40K Kill Team: Soulshackle set has a fun Easter egg for Warhammer fans

Let it never be said that the folks behind Warhammer 40,000 don’t have a sense of humor.

While Games Workshop’s institutional ability to always play it straight is well known, sometimes to its detriment, the goofs that its corporate edifice allows to be made are often some of the best in gaming. The Chaos Noise Marine is a great example. It cost thousands to create and now celebrates its third decade in existence. Let us also never forget the one time Games Workshop rebranded water to “WAR”ter, or that the canonical name the angriest character in its entire universe: Angron. Now Games Workshop has elected to make fans smile again, and it might just be the company’s most inside in-joke yet.

Get the most recent boxed expansion pack Warhammer 40,000 Kill TeamThis is the skirmish, small-unit version of the full fat. Warhammer 40,000The tabletop wargame known as Soulshackle Kills Team. Inside the $185 box you’ll find two all-new factions: the Judge Dredd-like Arbites and a band of Drukhari Eldar, which are literally the most evil humanoids in the entire 40K universe. You’ll also find a gloriously grungy set of walls and bulkhead doors that you can use to roll your own space hulk. It’s a fantastic set of miniatures, with some really great skirmish scenarios to boot.

And there’s also this:

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That’s right. Another miniature is found inside the miniature box that houses your miniatures. miniatureYou can give your miniatures the chance to make their own mini games! It’s quite possibly the most charming little Easter egg yet delivered from the grim darkness of the far future.

While some diehard fan may roll their eyes at this, the true ones love it. That’s because now that they have a tiny little Kill Team board, with tiny little controls on the side, it’s opened up all kinds of kitbashing and modding opportunities.

This kind of inspiration is a huge draw for Warhammer 40K collectors. They’ve got so many parts and pieces left over from past kits that they simply can’t wait to find a dusty little corner of their gaming table to plop down something goofy — like a miniature version of their gaming table. There are many to choose from. Necromunda players alone out there that can’t waitStart building small, gritty arcades where you can have a gunfight. This is a minimum of the basic construct that all in-fiction 40K games must conform to.

The table makes a great gift for collectors or hobbyists. It will also be treasured on eBay, as well as being talked about at fan conventions over the years. Thank you, GW. Let’s get on to the next game.

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