Games Workshop cancels Necromunda Roleplay and sets out its 2027 Necromunda plans
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Games Workshop has cancelled the Necromunda Roleplay expansion. In a Warhammer Community article on October 23, it also set out a roadmap for Necromunda in 2027.
What's gone
GW says there "won't be a Roleplay expansion." Its stated reason: "After careful consideration we've decided to focus our efforts on providing even more great minis for the core game."
Wargamer reports that Necromunda Roleplay was first announced in a Warhammer Community article published September 18, which has since been deleted.
What's still coming
- All the miniatures shown in the Big Autumn Preview are still on their way, and GW says they can be used in standard games of Necromunda.
- Still due this year: a major House of Iron expansion for Orlock gangs, made up of three multipart plastic kits with new cosmetic and wargear options.
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Necromunda in 2027
GW lists the year in this order:
- Ash Wastes: Starting in the spring, a return to the ash wastes with new rules expansions and what GW calls "the biggest plastic vehicle kit yet released for Necromunda."
- Underhells: Next, a return to the Underhells in search of archeotech, including new fighters for the Malstrain Genestealer Cults.
- Cinderak City: Then Cinderak City, with support for some of the original underhive gangs, "including hulking new brutes."
- Mercenaries and gunslingers: New mercenaries and gunslingers round out the year.
GW says 2027 will also bring support for other gangs, scenery and regular rules expansions, and that it will cover all of these in more detail soon.
Wargamer's own write-up puts season labels on the roadmap (spring for the Ash Wastes, summer for the Malstrain Genestealer Cults, autumn for the underhive brutes and winter for bounty hunters). GW's article gives only spring as a timing.
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