Funnily enough, the most interesting RPG news this week had nothing to do with Warhammer. But while Chaosium’s housecleaning on DriveThruRPG was restricted to their own properties, it pertains to an issue firmly in frame for all role-playing game designers and other creatives: the use of artificial intelligence (AI) in content creation.

As shared on their blog, Chaosium triggered the removal of more than two dozen titles from DriveThruRPG that were community-created, due to suspected use of AI in their production. While they chose not to disclose the names of the titles and/or creators of the removed releases, they did give an overview of their detection process as well as what they’re looking for:

In one sense, this is a headache Cubicle 7 doesn’t necessarily have to contend with. Since it doesn’t offer an open gaming license through which community works are permitted1, it preempts having to police such content for violations of its own policy.

On the other hand, Cubicle 7 is in a creative industry, and the use of AI is still very much a developing concern.

Component Upgrade

One of the things I’ve been paying attention to in Trench Crusade Weekly is what the personnel acquisitions Factory Fortress has undertaken say about its ambition for the property and their place in the gaming space. For example, they’ve secured the services of Marc Gascoigne- one of the three godfathers of the Black Library- to head up licensing opportunities. Furthermore, they’ve started to build up their body of fiction with a trio of Black Library Readers’ Hall of Fame authors (Gav Thorpe, Graham McNeill, and Josh Reynolds).

In a similar vein, I was delighted to note that Cubicle 7 had recently landed Alex Evans, former Editor-in-Chief of Wargamer. I’ve spoken before about my perception of Cubicle 7 as “the little engine that could,” a company that has heavily focused on delivering its core products at the expense of some of its essential business functions like order fulfillment and corporate communications- as well as some of the community frustration that that has engendered.

Evans was at the helm of Wargamer since 2021, when Network N brought him in to help spearhead the site’s overhaul and relaunch. Under his watch Wargamer moved from being a niche, PC-gaming site to a more broad-based news and opinion platform covering the hobby from digital to tabletop. And while sure, he couldn’t resist the occasional cheeky (yet self-aware) hot take, I appreciated how Wargamer tended to avoid the easy engagement farming rife in the segment and instead focused on more substantive coverage.

Asked for comment, Evans had this to say:

While of course the proof is always in the pudding, I think this represents a real statement of intent from Cubicle 7 and should be seen as an encouraging sign of what’s ahead. Last week’s blog post acknowledging some of the community’s frustrations and pledging improvement seemed to be positively received, and if followed by action will go a long way towards bringing the company’s business side up to par with its gaming development talent.

RPG Bestsellers

Warhammer RPG Titles in the Top 200:

• #2 ( - , Platinum) Warhammer Fantasy Roleplay: Fifth Edition Core Rulebook

• #3 ( - , Silver): Warhammer Fantasy Roleplay: Wrecker’s Point

• #7 (-3, Electrum) Imperium Maledictum: Macharian Adversary Guide

• #94 (-13, Gold). Warhammer Fantasy Roleplay: Sylvania: The Cursed County

• #150 (+42, Mithral). Imperium Maledictum: Core Rulebook

• #194 (-21, Adamantine). Wrath & Glory: Core Rulebook

Total Books in Top 200: 6 (+1)

This was a terrific week for Cubicle 7. Sure, Sylvania continued its natural, life-cycle descent and the Wrath & Glory Core Rulebook nearly fell off the table, but WFRP’s Fifth Edition Core Rulebook has continued to enjoy a terrific run.

Remember, the Wrath & Glory Core Rulebook was originally released in 2020. For it to see any time on the Top 200 six years later is a win.

Wrecker’s Point, meanwhile, had a splashy, top-five debut, and the recently-released Macharian Adversary Guide is holding quite steady.

With the inclusion of metallic tier sales data, we now have a better picture of how each book is performing. For instance, the WFRP 5E’s book is currently at Platinum, meaning it has sold a minimum of 1,001 copies but less than the 2,501 copies needed for Mithral.

It’s important to note when considering this that it is only a reflection of how many copies have been sold on DriveThruRPG. It does not account for hard-copy sales at a game store, for instance, or even the full amount of how many copies have been ordered or preordered on Cubicle 7’s webstore (since unredeemed codes are a thing).

ICYMI

• Geek Origins released a terrific little history of Warhammer Fantasy Roleplay this week: Warhammer Fantasy Roleplay: The Grimdark RPG That Refused to Die for 40 Years. “This video tells the story of how a schoolboy wargame in Lincoln became Warhammer,” it notes, “how Warhammer Fantasy Roleplay and The Enemy Within were born, and how the game was handed from Flame to an Italian publisher, to Hogshead, Black Industries, Fantasy Flight and finally Cubicle 7, outliving three of the companies that published it, right up to its fifth edition and its fortieth anniversary.” All in less than 30 minutes, too!

• The Lorebeards recently held a livestream with WFRP/The Old World writer/developer Vera Simila, whose credits include the High Elf Player's Guide and Sea Wardens of Cothique. While not specifically Warhammer-focused, the topic was a relevant one: how to create memorable villains for your players in role-playing.

• A good conversation on the u/warhammerfantsyrpg Subreddit this week occurred after a WFRP 2E “greybeard” asked if 5E was worth trying.

• Getting into the Spooky Season spirit, Ill Met by Morrslieb reviewed the WFRP 4e scenario, Something Knocking.

• 1Shot Adventures shared five tips for GM’s looking to run Power Behind the Throne.

• Finally, if you’re looking for a point of entry for a The Old World watch-it-played video series, Glory of Golden State Gaming kicked their latest season off this week!

Coming Attractions

Here’s a list of the known upcoming physical releases 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.

Undated (and now Uncertain)

• Necromunda Roleplay Core Set

Shipping Q3

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

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

Shipping Q4

• Temple of Spite (Q4)

Shipping Spring 2027

• Fifth Edition: Core Rulebook (standard hardcover)

• Fifth Edition: Core Rulebook (collector’s edition)

• Fifth Edition: Character Sheets

• Fifth Edition: Reikland Dice Set

• Fifth Edition: Monsters & Adversaries Deck

• Fifth Edition: Conditions & Injuries Deck

Shipping 2027

• Sylvania: The Cursed County

• Wrecker’s Point

• Fifth Edition: Reikland Map

Shipping Q4

• Starter Set (Sept/Oct)

• Gamemaster’s Screen (Sept/Oct)

Shipping 2027

• Talagaad Adventures

Shipping Q1

• Champions of Chaos: Dark Gifts Card Pack (Q1)

• Champions of Chaos: Spells Lore Card Pack (Q1)

• Champions of Chaos: Artefacts & Wargear Card Pack (Q1)

• Champions of Chaos: Core Rulebook (Standard and Collector’s Edition) (Q1)

• Champions of Chaos: Bloodwind Spoil Map (Q1)

Shipping Q3

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

Shipping Q1 2027

• Champions of Chaos: Carngrad Adventures

Undated

• (Nothing at this time)

Shipping Q3

• Macharian Sector Map (September 2026)

Shipping Q4

• Adeptus Mechanicus Collector’s Edition

• Adeptus Mechanicus Player’s Guide

• Adeptus Mechanicus Gamemaster’s Guide

• Adeptus Mechanicus Character Sheet Pad (Q4)

Shipping Spring 2027

• Macharian Adversary Guide

Undated

• (Nothing at this time)

Thanks for reading this week, and happy gaming!

The term “Friday news dump” refers to the practice of releasing unpleasant, unfavorable, or potentially controversial news items to the public towards the end of the day on Fridays. Also popularized as “Take Out the Trash Day” on The West Wing, the thought is that journalists wrapping up their week- and everyday folks already focusing on the weekend- have little appetite for a breaking news story.

Now I’m not so cynical as to suggest Cubicle 7 Games was actually employing this tactic last week, but I did take a moment’s amusement that there was indeed an end-of-week mea culpa posted on their blog, entitled Production Update: Your maps are on the way, and more production updates are too.

So let’s dive in!

Gleaming the Cube

First off, let’s start with a tip of the cap to them for even posting something like this in the first place. This kind of vulnerability can’t be easy- especially while questions continue to linger around the missed deliverables on the Horus Heresy RPG- but there is no substitute for communication and transparency when attempting to restore the faith of frustrated or disillusioned customers.

To me, Cubicle 7 has long been “the little engine that could” with a cheeky dash of “fake it ‘til you make it.” They seem to run a very lean operation, with the lion’s share of talent being concentrated in product design and development. Marketing and fulfillment seem much lower on the list.

While being gamers first and businesspeople second isn’t necessarily a bad place to be, from TSR1 to Palladium, Chaosium to West End Games the annals of gaming history are filled with cautionary tales around the pitfalls of this approach.

Well, that bill has come due.

This is undeniably true. Customer service inquiries- even simple informational ones- have experienced considerable delays. In recent months I’ve had two exchanges myself.

On 18 May I emailed Cubicle 7 after receiving duplicate physical items in my Warhammer: The Old World RPG shipment. “I suspect mailing them back from the US would be absurdly costly,” I said, “but I'll let you all make that call.” As an alternate solution, I offered to give them away.

Two days later, I received a response. “Thank you for reaching out,” it read in part, “we really appreciate you letting us know about the duplicate order. Please know it was a mistake, and we would greatly appreciate your co-operation in finding a solution to this.”

So far so good, but after reiterating my willingness to give them away it seemed to fall off their radar. I followed up three weeks later, advising that if I didn’t hear back within 48 hours I would proceed with the giveaway. I didn’t get a response, so I gave them away on 09 June.

Funnily enough, a week later I heard back. “The team has decided not to retrieve them, so all good!”

Then last month I had a question about my preorder for the Warhammer Fantasy Roleplay 5th Edition. The initial outreach was on the 4th, I followed up on the 9th, and had my question answered… on the 20th.

To be clear, none of this impacts my enjoyment and appreciation of the company’s products, nor my willingness to continue to give them my custom. As “the little engine that could,” I recognize they’re understaffed on the service end due to focusing their resources on new product development, and it wouldn’t surprise me one bit to learn that Dominic McDowall himself is logging in to help work some of the backlog over afternoon tea.

But it’s clearly an opportunity for improvement.

This is terrific. As someone who writes weekly product updates for three different product lines (Warhammer’s Black Library, Cubicle 7’s Warhammer RPG’s, and Factory Fortress’s Trench Crusade), I must by necessity keep my fingers firmly on the pulse of their corporate communications.

Of the three, Cubicle 7 has the most work to do here. As we recently saw with the Sylvania: The Cursed County, communications feed product expectations, and product expectations directly impact consumer reception. When what appeared to be one book was instead actualized as three, the reception of that first book suffered as a result.

But for all that, Sylvania’s communications were still significantly better than the Horus Heresy RPG.

For all intents and purposes, the game remains MIA. What little information or acknowledgment we’ve received about the game has come not from official communications, but rather from McDowall mentioning it (or being asked about it) at various game conventions (such as Gen Con or Pyrkon).

A month ago, I engaged in a fun little thought exercise called, “If I Were Dom for a Day.” Amongst the improvements I focused on was in the realm of company communications, recommending that the leads for each of the six Warhammer RPG lines (WFRP, The Old World, Soulbound, Wrath & Glory, Imperium Maledictum, and Horus Heresy) provide rolling, public-facing updates a minimum of once every six weeks. This would allow a steady drumbeat of content that could be dripped out through weekly Cubicle 7 blog updates.

Each game would have an update at least once every six weeks, or about nine updates throughout the year. With quality content, the regularity would start to build a steady base of anticipation (such as the kind Games Workshop enjoys with its Preview shows or Warhammer Community reveals) that will keep players more engaged with both the games as well as the company itself.

That seems an easy layup, but we’ll have to see what Cubicle 7 comes up with in the next few weeks.

And if you need a hand, Dom, hit me up! I’d welcome the gig.

The post from Cubicle 7 sparked some interesting discussion over on Reddit, with this post from u/Magallian standing out in particular as being an excellent take:

u/Magallian certainly echoes my concern that the company is lopsidedly game-heavy and business-light (again, talking about their infrastructure here, not their acumen. They didn’t land these licenses by accident). Remember, Cubicle 7 is no fly-by-night operation but rather one that cracked the upper 20% of the Financial Times/Statista FT list of 1000 fastest-growing companies in Europe.

This is as good a time as any to start bringing that infrastructure up to the same level as the product. This week’s post from Cubicle 7 is a great first step in the right direction.

Adventures in Gilead Ships

I received my notification this week that the physical copy of Wrath & Glory’s Adventures in Gilead shipped this week.

If you’ve been waiting to get your hands on the book in paper, well, it looks like the wait is over!

Getting By with a Little Help from His Friends

It’s not often you’ll find a feature I can put in all three of the Weeklies here on the Wordforge, but the news this week about an upcoming campaign to help artist Karl Kopinski certainly hits the trifecta. That shows the incredible reach and influence he’s had over the length of his career.

Beyond being a studio illustrator for Games Workshop from 1998-2005, Kopinski’s art was a mainstay in the Black Library’s foundational Inferno! magazine, helping bring the worlds of Warhammer to visual life each month. His work also has graced role-playing game books from Rogue Trader’s Lure of the Expanse to Deathwatch’s Mark of the Xenos, and he’s illustrated more than two hundred Magic: the Gathering cards over the years.

Sadly, Kopinski’s health in recent years has been deteriorating. He’s been battling myeloma for several years before strokes and a heart attack left him unable to work for a time, and the road to recovery has been long and difficult.

Now, Factory Fortress is spearheading a campaign to help. “Karl is my friend as well as my housemate during my GW days,” noted Tuomas Pironen, “so I am so glad we can help him and his family.”

Joining them is MyMiniFactory and a large roster of contributing STL creators for a campaign that is preparing to launch. Amongst the other goodies you can receive in return for your support is a brand-new and exclusive Trench Crusade model, making this one of the best kinds of offers: one where you can do well by doing good.

Our Giveaway Winner!

Last week we kicked off the latest2 giveaway on the RPG side of the site, a gorgeous Collector’s Edition of the Imperium Maledictum Inquisition Guides. To enter, subscribers just needed to leave a comment answering this question:

We received some terrific responses! Ordo Xenos was by miles the most common option:

Ordo Malleus got a nod from one lover of epicurean delights:

While Hereticus was also represented…

Finally, Mark Nold gave me a good laugh:

Sadly, there’s only one prize to give out, so harnessing the powers of Tzeentch Random.org, we arrive at… Fraser Valley Tabletop Games! Congrats, Fraser Valley, make sure to check your Messages so we’ll know where to send it.

More Kibbles! More Bits!

One of the perks of ordering physical books from Cubicle 7 directly online is that you immediately get sent a PDF file of the book for free. Indeed, when you preorder unreleased books that’s the only way you’ll have to access that content for awhile, given the lag time between preorder windows and physical delivery.

Thanks to C7’s social media rep I learned about the Bits and Mortar program this week and wanted to make sure to spread the word. In this program, participating retailers can offer their customers the same deal. Buy, say, the Imperium Maledictum Core Rulebook at your Friendly Local Game Store (FLGS), and not only do you walk out with the book tucked under your arm but you also get a code for the PDF.

You can use their retailer locator to see if your FLGS is in the network. If it’s not, it might be a good conversation to have with them!

RPG Bestsellers

Warhammer RPG Titles in the Top 200:

• #2 (-1) Warhammer Fantasy Roleplay: Fifth Edition Core Rulebook

• #4 (-2) Imperium Maledictum: Macharian Adversary Guide

• #81 (-1). Warhammer Fantasy Roleplay: Sylvania: The Cursed County

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

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

Total Books in Top 200: 5 (+1)

Well, it was an incredible run, but all good things must come to an end. This week saw Cubicle 7’s stranglehold on the top of the table slip- though it didn’t slip much! WFRP and Imperium Maledictum’s most recent releases are still holding in the top five, Sylvania barely moved, and IM’s Core Rulebook saw a nice bump bring it back within the Top 200!

ICYMI

• Jacek Miloszewski announced that Hammergen, his free Warhammer Fantasy Roleplay character generator, had been updated and was now 5th Edition compatible. Not only that, but there was a number of other quality-of-life improvements as well!

• Careless Conjuration’s running series The GM’s Guide to the Enemy Within dropped its latest this week, covering some odds and ends as we pause after Death on the Reik.

• Over at It Always Rains in Nuln, they reviewed Monuments of the Reikland. This WFRP 4th Edition supplement showcases five unique and unusual statues that can add some unexpected spice to any campaign.

Coming Attractions

Here’s a list of the known upcoming physical releases 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.

Undated (and now Uncertain)

• Necromunda Roleplay Core Set

Shipping Q3

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

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

Shipping Q4

• Temple of Spite (Q4)

Shipping Spring 2027

• Fifth Edition: Core Rulebook (standard hardcover)

• Fifth Edition: Core Rulebook (collector’s edition)

• Fifth Edition: Character Sheets

• Fifth Edition: Reikland Dice Set

• Fifth Edition: Monsters & Adversaries Deck

• Fifth Edition: Conditions & Injuries Deck

• Fifth Edition: Reikland Map

Shipping 2027

• Sylvania: The Cursed County

• Wrecker’s Point

Shipping Q4

• Starter Set (Q4)

• Gamemaster’s Screen (Q4)

Shipping 2027

• Talagaad Adventures

Shipping Q1

• Champions of Chaos: Dark Gifts Card Pack (Q1)

• Champions of Chaos: Spells Lore Card Pack (Q1)

• Champions of Chaos: Artefacts & Wargear Card Pack (Q1)

• Champions of Chaos: Core Rulebook (Standard and Collector’s Edition) (Q1)

• Champions of Chaos: Bloodwind Spoil Map (Q1)

Shipping Q3

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

Shipping Q1 2027

• Champions of Chaos: Carngrad Adventures

Undated

• (Nothing at this time)

Undated

• Macharian Adversary Guide

Shipping Q3

• Macharian Sector Map (July 2026)

Shipping Q4

• Adeptus Mechanicus Collector’s Edition

• Adeptus Mechanicus Player’s Guide

• Adeptus Mechanicus Gamemaster’s Guide

• Adeptus Mechanicus Character Sheet Pad (Q4)

Undated

• (Nothing at this time)

Thanks for reading this week, and happy gaming!

Ahh, Necromunda Roleplaying, we hardly knew ye.

While Cubicle 7 was resting after a big news week last week, thanks to the release of Imperium Maledictum’s Macharian Adversary Guide (in PDF) and announcement of Wrecker’s Point for Warhammer Fantasy Roleplay, it turns out that Games Workshop hit a bit of a stumble that didn’t go unnoticed.

Certainly we were all taken by surprise when they’d announced the Necromunda Roleplay as part of the Big Autumn Preview Show three weeks ago. After all, it’s been Cubicle 7’s license for nearly a decade now, and an in-house RPG wasn’t likely on anyone’s bingo card for 2026.

But this week, some eagle-eyed folks noticed something curious: Necromunda Roleplaying had been quietly scuppered.

No official announcements of delay, no updates… just a bit of sleight of hand making (almost) all traces of it vanish like they’d never existed.

Travis Pasch of Spikey Bits did a terrific job compiling the evidence this week, noting where it had been scrubbed from and- notably- one place they’d missed. In Pasch’s view, there are several possible reasons for the quite removal. It could be that the product itself has seen changes, or that it’s been handed a significant delay. Less likely (but still possible) reasons could be that it’s been canceled altogether, or that a red flag was thrown at the last moment by legal with regards to Cubicle 7’s licensing agreement.

If Cubicle 7 knows anything, they’re certainly not saying:

Andy at Medicore Hobbies had what I thought was an excellent take on the matter. Acknowledging the possibility of a contractual dispute between Games Workshop and Cubicle 7 over the degree to which the latter has exclusivity over the development of role-playing game products for Warhammer, he also correctly observes that if it is a contractual dispute, Cubicle 7 must tread carefully.

If the Necromunda RPG has made it all the way to a Preview Show, that likely indicated an imminent release. After all, they showed off the whole box and it looked ship-ready, from the printed rulebook and character sheet to the host of included miniatures. This was a product at the end of its design and development cycle, with a handoff to marketing. One imagines the sunk cost here to be fairly significant, and not something Games Workshop would be cavalier in discarding.

But stranger things have happened. We’ll continue to monitor the situation and see how it develops.

An RPG Giveaway!

Here’s a quick story about Cubicle 7’s customer service. Awhile back I preordered the Imperium Maledictum’s Collector’s Edition of the Inquisition Guides. When it came time for physical fulfillment, mine arrived with some very modest shipping damage in the lower corner. Ordinarily I’d shrug and move on, but because I’d bought these intending to incorporate them in my Black Library Museum, I was compelled to reach out and let them know there’d been some damage.

To their tremendous credit, they immediately shipped me a replacement, zero hassle. Didn’t even ask me to return the damaged one, so I’ve held onto it.

And now I’m giving it away!

To enter, you need only to be a Subscriber to the Wordforge (it’s free!), and leave a comment answering the following question:

Something light and fun, folks, don’t feel like you have to write some flash fiction for Cold Open Stories here.

Next week I’ll pick an entry at random to be our lucky winner! Contest is open to readers wherever they happen to be in the world, in appreciation for your continued support. (And if you enjoy contests and the Black Library, a reminder that I’m also running a book giveaway here.)

Best of luck to all!

RPG Bestsellers

Warhammer RPG Titles in the Top 200:

• #1 ( - ) Warhammer Fantasy Roleplay: Fifth Edition Core Rulebook

• #2 ( - ) Imperium Maledictum: Macharian Adversary Guide

• #80 (-22). Warhammer Fantasy Roleplay: Sylvania: The Cursed County

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

Total Books in Top 200: 4 ( -)

While Sylvania and the Wrath & Glory Core Rulebook continue their steady but predictable decline in the charts, Cubicle 7 once again has a lock at the top. I’m not entirely surprised about the Fifth Edition Core Rulebook- I’d expected we’d see a slight dip by now- but I’m loving the strong enthusiasm for the Macharian Adversary Guide.

It’s good to be the king, eh?

ICYMI

• Careless Conjuration’s running series The GM’s Guide to the Enemy Within dropped its latest this week, covering the coda in Chapter 8. “The end is approaching – the end of Death on the Reik! But instead of ending on a bang, DotR ends with a confusing, and perhaps unnecessary, coda, aiming to set up the next volume Power Behind the Throne. Should you bother with chapter 8 at all?”

• Meanwhile, Zekiel at Ill Met by Morrslieb had a terrific thoughtpiece drop this week which re-examines the purpose and value of the Chaos pantheon of deities from a decidedly WFRP-centered perspective. Well worth a read!

• Dungeons & Dyslexia had a video review go out this week of the new Imperium Maledictum Macharian Adversary Guide, calling it a “must buy!”

• In a review shared on Facebook (and translated from the original Hungarian), Balázs Auer on the other hand had a more moderate look. “Not revolutionary, but it knows exactly what its job is and reliably delivers.”

• Finally, u/Ok_Topic5636 shared an updated, free Age of Sigmar Soulbound character creator! The new updates and link to the tool can be found here.

Coming Attractions

Here’s a list of the known upcoming physical releases 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.

Undated (and now Uncertain)

• Necromunda Roleplay Core Set

Shipping Q3

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

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

Shipping Q4

• Temple of Spite (Q4)

Shipping Spring 2027

• Fifth Edition: Core Rulebook (standard hardcover)

• Fifth Edition: Core Rulebook (collector’s edition)

• Fifth Edition: Character Sheets

• Fifth Edition: Reikland Dice Set

• Fifth Edition: Monsters & Adversaries Deck

• Fifth Edition: Conditions & Injuries Deck

• Fifth Edition: Reikland Map

Shipping 2027

• Sylvania: The Cursed County

• Wrecker’s Point

Shipping Q4

• Starter Set (Q4)

• Gamemaster’s Screen (Q4)

Shipping 2027

• Talagaad Adventures

Shipping Q1

• Champions of Chaos: Dark Gifts Card Pack (Q1)

• Champions of Chaos: Spells Lore Card Pack (Q1)

• Champions of Chaos: Artefacts & Wargear Card Pack (Q1)

• Champions of Chaos: Core Rulebook (Standard and Collector’s Edition) (Q1)

• Champions of Chaos: Bloodwind Spoil Map (Q1)

Shipping Q3

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

Shipping Q1 2027

• Champions of Chaos: Carngrad Adventures

Shipping Q4

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

Undated

• Macharian Adversary Guide

Shipping Q3

• Macharian Sector Map (July 2026)

Shipping Q4

• Adeptus Mechanicus Collector’s Edition

• Adeptus Mechanicus Player’s Guide

• Adeptus Mechanicus Gamemaster’s Guide

• Adeptus Mechanicus Character Sheet Pad (Q4)

Undated

• (Nothing at this time)

Thanks for reading this week, and happy gaming!

Well, I couldn’t have scripted this better if I tried, could I.

Just last week I was talking about catching our breath after the recent reveals of the Macharian Adversary Guide for Imperium Maledictum and the announcement of Warhammer Necromunda Roleplay. And now, one week on and having had a chance to digest all that, here comes another entree!

Cubicle 7 Games revealed this week the next supplement for Warhammer Fantasy Roleplay, which is still basking in the glow of the 5th Edition release. Wrecker’s Point is both sourcebook and adventure, set on a remote headland nestled between the Sea of Claws, Laurelorn Forest, and marshy Wasteland to the west.

Community response to the announcement has naturally invoked some of the frustrations with Sylvania: The Cursed Country, mainly that what appeared to be a single supplement had been split into three releases without enough player-facing content in the first installment.

There was also the question of whether or not this was considered a 4th Edition or 5th Edition.

This… seems to indicate that Wrecker’s Point may be similar to Temple of Spite, being a 4th Edition release that is easily ported to 5th. But attempts to clarify that were curiously circumspect:

Just to throw some context in for that first sentence, there was also a question as to whether or not this was WFRP or The Old World. But this response mirrors the somewhat indirect manner of the earlier one.

All the same, having another announced release is always going to be exciting, and reviews and deep dives will certainly commence once the preorder window opens and the PDF becomes available.

Dead Air

I tuned in to the Big Autumn Preview Show Q&A today to see if there would be any questions around the Necromunda RPG to share, aaand… unfortunately there weren’t.

There were questions around the new paint line (Tone Pro), whether or not there would be any more Codexis released in 2026 (there won’t be), and some lore questions around the Khazalite Holds faction, but alas we’ll have to continue to wait for more information about the game.

But hey, if your only interest was the RPG, then I’ve saved you twenty minutes, so there’s that!

RPG Bestsellers

Warhammer RPG Titles in the Top 200:

• #1 ( - ) Warhammer Fantasy Roleplay: Fifth Edition Core Rulebook

• #2 ( - ) Imperium Maledictum: Macharian Adversary Guide

• #58 (-9). Warhammer Fantasy Roleplay: Sylvania: The Cursed County

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

Total Books in Top 200: 4 (-1)

A slight shrinking of Cubicle 7’s footprint on the top 200, but when you’ve got the top two best-selling titles this week that more than makes up for it. Interest in WFRP’s 5th Edition clearly remains high, and I was pleasantly surprised to see the Macharian Adversary Guide almost bury the needle as well.

Long may it last!

ICYMI

• Wondering what’s inside the Macharian Adversary Guide? Dan “Bad GM” Cole of the Professional Casuals has a review up!

• Careless Conjuration’s running series The GM’s Guide to the Enemy Within dropped its latest this week, covering the “funhouse dungeon” elements of the Inner Bailey of Castle Wittgenstein in Chapter 7 of Death on the Reik.

• It Always Rains in Nuln dove into The Warband of Bayl of Many Eyes, a “perfect example of a game add-on done (mostly) right.”

• Meanwhile, Ill Met by Morrslieb had a deep WFRP review this week as well, looking over the Tome of Corruption from 2nd Edition.

Coming Attractions

Here’s a list of the known upcoming physical releases 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.

Undated

• Necromunda Roleplay Core Set

Shipping Q3

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

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

Shipping Q4

• Temple of Spite (Q4)

Shipping Spring 2027

• Fifth Edition: Core Rulebook (standard hardcover)

• Fifth Edition: Core Rulebook (collector’s edition)

• Fifth Edition: Character Sheets

• Fifth Edition: Reikland Dice Set

• Fifth Edition: Monsters & Adversaries Deck

• Fifth Edition: Conditions & Injuries Deck

• Fifth Edition: Reikland Map

Shipping 2027

• Sylvania: The Cursed County

• Wrecker’s Point

Shipping Q4

• Starter Set (Q4)

• Gamemaster’s Screen (Q4)

Shipping 2027

• Talagaad Adventures

Shipping Q1

• Champions of Chaos: Dark Gifts Card Pack (Q1)

• Champions of Chaos: Spells Lore Card Pack (Q1)

• Champions of Chaos: Artefacts & Wargear Card Pack (Q1)

• Champions of Chaos: Core Rulebook (Standard and Collector’s Edition) (Q1)

• Champions of Chaos: Bloodwind Spoil Map (Q1)

Shipping Q3

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

Shipping Q1 2027

• Champions of Chaos: Carngrad Adventures

Shipping Q4

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

Undated

• Macharian Adversary Guide

Shipping Q3

• Macharian Sector Map (July 2026)

Shipping Q4

• Adeptus Mechanicus Collector’s Edition

• Adeptus Mechanicus Player’s Guide

• Adeptus Mechanicus Gamemaster’s Guide

• Adeptus Mechanicus Character Sheet Pad (Q4)

Undated

• (Nothing at this time)

Thanks for reading this week, and happy gaming!

Sometimes after a large meal it’s good to take a little time to digest, and boy last week did we eat good.

For starters, the announcement of a new release from Cubicle 7 Games is always cause for excitement, and Imperium Maledictum GM’s in particular are already salivating over getting their hands on the Macharian Adversary Guide. Bestiaries are always popular offerings for any RPG, showcasing the myriad ways the world can menace and threaten its adventurers, and this should add a host of options to IM games.

Not only that, but there will finally be stats for Space Marines, and in the already-lethal Imperium Maledictum ruleset it’s hard to imagine foes much more intimidating than that. The players’ world is about to get much, much more perilous.

Meanwhile, the biggest news of the week continues to be the surprise reveal at the Big Autumn Preview of Warhammer Necromunda Roleplay.

Wargame Portal had a very solid breakdown of the reveals and what we know so far about the game, and general consensus seems to be leaning towards this being a full TTRPG release rather than just a board game with fleshed-out character persistence and skillup options across a chain of pre-made scenarios.

One of the most interesting choices from Games Workshop here is to package the release with miniatures- there are eighteen in the core Necromunda Roleplay box, all of them completely new. That makes it not only a product of interest to the RPG segment, but also Necromunda Skirmish players as well. Given that it also raises the barrier to entry for the game, I would expect that the rulebook will be available separately after the launch box’s initial release at some point.

Next, let’s see what else has been going on this week in the world of Warhammer roleplaying!

Power By the People

It’s always great to see the RPG community bend their talents towards improving the experience of the games they love for others, and this week two different RPG apps made their debut.

WFRP adventures and campaigns databases

So noted u/GrimDragonStudio this week in r/warhammerfantasyrpg, and it’s a problem common to all such forums. Helpful content posted by the community settles to the bottom like sediment, driven down by the content that follows.

To allow for a more persistent and accessible body of knowledge, they built a pair of databases (one for campaigns, and the other for single adventures). Each collects some basic info about the adventures and integrates community feedback to help GM’s find the right material for their table!

An Imperium Maledictum companion

A funny thing happened to u/Independent_Cookie this week, as related in the r/ImperiumMaledictum Subreddit. They’d been working on an unofficial companion app for their IM games when one day they experienced a sudden surge in traffic.

Turns out, someone else in the Subreddit had discovered it entirely by accident, then shared their find with the entire sub. “So,” they noted, “I guess this is the slightly-accelerated public beta!”

You can find the app here, and while still a work in progress it already has a number of features available for use including a rules-aware armory and persistent operative dossiers. Well worth a look!

RPG Bestsellers

Warhammer RPG Titles in the Top 200:

• #1 ( - ) Warhammer Fantasy Roleplay: Fifth Edition Core Rulebook

• #49 (-33). Warhammer Fantasy Roleplay: Sylvania: The Cursed County

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

• #148 (-13). Wrath & Glory: Lex Imperialis

• #118 (-18). Imperium Maledictum: Core Rulebook

Total Books in Top 200: 5 (-2)

The two Polish translations we saw appear on the chart last week have dropped off, which isn’t terribly surprising; the Spanish ones we saw a few weeks ago didn’t linger long either. But overall, it was a week of predictable slippage for most Warhammer RPG books save one, and that’s the biggest chart news of the week. The Fifth Edition of WFRP is still holding firm at the top, and it will be exciting to see how long it manages to remain king of the mountain!

ICYMI

• Careless Conjuration’s running series The GM’s Guide to the Enemy Within dropped its latest this week, covering Chapter 7 of Death on the Reik.

• Not new, but new to me this week was a nice overview of the Imperium Maledictum Inquisition Player’s Guide by the wonderfully-named Reviews from R’lyeh!

• Finally, this is the last week to enter Cubicle 7’s giveaway for a Collector’s Edition set of The Enemy Within. Best of luck!

Coming Attractions

Here’s a list of the known upcoming physical releases 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.

Undated

• Necromunda Roleplay Core Set

Shipping Q3

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

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

Shipping Q4

• Temple of Spite (Q4)

Shipping Spring 2027

• Fifth Edition: Core Rulebook (standard hardcover)

• Fifth Edition: Core Rulebook (collector’s edition)

• Fifth Edition: Character Sheets

• Fifth Edition: Reikland Dice Set

• Fifth Edition: Monsters & Adversaries Deck

• Fifth Edition: Conditions & Injuries Deck

• Fifth Edition: Reikland Map

Shipping 2027

• Sylvania: The Cursed County

Shipping Q4

• Starter Set (Q4)

• Gamemaster’s Screen (Q4)

Shipping 2027

• Talagaad Adventures

Shipping Q1

• Champions of Chaos: Dark Gifts Card Pack (Q1)

• Champions of Chaos: Spells Lore Card Pack (Q1)

• Champions of Chaos: Artefacts & Wargear Card Pack (Q1)

• Champions of Chaos: Core Rulebook (Standard and Collector’s Edition) (Q1)

• Champions of Chaos: Bloodwind Spoil Map (Q1)

Shipping Q3

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

Shipping Q1 2027

• Champions of Chaos: Carngrad Adventures

Shipping Q4

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

Undated

• Macharian Adversary Guide

Shipping Q3

• Macharian Sector Map (July 2026)

Shipping Q4

• Adeptus Mechanicus Collector’s Edition

• Adeptus Mechanicus Player’s Guide

• Adeptus Mechanicus Gamemaster’s Guide

• Adeptus Mechanicus Character Sheet Pad (Q4)

Undated

• (Nothing at this time)

Thanks for reading this week, and happy gaming!

While there’s probably a reasonable case to be made for overextension of resources, the nice thing about Cubicle 7 Games having six1 different Warhammer game lines is that there’s always something new to talk about.

I sometimes like to put on my thinking cap and play, “If I Were Dom2 for a Day,” seeing what I might change up at the company. One of the things I would do would be to start a weekly Product Update article, let’s say on Wednesdays, which would ensure a steady drumbeat of anticipation on the website’s blog.

There’s content there currently, but it’s irregularly-paced. You can get two articles in a week, for instance, or only one piece in two weeks; it’s just whatever they feel like releasing. This way, fans of Warhammer RPG’s would know to check in each Wednesday to see something new or upcoming.

Games Workshop has a mixed handle on this. The Sunday Preview is the crown jewel, something many of us look forward to reading each week. That’s terrific for generating anticipation amongst the consumers, but it sort of tapers off a bit from there. Since I cover the Black Library beat very closely here, I’m always excited to see new book announcements- but they’re as random as anything else. And when things are random, it’s harder to build up much excitement for them.

Now, with my Dom for a Day hat still on, I’d then connect with each of the six product leads and ask them to provide a substantive, public-facing update on their line (at least) once every six weeks. This would form the core of the steady content, covering a fairly broad range from a preview of an upcoming product to a designer interview, or even, as we had this week, a new product announcement!

The Quality of One’s Enemies

With the 5th Edition of Warhammer Fantasy Roleplay still top of mind, we’ve got a new cover reveal for Imperium Maledictum! The Macharian Adversary Guide serves as a follow-up to last year’s Macharian Requisition Guide, and will greatly flesh out the GM’s stock of opponents to throw at the players as they try to uncover dark mysteries on behalf of their patron.

One common concern about the Imperium Maledictum’s base game you see expressed in the community is regarding the range of “starter enemies” included in the core ruleset. This is, admittedly, a fairly universal grievance; RPG’s with a robust bestiary good for fueling loads of early adventures has tended to be the exception more than the norm in my experience.

Not only that, but the new book promises also to bring ‘Champion Role’ enemies, allowing GM’s to bring Astartes of all sorts to the table.

No word yet on a release date, but it won’t be too much longer!

Breaking News from the Underhive

This afternoon saw the livestream of The Big Autumn Preview over on the mothership, and easily the biggest surprise for me was the announcement of Warhammer: Necromunda Roleplay!

With its tighter emphasis on narrative and character growth, Necromunda has always had something of a foot in two sides of the hobby, but this newest product promises to much deeper on the RPG aspect. More tactics-minded role-playing games like Pathfinder have long been popular options, and while it remains to be seen what the ultimate breakdown is between skirmish and role-playing components, its a very exciting reveal.

It’s also notable that this is an in-house design rather than something licensed, which tends to suggest it might not be a full RPG (though the Preview show mentioned the ability to create your own characters rather than being limited to pre-gens like a more traditional board game experience). If it is, that means that Games Workshop has produced its first inhouse RPG for the first time since it handed off the license to Fantasy Flight Games in 2008.

That said, it certainly sounds like it could be a full RPG:

Even though I don’t play the tabletop wargames, I still always make it a point to tune in to these Preview shows because you never know if you’re going to see something that grabs your attention. As noted earlier, Games Workshop is hit and miss when it comes to anticipation management, but here’s definitely one where they’re doing a solid job.

As a licensee, Cubicle 7 certainly benefits from the licensor company’s own efforts to raise brand awareness and engagement. In addition to the passive brand-building GW engages in as part of its core business model, but there’s also an annual “Relics” showcase of officially licensed merchandise that Cubicle 7 has featured in. That’s a fine start, but represents only the basest of groundwork operations. To truly thrive, any licensee needs to do the bulk of its heavy lifting itself.

To be clear, I don’t think Cubicle 7 is doing a bad job of that. But I’d love to see them elevate it to the next level, and begin actively cultivating a more regular audience for its updates and offerings.

More regular and steady product updates are a great place to start- and for relatively modest capital resource expenditure.

Right then, that’s enough MBA talk for one day, let’s see how those books are doing!

RPG Bestsellers

Warhammer RPG Titles in the Top 200:

• #1 (+1) Warhammer Fantasy Roleplay: Fifth Edition Core Rulebook

• #16 (+2). Warhammer Fantasy Roleplay: Sylvania: The Cursed County

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

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

• #135 (-21). Wrath & Glory: Lex Imperialis

• #161 ( - ). Warhammer The Old World: Gamemaster’s Guide (Polish)

• #167 (-19). Imperium Maledictum: Core Rulebook

Total Books in Top 200: 7 (+2)

Just like a recent drop of Spanish-langue translations made a nice little splash on the Top 200, so this week our friends in Poland have warmly responded to the release of the two core The Old World books. Wspaniały!

5th Edition reclaimed the top spot after dropping one last week, while Sylvania even managed to claw a couple spaces back as well. The other books have shown a predictable decline, which is the typical pattern we’ve seen as books flare up for one reason or another and then slip back down the charts.

ICYMI

• We’ve begun moving from the ‘early impressions’ stage to the deep-dive reviews for Warhammer Fantasy Roleplay’s 5th Edition, and kicking things off here is Zekiel’s piece for Ill Met by Morrslieb. “At the end of the day I like the 5th Edition rulebook,” he notes. “It succeeds in retaining the strengths of the 4e rulebook while addressing many of its weaknesses.” It’s a terifically in-depth look, and well worth a read!

• Jason Volk of TTRPG Fanatics also dropped his just today. Calling it “a step in the right direction, even if it is a small one,” he ultimately awards it a respectable 17 out of 20.

• If you’re still on the fence and the early reviews haven’t quite sway you, here’s one more reason to pull the trigger on 5th Edition. Cubicle 7 is giving away two complete sets of The Enemy Within Collector's Edition for any who buy any core 5th Edition product before 30 September. And if, like me, you’d already picked up your preorder, you’re automatically in!

• Careless Conjuration’s running series The GM’s Guide to the Enemy Within dropped its latest this week, with Death on the Reik reaching its climax!

• Finally, It Always Rains in Nuln had an update on making their library of fan-made Warhammer RPG product publicly available.

Coming Attractions

Here’s a list of the known upcoming physical 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.

Undated

• Necromunda Roleplay Core Set

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 Spring 2027

• Warhammer Fantasy Roleplay Fifth Edition: Core Rulebook (standard hardcover)

• Warhammer Fantasy Roleplay Fifth Edition: Core Rulebook (collector’s edition)

• Warhammer Fantasy Roleplay Fifth Edition: Character Sheets

• Warhammer Fantasy Roleplay Fifth Edition: Reikland Dice Set

• Warhammer Fantasy Roleplay Fifth Edition: Monsters & Adversaries Deck

• Warhammer Fantasy Roleplay Fifth Edition: Conditions & Injuries Deck

• Warhammer Fantasy Roleplay Fifth Edition: Reikland Map

Shipping 2027

• Sylvania: The Cursed County

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 Q4

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

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

• Warhammer 40,000 Roleplay, Imperium Maledictum: Adeptus Mechanicus Character Sheet Pad (Q4)

Undated

• (Nothing at this time)

Thanks for reading, and happy gaming!

Warhammer Fantasy Roleplay’s 5th Edition has landed on-scene, and a week in we’re beginning to see some early impressions and reviews start to percolate throughout the media ecosystem.

Cubicle 7 Games had promised from the jump that this wouldn’t be a complete reinvention of the system, but rather an iteration of it that would allow for backwards compatibility. With the rules now available in the wild, early impressions have naturally focused more on comparing the differences between the two rather than assessing it as an entirely separate entity.

Today we’ll take a look at a few excerpts from these first looks into the new game which, as we’ll see, continues to hold a strong position on the DriveThruRPG’s Top 200 sellers listings.

Careless Conjuration

Ill Met by Morrlieb

The Professional Casual

The Warhammer Fantasy Roleplay Subreddit

Finally, for those preferring a deep-dive video review Dungeons & Dyslexia has you covered this week.

Overall a lot of good first looks and impressions, with plenty more to coming in trhe days ahead as players both get a chance to examine it more closely- as well as put it into play at their table.

RPG Bestsellers

Warhammer RPG Titles in the Top 200:

• #2 (-1) Warhammer Fantasy Roleplay: Fifth Edition Core Rulebook

• #18 (-4). Warhammer Fantasy Roleplay: Sylvania: The Cursed County

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

• #114 (-26). Wrath & Glory: Lex Imperialis

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

Total Books in Top 200: 5 (-1)

With the Cosmere RPG hitting PDF this week, their offerings dominated the top ten. Still, it was nice to see the Fifth Edition Core Rulebook holding steady, and indeed at time of writing it appears to have reclaimed the summit1.

Talagaad Adventures slipped from the Top 200 this week, but most of the others remained relatively steady.

ICYMI

• Careless Conjuration’s series, GM’s Guide to the Enemy Within, covered Chapters 4-5 of the campaign. This series aims to make running the campaign smoother for GM’s, pulling together disjointed parts of the adventure as well as drawing on their own experience at having done so, and makes for very interesting reading.

• Awesome Lies, meanwhile, posted some bonus content shared by Salzenmund: City of Salt and Silver author Simon Wileman: the plans for Salzenmund Castle!

• Miniature Realms took a dive into the worldbuilding side of things, asking “is the new lore working?”

• Finally, more broadly RPG related is this piece from Nerd Ogre I found interesting, which examines the cost of RPG PDF’s.

Coming Attractions

Here’s a list of the known upcoming physical 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.

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 Spring 2027

• Warhammer Fantasy Roleplay Fifth Edition: Core Rulebook (standard hardcover)

• Warhammer Fantasy Roleplay Fifth Edition: Core Rulebook (collector’s edition)

• Warhammer Fantasy Roleplay Fifth Edition: Character Sheets

• Warhammer Fantasy Roleplay Fifth Edition: Reikland Dice Set

• Warhammer Fantasy Roleplay Fifth Edition: Monsters & Adversaries Deck

• Warhammer Fantasy Roleplay Fifth Edition: Conditions & Injuries Deck

• Warhammer Fantasy Roleplay Fifth Edition: Reikland Map

Shipping 2027

• Sylvania: The Cursed County

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 Q4

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

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

• Warhammer 40,000 Roleplay, Imperium Maledictum: Adeptus Mechanicus Character Sheet Pad (Q4)

Undated

• (Nothing at this time)

Thanks for reading, and happy gaming!

With just a few weeks to spare, Cubicle 7 Games has kept its promise for the release of Warhammer Fantasy Roleplay’s 5th Edition, and the PDF versions are now in the wild!

The appetite for the release is certainly there- as we’ll see in a moment the title shot to the top of the DriveThruRPG’s Top 200 sellers. How many of these were PDF orders versus preorders of the physical product is impossible for us to know, but the pricing model hews fairly close to the x → 2x → 4x formula for digital, standard hardcover, and collector’s edition.

The collector’s edition (pictured above) is beautiful. You can say what you want about their level of editing (and many do1), but the design department holds to a consistent standard of excellence. It’s surely not chance that C7’s ENNIE Award this year was won in the Best Layout and Design category.

In my occasional series here, Black Library Bibliophiles, I’ve looked at different ways to decorate your library with things from Warhammer coins to JOYTOY helmets, and attractively-designed RPG books certainly can add flair to any library.

As for what’s inside the book, we’re already just starting to see community comparisons and dialogue with more features, videos, and articles sure to come!

A Bundle of Fun

C7 is once again putting together bundle deals for the game’s launch, as it has done with past titles. The “Karl Franz” is the top tier, a “give me one of everything” collection that knocks 10% off the price of buying everything individually. Then there’s the “Reikland” bundle (the collector’s edition only and all the extras), and the “Free Company” which does the same but with the standard edition, not collector’s.

It’s worth noting that based on past performance, maps (such as the Reikland one offered here) tend to be fulfilled and shipped separately from the other physical goods. This isn’t necessarily a bad thing, since they are rolled and shipped in tubes- much preferable than folded for those that like to frame and display their maps.

Fulfillment for all physical items is expected to be Spring of next year.

RPG Bestsellers

Warhammer RPG Titles in the Top 200:

• #1 ( - ) Warhammer Fantasy Roleplay: Fifth Edition Core Rulebook

• #14 ( +0 ). Warhammer Fantasy Roleplay: Sylvania: The Cursed County

• #88 (-21). Wrath & Glory: Lex Imperialis

• #93 (+6). Wrath & Glory: Core Rulebook

• #142 (+17). Imperium Maledictum: Core Rulebook

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

Total Books in Top 200: 6 (-1)

As noted earlier, this week saw the Fifth Edition rocket to the top of the charts. That’s thrilling news, though absent any actual data beyond relative chart position it’s impossible to know the degree of good. Sylvania: The Cursed County held strong at #14, and we even saw a couple of chart improvements in the Warhammer 40K Core Rulebooks. The Emperor provides!

ICYMI

• Careless Conjuration’s series, GM’s Guide to the Enemy Within, kept apace with an under-the-hood look at running Chapter 3 of the Enemy Within campaign.

• With WFRP’s Fifth Edition now available, here’s Ill Met by Morrslieb with a first impressions piece for the new book!

Coming Attractions

Here’s a list of the known upcoming physical 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.

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 Spring 2027

• Warhammer Fantasy Roleplay Fifth Edition: Core Rulebook (standard hardcover)

• Warhammer Fantasy Roleplay Fifth Edition: Core Rulebook (collector’s edition)

• Warhammer Fantasy Roleplay Fifth Edition: Character Sheets

• Warhammer Fantasy Roleplay Fifth Edition: Reikland Dice Set

• Warhammer Fantasy Roleplay Fifth Edition: Monsters & Adversaries Deck

• Warhammer Fantasy Roleplay Fifth Edition: Conditions & Injuries Deck

• Warhammer Fantasy Roleplay Fifth Edition: Reikland Map

Shipping 2027

• Sylvania: The Cursed Country

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 Q4

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

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

• Warhammer 40,000 Roleplay, Imperium Maledictum: Adeptus Mechanicus Character Sheet Pad (Q4)

Undated

• (Nothing at this time)

Thanks for reading! If you found this week’s Warhammer RPG Weekly useful or interesting, might I ask that you kindly consider sharing it with others who may as well?

One of my favorite things to do when traveling is to visit the local Warhammer store wherever I go. I do a fair amount of roving, mostly on account of my kids being hockey players in Kentucky. If you happen to be in Massachusetts or Minnesota, Michigan or New York you likely enjoy a fairly robust density of youth hockey teams in your area.

In Kentucky, your ass is hittin’ the road.

I always try to pick up a little something for myself on each of these visits. Whether it’s a Scribbus Wretch, The Tallyman mini in Cleveland or a massive Black Library shopping spree in Cincinnati (YottaQuest FTW), it’s fun to have my Black Library Museum decorated with little keepsakes and mementos from different parts of the country.

As some of you may know (especially those that also enjoy the Black Library content here), we’ve been spending a lot of time in Houston recently as a result of my wife being accepted for a clinical trial at MD Anderson. With the trial now concluded, we bid farewell to Texas by stopping in at the Warhammer Store & Cafe in Grapevine. North America’s flagship Warhammer store, it was definitely on my list of things to do here in Texas and this was the last chance I’d get.

I could easily have lost a few hours inside, but of course with the long drive to Louisville ahead of me I had to be economical with time. But it was a delight to see a store that so richly wore its heart and history on its sleeve. Boxes on the walls from different product releases from the game’s early days, museum-quality display shelves of miniatures and dioramas, and even some replica items housed away in an Inquisitorial display. With the gaming table area done up like an Astra Militarum base it was a LARPer’s dream.

I was saddened to see, though, that despite being the top store in North America, it’s role-playing stock was little better than my standard-issue-size store back in Louisville. I’d have taken a picture but there wasn’t much to see- three copies of the Soulbound Starter Set and a copy of the Elector Counts card game, stuck on a rack with the officially licensed hats and dress ties.

It was completely uninspired, and if that what you based your judgment and expectation of Warhammer role-playing on, you’d likely conclude that our part of the hobby was- at best- an afterthought.

It’s not as if officially licensed merchandise wasn’t prominently displayed there, as one whole wall was given over to another licensed partner, Warhammer Art. But alas, Cubicle 7 seems to get little love in the official retail space.

In fairness, I understand that Games Workshop mainly considers itself to be in the miniatures business, and with retail space tight in many of their locations they may be understandably reticent to devote precious space to something that, well, isn’t miniatures. But by the same token, there’s certainly some value in representing Warhammer as a broad property with many points of entry.

Given the rarity of coverage of Warhammer RPG’s on Warhammer Community, I’d argue this is more a company culture issue than a retail space issue. And to be abundantly clear, I’m not putting my disappointment on the very friendly Staff of the Grapevine store, either. They can only work with what they’ve been sent.

Rather, it feels like in licensing out production of the Warhammer role-playing games to another company, they’ve similarly offloaded the entire segment into the care of its own ecosystem (non-GW tabletop and board game stores).

Given how much IP Games Workshop churns out, this goes in the other direction as well. This was the focus behind my recent Bladeborn Goes Soulbound piece, crafting RPG assets from some of the underutilized creative work from GW. Expect more of this content ahead, and not just for Age of Sigmar.

I won’t boil this ocean today, but needless to say bridging the gap continues to be something that weighs on my mind. With that said, let’s get to the games!

RPG Bestsellers

Warhammer RPG Titles in the Top 200:

• #14 (-3). Warhammer Fantasy Roleplay: Sylvania: The Cursed County

• #67 (-10). Wrath & Glory: Lex Imperialis

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

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

• #134 ( - ). Warhammer Fantasy 4ª Edition: Guía de Juego: Enanos

• #159 (-13). Imperium Maledictum: Core Rulebook

• #174 ( - ). Warhammer Fantasy 4ª Edition: Señores de la Piedra y el Acero

Total Books in Top 200: 7 ( +1 )

• #192 ( - ): Warhammer Fantasy Roleplay 4th Edition: Core Rulebook

Sadly, we bid farewell to Warhammer Fantasy Roleplay 4th Edition’s Core Rulebook, which slipped off the table after climbing back on at #192. That said, it was interesting to see some WFRP 4th Edition translations from Devir chart today. The Spanish translations of both the Dwarf Player’s Guide as well as the Lords of Stone and Steel made their debuts, suggesting that either Dwarf characters suddenly became very popular with the Spanish-speaking community, or the translations hit the market this week. I’m guessing the latter.

ICYMI

• Interest in Imperium Maledictum seems to be growing, and Ill Met by Morrslieb took the opportunity to deliver a terrific review of the game’s Starter Set.

• Speaking of reviews, here’s a look at Warhammer: The Old World RPG by Nightharrow Gaming, too!

• Careless Conjuration resumed its terrific GM’s Guide to the Enemy Within series this week, pivoting next to kicking off Death on the Reik.

• This was an excellent piece from Miniature Realms this week on Warhammer: The Old World and its lack of support in the official house organs of Games Workshop. It’s focused on the tabletop, not the role-playing game, but the points about the opportunities for better support are worth considering for us on the RPG side as well. This is one reason why Codex Discordia (covered last week here) has been so intriguing!

• Not directly Warhammer related, but one piece on Substack I really enjoyed this week was this one by the legendary Monte Cook. Entitled For Every Right Way, There’s a Wrong Way, he talks about the law of unintended consequences in game design.

Coming Attractions

Here’s a list of the known upcoming physical 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.

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 Q4

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

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

• Warhammer 40,000 Roleplay, Imperium Maledictum: Adeptus Mechanicus Character Sheet Pad (Q4)

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It was another week of excitement for us data nerds, with some fascinating information coming to light from the Director of Events at Gen Con on the Discord for Buried Giant Studios. He shared a list he’d compiled of the top games that had “underserved demand” at this year’s convention, by which he meant you had players wanting to play these games but insufficient event capacity to accommodate them all.

Here’s the list, kindly posted on Reddit by u/johnny0neal on Reddit, with the RPG’s in boldface:

1. Dungeon Crawler Carl RPG

2. Dungeons & Dragons1

3. Call of Cthulhu

4. Dungeon Crawler Carl Unstoppable

5. Kingdom Death: Monster

6. Cosmere RPG

7. Daggerheart

8. One Piece Card Game

9. Pathfinder

10. Shadowdark

11. Delta Green

12. Dungeon Crawl Classics

13. Alien

14. Mistborn: The Deckbuilding Game

15. Draw Steel

16. Savage Worlds

17. Clank!

18. The One Ring

19. Vaesen

20. Lancer

21. Blades in the Dark

22. Mothership

23. Shadowrun

24. Starfinder

25. Vantage

26. SETI: Search for Extraterrestrial Intelligence

27. Arcs

28. Cypher: Old Gods of Appalachia

While interesting, the list is a bit difficult to properly contextualize. After all, there are a number of reasons that might contribute to “underserved demand.” The first and probably most obvious is popularity. Matt Dinniman’s Dungeon Crawler Carl property is having its moment right now, one that is sure to endure with the release up the upcoming television adaption. Not only that, but the game is currently in preorder, meaning this was the first chance most would have had to even play it.

This was surely the case for DCC2, which apparently had over a hundred scheduled games.

On the other hand, there’s surely a logistical component here too, given that games cannot run without proper coordination. Gaming tables require reservations, scheduling, and of course a sufficient quantity of GM’s to run each table.

If we imagine that Renegade Studios (DCC’s publisher) had managed to line up 150 tables, making sure everyone who wanted to play had a chance to, the game wouldn’t even make the list.

As a result, it’s difficult to know whether I should be disappointed or relieved to note the absence of any Warhammer RPG’s on the list, though I suspect not having enough tables to meet player demand could safely be filed under “nice problems to have.”

With the recent launch of Cubicle 7’s Warhammer: The Old World RPG, it’s difficult to get a sense of how the launch is going. C7 certainly will have their own internal metrics and benchmarks to gauge by, but for those of us out here in the general public we must try and figure all this out the hard way. This is one reason I’ve been tracking how Warhammer RPG’s have been performing each week on DriveThruRPG’s Top 200, but that too is a bit like reading the tea leaves.

With the release of Warhammer Fantasy Roleplay’s 5th Edition right around the corner, the questions loom even larger. It’s a topic I’ll be returning to in the columns ahead, and for today if I had to distill it down to a single point of focus, it would be this one:

How can we know if our favorite games are healthy?

Inching Closer

Speaking of the upcoming new edition of WFRP, this week Cubicle 7 posted a Q&A on its blog focused on what’s coming up. Issues touched on include:

• Why make a new edition?

• Backwards compatibility

• Edition change resistance in the playerbase

• Dice and mechanics

• Status of Warhammer: The Old World

• Product array

While there aren’t any concrete timelines given for things like product release and pre-orders, it’s certainly clear that the chatter around the game is intensifying. That suggests a release is imminent, so we shouldn't have much longer to wait.

Welcome Codex Discordia

Ordo Discordia is a Discord server dedicated to developing and sharing homebrew and fan-made content for the various Warhammer 40K TTRPG’s, and this week they kicked off an ambitious new project. Just as Dragon Magazine used to carry all sorts of additional optional rules and content for Dungeons & Dragons, so their new zine, Codex Discordia, will for Warhammer.

The debut issue dropped this week, with a wide spectrum of content for various Warhammer 40,000 RPG systems, including:

• Minotaur and Carcharodon Specialties (Deathwatch)

• First Aid Overhaul (Black Crusade, Only War and Dark Heresy 2nd)

• Tomb Worlds Awakening (All FFG)

• Trau’s Tech Tweaks (Dark Heresy 2nd and Only War)

• Scorpion-class Grand Clipper (Rogue Trader)

• On Black Crusade: An Essay (Black Crusade)

• Indomitus Terminator Armor (Deathwatch)

• Leman Russ Krankheit (Only War)

• Umanoid Abhumans (Dark Heresy 2nd and Only War)

• Enhanced Called Shots (FFG Systems)

• Capes in Only War (Only War)

• The Labourer Background (Dark Heresy 2nd)

• Mythodes Akmon (Custom d100 RPG)

• Reinforcements from Ouros-Senn (FFG Systems)

• The Mesotherach (FFG Systems)

• Warriors of the Star Child: Sensei Patrons (Imperium Maledictum)

• House Peregrine (Rogue Trader)

• Something Had Gone Terribly Wrong (Art & Fiction)

• Armamentarium Discordiae (FFG Systems)

While necessarily a bit plain in terms of presentation (those pesky licenses and all), I’m very excited to see where they go from here, this idea has a ton of potential!

RPG Bestsellers

Warhammer RPG Titles in the Top 200:

• #11 (-6). Warhammer Fantasy Roleplay: Sylvania: The Cursed County

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

• #57 (-16). Wrath & Glory: Lex Imperialis

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

• #146 (-22). Imperium Maledictum: Core Rulebook

• #192 ( - ): Warhammer Fantasy Roleplay 4th Edition: Core Rulebook

Total Books in Top 200: 6 ( -1 )

Cubicle 7 lost ground this week, but not a lot. Indeed, any single-digit movement in either direction is more or less ‘holding firm,’ given the steady influx of products than come in and out of the site on a weekly basis.

Sadly, the two books of Imperium Maledictum’s Adeptus Mechanicus guides have slipped off the table, but we did get an unexpected burst of activity from WFRP’s 4th Edition Core Rulebook, so some good with the bad.

ICYMI

• Looking for more characters to fill your Warhammer Fantasy Roleplay world? Ill Met by Morrslieb offered up a review of Patrons of the Old World II this week.

• Meanwhile, AngelAnvar of Careless Conjuration has 5e on his mind, sharing three elements of the setting he’d love to see explored in the next edition.

• Not directly Warhammer related, but I really enjoyed this piece by Mollie Russell over at Wargamer, discussing Paizo’s treatment of metaplotting. If you’re not familiar with that term, it refers to RPG’s having big, major events that move the narrative of the game world forward- with or without your player characters.

Coming Attractions

Here’s a list of the known upcoming physical 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.

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 Q4

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

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

• Warhammer 40,000 Roleplay, Imperium Maledictum: Adeptus Mechanicus Character Sheet Pad (Q4)

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Warhammer wargame books and novels are packed with incredible drama, but they aren't written for the GM's screen. Each installment of RPG Conversions strips down the lore, builds the encounters, and adapts Warhammer's best stories for your favorite tabletop RPG systems.

Released in 2021, the Age of Sigmar: Bladeborn box combined the warband skirmishing of Warcry with the hex-based movement of Underworlds. As with most of Games Workshop’s other board game releases, it’s intended as a pick-up-and-play release that can serve as a gateway into the mainline game ranges.

Setting up on opposite sides of the board were two Chaos warbands, Khagra’s Ravagers and the Godsworn Hunt, and today we’ll be adapting both to the Soulbound RPG.

With the recent release of Soulbound: Champions of Chaos, GM’s have plenty of options to use one of both of them to spice up their player’s adventures. Whether as allies or adversaries, each bring something very different to the table and we’ll have a number of tips for integrating them into the campaign.

Finally, for the avoidance of doubt these are an unofficial adaption, the result of my own work and not intended to represent Games Workshop or Cubicle 7 Games. As GM, you’re the final arbiter of what you use at the table, so feel free to adjust any aspects you like to suit your tastes and preferences!

About this Conversion

I’ve long been one of those folks who enjoy picking up old Warhammer tabletop books just for the lore. Used bookshops are terrific for this, and when I recently found the Warcry: Tome of Champions 2021 book at Half-Price Books for six bucks, well, I couldn’t resist.

Within was an absolute treasure trove of game data for all sorts of different warbands, and as I flipped through the pages it didn’t take long for the GM in me to wonder how they might translate to the role-playing realm.

In creating the Soulbound NPC profiles for each of the two warbands, I looked not only at their Warcry: Tome of Champions entry but also their Age of Sigmar warscrolls and Underworld cards, to try and get the best overall sense of each character. Because these are both Chaos-aligned, I drew from Soulbound: Champions of Chaos for some of their makeup. If you don’t yet have access to Soulbound: Champions of Chaos, feel free to make any necessary substitutions.

Khagra’s Ravagers

Khagra’s Ravagers are an elite, four-member Slaves to Darkness warband- one riven by internal power dynamics that are never far from once more boiling into the open.

At its heart are the sisters Kharga the Usurper and Zarshia Bittersoul, whose uneasy relationship provides plenty of opportunity to drag players into their web of scheming and betrayal.

One of the first things I looked at when building Khagra was mapping her unit point value in the wargame to her adversary tier in Soulbound, developing a guideline that would help me determine the potency of each member of the warband:

• Chosen: 180+ points

• Champion: 105-179 points

• Warrior: 50-114 points1

• Minion: <50 points

Khagra easily clears the Chosen tier, opening up the opportunity for Wounds and Mettle to help make her a truly formidable presence2. She also has a few bespoke traits that help bring her to life.

Runic Shield-Ward is a carryover from her tabletop ruleset, which allows her the opportunity to damage from magical attacks. It’s only a one-third chance, but such are the fickle whims of Chaos!

The Sibling Rivalry traits bring the warband’s core personality dynamic to mechanical life. As each strives to outdo the other, they gain a bonus when seeing the other successful on the battlefield (you’ll see the other half of this in a moment).

Finally, Desecration reflects Khagra’s wicked delight in despoiling and corrupting the sacred spaces of her enemies. This is another nod to her objective-centered tabletop origins, but can give her a situational boost perfect for the climactic final battle of an adventure!

Bittersoul Backlash is a potent attack that’s a nod to Zarshia’s skirmishing origins. She can dish out some solid damage, but she won’t be able to do it for long- especially if she starts drawing fire of her own.

Mask of Darkness is a nifty bit of battlefield generalship, teleporting one of her warband to where they’re most needed. Often that will be springing an ambush on their enemies, but can also be used in a pinch if she’s under threat to being in a defender.

Finally, Zarshia’s Spite is her version of Sibling Rivalry. Each time Khagra lays someone low, her rage fuels a surge of mystical might.

Note also that under attacks she’s got Dark Magic, which is in keeping with her Warcry abilities. It’s a streamlined option for quicker combat, but feel free to substitute standard castings of Chaos Bolt instead.

Not a very inspiring bio, is it. Clearly the sisters are the personalities in the group, with Razek and Cragan serving more or less as their mooks. Of course, given the intrigue between the sisters you certainly will have opportunities to flesh out his personality as you like.

Dour Cragan’s model shows him dual-wielding a broadsword and axe, but he also has a shield strapped to his back. I’ve given him statlines for both stances, letting him adapt to battlefield conditions as he sees fit.

When more offense is called for, the two blades give him considerable flexibility on the offense given Soulbound’s dual wielding rules. On the other hand, Cragan didn’t get where he is by being a fool; if he’s up against any magical attacks he knows he’s better protected due to Runic Shield-Ward.

How to Use Khagra’s Ravagers

While Bladeborn intended for Khagra’s Ravagers and the Godsworn Hunt to be well-matched, under Soulbound’s conversion that goes right out the window in large part due to the Ravagers’ heavy armor. They’re certainly the stronger of the two, so canny players may try to exploit the tensions between the two sisters before combat is even joined3.

For heroic parties, the Ravagers make great opponents for adventures tied to a particular location, such as a consecrated holy site or a Sigmarite temple. Here Khagra’s Desecration ability can come to bear as she tries to profane that which is sacred.

Alternately, rather than having the party defend a location, they could be tasked with investigating a source of corruption. Perhaps the fish in a river feeding a town start to die off mysteriously, the water turning a strange and unsettling color. Players investigating would eventually find Khagra and her warband set up in a ruined outpost upstream, introducing unspeakable concoctions into the water to weaken the town before a raid. What constitutes a “narrative objective” for the purposes of her ability is wide open and entirely up to the GM.

The Godsworn Hunt

Much more volatile and unpredictable are the members of the Godsworn Hunt, a warband of more mobile harriers and harassers as compared to the hammer-meets-anvil brute force of the Ravagers. Players whose members include Stormcast Eternals will find them particularly nettlesome…

Theddra Skull-Scryer is a Chosen, and leader of the warband. Pact of Soul and Iron reflects her oath to hunt down the chosen and favored of Sigmar, allowing her to reroll 1’s in her attack pool.

Skull-Scryer’s Enfeeblement is her signature withering ensorcellment, and makes her a very nasty opponent against those who rely heavily on armor to shield them in battle, while Oath of Conquest is a powerful (if situational) ability she can use to bolster the defenses of her and her warband when they need to hold ground.

Finally, the Oathstone that she carries can give her extra Mettle once per battle- but at a cost in blood should she fail her vow. Note how this synergizes with her Oath of Conquest, and using both in tandem can really give her an edge.

As with Zarshia Bittersoul, I’ve streamlined her magical offense as an Attack (Gorespeaking Bolt), but this can easily be reverted to the more rule-compliant approach.

The official lore notes that Grundann wields “heavy blades,” but the model shows him brandishing a great axe so that’s how he’s been built. Toof-taker’s Oath is his secret weapon, upping his combat effectiveness whenever he takes down an opponent. When he lays down by the campfire at night, he dreams of chaining this ability across multiple turns.

Shond, too, has his abilities optimized for hunting down armored prey. Using this warband most effectively will require some tactical prioritization, as they’re somewhat ‘glass cannons’ due to their nimble, unarmored bodies. Trying to slog it out toe-to-toe heedless of their own vulnerabilities will see these Darkoath warriors falling quite short of their potential.

In a nod to her tabletop skirmishing abilities, Jagathra’s at her most dangerous when wielding The Bound Javelin. She not only can throw it multiple times in combat, but once per battle she can really lean in and give it an extra kick.

Ollo’s Swift Hunter ability reflects his skirmishing, hit-and-run nature. He’s well-suited towards being an absolute pest if the warband comes across the party in difficult terrain, able to pepper his enemies with his bow while racing away once detected.

Where Ollo goes, Grawl is sure to follow. Every bit as Nimble as his trainer, parking Grawl where enemies are thickest will help the warband make bloody work of their foes.

How to Use the Godsworn Hunt

As I’ve noted in the character bios, the strength of this warband is tied to how the GM employs them rather than simple combat mastery. The Hunt is at its best when it can harry and wear down foes from a distance before going in for the kill. If you just throw them in from of a party as combat fodder they’re going to lose a lot of their effectiveness.

With Ollo and Jagathra able to harass from range, once the party has been suitably weakened the rest of the warband can trigger their ambush. Grawl is best used in the thick of it, buffing the rest of the Hunt in taking down a priority target. Shond and Grundann are your melee skirmishers, with Theddra lethally working the margins.

To integrate the Hunt into an adventure, it may be best to not let the party know about them at all. Whatever objective the players are seeking has also been the subject of one of Theddra’s visions from the Ruinous Powers. They may find themselves feeling watched, or their camp turned over and ruined while they’re away. As every step becomes dogged and pursued, the players begin to realize the nature of the threat arrayed against them and must find a way to turn the tables, hunting the hunters. This scenario works for both a Binding party as well as a Champions of Chaos one.

For a more role-playing scenario, play up Theddra’s mysticism. Perhaps they find a remote settlement that has come under her sway after the Hunt chased off a nearby threat from orruks, slowly being turned to worship of the dark gods by their ‘saviors.’ The party will need to investigate to find evidence of the true nature of the rituals Theddra’s been enacting, all the while taking pains to avoid crossing the grateful (but misguided) townsfolk.

I hope you’ve enjoyed reading the debut of RPG Conversions as much as I’ve enjoyed tinkering in the amazing toolbox that is Soulbound. These are just my visions for these characters in a way that pays homage to their tabletop origins while keeping them fun and easy to use in a campaign or adventure, and I’d love to hear yours. And if you’ve got a favorite warband you’d like to see appear in these pages, drop a comment below!

Some weeks are certainly more exciting than others, and as the RPG industry takes a collective (if brief) sigh of relief in the wake of another exciting GEN CON, it’s hard to blame anyone for the lack of news or updates.

All work and no play makes Jack a dull boy, right?

But since there’s not a lot to report in the wider world of Warhammer RPG’s, I’m happy to share some updates on things here at the Wordforge.

The first Warhammer RPG Roundup- back then known as the RPG Sitrep- debuted this past April, intended as a companion piece to Black Library Weekly which has been running every Monday now for about a year and a half1. This was the opening phase of my aim to expand the Substack to cover both Black Library fiction as well as Warhammer role-playing game content.

Phase Two sees the introduction of reviews of RPG content, and that threshold was crossed recently with our recent look at the Arbites-themed Lex Imperialis supplement from Cubicle 7 Games, intended for play with the Wrath & Glory system. That was the first of what I’d like to have as a regular feature here on the site.

The third phase is one I’m especially excited about, as it’s something I’ve been keen to do for a long time: the sharing of new, (unofficial) content for Warhammer RPG’s. I’ve long marveled at just how much incredible content Games Workshop develops, the overwhelming share of which never comes anywhere near the RPG table.

For other examples of some of the content I have in mind for the series, check out this piece I wrote for Tabletop Battles. Lore & More: The Nachmund Gauntlet Crusade Deep Dive examines the Crusade narrative tabletop wargame supplement through the lens of RPG adventure sourcebooks, full of lore summaries and setting-agnostic adventure hooks.

Or here, where I looked to adapt Shield of Baal’s Deathstorm, the Black Library novella from Josh Reynolds that pits Blood Angels against Tyranids.

I can’t wait to get started, and this upcoming series I’m calling RPG Conversions will debut tomorrow with a little something for all you Soulbound GM’s out there.

So maybe not such a slow news week after all?

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!

• #5 ( - ). Warhammer Fantasy Roleplay: Sylvania: The Cursed County

• #41 (-13). Wrath & Glory: Lex Imperialis

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

• #95 (+19). Wrath & Glory: Core Rulebook

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

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

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

Total Books in Top 200: 7 ( - )

The same seven books are holding it down pretty well lately in the Top 200, and didn’t give a lot of ground easily! Indeed, the two Core Rulebooks for Cubicle 7’s Warhammer 40K RPG’s both managed to claw their way up the ladder a little. This makes two consecutive weeks of ascent for Wrath & Glory, and long way it last!

In the wake of Paizo’s move this week onto the platform, it’s little surprise that Pathfinder/Starfinder titles immediately started to make their presence known. It remains to be seen what further impact the move will have on the Top 200, but we’ll find out this time next week!

ICYMI

• Cubicle 7 Games posted a teaser piece this morning for the Warhammer Fantasy Roleplay 5th Edition. It doesn’t break any new ground other than to just remind us that it’s going to be out this Summer, and with the season a little more than half over it shouldn’t be much longer!

• Awesome Lies dropped a new review this week, taking a look at one of their more beloved releases, Salzenmund: City of Salt and Silver, “something truly first-rate.”

• If, like me, you see the Arcane Journals as terrific grist for the RPG idea mill, Miniature Realms has a review of the newest, The March of Chaos.

• Not specifically Warhammer, but one piece I found very interesting on RPG Substack this week was this one by Baron De Ropp, Publishing Your Homebrew is Easier than you Think.

• Finally, for you Wrath & Glory players, don’t miss our recent review of the new Lex Imperialis supplement here.

Coming Attractions

Here’s a list of the known upcoming physical 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.

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 Q4

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

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

• Warhammer 40,000 Roleplay, Imperium Maledictum: Adeptus Mechanicus Character Sheet Pad (Q4)

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Founded in 2001 by Russ Morrissey of EN World, the ENNIEs are considered one of the role-playing world’s most prestigious honors. While both Morrissey and EN World are no longer a part, they continue to recognize excellence in the RPG industry.

It’s an interesting process that combines both expert judging as well as democratic voting. The panel of judges are elected by the voting public, and then serve to deliver a shortlist of finalists for each award. That goes back in front of the public for final voting, with the winners being announced at that year’s GEN CON.

Cubicle 7’s Warhammer: The Old World Player’s Guide won Best Layout & Design Gold this week, the thirteenth ENNIE in the company’s history. Previous Warhammer-related awards include a 2024 Silver for Best Monster/Adversary for Warhammer 40,000 Wrath & Glory’s Threat Assessment Xenos and another Silver in 2023 for Best Production Values for Warhammer Fantasy Roleplay’s The Enemy Within - Empire in Ruins Collector's Edition.

Congrats to Claudio Canellas Dias, the designer, and all at Cubicle 7!

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!

• #5 (-3). Warhammer Fantasy Roleplay: Sylvania: The Cursed County

• #28 (-22). Wrath & Glory: Lex Imperialis

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

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

• #130 (-11). Imperium Maledictum: Core Rulebook

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

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

Total Books in Top 200: 7 ( - )

A fairly static week overall saw the same seven books hanging on in the top 200. While they may have lost a little ground overall, that’s typically natural as the earlier adopters have already snatched up their copies. Even with some of the criticism around Sylvania: The Cursed County that we touched on last week, it still remains a top-5 title on DriveThruRPG.

ICYMI

• Since starting the Warhammer Wordforge, I’ve had a roadmap of how I’d like to grow and develop the site. I crossed a new milestone this past week offering up my first RPG review with this look at Wrath & Glory’s new Lex Imperialis mini-supplement. If you’ve been wanting to play an Arbites in your campaign, now’s your chance!

• Jeff McAleer of The Gaming Gang used his time well at GEN CON this year, locking in a half an hour to sit down with Dominic McDowall of Cubicle 7 Games for an interview. They talked about:

  • Warhammer: The Old World thoughts, initial reception, and what’s next

  • WFRP 5th Edition update, and backwards compatability

  • Wrath & Glory campaign is in development

  • Horus Heresy update1

  • …and more!

• Careless Conjuration continued its series The GM’s Guide to The Enemy Within, bringing things to their final, epic conclusion this week.

• Abe Apfel of Bell of Lost Souls talked about five lore changes that have caught his eye this week in the new Warhammer: The Old World rulebook. While he’s talking about the tabletop wargame here, they do have some potential RPG inplications.

• Also at GEN CON, Cubicle 7 held a seminar on Sunday dedicated to a discussion around 40 years of WFRP. While I haven’t seen the recording of it yet, u/The_New_Doctor took notes!

• Finally, I missed linking this in last week, but there was an interesting featurette on the Cubicle 7 blog about the cover design of Sylvania: The Cursed County. It’s not often artists get to step out onstage and talk about the work they contribute, so it’s always welcome when they do!

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 Q4

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

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

• Warhammer 40,000 Roleplay, Imperium Maledictum: Adeptus Mechanicus Character Sheet Pad (Q4)

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What is it about law enforcement and ambushes, am I right? Speed traps, 5 AM bangs on the door, twenty-page Wrath & Glory supplements showing up out of nowhere…

Okay, so maybe one of those things is not quite like the others. This week saw the unannounced drop of Lex Imperialis, the Adeptus Arbites-themed supplement that brings the long arm of the Emperor to your Wrath & Glory table. Today we’ll be taking a look at what lies within, and see if it’s all we’d have hoped for.

Law & Order

As I talked about a bit in the most recent Warhammer RPG Weekly column, the Arbites have been having a bit of a moment for themselves lately. While the last time the Black Library took a sizable walk in their boots was with Matthew Farrer’s Shira Calpurnia trilogy (2003-2006)1, they did play an important role in Dan Abnett’s recent blockbuster, Hive. They’ve also been playable on the tabletop with Kill Team’s Exaction Squad, as well as in the video game realm in both Warhammer 40,000: Darktide from Fatshark and Owlcat’s Rogue Trader CRPG.

While this isn’t the first time that the Protectors of the Tithe have been playable in the world of Warhammer role-playing (they were a core career path in Fantasy Flight Games’ Dark Heresy in 2008), this is their welcome into the worlds of Cubicle 7 Games.

The new Lex Imperialis is one of the publisher’s digital-only mini-supplements, coming in at twenty pages of content with a sticker price of USD $5.

Let’s dive in.

Scarin’ the Nation

Lex Imperialis includes a lot more than just “guns and ammunition,2” offering a wealth of new toys for players to try out during their career in law enforcement.

Six New Archetypes

Players get a half-dozen new classes that represent the various forces of the Adeptus Arbites. Five of them are Tier 2, while for higher-power campaigns there’s the option of the Tier 4 Proctor-Exactant.

While this seems like a gap for Tier 3, remember that Wrath & Glory allows players to “upscale” their Tier 2 characters into Tier 3 “veteran” versions, so this isn’t the oversight it may appear. Let’s start by taking a look at the Tier 2 options:

• Arbitrator. Sort of your generalist lawman, their special ability The Eye of the Lex allows them to mark a single enemy, granting the entire team bonus dice to attack rolls against it. Unlike the others, whose special abilities are largely self-benefitting, the Arbitrator is a natural support and combat leader for the entire party.

• Castigator. Those badass Arbites you’ve seen with the riot shields and mauls? That’s these guys, the melee specialists. Whenever they take out a foe with a melee weapon, they can do it with an added flash of unbridled sadism that can destroy the will to fight of any foes still upright.

• Chirurgant. Your medicae. They get a bonus to healing when ministering to Arbites characters, but can also quite happily use their powers in the other direction when interrogating a suspect. When doing so, not only do they get a bonus to any such Test but if they’re successful, the group also gets 1 point of Glory.

• Leashmaster. Just like Solomorne Anthar in Rogue Trader, the Leashmaster is seldom seen without his trusty Cyber-mastiff sidekick. Their special ability is fairly tepid- they’re more intimidating when their buddy is nearby- but c’mon, it’s a pet class, and the pet itself is usually the cool. And this one delivers, with the Cyber-mastiff having a BATTLECRY ability (Go for the Throat!) that can take an enemy right off their feet at the jump).

• Revelatum. This one’s your scout and tracker class, they start with a new piece of equipment called the Soulguilt Scanner, a kind of Auspex that picks up on the presence of the guilty through detection of elevated biosigns associated with anxiety and deception. When used in combat, the Revelatum can deny a target the ability to use Cover or Stealth, and they also gain bonuses to Tests associated with tracking and scouting.

Meanwhile, the Tier 4 Proctor-Exactant- in addition to the usual upgraded stats and starting gear- also has the cool ability once per combat to command another Arbites to make a free movement or extra combat attack. These are leaders amongst the Arbites, typically seen commanding an Exaction Squad.

Ten New Talents

Serving as the “cold, dispassionate instruments of the Emperor’s law,” Lex Imperials puts an interesting twist on the roster of talents available to Arbites characters by shifting them away from Wrath and steering them to Glory. This is intended to reflect the more collective-minded orientation of the lawmen, where expressions of individual emotion are held in check.

Consequently, a number of the new Talents require the expenditure of Glory to activate- a fact which may require careful consideration of the feelings of others at the table.

But what you get for doing so may well be worth it, helping turn the tide of battle. Burn a point to trigger Break the Line, for example, and not only will you get a significant bonus to attack, but any enemies you damage with a melee weapon will also be Staggered for a turn.

It’s important to note, though, that just like police in the real world, Arbites typically don’t like to act without support and backup. A number of these Talents are parasitic, meaning they only work well when you’re playing alongside other Arbites characters.

For example, Fury of the Lawbringer is very powerful, converting a point of Glory into immunity to Pinned, Staggered, and Fear conditions- but it only shields those with the ADEPTUS ARBITES keyword. If you’re the only one standing to benefit in your party, not only is the power of the ability substantially lessened, but you’ll risk a bit of side-eye for expending that point of Glory.

One New Framework

Towards that end, Lex Imperialis offers you the oops, all cops option of creating an Exaction Squad together. Unlike a number of other Frameworks, this one locks every player into a single faction, and grants each Arbites in the party a Symbol of Authority (as well as a bonus to Intimidation when wielding it).

Of course, perhaps the largest bonus you’ll get from this Framework is an unstated one. With all of your party comprised of Arbites, every other member of the team will benefit from the Arbites-limited benefits from many of the abilities and Talents. Imagine that Fury of the Lawbringer rendering your entire squad immune to those status conditions. The Emperor Protects, indeed!

Other Goodies

As you’d hope to see, there’s plenty of Arbites lore and character creation tools in Lex Imperialis, and the supplement even has a random name generator if you’re stuck for inspiration.

I also comment the writers for preemptively solving the “Paladin Problem,” where a rigid and inflexible dogma-based character can risk derailing party dynamics. They did so by injecting just the right whiff of pragmatism into the character of the Arbites, a nice little offramp here:

Lex Imperialis also brings with it a small armory’s worth of wargear, and unfortunately here’s where the spartan design of the supplement hurts it a little. Take, for instance, the Arbites Combat Shotgun. It’s a little different than the stock-standard Combat Shotgun in Wrath & Glory, which has a Damage of 9 with the Assault and Spread traits. The Arbites model deals slightly less Damage (8), losing both Assault and Spread- but gaining Brutal and Rapid Fire.

Those are important distinctions that might get lost in the sauce, and that’s where “fluff” can play an important role. Consider the following passage from Imperium Maledictum’s Inquisition’s Player’s Guide:

That goes a long way towards making a weapon feel like a tool with a purpose, rather than just a collection of numbers on a stat block.

Overall Thoughts

That brings me to the final section, where we talk about some of the ways the product might be improved. Lex Imperialis overall does a terrific job of presenting the Adeptus Arbites, and I find it well worth the fiver. But if I was king for a day…

Surprise drops are a waste of good anticipation.

As you may notice from the Warhammer Wordforge here, I generate a ton of content around the Black Library. And yet even now, I still get that little jolt of excitement when I pop open the Sunday Preview on the mothership and see what new books are headed our way. The buildup of anticipation is a powerful thing, getting folks excited to buy a new product well in advance of its arrival.

By simply dropping Lex Imperialis into being, all of that opportunity is wasted. Sure, a 20-page PDF isn’t in the same league as, say, the 5th Edition of Warhammer Fantasy Roleplay or the lost-in-the-warp Horus Heresy RPG. But it’s definitely something, easily worth a teaser piece a week in advance to whet the appetite.

Add three more pages.

As I noted above with regards to the wargear, take some time to expand upon the list of weapons and armor. Don’t just give us stat tables, tell us why these items are they way they are. Why would a player choose one shotgun over another? How do they fall into the different roles each character can take on the battlefield?

Give it one more read.

Editing issues tend to be a common complaint about Cubicle 7’s offerings, but Lex Imperialis only had a few oversights that would probably have been caught with one more pass. These include:

• An extraneous word (“who”) in one line: “Conspiracies that stretch across different worlds, or which are perpetrated by those few others who have the authority to persecute, are all within their remit.”

• Word duplication: “the Leashmaster unleashes their metallic beast, issuing metallic-sounding orders”

• A typo in the Proctor-Exactant’s skills (“3m” instead of “3,”)

• A redundant Requirement (“IMPERIUM”) in the Break the Line Talent

• The wrong section is highlighted on page 17 (the margin is highlighting FRAMEWORK but should be highlighting WARGEAR instead).

• Most significantly, confusing and ambiguous wording on the description for Vasov’s Auto-Oppressor’s mechanical effect (one target or many?)

Make no mistake, aside from the last one these are very minor, even trivial matters- but should Lex Imperialis make it into print one day, why not give them the chance to be corrected?

Overall, I think this is a great supplement, and as noted above well worth its modest cost. It gives players who have wanted to run Arbites (either individually or as a party) the tools to do so, offers a nice variety of Archetypes that don’t feel ‘forced,’ and is nicely laid out and organized.

Shira Calpurnia would approve.

Launched at the end of November in 2022, Fatshark’s Warhammer 40,000: Darktide is a good example of a game that continues to build in popularity as the base game is expanded over successive releases. Its first post-launch swing occurred one year later after a major overhaul of the game mechanics, and from there it’s spiked up with the release of additional playable classes. The Arbites came aboard in June of 2025, with the Hive Scum following at the end of the year. With last month’s addition of the Skitarii, the game once again saw a substantial rise in active players, and shows little sign of slowing down.

Meanwhile, over at Owlcat, its Rogue Trader CRPG recovered from a somewhat wobbly launch to hit its stride with its subsequent DLC’s, first with Void Shadows (September 2024), then Lex Imperialis (June 2025) and last month’s The Infinite Museion.

Cubicle 7 Games certainly hasn’t been blind to these developments, and released the Darktide Extraction supplement for Wrath & Glory early last year. This brought the video game’s creative sandbox to the tabletop, and soon after it also released Darktide: The Card Game to take full advantage of the license.

Little surprise, then, with both video games putting Arbites in the spotlight that we’d eventually see them expanded to the tabletop as well. What was surprising was the drop itself, as this week saw the Lex Imperialis PDF supplement for Wrath & Glory arrive without warning.

A 20-page digital supplement, Lex Imperialis is short but packed with new Archetypes, gear, and talents for players wanting to take the Emperor’s law into their own hands. And priced at USD $5, it’s easy on the wallet as well.

From a business perspective, these are smart moves as they leverage marketing that’s outwith Cubicle 7’s budget. They didn’t have to raise brand awareness for Darktide, for instance, that’s Fatshark’s job. I’d like to see more of these tie-in expansions, perhaps something with the Rogue Trader game (or Owlcat’s upcoming Dark Heresy CRPG). Even if it’s little more than stat sheets for the game’s main characters, it’s a smart move that shines a little more light on the awesome world of Warhammer tabletop role-playing games.

So this week’s surprise drop is certainly a welcome sign, and I’d love to see more releases like this one. The last time the Black Library gave us an Arbites-centered story was with Matthew Farrer’s Shia Calpurnia trilogy. which concluded in 2006 with Blind. Thanks to Lex Imperialis, now players can start making their own stories.

Sylvania: The Readers Respond

Last week I focused on the release of Sylvania: The Cursed County, namely the unexpected news that what had appeared to be a single-book release had instead been split into a three-volume series. Details are scant, but here’s what we know from Cubicle 7’s site:

• Sylvania, the Cursed County (July 2026): Lore sourcebook and setting guide.

• Sylvania, Vol. 2 (TBA): “Next comes a volume exploring the legendary vampires of the Old World, the most notable scions of Nagash's cursed blood, and the mortals who dedicate their lives to hunting these terrible creatures.”

• Sylvania, Vol. 3 (TBA): “The trilogy concludes with a brand-new adventure that will test the limits of your party's bravery and sanity.”

A number of folks at u/warhammerfantasyrpg, unsurprisingly, had reactions- which largely (but not entirely) skewed to the negative.

These are all fair points, and since I’m not one who likes to raise complaints without also offering solutions, a few quick thoughts here.

Expectation Management is Key

Somewhere in an alternate reality, Cubicle 7 was out in front of this with a massive teaser/reveal post that goes, not only are we going to Sylvania, but we’re going BIG with THREE books!

Suddenly there’s a lot to look forward to, and consumers have the right amount of lead time to set their expectations. This is interesting when we then look at Lex Imperialis, which we touched on at the outset. This was a surprise drop, so there was no expectation to manage. I’m curious as to the thought process there too, as it seems a missed opportunity to generate a little buzz in advance.

In short, the company’s products are great, but the core business functions (including marketing and fulfillment) sometimes seem to have a steep dropoff.

Cash Grab?

This one, too, is a foreseeable (and thus mitigatable) community concern. I’ve long maintained that role-playing games offer some of the highest entertainment value-for-dollar on the market, because players can game for years off of a small number of books. Each individual is the final arbiter of what constitutes value, of course, but there’s certainly a range where a product can be priced that doesn’t automatically raise a red flag.

The first thing I thought of was Dungeons and Dragons, which released a large setting expansion late last year with the Forgotten Realms: Heroes of Faerûn and Forgotten Realms: Adventures in Faerûn books. The former, which corresponds to what Cubicle 7 calls a “Player’s Guide,” was 192 pages1 and stickered for $50. The latter (effectively the “GM’s Guide”) was 288 pages and was $60.

If you put those two books together, you get 480 pages of content for $110- which equals $22 per 96 pages. Sylvania, The Cursed County is $40 for 96 pages, or nearly double what Wizards of the Coast/HASBRO was charging for its Dungeons & Dragons 5th Edition campaign setting supplement.

Was it ever thus? On a lark I jumped in the time machine and took a trip back to the bygone days as a young DM.

Back in 1989, TSR released The City of Greyhawk boxed set, which contained two 96-page books, some maps, and some cardstock sheets containing adventure seeds. It was priced at USD $30 which, I kid you not, adjusted for inflation is $81 today.

It’s not apples to apples, since this boxed set had additional materials beyond just a pair of 96-page rulebooks, but the rulebooks were the primary content of the product. Here, at least, we find some relative “value parity” between Cubicle 7 and Dungeons & Dragons- albeit in its TSR iteration.

Putting it All Together

It might be a fun exercise to compare the “price per 96” for some of the other, more popular role-playing game systems to get a broader sense of where the industry is, but that’s outside the writ for today’s column. Still, being twice as expensive a product as the “World’s Greatest Role-Playing Game” suggests that Cubicle 7’s consumers may be more susceptible to price sensitivity23.

If nothing else, that underlines the importance of having strong expectation management from Cubicle 7’s marketing team. That didn’t happen here, and we’re seeing some of the result. While it’s a shame that the launch of the Sylvnaia trilogy has stubbed its toe right out of the gate, the product does appear to be selling well (based on the DriveThruRPG bestseller list, which we’ll get to in a moment).

Cubicle 7 does have two more opportunities to knock this one out of the park with the setting’s next two releases. I look forward to seeing how they’ll respond!

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!

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

• #6 ( - ). Wrath & Glory: Lex Imperialis

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

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

• #119 (+5). Imperium Maledictum: Core Rulebook

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

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

Total Books in Top 200: 7 ( - )

Well, the Fabula Ultima Bestiary (vol. 1) dethroned Sylvania this week- but not by much. The somewhat controversial setting guide slips to #2, but aside from the Adeptus Mechanicus books for Imperium Maledictum it was a fairly steady week.

I was particularly happy to see the Wrath & Glory Core Rulebook holding strong three weeks in a row, too. Supplements and splatbooks tend to be volatile markers, but the core books- how new players will typically invest in a game- can be some of the best markers for a game’s overall market health.

Sadly, we must bid auf Wiedersehen to the German Edition of Imperium Maledictum’s Core Rulebook, which impressively hung in there for two weeks on the Top 200 after its debut. Schade!

ICYMI

• Careless Conjuration continues its regular, limited series giving guidance to GM’s keen on running the classic WFRP campaign, The Enemy Within. “If you’ve spent any time in WFRP fan circles,” he writes, “you will repeatedly hear GMs asking how to get their players to actually engage with the investigation, or what they should do now that their players have given up and left Bogenhafen. Why is this so difficult?” This week’s installment dives deep, buckle up!

• Sylvania: The Cursed County got a close-up look over on Ill Met by Morrslieb this week, with a nicely comprehensive review. When we talk about value (as we did above), quality reviews certainly help contextualize the discussion.

• The Lorebeards podcast interviewed WFRP/The Old World writer/developer Vera Simila, whose credits include the High Elf Player’s Guide and Sea Wardens of Cothique4.

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 Q4

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

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

• Warhammer 40,000 Roleplay, Imperium Maledictum: Adeptus Mechanicus Character Sheet Pad (Q4)

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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.