GW is telling hobbyists that Legions Imperialis Starter Box and the game will be delayed from the initial August 2023 release date.
From the looks of it, GW wanted the game to drop in August, but that doesn’t look to be happening now.
This also comes behind a lot of shipping delays as well, so this is most likely just due to their supply and shipping issues. However, there are new rumors that the delays may have been due to printing issues, as images of the Rulebooks have been spotted; take a look below…
Legions Imperialis Rulebooks Spotted & Delay Rumors: (September 12th 2023)
The new Legions Imperialis rulebook images come from Reddit (and have since been deleted.)
The books look pretty decent, but the OP mentions they might grab a few pictures of the book, but we haven’t seen anything quite yet. The rumor mill is flying as to why GW held back on the game, and many people say it’s because the books were so filled with errors that they had to reprint all the codexes.
Rumors About the Delayed Legions Imperialis Release
It goes without saying that these are all rumors from the comment section of the post, so take them with as much salt as you need. This could make sense if you believe the book was very poorly printed, as they could still paint the models and get them ready to show off when the box actually released.
I’m pretty sure that the only copies out there are the ones that were sent out to YouTube painters in advance copies of the box set. They were all supposed to be retracted because of the appalling number of errors, and a reprint is being done now. This is why the game has been delayed by several months.
Yes, I’ve heard it from several different sources now, including commission painters who post in my FB Group were sent advance copies of the game. They were allowed to keep the models etc to build & paint, but were told they had to return the rulebooks. It was kind of implied (but not outright said) that if they didn’t return them, they would not be sent any other advance stuff in the future.
However, if the book was really that bad, GW wouldn’t want any pictures taken to show the differences or have any of those books floating around in the wild. That may already be why the images were removed already.
Just that the first rumour that came out about the book was that it contained real political group/words that would create a shits storm if it came out. That was why we’re reprinting it.
It’s just rumour mill spinning madly without any real evidence.
It’s not confirmed but if it’s a print issue then it’s more likely an issue with the actual quality of the print. GW has had issues with printing for some years now, which is done in China unlike the rest of the manufacturing hence why a reprint takes so long.
This might be a much more likely idea, as the book was just not printed well, not just so many errors that they had to retract it. Games Workshop does source books from China, so for reprints, perhaps they would have to receive the correctly printed books again from China. So, if that is the case, it could take some serious time to release this set now.
Judging from the comments, Games Workshop may need to come clean with what is going on if this highly awaited expansion doesn’t drop soon.
Legions Imperialis Starter Box & Game Delayed: Official Statement
The latest Legions Imperialis Starter Box and game update comes from Warhammer Community.
While we had initially hoped to release Legions Imperialis in August, the release date will now be a little later in the year. Don’t worry – you’ll be commanding a tiny legion of troops to victory very soon.
While this is a little annoying, it might also push back Old World, as we don’t expect them to drop two games in the same month. As they have said, they want to drop Old World this year.
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