September 2025: A Month in Plastic

Geez that was a big month. The Battlescroll landed and shook things up a fair bit – but the other big news was a well-sourced rumour about a massive Ogors range refresh1. Whitefang doesn’t get much wrong and so I’d say it’s all but confirmed that all the remaining Failcast will be consigned to the dustbin of history.

Longbeards like me know how quickly time can slip away, and how your perception of years and even decades can become unmoored.

Credit: Dunno, just saw it on Facebook. See, I told you I was getting old.

It’s not just the crappy resin that’s going away though: the full rumour is down in the footnotes, but there’s a fair amount of dated plastic that’s apparently on the chopping block too. I must admit that although these Glutton minis do have their own charm, it’s all-too-believable that they are old enough to hit the gaming tables at Crown Casino.

Credit: Witness the Heroquest and Battle Masters Ogres in all their fugly glory right here. Painted by Adam Skinner. Ogor Gluttons credit GW.

I’ll just stick with using my old minis cos I’m a tight arse, but I can’t argue that they needed a refresh. I do have a problem with the Tyrant and Mawpit being retired if that comes to pass – 2019 is way too short a life cycle in my opinion, and if true I’d personally consider that pretty shabby as a point of principle.

It’ll also be interesting to see what the new aesthetic is, because they’ve been flinging darts wildly at the board with every Ogor model they release. The concept of what an Ogor even looks like is all over the shop right now: the Bloodpelt Hunter, Tyrant, Warhulk, Cursed City guy and Frostlord do not bear even the slightest resemblance to each other. They could easily come from entirely different game systems, so let’s see which way they go.

What does an Ogor even look like? Just please don’t make them skinny like the Cities one.

So there’s big changes in the balance of power on the tabletop, and big changes on the way for Ogors. Today we’ll take a look at what else has been happening in the Craic House over the past month, plus a look ahead to what’s coming in October.

Ready? Let’s go.

Indexhammer: September ’25

First up: Zak aimed to help the Spooky Ghost players turn that frown upside down with a run through the key Nighthaunt tech and combos that he likes in the new book. It’s not the Battletome that most NH players wanted, but that doesn’t mean it has to be a complete write-off, and Zak does play this army competitively himself so he knows what he’s talking about.

Nighthaunt: Is it all Doom and Gloom?

Pat smashed out a strong 4-1 at Bathurst GT with his Vhordrai-centric SBGL (playing up on top tables all weekend, no submarine). Check out his list and how he played it here:

Pat Goes 4-1 with SBGL: A Bathurst GT Review

Zak was back with a write-up on the Chorfs, again focused on the army’s overall tech and his own favourite combos:

Short Angry Men – First Impressions on Helsmiths of Hashut

And finally I pontificated on the new state of play for Team Green, with my own thoughts on how every Destro army came out of the Battlescroll:

Battlescroll Sep 25: Destro Perspective

Around the Craichouse

Thank you and welcome to our latest Patron Chad Beard who joined up in September.

We’re rapt to have your support, and we’ll keep working hard to give you the best dedicated AOS coverage we possibly can. Welcome to the PC community, and there’s been heaps going on, so let’s take a look.

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The Ghyranite Treasures Hobby Contest

This competition wrapped up at the end of September: keep an eye out for the results article, and hopefully those who did take part enjoyed it.

Footy Tipping: AFL is complete

Congratulations to Luke Doman who won the Plastic Craic AFL tipping comp for 2025!

Luke joins Ben Liekefett who clinched our NRL tipping comp a few weeks earlier. Both have won a Blood Bowl team of their choice – thanks to everyone who took part, and we’ll run both comps again next year.

Patreon articles

We publish regular articles on the Patreon site to try and support the people who support us. In September this included:

So What’s Next?

Here’s a few things that you can look forward to in October 2025:

  • As mentioned, our Ghyranite Treasures competition has wrapped up, and we’ll share the results.
  • You know that Doom Diver thing I keep talking about? Well I’ve completed all the arithmetic (which was honestly pretty tricky), so now all I need to do is work through the logic side (and actually write the damned thing).
  • Orkmann will report back on how Helsmiths of Hashut are performing in their early days TTS.
  • And I really do want to crack on with Part Two of that Farewell to Bonesplitterz.

Our biggest hope is to give our Patrons something worthwhile to read every week, and hopefully this program for October and beyond will deliver that for you. Our Discord is for Patreon members and writers only, and membership is priced at a level that everyone can afford – so if you want to join us, you know what to do.

Have a great month, nerds – see you on the other side.

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  1. Here’s the full rumour, from the TGA forums: ↩︎

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