GW Rumored Release Schedule for 2013

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**pretre**

via Larry Vela on Bols
Here's the latest out there on the grapevine regarding both Warhammer Fantasy and Warhammer 40,000 in the months ahead.

via the little birdies:
Q1
Late-December-January: Dark Angels
February-March: Chaos Daemons (still LOTS of chatter of a synchronized release of 40k/WFB Daemons books like Games Workshop did last time)
March: 40K Miniatures Wave ALPHA (see below)
Another Hobbit release wave is in this quarter as well.

Q2
April: Warhammer Fantasy Armybook
May: Tau Empire
June: 40K Miniatures Wave BETA (see below)

40K Miniatures waves are said to be:
Ork wave: with buggy, wartrack, updated Battlewagon, coptas, flashgitz, and tankbustas
Flyer wave: with: Eldar, Tau, Tyranid, Dark Eldar kits
The order of those two waves is in contention, but both keep coming up in chatter.

WFB Army books for 2013 are said to be "pointy ears and 8-pointed star" variety.

**Azreal13**

Thing is, we've got we've got chatter on releases further ahead than Daemons, but nothing new on their release since August.

Makes me think it's not going to be a very big release or perhaps the GW hat is getting harder to pull things out of.

**Andilus Greatsword**

I hope we finally get a Harpy kit, I tried them out on the weekend and they were surprisingly good for the points.

**pretre**

He's posted another, earlier, list that is pretty similar a couple of days ago.

**Kroothawk**

This is what Larry posted on BOLS yesterday:

The most interesting things show up in the dead of the night. Here's the latest notes from the singing holiday birds on what 2013 has in store for Warhammer 40,000 and Fantasy...

JAN: Dark Angels
FEB: Daemons
MAR: Wave month (hobbit, warriors of chaos, 40k)
APR: High Elves
MAY: Tau
JUN: Summer wave (40k, supplement book for 40k)
JUL: Lizardmen
AUG: Mystery Box
SEP: Wave month
OCT: ???
NOV: Eldar
DEC: ???

Now, as usual, these things tend to get more speculative as you go outwards in time, but overall these line up with what we've been hearing from a variety of chatter. We've been hearing for a while that the "Mystery Box" is a fully revamped Blood Bowl. This list would certainly be a "year of xenos" - I can hardly wait.

Doesn't contradict Hasting's predictions.

**stubacca**

Hobbit stuff is due February, the goblin king throwing a goblin and Elrond

GW have links on google, which when you click take you to a their homepage unfortunately but it's an early indicator surely?

http://images.dakkadakka.com/gallery/2012/12/15/441297_md-.png

http://images.dakkadakka.com/gallery/2012/12/15/441296_md-.png

Sorry for the small images, I'm new to linking photos haha

**pretre**

All sorts of random guys are coming out of the woodwork:

via Dave from the Faeit 212 inbox
i heard something that we could be looking at a new Apoc rulebook soon too bring apoc games in line with 6th edition, could be interesting and im getting excited.

Automatically Appended Next Post:
Oh, and Stubacca, trolling through GW's site with google cache is always a good time.

**Breotan**

Nothing here contradicts my predicion of Bretonnians being released in 4th quarter 2014.

**ShatteredBlade**

This isn't helping out my wallet any.

**H.B.M.C.**

I play none of these armies.

Wallet saved.

**MajorStoffer**

And still no plastic Hydra.

Though, it'd good to know I won't have to spend much money for what looks like at least half a year. I'm down with that.

**Happygrunt**

Great, so I have plenty of time to save my money.

**charley29**

Tau? I'll believe it when I see it.

I can safely assume I can get my wallet out of his anti-GW bunker.

**lord_blackfang**

Kroothawk wrote:
This is what Larry posted on BOLS yesterday:

The most interesting things show up in the dead of the night. Here's the latest notes from the singing holiday birds on what 2013 has in store for Warhammer 40,000 and Fantasy...

JAN: Dark Angels
FEB: Daemons
MAR: Wave month (hobbit, warriors of chaos, 40k)
APR: High Elves
MAY: Tau
JUN: Summer wave (40k, supplement book for 40k)
JUL: Lizardmen
AUG: Mystery Box
SEP: Wave month
OCT: ???
NOV: Eldar
DEC: ???

Now, as usual, these things tend to get more speculative as you go outwards in time, but overall these line up with what we've been hearing from a variety of chatter. We've been hearing for a while that the "Mystery Box" is a fully revamped Blood Bowl. This list would certainly be a "year of xenos" - I can hardly wait.

Doesn't contradict Hasting's predictions.

And yet we all know 7+ faction books in one year isn't happening.

**gianlucafiorentini123**

December will just be a new Hobbit box and rule set.

**Eldercaveman**

Here's hoping for Harpies, and Mycetic spores! and maybe even some of special characters in the 'Nid dex.

**Steve steveson**

stubacca wrote:
Hobbit stuff is due February, the goblin king throwing a goblin and Elrond

GW have links on google, which when you click take you to a their homepage unfortunately but it's an early indicator surely?

http://images.dakkadakka.com/gallery/2012/12/15/441297_md-.png

http://images.dakkadakka.com/gallery/2012/12/15/441296_md-.png

Sorry for the small images, I'm new to linking photos haha

More than that, GW posted the full page

However I do remember somthing about GW saying hobbit releases will not effect WHFB or 40k, so i suppose it is possible they could have deamons in the same month.

http://natfka.blogspot.co.uk/2012/12/february-hobbit-releases-revealed.html

**djones520**

I do not like it that everytime one of these lists comes out Eldar seems to keep getting pushed further and further back.

**Nagashek**

Yes.... high elves and Lizard men... Perfect... Leave Dark Elves alone and let WE, Brets, and dwarves become more and more obsolete... This is exactly as I have foreseen it...

**Howard A Treesong**

djones520 wrote:
I do not like it that everytime one of these lists comes out Eldar seems to keep getting pushed further and further back.

Or that there's still no sign of Sisters of Battle at all...

**The Fragile Breath**

I see that they're under a wave release, but did Warriors of Chaos get dropped from getting updated in 2013? And while I would love a Dark Elf update (let's face it, they really need new models), I'm not going to complain about High Elves getting fixed up.

**Fenrir Kitsune**

We'll probably get about half the books on that list.

**Mattlov**

Lizardmen in July? What are we hearing about here? A White Dwarf update?

I have heard nothing of this.

**djphranq**

When he posted 'lizardmen' did he mean a model release, an army book, a white dwarf update, or some sort of lunch meat?

**d-usa**

Looks like I should paint my HE...

**Sinful Hero**

I hope they really do release a Harpy kit for Tyranids, the Voidraven Bomber I'm less enthusiastic about. It's a more expensive Razorwing that you buy the missiles for.

Other than the one flyer wave(if/when it does happen) looks like I don't have to worry too much about spending money on GW stuff for awhile. Unless Eldar are really awesome that is...

**Experiment 626**

Birthday's in January, so I can save up all my b-day money and look forward to spending it a few weeks later in early Feb on my shiny new (and hopefully no longer game-breaking), Daemons!

I haven't been able to put them on a Fantasy table for 4 years without being automatically accused of being a TFG, WAAC's loser who's ruining the hobby.
I don't blame my fellow non-Daemon Fantasy counterparts for this attitude though. 7th ed was an absolute travesty and I don't think there really was to play a 'tame' or 'friendly' Daemon army. It was really just that over-powered and busted to the nines.

However, it's getting damn fustrating that all of a sudden, after an entire edition of being the worst army in 40k, all of a sudden my 9 Flamers + 5 Screamers are so broken I'm a horrible person and I deserve to be ruthlessly curbstomed by tailored GK's every game...

40k players do seem to be so much whinier and more prickly about everything.

**ashrog**

Super excited about new tau stuff! I just hope they get the full Dark Eldar/Necron treatment (ie, full revamp of the model range and expanded fluff). Would be jarring to have sleek new battlesuits side by side with some of the clunky old models.

**Tyranid Horde**

Sigh, Eldar go further down the release schedule...

**Matt.Kingsley**

Sigh, Sisters of Battle go further down the release schedue...
Well, at least Chaos Daemon look to be getting an update...

If both Tau and Eldar do get an update, then that leaves Black Templars (with an old codex), Sisters of Battle (With a WD dex and a range that is almost entirely metal) and Eldar (again, old 'dex) left to be updated, right?

EDIT: Why the hell did I write Dark Eldar??? I meant Eldar, lol