Games Workshop: An Update on Warhammer Releases in 2021

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**Kanluwen**

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It’s fair to say that 2020 has been a tempestuous year for all of us… and it’s still presenting challenges that are going to stretch into next year. The ongoing impact of Covid-19 around the world, and the UK’s changing relationship with the EU, mean that we’re making some adjustments in the short-term.

Covid-19
As with many other businesses, Covid-19 has had an impact on Games Workshop’s retail stores, factories, and the global shipping routes that we rely on to get shiny Warhammer stuff into your hands. It probably won’t come as a surprise that orders made throughout the remainder of December and January will take a little longer than normal to reach you.

Brexit
Good news – Warhammer fans in the EU won’t have to pay more for our products in-store or online as we head into the new year. While the details of the UK’s future relationship with the EU are still being worked out, Games Workshop will shoulder any customs and duties fees that apply to your order.

What does all this mean for new Warhammer releases?
2021 promises to be an amazing year, packed full of rad Warhammer releases – with something new and exciting arriving every month. That said, the global situation means Warhammer releases in January and February will be lighter than in recent years.

Rather than weekly, you’ll see new releases every fortnight, with the first pre-orders of 2021 on the 16th of January.
If you’re a Warhammer 40,000 fan, you’ll see a new codex or expansion every month in January, February, and March starting with the Death Guard – Nurgle, bless ’em, they have waited a long time…

For Warhammer Age of Sigmar fans, you’ll see the next new battletome (and a bunch of incredible minis) drop in February. Trust us, this one’s a doozy – we’ll even give you a sneak peek on Christmas day!*

Stay safe and have a Merry Christmas.

– The Warhammer Community Team

So there you go. Fortnightly releases are a thing in 2021.

**bullyboy**

Going be a long wait for DA and Drukhari

**Carlovonsexron**

Ugh, this probably means I wont be able to get any new slaanesh stuff before Chinese New Year. :(

**Sentineil**

That's great news about Brexit anyway. It was a worry I had that we'd see a huge price jump. Postal and shipping services to Ireland have already announced big price increases in shipping costs, which coupled with import duties could make things more prohibitive.

This might impact third party stores though, who won't be able to offer the level of discount they use to.

Still, a nice move by GW and better than I could have hoped!

**Unix**

It's a nice gesture to cover customs and duty fees. Now if we could just get them to get the prices in North America to at least come close to the current currency exchange rates.

**Inquisitor Gideon**

Totally seperate tangent, but that Sequitor is freak'n adorable.

**tneva82**

Sentineil wrote:
That's great news about Brexit anyway. It was a worry I had that we'd see a huge price jump. Postal and shipping services to Ireland have already announced big price increases in shipping costs, which coupled with import duties could make things more prohibitive.

This might impact third party stores though, who won't be able to offer the level of discount they use to.

Still, a nice move by GW and better than I could have hoped!

3rd party stores might not be able to sell to eu soon if uk changes law preventing gw from forbidding. It was eu law that stopped it. Gw likely wants to put eu to same category as us/australia etc. No currency value optimizing

**Voss**

Sentineil wrote:
That's great news about Brexit anyway. It was a worry I had that we'd see a huge price jump. Postal and shipping services to Ireland have already announced big price increases in shipping costs, which coupled with import duties could make things more prohibitive.

This might impact third party stores though, who won't be able to offer the level of discount they use to.

Still, a nice move by GW and better than I could have hoped!

Keep in mind, this is temporary:
"While the details of the UK’s future relationship with the EU are still being worked out"

It also in no way precludes a price adjustment. (or that its not already baked in, see the $80 Gladiators and Necron and SM Codexes that are $50 rather than $40)
But I expect a sweeping price adjustment announcement around March, probably even worse than this year's.

**Cronch**

Inquisitor Gideon wrote:
Totally seperate tangent, but that Sequitor is freak'n adorable.

She is, but don't think too hard about what her right leg is doing

That being said, I'd be very surprised if they didn't eat the cost of brexit after this year's price rises.

**LiftForSwift**

That female Stormcast is waifu material :3

**Overread**

The slowdown of releases is a shame, but very sensible considering the trouble GW has had in this last half of the year. With shipping globally being in a mess and with production having a hard time keeping up, slowing things down should make it a lot easier for the staff to get us what we want when it goes up for sale rather than being left with gaps.

Also they seem to have one or two really big launches so I'd wager one or two would have been 2 week preorders anyway.

All in all we'll have to wait and see how the dust settles, but it seems GW is going into 2021 in a healthy sensible position

**Denegaar**

As a non native english speaker, what does this sentence mean?:

"If you’re a Warhammer 40,000 fan, you’ll see a new codex or expansion every month in January, February, and March starting with the Death Guard"

Are those "expansions" supplements? Can we expect DG on January, DA on February and DE in March? That "or" in the sentence could mean DG on January, the Necron Cryptek box in February and the Heavy Intercessors on March.

I don't kno if I understand that properly.

**lord_blackfang**

Best news we could have wished for, really

**OrlandotheTechnicoloured**

i'd imagine expansions would mean a codex supplement, or one of the campaign books

**Mr. Grey**

Denegaar wrote:
As a non native english speaker, what does this sentence mean?:

"If you’re a Warhammer 40,000 fan, you’ll see a new codex or expansion every month in January, February, and March starting with the Death Guard"

Are those "expansions" supplements? Can we expect DG on January, DA on February and DE in March? That "or" in the sentence could mean DG on January, the Necron Cryptek box in February and the Heavy Intercessors on March.

I don't kno if I understand that properly.

My guess would be a new codex in two of those months, and the third will be some kind of campaign/expansion book ala Vigilus Defiant and such.

**Kanluwen**

Or it's referring to Dark Angels, a known codex supplement that was slated to come out in January.

**the_scotsman**

True. This probably means no drukhari codex till march.

Warhammer 9th edition: 9 months! 1 non-marine codex!

**Overread**

the_scotsman wrote:
True. This probably means no drukhari codex till march.

Warhammer 9th edition: 9 months! 1 non-marine codex!

Well it has been a Corona year and that 1 Non-Marine Codex is an epic reworking of necrons.

**tneva82**

Voss wrote:
Sentineil wrote:
That's great news about Brexit anyway. It was a worry I had that we'd see a huge price jump. Postal and shipping services to Ireland have already announced big price increases in shipping costs, which coupled with import duties could make things more prohibitive.

This might impact third party stores though, who won't be able to offer the level of discount they use to.

Still, a nice move by GW and better than I could have hoped!

Keep in mind, this is temporary:
"While the details of the UK’s future relationship with the EU are still being worked out"

It also in no way precludes a price adjustment. (or that its not already baked in, see the $80 Gladiators and Necron and SM Codexes that are $50 rather than $40)
But I expect a sweeping price adjustment announcement around March, probably even worse than this year's.

Gw rising new sku's is no new things. New sku, higher prices compared to old comparatives is standard over decade　system that replaced yearly sweeping rises

**Denegaar**

Well, if we treat the article as written, maybe Drukhari is Q2. I was expecting DA and DE in late January :/ It's been a though year, thats true, but they have been pretty proficient releasing SM stuff.

**Danny76**

Voss wrote:
Sentineil wrote:
That's great news about Brexit anyway. It was a worry I had that we'd see a huge price jump. Postal and shipping services to Ireland have already announced big price increases in shipping costs, which coupled with import duties could make things more prohibitive.

This might impact third party stores though, who won't be able to offer the level of discount they use to.

Still, a nice move by GW and better than I could have hoped!

Keep in mind, this is temporary:
"While the details of the UK’s future relationship with the EU are still being worked out"

It also in no way precludes a price adjustment. (or that its not already baked in, see the $80 Gladiators and Necron and SM Codexes that are $50 rather than $40)
But I expect a sweeping price adjustment announcement around March, probably even worse than this year's.

No I’d take that in the same way as “while yes, it is still being worked out, that means..”

**Da Boss**

That is pretty cool that they are going to tank the customs fees for a bit anyway.

**MajorWesJanson**

Inquisitor Gideon wrote:
Totally seperate tangent, but that Sequitor is freak'n adorable.

Those two make a cute couple.

On topic, sad that Dark Eldar are delayed. Currently running them in a Crusade league and wanted to start using proper crusade stuff for them.

**Sabotage!**

This is probably for the best, I know all my local FLGS have have a ton of issues getting enough stock of certain items from GW and are having issues with getting a lot of items restocked due to GW not being able to keep up with demand. Hopefully by spacing things out a bit, it will allow GW to get more product to the consumer and keep up with their current catalogue of minis.

Still hoping I can pick up the Chaos Warrior Underworld band in January, but if I have to wait until February it's not the end of the world.

**Arbitrator**

Da Boss wrote:
That is pretty cool that they are going to tank the customs fees for a bit anyway.

Don't worry I'm sure they'll increase prices to get it back. This will just be buying themselves some short-term "GW has changed!" good will.

**Stormonu**

Da Boss wrote:
That is pretty cool that they are going to tank the customs fees for a bit anyway.

They're not "tanking" anything. They had already raised prices and shipping costs earlier this year in preparation for this, so they're not going to be losing any money over this.

**Sentineil**

They've raised prices continuously for as long as the hobby existed. I bought my first box of space marines for £5 in 1992.

Were all those price hikes just incredibly visionary decisions in anticipation of Brexit? Or is it maybe that the prices went up like they always do and there is no nefarious or cynical mastermind behind this in a ploy to charge us more to call it good will?

Either way, I just got a €20 voucher off them because something I ordered won't be here by Christmas due to the new lockdown restrictions. Another nice gesture that I appreciate, even if my order was for me and not a gift, and I had entirely forgotten I had even ordered it.

**Alpharius**

Yeah, we'll all be getting a Price Adjustment sometime in 2021.

Probably right around the time the whole would is vaccinated/relatively COVID-19 free...

**Shadox**

I'm a tad confused about the AoS stuff. Is the Slaanesh stuff supposed to come in february? Why is it not stated then?

**Denegaar**

GW is just building hype about nothing, because they can't be sure about release dates.