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I've pretty much given up on playing actual games of 40k, but GW has kept me going with things like Kill Team and Blackstone. They give me a chance to collect and paint a variety of different models, which is my favorite part of the hobby anyway. Kill team is amazing because I can paint up two teams and teach a friend to play, whereas painting two full 40k armies and trying to get one of my friends to sit through a game would be infeasible. I will definitely give this one a shot as well, for the same reasons. Even if the rules are lackluster a game you can actually play with your friends is always better than one you can't.

Plus, they had me sold at renegade guard models.

 Galef wrote:
I feel the same, although I haven't taken the KT plunge yet. I'm still content playing small "regular" 40K games at home with my sons as they learn to play. My boys have finally gotten interested in painting, so I've been helping them with that

I keep going back and forth on BSF, but a recent life event has made it not feasible for me to get it anywhere near its release. I may be able to pick it up something next year (if I can find it anywhere), but more than likely, I'll just have to pick up the minis piece-meal through eBay.
My only concrete plan right now is to pick up some Beastmen Gors and model them with pistols and chainswords to add to my Cultists.

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With any luck, they'll not just let one or two initial runs get sold out and then drop the game. Hopefully it will be easily available for a while.

Kill Team hits all the right notes for me, but I have always been a fan of regular infantry dudes and never really enjoyed vehicles. You could probably add in vehicles but you'd end up with one vehicle against full kill teams

That I can agree with. Some factions have tons of options, some have very few of their normal codex options with no apparent justification. My existing DG models can use everything I modeled them with (which is at least one of every weapon in the book) but other factions have only one unit choice or conspicuously missing weapons.

Unfortunately, they have not. On the other hand, games like Warhammer Underworlds and Kill Team have been receiving constant support and expansions, so we'll see if they can turn Warhammer Quest 40k into a similar line.

You could design and print out your own tiles on day one if you wanted to. The only drawback to fan-made content is that somebody has to play GM to make the stuff up, and it wouldn't be any kind of official revelation of any 40k mysteries or plot points. Still would be fun to throw a bunch more elements into the mix as far as procedural generation goes, though.