The Warhammer RPG SITREP appears every Friday, bringing you the week that was for Warhammer-based role-playing games new and old alike!
Considering I’m writing an ongoing feature here on the history of the Black Library, it should come as little surprise how much I enjoy gaming history in general (ask me sometime about how much I’ve written about the story of Magic: the Gathering).
Thus I was delighted to discover this week that Gideon, of the terrific Awesome Lies blog, announced that he’s been writing a comprehensive, academically-minded history of Warhammer.
The book will “draw on more than fifteen years of research,” he noted, “including access to rare and unpublished documents, interviews with many of those involved in the games’ creation and careful review of financial and other corporate records. It considers the games’ complex interaction with each other, their relationship to other media and the impact on them of personal, corporate and sociocultural history.”
Don’t threaten us with a good time! I’m very excited to see how this comes along, and it’s a great step that he’s already signed with a book publisher, MIT Press (yes, that MIT), and will be called Forging of Worlds.
No Rest for the Weary
If you’d thought that the Cubicle 7 Games gang had wrapped up their whirlwind publicity tour and headed back on the rocky road to Dublin, they haven’t quite made it back yet. This weekend they’ve got a booth at the UK Games Expo, in Birmingham, for the event’s nineteenth year. They’ve got loads of merchandise for sale, as well as a team-up with Burgschenider, the folks behind the Warhammer Armory line of props and costumes.
ICYMI
I usually associate friend-of-the-Dispatch Mira Manga with Black Library reviews, but for the RPG side she had a treat this week with an unboxing of the Player’s and GM’s guides for Warhammer: The Old World.
Curious about the game itself? Vaults of Yesteryear posted a deep-dive review this week.
Fond memories of Deathwatch? You’re hardly alone! u/blackjackdavey_3 picked up the Core Rulebook recently and asked folks on r/40Krpg about their memories of the game, and plenty were willing to share.
Some prefer theater of the mind, others maps-n-minis… and then there are the truly dedicated. Check out this setup from one DM, lining up an extraordinary ‘grand finale’ for The Horned Rat… (spoiler warning)
Coming Attractions
Here’s a list of the known upcoming releases from Cubicle 7 based on the available preorder information we have. Note that Cubicle 7’s own delivery estimates appear to be just that- estimates- which is why many products have an upcoming delivery listed for Q1 while we’re already into Q2.
This section will be updated weekly in this column, with new or updated info presented in boldface.
To make this section more useful, starting this week I’ll be breaking them out by game.
Shipping Q3
Warhammer Fantasy Roleplay: Temple of Spite
Limited Edition Warhammer Fantasy Map Bundle 1 (July 2026)
Limited Edition Warhammer Fantasy Map Bundle 2 (July 2026)
Undated
Talagaad Adventures
Shipping Q1
Warhammer: the Old World Roleplaying Game, Weapons & Armour Card Deck
Warhammer: the Old World Roleplaying Game, Spells Card Deck
Warhammer: the Old World Roleplaying Game, Prayers & Miracles Card Deck
Warhammer: the Old World Roleplaying Game, Wounds & Conditions Card Deck
Warhammer: the Old World Roleplaying Game, Grand Duchy of Talabec Dice Set
Shipping Q2
Warhammer: the Old World Roleplaying Game, Grand Duchy of Talabec Map Pack (May 2026)
Warhammer: the Old World Roleplaying Game, Allies & Antagonists Card Deck (April 2026)
Shipping Q4
Warhammer: the Old World Roleplaying Game Starter Set (Q4)
Warhammer: the Old World Roleplaying Game GM’s Screen (Q4)
Shipping Q1
Warhammer Age of Sigmar Soulbound, Champions of Chaos: Dark Gifts Card Pack (Q1)
Warhammer Age of Sigmar Soulbound, Champions of Chaos: Spells Lore Card Pack (Q1)
Warhammer Age of Sigmar Soulbound, Champions of Chaos: Artefacts & Wargear Card Pack (Q1)
Warhammer Age of Sigmar Soulbound, Champions of Chaos: Core Rulebook (Standard and Collector’s Edition) (Q1)
Warhammer Age of Sigmar Soulbound, Champions of Chaos: Bloodwind Spoil Map (Q1)
Shipping Q3
Limited Edition Age of Sigmar Map Bundle (July 2026)
Shipping Q1 2027
Warhammer Age of Sigmar Soulbound: Champions of Chaos: Carngrad Adventures
Shipping Q2
Warhammer 40,000: Wrath & Glory, Sons of Russ (Standard and Collector’s Edition)
Warhammer 40,000: Wrath & Glory, Adventures in Gilead
Shipping Q1
Warhammer 40,000 Roleplay: Imperium Maledictum, Voll Adventures (Q1)
Shipping Q2
Warhammer 40,000 Roleplay, Imperium Maledictum: Adeptus Mechanicus Character Sheet Pad
Shipping Q3
Limited Edition Imperium Maledictum Macharian Sector Map (July 2026)
Shipping Q4
Warhammer 40,000 Roleplay, Imperium Maledictum: Adeptus Mechanicus Collector’s Edition
Warhammer 40,000 Roleplay, Imperium Maledictum: Adeptus Mechanicus Player’s Guide
Warhammer 40,000 Roleplay, Imperium Maledictum: Adeptus Mechanicus GM’s Guide
Undated
(Nothing at this time)
Thanks for reading, and see you next week!