Instead of the Elite Edition , we have the Harbinger Edition. And finally, instead of the Command Edition , we have this — the Extremis Edition. Packed full of everything you could possibly need to get a jump-start into the newest iteration of Age of Sigmar, it is designed to be the ultimate starting point for getting to grips with sword and sorcery word of Warhammer Fantasy. No, the Extremis Starter Set, like all the starter sets for the new edition, is for anyone who is a newcomer to the new edition to Age of Sigmar and the world of Warhammer beyond.
Like all of the AoS 3. The fancy board and scenery, though, do feel like more of a statement of intent: the board is being set for the pieces to play on. Whilst the other sets had their cheaper mats and carboard trays accompanying their dice and range rulers to encourage gameplay, fancy scenery and hardy gaming boards feel more instructive. This set is definitely placing more emphasis on getting you playing the game than the others do.
What sets the Extremis Starter Set apart form the others, though, is the sheer volume of stuff you get in it. The box is loaded with goodies. Any eagle-eyed readers will notice that amongst the rules, cards and so on, there is some considerable crossover from box to box. All of the new Starter Sets contain an page book, a Core Rules book, the Warscroll and Allegiance Ability cards, a pair of range rulers and ten dice.
The Warrior and Harbinger Sets come with gaming mats, whilst the Extremis Set comes with a thick card board of the same dimensions. The figures and other miscellaneous plastic as the Extremis Starter Set comes with actual plastic scenery! Whilst the release of these articles will be staggered over a few weeks so as not to overload you all at once, I actually unboxed and wrote the majority of these three reviews on the Saturday they were released.
The Extremis box is the largest of the three by bar. Almost twice the thickness of the harbinger box, its dimensions are closer to those of the Dominion or Indomitus boxes before it.
There is a very good reason for this, as you will see later: the scenery. Unlike the other boxes in the new Starter Set range, the Harbinger is piled with plastic. Whilst the Warrior held a humble three sprues and the Harbinger five, the Extremis Starter Set boasts an impressive nine frames of plastic.
With the plastic placed to one side for a moment, beneath waits a divider. Printed on one side is the Age of Sigmar logo on a red background, and on the other is the impressive, now iconic, artwork depicting Stormcast Eternals and Kruleboyz knocking lumps out of each other.
Unlike the divider I received in the Harbinger set, which had unfortunately been damaged by a particularly pointy bit of sprue, the one that arrived in the Extremis set was in more or less perfect condition — give or taken a few bends at the corners.
With the divider set to one side, all that was left was to look at what lay in wait beneath it. Namely, the dice, range rulers, bases, and books. Whilst a lot of this will look very familiar to anyone who has read the two article that precede this one, the important thing to note here is the gaming board, made from good hardwearing card.
Of course, there are still some pictures of studio-quality models inside to break up the paragraphs of instructive text and inspire you to start slinging paint at your figures, but the book focuses on the core rules — and only the core rules.
The box, like the other Starter Sets, contains two Reference Sheets. These take the core-most concepts and most vital workings of a game of Age of Sigmar and strip them down further still so you can have them at your elbow during a game.
There are two in the box — enough for you and your foe. The instructions are well-written and clear, and clearly relate back to concepts that can be found in the Core Rules book. As anyone who had read all three of these reviews will expect now, the Extremis Edition book is very similar to both the Warrior and Harbinger books, with a couple of edits made here and there to make it more relevant to whichever set it comes with.
Oh no, these books are fantastic. The Extremis book has everything you need to make the most out of the set and to ensure you are suitable submerged in the hobby. Well put together and with all the artwork and plenty of photos of display-quality miniatures to further entice any newbie or veteran looking to get back into Age of Sigmar. A handful of edits have been made in a few sections in order to include information about the figures in each set, and a few small tweaks have been made to the battleplans to facilitate the figures included in each set.
Much like the reference sheets, the Warscroll and Alliance Ability Cards are easy references for the figures in the set. Designed to be used on the tabletop during gameplay, these neat cards are festooned with epic photographs of the figures to which they pertain, and have all the appropriate statistics printed on the reverse.
Just like its spiritual predecessor, the Warhammer 40, Command Edition, the Extremis Starter Set comes not with a glossy mat like the Warrior and Harbinger Sets, but instead a lovely board for you to play on.
The board is made from good, thick cardboard that folds well for storage. It has the same print as the mats: one side is a dusty, barren battlescape whilst the other is a dark green bog.
And, just like the images of the mat in the Warrior and Harbinger article, in spite of having a whacking great lightbox, I once again could not actually fit the fully folded out board into it, so once again the best I can do is a picture of it folded up.
As anyone who has read our Dominion review will be able to tell, the sprues below are all given a letter value — A through to J. The parts on this one are fairly spread out across the differing sprue segments, which made things tricky to find beyond the numbering kerfuffle. The only optional build on this sprue is model J parts which can be built as either a Gutrippa or Gutrippa Boss. Often incorrectly referred to as Stormcast Vindicators which is something else entirely , this is another relatively straightforward sprue.
Unlike dominion , where you get two of this sprue in the box, each of the starter sets comes with only 1 sprue. For each of the models in this sprue, you get the option of a fleshy head or a metal helmet. Once again a connected sprue, connected to Sprue E. The 2 models on this one are 2 of the most detailed in the whole set. In hindsight, this is actually probably the most straightforward sprue in the set, with only a little variation on one model.
But the models are printed in the guide in the same order as they are numbered, with a minor exception being the Praetor prime which comes before its optional counterpart, despite the numbers being higher on the prime for the most part.
From the most straightforward sprue to the most annoying. Two of these come in Dominion and can I just say, that was too many. This sprue irritated me. The layout alone was just crazy with all the little parts.
My respect to the designer of this sprue. The guide however explains how you can build these models,m but for the beginner, it does not recommend which you should build for your introduction to Warhammer. The parts at least are generally in the same vicinity of each other, though there are a few stragglers. Because of the similarities across these Starter Sets as well, anyone who reads all three reviews will noticed further similarities between them.
You get five Vindictors in the Warrior set, but each model can be assembled in one of two ways. Building these guys was easy. The sprue gates are put on sensible areas throughout. Whilst there is come clean up to be made on the odd curved surface, all the gaps covered by sensible armour joins. The Lord-Imperatant is easily one of the most impressive amongst the new line of Stormcast Eternals figures. Compared to a lot of the figures in this set, this is quite a complex model, but it very well put together.
It's called Eldritch Omens and it pits the forces of Chaos versus those of the Eldar. The big thing about the box: 15 of the 16 minis that come in it are new. Have yourselves a look. For more information, click here. Updated: Oct 29, Wargamer Updated: Oct 29, The guides are helpful and pretty in the WH40K grim-dark way. The miniatures are very detailed was expecting them to be good, but they are even better and now just snap together instead of needing glue like back-in-the-day. I do recommend you pick up a pair of plastic cutters or maybe even a good pair of wire snips in order to get your figures off the plastic spurs without damaging you characters.
Everything came in great condition. The price for how much you get is a total steal in terms of Warhammer sets and this is a great starting point for new hobbyists. Skip to main content. About this product. Make an offer:. Stock photo. Brand new: Lowest price The lowest-priced brand-new, unused, unopened, undamaged item in its original packaging where packaging is applicable.
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