Gretchinz!
Fast cars and big guns in this madcap Warhammer 40,000 racer
Designers: Roberto Fraga, Johan Lemonnier Artist: Albert Monteys
As anyone who grew up playing Warhammer 40,000 knows, life isn’t easy for the Gretchin. The smaller, weaker cousins of the marauding Orks, these diminutive creatures usually find themselves stuck with the most demeaning and dangerous jobs in the 41st millennium. Whether it’s operating unreliable weapons or making suicidal assaults on Space Marine strongholds, they’re the ultimate expendable troops.
This new game in the 40,000 universe looks beyond the battlefield, though, handing players control of rickety, rocket-fuelled racing buggies. Designed by the creators of the brilliant submarine combat sim Captain Sonar, it pits players against one another in a contest of speed and cunning that feels like an ultra-violent tabletop take on Mario Kart.