Based entirely on what looks cool to me…

For Warhammer 40,000, the KV128 Stormsurge ($150) from Games Workshop holds two Tau crew and features ball-and-socket joints for a range of posing options.

From Privateer Press, the gargantuan Trollbloods Glacier King ($135, November) for Hordes freezes lakes, streams, and enemies with its passing. The heavy warjack Hand of Judgement ($60, December) for Warmachine wields an immolator cannon and mace for the Protectorate of Menoth.

Among the Wyrd Miniatures releases for Malifaux 2nd Edition, there’s the pre-colored Swamp Cottage ($21) and the gun-toting Abuela Ortega ($16) in steam-powered wheelchair.

Gale Force Nine’s resin minis for the Dungeons & Dragons Rage of Demons campaign includes a five-piece Orcus figure ($75) seated on a throne of bones.

In Reaper Miniatures’ Dark Heavens series there’s a new Temple Dragon ($33).

And for a very limited time, Reaper’s Bonesylvanian series includes the better-look-at-the-pictures-than-have-me-describe-them Jacques ($8), Howie ($8), and Lou ($11).

Spartan Games adds two new forces to Firestorm Armada this month, including a Terquai Dreadnought Group (£25) and a Xelocian Imperium Dreadnought Group (£25).

And last-but-not-least, Dark Sword Miniatures recently released a Cat Paladin ($10).

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Hitting retail in August and September from Wyrd Miniatures are:

• A Malifaux Two-Player Starter set ($65), including eight new models for two henchmen-led crews, two fate decks, two measuring tapes, stat cards, upgrade cards, quick reference cards, and a Quick Start booklet (the full manual is a free download).
• Shifting Loyalties ($45), a Malifaux supplement that in addition to detailing new models, provides rules for campaign play.
• A Campaign Deck ($18) of 193 upgrade cards to go with Shifting Loyalties.
• A Generalist Deck ($18) with 136 cards for the upgrades in M2E and Crossroads.
• Into the Steam ($45), a supplement for the Malifaux RPG, Through the Breach. This one focuses on the lands of the Arcanists north of the city.
• Northern Aggression ($20), the first in a series of three Penny Dreadful adventures for Through the Breach.
• Darkness Comes Rattling ($65), a cooperative board game not tied to any of Wyrd’s other properties. Instead, the game “follows the story of the tribes of man in their quest to save the world from corruption and darkness.”

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The winners of the 2014 Origins Awards, as given out by The Academy of Adventure Gaming Arts & Design at the Origins Game Fair, are:

• Best Game Accessory—Space Gaming Mat from HC and D Game Supplies
• Best Game-Related Publication—TableTop
• Best Historical Miniatures Rules—Fields of Fire from Proving Ground Games
• Best Historical Miniatures Figure or Line—Fate of a Nation: Arab Israeli Wars from Battlefront Miniatures
• Best Historical Board Game—1775: Rebellion from Academy Games
• Best Traditional Card Game—Love Letter from AEG
• Best Collectible Card Game or Expansion—Pokemon Black & White Legendary Treasures from Pokemon
• Best Miniatures Rules or Expansion—Marvel HeroClix Avengers vs. X-Men Starters from WizKids
• Best Miniatures Figure or Line—Malifaux: The Guild’s Judgement from Wyrd Miniatures
• Best Roleplaying Game—Numenera from Monte Cook Games
• Best Roleplaying Supplement or Adventure—Night’s Watch from Green Ronin
• Best Family, Party or Children’s Game—Three Little Pigs from Iello
• Best Board Game—Trains from AEG

[via Bleeding Cool and Ogre Cave]

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