Nearly one month has passed since GW dropped the first draft FAQ on us for 40k. Come see the big top 20 new changes that you need to know!
About a month ago GW dropped this FAQ first draft on us, and followed it up weekly with more codex specific FAQs to boot. A lot has change for the game of 40k since then, but these are the biggest changes that have folks up in arms about one way or another.
Source: Games Workshop May 4, 2016
Here’s our Long War approved list of key FAQs ruling to keep an eye on going forward!
- Gets Hot rolls on Template weapons = no preferred enemy re-roll
- Barrage Twin-Linked effects every scatter roll
- No hit rolls on psychic shriek
- Void Shield Generator Bubble is fixed
- Grav affects Void Shield on a “6”
- Summoned FMC can choose to glide
- Skyfire Blasts can hit Flyers.
- Can not move through walls in a ruin
- FNP cannot be 1+
- Battle Brothers can no longer start out deploy in each other’s transports.
- Infiltrate is optional
- MC’s can charge multiple units
- Gargantuan and Super heavies must declare all targets first
- Can Jink VS Overwatch
- Blasts Specifically hit all levels now –
- Can’t apply a bonus to Deny the Witch vs Psychic Powers that don’t target you
- Scout redeploy happens after seize rolls
- If both players have something that happens at the start of the turn….roll off
- Monstrous Creatures that are Independent Characters CAN join other units.
Download The FAQ in a PDF
Check out all 41 images for the new FAQ over on the round up below, and a link to a downloadable PDF or .DOC for them as well!
New 40k FAQ
So the big question is, where IS GW going from here? Less codex books, more supplements, or will then be looking to drop a new “less clunky” rules set next year?
Remember this is just a FIRST DRAFT document, so make sure to leave your comments about how YOU think things should work!
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About the Author: Rob Baer
Rob Baer
Job Title: Managing Editor
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 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.
