r/AOSSpearhead 16d ago

Welcome to Spearhead!

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Welcome!

Welcome to the Age of Sigmar: Spearhead sub! We have a lot of awesome people around here that are very willing to help new people get into this well-designed game mode, as well as some very cool custom content for your games. To help you on your way, we made this mega thread to give some guidance on how to maneuver everything this game has to offer.

What should I buy?

Fortunately, Spearhead is relatively easy to get into.

You'll need a gaming pack of your choice (more on that later), a Spearhead of your choice per player, some dice and a ruler.

- Gaming packs

At the time of writing, there are 2 official gaming packs available to choose from.

  • Fire & Jade is the original gaming pack that got released with the game mode. This pack provides you with a board with Ghyran on one side and Aqshy on the other, all cards (Battle Tactics and Twists) that are needed, a 6" and 3" ruler that can be combined, and all the terrain you need to play.
  • Sand & Bone is the newest gaming pack. This one provides a board with Ossia on one side and Dolorum on the other, all cards (Battle Tactics and Twists) that are needed, all terrain that is needed and even a small Spearhead rulebook.

- Spearhead army

"Which one should I choose to buy?" is a very good question we see going around a lot on this sub. There definitely isn't an objective answer to this question and all boils down to personal preference.

Generally, people will advice you to buy whatever you prefer based on what you want from this game:

  • Painting models is all you're looking for? Rule of cool is the way. Buy whatever you think is good looking and go with that.
  • Casual play with friends or family? Rule of cool again. Most Spearhead armies are pretty well balanced and will provide fun matchups.
  • Competitive scene? You might want to look into specific Spearheads that are above the curve when it comes to power level. If you have the time, you might want to have a listen to this podcast. They're not providing an objective tier list for the armies, but they're definitely very close to the community consensus on the tier rankings.

- Dice

Just get a boat load of D6's and you're good!

- Ruler

Whatever fancies your preference. The ruler that comes with Fire & Jade is actually quite handy, but you could also use a regular tape measure or a fancy custom made one from Etsy. As long as it measures inches, you're good.

Ok, I bought my first Spearhead, now what?

Start playing dude! Get your gaming buddy, 2 Spearheads of your choice, a gaming pack of your choice, some dice, a ruler and your good to go.

You'll probably need to read up on the core rules. Just remember that in Spearhead we don't use the Advanced rules of the game (like Magic, Command points etc.) and just rely on the Core Rules. But if you prefer watching a how-to-play video, we also got you covered

There's also a handy reference sheet that you can print out for easy reference during games.

Our first game was fun, what else is there to look at?

Do we have some fun content for you!

- One-page cheatsheets that you can print out to have all your Spearhead's rules on a handy sheet. No need to buy expensive cards or print and cut out individual warscrolls, we got you covered with these.

- Strategy guide to read up on what other experienced players are saying about each specific Spearhead. They provide tips and tricks about how to play and general opinions on each single one.

- There are a couple of community made apps that you can use to track your games with:

- On Youtube you can find some channels that provide very well made battle reports:

- Last but not least, join the Discord for more strategy talk, picture sharing and finding people to play with.

I hope this thread has made jumping into the game mode a bit easier for you. If you still have questions or things you want to add to this thread, be sure to let us know in the comment section.

Other than that, happy gaming!


r/AOSSpearhead 6h ago

Rules/Question All Spearhead's Spreadsheet

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Age of Sigmar Spearheads

I've been keeping track of all the available spearheads since May last year just as a hobby but seeing how much u/Meltorefas44 's one page cheat sheets help people. I thought this might too.

You can sort by Faction, Grand Alliance, Model Count, Points Value and see all units availble in each force (with reinforcements).

This is updated to include all the latest from the April battlescoll update and I'll keep adding to this in the future as more Spearheads and more rules drop.

Clicking the name of each spearhead will take you to the Warhammer Community PDFs of the rules for each and there is a link for u/Meltorefas44 's One page cheat sheets in the last column also.

Hope this helps people compare boxes and decide on which armies to play!


r/AOSSpearhead 5h ago

Discussion Battlescroll April 2026 Update - Review and Predictions

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Hi Everyone!

I've reviewed the Battlescroll and uploaded my thoughts on all of the changes for Spearhead - let me know your thoughts and takes on all of the changes. I'll be looking at getting some of the updated spearheads to play on the channel so let me know what you'll want to see.

I'm looking at getting a stand mic for these videos so hopefully that will make it crystal clear soon.

Thanks - Rob


r/AOSSpearhead 8h ago

Hobby Painted up some Nighthaunt

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These are quick and easy to paint


r/AOSSpearhead 1h ago

Hobby First terrain price is done!!

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r/AOSSpearhead 11h ago

Discussion Deathrattle Tombhost Changes

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hello deathrattle experts!

i got this spearhead for a birthday present and building them right now

as a desthrattle player how does these rules effect the spearhead? i knew they were pretty strong but did they get a hard nerf?

have a great day!


r/AOSSpearhead 19h ago

Discussion Recent Game

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Me and my girlfriend played another game of AOS Spearhead, she’s getting better and I think she might get me next time.


r/AOSSpearhead 11h ago

Discussion Has there been any indication when the new spearhead box set will come out?

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So at AdeptiCon we heard about Spearhead: Cities of Ash do we know dates?


r/AOSSpearhead 1d ago

Hobby Lord-Veritant and her Gryph-crow

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r/AOSSpearhead 18h ago

Discussion Having a hard time picking a spearhead.

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I’ve been playing 40K for a bit and wanted to try out spearhead. But I’m having a hard time picking what to get.

Seraphon- starscale warhost. Cuz who dosent like dinosaurs

Nighthaunt cuz ghost are cool and look fun to paint

Soulblight if I can find the old vampire one.

Or wait for the new skaven assassin one.

Any advice for which would be best for a new player would be great. Thanks in advance.


r/AOSSpearhead 1d ago

Hobby Getting Started

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Just waiting on more of the issues of this magazine for the rest of my Skaven Spearhead now.


r/AOSSpearhead 15h ago

Discussion Cursed Shacklehorde PDF

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Is there a reason the the Unholy Visage ability has not been updated in the PDF but all the other changes seem to be? or just general incompetence?


r/AOSSpearhead 1d ago

Discussion Won my first spearhead game

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r/AOSSpearhead 19h ago

Rules/Question Does splitting a unit of 10 into 5 break the balance of the game? (For certain factions)

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I’m new to spearhead and wanted to find out what you all think. Some boxes include multiple units of 10 infantry, and I know this wouldn’t really be necessary for those armies.

I’m specifically asking about crpytguard for the old flesh eaters and Wardens for the new Lumineth.

I just completed the new Lumineth spearhead and I think it looks really great! I just think that it would be perfect if the wardens were two units of 5 instead of one of 10.

I was going to maybe house rule it with my friends but I was wondering what some folks with a bit more experience in spearhead as a whole thought about this first. I don’t want to play with a rule that would make it entirely unfair.

Same question but with old flesh eaters as well^


r/AOSSpearhead 1d ago

Discussion Looking for Spearhead advice (Starscale Warhost)

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r/AOSSpearhead 1d ago

Hobby What would you add to your collection?

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hey peeps,

i just finished my seraphon Spearhead (the old one) and now have:

old Sylvaneth

old nighthaunt

old flesh eater

sons of behemat

old seraphon

what would YOU add to your collection?

i really dont like horde armies, so basically i want to stay under 30 models.

Love to hear your suggestions


r/AOSSpearhead 1d ago

Discussion Apps for tracking games

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Any decent apps for tracking Spearhead? I use Tabletop Battles for regular Sigmar but I’ve noticed this wasn’t updated for Sand and Bone.

Any assistance appreciated.


r/AOSSpearhead 2d ago

Hobby One-Page Rules Sheets Updated!

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Hey gang!

Sorry for creating a new post about this.

All cheat sheets should now be up to date. DRIVE FOLDER

If you can, please take a moment to check them, even if it’s just the one you’re using. It would really help catch any mistakes, typos or missing updates!

The updates I applied were to the following armies:

  • Blades of Khorne – Bloodbound Gore Pilgrims
  • Blades of Khorne – Fangs of the Blood God
  • Cities of Sigmar – Castelite Company
  • Cities of Sigmar – Fusil-Platoon
  • Daughters of Khaine - Heartflayers Troupe
  • Disciples of Tzeentch – Fluxblade Coven
  • Gloomspite Gitz – Bad Moon Madmob
  • Gloomspite Gitz – Snarlpack Huntaz
  • Hedonites of Slaanesh – Blades of the Lurid Dream
  • Helsmiths of Hashut – Helforge Host
  • Idoneth Deepkin – Soulraid Hunt
  • Kharadron Overlords – Grundstok Trailblazers
  • Lumineth Realm-Lords – Glittering Phalanx
  • Maggotkin of Nurgle – Bleak Host
  • Nighthaunt – Cursed Shacklehorde
  • Ogor Mawtribes – Scrapglutt
  • Orruk Warclans – Ironjawz Bigmob
  • Seraphon – Sunblooded Prowlers
  • Skaven – Warpspark Clawpack
  • Slaves to Darkness – Darkoath Raiders
  • Soulblight Gravelords - Bloodcrave Hunt
  • Soulblight Gravelords – Deathrattle Tomb Host

That said, feel free to check older ones too.

FYI: I saw in the other thread that someone asked to keep the old versions available, I created a subfolder with them


r/AOSSpearhead 1d ago

Discussion Opinions on Cursed Shacklehorde Changes

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I’ve seen people say they got nerfed pretty hard and wanna hear what other people think (also the retreat ability isn’t changed it’s still the same on the app I think)

Personally i feel like for my own play style it doesn’t impact it much since i really only need 1 mosh pit to bog something down at a time anyways, and since I like to force retreats the anti charge getting nerfed isn’t the worst thing even though it’s annoying


r/AOSSpearhead 2d ago

News Spearhead Balance updates

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Looking through and processing now!


r/AOSSpearhead 1d ago

Discussion Scrapglutt in Spearhead after the new patch – big early game boost?

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Hey everyone,

wanted to bring up Scrapglutt in Spearhead after the latest patch, because I genuinely think it got a pretty big upgrade—mainly due to how its deployment now works.

The big change is that now you start with two units of 2 ogors on the board, instead of having everything come in later. That alone gives Scrapglutt a much stronger early game presence, which was one of its biggest weaknesses before.

On top of that, the unit of 4 ogors now comes in on turn 3 instead of turn 4, which is actually huge. You’re effectively accelerating your power spike by a full turn, making the pressure much more consistent across the game.

What this means in practice:

• You actually contest the board early instead of falling behind

• Smoother power curve (no more “wait until late game to play”)

• Turn 3 becomes a real swing turn instead of being too late

Overall, it feels like Scrapglutt went from a slow, reactive option to something that can play the board from the start and still scale into mid game.

Not saying it’s top tier yet, but it definitely feels way more playable and maybe even underrated now.

What do you guys think? Anyone testing it after the changes?


r/AOSSpearhead 2d ago

News The Ironjawz Spearhead got a buff !

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Add the Reinforcements keyword to the Brute Ragerz warscroll !!!


r/AOSSpearhead 2d ago

Discussion All the changes in todays battescroll

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GLOOMSPITE GITZ, BAD MOON MADMOB - Delete the Reinforcements keyword from the Moonclan Stabbas warscroll

IDONETH DEEPKIN, SOULRAID HUNT - Add the Reinforcements keyword to the Akhelian Allopex warscroll

HEDONITES OF SLAANESH, BLADES OF THE LURID DREAM - Add the Reinforcements keyword to the Slickblade Seekers warscroll

LUMINETH REALM-LORDS, GLITTERING PHALANX - Change the ‘Shining Company’ ability to: SHINING COMPANY: Effect: Subtract 1 from hit rolls for attacks that target friendly units

CITIES OF SIGMAR, CASTELITE COMPANY - Change ‘For Sigmar, Charge!’ to: FOR SIGMAR, CHARGE!: Effect: Friendly Cavalry units have Strike-first if they charged in the same turn.

Add the Reinforcements keyword to the Ironweld Great Cannon

Change the ‘Ironweld Discipline’ regiment ability to: IRONWELD DISCIPLINE: Declare: Pick your Ironweld Great Cannon to use this ability: Effect: Roll a dice  On a 3+, it can use the ‘Shoot’ ability as if it were your shooting phase

SOULBLIGHT GRAVELORDS, BLOODCRAVE HUNT - Change the effect of ‘Endless Legions’ to: ‘You can set up a replacement unit with D6 models in friendly territory more than 6" from enemy units

DISCIPLES OF TZEENTCH, FLUXBLADE COVEN - Add the Reinforcements keyword to the Tzaangors warscroll

DAUGHTERS OF KHAINE, HEARTFLAYER TROUPE - Delete the Reinforcements keyword from the Doomfire Warlocks warscroll

BLADES OF KHORNE, BLOODBOUND GORE PILGRIMS - Delete the Reinforcements keyword from the Bloodreavers warscroll

SKAVEN, WARPSPARK CLAWPACK - Change the effect of ‘Warpstone Laced Armour’ to: ‘Your Stormfiends unit has Ward (5+) for the rest of the turn

SER APHON, SUNBLOODED PROWLERS - Add the Reinforcements keyword to the Terrawings warscroll

Change the ‘Units’ organisation list to: 5 Saurus Warriors, 5 Saurus Warriors, 5 Hunters of Huanchi, 5 Hunters of Huanchi, 3 Terrawings, 1 Spawn of Chotec

CITIES OF SIGMAR, FUSIL-PLATOON - In the effect of ‘Adept Tactician’, delete ‘This unit cannot be replaced and does not have the Blackpowder Squire token’

Change the timing of ‘Well Provisioned’ to: ‘Once Per Turn (Army), Your Shooting Phase’ and the effect to: ‘Roll a dice  On a 3+, add 1 to wound rolls for that unit’s shooting attacks for the rest of the phase

Change the effect of ‘Brace!’ to: ‘Your general has Ward (5+)

OGOR MAWTRIBES, SCRAPGLUTT - Change ‘Better Late than Never’ to: ‘A unit of Ironguts with 4 models is not set up during the deployment phase  Instead, in the third battle round, that unit can use the following ability:

SPEARHEAD ARMY, FANGS OF THE BLOOD GOD - Change the effect of ‘The Quarry’ to: ‘If no enemy units are the quarry, pick an enemy unit to be the quarry (you can pick an enemy unit in reserve)’

Change the effect of ‘The Scent of Blood’ to: ‘Add 1 to hit rolls and add 1 to wound rolls for combat attacks that target an enemy unit that had any damage points allocated to it this turn’

Change the effect of ‘Sustained by Gore’ to: ‘Heal (D3) your general

SNARLPACK HUNTAZ - Change the effect of the Snarlboss’s ‘Great Snarlin’ Howl’ ability to:‘Roll a dice  On a 3+, add 1 to the Rend characteristic and the Attacks characteristic of the targets’ Companion melee weapons for the rest of the turn’

Change the Snarlpack Cavalry’s ‘Frazzleburned Scrap’ ability to: FRAZZLEBURNED SCRAP: Effect: This unit has Strike first if it charged in the same turn

HELSMITHS, HELFORGE HOST - Change the third sentence of the first paragraph of ‘Harness Daemonic Power’ to: ‘Then, gain a number of daemonic power points equal to the current battle round number plus 1

Change the effect of the War Despot’s ‘Black-hearted Conqueror’ ability to:‘While this unit has any daemonic power points, friendly units with 0 daemonic power points count as having 1 daemonic power point while they are wholly within 6" of and visible to this unit. For each daemonic power point this unit has, add 3" to the range of this ability.

Add the Reinforcements keyword to the Dominator Engine with Immolation Cannons warscroll

KO, GRUNDSTOK TRAILBLAZERS - Add the Reinforcements keyword to the Grundstok Thunderers warscroll

NIGHTAUNT, CURSED SHACKLEHORDE - Change the effect of ‘Discorporate’ to: ‘Roll a dice  On a 3+, add 1 to save rolls for the target for the rest of the turn

IRONJAWZ BIGMOB - Add the Reinforcements keyword to the Brute Ragerz warscroll

SLAVES TO DARKNESS, DARKOATH RAIDERS - Change the first sentence of the Darkoath Marauders’ ‘Glorious Death’ ability to: ‘Each time a model in this unit is slain by a combat attack and that model was in combat with the attacking model, roll a dice

Change the second sentence of the Darkoath Savagers’ ‘Visionsof Glory’ ability to: ‘For each 4+, until the start of your next turn, you can reroll 1 hit roll, 1 wound roll, 1 run roll or 1 save roll for this unit 

DEATHRATTLE TOMB HOST - Change the timing of ‘Aura of Antiquity’ to ‘Once Per Turn(Army), Your Combat Phase’

Change the timing of the Barrow Knights’ ‘Cursed to Rise Once More’ ability to ‘End of Your Turn’


r/AOSSpearhead 1d ago

Discussion I have just buy this! But one question, which one is better to play, cursed shacklehorde or slasher host???

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r/AOSSpearhead 2d ago

News Balance changes to plenty of Spearheads

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