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Hi, DakkaDakka'ers

I'm thinking of coming back to '40K since leaving the game in 2013/14

Everything appears to be on fire.

Bob Guilliman is awake, Cadia's dead, my Guard are now Astra Militarum, and God knows what's happened to WFB.

So, having not played since 2013/4, I assume things have changed. Can I still use all my Cadian miniatures?

I hear on the grapevine that a new rule book is out soon, be this true? I'll wait and get that before starting again if that's the case.

They advanced the storyline

Guard are still Guard, and refered to as such in the Lore as often as not.

yeah looks like 8.5 smae as they did with Age of Sigmar - rules rebalance and fixing bits and pieces ready for new wave of codexes

New rules are coming, announcement is today, but everything so far from 8th edition will be compatible.

You can still use Cadian minitures because many words were colonised by Cadian refugees after it's destruction and they still identify as Cadian. Also, many other planets use Cadian pattern armour. Even though Creed is MIA in the story, he's still playable on the table top. Ironically, Cadian are still the most supported line by Geedubs despite their planet going boom while other regiments like Tallarn, Mordia and Vostroya aren't.

 Tower75 wrote:


I hear on the grapevine that a new rule book is out soon, be this true? I'll wait and get that before starting again if that's the case.

The q&a about new edition got leaked so yeah. Official preview starts in 2h. So yeah do not buy rulebook now. Codex fine as it will be compatible but rulebook goes. Poof.

hold off buying any rules books for now, but if you really want say a lemen russ, the plastics not going anywhere. just don't buy an item because someone told you the rules for it are brokenly good this edition

Thank you kindly, guys.

Wow. A new rulebook today? That's ridiculously good timing.

 Tower75 wrote:
Thank you kindly, guys.

Wow. A new rulebook today? That's ridiculously good timing.

No, not today. Coming soon. Today was just the announcement that the new edition is coming.

The biggest change to Guard minis if you last played in 2014 is that the simplified vehicle rules no longer make you fire either your Leman Russ' main guns or its other guns, so sponsons have become nigh-mandatory instead of sort of a waste. But it may be worth magnetizing them in case GW changes their mind and makes them pointless again.

Just saw the announcement trailer for the new rules.

Very cool.

I never get tired of seeing Guards(wo)men get slaughtered

I wonder if this'll mean future female guard minis. Good to see the Battle Sisters kicking bum. They're surely overdue a mini redesign by now.

So, have these Primaris (spelling?) Astartes completely replaced the normal space marine?

 Tower75 wrote:


Good to see the Battle Sisters kicking bum. They're surely overdue a mini redesign by now.

...... yeah that already happened. back in febuary actually

https://www.games-workshop.com/en-CA/Adepta-Sororitas-Battle-Sisters-Squad-2020

 Tower75 wrote:
Just saw the announcement trailer for the new rules.

So, have these Primaris (spelling?) Astartes completely replaced the normal space marine?

Not yet, GW got a lot of pushback when they replaced Fantasy with Age of Sigmar so they're doing more of a slow boil with space marines.

So old marines still exist, but as GW fills up all the niches with new Primaris stuff I expect the old units will disappear.

 ScarletRose wrote:

 Tower75 wrote:
Just saw the announcement trailer for the new rules.

So, have these Primaris (spelling?) Astartes completely replaced the normal space marine?

Not yet, GW got a lot of pushback when they replaced Fantasy with Age of Sigmar so they're doing more of a slow boil with space marines.

So old marines still exist, but as GW fills up all the niches with new Primaris stuff I expect the old units will disappear.

keep in mind that's just guesswork, it's also possiable GW'll continue to double dip as long as old marines are commerically viable. and thus only retire the old stuff when/if people no longer buy em

BrianDavion wrote:

 Tower75 wrote:


Good to see the Battle Sisters kicking bum. They're surely overdue a mini redesign by now.

...... yeah that already happened. back in febuary actually

https://www.games-workshop.com/en-CA/Adepta-Sororitas-Battle-Sisters-Squad-2020

Sweet.

See, told you I was outta the loop.

 Tower75 wrote:

BrianDavion wrote:

 Tower75 wrote:


Good to see the Battle Sisters kicking bum. They're surely overdue a mini redesign by now.

...... yeah that already happened. back in febuary actually

https://www.games-workshop.com/en-CA/Adepta-Sororitas-Battle-Sisters-Squad-2020

Sweet.

See, told you I was outta the loop.

yeah coming back now from a long term hiatus I imagine is a bit of a shock, sisters of battle in plastic, Primarchs returned, Cats and dogs living together!

BrianDavion wrote:

 Tower75 wrote:

BrianDavion wrote:

 Tower75 wrote:


Good to see the Battle Sisters kicking bum. They're surely overdue a mini redesign by now.

...... yeah that already happened. back in febuary actually

https://www.games-workshop.com/en-CA/Adepta-Sororitas-Battle-Sisters-Squad-2020

Sweet.

See, told you I was outta the loop.

yeah coming back now from a long term hiatus I imagine is a bit of a shock, sisters of battle in plastic, Primarchs returned, Cats and dogs living together!

Indeed. The world is on fire, and the only thing I can think to cure it is a large application of las.

To be honest the only reason I stopped was because it was getting too hard to enjoy it with the people I played with. I was the only one that read the rules or his Codex; they used to just slap every weapon they could in a squad, they never measured properly and when you call them on it you're the dick, ya know. Why am I bothering?

Hoping this'll be a good time to restart