Warhammer Underworlds continues to evolve, with balance updates and new warbands shaking up the competitive landscape, but it’s not just the new hotness that gets to compete – four classic warbands which have been absent for a while are returning to the fray in one awesome pack.
Rivals of the Mirrored City is a new kind of expansion. It updates a quarrelsome quartet from the early days of Warhammer Underworlds with updated rules and a new Rivals deck each. Every warband offers a different gameplay experience, making this a great addition to an experienced player’s collection, and the ideal next step for new players who’ve used the easy-to-learn Rivals format to introduce friends to the game.
As one of two warbands in the box who can cast spells, the Thorns of the Briar Queen are a flexible warband that can adapt to all situations with a diverse set of tools. With seven fighters they can surround and overwhelm numerically inferior opponents, ignoring lethal hexes and blocked spaces to trick their way to superior board control.
If managing a whole warband of fighters sounds like work and you just want to clobber things as hard as possible, Mollog’s Mob offers a unique style of game you won’t find in any other warband. The entire game plan is centred on the lumbering Dankhold Troggoth Mollog the Mighty, who is attended by a diminutive hype team of squigs who spend all their efforts supporting him.
Zarbag’s Gitz are all about bodies and board control. Their warband stacks a massive nine fighters, and even though they’re on the weaker side individually, the sheer weight of grots is enough to bury other warbands under a hollering green tide.
Spiteclaw’s Swarm are vicious Skaven warriors who prefer quality over quantity (at least compared to Zarbag’s Gitz). They won’t stand up against the tougher bruisers in the Underworlds, but do have the ability to return slain fighters to the field, letting them play aggressively and capture an early advantage before heavier hitters can wind up their haymakers.
All of the cards featured in this set have gone through a careful process of modernisation to keep the original flavour of the warbands intact, while updating their gameplay for the current season of Warhammer Underworlds. Their previous cards are all nevertheless still valid in Relic format, while the new decks can be combined with a Universal Rivals deck to vastly expand their options in Nemesis format.