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More Warhammer 40k 9th Edition Rules Rumors Emerge

By Rob Baer | January 10th, 2020 | Categories: Warhammer, Warhammer 40k News, Warhammer 40k Rumors

Space Marine walpaperWhile it might have seemed far-fetched at first, but more 40k 9th edition rules rumors are emerging. Check out all that’s piling up.

You might remember our earlier post mentioning rumors of a pseudo-9th edition 40k on the way. Well, a second wave of rumors surfaced and now we’re up to our third! Take a look a the earlier mentionings of a 9th edition 40k as well as the very latest.

Earlier Rumors of New 40k Edition Arise

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Chapter Master Valrak on B&C dropped some added info on what we can expect to see about the rumored “new 40k edition”.

next summer 9th edition, marines and Necrons.
 

I wouldn’t expect it to be like 8th edition. More like AOS 2.0 where all the books stay current with the exception of the main rule book which is fine-tuned. 
From a business point of view having a new edition, next year seems like the only logical outcome in my opinion.
As far as his source goes, he claims to have been right about a few other previous rumors which have since been gathering popularity. GW products like Faith and Fury and Slaves to Darkness support. Looking at the rumors themselves, it looks like 8th edition could be taking a turn to AoS 2.0 where “all the books stay current”.
Could this mean that all the units’ datasheets will have a flat wound roll to make regardless of what they’re targetting? Will charges alternate back and forth like they do in AoS?

Latest 9th Edition Rumors Emerge

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Spotted on BoLS, the source of an Industry Insider mentioned:

  • Psychic Awakening is setting the framework/testing what’s ahead for 9th edition.
  • The Psychic Phase is getting reworked. (Which might be why we haven’t seen much psychic support in Psychic Awakening).
  • Keywords will be reworked.
  • More aspects of AoS will be ported over into the game. (We still don’t know about flat wound rolls).
  • More codex supplements will continue to come out before 9th Edition drops.
  • Look for 9th Edition 40k to hit sometime in 2020.

With all of this taken into account, it seems that there’s a substantial amount of reasonable talk emerging about a new edition. There aren’t any outlying changes that seem too difficult to believe. With that said, these rumors did mention that the Psychic Phase was getting reworked. As well as even more aspects of Age of Sigmar coming to the game. Could the Psychic Phase be moved before the movement phase after all?

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What are your thoughts about 9th edition being a real event that’s ahead for 2020? Do you think the game is fine where it is?

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