COMMENT: "leaked" 6th edition rules for Warhammer 40k

Posted by General Biakal on Jan 12, 2012; 1:08pm
URL: http://the-lost-and-the-damned.71.s1.nabble.com/COMMENT-leaked-6th-edition-rules-for-Warhammer-40k-tp7180133.html


a document exists on the internet.

if you can find it.

legend has it that it is INDEED a very rough draft of Warhammer 40k 6th edition.

as of time of writing GW have not claimed any ownership, therefore its existence is a schrodinger's cat... it MAY be an actual leak, or it may be one speccy nerds part time project. or both. it is a descision i leave to you. BUT it IS in a very GW "house" style and it is indeed a viable gaming rule set. so make of that what you will. I do also know the main 40k forums are literally shitting bricks- Bell of Lost Souls has unleashed the banhammer and warseer seems eerily quiet on the matter. i know one thing: im not posting the cunt here for a million quid and sex.

i have read it... mostly. It has not all registered but the gist of it seems to be, "the same but better". the same as in the core rules seem essentially unchanged in many areas. But dont go thinking tis is the 5.5 i spoke about in other posts... shotting is very different. The turn is different... there are many tweaks and fiddly bits. it also seems to include apocalypse and planetstrike and every other expansion. vehicles can shoot at different targets, squad leaders are much more important, dogs and cats living together... you get the picture.

it is also accompanied by a mini FAQ for each army- mostly not important but there are some surprises in it too. but this is an unfinished product, full of typos and general errors, and lacking photos.

my gut feeling is this is an early draft offered internally for playtesting. find it, read it, see what you think.

then discuss it below.