Legions Imperialis news and rumors

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**Mad Doc Grotsnik**

It’s a bit of both. Instore ordering terminal and free delivery to store (think that’s still a thing? Been ages since I used test facility) serves those already involved. But the stores are geared to showing newcomers the ropes. From the intro game and painting a model to show what it’s about, to Sunday Beginners to help coach those first few weeks.

**Tyranid Horde**

sigkill wrote:
I visited my local GW yesterday, and while at least 90% of the store space was dedicated 40k/AoS, it did seem like they specifically attempted to have 2-3 boxes of every current GW game, including LI (but not including AT). Specifically they had the intro box, as well as I think a box of Baneblades and a box of Rhinos, which seems pretty random. It's a tiny GW but in a rather central location with heavy foot traffic, so it is pretty clear to me that its main purpose is to attract new customers, not to service established ones playing niche games.

I would say this is pretty typical of a lot of GW stores. The point of entry has always been 40k or AoS. Even at the Warhammer shop in Tottenham Court Road, you have to specifically ask for AT and they dig out a box from their store room for you to sift through!

**Dryaktylus**

Wanted to buy the (German) Liber Mechanicum and Questoris for big HH on release day, and neither the local GW nor the FLGS had it (and still don't). Had to order it.

**RazorEdge**

My local WH-Store even had 2x the AT Starter Box, few weeks before the Launch of LI....

Both sold shorty before LI, of couse.

**tauist**

I still dont see any mention of the new Liber on Warhammer Digital.

Does this mean LI became "dead trees only" out of the flocking blue, mid edition?!

SUPER DISAPPOINTING if so..

**xttz**

I read on Discord that the EU recently changed rules for digital publications, requiring them all to be handicap accessible.

GW may either not be ready to comply with that, or don't sell enough epub rulebooks for it to be worth doing.

Edit: some were speculating that LI will move to the softback journal format after this compendium, which would at least mean slightly less less paper to carry around.

**Overread**

But what does that even mean for a digital publication? You can already change the size on the screen using whatever reader you've got.

And I can't see companies re-writing and formatting every digital book to be wildly different to physical print ones.

**kodos**

The European Accessibility Act (EAA) takes effect at the end of June 2025. This law mandates that digital products (including ebooks) meet minimum accessibility standards for all consumers

The key to making your EPUB ebook accessible lies in the file structure and data included. Here is a short list of the most important features of an accessible EPUB.

- Reflowable Text: This allows your content to adjust to different screen sizes and orientations.
- Semantic HTML: Use properly structured HTML to organize your content, making navigation easier for screen readers.
- Alt Text for Images: Include descriptive text for every image. This makes visual content meaningful for readers with visual impairments.
- Accessible Navigation: Create a comprehensive table of contents and clearly define reading order.
- Metadata: Add metadata like the title, language, and accessibility features (e.g., "screen reader compatible") to your EPUB.
- Font Adjustability: Use fonts and formatting that accommodate visually impaired readers. Fonts like OpenDyslexic can make a significant difference.

Pdfs are not included in the EAA and the above key notes are handled automatically by most programms to create ebooks

So if this is the reason GW doesn't want to make digital content it is more like an excuse rather than any technical problem

**tauist**

kodos wrote:
The European Accessibility Act (EAA) takes effect at the end of June 2025. This law mandates that digital products (including ebooks) meet minimum accessibility standards for all consumers

The key to making your EPUB ebook accessible lies in the file structure and data included. Here is a short list of the most important features of an accessible EPUB.

- Reflowable Text: This allows your content to adjust to different screen sizes and orientations.
- Semantic HTML: Use properly structured HTML to organize your content, making navigation easier for screen readers.
- Alt Text for Images: Include descriptive text for every image. This makes visual content meaningful for readers with visual impairments.
- Accessible Navigation: Create a comprehensive table of contents and clearly define reading order.
- Metadata: Add metadata like the title, language, and accessibility features (e.g., "screen reader compatible") to your EPUB.
- Font Adjustability: Use fonts and formatting that accommodate visually impaired readers. Fonts like OpenDyslexic can make a significant difference.

Pdfs are not included in the EAA and the above key notes are handled automatically by most programms to create ebooks

So if this is the reason GW doesn't want to make digital content it is more like an excuse rather than any technical problem

This might actually be it. I've peeked inside GWs epubs at times.. the code looks nasty.. perhaps even made deliberately obtuse so as to make ripping the stuff more difficult.. Could certainly make "accessibility" a problem..?

**kodos**

I only got one once when they first came out and it was one of the worst digital products I have seen and not using any advantage of the epub format but being worse than a straight pdf

If they haven't improved over the years and now just chancel it because making an actual good product is too much, there is not much to say

And as long GW doesn't go after new recruit, battlescribe and wahapedia, any argument about easy ripping off isn't really one (as if you need a bad ebook to get the rules and lore, you get better quality elsewhere)

**xttz**

tauist wrote:

This might actually be it. I've peeked inside GWs epubs at times.. the code looks nasty.. perhaps even made deliberately obtuse so as to make ripping the stuff more difficult.. Could certainly make "accessibility" a problem..?

Given how many day 1 rulebook PDFs originated as epub files I'm not surprised they've been stopped. I have just checked and noticed that the most recent epubs for TOW were in March, while Cathay released in June didn't get one.

To get back on topic slightly, I wonder if this compendium means that LI will also move to the same cheaper journal format as TOW & HH instead of hardback expansions.