wrath & Glory this week, from a themed player/GM message-sharing console to facilitate communication (while deepening immersion) to a dice-roller, a soundboard skeleton to NPC and name generators. Wow!

Speaking of dice-rollers, u/GrimDragonStudio made one specifically for Warhammer: The Old World. It doesn’t just roll dice, but has probability indicators that can take into account tests both grim and glorious! GrimDragonStudios also made a searchable adventure index for WFRP and TOW, an ambitious and intriguing project that will also allow players to give ratings to the different adventures they’ve experienced. Make sure to stop on by and leave a few ratings if you can!

Finally, u/FaallenOon shared a few tools they’d made for Age of Sigmar: Soulbound, including a relic generator, an encounter generator, and a browsable equipment list.

ICYMI

• Ill Met by Morrslieb had a terrific piece this week on adapting WFRP for romantic fantasy. “Romantic fantasy,” Zekiel defines, “suggests that victory can come through more traditionally feminine traits of compassion and relationship-building.4”

• Happy belated birthday to WFRP fansite Kalevala Hammer, ringing in 19 years of passionate exploration of Warhammer role-play. Now that is some accomplishment!

Coming Attractions

Here’s a list of the known upcoming releases from Cubicle 7 based on the available preorder information we have. Note that Cubicle 7’s own delivery estimates appear to be just that- estimates- which is why many products have an upcoming delivery listed for Q1 while we’re already into Q2.

This section will be updated weekly in this column, with new or updated info presented in boldface.

To make this section more useful, starting this week I’ll be breaking them out by game.

Shipping Q3

• Warhammer Fantasy Roleplay: Temple of Spite

• Limited Edition Warhammer Fantasy Map Bundle 1 (July 2026)

• Limited Edition Warhammer Fantasy Map Bundle 2 (July 2026)

Undated

• Talagaad Adventures

Shipping Q1

• Warhammer: the Old World Roleplaying Game, Weapons & Armour Card Deck

• Warhammer: the Old World Roleplaying Game, Spells Card Deck

• Warhammer: the Old World Roleplaying Game, Prayers & Miracles Card Deck

• Warhammer: the Old World Roleplaying Game, Wounds & Conditions Card Deck

• Warhammer: the Old World Roleplaying Game, Grand Duchy of Talabec Dice Set

Shipping Q2

• Warhammer: the Old World Roleplaying Game, Grand Duchy of Talabec Map Pack (May 2026)

• Warhammer: the Old World Roleplaying Game, Allies & Antagonists Card Deck (April 2026)

Shipping Q4

• Warhammer: the Old World Roleplaying Game Starter Set (Q4)

• Warhammer: the Old World Roleplaying Game GM’s Screen (Q4)

Shipping Q1

• Warhammer Age of Sigmar Soulbound, Champions of Chaos: Dark Gifts Card Pack (Q1)

• Warhammer Age of Sigmar Soulbound, Champions of Chaos: Spells Lore Card Pack (Q1)

• Warhammer Age of Sigmar Soulbound, Champions of Chaos: Artefacts & Wargear Card Pack (Q1)

• Warhammer Age of Sigmar Soulbound, Champions of Chaos: Core Rulebook (Standard and Collector’s Edition) (Q1)

• Warhammer Age of Sigmar Soulbound, Champions of Chaos: Bloodwind Spoil Map (Q1)

Shipping Q3

• Limited Edition Age of Sigmar Map Bundle (July 2026)

Shipping Q1 2027

• Warhammer Age of Sigmar Soulbound: Champions of Chaos: Carngrad Adventures

Shipping Q2

• Warhammer 40,000: Wrath & Glory, Sons of Russ (Standard and Collector’s Edition)

• Warhammer 40,000: Wrath & Glory, Adventures in Gilead

Shipping Q1

• Warhammer 40,000 Roleplay: Imperium Maledictum, Voll Adventures (Q1)

Shipping Q2

• Warhammer 40,000 Roleplay, Imperium Maledictum: Adeptus Mechanicus Character Sheet Pad

Shipping Q3

• Limited Edition Imperium Maledictum Macharian Sector Map (July 2026)

Shipping Q4

• Warhammer 40,000 Roleplay, Imperium Maledictum: Adeptus Mechanicus Collector’s Edition

• Warhammer 40,000 Roleplay, Imperium Maledictum: Adeptus Mechanicus Player’s Guide

• Warhammer 40,000 Roleplay, Imperium Maledictum: Adeptus Mechanicus GM’s Guide

Undated

• (Nothing at this time)

Thanks for reading, and see you next week!

The Warhammer RPG SITREP appears every Friday, bringing you the week that was for Warhammer-based role-playing games new and old alike!

Considering I’m writing an ongoing feature here on the history of the Black Library, it should come as little surprise how much I enjoy gaming history in general (ask me sometime about how much I’ve written about the story of Magic: the Gathering).

Thus I was delighted to discover this week that Gideon, of the terrific Awesome Lies blog, announced that he’s been writing a comprehensive, academically-minded history of Warhammer.

The book will “draw on more than fifteen years of research,” he noted, “including access to rare and unpublished documents, interviews with many of those involved in the games’ creation and careful review of financial and other corporate records. It considers the games’ complex interaction with each other, their relationship to other media and the impact on them of personal, corporate and sociocultural history.”

Don’t threaten us with a good time! I’m very excited to see how this comes along, and it’s a great step that he’s already signed with a book publisher, MIT Press (yes, that MIT), and will be called Forging of Worlds.

No Rest for the Weary

If you’d thought that the Cubicle 7 Games gang had wrapped up their whirlwind publicity tour and headed back on the rocky road to Dublin, they haven’t quite made it back yet. This weekend they’ve got a booth at the UK Games Expo, in Birmingham, for the event’s nineteenth year. They’ve got loads of merchandise for sale, as well as a team-up with Burgschenider, the folks behind the Warhammer Armory line of props and costumes.

ICYMI

• I usually associate friend-of-the-Dispatch Mira Manga with Black Library reviews, but for the RPG side she had a treat this week with an unboxing of the Player’s and GM’s guides for Warhammer: The Old World.

• Curious about the game itself? Vaults of Yesteryear posted a deep-dive review this week.

• Fond memories of Deathwatch? You’re hardly alone! u/blackjackdavey_3 picked up the Core Rulebook recently and asked folks on r/40Krpg about their memories of the game, and plenty were willing to share.

• Some prefer theater of the mind, others maps-n-minis… and then there are the truly dedicated. Check out this setup from one DM, lining up an extraordinary ‘grand finale’ for The Horned Rat… (spoiler warning)

Coming Attractions

Here’s a list of the known upcoming releases from Cubicle 7 based on the available preorder information we have. Note that Cubicle 7’s own delivery estimates appear to be just that- estimates- which is why many products have an upcoming delivery listed for Q1 while we’re already into Q2.

This section will be updated weekly in this column, with new or updated info presented in boldface.

To make this section more useful, starting this week I’ll be breaking them out by game.

Shipping Q3

• Warhammer Fantasy Roleplay: Temple of Spite

• Limited Edition Warhammer Fantasy Map Bundle 1 (July 2026)

• Limited Edition Warhammer Fantasy Map Bundle 2 (July 2026)

Undated

• Talagaad Adventures

Shipping Q1

• Warhammer: the Old World Roleplaying Game, Weapons & Armour Card Deck

• Warhammer: the Old World Roleplaying Game, Spells Card Deck

• Warhammer: the Old World Roleplaying Game, Prayers & Miracles Card Deck

• Warhammer: the Old World Roleplaying Game, Wounds & Conditions Card Deck

• Warhammer: the Old World Roleplaying Game, Grand Duchy of Talabec Dice Set

Shipping Q2

• Warhammer: the Old World Roleplaying Game, Grand Duchy of Talabec Map Pack (May 2026)

• Warhammer: the Old World Roleplaying Game, Allies & Antagonists Card Deck (April 2026)

Shipping Q4

• Warhammer: the Old World Roleplaying Game Starter Set (Q4)

• Warhammer: the Old World Roleplaying Game GM’s Screen (Q4)

Shipping Q1

• Warhammer Age of Sigmar Soulbound, Champions of Chaos: Dark Gifts Card Pack (Q1)

• Warhammer Age of Sigmar Soulbound, Champions of Chaos: Spells Lore Card Pack (Q1)

• Warhammer Age of Sigmar Soulbound, Champions of Chaos: Artefacts & Wargear Card Pack (Q1)

• Warhammer Age of Sigmar Soulbound, Champions of Chaos: Core Rulebook (Standard and Collector’s Edition) (Q1)

• Warhammer Age of Sigmar Soulbound, Champions of Chaos: Bloodwind Spoil Map (Q1)

Shipping Q3

• Limited Edition Age of Sigmar Map Bundle (July 2026)

Shipping Q1 2027

• Warhammer Age of Sigmar Soulbound: Champions of Chaos: Carngrad Adventures

Shipping Q2

• Warhammer 40,000: Wrath & Glory, Sons of Russ (Standard and Collector’s Edition)

• Warhammer 40,000: Wrath & Glory, Adventures in Gilead

Shipping Q1

• Warhammer 40,000 Roleplay: Imperium Maledictum, Voll Adventures (Q1)

Shipping Q2

• Warhammer 40,000 Roleplay, Imperium Maledictum: Adeptus Mechanicus Character Sheet Pad

Shipping Q3

• Limited Edition Imperium Maledictum Macharian Sector Map (July 2026)

Shipping Q4

• Warhammer 40,000 Roleplay, Imperium Maledictum: Adeptus Mechanicus Collector’s Edition

• Warhammer 40,000 Roleplay, Imperium Maledictum: Adeptus Mechanicus Player’s Guide

• Warhammer 40,000 Roleplay, Imperium Maledictum: Adeptus Mechanicus GM’s Guide

Undated

• (Nothing at this time)

Thanks for reading, and see you next week!

In most cases, unexpected deliveries are things for the kids from my mother, and with the end of school fast approaching it seemed like gramma was up to her usual generosity. Instead, to my surprise I found the box was to me, from Cubicle 7 Games.

If there was an email letting me know that my preorder for the new Warhammer: The Old World RPG had been dispatched I never saw it, and discovering some unexpected goodies was the first of two big surprises.

The second was that everything in the box had been doubled.

Two copies of the Player’s Guide. Two Gamemaster’s Guides. Two pads of character sheets. Each pair was packaged in their own shipping box, then like some RPG pinata all three boxes were stuffed inside of a larger box. Little surprise with that much care that everything arrived in immaculate shape.

My first assumption was that I had perhaps derped when I preordered everything way back when, but a look at my order confirmation showed that no, I had been fiscally responsible and only ordered a single set. That meant the error was on Cubicle 7’s end, so I shot off a quick message to let them know what had happened. I noted that it was hard to imagine shipping the duplicates back to Dublin would be cost-effective, but that I was more than happy to use the extras in a giveaway for the SITREP.

Win-win, right?

They responded quickly, acknowledging the error and noting they’ll be following up with an answer as to resolution, so keep an eye on next week’s SITREP and you might find yourself in the running for a set!

Ask Me (Almost) Anything

The fellas at Cubicle 7 are continuing their publicity whistle-stop tour this week, gamely participating in an AMA on Reddit yesterday. Big thanks first of all to Dom, Pádraig, and Michael for participating, and to moderator u/YoungsterMcPuppy of r/WarhammerOldWorldRPG for putting it together.

They spent an hour there and typed responses at a respectable clip. While I’d certainly recommend enjoying the whole thing, here’s a Cliff’s Notes summary.

TOW Physical Release Info

The Player's Guide, Gamemaster's Guide, card decks, dice, and character sheets will be released in game stores from 27th May 2026.

The card decks and characters sheets are being delivered to our preorder customers as we speak, and are available to order from our website. The maps are being shipped separately in tubes to avoid damaging them alongside other items - if you've had any issues, please contact our customer support team.

Tone of the game

Getting the tone of the game right is a constant conversation for us at every stage of a book’s development. In this case, the “glory” of the World of Legend is very much a relative descriptor - no-one in this time period would consider themselves fortunate, it’s only in comparison to the truly apocalyptic stakes of the End Times era that we realise how good the Empire had it before the Great War Against Chaos.

The flip side to that relative peace is a sense of complacency - without a greater foe to unite against, the Imperial claimants have turned on each other, and pay little regard to the warnings of the player characters about horrors lurking in the woods. Rising to “glory” means that the characters can’t expect anyone else to support or protect them. Any chance of survival is dependant on their own strength and guile. Making a stand in the dark, knowing that your sacrifice will be unmourned and unremembered and might not even make a difference... that’s the kind of choice that defines a hero.

We see our role to shine a spotlight on the parts of the World of Legend that the tabletop wargame can't - the more civilian dimension, the average life of the lowest pegs on the totem pole. But that's a constant conversation with Games Workshop. Where we overlap, we want to do it in a mutually supportive way, that enriches both games simultaneously.

We wanted combat to feel dangerous, and give players meaningful choices and actions. We've wanted to do a totally hit-point free combat system for ages, and this seemed like the perfect game for it.

With the Old World Roleplaying Game, we really wanted players to feel invested in their local community - to have Careers to work, Endeavours to attend between adventures, local Contacts and Assets they have cultivated. That felt like the best way to bring the setting to life in a way that engaged the players, as well as depicting the life of the typical Empire citizen with authenticity. That said, we share your enthusiasm to explore the rest of the Old World, with all the trials and tribulations that implies. Watch this space!

We all know what’s coming up for the World of Legend: the Great War Against Chaos breaks something fundamental in the fabric of the Warhammer World, setting in motion a long decline that paves the way for the End Times. Our game isn’t about averting that fate - it’s about characters who are powerless in the face of vast unstoppable horrors, but resolve to fight anyway, if only for their own survival. The reasons people choose to make a stand - even if it might not ultimately make a difference - are what great characters are made of. And we think it can make for a fantastic roleplaying game.

The Design Process

Michael: It’s a collaborative, iterative, hugely fulfilling process - we’re very lucky to do this for a living! Every release we do is the combined effort of so many people, from the team at Cubicle 7, to our amazing team of freelance contributors, to the folks at Games Workshop who are always so passionate and insightful and generous with their time. The most gratifying part is seeing it connect with an audience who are excited to bring the game to their table - that’s the payoff that makes the whole process worthwhile. If you’re an aspiring TTRPG creator and would like to be part of that, please do get in touch! We’re always looked for new, talented freelancers to join our pool.

Dom: Knowing what you’re trying to achieve is important. Have a strong idea of what you want to make, why you want to make it that way, and apply that at each stage of the process. I enjoy the challenge of making things as well as I can, and always looking for ways to develop and improve my craft. Satisfaction comes from making things I’m proud of, and if other people like them too that’s a wonderful source of joy.

We’re really happy with the system. A D10 dice pool worked for a number of reasons - the convenience of having target numbers on the sheet, the satisfaction of rolling extra dice as you level up, even just the fact that rolling 10-sided dice feels right for gaming in the Old World for experienced Warhammer Fantasy Roleplay players.

Every decision is a trade off, but we used our key design goals as a northstar to lead us through: making something that was easy to teach but satisfying to master, minimised book-keeping that would distract from the story, and presented the World of Legend in all its grim glory. The combat system, the improvisational magic system, the narrative systems that tied Careers/Contacts/Grim Portents/Dark Threads together... all of that emerged from having those clear goals to strive for.

What’s most satisfying is seeing all those systems work together as a cohesive whole - and hearing the stories from people’s games that are generated as a result!

We designed the economy rules to give some real game impacts between the different levels of social and financial status without requiring players to track every last coin. If you'd like to track coin more conventionally, take a look at Warhammer Fantasy Roleplay's Consumer's Guide, it sounds like it would work for your group's tastes very well.

An official campaign?

Without saying too much... if you've already played The Hand That Feeds in the Starter Set, you're well prepared for where the adventure is going next, and what you might dig up when you get there...

Future expansions?

The next book for preorder will be Talagaad Adventures, a series of standalone stories set in and around Talagaad that can slot seamlessly into any ongoing campaign in the area. After that, we're looking at a campaign, and other supplements that expand the setting and the character options available to players.

Our focus is on embellishing our core setting of Talabec and areas that have been highlighted in the Warhammer: the Old World tabletop wargame. But if Games Workshop invited us to explore the City of the Damned, we would bite their hand off for the opportunity!

We'd absolutely love to [do Cathay]! We're such fans of the World of Legend that there's no corner of the setting we wouldn't be excited to bring to the RPG eventually - the challenge is working out what order to do it in. We're currently concentrating on supporting our core setting of Talabec with adventures, campaigns, etc before we expand elsewhere. It's important to provide a satisfying depth to game locations - we don't want to risk covering too wide an area shallowly, as that can limit its usefulness. Dom's already gotten overexcited and mentioned Nuln in an interview though, so watch this space for more!

There are options for Bretonnian characters (and a Bretonnian-only Career, the Knight-Exile) in the Player's Guide. We'd love to provide more character options and setting guides for Bretonnia in the future! But enriching our core setting of Talabec is the focus for now.

[Re: more river-based content] I think you're really going to like "Oars in the Water", an upcoming story in Talagaad Adventures!

[Re: Possibility of other pre-college magic systems] That would be great! For the corebook we focussed on the Magic Lores that were relevant to the most Origins, and most commonly practised in the Empire in this era. Not to mention the ones that received beautiful new miniatures in Warhammer: the Old World tabletop wargame...

Yes, we definitely want to expand beyond the core setting of Talagaad and its immediate surrounds eventually. Talagaad is an illustrated example of how to make games in the World of Legend really sing - future setting expansions will be built to that template, and we encourage Gamemasters to emulate that range of Contacts/landmarks/Dark Threads, etc. when exploring new settings in their own games.

We cooperate closely with Games Workshop as the narrative of the Old World tabletop wargame develops. There's loads of great stuff going on even before we get to the Great War, from Settra's invasion of the Border Princes, to Frydaal's invasion of Westerland. We've got a load of narrative threads from the core books and starter set that we will develop too!

We’d love to expand on the range of spells available to Wizard characters at some point! For now, we’d love to hear about the crazy improvised spells that players have been working on.

[Re: which factions will see content] Our focus is where the Warhammer: the Old World tabletop wargame is going - that's where all the new content is coming from, and that's the material we're excited to play around with. That said, there are a few exceptions in the RPG here and there (Vampires, like you said, also Halflings too), so never say never.

We'd love to do more material for Sigmarite protagonists in the future, but for now we're quite excited to position Witch Hunters as antagonists who cause as many problems as they solve. In the meantime, the right choice of Lores and Assets for the Bounty Hunter Career could make a really excellent Witch Hunter.

Solo Mode?

That would be great! It's one we've been mulling over for a while - the challenge is producing a system that satisfies our expectations for the game.

Maps?

This is something we've been focusing on a lot recently - you might have seen the open call we put out for freelance cartographers (we're still taking submissions!). I think you'll be happier with the presentation in the upcoming Talagaad Adventures, but it's something we'll continue to work on.

Impact on WFRP 5th Edition?

We have different design goals for the two games, so there are some intentional boundaries between them, but that comes from them having different objectives rather than solely to make them different. We'll do what's right for each game, if that makes sense

The Old World shouldn't impact Warhammer Fantasy Roleplay releases, and there's loads in development for that game at the moment, from the new rulebook to Marienburg, a brand new campaign and more. Did you catch the Dwarf and Elf player guides and setting books? On maps, you can get the Old World map right now, and we release poster maps featuring maps from across our lines periodically, so keep an eye on the website and subscribe to our newsletter. On Warhammer Fantasy Roleplay releases - their focus right now is developing a new edition of the game, which should be available to preorder this year to celebrate the game's 40th anniversary!

What they’re proud of

The combat system, the improvisational magic system, the beautiful cover art, the integrated network of Contacts/Dark Threads/Grim Portents to produce emergent stories... ask each of us and you'll get a different answer! We're happiest of all when we can really see those elements connecting with our audience. There are always extra Careers, trappings, antagonists, plot hooks, etc. that we're sad to see end up on the cutting room floor, but it's all in the service of making the core book as accessible to new players as possible. And it'll all end up in a supplement eventually!

Legality of fan supplements

Have a look at Games Workshop's IP guidelines for fan-created content on how to go about this sort of thing. Do keep an eye out for our writer calls, if you'd like to try your hand at submitting something!

Most questions were answered. Notably, they answered all of the ones that were posted well in advance of the actual event… except one.

Mine.

Ahh well, you win some, you lose some. And I can’t say I didn’t greatly enjoy the insights and remarks that they were willing to share, so really it’s a win however you slice it.

Dirty Deeds

Right on schedule the day after discussing upcoming The Old World content, Cubicle 7 officially announced Talagaad Adventures, an upcoming five-adventure supplement.

Each entry in the anthology is a standalone story, from tangling with the criminal underworld to a daring river escape, a savage Beastmen assault to getting caught between squabbling nobles.

No date has been announced yet, but definitely one to keep an eye on!

Coming Attractions

Here’s a list of the known upcoming releases from Cubicle 7 based on the available preorder information we have. Note that Cubicle 7’s own delivery estimates appear to be just that- estimates- which is why many products have an upcoming delivery listed for Q1 while we’re already into Q2.

This section will be updated weekly in this column, with new or updated info presented in boldface.

To make this section more useful, starting this week I’ll be breaking them out by game.

Shipping Q3

• Warhammer Fantasy Roleplay: Temple of Spite

• Limited Edition Warhammer Fantasy Map Bundle 1 (July 2026)

• Limited Edition Warhammer Fantasy Map Bundle 2 (July 2026)

Undated

• Talagaad Adventures

Shipping Q1

• Warhammer: the Old World Roleplaying Game, Weapons & Armour Card Deck

• Warhammer: the Old World Roleplaying Game, Spells Card Deck

• Warhammer: the Old World Roleplaying Game, Prayers & Miracles Card Deck

• Warhammer: the Old World Roleplaying Game, Wounds & Conditions Card Deck

• Warhammer: the Old World Roleplaying Game, Grand Duchy of Talabec Dice Set

Shipping Q2

• Warhammer: the Old World Roleplaying Game, Grand Duchy of Talabec Map Pack (May 2026)

• Warhammer: the Old World Roleplaying Game, Allies & Antagonists Card Deck (April 2026)

Shipping Q4

• Warhammer: the Old World Roleplaying Game Starter Set (Q4)

• Warhammer: the Old World Roleplaying Game GM’s Screen (Q4)

Shipping Q1

• Warhammer Age of Sigmar Soulbound, Champions of Chaos: Dark Gifts Card Pack (Q1)

• Warhammer Age of Sigmar Soulbound, Champions of Chaos: Spells Lore Card Pack (Q1)

• Warhammer Age of Sigmar Soulbound, Champions of Chaos: Artefacts & Wargear Card Pack (Q1)

• Warhammer Age of Sigmar Soulbound, Champions of Chaos: Core Rulebook (Standard and Collector’s Edition) (Q11)

• Warhammer Age of Sigmar Soulbound, Champions of Chaos: Bloodwind Spoil Map (Q1)

Shipping Q3

• Limited Edition Age of Sigmar Map Bundle (July 2026)\

Shipping Q1 2027

• Warhammer Age of Sigmar Soulbound: Champions of Chaos: Carngrad Adventures

Shipping Q2

• Warhammer 40,000: Wrath & Glory, Sons of Russ (Standard and Collector’s Edition)

• Warhammer 40,000: Wrath & Glory, Adventures in Gilead

Shipping Q1

• Warhammer 40,000 Roleplay: Imperium Maledictum, Voll Adventures (Q1)

Shipping Q2

• Warhammer 40,000 Roleplay, Imperium Maledictum: Adeptus Mechanicus Character Sheet Pad

Shipping Q3

• Limited Edition Imperium Maledictum Macharian Sector Map (July 2026)

Shipping Q4

• Warhammer 40,000 Roleplay, Imperium Maledictum: Adeptus Mechanicus Collector’s Edition

• Warhammer 40,000 Roleplay, Imperium Maledictum: Adeptus Mechanicus Player’s Guide

• Warhammer 40,000 Roleplay, Imperium Maledictum: Adeptus Mechanicus GM’s Guide

Undated

• (Nothing at this time)

Thanks for reading, and see you next week!

Last week we took a look at the freshly-announced Carngrad Adventures, the next offering for Cubicle 7 Games’ Soulbound: Champions of Chaos line. They didn’t keep up waiting long for it, as it was listed for preorder this week. Sure you’ll have to wait for the first quarter of 2027 for physical delivery, but as usual you’ll get a PDF straightaway. You can also simply buy the PDF as a standalone for half the price (USD $19.99 vs $39.99).

Meanwhile, Dominic McDowell and Pádraig Murphy of Cubicle 7 were guests this week on Deep Strike, the Warhammer TV show that goes behind the scenes of Warhammer animations, video games, and other licensed products. Host Alex Doddy kept it light, guiding a conversation around role-playing games that was largely accessible to a non-RPG audience who might be interested in expanding their Warhammer gaming horizons. As a result, while it is somewhat skippable for those wanting to get in under the hood a bit more with Cubicle 7’s games, there were still interesting conversations around topics like:

• How they approached translating Warhammer into a role-playing game.

• How the rulebooks and models of the tabletop wargame inform their RPG design.

• What it was like designing the first-ever Age of Sigmar RPG, and what their favorite parts of it were (spoiler: it’s the city of Brightspear!)

• Why they’ve opted to create new systems rather than adapt existing ones (for example, Wrath & Glory vs Imperium Maledictum)

You also get some truly useful insights to some of their game worlds. For example, in the Wrath & Glory setting of the Gilead System, being completely surrounded by the Cicatrix Maledictum means that its people have no idea whether or not the greater Imperium beyond even still exists. As a result, it’s a tiny bubble of the greater Imperium, and if you die, notes McDowell, “you will be missed.” That gives a sort of importance and immediacy to the player characters they may not otherwise have, and lends itself to the game’s heroic theme.

It’s certainly worth a watch if you’re a subscriber to WarhammerTV, and I hope they’ll continue to feature more about Warhammer’s role-playing games in the future.

Organizing Wonder, Redux

Two weeks ago I talked about the new, limited-edition maps that were being offered by Cubicle 7, and some website ordering issues that they were experiencing. This led to them posting on Facebook a note about the extension of the limited run (see the above screenshot). While I haven’t seen anything posted about a date extension, they were due to conclude the ordering window on 04 MAY, and at time of writing they’re still available on the webstore- but only they know for how much longer.

ICYMI

This week, Ill Met by Morrslieb was back with another review of a WFRP 2e adventure, this time Terror in Talabheim. These reviews are always very in-depth and thorough, and it was an interesting dive into a well-regarded adventure.

Meanwhile over on Reddit, u/Delta1116732 shared a Warhammer 40K galaxy map with the r/40krpg community. While not ‘to scale,’ it’s a useful tool for GM’s and players alike to get a general sense of place in what is undoubtedly a massive universe. Nice work!

Coming Attractions

Here’s a list of the known upcoming releases from Cubicle 7 based on the available preorder information we have. Note that Cubicle 7’s own delivery estimates appear to be just that- estimates- which is why many products have an upcoming delivery listed for Q1 while we’re already into Q2.

This section will be updated weekly in this column, with new or updated info presented in boldface.

Undated

• (nothing)

Shipping Q1

• Warhammer: the Old World Roleplaying Game, Weapons & Armour Card Deck

• Warhammer: the Old World Roleplaying Game, Spells Card Deck

• Warhammer: the Old World Roleplaying Game, Prayers & Miracles Card Deck

• Warhammer: the Old World Roleplaying Game, Wounds & Conditions Card Deck

• Warhammer: the Old World Roleplaying Game, Grand Duchy of Talabec Dice Set

• Warhammer: the Old World Roleplaying Game, Character Sheet Pad

• Warhammer Age of Sigmar Soulbound, Champions of Chaos: Bloodwind Spoil Map (Q1)

• Warhammer Age of Sigmar Soulbound, Champions of Chaos: Dark Gifts Card Pack (Q1)

• Warhammer Age of Sigmar Soulbound, Champions of Chaos: Spells Lore Card Pack (Q1)

• Warhammer Age of Sigmar Soulbound, Champions of Chaos: Artefacts & Wargear Card Pack (Q1)

• Warhammer Age of Sigmar Soulbound, Champions of Chaos: Core Rulebook (Standard and Collector’s Edition) (Q1)

• Warhammer 40,000 Roleplay: Imperium Maledictum, Voll Adventures (Q1)

Shipping Q2

• Warhammer: the Old World Roleplaying Game, Player’s Guide (April 2026)

• Warhammer: the Old World Roleplaying Game, Gamemaster’s Guide (April 2026)

• Warhammer: the Old World Roleplaying Game, Collector’s Edition (April 2026)

• Warhammer 40,000: Wrath & Glory, Sons of Russ (Standard and Collector’s Edition)

• Warhammer 40,000: Wrath & Glory, Adventures in Gilead

• Warhammer 40,000 Roleplay, Imperium Maledictum: Adeptus Mechanicus Collector’s Edition

• Warhammer 40,000 Roleplay, Imperium Maledictum: Adeptus Mechanicus Player’s Guide

• Warhammer 40,000 Roleplay, Imperium Maledictum: Adeptus Mechanicus GM’s Guide

• Warhammer 40,000 Roleplay, Imperium Maledictum: Adeptus Mechanicus Character Sheet Pad

• Warhammer: the Old World Roleplaying Game Starter Set

• Warhammer: the Old World Roleplaying Game GM’s Screen

• Warhammer: the Old World Roleplaying Game, Grand Duchy of Talabec Map Pack (May 2026)

• Warhammer: the Old World Roleplaying Game, Allies & Antagonists Card Deck (April 2026)

Shipping Q3

• Warhammer Fantasy Roleplay: Temple of Spite

• Limited Edition Warhammer Fantasy Map Bundle 1 (July 2026)

• Limited Edition Warhammer Fantasy Map Bundle 2 (July 2026)

• Limited Edition Age of Sigmar Map Bundle (July 2026)

• Limited Edition Imperium Maledictum Macharian Sector Map (July 2026)

Shipping Q1 2027

• Warhammer Age of Sigmar Soulbound: Champions of Chaos: Carngrad Adventures

That’s it for this week, happy gaming!

While the Champions of Chaos expansion for the Age of Sigmar: Soulbound game hasn’t been released in physical form yet, hopefully players have been getting lots of mileage out of the PDF. That means it’s a good time to start thinking about the next set of adventures for that ruleset, and this week Cubicle 7 Games announced they’ve got one coming up!

Carngrad Adventures is a campaign of four linked adventures that throws the players into the Reaver City. Ruled from above by a gang of warlords known as the Talons, and from below by endless warrens of villainous Skaven, the excitements- and the perils- will mount as they get more and more enmeshed in the lethal politics and scheming of Bloodwind Spoil’s largest settlement.

No release date yet- it’s only just been teased- but we’ll be sure to keep an eye on this one as it gets closer to the finish line.

ICYMI

Todd Kozlowski revealed some new additions to the Atlas of the Old World project he’s continuing to work on. This initiative seeks to build a map of the Old World that’s as accurate as possible based on available lore and sources. With this latest announcement, Tood noted that Estalia, Tilea, Kislev, and Norsca have all been added to the map. Great work!

Speaking of WFRP, the Lorebeards interviewed Jude Hornborg, WFRP writer who describes himself as a “B-lister who specializes in projects other people don’t want to do,” he’s been involved with WFRP since the second edition. It’s not often we get to peek behind the curtain and see how the sausage is made, so this was great to see!

Meanwhile at Awesome Lies, Gideon shared a review of The Imperial Zoo, the bestiary supplement for Warhammer Fantasy Role Play 4th Edition. “It tries a bit too hard to be clever,” he noted, “and its invention often feels wasted.”

Finally, Unlocky Rolls kicked off an actual play campaign for WFRP called “Live or Diesdorf.” If you wanted to get in on the ground floor of an actual play campaign, here’s a good place to start.

Coming Attractions

Here’s a list of the known upcoming releases from Cubicle 7 based on the available preorder information we have. Note that Cubicle 7’s own delivery estimates appear to be just that- estimates- which is why many products have an upcoming delivery listed for Q1 while we’re already into Q2.

This section will be updated weekly in this column, with new or updated info presented in boldface.

Undated

• Warhammer Age of Sigmar Soulbound: Champions of Chaos - Carngrad Adventures

Shipping Q1

• Warhammer: the Old World Roleplaying Game, Weapons & Armour Card Deck

• Warhammer: the Old World Roleplaying Game, Spells Card Deck

• Warhammer: the Old World Roleplaying Game, Prayers & Miracles Card Deck

• Warhammer: the Old World Roleplaying Game, Wounds & Conditions Card Deck

• Warhammer: the Old World Roleplaying Game, Grand Duchy of Talabec Dice Set

• Warhammer: the Old World Roleplaying Game, Character Sheet Pad

• Warhammer Age of Sigmar Soulbound, Champions of Chaos: Bloodwind Spoil Map (Q1)

• Warhammer Age of Sigmar Soulbound, Champions of Chaos: Dark Gifts Card Pack (Q1)

• Warhammer Age of Sigmar Soulbound, Champions of Chaos: Spells Lore Card Pack (Q1)

• Warhammer Age of Sigmar Soulbound, Champions of Chaos: Artefacts & Wargear Card Pack (Q1)

• Warhammer Age of Sigmar Soulbound, Champions of Chaos: Core Rulebook (Standard and Collector’s Edition) (Q1)

Shipping Q2

• Warhammer 40,000 Roleplay: Imperium Maledictum, Voll Adventures (May 2026)

• Warhammer: the Old World Roleplaying Game, Player’s Guide (April 2026)

• Warhammer: the Old World Roleplaying Game, Gamemaster’s Guide (April 2026)

• Warhammer: the Old World Roleplaying Game, Collector’s Edition (April 2026)

• Warhammer 40,000: Wrath & Glory, Sons of Russ (Standard and Collector’s Edition)

• Warhammer 40,000: Wrath & Glory, Adventures in Gilead

• Warhammer 40,000 Roleplay, Imperium Maledictum: Adeptus Mechanicus Collector’s Edition

• Warhammer 40,000 Roleplay, Imperium Maledictum: Adeptus Mechanicus Player’s Guide

• Warhammer 40,000 Roleplay, Imperium Maledictum: Adeptus Mechanicus GM’s Guide

• Warhammer 40,000 Roleplay, Imperium Maledictum: Adeptus Mechanicus Character Sheet Pad

• Warhammer: the Old World Roleplaying Game Starter Set

• Warhammer: the Old World Roleplaying Game GM’s Screen

• Warhammer: the Old World Roleplaying Game, Grand Duchy of Talabec Map Pack (May 2026)

• Warhammer: the Old World Roleplaying Game, Allies & Antagonists Card Deck (April 2026)

Shipping Q3

• Warhammer Fantasy Roleplay: Temple of Spite

• Limited Edition Warhammer Fantasy Map Bundle 1 (July 2026)

• Limited Edition Warhammer Fantasy Map Bundle 2 (July 2026)

• Limited Edition Age of Sigmar Map Bundle (July 2026)

• Limited Edition Imperium Maledictum Macharian Sector Map (July 2026)

Calling all cartographers!

Oh, wait, that boat may have already left port1. But if you’re a lover of maps- in particular, Warhammer Fantasy maps- this has been a very exciting week for you.

That’s because Cubicle 7 Games has released several different bundles of maps on a preorder basis. These bundles come rolled and shipped in a tube, which means they’re superb candidates for framing. As naturalist Peter Steinhart noted, “maps are a way of organizing wonder,” and organized wonder looks pretty damn spiffy hanging on the walls of your study.

The maps are size A1, which is 23.4” wide × 33.1” high. In other words, big enough to make a nice impression but not so big they’re hard to frame or find space to hang them. They are available to preorder between now and May 4th, with an estimated arrival date in July.

The preorder window may ultimately be longer, as buyers have expressed some technical difficulties with buying multiple bundles:

The four different offerings are as follows:

Bundle 1 - USD $29.99

This bundle brings you a map of the Empire as well as a closer look at the Sea of Claws region. The Empire map is the backdrop for The Enemy Within campaign, while the Empire’s Northern coast is highlighted with the Sea of Claws one.

Bundle 2 - USD $44.99

The price of fifteen bucks a map holds here as well, as this bundle boasts a trio of locales. Altdorf, Reikland, and Middenheim are laid out in all their glory.

Age of Sigmar Bundle - USD $29.99

If you prefer the Mortal Realms, there’s a pair of Age of Sigmar offerings here. This bundle offers maps of the Greart Parch and city of Brightspear.

Macharian Sector Map - USD $19.99

Finally, for those who prefer their meanderings to be in the grim, dark future, there’s a Macharian Sector map available for your Imperium Maledictum adventures. Since it’s not in a bundle you’re paying $5 more than the bundled single-map price, but it does look fetching.

Any of these catch your eye? I know I’m looking at the blank spots on my walls a little diferently this week…

Heresy Sighting

One of the replies to Cubicle 7’s maps announmcement on Facebook was a question about the Horus Heresy RPG, the subject of our RPG SITREP last week. Usually, off-topic questions tend to get ignored, but not this one.

It’s not much… but it’s something!

ICYMI

Tabletop Tactics has continued to release videos of their Wrath & Glory sessions, with the latest installment- the third so far- landing this week. “No more investigation. No more shadows. Just four Inquisitorial agents, a corrupted noblewoman, and a manufactorum that's about to become a warzone.”

Then over on the RPG blog Ill Met by Morrslieb, they reviewed the Core Rulebook for Imperium Maledictum. “This game has got a mechanical system that might be my favourite Warhammer RPG system at the moment,” they conclude at a very in-depth look that’s well worth checking out.

Finally, while it’s not an RPG if you’ve been curious about the new Darktide card game, check out this gameplay overview from Rolling Solo.

On a more general note, since landing here I’ve found Substack to be absolutely brimming with terrific game design content. One that jumped out at me this week is What I Learned from my First Freelance Assignment, by Adam Wright.

Coming Attractions

Here’s a list of the known upcoming releases from Cubicle 7 based on the available preorder information we have.

This section will be updated weekly in this column, with new or updated info presented in boldface.

Shipping Q1

• Warhammer: the Old World Roleplaying Game, Allies & Antagonists Card Deck

• Warhammer: the Old World Roleplaying Game, Weapons & Armour Card Deck

• Warhammer: the Old World Roleplaying Game, Spells Card Deck

• Warhammer: the Old World Roleplaying Game, Prayers & Miracles Card Deck

• Warhammer: the Old World Roleplaying Game, Wounds & Conditions Card Deck

• Warhammer: the Old World Roleplaying Game, Grand Duchy of Talabec Dice Set

• Warhammer: the Old World Roleplaying Game, Character Sheet Pad

Shipping Q2

• Warhammer Age of Sigmar Soulbound, Champions of Chaos: Dark Gifts Card Pack (Q2)

• Warhammer Age of Sigmar Soulbound, Champions of Chaos: Spells Lore Card Pack (Q2)

• Warhammer Age of Sigmar Soulbound, Champions of Chaos: Bloodwind Spoil Map (Q2)

• Warhammer Age of Sigmar Soulbound, Champions of Chaos: Artefacts & Wargear Card Pack (Q2)

• Warhammer 40,000 Roleplay: Imperium Maledictum, Voll Adventures (May 2026)

• Warhammer: the Old World Roleplaying Game, Player’s Guide (April 2026)

• Warhammer: the Old World Roleplaying Game, Gamemaster’s Guide (April 2026)

• Warhammer: the Old World Roleplaying Game, Collector’s Edition (April 2026)

• Warhammer 40,000: Wrath & Glory, Sons of Russ (Standard and Collector’s Edition)

• Warhammer 40,000: Wrath & Glory, Adventures in Gilead

• Warhammer 40,000 Roleplay, Imperium Maledictum: Adeptus Mechanicus Collector’s Edition

• Warhammer 40,000 Roleplay, Imperium Maledictum: Adeptus Mechanicus Player’s Guide

• Warhammer 40,000 Roleplay, Imperium Maledictum: Adeptus Mechanicus GM’s Guide

• Warhammer 40,000 Roleplay, Imperium Maledictum: Adeptus Mechanicus Character Sheet Pad

• Warhammer: the Old World Roleplaying Game Starter Set

• Warhammer: the Old World Roleplaying Game GM’s Screen

• Warhammer: the Old World Roleplaying Game, Grand Duchy of Talabec Map Pack (April/May 2026)

Shipping Q3

• Warhammer Fantasy Roleplay: Temple of Spite

• Warhammer Age of Sigmar Soulbound, Champions of Chaos: Core Rulebook (Standard and Collector’s Edition) (Q3)

• Limited Edition Warhammer Fantasy Map Bundle 1

• Limited Edition Warhammer Fantasy Map Bundle 2

• Limited Edition Age of Sigmar Map Bundle

• Limited Edition Imperium Maledictum Macharian Sector Map

Spare a thought for our friends at Cubicle 7 Games. Back during the Relics festival in February 2025, they kicked off quite a bit of excitement when they teased a new role-playing game based on the Horus Heresy.

Here’s the pitch – the game opens with the infamous betrayal at Isstvan, after which you’re thrown straight into the maelstrom as Legionary Consuls leading a rag-tag warfleet bent on survival and vengeance.

Your first priority is to escape, harried by traitors bent on your destruction. But what then? How will you survive and regroup? How do you overcome the shock of betrayal and keep your forces supplied? Perhaps most importantly – who can you trust?

I don’t know about you, but that sounded exciting as hell to me even as I sometimes wonder if Cubicle 7 might not be trying to do too much with the Warhammer license they’ve grabbed hold of. Timing the preorder window with the launch of the latest edition of the tabletop game seemed a marketing coup, striking while the iron was hot. (It certainly would have prevented yer man here from impulse-buying the Saturnine box, which sits largely untouched even now in my pile of shame.)

But it seemed Cubicle 7’s reach exceeded its grasp as Saturnine came and went with scarce little on the progress of production, and by the time we arrived at the end of last December’s production update, it was given only a passing mention. (“work continues apace…”).

Meanwhile, it’s been radio silence over at their official blog:

The general temperature of the RPG community seems to be, “we’d rather wait and let them get it right instead of rushing it out and getting it wrong,” a position I find reasonable. It’s not like there isn’t plenty else for us to play to get our Warhammer RPG fix. But at the same time, this seems a clear case of overpromise and underdeliver, and the risk a company runs there is that if the end product doesn’t at least meet (let alone clear) consumer expectations, opinion may sour more quickly than it otherwise would.

I also have to question the “broad versus deep” strategy, given that we’re now up to three distinct game systems each for Warhammer 40K (Wrath & Glory, Imperium Maledictum, Horus Heresy1) and Fantasy (WFRP, Soulbound2, The Old World). Obviously there’s precedent here, with previous license-holder Fantasy Flight also stratifying the product line (Dark Heresy3, Rogue Trader, Deathwatch, Black Crusade, and Only War).

An Alternative Proposal

As a fun thought experiment, here’s what I’d love to see for 40K. Mechanically, streamline down to one system. I don’t care which one, just pick a horse and focus on developing it. Other RPG game settings out there don’t split their attention between multiple mechanical systems, and while Warhammer is a massive property in many areas it’s not so vast for role-playing that it necessarily needs to support so many product lines.

Then, I’d explore the opportunity to more closely partner with Games Workshop. GW churns out a massive amount of usable lore, making tie-in products potentially low-hanging fruit. Cubicle 7 was excited to line up the Horus Heresy RPG preorder with the release of the Saturnine box for the marketing boost; imagine the extra buzz they might get if they released the “Ultramar Campaign Sourcebook” at the same time as the 500 Worlds narrative expansion dropped.

New Ultramarine-focused lore. NPC and planet profiles. Adventure hooks and scenarios that tied in with Guilliman’s push to reclaim the lost planets. Want to get really crazy? Split the difference and support both Wrath & Glory and Imperium Maledictum content in the same book. After all, with much of the content system-agnostic there’s plenty of room for dual stat blocks or appendices.

Then- and I’m gonna shoot the moon here, because I’m completely untethered by logistical reality- release mini-modules based on Black Library novels. Sticking to 500 Worlds here, there’s plenty to be mined from, say, Rob Young’s Master of Rites (review) for adventurers in both game systems.

Alright, that’s enough wishcasting for now, but this is a space I’ll continue to return to here. Watch this space!

ICYMI

While we await more from those stalwarts toiling away in the word mines at Cubicle 7, around the webway there’s been a bit of Warhammer RPG content to keep our appetites whetted.

Tabletop Tactics has kicked off a playthrough of Wrath & Glory, which is also a good opportunity for those curious about the game to get a feel for how it plays. “In Episode 1, four Inquisitorial agents come together at the command of their Lady Inquisitor,” they note, “secrets begin to surface, and a trail of heresy leads them straight into danger - ending with their first brutal taste of combat!” You can check that out here.

Next, Optimal Game State posted a preview of what’s currently known about WFPR 5th Edition’s mechanics. This comes largely from the new Temple of Spite sourcebook’s PDF. Temple of Spite has some bridge content adapting it for play in the upcoming 5th Edition, providing an early look at what awaits us.

Gideon at Awesome Lies did an in-depth review of Bare Bones, a 22-page adventure for WFRP’s 4th Edition set in the Sea of Claws. Finally, Jeff at The Gaming Gang took a stroll through the covers of Wrath & Glory’s Darktide Extraction.

Coming Attractions

Here’s a list of the known upcoming releases from Cubicle 7 based on the available preorder information we have.

This section will be updated weekly in this column, with new or updated info presented in boldface.

Shipping Q1

• Warhammer: the Old World Roleplaying Game, Allies & Antagonists Card Deck

• Warhammer: the Old World Roleplaying Game, Weapons & Armour Card Deck

• Warhammer: the Old World Roleplaying Game, Spells Card Deck

• Warhammer: the Old World Roleplaying Game, Prayers & Miracles Card Deck

• Warhammer: the Old World Roleplaying Game, Wounds & Conditions Card Deck

• Warhammer: the Old World Roleplaying Game, Grand Duchy of Talabec Dice Set

• Warhammer: the Old World Roleplaying Game, Character Sheet Pad

Shipping Q2

• Warhammer Age of Sigmar Soulbound, Champions of Chaos: Dark Gifts Card Pack (Q2)

• Warhammer Age of Sigmar Soulbound, Champions of Chaos: Spells Lore Card Pack (Q2)

• Warhammer Age of Sigmar Soulbound, Champions of Chaos: Bloodwind Spoil Map (Q2)

• Warhammer Age of Sigmar Soulbound, Champions of Chaos: Artefacts & Wargear Card Pack (Q2)

• Warhammer 40,000 Roleplay: Imperium Maledictum, Voll Adventures (May 2026)

• Warhammer: the Old World Roleplaying Game, Player’s Guide (April 2026)

• Warhammer: the Old World Roleplaying Game, Gamemaster’s Guide (April 2026)

• Warhammer: the Old World Roleplaying Game, Collector’s Edition (April 2026)

• Warhammer 40,000: Wrath & Glory, Sons of Russ (Standard and Collector’s Edition)

• Warhammer 40,000: Wrath & Glory, Adventures in Gilead

• Warhammer 40,000 Roleplay, Imperium Maledictum: Adeptus Mechanicus Collector’s Edition

• Warhammer 40,000 Roleplay, Imperium Maledictum: Adeptus Mechanicus Player’s Guide

• Warhammer 40,000 Roleplay, Imperium Maledictum: Adeptus Mechanicus GM’s Guide

• Warhammer 40,000 Roleplay, Imperium Maledictum: Adeptus Mechanicus Character Sheet Pad

• Warhammer: the Old World Roleplaying Game Starter Set

• Warhammer: the Old World Roleplaying Game GM’s Screen

• Warhammer: the Old World Roleplaying Game, Grand Duchy of Talabec Map Pack (April/May 2026)

Shipping Q3

• Warhammer Fantasy Roleplay: Temple of Spite

• Warhammer Age of Sigmar Soulbound, Champions of Chaos: Core Rulebook (Standard and Collector’s Edition) (Q3)

I hope you’re enjoying this new weekly feature, and feedback is always greatly appreciated. See you next week!

Hello and welcome to the debut of our weekly RPG Roundup here at the Black Library Dispatch. I’ve long felt that the Venn overlap between the Black Library and Warhammer’s large stable of licensed RPG’s was surprisingly unmined territory. After all, there’s a campaign sourcebook hidden within almost every novel, just waiting to be brought to light. Over at Goonhammer, my primary content vehicle, I’ve written Lore & More features to bridge the gap, such as when I broke down Josh Reynolds’ Deathstorm for RPG use here, or adapted the Warhammer 40,000 Crusade expansion The Nachmund Gauntlet for RPG play here.

Just as the Black Library Weekly is the summary of the week’s goings-on in the literary realm, so too will the Warhammer RPG SITREP be a bite-sized digest of the newsworthy and notable for the role-playing set, whether it be in the Old World, the Mortal Realms, or the grim, dark future where there is only war.

ICYMI

There wasn’t anything new this week on current license-holder Cubicle 7’s blog, but The Gaming Gang put out a review of WFRP’s recent Sea Wardens of Cothique release. That’s the High Elf supplement that expands on the namesake kingdom situated in the Northeast of Ulthuan.

Meanwhile, u/ConferenceGlobal6358 released a player’s map of Reikland, shown above, over on Reddit. Designed to emphasize the terrain rather than political boundaries, he has a high-definition version available here.

Finally, don’t forget if you’ve been looking at picking up a few Warhammer RPG books this is a good time to do it, as Cubicle 7 is in the midst of its Easter Sale. No sign of an end date, so take advantage while you can.

Coming Attractions

Here’s a list of the known upcoming releases from Cubicle 7 based on the available preorder information we have.

This section will be updated weekly in this column.

Shipping Q1

• Warhammer 40,000 Roleplay: Imperium Maledictum, Voll Adventures

• Warhammer Age of Sigmar Soulbound, Champions of Chaos: Core Rulebook (Standard and Collector’s Edition)

• Warhammer Age of Sigmar Soulbound, Champions of Chaos: Artefacts & Wargear Card Pack

• Warhammer Age of Sigmar Soulbound, Champions of Chaos: Dark Gifts Card Pack

• Warhammer Age of Sigmar Soulbound, Champions of Chaos: Spells Lore Card Pack

• Warhammer Age of Sigmar Soulbound, Champions of Chaos: Bloodwind Spoil Map

• Warhammer: the Old World Roleplaying Game, Collector’s Edition

• Warhammer: the Old World Roleplaying Game, Gamemaster’s Guide

• Warhammer: the Old World Roleplaying Game, Player’s Guide

• Warhammer: the Old World Roleplaying Game, Allies & Antagonists Card Deck

• Warhammer: the Old World Roleplaying Game, Weapons & Armour Card Deck

• Warhammer: the Old World Roleplaying Game, Spells Card Deck

• Warhammer: the Old World Roleplaying Game, Prayers & Miracles Card Deck

• Warhammer: the Old World Roleplaying Game, Wounds & Conditions Card Deck

• Warhammer: the Old World Roleplaying Game, Grand Duchy of Talabec Dice Set

• Warhammer: the Old World Roleplaying Game, Character Sheet Pad

• Warhammer: the Old World Roleplaying Game, Grand Duchy of Talabec Map Pack

Shipping Q2

• Warhammer 40,000: Wrath & Glory, Sons of Russ (Standard and Collector’s Edition)

• Warhammer 40,000: Wrath & Glory, Adventures in Gilead

• Warhammer 40,000 Roleplay, Imperium Maledictum: Adeptus Mechanicus Collector’s Edition

• Warhammer 40,000 Roleplay, Imperium Maledictum: Adeptus Mechanicus Player’s Guide

• Warhammer 40,000 Roleplay, Imperium Maledictum: Adeptus Mechanicus GM’s Guide

• Warhammer 40,000 Roleplay, Imperium Maledictum: Adeptus Mechanicus Character Sheet Pad

• Warhammer: the Old World Roleplaying Game Starter Set

• Warhammer: the Old World Roleplaying Game GM’s Screen

Shipping Q3

• Warhammer Fantasy Roleplay: Temple of Spite

I hope you’ve enjoyed this new feature, and feedback is always greatly appreciated. See you next week!