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RUMORS: 10th Edition 40k & Future of Space Marines

rumors chapter approved space marinesMore spicy rumors are here for Warhammer 40k 10th edition, including reactions and the supposed fate of the firstborn Space Marines.

There has been a decent amount of rumors about 10th edition Warhammer 40k that supposedly will drop next summer (in 2023).

That being said, these are all rumors, but a lot of them, given Games Workshop’s previous track record, make sense… but take them with as much salt as you need!

Let’s take a quick look at more recent rumors for Warhammer 40k 10th Edtion, then dive into even spicer ones that are spreading wild across the internet.

RUMORS: 10th Edition 40k Rules Reset & Epic Returns

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The latest Chapter Master Valrak rumors on YouTube and B&C (edited for grammar) seem to indicate not only the return of 10th Edition 40k that pretty much everyone suspects but also provide a few scant details.

10th is apparently coming next year, and they will be resetting it, everything going back to indexes as we got with 8th Edition. Take it with all the salt you can consume.

Also, EPIC is coming back for the Horus Heresy, apparently.

Indexes were what Games Workshop used back when they reset the 40k rules set to 8th Edition back in 2017, with the promise of fewer books needed and only eight pages of core rules.

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Each index featured rules for either the Imperium, Xenos, or Chaos factions as a quickstart way to get players up and running with the new 8th Edition 40k rules mechanics before each codex came out.

While the promise of fewer rules needed to play was a great idea then, it didn’t even stand up to the first major event of the 8th edition, with GW having to hot-fix scoring flyers after the 2017 ATCs spammed so many.

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Unfortunately, the rules bloat mushroomed from there, unfortunately to what we have today with tons of supplement microtransactions and a Warhammer 40k army builder App that has never quite lived up to everyone’s expectations.

On the Epic 40k side of things, it seems like releases have slowed for both Adeptus Titanicus and Aeronautica Imperialis, so perhaps re-releasing Epic (small-scale games of 40k) would be a great way for Games Workshop to recycle these models in the new 1/4 scale to be used together with perhaps some unseen similarly scaled 40k models.

Thunderhawk epic ai titancius scaleHere’s a great look at the differences in scale from the old 1990s epic scale, the new AI, and the current 40k sizes. The plastic AI Thunderhawk is a perfect 4″ long, exactly 1/4 the size of the Forge World one! The same goes for the Titans in Adeptus Titianicus compared to Warhammer 40k.

So the stage may be set for TWO new versions of Warhammer 40k, and regardless of which of these systems you want more, these are spicy rumors for sure.

Warhammer 40k Rumors: 10th Edition Reactions & Fate of Space Marines

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We had already heard some of these rumors about Warhammer 40k 10th Edition; however, ther are some even spicier details in these new ones.

According to Faeit, things may change greatly for everyone’s favorite super humans.

Warhammer 40k gets a hard reset at Summer next Year.

10th Edition will start with Index-like Codex Books.

GW will streamline the ruleset and make it even easier. Unit Profiles will get simplified and the Armies will focused more on Themed Armies. Stratagems will play a bigger role in List build.

There will be no alternated unit activation but reaction from the HH ruleset comes over to 40k.

Space Marines will get split. “First Born” Marines will be not removed from 40k; thy remain as a sub faction for all Chapters. They will resupplied with HH Sets. We can await Marines in Mk5 and Mk7 Power Armour also for the M41. There will be seperate Codices for Primaris and Old Marines in the future.

Either way, all these new rumors point to 10th edition Warhammer 40k and potentially new Space Marines dropping soon.

Check out the latest rumors about the rest of the 9th and 10th Edition Warhammer 40k rumors for new releases, including the next 40k Primarch, Leagues of Votann, Space Marines, and more!

Here’s the most up-to-date list of new Games Workshop bits from preview models that we should watch out for. Click on the gallery above to see dozens of Rumor Engines with new models still left to be revealed!

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