The rulebook itself takes us through the lore regarding Shadespire and Nightvault ready for someone new to the game to jump into the Beastgrave and Direchasm era. This, to be fair, is what the box is aimed at – introducing people to the game of Warhammer Underworlds. We get no magic dice here and no mention of magic within the rulebook, instead focusing on more a starter experience. This starter vibe also applies to both the dice and the rulebook. I do wonder why they couldn’t just reuse the card sheets from Direchasm, as it essentially means that you will probably need a core set at some point once you choose to progress from this starter box into the “full” Underworlds experience. We also get 2 sheets of tokens – however you will only have enough parts here for 2 player games, so if you are more interested in larger games of Underworlds then perhaps Direchasm is a better buy. I do wonder if we will see another board expansion with the other 2 tiles from these sets essentially putting all old boards back into circulation again. While I have these boards in the collection anyway, this gives people another opportunity to pick these up.
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While I am a little disappointed that these are not two entirely new boards, it is 100% a good thing that these have brought back these new tiles – especially for newcomers only getting into the game now. In the box are also 2 double sided tiles that interestingly bring back boards that we have seen from previous seasons, one from Shadespire the other from Nightvault. As we also see this style on the Essential Cards pack we will be looking at later, I do wonder if this will be the style as we move towards Season 5. With the redesign the artwork also gets more room to breath, making the cards more visually striking too. These are actually in a new style compared to the existing Underworlds Warbands, and I actually really like the layout of these – We get text at the top of each card to tell us what the type is along with a much cleaner layout of character cards that make scanning over the details easier to parse during a game.
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We also get 2 pre-made decks (one for each warband). While I’d have liked 2 entirely new warbands, these are still nice kits and I’ll happily take any excuse for more models to use for the game! As the models have sculpted bases they fit nicely alongside the existing Underworlds warbands, and their aesthetic fits with the the early season Underworlds (Shadespire and Nightvault) vibe that this box summons up. These are not new sculpts, but use some of the easy to build models that came out alongside Warhammer Age of Sigmar Soul Wars.
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Massive, sprawling maps with locked doors, prisoner rooms, and progress saves.A new location known as " The Courtyard," which will include new curios, traps, obstacles, and a complete faction of blood-crazed foes.“Awash in blood and delusion, he bears the burden of a thousand lifetimes.” Additionally, he cannot become virtuous, and only receives one unique affliction, Rapturous. The Flagellant, a new Hero class: a frontline healer that can apply strong bleed damage and receives buffs on low health and on the edge of death.A parallel campaign taking place during the main quest which sheds light on The Ancestor's early days, including new cutscenes.Here are the list of features included in The Crimson Court: