More new rules are coming to the White Dwarf each month for not just Warhammer 40k or the Space Marines either. Heres the latest.
New Year… New White Dwarf! GW has some major changes for the magazine that we know and love. But is it for the best? We’ve already given you our thoughts on what GW could do instead of bloating rules systems to entice both model and magazine sales, and now we have the latest on the future of White Dwarf from the New Years Open.
According to Hobby Hero Garro, Games Workshop is rolling out even MORE new rules inside the White Dwarf going into 2019:
General white dwarf news.
Specialist games and forgeworld will have content going forward in the ‘non 40k/aos’ section. Necromunda battle report coming soon.
AoS will be getting an ‘index astartes‘ style segment adding new sub-faction rules like what we got with crimson fists this month.
The new rules section will alternate between AoS and 40k. So 40k got crimson fists this month, next month sees AoS get a new stormhost.
Regarding 40k, these rules will not be locked to only loyalist chapters but will include chaos and xeno factions; basically anyone with a sub-faction rule will be looked at in time. (Remember there will only be six new sub-faction per game system each year and Loads of armies to cover.)
WD team excited by the suggestion to look at the FW chapters that use to have rules like the badab war chapters.
Also there will no longer be a ‘new releases’ section at the beginning as the community site has that covered.
Interesting news indeed, so it looks like the sky may be the limit for new rules inside the White Dwarf going forward according to Garro. This month did see new Crimson Fists, and 40k Kroot Kill Team rules laid out in a professional and concise manner as a selling point to the new format.
New Crimson Fist Rules
Kroot Kill Team Rules
Plus a teaser for what may be the new Stormcast rules mentioned above as well:
Tome Celestial: Hammerhands
So hurray for new content this year! Question is will hobbyists want to lug around a crate of White Dwarves, as well as their Codex, BRB, Chapter Approved and Vigilus supplement books to each game they play?
Either way, we can’t wait to see what this new year holds for the hobby! Make sure you keep those hobby muscles strong, stay in the trenches, and check out our Pass or Fail: 2019 No-Ads & New 40k Rules White Dwarf Format video below!
About the Author: Rob Baer
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About Rob Baer: Founder, Publisher, & Managing Editor of Spikey Bits, the leading tabletop gaming news website focused on the hobby side of wargaming and miniatures.
Rob also co-founded and currently hosts the Long War Podcast, which has over 350 episodes and focuses on tabletop miniatures gaming, specializing in Warhammer 40k. and spent six years writing for Bell of Lost Souls.
Every year, along with his co-hosts, he helps host the Long War 40k Doubles Tournament at Adepticon and the Long War 40k Doubles at Las Vegas Open, which attracts over 350 players from around the world.
Rob has won many Warhammer 40k Tournaments over the years, including multiple first-place finishes in Warhammer 40k Grand Tournaments over the years and even winning 1st place at the Adepticon 40k Team Tournament.
With over 30 years of experience in retail and distribution, Rob knows all the products and exactly which ones are the best. As a member of GAMA (Game Manufacturers Association), he advocates for gaming stores and manufacturers in these difficult times, always looking for the next big thing to feature for the miniatures hobby, helping everyone to provide the value consumers want.
While he’s played every edition of Warhammer 40k and Warhammer Fantasy (since 5th Edition) and has been hobbying on miniatures since the 1980s, Titans of all sizes will always be his favorite! It’s even rumored that his hobby vault rivals the Solemnance Galleries, containing rulebooks filled with lore from editions long past, ancient packs of black-bordered Magic Cards, and models made of both pewter and resin.
