So after something almost highbrow with my last post, I think it's time for some juicy gossip and rumour mongering. These are most likely not true or have a very small grain of truth engrained in them, but it's fun to talk about anyway. So all of these has come from The Bell of Lost Souls, which has in turn plucked the most juiciest/almost true from their forums.
"Oh by the way, Chaos Legions by March 1012 and 6th edition by October 2012, which will feature Eldar as the poster child. Heavy Xenos influence for 6th edition, including the long-awaited Tau update."
So we've got quite a few rumours here. The Chaos Legions one is something that has been bouncing around for years as Jervis has made comments in the past it's something they could do to rebalance the fact that Codex Chaos Space Marines upset a lot of people. There has also been a lot of rumours recently that GW will be releasing this some point next year. This I think is most likely true but I'm not sure about the dates. Gav and Alessio have said multiple times that they probably went a bit too far with the Chaos Space Marine codex in their efforts to simplify it. There has been talk of the Chaos Legions being like a 'plug in' list from White Dwarf, however I can see it more likely being either a test codex in White Dwarf or a get you by add-on.
Now we also see the rumour about 6th edition in October 2012. Now personally I would have said that this is rubbish, however with the Hobbit film coming out towards the end of next year, GW may pushed 6th edition forwards in an effort to help cater for their Hobbit tie in game.
Xenos being pushed a lot and Eldar being the poster child of 6th edition? Maybe. Personally, I'm not sold as Space Marines sell a lot for GW and I can see the guys at the top being reluctant to change this. Strictly speaking there should be more effort to push xenos lines as it can get a bit dull watching the civil wars on a lot of tables, but I just don't see how GW can do it apart from making them really good. I think the 6th edition box set could be cool but I would expect to see Space Marines in it no matter what. The Tau update should be interesting as I think GW have struggled showing that the nice guys of 40k aren't actually that nice.
"Matt Ward? Gone. Don't expect him to be writing any more Codices. His baby was 5th edition, and now that 5th edition is up, Ward is done. Board Members for GW? 3 of the old geezers gone. Company-wide changes. Everything since Tyranids? Made for 6th edition."
Some very juicy rumours here. So juicy, you can bottle it and sell it as rumour juice. Matt Ward for many people is the Anti-Christ. Personally I think he's a nice guy who just seems to struggle with writing his background fluff (I mean have you read the Grey Knight codex!). His rules seem powerful but all of the books he has written seem to be balanced against each other. This is a interesting rumour as it suggests that he has left the company. Personally I think he's been dragged off to work on the Hobbit game as he has many years of experience working upon the Lord of the Rings range for GW.
Change of Board Members and company-wide changes is sending my spidey sense tingling. It's often common place for board members in a company to change every other week (or so it seems), as they are moved onto new projects, fancy a new job or are retiring. GW is a company which seems to have had a mostly static board and many gamers argue this is the reason why 'X' is expensive and 'Y' group of customers are annoyed. Personally I think GW has done a good job over recent years with the company considering we have had global recession and that the hobby is a niche market. However I do feel that they do seem a bit backwards in thinking as I feel the company could stagnate in the future. Companywide changes have been happening for years (GW have been trying to reduce costs to save money), so not to worried about this. Also I doubt everything since the Tyranids was 'designed' for 6th edition considering that it was the first 5th edition codex. I suspect this means it will work fine in 6th edition but I do have a feeling we will see a series of FAQs like GW did for Warhammer.
"Speaking of 6th edition again, the main rulebook that comes out is supposed to be 'the book to rule all books'. It'll have ways to include Superheavies and rules for Fliers in regular games, and should errata a lot of rules in Apocalypse, past FAQ's, and past Codices to make it all fit together."
Quite simply there is a nugget of truth here. GW has been pushing for cool rulebooks for a few years now and I expect to see something similar to what we've had in the past. I doubt that it will have everything in it as they need to leave scope for expansions in the future but I think it will be a nice rule book.
So these rumours may or may not be true, but that's what I think about them. What do you think?
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