Is the sky falling for 40k players, as the internet is abuzz with news of a new edition of 40k? Come see the latest on the rumored next edition of 40k!
Grab you salt shakers folks and dig in to the latest:
Sad Panda is chiming in today about the supposed new 8th edition of 40k:
New edition won’t arrive in 2016.
But they will (and kinda already do) move the story forward.
Coming on the heels of more from him about the new reboot of Age of Sigmar (this summer), this is starting to make more sense…
What We Heard Yesterday:
TWO big sources are saying the following:
BoLS has been informed by Mikhael the following:
Games Workshop will release a new streamlined 40k Edition in Autumn.
ytook (DISQUS) says: 5-16-2016
Expect 40k to have a shake up later in the year!
“It won’t be as drastic as Warhammer, but it will be quite a change.”
More stream lined and easier to pick…’and’I was talking to Ally Morrison and Andy Dunn (They were near the entrance) I know Andy from a while back and during our chat 40k came up…
Well, about how cumbersome it’s become.
Any way.
He said the quote above….
Well its been two years this month since 7th Edition dropped. But with the amount of supplements out there, and rules synergy I would be VERY surprised if any new edition of 40k took a huge hit to the rules.
If anything I could see them making it “less clunky” and more “streamlined” but fundamentally the same rules wise. Would you jump into 40k from scratch with the way it is now? I can’t say that 12 year old Rob Baer would, so maybe that is the aim of any tweeks to the core rules after all.
Check back tomorrow for some DEEP thoughts on how this may and may not work and why.
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About the Author: Rob Baer
Rob Baer
Job Title: Managing Editor
Founded Spikey Bits in 2009
Socials: Rob Baer on Facebook and @catdaddymbg on X
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 the Las Vegas Open, each of which attracts thousands of 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 2011 Adepticon 40k Team Tournament. He was even featured for his painting in issue #304 of Games Workshop’s White Dwarf Magazine.
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.
