Also, reminder. Natfka is a crap shoot for accuracy, so don't get too excited.
Natfka on Faeit 212 - Total rumors: (354 TRUE) / (511 FALSE) / (50 PARTIALLY TRUE/VAGUE)
Um.. no. They simply said that Dark Vengence would be repackaged with the new book. It was recalled from stores a few weeks/months back as well. They have to have something to sell starter set-wise between May and August. The statement doesn't prove or disprove anything so we're still left with a rumor.
Sigvatr wrote: No, no, no, please, PLEASE don't release a new WHFB edition. DON'T.
Out of curiosity, why not? They're right on schedule to release the next edition on their typical 4-year time frame.
Personally, I wouldn't mind a new edition that was more of a tweak than a restructuring. I like 8th, but would like Steadfast and the magic phase changed a bit.
Herzlos wrote: WHF and 40K in the same year? Sales must be doing really bad! What will they prop things up with next year?
Putting aside the validity of the rumours or their lack thereof, that would be easy to explain.
The shaky first half of the year meant that management needed something large and reliable to solicit a large cash injection before FYE. The new edition of WHFB was scheduled for now, but was unlikely to generate the cash needed, so was bumped to later in the year, and all hands were assigned to getting 40K 7th done in time to grab some dosh.
Not only does that make sense, it also fits with the initial tipsters claiming WHFB for a new release this year and nobody even thinking about a new 40K until quite recently.
Whumbachumba wrote: Armageddon Apocalypse Supplement? It's already in the Apocalypse book, why would there be another one?
pretre wrote: Also, reminder. Natfka is a crap shoot for accuracy, so don't get too excited.
Natfka on Faeit 212 - Total rumors: (354 TRUE) / (511 FALSE) / (50 PARTIALLY TRUE/VAGUE)
Um.. no. They simply said that Dark Vengence would be repackaged with the new book. It was recalled from stores a few weeks/months back as well. They have to have something to sell starter set-wise between May and August. The statement doesn't prove or disprove anything so we're still left with a rumor.
40K radio said no starter and I'd believe them over Faeit any day.
Sigvatr wrote: No, no, no, please, PLEASE don't release a new WHFB edition. DON'T.
8th pretty much killed WFB in my area. It needs to go back to the days of 20 model units not this 50 models per unit if it wants to attract new players, it is far too expensive in its current form. Magic also needs toning down, it is way too destructive. No one wants to paint up 50 models to have them all die in a single magic phase.
Several 4chan threads were mentioning possible Dark Eldar releases as well. Mentioned plastic wrachs, a new haemonculi, and a large construct. But 4chan isn't known for their reliability.
Nvs wrote: Several 4chan threads were mentioning possible Dark Eldar releases as well. Mentioned plastic wrachs, a new haemonculi, and a large construct. But 4chan isn't known for their reliability.
Anonymous 4chan posts are one of the least reliable rumor sources that we track.
Nvs wrote: Several 4chan threads were mentioning possible Dark Eldar releases as well. Mentioned plastic wrachs, a new haemonculi, and a large construct. But 4chan isn't known for their reliability.
It's almost like 4chan is an anonymous source, like whoever supplies rumors to naftka.
Nvs wrote: Several 4chan threads were mentioning possible Dark Eldar releases as well. Mentioned plastic wrachs, a new haemonculi, and a large construct. But 4chan isn't known for their reliability.
It's almost like 4chan is an anonymous source, like whoever supplies rumors to naftka.
Oh wait
Anonymous sources aren't, in themselves, bad. Rumor mongers who use un-vetted anonymous sources are bad.
Well also consider that 4chan is kind of a haven for trolls and that naftka will literally print any rumor you send him, and you've got yourself a fine cocktail there I wouldn't trust anything from faiet unless it had a name attachced, and it was a name I was familiar with.
Brother SRM wrote: Well also consider that 4chan is kind of a haven for trolls and that naftka will literally print any rumor you send him, and you've got yourself a fine cocktail there I wouldn't trust anything from faiet unless it had a name attachced, and it was a name I was familiar with.
His named sources haven't been awesome either. Although the one shots do pretty well.
Tim the Thief - Total rumors: (5 TRUE) / (12 FALSE) / (3 PARTIALLY TRUE/VAGUE)
Dave from Faeit212 - Total rumors: (1 TRUE) / (0 FALSE) / (0 PARTIALLY TRUE/VAGUE) - NO RUMORS PENDING Julian from Faeit212 Inbox - Total rumors: (1 TRUE) / (0 FALSE) / (0 PARTIALLY TRUE/VAGUE) - NO RUMORS PENDING
Sigvatr wrote: No, no, no, please, PLEASE don't release a new WHFB edition. DON'T.
8th pretty much killed WFB in my area. It needs to go back to the days of 20 model units not this 50 models per unit if it wants to attract new players, it is far too expensive in its current form. Magic also needs toning down, it is way too destructive. No one wants to paint up 50 models to have them all die in a single magic phase.
Strangely, they seem to be incorporating some of the things commonly disliked about WHFB in the recent edition like a huge boost in magic/psychic powers over onto the 40k side on top of doubling down on what people already have rejected (namely shoving Apoc down regular 40k games' throat)
stickmonkey backs up natfka:
Release Schedule Rumors via Stickmonkey on Faeit 212
My sources are almost lock step with the schedule youve posted. Beyond that they say major releases for the coming year are (obviously with other smaller releases in between with the new pacing):
Oct-nov - dark eldar
Nov-dec - hobbit (which ive heard will end additional development by May 2015, and support/releases for it will last 1 year past that), new scenery for 40k, including a crashed/destroyed land raider set piece, and the long awaited xenos scenery rumored to include a bunker each for eldar, orks, and tau. Each about the size of the small wall of martyrs bunker)
Dec-jan - Space Wolves, a Battle of Garm apoc supplement
Jan-Feb wfb beastmen
Feb-mar 40k necrons, wfb scenery "bridge"
Mar-beyond in no particular order - skaven, grey knights, high elves, sororitas!?, inquisition, empire
Automatically Appended Next Post: For reference:
Stickmonkey - Total rumors: (148 TRUE) / (281 FALSE) / (46 PARTIALLY TRUE/VAGUE)
Sigvatr wrote: No, no, no, please, PLEASE don't release a new WHFB edition. DON'T.
8th pretty much killed WFB in my area. It needs to go back to the days of 20 model units not this 50 models per unit if it wants to attract new players, it is far too expensive in its current form. Magic also needs toning down, it is way too destructive. No one wants to paint up 50 models to have them all die in a single magic phase.
Well, comped 8th re-vitalized WHFB around here and in most parts of Europe. Magic is broken but can be fixed by a few adjustments. Cap the # of additional PD generated, grant LOS! to 6th spells, limit # of dice to be thrown at Death / Shadow spells to 4. A few adjustments that massively balance the game out.
The problem is that with 40k 7th, GW has proven to absolutely suck and not care about rules and with comped WHFB being relatively balanced right now, I don't want those idiots anywhere near the ruleset.
I actually like the early 2015 Necron rumor, though. At this point, we know if 7th is really as bad as it seems to be now and if it is, purhase interest for Necrons will be at a peak along with an overall price increase for all models.
Ralis wrote: Yeah... I don't believe they would wait until august to come out with the new starter set, Considering they've already pulled DV off the shelves.
White Dwarf says they are repackaging DV with new 7th edition books. This is known and posted in both this thread and the 7th edition one.
It would also be a pretty much constantly recurring rumor since the Cities of Death buildings were released. Aside from a handful of Forgeworld things that aren't in production anymore and one set of Ork barricades, xenos terrain doesn't seem like something GW's terribly interested in making. I'd love it if they did, but it's one rumor that I will not believe until the kit is in my hands.
There's also far too many WHFB releases in there.......
even if there is a new edition which revitalises the game it's still a small, small player for GW compared to 40K and I think it's just too many for the powers that be to be comfortable with
even if there is a new edition which revitalises the game it's still a small, small player for GW compared to 40K and I think it's just too many for the powers that be to be comfortable with
Again, it might be a symptom of the financials. It has commonly been held that much of GW's releases are completed well ahead of time. It might be precisely because they've had a rough year so far, that they've pulled 40K stuff forward, and pushed FB stuff back, leading to an unusual concentration of FB releases, whereas the original intent might have been for a more balanced schedule.
If Brets release in July, I can see dumping a few hundred bucks. Unless it's a stupid limited release without Grail/Questing Knights. I'll be irate if that's the case.
even if there is a new edition which revitalises the game it's still a small, small player for GW compared to 40K and I think it's just too many for the powers that be to be comfortable with
Again, it might be a symptom of the financials. It has commonly been held that much of GW's releases are completed well ahead of time. It might be precisely because they've had a rough year so far, that they've pulled 40K stuff forward, and pushed FB stuff back, leading to an unusual concentration of FB releases, whereas the original intent might have been for a more balanced schedule.
Hmm I suppose that's a fair point,
although I suspect that even if this was the case we'd find they'd still add in some hastily written 'oooh another 3rd company' supplement for some of the Marine Chapters (that nobody is really interested in like the Space Sharks or similar... sorry Shark fans)
with maybe a single model release re-purposing one of the less stellar sculpts they've taken all the way to cutting the mould before giving up on (and we've certainly seen they have stuff like that), perhaps as a limited run
I don't think anything listed (based on the assumption it's accurate, which is, of course, tenuous) excludes that idea as well.
There'd be much shorter lead times on that, digital codex supplements don't leak to rumourmongers, and the lists still seem very focused on a monthly cycle, there's plenty of wriggle room for the odd splash release.
Orks Collectors codex will have a slipcase that will come with an artbook and a Ghazghkull supplement. The Ghazghkull supplement will be released at a later date.
“…this will come as no surprise to you after our talk today but I just talked to my sales rep and he told me that their is a new Space Wolf flyer sitting in the warehouse awaiting release right now.
The next 40k army after Orks will be Space Wolves. Stay tunes for more information on Orks and Space Wolf releases.
A new Realm of Battle board will be released with 7th edition. This board will have a “40k/City” theme and will be 6′ x 4′ with a travel bag like the current Realm of Battle Board.
They were right (and early) on quite a few 7th edition things (3 books in a slipcase, calling bs on the %-system when BoLS/Natfka posted those, etc...)
Lords of Wargaming - Total rumors: (2 TRUE) / (0 FALSE) / (0 PARTIALLY TRUE/VAGUE)
Spoiler:
Release Schedule Rumors / Ork Rumors - May 2014 Orks Collectors codex will have a slipcase that will come with an artbook and a Ghazghkull supplement. The Ghazghkull supplement will be released at a later date.
Space Wolf Rumors - May 2014 "...this will come as no surprise to you after our talk today but I just talked to my sales rep and he told me that their is a new Space Wolf flyer sitting in the warehouse awaiting release right now. He said the skew for it is already in thier computer system. He said the info for it came up in the computer just before the Wood Elf release."
7th Edition Rumors - Apr 2014 Lords of War wrote:A new Realm of Battle board will be released with 7th edition. This board will have a "40k/City" theme and will be 6' x 4' with a travel bag like the current Realm of Battle Board.
Lords of War wrote:Is calling BS on the whole "percentages" for your forces in 40K. TRUE
"The next 40k army after Orks will be Space Wolves. Stay tuned for more information on Orks and Space Wolf releases."
7th Edition Rumors - Apr 2014 7e 40K Rulebook comes in a slipcase with 3 books – rules, miniatures showcase, background TRUE
That is what is called a bait and switch. No new starter box before Christmas witha brand new edition of the game? There is no way gw won't capitalize on that.
That is what is called a bait and switch. No new starter box before Christmas witha brand new edition of the game? There is no way gw won't capitalize on that.
First, that's not what bait and switch is.
Spoiler:
Bait-and-switch is a form of fraud used in retail sales but also employed in other contexts. First, customers are "baited" by merchants' advertising products or services at a low price, but when customers visit the store, they discover that the advertised goods are not available, or the customers are pressured by sales people to consider similar, but higher priced items ("switching").
Second, GW didn't say anything about not getting a new starter, they said they were putting the new Rulebook into the current box...
Third, they didn't release the starter with the rulebook the last few times, possibly back to 3rd, but i can't be bothered to remember that far back
As far as Fantasy goes, most of the armies are status quo : lvl4 caster, big brick of elite warriors, big brick of flanking Monstrous cav, and war machines for taste.
I liked 4th, 5th, and 6th but 7th magic was ridiculous. 8th reined it back a bit but the overall most destructive spells were still OP. I would like to see it brought back in line or just have a rule about the max number of models affected per spell. Xerxes is slowed and losing your caster or bsb to dwellers sucks.
Fantasy has always been the testing grounds for 40k rules so who knows what kind of nonsense they will include this time. But the starting price points cannot be ignored and having to have soo many models for one rule (though a good one) is limiting.
Id like to see each army have some individuality vs just different units filling the same rolls.
That is what is called a bait and switch. No new starter box before Christmas witha brand new edition of the game? There is no way gw won't capitalize on that.
First, that's not what bait and switch is.
Spoiler:
Bait-and-switch is a form of fraud used in retail sales but also employed in other contexts. First, customers are "baited" by merchants' advertising products or services at a low price, but when customers visit the store, they discover that the advertised goods are not available, or the customers are pressured by sales people to consider similar, but higher priced items ("switching").
Second, GW didn't say anything about not getting a new starter, they said they were putting the new Rulebook into the current box...
Third, they didn't release the starter with the rulebook the last few times, possibly back to 3rd, but i can't be bothered to remember that far back
Fourth, 40K Radio has been saying (among a gazillion other rumours) that GW is not doing a new push-fit miniatures starter-set. All there other rumours (including breaking news about 7th Edition back in September) have been right so far.
GW is clearly going against their "patterns" with this one anyhow... why not on this one?
Frankly. that is the main problem with all the "poor" rumour-sites. They extrapolate on the basis of past regularities, hoping that doing so is a good estimate of the future. And it worked for many years with GW, but no more.
I should say they havn't said they were, or were not putting out a new starter. they may, they may not, it's just not going to happen with the 7th release.
That is what is called a bait and switch. No new starter box before Christmas witha brand new edition of the game? There is no way gw won't capitalize on that.
If, as many suggest, this new edition is a rush job to plug a hole in the financials, there may not have been time to create a plastic box set. The moulds for plastics take quite a lot of time to create, as far as i'm aware. Certainly longer than a book (well, 3 books) that are 90% recycled material.
Never before have GW rereleased the old boxed set with a new rulebook. This is a new move. I can't see that it'd be worth it just for 3 months of sales (That would steal sales away from their expensively produced new boxed set).
Nvs wrote: Several 4chan threads were mentioning possible Dark Eldar releases as well. Mentioned plastic wrachs, a new haemonculi, and a large construct. But 4chan isn't known for their reliability.
Anonymous 4chan posts are one of the least reliable rumor sources that we track.
I've actually heard from another source that SW will be the end of this year or early next year.
Not certain on this source though. So believe what you will.
Personally I pray for a SW update after Orks. One can dream...
Brand new user. Makes up rumor with very first post. Somebody trying to get around Mod action with a second account? Or just someone trolling the rumor thread, perhaps? Either way, let's get Pretre to add this to the tracker.
A new Blood Angels would be interesting. I'm really curious to see if GW has what it takes to not make them ass, considering their assault based play-style.
Sigvatr wrote: No, no, no, please, PLEASE don't release a new WHFB edition. DON'T.
8th completely destroyed any lingering affection that I still had for WHFB. While I don't have any realistic expectation that 9th will be an improvement where there is life there is hope.
1) I don't believe even GW knows their release schedule that far in advance. Unless all of that stuff is already sitting in warehouses (it's not), it's subject to production and distribution issues, possible delays from restocking other product lines, etc. The release date for a product won't be fixed until most of the groundwork is done, it's just too much of a business risk otherwise. Beyond 3-4 months any release schedule is going to be tentative at best, with some incomplete projects still not assigned to any date.
2) WD virtually confirmed there won't be a new starter set anytime soon.
3) Xenos terrain is right behind plastic Sisters in terms of wishlisty rumour fodder.
Again, Natfka is just throwing *stuff* against the wall hoping it will stick.
pretre wrote:Also, reminder. Natfka is a crap shoot for accuracy, so don't get too excited.
Natfka on Faeit 212 - Total rumors: (354 TRUE) / (511 FALSE) / (50 PARTIALLY TRUE/VAGUE)
It would be interesting to know how close to release most of of those True predictions were made. I'd be willing to bet a sizeable percentage were posted within a few weeks of release, around the time the WD starts to leak and other people are posting the same info. I'd also expect around 99% of the long term rumours (3+ months out) to be total BS.
Zweischneid wrote: There are also loads of rumours by Lords of War Gaming contradicting this (do they have a record?)
Orks Collectors codex will have a slipcase that will come with an artbook and a Ghazghkull supplement. The Ghazghkull supplement will be released at a later date.
They were right (and early) on quite a few 7th edition things (3 books in a slipcase, calling bs on the %-system when BoLS/Natfka posted those, etc...)
I'm inclined to trust this source more. There's actually a bit of foreshadowing in the last WD that hints at future Ghazghkull-related content, where he "ups and leaves to pursue a new, unknown agenda".
I've actually heard from another source that SW will be the end of this year or early next year.
Not certain on this source though. So believe what you will.
Personally I pray for a SW update after Orks. One can dream...
Brand new user. Makes up rumor with very first post. Somebody trying to get around Mod action with a second account? Or just someone trolling the rumor thread, perhaps? Either way, let's get Pretre to add this to the tracker.
Judging a post based on if it's account is new or not. Hello to you too. I'm just sharing what I heard and I've been lurking Dakka for a while now. I'm mostly wishing that SW would be after Orks, and find it interesting that Lords of War and Natfka have contradicting rumors.
Like I said, take it as you will. I'm just giving any info I pick up.
azreal13 wrote: You're Necronspurs2012, try not to be so obvious next time.
I'm actually trying to be nice here after being called out and not wanting to bother anybody. I have no clue who he/she is. :\
Honestly, if you wanna tag me as someone else. Go ahead. I just want to share rumors with people of similar interests. If it's right, woo. If not, oh well. I'll just discuss the possible accuracy of other rumors instead.
Why are people even rooting for Xenos terrain? It will be massively overpriced. Right now, we got lots of really good-looking and reasonably priced 3rd party terrain. Why not buy that instead?
xttz wrote:Again, Natfka is just throwing *stuff* against the wall hoping it will stick.
pretre wrote:Also, reminder. Natfka is a crap shoot for accuracy, so don't get too excited.
Natfka on Faeit 212 - Total rumors: (354 TRUE) / (511 FALSE) / (50 PARTIALLY TRUE/VAGUE)
xttz wrote:t would be interesting to know how close to release most of of those True predictions were made. I'd be willing to bet a sizeable percentage were posted within a few weeks of release, around the time the WD starts to leak and other people are posting the same info. I'd also expect around 99% of the long term rumours (3+ months out) to be total BS.
I know you are correct.
Worst still, Nafka seems to also be taking rumors posted elsewhere and then claiming "anonymous source" when in fact you can trail it back to somewhere else. Now of course this could easily be explained by NAFKA posting anything that comes to into his inbox without vetting it.
Nvs wrote: Several 4chan threads were mentioning possible Dark Eldar releases as well. Mentioned plastic wrachs, a new haemonculi, and a large construct. But 4chan isn't known for their reliability.
Anonymous 4chan posts are one of the least reliable rumor sources that we track.
Plastic Wracks- very doubtful unless they can get a dual kit out of it. New Haemonculi in plastic seems plausible, though I'm really hoping for plastic Archon/Succubus. A large construct doesn't seem too far fetched since everyone else has got one. Anyone feel the Kabalite Trueborn deserve a kit? or is it just me?
Nvs wrote: Several 4chan threads were mentioning possible Dark Eldar releases as well. Mentioned plastic wrachs, a new haemonculi, and a large construct. But 4chan isn't known for their reliability.
Anonymous 4chan posts are one of the least reliable rumor sources that we track.
Plastic Wracks- very doubtful unless they can get a dual kit out of it. New Haemonculi in plastic seems plausible, though I'm really hoping for plastic Archon/Succubus. A large construct doesn't seem too far fetched since everyone else has got one. Anyone feel the Kabalite Trueborn deserve a kit? or is it just me?
Not necessarly, they just have to give them a few weapon options, and they wont need to be part of a dual kit.
I think its funny that some people don't want there to be a new Warhammer Fantasy edition. They're going to finish the 8th Edition Army Books this year regardless.
The fact Warhammer 40k 7th Edition came out this year was unexpected, it really should be next year but they're launching it early because of issues with 6th Edition. Warhammer Fantasy 9th Edition was obviously due this year. Its that or print new Army Books like Chaos Dwarfs and Dogs of War.
It all sounds plausible to me given they're prematurely launching 7th.
DE are a fairly hot army, certainly one of their better looking miniature ranges. It would make sense for them to go there early in the release cycle. Follow up on the developments from the last update.
xttz wrote:Again, Natfka is just throwing *stuff* against the wall hoping it will stick.
pretre wrote:Also, reminder. Natfka is a crap shoot for accuracy, so don't get too excited. Natfka on Faeit 212 - Total rumors: (354 TRUE) / (511 FALSE) / (50 PARTIALLY TRUE/VAGUE)
xttz wrote:t would be interesting to know how close to release most of of those True predictions were made. I'd be willing to bet a sizeable percentage were posted within a few weeks of release, around the time the WD starts to leak and other people are posting the same info. I'd also expect around 99% of the long term rumours (3+ months out) to be total BS.
I know you are correct.
Worst still, Nafka seems to also be taking rumors posted elseware and then claiming "anonymous source" when in fact you can trail it back to somewhere else. Now of course this could easily be explained by NAFKA posting anything that comes to into his inbox without vetting it.
azreal13 wrote: TESLAFromage Pretre, as in "Necron Cheese" which is what prompted my accusation of his alter ego.
Yeah, I got it right in the tracker, just not there. And I totally got his oh so clever sockpuppet. I hit the little yellow triangle to alert for that though.
Nvs wrote: Several 4chan threads were mentioning possible Dark Eldar releases as well. Mentioned plastic wrachs, a new haemonculi, and a large construct. But 4chan isn't known for their reliability.
Anonymous 4chan posts are one of the least reliable rumor sources that we track.
Nvs wrote: Several 4chan threads were mentioning possible Dark Eldar releases as well. Mentioned plastic wrachs, a new haemonculi, and a large construct. But 4chan isn't known for their reliability.
Anonymous 4chan posts are one of the least reliable rumor sources that we track.
Agreed, and whoa that is a seriously bad batting average there
Well, to be fair to 4chan, this could be 4 or 5 different people that we lumped together because of anonymity. Either way though, they suck at their job.
I edited in a question above, but is there any other source talking about 9th edition hitting later this year for fantasy? Or does "everyone else" still have it pegged as 2015?
40k radio: 7th Edition Rumors - Dec 2013 The big 40k rumor is: This summer GW will release 7th edition 40k , TRUE and 9th edition Fantasy has been shelved, for now. PENDING
March: Imperial Guard; DUPLICATE three Plastic Kits for Steellegion DUPLICATE Turretless Tank Kit, FALSE new Steellegion Character (no Yarrik!) FALSE Codex-Focus is Cadia & Armageddon FALSE
April: Breton Armybook PENDING
May: Space Wolves, PENDING there will be a 13th Great company & Thousand Sons Supplement parallel release near end of the Year Focus of the SW Supplement is the Fight again Tzeentch Forces PENDING
June: Warhammer Fantasy 9th Edition with Empire vs. Orks & Goblins PENDING
Anonymous source on faeit212 wroterks release in march. PENDING
Necronspurs2012 Fantasy Starter Set Rumors - Jan 2014 The new starter set for warhammer fantasy 9th edition set to be released this summer will contain orcs and goblins and empire. The set will contain mounted riders for empire and gunners. Night goblins and orcs with a river troll for O & G. There is set to be around 50 models in this set with more than said here. PENDING
Stickmonkey
Spoiler:
Release Schedule Rumors via Stickmonkey on Faeit 212 My sources are almost lock step with the schedule youve posted. Beyond that they say major releases for the coming year are (obviously with other smaller releases in between with the new pacing): LATE MAY 40k 7th Edition
EARLY-MID JUNE Orks
LATE JUNE Ork Theme Apocalypse Supplement
EARLY-MID JULY Bretons
LATE JULY Chaos Space Marines Sets and Supplement
EARLY AUGUST 40k New Starter Set
MID-LATE AUGUST Blood Angels
EARLY SEPTEMBER Armageddon Apocalypse Supplement
MID SEPTEMBER Warhammer Fantasy 9th Edition
LATE SEPTEMBER - EARLY OCTOBER Orcs and Goblins
MID OCTOBER Fantasy Starter Set Oct-nov - dark eldar Nov-dec - hobbit (which ive heard will end additional development by May 2015, and support/releases for it will last 1 year past that), new scenery for 40k, including a crashed/destroyed land raider set piece, and the long awaited xenos scenery rumored to include a bunker each for eldar, orks, and tau. Each about the size of the small wall of martyrs bunker) Dec-jan - Space Wolves, a Battle of Garm apoc supplement Jan-Feb wfb beastmen Feb-mar 40k necrons, wfb scenery "bridge" Mar-beyond in no particular order - skaven, grey knights, high elves, sororitas!?, inquisition, empire
Tim the Thief
Spoiler:
Release Schedule Rumors - Nov 2013 Release Plan for 2014 January - Dwarfs FALSE February - Imperial Guard I FALSE March - Imperial Guard II PARTIALLY TRUE April - Wood Elves TRUE & new GW Page/Shop TRUE May - Orks (40k) PENDING June - Bretons PENDING July - WHFB 9th Edition Rulebooks & Starter Set PENDING August - Space Wolves PENDING September - Orcs & Goblins I PENDING October - Orcs & Goblins II PENDING
Fantasy Release Schedule Rumors - Oct 2013 via Tim on Faeit 212 -Warhammer Fantasy 9th Edition & new Starterset next Year PENDING -Starterset becomes "Expansion set" & Mailorder Only special Edition PENDING -Orks & Goblins first 9th editon Armybook PENDING
Starter Set of the 9th Edition Warhammer with following content -simplified Starter Rulebook PENDING -"Armies of Warhammer", simplified Armylists for all PENDING -Orks and Goblins Army PENDING --Ork Warboss PENDING --New Goblinwarriors PENDING --Ork Warriors PENDING
-Empire Army --Captain of the Empire PENDING --New Spearmen (new Design) PENDING --New Musketeers (new Design) PENDING --New Knights (new Design) PENDING
The Set becomes an Expansion with Magic as subject -Small Booklet with Magic Rules PENDING -Additional Models for Mages and two Regiments PENDING
Interesting, thanks... I think it's kind of a long shot to get a new edition for both fantasy and 40k in the same year, but GW have been setting a frenetic pace with rules releases lately.
azreal13 wrote: TESLAFromage Pretre, as in "Necron Cheese" which is what prompted my accusation of his alter ego.
Yeah, I got it right in the tracker, just not there. And I totally got his oh so clever sockpuppet. I hit the little yellow triangle to alert for that though.
To be clear, I don't think he is Necronspurs. Check NS's punctuation, grammar and capitalization versus this guy.
Either way though, the mods are in the best position to figure it out.
3 years old, with the worst race specific Magic Item pool, a pair of 'meh' magic lores, some older models still in need of updating, and all while being a fairly popular army?
It's kind of a given that O&G's will get some love. Sure they're no a popular tourney army, but they do seem pretty popular among casual players.
Plus if they do indeed release Brets and likely one of either Skaven or Beastmen (or even both!), then they may as well start the cycle all over again with one of their flagship Fantasy armies. (Because Empire is fine for now and is only really crying for a new plastic Knights kit)
Personally I'm hoping that High Elves do sneak into the early first 3-5 books, if only to remove the stupid as gak Banner of I-Win.
Sigvatr wrote: No, no, no, please, PLEASE don't release a new WHFB edition. DON'T.
8th pretty much killed WFB in my area. It needs to go back to the days of 20 model units not this 50 models per unit if it wants to attract new players, it is far too expensive in its current form. Magic also needs toning down, it is way too destructive. No one wants to paint up 50 models to have them all die in a single magic phase.
Well, comped 8th re-vitalized WHFB around here and in most parts of Europe. Magic is broken but can be fixed by a few adjustments. Cap the # of additional PD generated, grant LOS! to 6th spells, limit # of dice to be thrown at Death / Shadow spells to 4. A few adjustments that massively balance the game out.
The problem is that with 40k 7th, GW has proven to absolutely suck and not care about rules and with comped WHFB being relatively balanced right now, I don't want those idiots anywhere near the ruleset.
Are you sure you're not being biased in your assessment of WFB? I don't see an easy fix for magic. The fixes you mention in regard to magic clearly favor specific army types and not others. Some armies remain competetive because of gimmicky moves such as those provided by lore of life and lore of death. I agree that limiting additional power dice would vastly improve the game, but I'm wondering what kind of limitations you are referring to. For instance, I know that you play orcs and goblins. Would you seek to limit the additional power dice you can obtain from eating a magic mushroom, because personally I think that is OP for goblin shamans, the risk is too small compared to the potential reward. I also think that huge blocks become very cost prohibitive to new gamers.
Given how successful the releases of new Dwarfs, Dark Elves and especially Wood Elves were, I think its quite reasonable to think that GW might push out more WHF stuff sooner rather than later.
Voice of the Chaos Gods - Total rumors: (0 TRUE) / (0 FALSE) / (0 PARTIALLY TRUE/VAGUE)
Spoiler:
Release Schedule Rumors - May 2014 via The Voice of the Chaos Gods GW plans Events for an subsequently 30th Birthdays of Warhammer Fantasy. The new edition is supposed to be part of it. When exactly I can not say.
I "optimized" my release shedule: LATE MAY 40k 7th Edition (as already official)
EARLY-MID JUNE Orks (New Codex and Models)
LATE JUNE Ork Theme Apocalypse Supplement (possible Invasion of Badlanding)
EARLY-MID JULY Bretons (Armybook and such things)
LATE JULY Chaos Space Marines Sets and Supplement (Legionary/Havoc/Chosen Box, old CSM Box remains)
EARLY AUGUST 40k New Starter Set (DV Revised)
MID-LATE AUGUST Blood Angels (Vampires in Space! Codex and Models)
EARLY SEPTEMBER Armageddon Apocalypse Supplement (new and updated content)
MID SEPTEMBER Warhammer Fantasy 9th Edition (Such strange things called "Rules)
LATE SEPTEMBER - EARLY OCTOBER Orcs and Goblins (Armybook and new gitz)
MID OCTOBER Fantasy Starter Set (Empire vs. the green Guys)
LATE OCTOBER - EARLY NOVEMBER Dark Eldar (yes... Codex and Boxes)
MID-LATE NOVEMBER EMPIRE (A book with rules and models to play them, possibly new state troops, the design studio hates the current)
COMPLETE DECEMBER The Hobbit and Scenery (it calles "HObbit" not "BObiit"!)
JANUARY Possible Space Wolves (Vinkings in Space! Only without rob stupid christians )
Seriously?! You'd think that with 40k now offering everyone bar GK's and 'Nids the ability to summon a Greater Daemon that GW would give some new models for those poor, tired old Finecrap b ...
Hard to believe Ravening Hordes was 14 years ago . . .
That was nice and I think the only time I can remember GW resetting EVERYONE to get a base and it was the greatest 1 mth ever (except 3rd ed 40k I suppose).
OnG and Empire have been the top two releases each time after the new edition except for 8th? Empire book is only 2 years old.
Nice to see they have an update to all the books prior to 9th coming out, though Beastmen/Skaven still kicking it 7th ed.
Maybe out of the question - but would REALLY like the Dogs of War to come back!
that is a seriously bad batting average there 
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