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So when 40k gets its turn for a new edition and GW's current rules approach is extended to 40k, what do you think they'll call it?

Do you think there will be a 40k version of the End Times first? A series of campaign books, supplements and model releases that really blows up the 40k universe?

Or do you think 40ks relative sales success will mean GW will put off giving it the same sort of overhall WFB got?

Warhammer 40,000: The Search for Cash

I found this post pretty silly.

WHF needed some change cos GW and the game in general was going down.

As a profitable company they look at their result and see that 1 games work very well (WH40K) and 1 does not (WHF). So the smart move was to make the declining game closer to the successful game = Age of Sigmar.

Since WH40K is successful the way it is they is no reason what so ever to modify the core like they did for fantasy.

If AOS is cheaper and simpler to produce (and one look at the rules tells us that it is), and it proves to be popular enough to be financially soluble, then why wouldn't they convert 40k to the same system, for the sake of simplicity?

Every dime spent on AOS is another step towards Age of the Emperor.

 Xenophon00 wrote:
As a profitable company they look at their result and see that 1 games work very well (WH40K) and 1 does not (WHF). So the smart move was to make the declining game closer to the successful game = Age of Sigmar..

Sales volume for 40K has been declining as well. Just not as fast as WHFB.

And as Jimsolo pointed out, if AoS does well, it wouldn't be at all urprising to see them follow the same path to try to turn 40K around before it slides too far. GW have shown with their almost complete lack of errata and FAQ support for 6th/7th ed 40K that they're no longer interested in writing rules. Switching to a 4-page ruleset has to be mighty tempting.


I can very easily see Age of Abaddon being a thing in the next year or two, with rules close enough to identical to AoS that the two games can be combined and played together.

Jimsolo wrote:If AOS is cheaper and simpler to produce (and one look at the rules tells us that it is), and it proves to be popular enough to be financially soluble, then why wouldn't they convert 40k to the same system, for the sake of simplicity?

It lets them consoldiate design resources as you won't need people working in two different rules systems anymore too. I think you might be on to something. If AoS sells well, then I think GW will rightly take it as a sign that they are heading in the right direction and expand the approach to 40k.

Every dime spent on AOS is another step towards Age of the Emperor.

Age of the Emperor. It's so simple I can't believe I didn't think of it.

Unless of course, they want something more trademark-able. Maybe it's time the Emperor gets a name or something.

I vote for "Wesley".

I think we need our own end times first if they are going to Sigmar us.

the Horus Heresy: Age of PewPew

Brohammer 40K: Age of Robot Girlyman. Now with 100% more marines! Bros for the Bro God!

Marinehammer 40k: more marines marine madness

They will call it...

Warhammer: 40,000.

I doubt they'll do an age of Sigmar for 40k. of all the problems 40k has, the setting isn't one of them. fact is the setting is the most popular part. more people for example, read the novels, then play the game. which come to think of it may be the reason for the heavy focus on narritive gameplay of late

SBG wrote:
I vote for "Wesley".

I vote for Archibald.

Also, I doubt very much they will do an end of times, but if the rules work we may see a transfer across to AoS style rules, which does interest me. 40k has become far too bloated, and free rules would be nice.

It'll be called "Age of Dave". Because everyone knows that Big E's first name is actually Dave.

Im thinking it'll be called Warhammer 40k, 8th edition.

Warhammer: Age of corporate greed.

Age of the Emperor sounds good, but 40k has already been in the Age of the Emperor since 30k (Great Crusade and Imperium of Man could both be classified together as "The Age of the Emperor"). The most dramatic thing they cold do to alter the storyline is actually to pull the plug on the Emperor.

 Crimson Devil wrote:
Warhammer 40,000: The Search for Cash

SBG wrote:
I vote for "Wesley".

Everyone knows its Venerate.




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 Lammikkovalas wrote:
Because everyone knows that Big E's first name is actually Dave.

I always considered his name to be "Joshua", which was Jesus's name in the original [roman era] versions of the new testament.

 sing your life wrote:

 Lammikkovalas wrote:
Because everyone knows that Big E's first name is actually Dave.

I always considered his name to be "Joshua", which was Jesus's name in the original [roman era] versions of the new testament.

In Hebrew it's the same name as Joshua (יֵשׁוּעַ – yēšūă). In Koine Greek (the language of the NT) it got spelled as Ιησους which was likely pronounced Ee-ay-soos. Which is transliterated into English as Jesus as the iota eta combination's closest English sound is a Y sound which got slowly replaced by J sounds (try saying the ee-ay combination fast enough and you'll see where translators are coming from).

But I'm totally with you: Warhammer 40000: Age of Special Josh.

So do people think the AoS system will work for 40k? It's not just a simple "let's make fantasy more like 40k." It's going well past that in its own direction. And if it sells well, 40k players may need to get used to the idea of a new 40k next summer.

 Xenophon00 wrote:
I found this post pretty silly.

WHF needed some change cos GW and the game in general was going down.

As a profitable company they look at their result and see that 1 games work very well (WH40K) and 1 does not (WHF). So the smart move was to make the declining game closer to the successful game = Age of Sigmar.

Since WH40K is successful the way it is they is no reason what so ever to modify the core like they did for fantasy.

Actually the smart move was to actually support it, like they did with EoT and it sold then, This thing AoS is unlikely to generate more revenue than fantasy.

As a serious note, it will probably be something like:

Warhammer 40,000: the Time of Endings

Warhammer: 41,000

frozenwastes wrote:
So do people think the AoS system will work for 40k? .

With the removal of formations and ranks and the like, there's nothing inherently 'fantasy' about the system. With corresponding re-statting, there's no reason it wouldn't work as well for a scifi setting as it does for fantasy. It would just have more dangerous ranged attacks.


Whether or not it would suck, that's another matter entirely....

Nothing but gurgling noises. I doubt GW would survive the horde of angry players storming their castle with pitchforks and Dark Eldar miniatures.

40k's AOS version? Hmmm... I think they call that:

BANKRUPCY

THE END

SAYONARA


well, you all get the point

Age of the Emperor: The time when about 50% of the fanbase calls it quits