There are new rumors out there for 10th Edition Space Marines supplements, Stratagems, and some more info about the release date!
The rumors for 10th edition have been flowing in, and there is quite a few this time. If you have been waiting patiently for the Space Marines supplements, you might have a little longer to wait, unfortunately!
Before we jump into the rumors, just remember they are rumors! So take them with as much salt as you need. Because no matter how credible they seem, nothing is actually confirmed until GW posts it!
RUMORS: 10th Edition Space Marines Supplements, Stratagems, & Release Date
With that in mind, let’s check out the latest rumors. from B&C.
I have recently come to hear some interesting information pertaining to the year ahead.
- 10th edition is indeed coming this year, and apparently, some information may come to light at Adepticon.
- 10th edition will be an evolution of the core rules of 9th edition, not a complete rewrite. There are massive changes coming to the stratagem system. Streamlining and significant cutbacks – I heard mention of a dozen generic stratagems for use across all factions, and a single unique strat per army. (To me this sounds like the reaction system in 30k)
- The Codex chapter supplements are not coming in 9th edition (Fists, Iron Hands, Ultras, etc). They were planned for 9th initially but will now be too close to 10th.
- Anyways, this all sounded plausible to me. I’m not sure how GW would plan on an evolution of the rules, whilst scrapping all stratagems from the 9th edition books. The unit rules across all factions have been gutted, and their abilities converted to strats. I don’t even want to imagine the volume of FAQs and Errata.
I made a joke that the codex Space Marine chapters are now the most neglected factions. If the above is true, chapters like the Ultramarines (historically attacked for receiving more support than others) would have been ignored for an entire edition of 40k – this is quite humorous.
Well, first, it would make sense to see more at AdeptiCon if 10th is coming this year, as we assume we’re not going to get too much more info at LVO, and AdeptiCon is the next big event. Though if we were going to put money on it Warhammer Fest is probably where the big reveal will be.
Next, the rules not getting a huge rework is probably a nice thing. Overall, they play fairly decently, and if they just get a rework to be more simple and streamlined, that seems like a good idea by GW.
Then, it also makes sense that they are dropping the majority of Stratagems, as they have gotten quite bloated. If each army had one main one and then 14 generic ones, it would be much easier to know what each army is doing every turn.
Lastly, this is somewhat different from previous rumors, as this says supplements will not hit until 10th edition drops. This does make sense when you take into account how they want to do the new rules, and the number of changes they would have to make right away would be crazy.
So, maybe the rumors about the Space Marines just getting one new book, and then at the start of shortly into 10th, all the supplements will hit.
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