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Cursed City is Back – Here's How to Get the Most Out of This Epic Boxed Set

Warhammer Quest: Cursed City returns this weekend – and for two weeks you’ll be able to get a copy of this action-packed co-operative game on a Made to Order basis. To prepare for the re-release, we’ve delved through Ulfenkarn’s sinister secrets and glittering treasures – and returned with a plethora of ways to get the best out of this incredible boxed set.

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Dare you enter the Cursed City of Ulfenkarn and face the undead hordes that dwell within? Can you outrun a tide of death? Are you brave enough to stay out at night? Will you eat the muddy egg? Whet your appetite with the info and imagery on the Cursed City website, then grab your friends and choose your heroes.* 

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You can pick up the basics of Warhammer Quest: Cursed City with this Learn to Play video. This will give you a grounding in the game, so you’ll be able to start your first quest as soon as the box arrives.

If that wasn’t enough to whet your appetite, you can delve into the dungeons beneath Ulfenkarn in spine-chilling stories from the Black Library. Discover the narrative behind the board game in Cursed City, a tale of thrilling adventure by C L Werner, and learn more about Ulfenkarn’s dark rulers in his eShort The Wolf and the Rat. Plus, witness a morbid mage take on Radukar’s ogor bodyguards in the free short story Nightguard.

Want to really get into the spirit of things? Raid the Ulfenkarn tourist shop with this range of Cursed City clothing from Warhammer Merch. Perhaps Radukar the Wolf will go easy on you if your t-shirt bears his mark?

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Before you enter the streets of Ulfenkarn, you’ll want to get your miniatures looking good – so we’ve got 10 handy painting guides for the heroes and villains from the Cursed City. 

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Once you’ve got these ghoulish guardians looking Battle Ready, you’re already most of the way to a full Soulblight Gravelords army for Warhammer Age of Sigmar. This is the biggest Warhammer Quest box ever, and with Radukar the Wolf, Torgillius the Chamberlain, Watch Captain Halgrim, Gorslav the Gravekeeper, a Vargskyr, three Vyrkos Blood-born, two Kosargi Nightguard, 10 Deadwalker Zombies, and 10 Ulfenwatch by your side, you’ll only need the battletome and a few extra cold bodies to reach 1,000 points. 

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You can even challenge the fiendish streets in fast-paced skirmish games of Warcry. The newest Tome of Champions brings a whole roster of rich stories to the tabletop – including a narrative campaign set in Ulfenkarn itself, which contains rules for many of the Cursed City hostiles. 

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Warhammer Quest: Cursed City will be available on a Made to Order basis between the 5th and the 20th of March – and everyone who orders a copy in this window is guaranteed to get one. Discover for yourself why this is one of the most in-demand Warhammer boxed sets of all time. 

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There’s more to come from Cursed City – the main game will be available once more later in the year, alongside new expansions to provide even more challenges for your heroes – sign up for our newsletter to keep up to date with the latest whispers from Ulfenkarn.

* Will you choose the vampire hunter, deathly scholar, vengeful Kurnothi, clairvoyant cultist, or one of the other agents of defiance?