7th Edition in the summer?!?!

[manrogue]

I have just spotted this from 40k Radio guys :

The big 40k rumor is: This summer GW will release 7th edition 40k , and 9th edition Fantasy has been shelved, for now.

They claim the source is the same whose recent information has been quite reliable :

All right before all of you blow us up step back and take a deep breath. This is from the source that have us pictures of the Space Marines and the Codex a month early. Also gave us pics of the Dark Elves which we described accurately a month early. Also gave us the info on the Sentinels of Terra. He also let us know that Nids were in January NOT December like so many other rumors sites predicted. So yeah he has been very accurate with the info he has given us. They way it was explained to us is that 7th Edition will be made to include the new Escalation and Stronghold rules. I would also not be surprised to see the Dataslates added to the main rule book.

Yes this is a rumor at this stage so take it with a grain of salt. But then again everything out source has said has come true. Only time will tell. Have a Merry Christmas with your families and don't let this put a knot in your undies.

[Embolden]

Rather than a 7th edition more like a 6.5

But could explain some way towards the speeded up release schedule.

[manrogue]

Yeah reading a bit more into, someone has claimed that it isn't a new edition so much as an updated rule book with BRB,Escalation and Stronghold plus erratas rolled into one. So more of a collection.

[manrogue]

Read this rumour and thought would share-

http://www.belloflostsouls.net/2013/12/4...-come.html
40K: Why 7th Edition May Never Come...
Posted by Larry Vela at 12/28/2013 133 Comments

All the hyper-ventilating regarding a purported 40K 7th edition are missing the underlying story. GW is said to be embarking on a drastic new direction...



First of all, here's the quick summary of the latest rumors regarding an upcoming edition of 40k headed your way in 2014.

40K 7th Edition in 2014?

But let's put aside any unreliable he-said-she-said that is tossing about out there. This far out in the schedule any ruleset fine details are irrelevant (and almost certainly wrong) anyhow.

The bigger story is what GW is said to doing at a big picture level and why "7th" may be very, very far in the future...

Here's what we've put together from a variety of sources:

The End of "Big Editions"
Long story short, the era of stark edition splits is over. GW is said to want out of the low ROI process of cranking out those $85 rules bibles and doesn't like doing it anymore than we like having to shell out for them Another effect this avoids is the sudden shock it causes to the game and player communities (and you bet buying patterns).

The Dawn of "Living-rulesets"
Instead, the goal is to migrate over to a slowly evolving ruleset that grows and adapts over time with new supplements and rule mechanics dropping in, while other sections get phased out via updates to the digital rulebooks and intermittent updates to the paper versions now and then to collate and consolidate the current state of the rules for ease of use for players.

The Days Ahead
What this means is in the months and years ahead look for a more organic updating of Codices, supplements such as Planetstrike, Cities of Death, Apocalypse, and the others to keep them up with the current ruleset at the time of release. Some of these will be simply updating obsolete rules to bring them up to date, while others will be used to "lean forward" with new rules and mechanics to push the game forward.

For 2014, word is to look for this transition to begin, and with it the evolution of the living gamesystem. Look for digital rulebook updates leading the way, rather than 500-page $85 hardcovers no one on either side of the equation wants to either manufacture, or buy.

Quite a reversal for what is effectively the largest and most conservative player in the wargames space.

[manrogue]

Thought i would bump and mention here as this one seems more and more likely, 40K radio have high accuracy level in getting stuff early(knights were first mentioned by them in Nov/Dec i think)-

40k Radio on Facebook wrote:
Warhammer 40k 7th Edition (Yes it is called 7th ed) in May.

Less than 2 years old and we are getting a seventh edition.....

[CheZZoR]

I'm still using a codex from 5th ed so i'd like an update on that first tbh..