Will probably only appeal to a small number of people here, but from previous threads I've noticed theres at least a couple of 40k players.

I wasn't even aware until today, but theres a new edition (6th edition) of the rules coming out in like a week. Supposedly it will be available for pre-order in stores tomorrow, along with a few other bits and pieces like a new set of templates, objective markers, and vehicle damage markers.

From a bit of googling, it seems a lot of the proposed new rules are still rumoured, but this close to release the rumours are pretty solid. Some of the more interesting ones that grabbed my attention:

• HQ's can challenge things to single combat


• Units with jump packs get to re-roll their charge rolls


• New vehicle damage system that sounds like it borrows from the "structure points" type of damage system that Apocalypse super heavy tanks use. Vehicles now have hull points, and each time you score a critical hit on a vehicle it loses a hull point, and when its lost all its hull points its dead. Land Raiders have 4 hull points, so I guess its safe to assume thats the max


• Lots of special rules for fortifications and apparently you will have a "Fortifications" slot in your force organisation chart that lets you take fortifications as part of your army


• Rules for allies that let you ally armies together and use units from multiple codexes


• Sounds like pre-measuring is in


• Close combat weapons have AP values now


• Can fire heavy weapons on the move with a BS penalty

Pictures of the book, templates, dice, markers, etc

I dunno, some of it sounds cool, some of it sounds like its going to complicate things and involve remember a lot of special rules that slow down combat. Have to wait and see I guess.

No pre-orders or info on the 6th edition starter set, but the hot tip is that its going to be Dark Angels and Chaos Space Marines, with a new Chaos Space Marines codex hot on the heels of the 6th edition release.

Seems like maybe they're trying to bring fantasy and 40k a little more in line with each othher, cos I think you pre-measure everything in fantasy? Not really sure cos I've never personally played it myself.

Also I noticed theres now a deck of psychic power cards that you use when you take psyker abilities, which mirrors fantasy as well with its spell cards or magic cards or whatever they are.

Yeah, that $460 one was a bundle of a collector's edition of the book, normal edition, dice, templates, etc, etc. I think if you just want the collector's edition one by itself thats still available (or at least it was at lunchtime), but I didn't bother. A friend had the collector's edition version of the previous book and while it looked absolutely awesome, and was very impressive, it was entirely impractical to actually use at a game.

It got too expensive. D:

The magical ocean tax is pretty nasty at almost twice the price.

Warhammer 40,000: Rulebook - £45.00 or $69 AUD. Here its going to cost $124

Fuck that bullshit. I assume it gets its own seat on the plane ride over at that price.

I do so love being plied with favours!

I wont have much to do with it when I get it anyway, all my 40k stuff is currently in storage (along with all the rest of my stuff actually) from when I moved everything up from melbourne.

Yeah, its pretty expensive :( And the thing where they made overseas companies stop selling to Australia was pretty lame, but at the end of the day I just like their models/game/story/fluff better than the other stuff out there, and its not like I'm known for spending my money responsibly anyway!

To be fair though, the new rulebook is HUGE. $120 is probably still a bit high, but I mean I've paid $100 for computer reference books that size before, and this thing is hardcover tome with glossy pages, so its probably not *too* far out of line. Well, not too far out of line with other similar books that you would buy in Australia, it is still way out of line when you compare it to overseas prices. Stupid Australia tax.

No idea what the starter set is going to be priced at, but you also have to keep in mind the GW starter sets aren't like an army starter set, its two armies, enough to play a whole game with two people, so I'd imagine it'll be priced accordingly.

I would have got pretty involved into this when I was younger, and perhaps still now, if it wasn't so damn expensive.

Never fear, with the rapid expansion of 3D printers I'm sure Chinease knockoff's of the Models will be flooding the market within a few years.

All you would need is a laser 3D scanner, a couple of those 3D printer kits, a computer and small pile of cash for the initial purchases of Miniatures. You could flog em off from a Chinese (or other supported country) hosted website for a fraction of the price of 'offical' minatures and laugh at the useless cease and desist orders.

Oh nice Tanaka, I used to get stuff from Milsims in melbourne, but their service kind of went to shit and they screwed me on one of my orders so I've gone off them. That site looks like a decent alternative :)