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With Codex Elves Who Are Dark and Also In Space and Kinda Into Bondage and Torture But In a PG-13 Sort of Way (or CEWADAISKIBTBIPG-13SW for short) on the immediate horizon it can mean only one thing!

XIth edition is on the way!

So now is the time for your completely false and made up rumors!

Morale is gone! No one likes it when their hard-painted toy soldiers run like little girls.
Except for the Imperial Guard/Spacicus Soldiaries of course, they just run like little girls when anyone shoots at them and auto-die if assaulted.
Enslavers?
GW will shake up the classic I go-You go (or IGoYouGo for short) system, now each player moves, then shoots, then assaults.
Vampire Intelligences?
Except for Space Marines who can move, shoot and assault before the opposing player does anything.
Space Marines can move, shoot and assault twice before the opposing player if they contain more Lieutenants than the opponent has models.
Space Skaven?
Eldar are extinct, but the new Ghost Eldar Army will be in the launch box.
Squats?
Ballistic Skill is now renamed BLASTING Skill. Weapon Skill is now renamed WALLOPING Skill.


What have the voices in your head said?

You hear the voices too?

Are we at that point again? Do we even have any actual rumors at this point, before we go and revel in sarcasm and debased humor?


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You should also do a review of the last edition’s thread and see how many we got right.

Did we even do one last edition? I can't remember. Back in the 20th C we had proper 12-month years but these cheap 21st C years barely last 3 months.

 Nevelon wrote:
You hear the voices too?

Are we at that point again? Do we even have any actual rumors at this point, before we go and revel in sarcasm and debased humor?


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You should also do a review of the last edition’s thread and see how many we got right.

Oh come on, you know as well as GW that you're getting 11th edition late June/early July 2026.

The game might NOT suck....but then again we are talking about GW

Huh I guess we did do a 40K X thread. How about that.

https://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/list/0/809903.page

My codex hasn't even been released yet, I should at least get 3 months before it's invalidated!

ccs wrote:

 Nevelon wrote:
You hear the voices too?

Are we at that point again? Do we even have any actual rumors at this point, before we go and revel in sarcasm and debased humor?


Automatically Appended Next Post:
You should also do a review of the last edition’s thread and see how many we got right.

Oh come on, you know as well as GW that you're getting 11th edition late June/early July 2026.

Yeah, but normally we have more solid info before the satire thread starts. i know 11th is on deck. Even started planning for it.

Lathe Biosas wrote:My codex hasn't even been released yet, I should at least get 3 months before it's invalidated!

Oh you sweet summer child…

- marine subfaction subfaction subfaction subfactions; each individual marine now has bespoke and unique special rules.

- modern games are streamlined, so we streamlined all xenos into a single codex. You can use one of two subfaction traits (+1 to hit in melee/+1 to hit ranged) to differentiate the species. To further embrace modern design all xenos use a shared infantry template (m5 5+/5+ s3 t3 sv5+ ld7) that you can then modify to your heart's content with the aforementioned xenos traits. What, that's just a guardsman you say? Did you not see the traits?

- the eldar are indeed extinct, and good riddance. The craftworld ones all finally died off from space flu and the pointy ones gracefully died at the same time. All that's left is a couple of avatars for the hero of the day to beat up. But what of their sleek tech, you ask? Fret not, Cawl took some of their silly baubles into a cave for ten days and improved wraithbone. Primaithbone jetbikes for everyone!*


*everyone who is a space marine, of course

Alpha Legion get a PDF Codex that is completely blank and has a list of paint scheme suggestions that are just a list of all the other Space Marine Chapters.

Azrael nerfed. Canis legended. Intercessors get a new box, for some reason the squads can now take a las talon, pyro blaster, hellblaster for every 5 models in the unit. For 3 years leaks will say "Exodites soon". SM ancient in power armour can not take a power weapon, he can not take a bolter making the 8th ed ancient a legends/illegal load out.
GW releases bikes for WS players. It is a 3-6 elite unit of jetbikes. There are still no jetbike/bike librarians.cpts,
Perturabo recives a plastic w40k model. the Lemman Russ w40k plastic model is released.
Predators are sent to legends for space marines, as are rhinos, vindis etc. They get a "you don't want to play with this" Legends stat line. This has a brutal backlash for CSM who keep predators, vindis, rhinos, which mirror the loyalist marines versions of the units, but have not "chaos primaris" replacment.

If we don't needs points, why do we even need stats? Welcome to XIth edition with Warhammer 40,000: Tabula Rasa!

Keeping track of all those numbers is exhausting and really slows the game down. You know your army, and you know what they can do, so get them going!

Move your dudes as far as you think they can, maybe a little further.

Then say who you're shooting at and how many of your opponent's dudes are killed. Make sure you do the "pew pew" noises so they know what's happening.

After that, it all comes down to fists. Smash your models against the enemy's and the survivors determine the winner.

Now it's your opponent's turn. Make sure you're ready to disagree with their interpretation of their army's capabilities so you can enter the "Debate Phase" of the turn. Please follow the 108 page Debate Phase sub-rules presented by Legalese AI (TM), fresh off the HH3 rewrite.

Are you having fun? No, but can whine about it on your internet platform of choice and you sure will buy all the new models anyway, so it doesn't matter!

Ooh! 11TH Edition will be the fabled Age of Sigmar crossover event, where all 40k is streamlined so it's completely compatible with Age of Sigmar!

GW broke rules again with "We are miniature company"

Kill Team is going to start testing the waters for interest in new factions that they might want to explore in the future to test the waters small scale.

On the horizon to support 11th edition:
- Deathwatch vs Hrud
- Kroot vs Exodites
- Catachans vs Londaxi
- Admech vs Men of Iron
- Necrons vs A single Krork.

This will be the last edition, as GW shifts to a persistent edition business model where books are only published after considerable accumulation of free online rules updates.

The game will satisfy everyone who plays and no one will complain.

1) NONE of my armies will get up this time!

2) GW will FINALLY remember to include the Razorbacks las/plas turret as a Legends option.

3) I swear I will not build another 40K army....

Introducing the new coordinate grid, reflecting the superior battlefield command of the 41st millennium! Each game is played on an 8x8 grid reflecting the data displays at the disposal of elite 40k generals.

Your battleline troops are now special units called pawns that deploy in a line in front of your remaining forces to better cover them from enemy attack. Your special units come under special code names reflecting the rich history and unique role they play and they each get special movement capabilities that show their elite status.

Your general is connected to his cogitator banks and sits at the rear, contemplating his genius. His second in command, or Queen*, is the real powerhouse, traversing the battle with impunity.

This new version of 40k will be the most balanced game ever made, drawing on hundreds of years of wargame design to produce a perfect experience.

*Space marines get two queens of course, reflecting their elite lieutenants.

Everyone knows that 11th Edition will be the End Times of 40k with the return of Dorn and Russ.

A standard game will be at least 4,000 points. Yes, you can play a game with what's in the launch box, but 11th edition is really intended to be played with the full mustering of an entire Space Marine Chapter, Hive Fleet or Craftworld...for that true epic feel. This concept will be introduced at the end campaign of 10th edition, where they will have plenty of Chistmas Battleforce boxes, one for each faction.

XI Edition marks the start of accelerated rules from GW. With more games than ever GW starts to speed up the release of new edition boxed sets!


As a result the "NOW is the time for your completely made up and false XIIth edition rumors" thread will be started next week!

 Overread wrote:
XI Edition marks the start of accelerated rules from GW. With more games than ever GW starts to speed up the release of new edition boxed sets!


As a result the "NOW is the time for your completely made up and false XIIth edition rumors" thread will be started next week!

By 2027 you'll start a game with one edition and finish in playing another!

XI Edition features the new Warhammer 40K Resolver App. Simply take pictures of each army and the battlefield; and the apps AI automatically determines who will win and gives a turn-by-turn summary battle report. Play entire games in minutes without the pesky hassle of having to deploy your miniatures meaningfully or roll any dice! Subscription cost TDA.

In order to streamline the game, all models are a single point each regardless of strength. Additionally, all models are considered their own unit kill team style and must be individually moved and attacked with. Fast rolling is useless as again, all models are their own unit with individual slightly different stats. All battles are 3000 points, no more 1k or 2k battles. All terrain acts the same as ruins regardless of what it looks like on the tabletop, so a forest is actually a ruin. To celebrate the 11th edition, they will also be moving from a six sided dice to a 11 sided dice. To achieve this, the dice are similar to pencils, but with 11 sides and not 6.

Furthermore, each attack must be roleplayed when shot and hit by the attacking player, making a narrative story. If it fails that judgement according to a third party ref, the damage does not go through. This is to make more consistent games by making every game 100% require 3 people instead of 2 with a possible third ref.

More streamlining will be done by removing factions as listed and lore reasons why:
Gray knights are removed because they got eaten by the emperor.
Custodes are removed because they’re gold marines
All non-ultramarine space marine armies are removed because blue is the best color, yes including all csm armies.
All xenos armies because they’re all the same, to be replaced with imperial agents.
Chaos because they’re busy playing in age of sigmar.

GW appreciates kitbashes, which is why they will now be banning any models with green stuff. All modifications must be made with official gw material, including and entirely limited to gw sprues and citadel branded plastic glue to form sprue glue. If you used superglue for forgeworld models due to them being resin, tough luck. The extra money from not making green stuff will allow for more models to be produced. If a model uses magnets, it will be considered illegal. To test for this, all models will be thrown at a wall with force.

To accommodate the new amount of models, table sizes will now be shrunk to streamline setups. This is so armies do not have to worry about positioning as every army will already start with every unit already in engagement range due to every inch of the table already being filled.

Finally, to streamline the gameplay, the only mission to play is only death. Turn limits are no longer a thing. No further missions will be released.

Every model not made in the last 2 years will be moved into Legends and no longer supported by GW or be allowed for GT play....

 Kid_Kyoto wrote:

 Overread wrote:
XI Edition marks the start of accelerated rules from GW. With more games than ever GW starts to speed up the release of new edition boxed sets!


As a result the "NOW is the time for your completely made up and false XIIth edition rumors" thread will be started next week!

By 2027 you'll start a game with one edition and finish in playing another!

In the beginning, the editions were spaced by 6 years. Then five, then four. The last one was three. In four years, we could be seeing an edition every eight months, until they are coming every four weeks. We should witness a double edition within seven years.

 Hellebore wrote:

 Kid_Kyoto wrote:

 Overread wrote:
XI Edition marks the start of accelerated rules from GW. With more games than ever GW starts to speed up the release of new edition boxed sets!


As a result the "NOW is the time for your completely made up and false XIIth edition rumors" thread will be started next week!

By 2027 you'll start a game with one edition and finish in playing another!

In the beginning, the editions were spaced by 6 years. Then five, then four. The last one was three. In four years, we could be seeing an edition every eight months, until they are coming every four weeks. We should witness a double edition within seven years.

Pfft. With all the changes they make via errata's, balance slates, commentaries, etc we've practically already got that.

GW will implement a controversial "No Models, No Lore" policy, and retroactively scrub any references to non-miniature aspects of the setting from all other forms of media.

Female Space Marines