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Meet another legendary Rogue Trader - anyone remembers the old books with him?

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RT goes on Pre Order today, and here is the product description by gw :

Please note: Rogue Trader is an expansion for Warhammer 40,000: Kill Team, and requires a copy of the Core Rules. These can be found separately either as a standalone softback book, or as part of the feature-packed Kill Team boxed set, both available from games-workshop.com.

Rogue Trader Elucia Vhane and her Starstriders seek to colonise new worlds at the behest of the Imperium’s mightiest leader. Their quest aims to travel far beyond the Chaos contamination that threatens to engulf Mankind. Yet nowhere is safe, for the twisted tendrils of corruption have followed them even beyond the borders of the Imperium. Can the Rogue Trader and the deadly specialists she has forged into a team defeat the hulking Vulgar Thrice-Cursed and his virulent band of mutated followers? Can the cutting edge of human skill match the loathsome gifts granted by the Dark Gods?

Kill Team: Rogue Trader is an expansion for Warhammer 40,000: Kill Team, the fast-paced tabletop miniatures game pitting small bands of elite specialists against each other in vicious skirmish combat. This set adds 2 new factions, new environments, new missions and a host of new rules, allowing you to recreate desperate battles beyond the borders of known space. Inside the packed box:

Kill Team: Rogue Trader

A 56-page book filled with background and rules for the Elucidian Starstriders and Gellerpox Infected – as well as new advanced rules for all Kill Team factions – the Rogue Trader book contains:

Background

- To Roam the Void: an introduction to the Rogue Traders – warriors, explorers, leaders and merchants who bear a sacred Warrant of Trade, allowing them to engage in both commerce and war beyond the boundaries of the Imperium;
- A Growing Sickness: the insidious threat of Chaos grows stronger with every passing moment – this section explains the dangers of mutation, and the fear it instills in the Imperium;
- To Reach For Paradise: a description of the summons sent by Roboute Guilliman himself to hundreds of Rogue Traders, asking for their help as equals in discovering new, untainted worlds on which to dwell. This focuses on Elucia Vhane and her crew aboard the New Dawn, their discovery of uncorrupted worlds for the Imperium to settle, and their unwitting introduction of the Gellerpox Virus to these worlds;
- An annotated map of the Truehawk – Elucia Vhane’s shuttle – and the Ministorum Shrine, site of the terrible final battle against Vulgar Thrice-Cursed; these maps cover the included gameboard.

Rules

- Ultra-Close Confines: rules for combat in the narrow corridors of spacecraft, the confined spaces of hives, or anywhere that necessitates brutal, close-quarters fighting with little space to move. This includes rules for movement. resolving visibility behind walls, opening and closing doors, and 2 Tactics for use when fighting aboard the Truehawk or at the Ministorum Shrine;
- Killzone: The Truehawk: an annotated map showing how to set up the gameboard for skirmishes aboard this shuttle, with a table of 6 special environment rules;
- Killzone: Ministorium Shrine: an annotated map showing how to set up the gameboard for skirmishes within the dust-ridden confines of the Shrine, with a table of 6 special environment rules;
- Commanders: sometimes kill teams will be led by a great hero, a high-ranking officer or the warlord of a whole army – this section contains special rules for fielding a kill team led by a Commander, complete with their own Tactics and Traits;
- Rules for fielding the included miniatures: datasheets for each, with Commander Traits, Upgrades and Tactics for Elucia Vhane and Vulgrar Thrice-Cursed, 6 specific Tactics for each kill team, rules for their weapons both ranged and melee, and points values for each;
- Specific Specialists for the included kill teams: Strategist (for the Elucidian Starstriders) and Strength (for the Gellerpox Infected);
- 4 Narrative Play and 4 Matched Play Missions based around the struggle between these 2 kill teams, with a set of ideas for your own Open Play Missions (and 3 pre-generated missions to start you off);
- Advanced Rules: this section covers a historical campaign using the content included in the box, and shows you how to combine the Ministorum Shrine with another Kill Team gameboard to create a much larger Killzone.

Codex: Elucidian Starstriders

This 24-page booklet includes:

- Background and details on the origins of Rogue Traders, and the retinues they employ while traversing the void;
- A profile of each unit included in the box, featuring background information;
- 5 Datasheets, 8 unique Stratagems, 2 Abilities, a Warlord Trait and Matched Play points values allowing you to field the included miniatures in games of Warhammer 40,000;
- A showcase of painted miniatures and battle scenes on terrain.

Codex: Gellerpox Infected

This 24-page booklet includes:

- Background and details on the Gellerpox Infected and the daemonic disease that corrupts their flesh;
- A profile of each unit included in the box, featuring background information;
- 7 Datasheets, 8 unique Stratagems, 2 Abilities, a Warlord Trait and Matched Play points values allowing you to field the included miniatures in games of Warhammer 40,000;
- A showcase of painted miniatures and battle scenes on terrain.

Also included is the 16-page Warhammer 40,000 Core Rules, explaining everything you need to play to play Warhammer 40,000. Moving, shooting, using psychic powers, charging, fighting and morale tests are covered, giving you the basic framework to play with.

Miniatures

33 plastic multi-part Citadel miniatures are included:

Elucidian Starstriders

Each of the following 10 miniatures is supplied on pre-coloured red plastic:

- Elucia Vhane, Rogue Trader, standing resplendent in an ornate outfit topped with a feathered hat, she carries an heirloom pistol and monomolecular cane-rapier;
- Sanistasia Minst, Rejuvenat Adept, posed brandishing her laspistol and scalpel claw;
- Knosso Prond, Death Cult Executioner, wielding a Death Cult power blade and clutching a severed enemy head;
- Larsen van der Grauss, a Lectro-Maester tech-priest who holds a voltaic pistol;
- Nitsch’s Squad: 5 Voidsmen – Nitsch, Riguez, Shalkus, Theolus and Grell – armed with artificer shotgun, lasgun, laspistol and rotor cannon along with Aximillion, their faithful canid.

Gellerpox Infected

Each of the following 23 miniatures is supplied on pre-coloured green plastic:

- Vulgrar Thrice-Cursed, a multi-limbed monstrosity with a belly-flamer and fleshripper claws;
- 3 Nightmare Hulks – Gnasher-Screamer, Big Spike and The Writher – each hideously mutated, 1 carrying an enormous plague cleaver;
- 4 Sludge-Grubs, small writhing maggots who attack with fanged maw, stinger and acid spit;
- 4 Cursemites, insectoid horrors each with a bloodsucking proboscis;
- 4 Glitchlings, diminutive Daemons of Nurgle featuring diseased claws and fangs;
- 4 Eyestinger Swams, mutoid vermin with spawning barbs;
- 3 Vox-Shamblers – Grummax, Puglox and the Herg – who attack using mutated limbs and improvised weapons.

Scenery

A selection of plastic scenery is included:

- 10 bulkhead doors;
- 4 chests featuring the crest of Elucia Vhane;
- 2 sections of pipework;
- 4 command consoles;
- 4 escape pods;
- 2 chairs.

As well as this, you’ll find a double-sided gameboard, featuring the layout of the Truehawk on one side and the Ministorum shrine on the other. This measures 22”x30”, exactly the same as the board found in Kill Team – with which this board can be combined to create a large play area that can accommodate up to 4-player games! Also included are 2 sets of punched card tokens representing various in-game statuses – 1 set for the Starstriders and 1 set for the Infected.

/Cheers.
Bob.

Hello everyone !!

Faction Focus on the GellerPox !

Disease stalks the stars. The secrets of the Geller field – once thought an impenetrable aegis against the forces of Chaos – have been cracked by the minions of Nurgle. It’s bad news for the Imperium, but great news for Kill Team players!

WHAT ? it's the new fluff ?

The Gellerpox Infected don’t bother with Imperial nonsense like “shooting” – instead, they’re a dedicated close-combat kill team specialising in dealing brutal damage up close.

A Gellerpox Infected kill team can consist of a mere handful of hulking monsters, meaning they can be one of the most elite kill teams in the game…

…but, if you prefer, you can stack up on gribblies and instead overwhelm your foes with an infectious swarm of mutants and vermin!

With Toughness 5, 4 Wounds and Disgustingly Resilient, Nightmare Hulks are among Kill Team’s most durable choices and work as brutally effective biological battering rams. If you’re looking for an elite kill team, three of these guys plus a Glitchling to make up the numbers is pretty deadly!

These shambling stalkers are much like Poxwalkers, with the added benefit of their Gellercaust Masks. As well as being able to weather a considerable number of attacks thanks to Disgustingly Resilient, they can also cause mortal wounds to their attackers in the Fight phase on an unmodified saving throw of 6 – if you’re struggling with a particularly nasty Combat specialist, throw a few of these guys their way!

Gellerpox Infected kill teams have access to a range of horrible creepy-crawlies. Costing a mere handful of points each, they might not be particularly powerful, but they’re a great way to bulk up a more elite force and surprisingly tricky to get rid of.

Kill Team: Rogue Trader features a new kind of fighter called a Commander. These are the best of the best – elite leaders, fighters and strategists with the power to tackle entire kill teams single-handedly.

Commanders are incredibly customisable – rather than levelling up like normal specialists, you’ll choose which level they are when you add them to your roster. Additionally, you’ll be able to spend points on a variety of Traits – one Vulgrar Thrice-Cursed could be a hulking close-combat brute, while another could be a pack-leader who enhances the power of nearby mites and grubs.

Vulgrar himself is a brutal leader, possessed of horrific durability and damage. If you’re playing through the Commanders missions from the set with a mate, he’ll be able to outmatch any of the Elucidian Starstriders in close combat, transforming each battle into a monster movie where YOU are the monster…

Commander class look like a super fun addition to kill team !
i hope we'll get more details soon.

/Cheers.
Bob.

Hello everyone !!

Images of the Gellerpox Infected !
+ Rogue trader
+Next month

Screenshots are from la Vox de horus.

https://www.lavozdehorus.com/primer-video-de-la-white-dwarf-de-septiembre-con-mucho-contenido-de-rogue-trader/

The video is from SuperSaiyan

https://www.youtube.com/watch?time_continue=1&v=Cv2xTpmvd60

/Cheers.
Bob.

Hello everyone !!

More info on the new rogue trader faction for kill team :

The design of the miniatures was driven by concept art produced by none other than legendary artist John Blanche. The Imperial Gothic styling of Elucia Vhane’s uniform clearly bears the hallmark of John’s grim, dark vision of Warhammer 40,000. Rogue Trader dynasties are so powerful that they function more as large corporations, with many different institutional branches and departments. This is represented by the many different icons displayed on the uniforms of the Elucidian Starstriders, which depict their role within the wider infrastructure.

Knosso Prond, Larsen van der Grauss and Sanistasia Minst are always Combat, Comms and Medic specialists respectively. However, they don’t count towards your normal limit of specialists! It you want a kill team that that is brimming with specialists, look no further than the Elucidian Starstriders!

Between them, the Elucidian Starstriders are equipped with an array of exotic and deadly firearms, from Grell’s rotor cannon and Nitsch’s artificer shotgun to van der Grauss’ voltaic pistol and the heirloom pistol of Elucia Vhane herself.

Between them, the Elucidian Starstriders are equipped with an array of exotic and deadly firearms, from Grell’s rotor cannon and Nitsch’s artificer shotgun to van der Grauss’ voltaic pistol and the heirloom pistol of Elucia Vhane herself.

With extensive background stories and individual personalities, the Elucidian Starstriders are like an all-star cast in an action movie – and they’re yours to command!

Rogue Traders spare no expense when it comes to personal protection, and Voidsmen-at-arms are amongst the best money can buy. Voidmaster Nitsch is like a hero unto himself, with a profile worthy of a senior officer of the Astra Militarum. His squad all come with BS 3+, providing accurate fire support, not to mention the killing power of Stromian Grell’s rotor cannon (which fires 4 shots at Damage 2!). Oh, and don’t forget their swift and loyal canid, Aximillion!

Elucia Vhane is accompanied by an inner circle of highly skilled retainers: the Death Cult Executioner Knosso Prond, the eccentric Lectro-Maester Larsen van der Grauss, and her Rejuvenat Adept, Sanistasia Minst. Their unique wargear and abilities offer the Elucidian Starstriders three distinct advantages with their deadly combat prowess, the protection of a Voltagheist Array and Healing Serum respectively.

The beating heart of the Eludician Starstriders is of course the Rogue Trader herself. Elucia Vhane hails from a different class to her subordinates in that she is a Commander, complete with a vastly superior profile and access to a previously unseen specialism – Strategist. Not only that, but she can be upgraded to levels 2, 3 or 4 right from the start, and can be further augmented by traits such as Trader Militant, which grants her +1 Attack.

Elucia Vhane is a skilled combatant, equally at home sharpshooting with her heirloom duelling pistol as she is cutting down those that dare stand in her way with her trusty monomolecular cane-rapier, Blur. One of her greatest assets is the ability to use her Multi-spectral Auspicator Tactic, which enables you to re-roll hit rolls of 1 for any Elucidian Starstrider models within 6” of her for the duration of the battle round.

Note : This is so awesome, Kill team was already good but if we get special squads like this one added to the game it's Golden !!

/Cheers.
Bob.

https://www.warhammer-community.com/2018/09/03/kill-team-focus-the-elucidian-starstridersgw-homepage-post-2/

Pre order this week end.

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Kill Team: Rogue Trader is up for pre-order next week! via Warhammer Community.

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Preview for the September White Dwarf is up - via Warhammer Community.

Hello everyone !!

What is rogue trader ?

Kill Team: Rogue Trader is a massive expansion to Kill Team that has something for every kind of player. Kill Team has offered us the chance to explore the 41st Millennium in ways that were never previously possible, with its intimate, ground-level scale letting us peek into the darker corners of the lore.

Kill Team: Rogue Trader is a milestone for Warhammer bringing Rogue Traders and their crews – the daring colonisers who claim new territory for the Imperium – to life in miniature form for the first time since Inquisitor. These miniatures are truly incredible, exploring in astounding detail a part of the lore that previously only dwelled in novels or background:

Your Rogue Trader and crew will be up against a host of repulsive Nurgle infected and renegade servants of the Plague God swollen with horrific mutations.

The Kill Team: Rogue Trader boxed set is more than miniatures – it’s a toolbox with something to offer for every Kill Team player, from those using the system to forge thrilling narratives to die-hard tournament players.

At its core, the set is an adventure that pits Rogue Trader Elucia Vhane against a fiendish strain of mutants in a series of narrative missions. You’ll be able to use both kill teams in your campaigns and matched play missions, with a set of datasheets and points values for each.

Essentially, you’re getting two Kill Team Starter Sets in one – as well as a thematic (and portable) pair of Killzones. In Rogue Trader, you’ll find rules, boards and terrain for playing in the cramped confines of the Imperial shuttle, the Truehawk, or an Imperial Shrine. As well as offering new tactical challenges, these boards make sparse but effective use of terrain, making it the perfect option for playing on the go. You’ll be able to fit the entire Killzone plus your kill team and datacards into a single Skirmish Case.

You’ll even be able to use both teams in your games of Warhammer 40,000, giving you yet another use for these stunning models.

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Bob

Hello everyone !!

Some rogue trader pictures from warhammer fest europe

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Bob.

source : https://deamonsofwork.wordpress.com/ but his facebook page (i think)