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So we know IG is on the doorstep, and heavy rumors have orks in June, What do people think the releases will look like following? After IG and Orks we have blood angels, space wolves, Dark Eldar, Grey knights and Necrons. What do you guys think will be coming this year?

I think Wolves have been rumored after orks. I just don't know what they want to release for them. A flier, maybe wulfen and plastic chars.

Codex: Administratum, the book for playing middle management in the grim darkness of the far future. New models: none.

 Charles Rampant wrote:
Codex: Administratum, the book for playing middle management in the grim darkness of the far future. New models: none.

This actually would be an amazing release. It has special rules on how to handle your primary army book and it's supplement, your ally book and it's supplement, the BRB, the dataslate, escalation, Stronghold assault, the Inquisition dex, the IK codex, and FAQs all into a simple Book Organization Chart. Just kidding, there are no FAQs!
But a book on how to manage 9 other books does seem like a great direction for GW.

Ragnar69 wrote:
I think Wolves have been rumored after orks. I just don't know what they want to release for them. A flier, maybe wulfen and plastic chars.

On top of Wulfen & a flier or two of their own, I could see GW giving them back their looted Russ tanks, but making it a brand new variant that only the Space Puppies have, ala BA's Baal Predator. (so that all the IG players can whine about SW's players treading all over their army's iconic specialty!)

Supplement: Black Templars seems like such a blatantly obvious supplement that it isn't going to happen. Same with World Eaters, Word Bearers, Death Guard etc.

We'll probably get "Supplement: Orks with names starting with an 'F'" before any of the above...

I suspect Orcs and BA will release around the same time as the new set that is coming out in November. As far as anything else goes? I don't know...

I hope Dark Eldar doesn't have to wait another 12 years lol. Would be awesome to get a model for Vect and the baron.

Do DE really need a release though? They have plenty of poison and lance weapons in an environment filled with superheavies and MC. I never see them used much, but I don't see them having a difficult time with the current edition.

Experiment 626 wrote:

Ragnar69 wrote:
I think Wolves have been rumored after orks. I just don't know what they want to release for them. A flier, maybe wulfen and plastic chars.

On top of Wulfen & a flier or two of their own, I could see GW giving them back their looted Russ tanks, but making it a brand new variant that only the Space Puppies have, ala BA's Baal Predator. (so that all the IG players can whine about SW's players treading all over their army's iconic specialty!)

Can we PLEASE stop with the chapter specific flyer releases? There are multiple perfectly servicable space marine flyers and no need to make up more just to fill up another separate chapter codex. Get rid of the stupid DA flyers, too, and give all marine chapters access to the Stormtalon and the Stormraven and call it a day. We don't need any more chapter specific tanks either.

Skriker

 Savageconvoy wrote:
Do DE really need a release though? They have plenty of poison and lance weapons in an environment filled with superheavies and MC. I never see them used much, but I don't see them having a difficult time with the current edition.

There are aspects that can be improved. They're definitely a middle tier codex. Also, they've got models that don't exist for codex entries...

DE just want a piece of that sweet, sweet power creep.

EDIT: I do hope they hurry up with a DE release. I want to make an Evil Spess Elvz army, but don't want to get burned by a crap codex release.

Theres still the rumor of a "new" and or "updated" version of 40k on the slate for this summer

 ironicsilence wrote:
Theres still the rumor of a "new" and or "updated" version of 40k on the slate for this summer

People are getting overly hyped about that. I'm convinced that it's just going to be a revised rulebook with the Escalation and Stronghold Assault rules baked in.

Codex suppliments anyone? Bad moons, Catachan, Steel Legion, (im really hoping for Vostroyan, but I doubt it).
Next major codex? I'd bet on wolves, possibly blood angels. After that, I think the next major update would have to be Dark Eldar...but that would be over a year from now.

Hope to get some codex supplments for necrons that would be good.

 DanielBeaver wrote:

 ironicsilence wrote:
Theres still the rumor of a "new" and or "updated" version of 40k on the slate for this summer

People are getting overly hyped about that. I'm convinced that it's just going to be a revised rulebook with the Escalation and Stronghold Assault rules baked in.

im expecting the same, too soon for a brand new edition, I expect it to be more of a 6.5 with slight rules changes and a new starter set. I'd also like to see GW put out some sort of compilation book of all the dataslates / e-releases but I guess putting out a print version like that would somewhat defeat the purpose of the e-release

I can tell you what they won't release this year.
plastic Sisters of Battle. (or anything new for that matter.)
Legion specific Chaos anything.
Bretonians.

 MWHistorian wrote:
I can tell you what they won't release this year.
plastic Sisters of Battle. (or anything new for that matter.)
Legion specific Chaos anything.
Bretonians.

Forgot a plastic thunderhawk

 MWHistorian wrote:
Bretonians.

My poor Brets. Also my poor WE. How I managed to collect 2 armies that have both almost been forgotten

 Dalymiddleboro wrote:

 MWHistorian wrote:
I can tell you what they won't release this year.
plastic Sisters of Battle. (or anything new for that matter.)
Legion specific Chaos anything.
Bretonians.

Forgot a plastic thunderhawk

Of course, any month now, right?

 MWHistorian wrote:
I can tell you what they won't release this year.
plastic Sisters of Battle. (or anything new for that matter.)
Legion specific Chaos anything.
Bretonians.

Well, even just hypothetically guesstimating...

April; IG
May; Wood Elves!?
June; random junk
July; 40k 6.5 compilation rulebook + assorted junk
August; Fantasy supplement + assorted junk (or better yet, Plastic Greater Daemons!!! - hey a girl can dream damnit... )
September; 40k 6.5 box game w/BA's vs. Orks
Oct; Orks Codex
Nov; Bretonnians!?!
Dec; new Hobbit add-ons + typical Xmas junk (pretty please plastic Greater Daemons GW?)

Brets are possible, maybe not likely, but still possible.

I would be so pumped for a Necron sneak attack, but realize it's rather unlikely.

Ragnar69 wrote:
I think Wolves have been rumored after orks. I just don't know what they want to release for them. A flier, maybe wulfen and plastic chars.

Wolfknight. A giant Chewbacca looking monstrous creature.

This is obviously the direction they've taken the game.

 NuggzTheNinja wrote:

Ragnar69 wrote:
I think Wolves have been rumored after orks. I just don't know what they want to release for them. A flier, maybe wulfen and plastic chars.

Wolfknight. A giant Chewbacca looking monstrous creature.

This is obviously the direction they've taken the game.

A giant yeti would actually be awesome lol.