The holidays are almost here and new Warhammer releases may be right around the corner!. Check out the latest GW rumors for 2019/2020.
2019 has been an exciting year. And with previews still going strong for all avenues of Games Workshop, there are still plenty of releases waiting to hit the shelves.
While dates are a little wishy-washy and nothing is confirmed, an Industry Insider gave us some details as to what may be lying just around the corner. Keep in mind that there are some things mentioned that we have no idea what it could be. So let’s jump in starting with the latest rumors:
LATEST: Even More Warhammer 9th Edition Rumors Emerge
Coming from BoLS once again, there is even more that’s being tacked on to the rumor details from above.
- About four faction supplement books are left before the new edition arrives. (probably once Psychic Awakening concludes)
- Endless Psychic Powers are coming. Similar to Endless Spells in AoS. (This would make sense to see with the new “awakening” of Psykers across real-space).
- The Endless Psychic Powers will be coming in a small box set similar to Malign Sorcery in AoS when Endless Spells were first introduced.
- Flyers might be getting a total rework on how they operate.
With all of this taken into account, it seems that there’s a substantial amount of reasonable talk emerging about a new edition. There has been new word after new word and it’s beginning to gather a little bit of weight. There aren’t any outlying changes that seem too difficult to believe either. With that said, the general conclusion about all this looks to be that 40k will be picking up even more AoS-style elements.
One of the more interesting possibilities to think about might be the Psychic Phase being moved before the movement phase!
Ad Mech Rumors: Hephaestons- New Heavy Infantry Unit
These rumors were first spotted on Bolter and Chainsword with multiple users chiming in. In short, there was a new heavy infantry unit mentioned for the Ad Mech that had some early sketch ideas seen as far back with the Skitarii Duneriders.
On the topic of Ad Mech support in 8th, a user named Marshall Rohr said:
I got the sense that both it [the Skorpius Dunerider] and the Astartes’ Executioner were bumped up from their slots as part of support waves in 2020 so that GW could pretend they actually had some tie-in products for the Apocalypse release. The Executioner was really a square peg among this year’s Vanguard releases and the Skorpius could very well have been planned for release alongside the Archaeopter and the Hephaestons, plus whatever else.
Replying to Marshall on Hephaestons, Lord Nord said:
Heavy Skitarii, according to the designers’ sketchbook which was shown alongside the Skorpius model. They were stated to take up twice as many slots in the transport as regular Skitarii.
Now that the Hephaestons were mentioned with the Skorpius Dunerider, a user named Burni posted up some early sketch designs of the Hephaeston weapons that were compiled with early Dunerider concept art.
RUMORS: GW’s Warhammer New Releases 2019/2020
Here’s what an Industry Insider reported to Spikey Bits as being around the corner, new release wise.
- Necromunda Corpse Grinder Release (Tactics Cards, dice, gang box)
- Necromunda Enforcers (Tactics Cards, dice, gang box)
- Zone Mortalis Sector Separate Release
- Titanicus Command Terminals Set
- Souldrain Forest Terrain Set
Necromunda Details
Looking toward the first two listings, the Necromunda Dark Uprising Box Set is pretty indicative that there will be a future release of individual gang kitsat some point. There wouldn’t be any real point in selling it if players could only get the models by throwing a load of money at an entire set.
As for the Zone Mortalis Sector, this is pretty vague and could be the terrain inside of the Dark Uprising Box Set just broken down into its own box. The terrain inside the Dark Uprising box was broken down into columns/walls and Platforms/stairs. It’s some grey area if this Zone Mortalis Sector is even the Dark Uprising terrain. However, it could be broken down further into those two kits pictured above.
Titanicus
In the same regard as gang cards, Titan Command Terminals could be a clue that more Titan models/ variations are on the way. We don’t know what those command terminals will be, however, we know GW has mentioned vague continued support for the game in the past. Fingers crossed we get a Warbringer titan soon!
Soul Drain Forest- AoS?
As for the Soul Drain Forest, it sounds like it could be some Death-centered terrain kit. Somewhat similar to the Enduring Stormvault expansion in particular. This isn’t the first “forest-type” theme of scenery we’ve seen for Age of Sigmar. With Sylvaneth having the ability to throw down Wyldwoods like nobody’s business… It’ll be interesting to see what this kit will look like. Maybe a graveyard/forest combo?
Also based entirely on the name, if it does come with rules, it sounds like it’ll literally drain the life of units that walk through it. (And might have no effect on units like Grand Alliance: Death).
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With all of this on the table for what’s ahead, what will you be keeping on your radar? Is there a release you’re looking forward to the most out of what was spotted above?
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