It’s a day late but here we are – hoping this isn’t just an April’s Fools joke.

Uhm.., it’s Holy Lands themed?

I can’t say I expected the Holy Lands to make such a sudden yet strong return to the game – mostly with collectible minis – but we did get at least some good news in regards to Screaming God.
CoD was also mentioned, but your mileage will vary greatly in that regard.

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Of course, the big thing first: the Screaming God! It has arrived at ports world-wide and is currently in the process of getting sent out to the warehouses and prepped for delivery. Considering the Easter weekend is right around the corner, I would suspect the first e-mails asking for shipping to be payed to come next week or the one after.
For us non-US-folks, Adam has hinted in the KS update that Preacher would also soon be (finally) available from localized hubs, possibly alongside Screaming God.

In regards to CoD – we are back in the dark on that one. Getting it in 2026 wasn’t really feasible to begin with, in my opinion, so I can’t say I am surprised.
To keep it short and concise: it will be done when its done, and Adam believes it need to be done right.

However, in turn, the First Hero has been moved up in the timeline to potentially release earlier than anticipated; as a part of the Revamped Wave 2 even. Though I would not get my hopes up all that quickly considering we have heard next to nothing about it up until now.
Should this be the first time you are hearing about this expansion, it is meant as a sort of stepping stone for experienced players to start campaigns beyond LY0. To start in LY12 or 20 (I believe) you get to face a special hero-survivor-boss and if you defeat them, you take over the settlement as its new leader(s).
So far, 1 Gencon-demo of the fight can be viewed on Youtube and that is about all we know of it at this point.

For what its worth, I do believe we are going to see the Titan Bee and Honeycomb Weaver, as well as Dead Armor boxes first and afterwards the First Hero might come sliding into view, which, honestly, I would also expect 2027 at the earliest.

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As for the sale: Holy Lands means lions!
And oh, boy, did they add lions.

The Lion Champion was a part of the line-up of preview artwork shared in an earlier update this year and as far as collectible minis goes, it does not disappoint.
The competition is fierce however, not only have we been blessed with a Painters Scale of one of the earliest monster designs – the Mother – but also a group of Holy Priests (probably part of the “bloodbank” type of products), the Lion Knight Scholar with a beta-content for the Lion Knight-nemesis encounter (including a trait for the monster!); but also the gorgeous Shadow Box.
This resin relief is the star of the show this time, no questions asked!
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Oh, and I almost forgot about Forgot’s Bust. They seem to have put special care into getting the glasses on her this time!

As for gameplay releases, this month’s offering is another Pillar box! The Pillar – Forge Priest adds a new terrain to the game that will spawn 2 Ore Veins and a Forge Priest minion into a fight!

If you are new to the game, the Core game is also available once again – just give them some time to actually ship it! I have seen a bunch of talk in the discord today about people paying shipping for their pre-orders and the items not moving for ages.
And I am sorry to say, but that is fairly normal here. Especially if you are in the EU. It will get to you, you do not need to worry about that, but it will usually take some time. That is just the reality of it.
But, it is still a good idea to contact support after 14 days have elapsed.
From my personal experience, they will try to help you to the best of their ability and fix any issue you might be having.
To further add a layer of my own personal experience to this: it took a little over a full month for my Core game to be delivered to me (ordered early August, received early September).

And finally, for the Sim we have Candy & Cola. All currently released Wanderers seem to be making their way to the sim one by one.

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Well, this isn’t what I expected at all from this month’s sale/update.
Holy Lands? Official CoD-delay?
And I do have to admit that I got lost in the hype as well, as I fully expected to be paying Screaming Goat shipping today. But alas.., what is one or two more weeks at this point?

For the time being, I will definitely be picking up the Forge Priest as a treat and then continue waiting for the Goat.

As always, thank you very much for your time, happy April Fools day (I’m just glad that’s over),
Amathul