We built some of the new models included in the new Necromunda Core Set – take a closer look at what’s in the box!
After nine long years, Necromunda’s new edition is imminent. Games Workshop was kind enough to send us a set to dig into, and it’s very cool stuff. The box includes sprues of Escher and Goliath gangers from the previous set along with some all-new fighter model options. Here’s a look at what we built.
New Escher
Lasguns and toxin-soaked blades and bullets have long been the weapons of choice for the gangers of House Escher.
The new sprues include some great new options, including a plastic needle rifle, which is going to be an enormous boon to Escher players. Being able to produce custom toxins for use both in needle weapons and as poisoned blades is a huge part of Escher tactics and it’s great to see those rules being more fully supported by the models.
Some additional melee options are available as well as some super cool new mohawked heads. I have an extensive Escher gang from the 2017 edition and I am really looking forward to padding out my collection with these new sprues.
New Goliaths
Not to be outdone, the hulking ladies and gentlemen of House Goliath have also received some new fighter sprues. Stimmed out heavies and vicious gangers are here to support the older models in the line.
A selection of brutal Goliath weapons are on offer here, alongside a number of the custom-stim juicing sculpts that were previously only available as part of secondary kits. In the past, Goliath gangs could sometimes struggle due to their limited weapon options unless you were willing to kitbash extensively. It looks like this will be at least somewhat mitigated by the new model sprues and I’m looking forward to seeing some new roid-raging monsters across the table from my Escher and Orlocks.
Terrain and Tokens
The new terrain sprue in this set has some great stuff. It’s a nice change of pace from the now venerable Barricades and Objectives set we’ve had since 2017. This is a really nice set of more interesting stuff to use as scatter terrain and get you going. However, while this is a good start it’s insufficient for serious Necromunda gaming. New players will definitely need to invest in purchasing or building more custom terrain to add density and verticality to their game boards.
The new token set is excellent. A huge upgrade from the punch-board cardboard tokens of yester-year these hard plastic tokens are going to be a delight to paint and easy to see on the table. Cardboard tokens were notorious for slipping around on the battlefield and I’m hopeful these will be a little easier to keep track of.
On the whole, this seems like a really solid starter product for the new edition. I have piles of Zone Mortalis terrain and boards painted and ready to go so I’m in a good place for the launch. With that said, I hope a lot of the fantastic terrain we’ve seen released for Necromunda over the past decade is made readily available for new players. In the past it was sometimes a real ordeal to get enough plastic tiles for a full board due to supply chain issues.
Necromunda is a game that deeply requires a ton of terrain and not everyone has the time or capacity to build their own. If they can overcome these past issues I think the future of Necromunda is going to be very bright. Or dank, but in a good way. Probably that.
What do you hope to see emerge from the Underhive this edition?
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Simon Berman has been a wargamer since 1993 and has worked in the tabletop games industry since 2008 as a staff writer for the first three editions of WARMACHINE and HORDES. These days he’s the General President of the Brush Wielders Union, a worldwide organization of miniatures painters of all skill levels, a freelance games writer who has contributed to a number of roleplaying games like Eclipse Phase, Dune: Adventures in the Imperium, and The Hammer and the Stake. He runs his own small-press publishing company, Strix Publishing, and paints more miniatures than he can keep track of. Simon lives with his wife in Tacoma, Washington along with a number of cats and a pack of savage wiener dogs.
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