6th Edition Officially Here.

In 7 days at least. Its finally been announced by GW that the 6th edition of Warhammer 40,000 is coming out on the 30th. We all knew this, but its nice its all a definate. Rules will quickly become known and fact, instead of mystery and rumour. Boltguns will chatter from 24", but not until chainswords have been swung. Official pictures from Games Workshop show the book in all its astoundingly gorgeous glory.

It may be £45 for the standard rulebook, but what a standard it is. It really does look the part, and I cannot wait until the 30th when I am able finally thumb through and offer my thoughts on all the rules. I'm hoping to get some games in as soon as possible with the new rules, and shall be posting thoughts. Its quite possible that I may even do my first video post concentrating on the new rules. Excitement!

Tomorrow I'll be visiting my local GW to gather as much info as I can get, and possibly even see if theres any games being run either from a demo rulebook or by the information gathered by the staff. 

What excites you most about 6th edition?Is it being over-hyped? Or are you too caught up in the hype to even care? 40k will undoubtedly change, lets hope its for the better.

6th Edition: Out on the 30th.

And here is apparantly what it will look like. (Apparantly)

Theres so many things going around about rules changes and as far as I'm concerned it all looks for the better. People will always complain because they're into the system of knowing which rules they can bend and tailor a force around such things to gain advantages. Now, they have to start again.

440 pages of full colour goodness, how much rules and how much fluff? Who knows. I'd guess at around 60-40 in favour of the rules. I love some background so hope theres a nice chunk in there! Lets hope the new set of rules herald a much richer experience of gaming, 5th had a good foundation, hopefully 6th edition will add some much needed depth to the experience.

Pre-order on the 23rd, out on the 30th!