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http://www.warseer.com/forums/showthread.php?t=228304

There's also a post by Gav Thorpe! I feel like I've seen jesus!

My God, it feels as if last edition was only yesterday....

Im guessing this is a good thing as I always read fantasy players saying 40k is balanced compared to fantasy..

Guess I better buy Battle for Skull pass now eh?

This is the full quote from Warseer, that was actually nicked from BOLS

"Not to drop a bomb or anything, but yes, 8th edition will be out next summer with a new boxed set in the fall. I’ve heard Empire vs. Orks in the box with a new O&G book out in Q1 2010. Plastic Empire Knights and Orc Boar boys will be in the new set I’ve heard. They keep one-upping themselves with the box sets so I would expect a mountain of amazing plastics in the new starter set."

A new Orcs and Goblins book would be the first time that GW have broken the warhammer fantasy army book cycle (i.e. releasing an army book before all the races have been catered for in that cycle). The contents of the box is also the same armies as 6th Ed. Bit boring?

Gav posts fairly frequently over on warseer. Mostly it's answering things aimed at him, which I guess means he must follow threads

I don't care when it is, or what order the new army books are in.... as long as they get the books bound at somewhere different to where they have since the HE book.

The damned things fall apart after a few days.

Also GO ORCS!

I suppose Orcs, Dwarfs and Empire are oft mentioned as being out of touch with Daemons, Vampires et al. Perhaps they feel the need to revisit them for this reason.

Expect there to be some kind of new Orc war machine that costs £35. A troll lobber or something...

This would be very cool if true!

Flashman wrote:I suppose Orcs, Dwarfs and Empire are oft mentioned as being out of touch with Daemons, Vampires et al. Perhaps they feel the need to revisit them for this reason.

Expect there to be some kind of new Orc war machine that costs £35. A troll lobber or something...

Well it was mentioned in the other thread that Demons and Dark Elves took the top 10 spots in the u.k. GT. Not that GW gives a rat's ass about balance.

I think this isn't a great idea.
They should finish updating all the books in a cycle before going on to a new edition.

I would, however, like plastic boar boyz on boars that look like the Warboss boar.

The warhammer army book cycle is too long a period for GW to resist being able to fiddle with the core rules in the meantime.

Not that they will do much. Change one spell in Lore of Life and make using the Realm of Battle gaming board compulsory

Just nerf the bloody daemons with it.

And if they had a bit more enlightened self interest, they'd grasp that people with armies at the bottom of the food chain get disillusioned and pack in the game faster becoming far less interested in playing in the knowledge of losing.

They've been pulling this gak for years, they need to get it together on balance and army book release schedule.

MeanGreenStompa wrote:Just nerf the bloody daemons with it.

How though? Change regeneration saves to a 5+? That would sort out the indestructable Plague Bearers perhaps?

Personally I'd like to see impact hits for cavalry at last - horses don't attack you with their hooves, they run you over! And some kind of psycological impact of flaming attacks rather than just cancelling out regeneration and incinerating mummies and treemen.

MGS, what is going on with your Avatar? We can barely see the great Brian Blessed in that pic.

*ahem* it's a little change for Halloween, it's his Unbeatable Banzuke advert.

Behold his Blessedness
http://www.artillery-design.tv/portfolio/promos/banzuke_clip.html

Hmmm...

Imagine buying Skull Pass and The new Starter.

OnG Heaven!

I'm lookin' forward too it!

As for the new edition?

Just nerf Daemons, honestly.

I am very pleased to hear mention of new boar sculpts, the old ones and the wolves are looking very ropey nowadays.

Was the last edition 2005?

Da Boss wrote:They should finish updating all the books in a cycle before going on to a new edition.

I could care less how often they update the main rulebook.

However, I think they should have a rule that army books get updated with some predictable regularity.

JohnHwangDD wrote:

Da Boss wrote:They should finish updating all the books in a cycle before going on to a new edition.

I could care less how often they update the main rulebook.

However, I think they should have a rule that army books get updated with some predictable regularity.

They cant Because all they tell you is a lie.
Or does that just apply for 40k?

Hrm. If it's next summer, mayhaps I'll hold off on putting together my Empire army until it comes out.

Anyone have wild speculations as to what they will fix? I somehow doubt anything drastic will change. They'll probably just incorporate most of the current FAQs into it. Hope they don't go full pendulum swing with the O&G book.

In theory, GW should make Halberds playable, and Detachments simpler.

Well, I know if they changed the magic rules to requiring a minimum of 2 dice to cast, they'd fix some problems.

But 6th/7th edition wasn't a real change, overall. So what will the next edition clarify/change?

We know Chaos Dwarves will be receiving a new update, and Skaven are just now being released. What's going to change?

IMO, casting on 1 die isn't the biggest problem in WFB at the moment.

Brick infantry is the biggest problem, because there don't seem to be enough advantages for wanting to take them. And even then, the problem is that you only take them 5-wide, and the different bases cause weird frontage problems. Weird problem for a game supposedly about ranked combat...

JohnHwangDD wrote:In theory, GW should make Halberds playable

Yeah!

JohnHwangDD wrote: and Detachments simpler.

Ugh!

Just say no to oversimplifying and fixing things that aren't broken!

Flashman wrote:A new Orcs and Goblins book would be the first time that GW have broken the warhammer fantasy army book cycle (i.e. releasing an army book before all the races have been catered for in that cycle)

The first time since the last (6th) edition yes? When Chaos Dwarves (Dwarfs?) and Dogs of War failed to get a book.

I'm looking forward to seeing the new beginners set and see what's in store. This would be why the Empire/O&G are getting Brigades in January I suppose.

George Spiggott wrote:

Flashman wrote:A new Orcs and Goblins book would be the first time that GW have broken the warhammer fantasy army book cycle (i.e. releasing an army book before all the races have been catered for in that cycle)

The first time since the last (6th) edition yes? When Chaos Dwarves (Dwarfs?) and Dogs of War failed to get a book.

Think those two were experiments and anyway the Chaos Dwarfs book was just a collection of WD articles with a cover. Bull Centaurs, honestly!

Flashman wrote:

George Spiggott wrote:

Flashman wrote:A new Orcs and Goblins book would be the first time that GW have broken the warhammer fantasy army book cycle (i.e. releasing an army book before all the races have been catered for in that cycle)

The first time since the last (6th) edition yes? When Chaos Dwarves (Dwarfs?) and Dogs of War failed to get a book.

Think those two were experiments and anyway the Chaos Dwarfs book was just a collection of WD articles with a cover. Bull Centaurs, honestly!

I like Bull Centaurs and eagerly await to see what they will look like now that GW (more or less) can sculpt a bit better than the first few go-rounds...