{"id":815302,"date":"2025-12-08T04:03:41","date_gmt":"2025-12-08T04:03:41","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/AWoSNsz2auX5A9nitzeLgU"},"modified":"2025-12-08T04:03:41","modified_gmt":"2025-12-08T04:03:41","slug":"games-workshop-has-announced-a-board-game-based-on-warhammer-40000-darktide-but-uh-maybe-dont-get-too-excited","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/arcader.org\/news\/games-workshop-has-announced-a-board-game-based-on-warhammer-40000-darktide-but-uh-maybe-dont-get-too-excited\/","title":{"rendered":"Games Workshop has announced a board game based on Warhammer 40,000: Darktide, but, uh, maybe don’t get too excited"},"content":{"rendered":"
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If you've ever been playing Warhammer 40,000: Darktide and thought “I wish there was a tabletop version of this”, it's possible there was a monkey's paw in the vicinity. Games Workshop has granted your wish with the newly announced Darktide board game<\/a>, but whatever you're imagining in your head right now is probably cooler than what's on offer here.<\/p>\n

To get it out of the way early: there are no new miniatures in this box. The models are simply recycled from other Warhammer releases, rather than being custom sculpts based on the videogame, which gives it all a bit of an uncanny valley feel. Sure, those are traitor guardsmen, but they're not quite<\/em> the Moebian 21st.\u00a0<\/p>\n

The worst offenders are the four heroes, who while technically embodying the roles of Ogryn, Psyker, Veteran, and Zealot, don't match the game at all and don't look remotely cohesive with each other. Half of them are even holding weapons that aren't in the game. More appropriate paint jobs would go a long way, but I can't help but feel like it's a disappointing offering.\u00a0<\/p>\n

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