A tidal wave of new models and rules are on the way for Warhammer 40k, you won’t want to miss a second of these reveals!
All eyes were looking Warhammer Community’s Nova Open preview Wednesday, Aug 28th that marked FIVE consecutive months of GW reveals revolved around hobby!
In 2018, we pulled the covers off Speed Freeks, an Imperial Knight and a new season of Warhammer Underworlds. Now, in 2019, we’ll be BLOWING YOUR MIND with reveals and teases for pretty much every Warhammer game you fancy.
Reveals For ALL This – And More
From the looks of it, hobbyists were not disappointed! Let’s jump into the latest on the new 40k campaign and models…
Psychic Awakening
Taking a page from Age of Sigmar’s book it looks like something big is brewing in the 40k world that will bring with it new rules for the majority of 40k factions. Details are very broad at this point, however, there no word yet if this will be the rumored 8.5 edition that we had been hearing about earlier in the week…
Psychic Awakening is a monumental event that will shape Warhammer 40,000 forever, on a scale unlike anything you’ve ever seen before. Across this epic event, every codex will see expanded rules as we explore the front-line war zones of a cataclysmic new conflict that makes the 13th Black Crusade look like a border scuffle.
Every single Warhammer 40,000 faction has a stake in Psychic Awakening – so whatever your chosen army, you’ll have a moment to shine. Each Psychic Awakening expansion focusses on a different war zone, providing a new perspective to this galaxy-spanning event. The series will see plot threads that have enticed fans for decades resolved, champions new and old rise to the fore, and staggering revelations made.
Meanwhile, each book will have powerful and thematic rules updates for at least two Factions, giving you more flexibility than before.
That sounds like a multi-book format that will only update 2 or more of the 21 factions above in each one. Correct us if we’re wrong but that sounds like a pay to play micro transaction scheme that has the potential to be pretty offputting to hobbyists.
If that wasn’t enough, the series will also be accompanied by a whole swathe of new models, including some miniatures you’ve been looking forward to for ages – such as the first-ever plastic Howling Banshees!
Wow, those look full of promise for sure. Eldar players just got a shot of hope that their line of Aspect warriors may see new models now, sooner than later.
Speaking of Eldar, check out the rune that fades to black in front of the Inquisitor narrating the Psychic Awakening teaser video.
Rise of fall, this fate shall not be Mankind’s alone…
So it looks like rules updates for all the codex books are on the way in some fashion or another as we roll into the fall hobby months, to be followed by Sisters and the new Ossiarch Bonereapers who look a lot like the Tomb Kings of yesteryear…
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About the Author: Rob Baer
Rob Baer
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Founded Spikey Bits in 2009
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About Rob Baer: Founder, Publisher, & Managing Editor of Spikey Bits, the leading tabletop gaming news website focused on the hobby side of wargaming and miniatures.
Rob also co-founded and currently hosts the Long War Podcast, which has over 350 episodes and focuses on tabletop miniatures gaming, specializing in Warhammer 40k. and spent six years writing for Bell of Lost Souls.
Every year, along with his co-hosts, he helps host the Long War 40k Doubles Tournament at Adepticon and the Long War 40k Doubles at Las Vegas Open, which attracts over 350 players from around the world.
Rob has won many Warhammer 40k Tournaments over the years, including multiple first-place finishes in Warhammer 40k Grand Tournaments over the years and even winning 1st place at the Adepticon 40k Team Tournament.
With over 30 years of experience in retail and distribution, Rob knows all the products and exactly which ones are the best. As a member of GAMA (Game Manufacturers Association), he advocates for gaming stores and manufacturers in these difficult times, always looking for the next big thing to feature for the miniatures hobby, helping everyone to provide the value consumers want.
While he’s played every edition of Warhammer 40k and Warhammer Fantasy (since 5th Edition) and has been hobbying on miniatures since the 1980s, 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 models made of both pewter and resin.
