While magnets may be the MVP of your miniatures when it comes to rules, bullet points may be the MVP of 9th Edition Warhammer 40k- here’s why!
With everything we’ve been seeing on 9th Edition, it looks like GW tried to fix some of what annoyed people most about 8th Edition. That being said, there are still a ton of rules that we have yet to see. The problem now seems to be that some of the key rules previews (so far) have all been a wall of text. Going forward, the real MVP is of 9th edition, which may just be rules and bullet points.
The Real MVP of 9th Edition 40k: Bulleted Rules Layout
GW has done the best to clarify everything, but in the process, it seems natural that its rules are now a paragraph long. Luckily, they have yanked out all the high points and put them at the bottom in bullet form.
Let’s face it, nobody wants to have a rules question on game 5 of a two-day GT, and have to pull up a page of word soup for just ONE rule. By that point, you’re probably already mouth-breathing and looking like an Ogryn that accidentally thought about something too hard.
It looks like in 9th Edition 40k, GW pulled out the meat and potatoes from each rule and slapped them in the bulleted form under each rule. Of course, if something really funky goes down in your game, you can always read the full details.
As we’ve learned with 8th Edition, players generally pick up the basics of the game super quick, and 9th Edition may be even easier to pick up yet as it’s just an expansion and clarification of current rules we are already using (so far).
The other MVP of 9th Edition 40k may be magnetizing your models to be 100% future proof as long as they don’t get squatted. Here’s a rundown on how to magnetize some of the more popular ones.
How do you feel about the bulleted rules? Do you think 8th Edition had all the intricacies stripped away and now GW is slowly going to be re-introducing them in 9th?
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About the Author: Rob Baer
Rob Baer
Job Title: Founder, Publisher, & Managing Editor
Founded Spikey Bits in 2009
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Bio: Virginia restless, miniature painter & cat dad. He blames LEGOs for all this, as there was something about those little-colored blocks that started it all. Spikey Bits sprung from Rob staying motivated to hobby on his backlog of projects, while sharing his knowledge with others during the early blogging era.
LEGO maniac and scale model hobbyist in the 80s turned miniature wargamer and trading card player ever since. He’s played every edition of Warhammer 40k and Warhammer Fantasy (since 5th Edition), but Titans of all sizes will always be his favorite! It’s even rumored that his hobby vault rivals the Solemnance Galleries, containing rulebooks filled with lore from editions long past, ancient packs of black-bordered Magic Cards, and minatures made of pewter and resin.
