Tuesday, August 5, 2025

Necromunda: Ash Wastes (N:AW)

(Picture from Warhammer Community)

For Christmas this year (which since it is August, I note was now a long time ago), the kid got Necromunda: Ash Wastes (N:AW).  Released in 2022, this was officially an expansion to the main Necromunda game, adding vehicles, Ash waste campaign play, and several new gangs, including the Ash Waste Nomads, present in the box.  However, the hard back book in the box was in fact a complete Necromunda rule book, only missing the dominion campaign and specific underhive locations. In addition to the rules, the box came with two complete gangs, two vehicles, and four giant flea riders.  And a jolly lot of lovely terrain.  (as well as dice, templates, and cards)

This box triggered some what of an arms race in the house, as I bought first a Escher gang (new on sprue from a extremely cheap Ebay lot), then various books were bought, then various conversion projects were undertaken to get us to complete starting gangs of 1400 credits (to allow for vehicles), and after painting and a lot of rule reading, and production of a game mat, games have been played.  More to come on this, but it is pretty exciting.  

4 comments:

slovak said...

We play this a lot, I hope you have a great time with it.

Merijn said...

That's a wonderful box. The release box of the new Necromunda game glares at me accusingly from a shelf behind my painting station, I really should do something with it. That aside, let me be the first to say Merry Christmas :D

Stew said...

great way to spend time and money of the children. 😁

tim said...

Oof! has it been that long already... because I remember that coming out and thinking; dang, that looks SO COOL... but I just can't... And I haven't played Necromunda since. Not that I'm not playing it out of some sort of resistance or anger about Ash Wastes... It just hasn't happened... and I'm now just realizing how many years it's been!!

Anyway, looking forward to seeing what you do with it, so I can enjoy the set vicariously through your games!!