I can’t not mention there have been renewed rumours of a Space Wolves Flyer today. according to the pictures the body is simular to a raven but the head is very Wolf like. The flyer is apparently in the warehouse ready to go. If Space Wolves are next I’m scratching my head trying to work out the release order.
7th 40k rule book. Aka 6th edition v2
Space Wolves
Orks
New starter set
Blood Angels
Will they release Imperial Guard back to back with Space Wolves
With news breaking there will be far reaching changes within the next 40k book, which even if Games Workshop call it revised 6th edition it will be the 7th book titled Warhammer 40,000. The question in my mind is how is this not a new version. So far we have confirmed changes in
Psychics, Allies, Force Organisation and Missions. There are long standing rumours their will be inclusion of, large fortifications, D-weapons and super heavy vehicles. If the leaked transcript is to be believed, the changes will also cover movement in assault, running, flyer movement and assault consolidation, shooting at flyers, universal special rules and goodness knows what else.
If anything I can see this being a bigger change than move from 5th to 6th edition.
The other thing that keeps occurring to me is how similar seventh edition is going to look to the post dark millennium second edition. The inclusion of mission cards psychic cards a psychic phase are all elements of dark millennium. Of course 40k already has a psychic phase and has done for sometime. Elder players are very familiar with needing to cast a bunch of psychic powers at the start of their movement phase and all they are really doing here is splitting out that action, although your opponent will now have the ability to stop those things happening.
For those of you who didn’t get to play dark millennium it was both the pinnacle of detailed rules from the old old editions and the most cumbersome and unbalanced versions the game. I do hope Games workshop are not repeating the same mistake. This new book could spell a new era of fun in 40K or another step closer to the abyss of unbalanced gaming.
There have been what appears to be some quite contradictory rumours surrounding the new 40k rule book release. I’m going to try to put forward a summary that will fit with all of them.
The 7th edition rumours started on 40k radio with the news this would be a book release. Later rumours of a box set emerged. It seems there are always rumours the rule book in the box set will not contain all the rules. As yet this has never been the case. The box set contents are rumoured to be Blood Angels and Orks or Eldar and Imperial Guard. The dates around the box set have been forecast as September or June. What I think we will see here is
New revised sixth edition rulebook on May 24. An Elder vs Imperial Guard campaign sets with minimal rules in June. Finally a 40k box set with a full rulebook, containing Blood Angels and Orks in September.
There has been constant rumours of percentage based army lists. 40K radio recently categorically stated the Force Organisation chart would remain within the rules. So what I think we will see here is, the traditional force organisational chart and percentage based limits on force organisation sections. This is obviously going to make the list writing more involved, but at least this won’t add to the length of the game.
The other items said to be coming with the new book are
Templates
Measures
Dice
City fight game board
PDF update for the old sixth edition book
With only two weeks remaining before the launch it won’t be long before we find out.
A slightly excited Ben Jackson
This Blood angel Contemptor Dreadnought was entered into Games day 2013 Golden demon, in the Warhammer 40,000 vehicle category. The Dreadnought has been armed with two twin linked auto cannon. Behind the Blood Angel Dreadnought is a World Eaters Dreadnought, which has been armed with two power fists for brutal close range assault.
At the time of writing this post Games workshop have not yet released any details for Games days in 2014. This could this spell disaster for this years’ Golden Demon and Armies on parade. After the poor attendance and feedback some people are speculating that Games day may not go ahead in 2014.
Have you or anyone that you know started work on entry for either Golden Demon or Armies if Parade 2014? How will you feel if Games day 2014 doesn’t happen? One thing is certain the editor of Warhammer visions will have a harder job finding content for the magazine, as will we finding content for Chapter Masters.
Gareth an Ben
Yesterday news broke or rather rumours did that 7th edition is in fact a revised 6th edition. The question we were left asking is what happens to those with old 6th edition books? Will they have to shell out again only 18 months after buying the tomb that is 6th edition for yet another book. It seems the good news is there will be a free? PDF to cover the changes? At least according to one birdie of unknown reliability on DakkaDakka.
If his information is correct, it’s just as well. The entry price of 40k is going up by 33%. Which will make the book £60 or $100US. I guess games workshop need to put up some prices this year and I’m sure lots of people will go out and buy this new book. However I also expect there will be lots of people who won’t.
This does raise the question once more is Games Workshop hurting their profits by putting people off the hobby. While existing 40k gamers may be willing to shell out this amount of money on a book. You need to look no further than the forge world books to know this is the case. The question remains how many potential gamers will be put off by these price tags.
There may be some great selling points to this new book. Lords of war gaming are reporting this won’t be one book but 3, rules, background and a miniature showcase. Rumours of inclusion of the existing supplements are still flying around. I’m still looking at their current availability as a sign they will not be.
On the subject of the actually rule changes.
40k radio have put their reputation on the line by stating the 40k force organisation chart is not changing one bit. So no percentages. Of all the rumours and information above this is the only thing I would be take as gospel.
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