I’ve always been quite impressed with the Underworlds rulebooks. On the whole, Warhammer rulebooks have a habit of being a little bit, shall we say, overawing. They can be extraordinarily jargon-heavy, long-winded, and have to explain key concepts and rules to the Nth detail that can leave players feeling confused and frustrated. There are, however, new keywords included in the this season: Map and Domain. Domain cards affect the battlefield, and can be used to change the world around the miniatures to their advantage – and the disadvantage of their foes. Map cards are a bit more ambiguous at this stage as there’s only one example of them in the new box, but they seem to be geared towards obtaining glory points at a risk. For example, the Detailed Map Fragment card in this box has an action that allows you to gain 1 spent glory point, but your opponent gets to play an upgrade without spending any glory points in response (provided, of course, they have one to play). Warhammer Underworlds: Nethermaze Review – Unboxing The Stormcast Eternals’ Path to Glory campaign continues in Battle Report as they take on the Ogor Mawtribes . This’ll be the first time that the new Battletome: Ogor Mawtribes is used in anger, and the ogors are really hungry for attention this week – as they have a whole Loremasters show dedicated just to them.

By the time I’d had my final activation and both of us had passed in the Power phase (the part of the turn where each player plays their cards), only one glory point had been scored – and that was by the Skaven. Lizzie and I both discarded the majority of our hands – both of us were concerned we weren’t going to be able to use the Upgrades we had and complete the Objectives looking at how the battle was going – and drew new cards. Round 2 The print on these boards is excellent. Each one is unique yet fits the underwater theme perfectly. Hexes are clearly outlined, as are the various icons on each, which will make playing the game all the easier. Tokens The very first thing players need to do before they can begin playing Nethermaze is set up the battlefield. The battlefield is made up of the two double-sided boards that come with the box. Each side is covered with hexes which divide up the battlefield. Some of these hexes all have different rules applied to them. In the image below, the hex-shaped counters on the left are either gloom hex tokens, double-sided scatter tokens, or double-sided feature tokens. The silver and gold tokens in the top centre are glory point tokens. The square tokens on the right are Move/Charge tokens and Guard/Stagger tokens. The red counters and counters with gemstones on them are wound/generic counters. The little tokens with the Underworlds logo on them are activation tokens, and the final pile in the bottom-right corner are Raise tokens.We have a 30-day return policy, which means you have 30 days after receiving your item to request a return. It's always an excellent service with brilliant products at a very competitive price - will use again! They really don’t scrimp on tokens in these Underworlds boxes. There are dozens of little cardboard circles, squares and hexes in the Nethermaze box, spread across two boards.

I can’t believe I’m saying this, but hopefully we’ll see some more horrible little rat-men like this in the future! Warhammer Underworlds: Nethermaze Review – PlaytestingFor new folks, however, the maze is a little more shadowy. A little more nether. Jumping intothis long-running, competitive game isno simpletask,with successive seasons adding new dice, new tokens, new rules, new phases, hundreds of new cards, and (naturally) lots of new warbandsinto an ever-larger morass of options. Nethermaze also introduces the new Map keyword – though as you might expect from an eldritch labyrinth, even the guidebooks are a gamble. Detailed Map Fragment, for example, allows you to find a shortcut to victory by gaining spent glory points – but beware! Your opponents are watching your every move, and can dip into their armoury in return.