Total War: Warhammer 3's Thrones of Decay reveal has finally made me excited about the game again

Total War: Warhammer 3 has been in a weird place for a while, with 2023's experimental Shadows of Change DLC being so poorly received that Creative Assembly ended up reworking the whole thing and giving out freebies in the form of new lords. Things have been steadily improving, though, and with the reveal of Thrones of Decay they're poised to get even better—if CA sticks the landing. 

It's hard not to be pumped after watching the Thrones of Decay trailer, which teases a helluva lot of Warhammer goodness. I confess I did shout «Yes!» when I spotted a group of dwarfs guzzling booze at a table on the thunderbarge. Flying into battle is the perfect time to get completely sauced. 

The DLC is focused on dwarfs, the Empire—about time—and Nurgle, introducing three new legendary lords, the most exciting of which is undoubtedly Tamurkhan. He's one of Nurgle's greatest champions and is a literal maggot. But he's a maggot with ambition. He can possess corpses, and is currently sauntering around in the body of an ogre tyrant, Karaka Breakmountain, who rides an imposing toad dragon known as Bubebolos—a fantastic name. 

Tamurkhan's campaign mechanic sees him striding around the world recruiting and dominating warlords from Chaos and Norscan tribes in an effort to bring ruin to the world. Good times! Since his host is an ogre tyrant he's a tanky lad, naturally, and he can stick it out in battle for a long time thanks to his Feast of the Maggot Lord ability, which triggers when he dies, stealing the life from the enemies around him. 

The Maggot Lord is joined by a bunch of new units, as well. Here's the new additions to the Nurgle roster:

If this was any other DLC I'd be preparing to play Tamurkhan immediately, but Thrones of Decay also includes some dwarf love and flying ships, so it's going to be real tricky picking my first faction. Malakai Makaisson is representing the stumpy lads, bringing with him an impressive airship known as the Spirit of Grungi. This ties into the former