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[War Gods] {TGW-5} is an expansion released with Glorantha: The Gods War (Reprint & NEW Expansions).

Components[]

Units[]

Mortal Minions
Image Unit Quantity Cost Combat Gifts
Zombie File:Zombie (Painted).png
Zombie 6 N/A 0
Availability: War Gods {TGW-5} (x6)
Mortal Heros
Image Unit Quantity Cost Combat Gifts
Patron of Order, Saint Malkion File:Patron of Order, Saint Malkion (Painted).png
Patron of Order, Saint Malkion 1 0/3 2

To Summon: When the Spike shatters, immediately place Saint Malkion at any of your buildings. You may also summon him by paying 3 Power.
Bringer of Order (Council Phase): If Saint Malkion is in play, when any enemy player's Council Phase ability affects you, gain 1 Power.
File:Gift - Patron of Order, Saint Malkion.png Heroquest: Saint Malkion is in play and one of your buildings is conquered (not just destroyed).
The Law of Malkion (Council Phase): If Saint Malkion is in play, you choose the first player each turn. You may only choose yourself or Chaos if you (or Chaos, respectively) have the most Power or are tied for most Power.
Availability: War Gods {TGW-5} (x1)
The prophet of the Invisible God, who taught its ways to the western world. He fought boldly against the forces of disorder and confusion, and in doing so, saved the world.
He also created the social system which is now termed Malkionism.
Greater Gods
Image Unit Quantity Cost Combat Gifts
Purposeful Violence, Storm Bull File:Purposeful Violence, Storm Bull (Painted).png
Purposeful Violence, Storm Bull 1 0/3 2

To Summon: When the Spike shatters, immediately place Storm Bull at any of your buildings. You may also summon him by paying 3 Power.
Face Enemy (Post-Battle): Your units are immune to rout if Storm Bull is in the battle.
File:Gift - Purposeful Violence, Storm Bull.png Heroquest: Storm Bull is in play and a Greater God is killed in a battle.
Berserk (Battle): If Storm Bull is in play and you roll no kills in a battle, score 1 kill. If you roll no routs, score 1 rout. (Applies only if you have at least 1 combat die).
Availability: War Gods {TGW-5} (x1)
The Desert Storm, deity of berserkers and purposeful violence, though often uncontrolled. The Storm Bull was one of the few entities powerful enough to try to stand against the chaos onslaught, and his warriors became famous for their insensate fury.
File:Mindless Destruction, Zorak Zoran.png File:Mindless Destruction, Zorak Zoran (Painted).png
Mindless Destruction, Zorak Zoran 1 0/3 2

To Summon: When the Spike shatters, immediately place Zorak Zoran at any of your buildings. You may also summon him by paying 3 Power.
Zombies (Post-Battle): If Zorak Zoran is in play and any non-Zombie units are killed in any battle, after Conquest, place one Zombie in the area.
File:Gift - Mindless Destruction, Zorak Zoran.png Heroquest: Zorak Zoran is in a battle in which 2+ units are killed.
Afterlife (Post-Battle: Cost 1): If Zoran Zoran is in play and you engage in a battle which sends an enemy Greater God to Hell; gain 1 VP and 1 Rune.
Availability: War Gods {TGW-5} (x1)
Mindless destruction. He is the troll's rage and never ceases in that purpose even in death. His ways continue through into the afterlife and if you're unlucky you too will serve him in undeath. He creates zombies of those slain whether friend or foe.
File:The Murderer, Shargash.png File:The Murderer, Shargash (Painted).png
The Murderer, Shargash 1 0/3 1 in Hell
2 Elsewhere

To Summon: When the Spike shatters, immediately place Shargash at any of your buildings. You may also summon him by paying 3 Power.
Terror (Ongoing): If Shargash is in play, no enemy units may be routed into areas containing Sky units (except in Hell). A routed unit completely surrounded by Sky-inhabited areas is instead killed (except in Hell).
File:Gift - The Murderer, Shargash.png Heroquest: Shargash is in play, and you kill an enemy god in battle.
Genocide (Post-Battle): If an enemy minion, hero or lesser god is killed in a battle with Shargash, all enemy empires (including the one just battled) lose 1 equivalent unit, if possible, chosen by their owner regardless of location.
Availability: War Gods {TGW-5} (x1)
Tough times demand tough gods. Shargash the Murderer emerged to wreak havoc upon the enemies of Sky.
File:Moral Evil, Wakboth.png File:Moral Evil, Wakboth (Painted).png
Moral Evil, Wakboth 1 0/3 2

To Summon: When the Spike shatters, immediately place Wakboth at any of your buildings. You may also summon it by paying 3 Power.
Devastate (Action: Cost 2): If Wakboth shares an area with an enemy building, destroy that building regardless of other units present.
File:Gift - Moral Evil, Wakboth.png Heroquest: Wakboth is in play and 3 or more units are killed in a single battle.
God Killer (Council Phase): If Wakboth is in play, Ziggurats and greater gods do not protect against Blood Sacrifice.
Availability: War Gods {TGW-5} (x1)
The new War God of Chaos is Wakboth, the personification of moral evil. Wakboth was the original child of the Unholy Trio, referenced in a previous newletter. When Wakboth entered the universe, he set foot on the Spike, and this immediately shattered it, changing the nature of the cosmos forever.
File:The Virgin, Babeester Gor.png File:The Virgin, Babeester Gor (Painted).png
The Virgin, Babeester Gor 1 0/3 2

To Summon: When the Spike shatters, immediately place Babeester Gor at any of your buildings. You may also summon it by paying 3 Power.
Guardian (Post-Battle): If Babeester Gor is in play, when one of your buildings is conquered or destroyed, the enemy must either suffer an additional kill or lose 1 Power. He may spare your building to avoid this effect.
File:Gift - The Virgin, Babeester Gor.png Heroquest: Babeester Gor is in play * EITHER your Temple or Ziggurat is conquered * destroyed, OR remove your Ziggurat as your action for a round.
The Avenger (Council Phase): When this gift is earned, select an enemy and give him the Earth Curse token. If a player eliminated a cursed faction's building while Babeester Gor is in play, the remover receives 2 Power or 1 VP, your choice. After the reward is received, the victim may transfer the Earth Curse to another player (except Earth).
Availability: War Gods {TGW-5} (x1)
The Virgin of war, she who targets oathbreakers and kinslayers and guards the shrines of Earth.
File:The Balancer, Natha.png File:The Balancer, Natha (Painted).png
The Balancer, Natha 1 0/3 Dying 4
Half 1
Full 1

To Summon: When the Spike shatters, immediately place Natha at any of your buildings. You may also summon it by paying 3 Power.
Chaos Gift (One-Time): When Natha enters play, place the Black Moon token anywhere on the Lunar Cycle.
Chaos Gift (Pre-Battle): Add +6 to your Combat total if the Lunar Cycle marker is on the Black Moon token. This does not apply to battles involving a lone building.
File:Gift - The Balancer, Natha.png Heroquest: While Natha is in play, declare battle during the Dying Moon.
Moonrise (Ongoing): If Natha is in play and the Red Goddess is eliminated, immediately replace her on your building in a new area.
Availability: War Gods {TGW-5} (x1)
Natha, The Balancer, and war goddess of Moon. Her harbinger is the Black Moon, intangible, unreal, seen by its effects on the Moon Goddess itself.
The Drowner, Wachaza File:The Drowner, Wachaza (Painted).png
The Drowner, Wachaza 1 0/3 2

To Summon: When the Spike shatters, immediately place Wachaza at any of your buildings. You may also summon him by paying 3 Power.
Suicide Cult (Ongoing): If Wachaza is in play while the Chaos Rift is open, when a player places a building or a unit into the Rift, he must place a building or unit that costs at least 2 Power, if possible.
File:Gift - The Drowner, Wachaza.png Heroquest: The Chaos Rift closes.
Death Legacy (Ongoing): Place Wachaza in Magasta's Pool. From now on, add his combat dice to all your battles (except for battles involving a lone building). If the Rift re-opens, relocate Wachaza to any sea area, then remove this Gift until the Rift closes again.
Availability: War Gods {TGW-5} (x1)
The Drowner, brutish sea god of who wields the bone trident of death.
Thanks to his stern and forceful nature, the Chaos Rift was eventually closed, and his power still looms balefully over any battle at sea.

Other components[]

Other components
Image Component Quantity Notes
Earth Curse Token
Earth Curse Token 1
Notes: Used for The Avenger.
Availability: War Gods {TGW-5} (x1)
Black Moon Token
Black Moon Token 1
Notes: Used for Natha.
Availability: War Gods {TGW-5} (x1)
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