Shadowspear

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Shadowspear Contents

Shadowspear is a 2019 box set for the 8th Edition of Warhammer 40,000. It includes miniatures and full rules for Vanguard Space Marines and Chaos Space Marine Daemonkin.^[1]

Contents^[2]

Shadowspear Campaign Book

A 24-page softback book containing:

• War Zone Vigilus: a brief history of this embattled sentinel world and the events leading up to the arrival of Abaddon’s infamous Black Legion
• Into the Void: introduces the Vanguard Space Marines and the forces of the Black Legion that they uncovered on Nemendghast
• War for Nemendghast – describes the war fought between Strike Force Shadowspear and the Daemonkin warband led by Master of Possession Vorash
• Game Rules & Missions: this section includes a tree campaign consisting of six Crucible of War missions inspired by the story explored earlier in this book

Codex: Vanguard Space Marines

A 24-page softback book containing:

• Vanguard forces: a detailed background section on the Vanguard Space Marines, their bespoke wargear, heraldry and military role
• Datasheets: for the six new characters and units in the set
• Obscuration Discipline: a new psychic discipline unique to Vanguard Librarians
• Sons of the Primarch: Chapter Tactics, Warlord Traits and points values for the Vanguard Space Marine models, weapons and wargear

Codex: Daemonkin

A 24-page softback book containing:

• Daemonkin: a detailed background section on the Daemonkin, their bespoke wargear, heraldry and military role
• Datasheets: for the five new characters and units in the set
• Malefic Discipline: a new psychic discipline unique to Chaos Space Marines
• The Lost and the Damned: Legion Traits, Warlord Traits and points values for the Daemonkin models, weapons and wargear

Miniatures

35 single-pose plastic miniatures:

Vanguard Space Marines

• 1 Captain in Phobos armour, equipped with a master-crafted instigator bolt carbine and a camo cloak
• 1 Vanguard Librarian in Phobos armour, equipped with a force sword, holstered bolt pistol, camo cloak and psychic hood
• 1 Lieutenant in Phobos armour equipped with a master-crafted occulus bolt carbine, grav-chute and pair of combat knives
• 3 Suppressors (including a Suppressor Sergeant) equipped with accelerator autocannons and a grav-chutes
• 3 Eliminators (including an Eliminator Sergeant) equipped with bolt sniper rifles and camo cloaks
• 10 Infiltrators (including an Infiltrator Sergeant and Infiltrator Helix Adept) equipped with bolt carbines

Daemonkin Chaos Space Marines

• 1 Master of Possession equipped with force stave and holstered bolt pistol
• 1 Venomcrawler equipped with a soulflayer, two excruciator cannons, tendrils and eviscerating claws
• 2 Obliterators equipped with fleshmetal guns and crushing fists
• 2 Greater Possessed equipped with a variety of daemonic mutations
• 10 Chaos Space Marines (including an Aspiring Champion with chainaxe and plasma pistol), 3 with boltguns, 4 with bolt pistol and chainsword, 1 with plasma gun, and 1 with autocannon

Extras

Also included are 2 transfer sheets

• 1 Ultramarines Vanguard Space Marines sheet
• 1 Black Legion icons sheet
• a fold-out Warhammer 40,000 Core Rules sheet

Sources

• 1: Warhammer Community : Pre-order Next Week: Shadowspear Revealed! (saved archive page, dated 03/03/19, last accessed 20/02/22)
• 2: Games Workshop webstore : Shadowspear (saved archive page, dated 18/04/19, last accessed 20/02/22)