Forum adverts like this one are shown to any user who is not logged in. Join us by filling out a tiny 3 field form and you will get your own, free, dakka user account which gives a good range of benefits to you: No adverts like this in the forums anymore. Times and dates in your local timezone. Full tracking of what you have read so you can skip to your first unread post, easily see what has changed since you last logged in, and easily see what is new at a glance. Email notifications for threads you want to watch closely. Being a part of the oldest wargaming community on the net. If you are already a member then feel free to login now.

Forums are a visual medium.

Proper grammar and punctuation are keys in making yourself understood online.

They are also something everyone agrees to do, do the best of their ability, as a condition of signing up for Dakka Dakka.

Long live the Queen I guess.

Hopefully GW will get back to not providing us with any information on the 6th ed. release.

Elmir wrote:The GW facebook page of Amersfoort has made a series of new events on their page.

The one on june 30th just mentioned "the release" without ANY further details. If I were a betting man, I'd put my money on the 30th.

That's some nice reinforcement of this rumor! Thanks for passing it along.

It is very likely not an accident that WD is released a bit earlier than usual this month (I believe the 23rd, which would be one week in advance).

Breotan wrote:Okay all you rumor mongers with friends in the know, when's the eBook version going to be released?

The same day, atleast, thats what my contacts say..

insaniak wrote:The officially published reason is that people are more excited about new releases if they don't know about then in advance.

From which we can conclude that GW is either completely insane, or knows more about marketing than the entire film industry.

Well before the lockout I would check the rumors every few months, maybe. Now I check at least once a day hoping to see something new


Take from that what you will

Maybe they are trying *rock star* marketing

Any publicity is good publicity right?

They must also know their product well. Just last month I decided that I didn;t need any new models until they release new things for my CSM .... jerks~ lol

I just checked the GW website and the 5th edition rulebook isn't there.

TBD wrote:It is very likely not an accident that WD is released a bit earlier than usual this month (I believe the 23rd, which would be one week in advance).

Yes it says the 23rd in the back of this months WD which is one week early.

dragoncat29 wrote:I just checked the GW website and the 5th edition rulebook isn't there.

The 5th edition rulebook was taken off last week.

The tension is palpable. All this waiting to read the new rules is seriously getting to me, much in the way Christmas excites my children for all of December.

How are fellow players killing time until our (supposed) release date? Im organizing a combat patrol 2-week event at my FLGS, with the winner receiving a new 6th Ed book when they arrive.

tetrisphreak wrote:The tension is palpable. All this waiting to read the new rules is seriously getting to me, much in the way Christmas excites my children for all of December.

How are fellow players killing time until our (supposed) release date? Im organizing a combat patrol 2-week event at my FLGS, with the winner receiving a new 6th Ed book when they arrive.

Same for me. While I dislike this whole shroud of secrey ploy by GW I have to admit, I'm super eager to get my hands on the book.

As for me, I'm just trying to finish every painting project I have on the go before 6th, as I'm sure the rule changes will require several new projects and I want a clean slate to work from.

if i did that, my clean slate would be 7th :(

I'm getting a last few games in with 5th, and hoping 6th doesn't suck ...

Going to play at least one more 5th game before the change over, also putting Guard together atm.

Just waiting for the preorders really, want to see if anything nice turns up as a collectors.

Can't wait! I'll finally be able to learn the rules and play a game. I haven't played since I was 13, a decade ago. Completely missed 4th and 5th edition. 6th will be the perfect time to jump back in. I have nothing to compare it against, no previous ruleset to compare against. Blank slate...

tetrisphreak wrote:The tension is palpable. All this waiting to read the new rules is seriously getting to me, much in the way Christmas excites my children for all of December.

How are fellow players killing time until our (supposed) release date? Im organizing a combat patrol 2-week event at my FLGS, with the winner receiving a new 6th Ed book when they arrive.

For now I'm just working on terrain. But on July 9 and 10 I have to report for jury duty. So guess what I'll be sitting around and reading while I'm waiting to see if I'm picked?

They just posted info about a 40k "meet the design team" open day event on the gw blog here.

It's happening on the 14th July, so that would be a pretty convienient follow up to the 6th ed launch a week or two before.

I asked my FLGS manager and he said that he hasn't been told directly by GW but he has been asked to withdraw all 5th edition rulebooks from the shelves. Could be promising.

Ascalam wrote:if i did that, my clean slate would be 7th :(

I'm getting a last few games in with 5th, and hoping 6th doesn't suck ...

As sad as it is to say, we are probably going to be disappointed. I was exciting about getting into Fantasy when 8th came out. Then I realized the game was 100% random and your strategy does not matter at all because of how random it is. I bet 6th is going to mirror 8th and will be the same way. Hell, I remember hearing rumors that your psychic powers are going to be randomly determined now. Not sure if those were dispelled or not but the game just keeps getting more and more random which makes the game much worse in my book.

I'd wait until I read the rules before doomsaying.

Brother SRM wrote:I'd wait until I read the rules before doomsaying.

Hi, you must be new to the internet.

I'll be playing my last game of 5th Ed. next weekend. After that I'm going to hold off a month after 6th releases to see what the response is like.
Until then, I'll be learning Warmachine rules and playing with the two player starter box.
It doesn't really matter to me what happens with the new rules, I'm more of a modeler/painter anyway.

I'll be playing 2 games specially designed for flyers, on the 9th and 23rd June respectively and will try to squeeze in a few more games of 5th as I can. After that I will round up anyone who likes 5th over 6th and try to convince GW staff to let us play it.

Deadshot wrote:I'll be playing 2 games specially designed for flyers, on the 9th and 23rd June respectively and will try to squeeze in a few more games of 5th as I can. After that I will round up anyone who likes 5th over 6th and try to convince GW staff to let us play it.

I know this is the internet and all, but why are you trying to avoid 6th without having seen it yet? For all you know there's free hummers and booze every game.

I can't afford a BRB at the end of June. And I want to play both, because 5th is good. Unless you play fluffy vs BA Razor+Pred spam.

tetrisphreak wrote: Im organizing a combat patrol 2-week event at my FLGS, with the winner receiving a new 6th Ed book when they arrive.

That is a phenomenal idea. I might have to pitch a similar idea to the owner of my FLGS.

Personally, I'm going to try to keep playing once or twice a week just like I have been. I've started to set aside cash for the 30th. (Told myself months ago that I wouldn't spend $75-$80 on the new hardcover and just wait until I could grab an extra starter set rulebook, but I know that my fiscal fortitude will weaken tremendously when I have one in my hands. Oh well, such is life.)

Deadshot wrote:I'll be playing 2 games specially designed for flyers, on the 9th and 23rd June respectively and will try to squeeze in a few more games of 5th as I can. After that I will round up anyone who likes 5th over 6th and try to convince GW staff to let us play it.

Just to play Devils Advocate here, but why would a GW manager want to encourage a bunch of people who don't want to, or can't afford to buy the new book? When 6th comes out, that has got to be the game given priority in a GW store, not 5th. I'd just try to get in games of 6th with someone that has a rulebook.

6th Edition will be released before July... Trust me


My sources are very reliable.

Archo wrote:6th Edition will be released before July... Trust me


My sources are very reliable.

Never trust someone who has to say 'Trust me' with their statement.

Good thing his statement came before the "trust me", then

ThomasPolder wrote:Good thing his statement came before the "trust me", then

I was referring to the 'my sources are very reliable' part, but sure.


Automatically Appended Next Post:
I'll go edit the original to cover all cases.