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Let me clue you in on a pattern.

Summer for GW is huge. Every Summer, GW releases something absolutely massive. Last Summer it was Knights, AoS 2.0, and Kill Team. The Summer before that it was 8th Edition. The Summer before THAT was the 40k Gathering Storm, IIRC.

Each of these things is a massive point of sales because kids are out of school.

This coming Summer, everyone is scratching their head wondering what the heck GW can do to top the previous two years.

There are plenty of assumptions and I'll break down each one and why I think they /might/ or /might not/ work.

A. Sisters of Battle
This would be a huge release. They've been generating hype for this release over the past year and will continue to do so, spoon feeding us little tidbits until the full release.
The trouble is... it's too soon. A rumor has even backed this up: Sisters of Battle are going to be the end of 2019 and their release may even spill over into 2020.

B. 9th Edition 40k
Not a bad guess. Right after releasing all of the Codexes, hit us with a brand new edition. They've done it before, time and time again. It would give them the perfect excuse to put together all the things they've learned from 8th edition into a new edition.
The trouble is... this ALSO feels too soon. They've been loading us up with books, have JUST released Shadowspear, a massive two-army collection box, and are only now getting to finishing Vigilus part 2. To follow that up with a new edition seems like too much too fast.

C. 8th Edition 2.0
They could practically stealth release this. Give the edition enough of a rules change to republish the 40k rulebook, rebox it into the current Dark Imperium set, compile the Indexes, and still have a reason to update the Space Marines and Chaos Marine Codexes without calling it a whole new edition.
The trouble is... That's still a lot of work, and the fans aren't going to be thrilled to buy a whole new rulebook that could invalidate a half dozen of the rulebooks they just finished buying. This is why I don't feel that either this, or 9th edition, are coming this Summer.

D. Something else???

What do you guys think? What could GW be planning? It feels to me like Shadowspear is the kind of release they would normally save for the Summer, and yet, here we have it in March. What else could they have up their sleeve that's bigger than this? Perhaps we'll see it teased at GAMA or some other event between now and then... In my decade+ of following GW, they continue to surprise me with their content. I'm sure that whatever's coming will surprise me again.

The distinction is pretty meaningless between 9th and 8th v. 2.0, but I thought GW had said something to the effect of: This is it, 8th is the last "edition", from here on out it's updates?

I know almost nothing about GW, but I also doubt Sisters. They just did GSC and the new Chaos and Primaris. They also (at least old, slow GW) would have never bothered with a preview codex if they already had the real one headed to the printers to drop right after.

My vote is on SM/CSM 2.0. They are painfully overdue and will kick start sales of these factions. Its the easiest way to make money.

Option C would be fine too however I dont think GW cares too much for the fact that there are so many add ons to the main rule book. While the ruleset is good enough people just tolerate it.

Also they wont make much money from it but it will be "hard" work to get right. No doubt they will have to FAQ it straight away which makes it an never ending circle with the planned FAQ and CA releases.

With the minidex releases for Marines/Chaos in Shadowspear (Chaos-)Marines 2.0 is a pretty safe bet.

my guess is a vigilus summer campaign.

Based on the recent vigilus tale?

My only hope is traitor guardsmen. The glorious traitor guardsmen codex we've always needed that will finally allow us to be overtaken by the warp!

I doubt it though, but a man can dream can't he?

I'm reminded of this thread. I'm already proved wrong on a couple of things. Namely, that Shadowspear would have a big rulebook and that Vigilus will have three books.

Now that the 40k index to codex conversion is almost complete, I wonder if they won't start ramping up progress on Age of Sigmar battletomes. I'm going to go out on a limb and say that we're going to see some old and stagnant ranges return as fully fledged battletomed factions once more. On an even narrower, and flimsier limb, I'm going to predict an entirely new, non Stormcast human faction to replace the hole left by Brettonnia and not quite filled by Freeguild.

As I mentioned in the other thread, Vanguard and Chaos Space marines will likely get codices and some more models to follow up Shadowspear. I'm even going to suggest that rather than replacements to Space Marines and Chaos Space Marines, these codices are going to be called, Codex: Vanguard Space Marines & Codex: Black Legion. There, I said it.

Another prediction from that thread was a new Guard regiment, and I'm sticking to it. I just feel it in my gut.

As for my prediction of a Primarch? I'm less certain now that Vigilus is confirmed to just be two books, but for a lack of any better ideas, that still seems llike the biggest potential bombshell for a summer spectacular.

Oh. And along with the probable plethora of stand alone boxed games we're going to get, I don't think it's outlandish to suggest that Warhammer Quest will get another big release.

BrianDavion wrote:
my guess is a vigilus summer campaign.

That's what I would guess. It could mean a lot of different things though. Maybe Dark Mechanicus? Maybe traitor Guard? Maybe some sort of big Blood Angels/Primaris release? Could be a whole bunch of releases this summer.

Slightly off-topic for 40k but relevant, I think GW might also release a whole bunch of books for AoS updating some of their earliest books and consolidating mini-factions with tiny releases like Endless Spells and terrain (basically what they've been doing for a while, just dialed up a notch).


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 Ginjitzu wrote:
I'm reminded of this thread. I'm already proved wrong on a couple of things. Namely, that Shadowspear would have a big rulebook and that Vigilus will have three books.

Now that the 40k index to codex conversion is almost complete, I wonder if they won't start ramping up progress on Age of Sigmar battletomes. I'm going to go out on a limb and say that we're going to see some old and stagnant ranges return as fully fledged battletomed factions once more. On an even narrower, and flimsier limb, I'm going to predict an entirely new, non Stormcast human faction to replace the hole left by Brettonnia and not quite filled by Freeguild.

As I mentioned in the other thread, Vanguard and Chaos Space marines will likely get codices and some more models to follow up Shadowspear. I'm even going to suggest that rather than replacements to Space Marines and Chaos Space Marines, these codices are going to be called, Codex: Vanguard Space Marines & Codex: Black Legion. There, I said it.

Another prediction from that thread was a new Guard regiment, and I'm sticking to it. I just feel it in my gut.

As for my prediction of a Primarch? I'm less certain now that Vigilus is confirmed to just be two books, but for a lack of any better ideas, that still seems llike the biggest potential bombshell for a summer spectacular.

Dang, you beat me to the Sigmar battletome prediction.

I also was wondering about there only being two Vigilus books, but I think they could easily call something a new campaign that is essentially just a continuation of the Vigilus campaign. Like maybe Abbadon takes Vigilus and start moving towards through the Nachmund Gauntlet, and the summer campaign is a desperate attack from the now cut-off Blood Angels to retake Vigilus while Guilliman attacks Abbadon head on from the other direction. They might just call the whole thing The Such-and-Such Crusade rather than having Vigilus in the title.


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If I remember right Vigilus is near the Imperium Nihilus end of the Nachmund Gauntlet, and on the other end is an Imperial fortress world, and in between is a renegade Knight world. Maybe they will have multi-book campaigns for each over the course of the summer?

it's worth noting the vigiuls books aren't itled vigilus but "Imperium nihulus. which usggests to me we could see books in the series move beyond vigilus

BrianDavion wrote:
it's worth noting the vigiuls books aren't itled vigilus but "Imperium nihulus. which usggests to me we could see books in the series move beyond vigilus

So maybe the Imperium launching a counterassault/crusade into Imperium Nihilus or something along those lines?

 Dakka Flakka Flame wrote:

I also was wondering about there only being two Vigilus books, but I think they could easily call something a new campaign that is essentially just a continuation of the Vigilus campaign. Like maybe Abbadon takes Vigilus and start moving towards through the Nachmund Gauntlet, and the summer campaign is a desperate attack from the now cut-off Blood Angels to retake Vigilus while Guilliman attacks Abbadon head on from the other direction. They might just call the whole thing The Such-and-Such Crusade rather than having Vigilus in the title.

That would be great, but ideally, I'd like them to finish Vigilus, and then take a break from Chaos vs Imperium for a while. Maybe a campaign elsewhere in the galaxy with two Xeno factions being the primary protagonists. I think it's high time we threw our friends alien scum a bone for once.

Oh! And to those suggesting Dark Mechanicum/Traitor Guard as a summer surprise, I reckon that's a decent shout.

 Ginjitzu wrote:

 Dakka Flakka Flame wrote:

I also was wondering about there only being two Vigilus books, but I think they could easily call something a new campaign that is essentially just a continuation of the Vigilus campaign. Like maybe Abbadon takes Vigilus and start moving towards through the Nachmund Gauntlet, and the summer campaign is a desperate attack from the now cut-off Blood Angels to retake Vigilus while Guilliman attacks Abbadon head on from the other direction. They might just call the whole thing The Such-and-Such Crusade rather than having Vigilus in the title.

That would be great, but ideally, I'd like them to finish Vigilus, and then take a break from Chaos vs Imperium for a while. Maybe a campaign elsewhere in the galaxy with two Xeno factions being the primary protagonists. I think it's high time we through our friends alien scum a bone for once.

on the other hand, turning the focus into a wide spread campaign could allow for more xenos focus to be given. that said the first Vigilus book had more a xneos focus then a chaos focus.