BattleScribe is Back: App Works With 10th Edition Warhammer 40k

By Travis Pasch | January 1st, 2024 | Categories: 10th Edition 40k, 40k News & Articles, Tabletop Gaming News & Rumors

BattleScribe is back; everyone can build army lists for 10th Edition Warhammer 40k now with the updated data for the app!

Things looked grim for BattleScribe in the new edition as the data maintainers said there was a chance BattleScribe wouldn’t get updated at all with the new 10th Edition Warhammer 40k rules.

BattleScribe is Back To Build Army Lists in 10th Edition Warhammer 40k!

The latest on 10th Edition Warhammer 40k updates army build updates come from the BattleScribe Data Facebook.

Currently, it seems like everything other than Legends is in the app (and there are a few small errors in terms of points and such), but you can start making 10th Edition Warhammer r40k lists with the app.

We downloaded the data ourselves, and you can get in there and make lists. If you have the app (we only tried it on the computer so far), you can download the new edition’s data, which seems to work well.

While they say rumors of their demise have been exaggerated, the initial announcement from the data team did have everyone a little worried:

Unfortunately, as many of you are no doubt aware, the developer behind the actual application has basically abandoned all development work except anything that impacts his lazy income stream.

We are finally reaching a point where this lack of care is having major impacts on ability to maintain going forward.

As a result, the data may take longer than you probably expect. Based on what data authors know so far, we will need to rely on a functionality currently broken in battlescribe on a fairly fundamental level, so it may be that there is no 10th update until the Data community figures out how to piece things together in the crumbling architecture.

In the meantime, twitter.com/BattleScribe The official Battlescribe twitter handle is still there… If the app Dev checks it is unknown to us as he hasn’t spoken to us in 3 years.

So, this is honestly a welcome surprise looking at this announcement from early June. It also looks like they will be adding Legends and Horus Heresy stuff soon.

If, for whatever reason, you are having troubles with the app, it appears the data they created will work with the New Recruit army builder app as well.

This is excellent news as the data team talked about making an open-source app (so they can get away from the current BattleScribe developer), and this seems like the data they have made so far for 10th is a step in that direction.

10th Edition Warhammer 40k & Battlescribe

All you have to do is update the data (should be two spots above 9th Edition in the add data section), and you can make rosters for 10th Edition Warhammer 40k!

You can add everything like before, and it seems like they have the army composition reporting correct (to tell you what you’ve done wrong with the list).