There was a small Q&A session with two Games Workshop Studio employees. Come find out what they had to say about the future of GW.
We met Wyatt Turk at Jack of Clubs Painting at Adepticon this year, and he had the privilege of going to a small Q&A with Games Workshop Studio. There were some very interesting things put out, let’s see what he took away from it.
Q&A w/ GW Studio Pete Foley & Jes Bickham
Among lots of friendly discussion, a few pertinent questions were asked about the
upcoming Warhammer 40k 8th ed, the future of AoS, and smaller games like Shadespire
& Shadow WarsQ: Given the new modes of play announced for the new edition of 40k, will balance
between factions/races be a priority? Since Organized play is one of the 3 new ways to play?A: Yes, rules balance will be a priority in the new edition, but keep in mind
that GW has limited play tester resources. Make sure to utilize the Warhammer Community
forums and email to address issues in the future.Q: With AoS having a free online app/tool for list building, will we see the same thing for 40k in the future?
A: Yes, having a GW official tool for list/ army building is in the works.
Q: Will we see a reduction in the amount of codecies and physical books needed to play 40k? Or,
will wee see a similar format to AoS?A: While we don’t want to invalidate all books immediately, we do recognize the effects on the game
by having so many books and supplements. In the new edition we will reduce the physical
books needed. Look forward to the future.Q: Is expanding the hobby and GW properties, to including more female players a priority?
A: Yes, but we see that as more of an issue with the community, rather than our IP’s.
(then noted that there is a new female Sigmarite character in the Shadespire game)Unfortunately the other questions asked had to do with marketing, or miniatures. Both
subjects outside the remit of the the rules/writing studio. Much of what was
discussed as irrelevant to the seminar’s subject, or already common knowledge.
Only other big news was that GW does plan on having a US golden demon again with hints at it being at Adepticon itself!!
There was so many huge announcements at Adepticon, the one bringing the most attention was the announcement of 8th edition, that was extremely apparent in this Q&A. Pete Foley and Jes Bickham didn’t want to go too much into depth and accidentally say anything that wasn’t supposed to be announced yet. But this gives you a good idea of Games Workshop’s mindset when it comes the their ideas for the future, and exactly where their focus is going to be.
Big thanks again to Wyatt Turk at Jack of Clubs Painting for all the great information, be sure to head over and check him out.
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Adepticon 2017 Coverage
