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Warhammer 40K, News: New Thousand Son Weapons

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So we have a little more information about the Thousand Sons' weapons from a semi-reliable source . The rumour mill is in full swing, and whilst I'd only like to comment on official information, I just can't resist a bit of good old fashioned speculation! First up is the Soul-reaper canon, supposedly based on the 30K rotor-canon. I... hope they're not talking about the stats, and just the design. The rotor canon from 30K was the precursor to the assault canon we love and always stick on Dreadnoughts from 40K. For reference, the assault canon is range 24-inches, strength 6 AP 4 with 4 shots. It's a heavy weapon, and has yet to make it to any infantry that isn't a terminator... much to the average Devastator's dismay. It also comes with rending, making a highly versatile weapon, still capable of glancing a Land Raider with some very lucky rolls. The Rotor canon is not this. It's range 30-inches, strength 3 and AP 6. Meaning the only thi...

Warhammer 40K, Rumours: 8th Edition and Sisters of Battle

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All right, so this popped up on a forum. Thank you Indefragable for giving me a good excuse to put off marking my books! We've been getting rumours of an 8th Edition for 40K being in development for a while now, and this is quite possibly the juiciest bit of internet gossip for it. However, the caveat remains that this is not a serious piece of journalism, and can be easily equated to "What Mick said down at the pub." First a summary of the main points: 8th Edition scheduled for April-June 2017 Simplified rule set, said to be 50% on the way to Age of Sigmar Starter set will include models of "robed female space marines" Starter set will include models that are ""alien" looking with sharp lines and curves and things, but did not look like [..] Eldar"  Go check out the original post. Now for some over-analysis! The release date somewhat falls in line with other rumours about release dates for 8th Edition, and there...