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Thursday, 5 November 2026

LATEST NEWS: Warmachine: Lock and Load US and an Early Black Friday Preview - Steamforged Games

 Hail Mighty Readers and Followers of the Luck Gods Rocks,

Warmachine from Steamforged Games, this week is focusing on the forthcoming Lock and Loaded US Event (in St Louis, Missouri  and what they're bringing to the table.  In addition to this we're getting a sneaky look at this months Black Friday Sale that they're having.

Here's what SFG had to say:

"What’s coming up?

Friday November 6 from 8pm CST


Live preview! What’s next for Warmachine?Last week, we released a new version of the Warmachine app including bug fixes, general clean up, and quality-of-life improvements. 

Join us as we share the latest Warmachine reveals and previews LIVE from Lock & Load US! 

We’ve said it before, we’ll say it again: you don’t want to miss this. 

Set your alarms for 8pm CST (2 AM UK Time). We’ll see you there! 


Friday November 6 - Sunday November 8

Lock & Load US is happening in St Louis, Missouri

FINAL CALL to grab your badge and join us at Lock & Load US!

Three hundred Warmachine fans are already heading to St Louis for an incredible weekend of tournaments, pick-up games, hobby sessions, and more. 

Not to mention the prestigious Iron Gauntlet US 2026 Finals which we’ll be streaming LIVE on YouTube in partnership with the fantastic zero_camp team.   

It’s going to be one heck of a weekend. Who’s in?! 


Early Black Friday preview

Yes, Warmachine's doing Black Friday this year! Here’s what that looks like:

We’ll have two bundles available.

This bundle will include the Southern Kriels Brinebloods Command Starter, Khymaera Shadowflame Shard Command Starter, and a free copy of the stunning Warmachine core book, where rules and lore collide in a beautifully illustrated hardback guide to commanding your army in the Iron Kingdoms.

Second, starting this year, every Black Friday we’ll be selecting a featured army to highlight in a special bundle. This time, it’s Southern Kriels Kithguard! 

First, a starter bundle made for players looking to get into Warmachine.



The killer Kithguard army bundle will come with the Core Expansion, Auxiliary Expansion, and a free Battlegroup Box. 

Each Core and Auxiliary Expansion is essentially equivalent to an army box, including a warlock and a tailored fighting force for command and skirmish-level games. The Battlegroup Box you’ll get for free adds another warlock, a heavy warbeast, and a light warbeast, plus all their modular options. 

And every box can be combined, mixed, and matched to create your own lists. In short, that’s over 100 points of guerrilla fighting, trapdoor ambushing models to paint and play with!  

Finally, for the roleplay gamers, we’ll have three Strangelight Workshop RPG bundles available at a Black Friday discount, ready for you to delve into a peculiar (and often unorthodox) world of occult investigations. 



When does it start?

From November 25 through Black Friday weekend, you’ll be able to grab every bundle here on the Warmachine website or from your local Warstore. 

If you’re a Warstore, you can pre-order the Warmachine bundles for your customers from November 5. Look out for the email tomorrow or contact your account manager. Interested in becoming a Warstore? Get in touch with our team. 


Upcoming Warmachne Events:

There are tons of excellent events coming up around the world for Warmachine, and you can find them on Longshanks! 

Just head to the dedicated Warmachine events page and filter by location to see what’s on near you.




US Lock and Load 2026:

Event registration for Lock & Load US attendees went live on Longshanks last week, with some events filling up in record time! 

Now we’ve got a good idea of which events are in high demand, we’ll be adding more spaces wherever we can.

We’ll send an Eventbrite email to all badge holders in advance announcing the date and time the new spaces will go live, to give those who missed out the best chance to secure their spots. We’ll also announce it in the dedicated Lock & Load US thread in the official Warmachine Discord. 


If you’ve not got your badge yet,
there’s still time to grab yours and join us in St Louis from November 6 for the US’s biggest weekend of Warmachine!






Europe Lock and Load 2027
Lock & Load EU is coming back, and we’ve got new dates! We’ve updated the dates for our next European Warmachine weekend, so mark your calendars for July 16–18, 2027. Three days of tournaments, events, hobby, lore, reveals and plenty of time to roll dice with the Warmachine community. We’ll have more details to share as we get closer, so keep your eyes peeled and start planning your trip to Lock & Load EU 2027!



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More news as we get it.

All the best,


ThunderMouser


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