Games Workshop Warhammer 40k Battleforces for 2022

Games Workshop has revealed its annual range of Warhammer 40k Battleforces for 2022, naming the eight lucky tabletop armies who’ll get their own Christmas gift box set this year. Read on to find out who gets a Battleforce, what each box contains, and how much value for money each box packs in.

New 2022 40k Battleforces are available to order from Games Workshop, with seven Warhammer 40k factions getting a bumper bundle of minis sold at a Christmas discount. Some have sold out on Games Workshop’s web store, but check your local friendly gaming store before you give up on landing the battleforce of your dreams.

All of the bundles are priced at $210 / £130, holding steady against the price of the 2021 Battleforces, despite varied price rises on other GW lines since then, and ongoing production and supply problems.

There are two more boxes than GW released in 2021 (but they’re both specific Space Marine chapters) and not a single Warhammer 40k Xenos army gets its own Battleforce this year, compared to Orks and Necrons in 2021 (have all the Xenos been naughty or something?).

Worth noting for fantasy fans: GW also announced a range of eight Warhammer Age of Sigmar Battleforces for 2022.

The Warhammer 40k Battleforces for 2022 are:

Space Marines (Imperial Fists) – Bastion Strike Force

Yellowest of yellow Space Marines, the stalwart sons of Rogal Dorn (the primarch, not the Imperial Guard’s Rogal Dorn Battle Tank) get a total of 19 models in their Imperial Fists Bastion Strike Force box – namely:

Tor Garadon x 1 – $42 / £26
Heavy Intercessors x 15 – $215 / £120
Primaris Aggressors x 3 – $55 / £32.50
Total value – $312 / £178.50

Space Marines (Raven Guard) – Ravenstrike Battleforce

Masters of stealth and infiltration, the Raven Guard Ravenstrike Battleforce offers 17 total models:

Kayvaan Shrike x 1 – $42 / £26
Librarian in Phobos Armour x 1 – $35 / £21
Invictor Tactical Warsuit x 2 – $130 / £80
Eliminators x 3 – $55 / £32.50
Primaris Reivers x 10 – $60 / £36
Total value – $322 / £195.50

Thousand Sons – Court of the Crimson King

Led by the daemon primarch Magnus the Red himself, the Thousand Sons Court of the Crimson King Battleforce packs 24 total models – they are:

Magnus the Red x 1 – $160 / £95
Exalted Sorcerers x 3 – $60 / £36
Rubric Marines x 20 – $120 / £70
Total value – $340 / £201

Death Guard – Council of the Death Lord

Also headed up by a massive daemon primarch – the Death Lord Mortarion – the Death Guard Council of the Death Lord Battleforce has 20 models total, including:

Mortarion x 1 – $160 / £95
Blightlord Terminators x 5 – $60 / £36
Plague Marines x 14 – $110 / £65
Total value – $330 / £196

Imperial Knights – Chainbreaker Lance

Getting a full, workable army of Imperial Knights in one box is a rare opportunity – and the Imperial Knights Chainbreaker Lance Battleforce does provide a noticeable discount.

Not counting good old Sir Hektur’s on-foot mini, this box comes with five models total, namely:

Knight Preceptor Canis Rex x 1 – $170 / £100
Armiger Helverins x 2 – $85 / £52.50
Armiger Warglaives x 2 – $85 / £52.50
Total value – $340 / £205

Adeptus Mechanicus – Elimination Maniple

A fairly varied mix of Adeptus Mechanicus units that looks like a solid starter army out of the box, the Adeptus Mechanicus Elimination Maniple Battleforce comes with 20 models total, including:

Archmagos Dominus Belisarius Cawl x 1 – $60 / £35
Kataphron Destroyers / Breachers x 6 – $120 / £72
Kastelan Robots x 2 – $80 / £47.50
Cybernetica Datasmith x 1 (part of the Kastelan Robots kit)
Skitarii Vanguard x 10 – $50 / £30
Total value – $320 / £184.50

Adeptus Custodes – Watchers of the Gate

Not only do the Adeptus Custodes have the distinction of being Sherlock Holmes’ 40k army (according to celeb fan of Warhammer 40k Henry Cavill at least) – they also get their own 2022 Battleforce – praise the Omnissiah!

The Adeptus Custodes Watchers of the Gate Battleforce has a total of 22 models:

Captain-General Trajann Valoris x 1 – $42 / £26
Vertus Praetors x 3 – $60 / £36
Allarus Custodians x 3 – $55 / £32.50
Custodian Guards x 15 – $180 / £108
Total value – $337 / £202.50

Adepta Sororitas – Sanctorum Guard

The blessed warriors of the Sisters of Battle featured on last year’s Battleforce line-up, and GW’s Monday preview shows they return in 2022 with the Adepta Sororitas Sanctorum Guard Battleforce. The box contains 22 models total, including:

Abbess Sanctorum Morvenn Vahl x 1 – $60 / £35
Paragon Warsuits x 6 – $140 / £85
Celestian Sacresants x 5 – $60 / £35
Battle Sisters x 10 – $60 / £36
Total value – $320 / £191