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Of course it's real. It's formatted appropriately, with place-holders for images and diagrams, it uses the same syntax as other GW publications, is extensive and comprehensive. It is utterly unlike any fan developed system I've ever seen.

However, it is also clearly not finished. Who knows how much of this will make it's way into the final version? Some of it I'm confident about (nerfing multi-wound models like Nob Bikers and Paladins) and some I'm not so confident about (Evasion values) and almost all of it is worded in the most convoluted way possible.

I don't think its possible to know whether it is real or a hoax yet. It certainly looks on the money and on its own merits it is a great set of rules. So whether it is real or not is moot to me because unless 6th is as good or better than those rules I wont be touching it.