9th Edition’s Indomitus pre-order and release date have been confirmed along with the first official word on the new Chapter Approved. Check this out.
Coming from Warhammer Community, we’ve got official dates on when Indomitus will go one pre-order and when it will be in stores. On top of that, they dropped the first word on a new Chapter Approved even. Take a look at all of these big announcements.
We dropped a suspected roadmap a few days ago on when we could see Indomitus on pre-order and in stores. With the official word out, it looks like we were right on the money.
40k Indomitus Box Pre-Order Date CONFIRMED!
Confirmed pic of everything coming inside Indomitus
Cutting right into the meat of the announcement, here’s the official word from GW:
July 11th! There will be a two-week pre-order window and Indomitus and friends will hit shelves on July 25th.
Pre-orders open on July 11th with the Box Set officially in-store on July 25th. Now that the cat is out of the bag, the only thing left that we have to see is an official word on the overall pricing of the box.
Get those wallets ready because it looks like 9th Edition will be here before this month ends.
Chapter Approved is BACK!
On top of the groundbreaking news of the Indomitus release, a new Chapter Approved that comes out at the same time is going to be split into two different books.
Wait… did we say ‘Indomitus and friends’ up there? That’s right! Indomitus isn’t launching the whole edition by itself, there’s plenty more to be excited about, whether you prefer open, narrative or matched play, so let’s take a look.
First up, we have a new type of Chapter Approved. This revered tome is evolving into the essential yearly update for all competitive players, and it’s actually two books!
At first, it might seem like GW is wanting to make more $$$ by splitting Chapter Approved into two bindings, but remember 2019 also had a two-book format for one price as well (which was ported over from the AoS Generals Handbook).
So what will be in each of the books?
The Grand Tournament 2020 Mission pack is … well, packed with new missions, alongside guidance for running and playing in tournaments, special Secondary Objectives, and loads more. It’s even got a special binding to make it extra friendly to the tabletop setting. The second book is the Munitorum Field Manual, which holds a full list of updated points for Warhammer 40,000 units. With their powers combined, the new Chapter Approved will have you on the cutting edge of Warhammer 40,000 competitive gaming.
GW Making It Easy to Crusade & Announces New Open War Cards
As one final cherry on top, GW is dropping a Crusade Journal to make it easy to track your progress of units during campaigns. You’ll have to record which units die. Which ones get injured. Who gets promoted, etc. So this lays out all the entry fields in an easy-to-follow way.
These allow you to quickly and easily generate a mission by randomly choosing a deployment, objective and twist for your battle. There are also ways of evening up games where there is a difference in Power Levels between players so they work great for spontaneous pickup games.
Open War cards aren’t anything new to 40k. However, with a new Edition and reworked missions, you can generate random games for you and your friend to play.
Okay, so we’ve seen all of the awesome stuff that is going to be available at launch, and we know that there are completists out there who are eagerly anticipating everything! The good news is that you don’t have to wait long – Indomitus, Chapter Approved, the Crusade Journal and the Open War cards will all be available to pre-order from the 11th of July. Then, they will all be in-store from the 25th of July.
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