8e - new edition details, release date, plus Forge World updates

The index books being so cheap is a BIG deal

Massaen wrote:

Dark Imperium Starter Set £95.00
Warhammer 40,000 8th:Rulebook £35
Tactical Objective Cards £8.00
Sector Imperialis Objectives £20
Command Dice £12.50
Wound Trackers £8.00
Combat Gauge £6.00
Indices £15.00 each
Dark Imperium Novel £18.00

Is that confirmed?

Rumored, see lady atia's site. Seems plausible though.

I saw a similar, but expanded list:

£8 for "Wound Trackers" aka D10's

Death from the Skies in the core rules.

IN THE CORE RULES.

THE ITC CAN SUCK IT.

That doesn't mean it's the same as the 'current' book. It's just advanced rules for flyers.

All I want is flyer wings and their positioning to give them buffs and for them to screw with reserves. Dogfight phase I could take it leave.

Maybe then I'll have an excuse to buy more planes.

Bonuses for flyerwings i agree with, screwing with other peoples reserves i do not.
I personally hate anything that screws with my phases / rolls and so dont like doing it myself. Your penalising someone for not playing how they want to and i really dont think death from the skies will work the same way in 8th, considering the amount GW are putting in to playing how you want play.

Also in the cities of death and stronghold announcements they said they were setting / additional rules, and im pretty sure planetstrike and death from the skies will be the same.
ITC can then just turn around and still say NO. Hell even core rules they change often times.

Well, 15 for an index is not that heavy as i thought it will be.

I agree, 15 is a pretty good price, but it still adds up if your looking to buy the starter box and a multitude of indexes. And then adding on top the price for the army codexes as they come out.....

I was really hoping the indexes would be released for free like the core rules.

TeenageAngst wrote:

All I want is flyer wings and their positioning to give them buffs and for them to screw with reserves. Dogfight phase I could take it leave.

Maybe then I'll have an excuse to buy more planes.

Given what we have seen of detachments - you might be out of luck.... or might be sweet! We saw an all LoW detachment so we could very well see an all flyer one

Did you see that flyers cant leave the table anymore?

I didn't see anything about flyers.

Getting the full-size, hardcover rulebook included in the starter set is gold!  My aging eyes can no longer handle the tiny rulebook :-(

The faction books at 15 Pounds seems reasonable (although the Canadian exchange always seems to 'add a bit more'), if invalidating your entire library is ever reasonable.  However, it is what it is, and my only real concern now is that when they eventually release all of the individual army books, they don't also change too many rules 'on the fly' to then invalidate these new faction books.  The odd change made via free .pdf would be fine.

EDIT - really happy to see the FW equivalents coming out simultaneously.

Excitement!!! and I only have to buy 4 of the six books (3 indexes and the big rule book) and then of course the codecies but that won't be immediate ... I would say we start seeing those before the end of the year ... Starting about September for the first (SM) and ending about May of next year with either Slannesh themed stuff or Necron before the process repeats with summer box releases then starting over with SM a new model or to each time after the first until 9th edition which probably won't happen till 2020 depending on the feedback and general tears of the players from now till then

Massaen wrote:

My sources also say expect these books to be CHEAPER than current codex. I was told I could buy all 5 of the codex books for between $250-$300Aus - so I am expecting 35-45$US

Wait... do you mean I can buy all 5 indexes for 35-45 U.S.????

That would be awesome. I am assuming that is not what you mean right @Massaen ?

Haha - no - I meant per book. I am being told that 15 pounds Uk should mean $30ish in the US and $40ish in Aus per book

I just saw a picture with some prices.

160$ for the starter
60$ for the core rulebook
25$ for each little book

So... Aus is going to have an additional cost added to our purchases again..?

US Based Prices!

8th edition starter: Dark Imperium $160
8th edition hardback rulebook $60
Index books $25
Tactical objectives cards $12.50,
Combat Gauge $10
Command Dice $20
Sector Imperialis Objectives (terrain) $35
Wound Trackers $12.50

AUS the box set will be $220Aus and the index are $40Aus

This just in - Aus pricing!

$220 - Dark imperium
$98 - Rule book on own
$40 - Army index
$20 - Tactical cards
$35 - command dice
$16 - templates and gauges
$20 - wound trackers
$55 - Objectives set

Massaen wrote:

My sources also say expect these books to be CHEAPER than current codex. I was told I could buy all 5 of the codex books for between $250-$300Aus - so I am expecting 20-30 pounds or 35-45$US

please share your sources, wise one...


-edit: i knew there was a AUS tax, but gee we pay a fortune!

hahahaha - I get them from everywhere - the advantage of being active in the community for so many years!

When looking at those prices I (and most people) should just order in pound and pay the shipping cost and still be of cheaper then if they order it in their own valuta...

|Meavar wrote:

When looking at those prices I (and most people) should just order in pound and pay the shipping cost and still be of cheaper then if they order it in their own valuta...

good idea!