Age of Sigmar roadmap points to May release wave for Cities of Sigmar

May did not look like a random gap in the Age of Sigmar calendar. It looked like the next real Cities of Sigmar push, and that mattered because the faction already had a very specific visual direction on the table: huge Cogforts, a new character in Erasmus Zonn, and a battletome-backed release wave that was clearly meant to shift what collectors paint next.

Travis Pasch’s May 11 roadmap update put that front and center, calling out May 2026 as the big month for Cities of Sigmar while noting that April had already delivered new kits and boxed support for Daughters of Khaine and Sylvaneth. That mix of confirmed arrivals and near-term expectation is the whole point of the update. It tells you the Mortal Realms were not sitting still, and Games Workshop was still feeding the spring release pipeline with faction-specific support rather than one-off filler.

The strongest concrete anchor came from Warhammer Community’s AdeptiCon preview on March 26, where the Cities of Sigmar reinforcements wave introduced the Cannonade Cogfort and Conqueror Cogfort variants, plus Erasmus Zonn, the Enlightened One. Warhammer Community described Cogforts as enormous walking fortresses powered by an arco-combustor burning refined emberstone, which is exactly the kind of centerpiece kit that changes a painting queue fast. Once a model like that enters the conversation, smaller rank-and-file projects stop feeling urgent and big scenic builds start looking like the smarter spend.

That is why the roadmap update reads less like rumor churn and more like project planning. Warhammer Community’s Cities of Sigmar topic page kept the faction in view through April and May, including a April 28 post titled What is a Cogfort? and the March 26 preview coverage. The official cadence suggested Cities of Sigmar was still in the middle of a refresh cycle, not the tail end of one. If you were deciding where to put primer, basing grit, and hobby money, that was the signal to hold off on deeper Cities purchases until the new wave settled.

The speculation layer still mattered, though. Pasch noted that no live previews were scheduled at the time of the update, while also flagging chatter about a possible larger summer change for Age of Sigmar. That is not a release date, and it was framed as speculation, not fact. But paired with the Cogfort reveal and the spring faction support already on shelves, it kept the roadmap feeling like a moving target. The safest read was simple: Cities of Sigmar was the faction to watch, and May looked like the moment to wait for the next box before committing to the next build.