One of the best strategy titles of the year, Total War: Warhammer II impressed with its intricately designed and more free-form campaign than the one found in the original. On January 23 Rise of the Tomb Kingslaunches, bringing a dose of Ancient Egypt to the title with deserts and mythical beasts with crocodile heads.

Check out the trailer below.

Rise of the Tomb Kings is a Campaign Pack DLC for Total War: WARHAMMER II that introduces a brand-new race to the fold from the Warhammer Fantasy Battles world: The Tomb Kings.

Across the arid deserts of Nehekhara, vast legions of skeletal warriors rise from beneath the baking sands to slaughter those who trespass into their domain. It is a lifeless realm of endless dunes, stained red from the blood of savages and barbarians. This is the Land of the Dead, where mummified kings are cursed to rule in perpetual unlife.

While the Tomb Kings can be played in the Eye of the Vortex campaign, they do not seek to influence the Vortex itself, and therefore do not engage in the race for control of it. Instead, they seek the nine cursed Books of Nagash, a search culminating in an epic battle at the Black Pyramid of Nagash. Each of these books grants a unique campaign bonus, and puts the player a step further along the road to victory.

Sounds pretty cool. And another reason to kick off a new Total War: Warhammer II campaign.