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Sisters of battle are being pushed back to 2020 and believe it or not, we actually won't be getting any primaris lieutenants this year.

Hasbro finally completes its long planned purchase of GW, and Kirby is put back in charge.

Rountree is hired by Mantic.

The rights to Sedition Wars are bought by Battlefront, who will be producing a new version that is compatible with the rules for Flames of War.

The Auld Grump

Science definitively proves that War Machine is a cheaper entry level game than any other wargame ever produced!

73 - The success of the made to order Vostroyans will make GW come to their senses and return to God's Own Casting Medium METAL. The first METAL model? The return of the METAL Thunderhawk!

Codex: adeptus astartes non-binarinus will be a thing and CA 2019 will adjust points to acheive a contemporary SJW inspired "balance".


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 TheAuldGrump wrote:
Hasbro finally completes its long planned purchase of GW, and Kirby is put back in charge.

Plus this^^

Oh.. And GW brass realize that primaris marines only served to dilute their brand so that they retcon the entire release and all the weenies get upgraded to 2 wounds. Aggressors become termies with double flamers and rievers become scouts in silly masks. This 2019 sees GW returning the world to rightness and glory.

2019 Forgeworld releases an exclusive Black and White Space Marine on a Black and White Bike with rules in the latest Forgeworld Hardback. It is immediately declared illegal in all tournaments for being OP.

GW releases a miniature of the Emperor, making only a single casting for sale to the public and selling it for $40,000

 Kid_Kyoto wrote:
6 - GW will work to recapture the youth market with their important new license, Paw Patrol the miniatures game! But the game will falter when people realize there's only two factions, the Paw Patrol and the Kitty Catastrophe Crew. The attempt to bring in Chickoletta and the Beak Brigade will be a great sales embarrassment causing the game to be dropped quietly and never mentioned again.

I've actually been working on a paper about the near-term future technology and social / political norms presented in that show.

There's a rich and complex environment to explore if everything is taken literally.

In an effort to reinvigorate the dwindling player base Hasbro / Wizards of the Coast will be printing the Vintage Masters set that was originally a Magic: The Gathering Online only release. The Vintage Masters (Bonus) cards (a.k.a. The Power Nine) will be included as foil "lottery cards". The odds of finding one are 1 in every 6 booster boxes.

Space Marines and Sisters of Battle Become playable and competitive imperial factions.

The next FAQ/CA/etc will fix everything. Or maybe the one after that....

Plastic Thunderhawk. Calling it now.

Within the release of the sisters codex, we discover the existence of Soritas Traitorous, with cults dedicated to Khorne, Tzeentch, Slaanesh and Nurgle. GW releases the entire line, led by Archcanoness nun other than Mad Donna in place of Adeptus Soritas because “they already have an existing, well-defined line”.

In 2019 the online community will finally give up being salty about every little thing GW does.

Grey Knights will become sooooooooooo goooood.

Aeldari, Druhkari and Ynnari are being combined into one faction: Faerarri.

Ferrus Manus is being released as a primarch model, with a pumpkin for a head. Release date 31 October 2019.

Squats are re-released, using the leftover older tactical marine kits and beardy Space Wolf heads. All other ranges will be scaled up accordingly over the next decade.

GW are releasing Command Point tokens; a pack of 6 for £28.

WHFB will be announced as a stand-alone specialist game.

Grey Knight players will be offered up as blood sacrifices to Sisters of Battle players, to quell their frothing as the new range release nears.

This Summer, Munchkin 40k (and expansions) will be permitted for use in Matched Play and Tournaments. By Winter, it will be required for Tournaments.

Stormonu wrote:Within the release of the sisters codex, we discover the existence of Soritas Traitorous, with cults dedicated to Khorne, Tzeentch, Slaanesh and Nurgle. GW releases the entire line, led by Archcanoness nun other than Mad Donna in place of Adeptus Soritas because “they already have an existing, well-defined line”.

If GW released Sisters of Chaos I'd write them up for the Nobel Prize in trolling!

techsoldaten wrote:

 Kid_Kyoto wrote:
6 - GW will work to recapture the youth market with their important new license, Paw Patrol the miniatures game! But the game will falter when people realize there's only two factions, the Paw Patrol and the Kitty Catastrophe Crew. The attempt to bring in Chickoletta and the Beak Brigade will be a great sales embarrassment causing the game to be dropped quietly and never mentioned again.

I've actually been working on a paper about the near-term future technology and social / political norms presented in that show.

There's a rich and complex environment to explore if everything is taken literally.

My working theory is it's set a century in the future. Ryder is obviously an aged scientist performing illegal genetic and cybernetic experiments to make the Patrol, while constantly transplanting his brain into young clones (that's why his voice changes every season). Humdinger is a lesser scientist making inferior cyber beasts. Ryder implanted Goodway's daughter's brain into a chicken as leverage over her and it causes a psychotic break on her part.

Outside of Adventure Bay civilization has collapsed, which is why there's no one else to call on than the PP. Each surviving city is a sovereign state which is why they can never lock up Humdinger.

Also the climate has collapsed, which is how Adventure Bay is in driving distance of a steamy jungle, snow topped mountains and the arctic.

FW finally gets a free hand to run 30k HH as it wants and produces a boxed plastics set all it's own and 30k takes it's rightful place amongst the stars as an equal contender to 40k and AoS.

 MeanGreenStompa wrote:
FW finally gets a free hand to run 30k HH as it wants and produces a boxed plastics set all it's own and 30k takes it's rightful place amongst the stars as an equal contender to 40k and AoS.

FW having a free hand to run HH how they like is what's got HH into the state it's in.

 Flood wrote:
WHFB will be announced as a stand-alone specialist game.

But it will be 7th Edition complete with 7th Edition Army Books.

Calling it now...
Blood Bowl 40k!

Dakka mods will finally decide the age old Dakka question of

“ who would win the fight between the Imperium of Mankind and the Galactic Empire?”

 Chute82 wrote:
Dakka mods will finally decide the age old Dakka question of

“ who would win the fight between the Imperium of Mankind and the Galactic Empire?”

Is this even a question?

The GE had 2 million worlds yes, but a grand total of 2 psykers and a fleet that was overly fond of crashing into one another and could not seem to hit a tramp freighter with 2 Star Destroyers.

It lasted about 20 years collapsing after the death of it's quite mortal Emperor.

The IoM would run roughshod over it and their tiny little 1 mile long ships in a weekend.

Flushed with the success of the re-issue of its its Vostroyan line, GW brings back 30-pack Mk6 Marines for $30 and a 3-pack of Rhinos for $40 as the "Nostalgia Starter Set."

In related news, I realize that I probably didn't need those house payments anyway as I furnish my entire chapter with glorious unpainted tan Beakies.

GW will see how much of their new releases sell out and acknowledge their production facilities aren't large enough to match demand. As such they will either raise prices to ensure the new product is sold for maximum profit as it sells out regardless or will extend their site at Lenton to include new production facilities to ensure sufficient stock is produced to maximise sales that can be captured at the current price point...

Or both!

This just in! As a result of the Brexit, GW is moving its corporate HQ to Thailand!

The Auld Grump

GW realizes they've cocked up everything and returns to WHFB and retcons Primaris out of existence. Scraps 8th edition and realizes that Templates and tokens rock the universe and watering down their game to try to broaden their audience was a bad move, as bad as hasbroing.

In addition they lower prices 10% in recognition of their price gouging and publicly apologize for being right rat bastards and greedy gits.

GW cuts prices back to 2000 levels.

GW has decided to sell on 3D printers, and army boxes now only have plastic rods and a code to download the files.