These are stolen from a wonderful thread by a guy named The Dude who, in addition to being a Big Lebowski fan, has waded through about 1500 pages of the original Apocalypse thread to piece this together. I've added a few other things from his thread.
Original thread:
www.warseer.com/forums/showthread.php ---
Release is rumoured to be October with pre-release on
GD UK Rules for games of 3000+ points
Some say it’s a huge book (almost if not as big as the Rulebook), others say it’s as big as Cities of Death. Some have mentioned the possibility of multiple editions
Warseer poster bigred posted info from 40kforums.com listing book as $50
Games will reportedly not use the
FOC (entire armies of dreadnaughts or daemons, etc.) and possibly not Points limits. Some insist points are still used and that a player with fewer points can restore balance through using extra stratagems.
Boards rumored to be 8x4, setup diagonally across from each other 18" apart.
Super-heavy tank rules. Most say they are in the main book, some say they could be in a future supplement. They will supposedly work almost exactly the same way as in the Forge World books, but it’s been reported they “tend to explode in a more spectacular fashion”
Warlord, Revenant and possibly other Titans will supposedly see rules. It has been suggested that models will be forthcoming, but not until plastic technology catches up with requirements (ie a LONG way off)
Some say Fliers didn’t make the cut, whilst others insist they are in the book including the Thunderhawk, the Lightning and the Valkyrie and that they now do not leave the table.
Hydra Flack Tanks (and possibly other
AA options) are supposedly in the book
There have been rumours of a new Land Raider variant called the Terminus which has four sets of twin-linked lascannons & no transport capability
A weapons strength will possibly have the option of saying D (for death). Baleanoon tells us the description for Strength D reads something like:
"These weapons are so powerful that they require no dice rolling to wound, any model hit automatically dies, thats right no armour saves, invulnerable saves, this weapon doesn't care about your dodge save or demonic powers."
Baleanoon also claims that one of Warhound's and one of the Stompa's weapons have Strength D.
Patriarch mentioned that the Epic Armageddon titan killer strength weapons are probably comparable. These are:
Volcano cannon (previously defence laser) - shadowsword, warlord titans.
Pulse Laser (Pulsar) - Eldar Phantom/Warlock Titans. Smaller versions on Revenant and Scorpion
SHT.
Heat lance - Eldar Phantom/Warlock Titans.
Deathstrike missile -
IG Power Fists - Warlord & Reaver titans
D cannon - Eldar cobra
SHT. Smaller versions are Eldar support/Wraithlord weapons.
Orks - mostly Gargant close combat weapons.
Keep in mind this last tidbit is not a rumor for apocalypse, just a list of possibilities.
An Orbital Bombardment with 6 linked Ordinance templates (or a special new template) has been mentioned as a possible stratagem
Some rules simplifications have been hinted at, such as any weapon of S7+ ignores armour saves entirely (which prompted someone else to comment "autocannon: the new lord of the 41st millenium"
There have been rumours of ally lists; ie
SM & guard, Chaos & orks etc.
Some have suggested an Eye Of Terror style Order and Disorder division.
Formations:
Taking “Formations” of units could reportedly provide in-game bonuses. For example:
-Imperial Guard can field Ogryn Auxiliary Companies, consisting of 3 squads of 5 Ogryns, giving the player a free command squad, and commissars may be attached directly to the units.
-10 Leman Russ tanks earns you a command tank that helps to ignore crew shaken/stunned effects
-3 or more Necron monoliths generate a "Shadow Field" giving whatever is inside the formation +1 to we'll be back rolls. Also no psychic powers work within the field.
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SM Land Speeders (possibly unarmed) can act as “spotters” for Whirlwinds, giving them unlimited range. This unit may be released as a boxed set.
-Space Marine Chapter Council with individual members (i.e. master of the fleet) supplying bonuses such as flanking maneuvers
-Marines may be able to take 3 vindicators as a unit allowing them to target the same point, getting a 10 inch template.
-Abaddon may be able to take a very large Terminator retinue. Another poster claimed that fluffwise he'll be killed off.
-Tau may get a formation of one command unit, and body guard. 3 Crisis Suit units, and a number of Stealth Suits.
-Special Markerlight options for squadrons of 3 + hammerheads
-Eldar "Windrider Host" composed mostly of jetbikes/vypers. Supposedly grants a pre-game redeployment ability
-Bonesinger may get rules
-3 Wave Serpents may combine their energy fields to reduce incoming fire to a maximum of S:7
-Ork "Kult of Speed" similar to Eldar Windrider Host in that once during the game the entire formation (possibly 30 bikes) can redeploy to ANYWHERE on the board.
These options might come in the form of stratagems
Models:
Baneblade
New Baneblade done, painted and being used in Studio games
Some say it is 1 inch larger than the
FW one all round. Some say 1 inch smaller.
Reports tell of 3 additional variants:
- Different turret option (some say Yarrick’s personal Baneblade)
- Chaos (some say Nurgle specific)
- Ork
The hull has supposedly been designed with empty sections to make it easier to convert
Price rumoured to be between £50 and £100 with £60 seeming to be favourite. One poster (bigred) found info on 40kforums.com that pointed to a $95 kit.
Ork Stompa
A large kit by Aly Morrison. Reportedly 8 sprues, supposedly put on hold until they can work out how to get it onto fewer sprues.
Drop Pods
The usual “problems in production” excuse. Expect to see as a later release maybe with the Blood Angels or Space Wolves Codex
whenever they come.
Supposedly there are 3 options
- Standard
- Deathwind
- Dreadnought
Daemon Engine?
One or two posters mentioned a defiler-esque vehicle on treads
Trygon
Not much known. A possible future release.
Valkyrie
A model was seen, but never intended for release. It was made to test the large model production systems.
It’s a possible future release if sales of other large models are good, as they already have it scanned into the computer.
Space Marine Battle Company
Includes parts for the following:
- 6 Tactical squads
- 2 Assault Squads
- 2 Devastator Squads
- Command Squad
- Dreadnought
- Land Raider
- Predator
- "Extra stuff" like decals
comes in a big wooden crate
Two Aussie Warseer posters with a hobby shop (Sheep & Seven Nation Army) were sent the following "battle company" by
GW:
* 1 - Company commander
* 1 - Command Squad (5 models)
* 15 - Assault Marines
* 60 - Tactical Marines
* 10 - Devastator Marines
* 1 - Razorback
* 8 - Rhinos
Total of 91 marines & 9 vehicles, came in cardboard box labeled "1x battle company armageddon games"
Possibility of a bigger, direct-only box containing the sprues for 400+ marines costing upwards of $1200 (price given was 600 British pounds).
Bregalad has put forward a list of other possible Apocalypse releases:
-Imperial Guard commissars (3 different poses, seen already)
-Imperial Guard Ogryn (probably bone'ead, seen already)
-New Necron Lord with ressurrection orb (Spyder body?)
-Bonesinger (or Farseer?) on jetbike.
-New Space Marine commanders (possibly the Chapter Council or Masters of the Chapter)
-New Space Marine Veterans
-Ork Mek with Super Shoota
Rumored boxes of 3 tanks for price of 2: Leman Russ, basilisk, chaos & loyalist predator, vindicator, hammerhead
and some rumoured (far) future releases:
-Eldar Revenant Titan
-Necron Pylon
-Thiunderhawk
