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Here's a thought we have strong rumors that there will be a new. never done before, boardgame coming this summer AND a new, never done before race for 40k.

Now I still think this will be Space Hulk and Blood Ravens of Blood but maybe, just maybe, they're the same thing.

Maybe the 'new race' is being added to the fluff but not getting a codex right away, and the new game is something like Blood Angels vs Demiurge in tunnels.

I dunno, thoughts?

Kid_Kyoto wrote:Here's a thought we have strong rumors that there will be a new. never done before, boardgame coming this summer AND a new, never done before race for 40k.

Now I still think this will be Space Hulk and Blood Ravens of Blood but maybe, just maybe, they're the same thing.

Maybe the 'new race' is being added to the fluff but not getting a codex right away, and the new game is something like Blood Angels vs Demiurge in tunnels.

I dunno, thoughts?

I really believe they are meant to be the same thing . But some where along the line it was lost in translation since this unknown subject was passed
from one clueless person to another.

My bet's are on: New Race, Skavens, new board game, Space Hulk, and it's going to be expensive!!! "That's the GW way on only need to buy 1" products.

I bet all my minis.

Why would you need mini's for a GW board game?

It will be Space Hulk, with SM, Tyranids, and "Tunnel rats of 40k!"

I'm going to play things safe and go with what RedS8[sic] has been saying all along. Space Hulk.

I'm guessing it's still Space Hulk.

I really hope that it's NOT, believe me, NOT that Nippon/Cathay race. GW could screw it up major.

what nippon/cathay race? The rumors were saying that the new race was not going to be human/associated with humans. Both Nippon and Cathay are pretty solidly human(oid) according to established fluff...

There was a thread discussing a nippon/cathay race, hence where I derived it from.

What if they've decided to combine Space Hulk with Kill Team? They mentioned at one point that there would be a combo combat patrol/kill team book alla Planet Strike. This way you could play a similar game with pretty much any unit from any army you wanted....

I thought someone had come up with something from the German games day that was pretty solid about Space Hulk being the new board game? Also, I thought the rumour going around was for a new fantasy race, not a 40k race? Am I wrong?

No, you have it right.

There's a new boardgame on the way which is almost certainly Space Hulk.

A while back, we had rumors (think they originated on Warseer) about a new WFB army -- Cathay or Nippon possibly. But we haven't heard boo since.

They've become one big ball of rumorage because one poster here heard from a redshirt that a new 40K army will be announced at Games Day Chicago, although there's no evidence to support this.

I think what we're seeing is that in the absence of any meaty rumors, people will latch onto anything.

Well, what we do know came from a german games day poster, and if you ask me, that is the key to understanding all of this. IIRC, the posters heading (you know, the bigbold text used to attract attention) translated to english as "we drop the bomb", unless that was a common colloquial expression in Germany, I think that one line holds the key to figuring out what it is. Now, what could drop a bomb?

Thunderbolt, Marauder, Lightning, Vulture and oh, a Thunderhawk.

Someone fill me in on what "Blood Ravens of Blood" is/are?

A horrible attempt at trying to make Dakka a new starting point for bad memes?

Tizz wrote:Someone fill me in on what "Blood Ravens of Blood" is/are?

The Blood Ravens Space Marine Chapter. The "of Blood" suffix is just a humorous jab at GW's tendency to be over the top (especially with things like skulls and blood).