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Warhammer: Age of Sigmar 4th Edition
Destruction Battletome: Gloomspite Gitz
The Gloomspite Gitz are a motley collection of grots, squigs, and troggoths – all eager to wreak havoc. Should they have their way, the Mortal Realms would be plunged into eternal dankness – a musty fungal twilight without end. When their lunar deity appears in the skies, they emerge from their holes upon giant arachnids, cunning lupines, and all manner of squiggly beasts to form an unstoppable horde.
Destruction Battletome: Gloomspite Gitz is a vital book for collectors and gamers who enjoy a little backstabbing now and then. This impressive tome is packed with atmospheric artwork, madcap background material, stunning photography, and the rules you'll need to wreak your own trail of carnage on the surface dwellers of the Mortal Realms. You’ll find warscrolls, Regiments and Armies of Renown, Path to Glory and Anvil of Apotheosis rules, plus a self-contained Spearhead section to help you play tight, tactical games with your collection. This book will be your constant companion in the dank depths, no matter how you like to collect, paint, and play with your Gloomspite Gitz.
This 122-page hardback book contains:
– Background, art, and fiction giving you an overview of the Gloomspite Gitz and their various subfactions
– A description of their many units, along with detailed photography, artwork, and background material
– Faction rules including battle traits, battle formations, heroic traits, artefacts of power, Spells, and Manifestations
– 43 warscrolls, covering units, terrain, and Manifestations
– A Spearhead guide, including gameplay and hobby advice, along with its own set of warscrolls and army abilities
– Narrative Path to Glory rules, including the Anvil of Apotheosis, allowing you to create your own hero
– Rules for two thematic Armies of Renown and two Regiments of Renown that can be added to other Destruction armies
– A handy reference section with army abilities, magic, and battle traits
– An 8-page gatefold section
Destruction Battletome: Gloomspite Gitz is a vital book for collectors and gamers who enjoy a little backstabbing now and then. This impressive tome is packed with atmospheric artwork, madcap background material, stunning photography, and the rules you'll need to wreak your own trail of carnage on the surface dwellers of the Mortal Realms. You’ll find warscrolls, Regiments and Armies of Renown, Path to Glory and Anvil of Apotheosis rules, plus a self-contained Spearhead section to help you play tight, tactical games with your collection. This book will be your constant companion in the dank depths, no matter how you like to collect, paint, and play with your Gloomspite Gitz.
This 122-page hardback book contains:
– Background, art, and fiction giving you an overview of the Gloomspite Gitz and their various subfactions
– A description of their many units, along with detailed photography, artwork, and background material
– Faction rules including battle traits, battle formations, heroic traits, artefacts of power, Spells, and Manifestations
– 43 warscrolls, covering units, terrain, and Manifestations
– A Spearhead guide, including gameplay and hobby advice, along with its own set of warscrolls and army abilities
– Narrative Path to Glory rules, including the Anvil of Apotheosis, allowing you to create your own hero
– Rules for two thematic Armies of Renown and two Regiments of Renown that can be added to other Destruction armies
– A handy reference section with army abilities, magic, and battle traits
– An 8-page gatefold section
122 pages, Hardcover
Published March 22, 2025
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May 6, 2025
This fourth edition Battletome covers the background and rules for the grot forces of the Mortal Realms, the Moonclan grots, the Spiderfangs, and the Gitmobs, as well as their Troggoth allies.
The majority of the background section of the Battletome covers the Moonclan and the returning Gitmobs, who have been revamped from generic goblins into an all-cavalry sub-faction. The Spidrfangs don’t get nearly as much focus, and then mostly only really in the bestiary section, making them seem like a bit of an afterthought. The Troggoths don’t get too much either, but this is understandable as the Gloomspite Gitz are primarily grots, but it is still a shame as they are my favourite part of the faction. The lore itself is pretty standard, with some new information alongside rewritten and expanded from previous publications, even if some of it has been cut down somewhat so that other parts have been expanded (for example, Kragnos has gone from having a page of lore to three paragraphs, while the sections on the different squig units have been expanded a bit).
The artwork and model photography is as good as always, but I still feel that the artwork is better, and I wish they hadn’t started using the model photography more widely throughout the book.
The rules are all standard for this edition, with the book containing the usual Faction Rules, Warscrolls, Spearhead force (focusing on the Gitmobs), Path to Glory Anvil of Apotheosis & skill trees, Armies of Renown and Regiments of Renown. The Faction Rules and Warscrolls have both, as usual, been simplified for this edition. Rules wise, the Gitmob Spearhead force seems pretty average for that style-of-play, but composition wise it is one of the few that I would consider using as it feels like an actual force, rather than a collection of random models as some of the others do. The Anvil of Apotheosis for the Gitz is reasonable with a few more options than the Orruk Warclans one, but more would always be appreciated (the option to put a Gitmob character in a chariot would have been nice). The skill trees, meanwhile, seem pretty standard. The two Armies of Renown are based around the Gitmob and Moonclan named characters, Droggz da Sunchompa and Skragrott th Loonking, giving players the opportunity to theme forces around these character’s personal warbands, which is nice if rather basic as theming goes. The Regiments of Renown, the Shinestealaz and Skulkrik’s Loonladz, are also somewhat basic, mainly just giving players the opportunity to take some Gitmob and Moonclan units, with a few minor extra abilities, in other Destruction forces.
The majority of the background section of the Battletome covers the Moonclan and the returning Gitmobs, who have been revamped from generic goblins into an all-cavalry sub-faction. The Spidrfangs don’t get nearly as much focus, and then mostly only really in the bestiary section, making them seem like a bit of an afterthought. The Troggoths don’t get too much either, but this is understandable as the Gloomspite Gitz are primarily grots, but it is still a shame as they are my favourite part of the faction. The lore itself is pretty standard, with some new information alongside rewritten and expanded from previous publications, even if some of it has been cut down somewhat so that other parts have been expanded (for example, Kragnos has gone from having a page of lore to three paragraphs, while the sections on the different squig units have been expanded a bit).
The artwork and model photography is as good as always, but I still feel that the artwork is better, and I wish they hadn’t started using the model photography more widely throughout the book.
The rules are all standard for this edition, with the book containing the usual Faction Rules, Warscrolls, Spearhead force (focusing on the Gitmobs), Path to Glory Anvil of Apotheosis & skill trees, Armies of Renown and Regiments of Renown. The Faction Rules and Warscrolls have both, as usual, been simplified for this edition. Rules wise, the Gitmob Spearhead force seems pretty average for that style-of-play, but composition wise it is one of the few that I would consider using as it feels like an actual force, rather than a collection of random models as some of the others do. The Anvil of Apotheosis for the Gitz is reasonable with a few more options than the Orruk Warclans one, but more would always be appreciated (the option to put a Gitmob character in a chariot would have been nice). The skill trees, meanwhile, seem pretty standard. The two Armies of Renown are based around the Gitmob and Moonclan named characters, Droggz da Sunchompa and Skragrott th Loonking, giving players the opportunity to theme forces around these character’s personal warbands, which is nice if rather basic as theming goes. The Regiments of Renown, the Shinestealaz and Skulkrik’s Loonladz, are also somewhat basic, mainly just giving players the opportunity to take some Gitmob and Moonclan units, with a few minor extra abilities, in other Destruction forces.
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