40K Rumors: 2 + 2 = “Not 7th”

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Jan 28 2014

There have been some odd rumors floating around of late regarding the next version of Warhammer 40,000. Let’s try to put some of the pieces together.

So first off, we had the talk from yesterday of the “Not 7th” boxed set featuring Blood Angels and Orks said to be coming this September. Go HERE for all the gory details. This set of rumors made no mention of any accompanying giant hardcover rulebook.

Then we have this morsel courtesy of the pretty dang accurate 40K Radio from the weekend saying that 7th Edition is headed our way this year:

1) It will purely be a book release.
2) It could be released as early as May.
3) Rulebook with incorporate data slates, escalation, stronghold assault, and some tweaks.

There is yet another source (I can’t track down at the moment) who reported the rulebook was already off to the printers.

What’s Going On?

So what do we make of these?

Well to me it looks completely normal. GW tends to do staged multi-product edition changes. I would guess we are looking at the familiar rumormonger pattern of different sources seeing different pieces of the puzzle.

40K Radio has been on a roll of late and tends to report on things coming in the 1-4 months directly ahead. The Boxed set rumor comes from a much farther out date and I have a feeling we are just seeing two different ends of the same product release package.

An updated 40K rulebook standalone early summer

and

An updated 40K boxed set in the early fall featuring the closest two released armies.

Ring a bell anyone?

Not What – But Why?

My question at this point isn’t the what, but the why. Everything points to a well honed edition release package of the type we always see from GW and I’m sure it will be great – but the big question is

WHY DO THIS TWO YEARS AFTER 40K 6th?

-Does GW see 6th as a weak release and wants to right its perceived errors ASAP?

-Does GW see 6th as a strong release and wants to recreate the magic ASAP?

-Do they want to just rollout products at an ever faster pace to test buying patterns?

-Are the boxed starter sets such good sellers that the market demands they get updated more often?

And for these I have no idea?

~But I bet you do. Have at it everybody.

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Author: Larry Vela

Dad, Gamer, Publisher, Pilot, Texan. All games all the time since junior-high. I started BoLS Interactive in 2006. I’m a lifelong tabletop & RPG gaming enthusiast, and internet publisher working to entertain and inform my readers every day. I've been playing RPGs and Tabletop Games since the 1970s. I'm been playing and covering Warhammer and Warhammer 40K for over 35 years.

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