While it might have seemed far-fetched at first, but more 40k 9th edition rules rumors are emerging. Check out all that’s piling up.
You might remember our earlier post mentioning rumors of a pseudo-9th edition 40k on the way. Well, a second wave of rumors surfaced and now we’re up to our third! Take a look a the earlier mentionings of a 9th edition 40k as well as the very latest.
Earlier Rumors of New 40k Edition Arise
Chapter Master Valrak on B&C dropped some added info on what we can expect to see about the rumored “new 40k edition”.
next summer 9th edition, marines and Necrons.
Latest 9th Edition Rumors Emerge
Spotted on BoLS, the source of an Industry Insider mentioned:
- Psychic Awakening is setting the framework/testing what’s ahead for 9th edition.
- The Psychic Phase is getting reworked. (Which might be why we haven’t seen much psychic support in Psychic Awakening).
- Keywords will be reworked.
- More aspects of AoS will be ported over into the game. (We still don’t know about flat wound rolls).
- More codex supplements will continue to come out before 9th Edition drops.
- Look for 9th Edition 40k to hit sometime in 2020.
With all of this taken into account, it seems that there’s a substantial amount of reasonable talk emerging about a new edition. There aren’t any outlying changes that seem too difficult to believe. With that said, these rumors did mention that the Psychic Phase was getting reworked. As well as even more aspects of Age of Sigmar coming to the game. Could the Psychic Phase be moved before the movement phase after all?
What are your thoughts about 9th edition being a real event that’s ahead for 2020? Do you think the game is fine where it is?
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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.
