6. Edition-Gerüchte

Hallo, so langsam beginnen Gerüchte über die kommende 6te Edition zu köcheln.
Hier ein Anfang:

"We, the gamers, are sitting on the receiving end of this dishonest
policy once more. We are treated like children and that is exactly
the goal of these changes. So here are some of their plans, as long as
the info is available, to spoil some of their surprises:

* first 6th edition codexes, but release before or with
rulebook, small release with single or two waves: Black Templars (1
waves: 2x plactic, 2x Finecast), Tau (1 wave: 3x plastic boxes, 4x
Finecast), Necrons (2 waves)

* first real 6th edition codex: Codex Chaos Legions, really big
release in three waves, doesn’t invalidate Codex Chaos Space Marines
which gets extensive White Dwarf update as Codex Renegade Space Marines

* two starter sets, each with rules, dices, movement markers,
mission booklet, one with Dark Angels and fitting scenery, the other
with Black Legion and Chaos scenery.

You can combine both to play the campaign or use one set alone to play a
selection of dumbed down scenarios against every other force, first
starter set that comes with a model for a well established special
character

* 6th edition is finished rulewise for some time now, the
overall goal is to fix some of the long time problems of the game
system. Expect a lot more fundamental improvements than last edition.
The rules were even more ambitious at some stage of development, but
didn’t get approved as they were too far away from the established
rules.

The main designer left company and his successors brought the rules
back in line with the existing codexes. The rules are nonetheless a
bigger step forward than from 4th to 5th. Changes are so big that the
next edition relies partial on erratas to fix old codexes. Development
relied heavily on feedback of veteran playtesters. You can see some
results of this new approach by the way the FAQs were handled in the
last months. All codexes since Codex Tyranids were written with the new
rules in mind, especially the new mission and reserve structure.

* The main design goals are: one book to rule them all, heroic
characters, visceral combat, streamlined mechanism, cleaned up
presentation and strategy before chance * strong narrative focus on
Chaos, perspective shifting from the Empire to the struggle between
free races and the Warp

* the biggest rule changes:

- similar ballistic to hit chart as wound chart: compare BS to target’s
speed and unit type. BS 3 hits moving infantry on 4+, but lightning
fast jetbikes on 6+ and stationary tank on 2+… HUGE

- victory points are back, but with another twist: you get two victory
points if an unit holds an objective for an entire game turn, if a
scoring unit holds one, you get three and one if you destroy a squad
leader or vehicle

- before the game there is a bidding contest for the opportunity of the
first turn, if you bid more strategic points you can go first, but
the enemy can spent these points on stratagems as in Cities of Death:
22 generic stratagems

– for example for one point you can decide on night fighting or place
an automatic gun, for four you can shift your reserves, most expensive
stratagems are at 12 points and are really drastic, every unspent
point can be used once a game for a reroll

- new turn sequence: prepare-movement-assault-shooting-consolidate new
phase “consolidate” phase for random movements, jetpack movements,
pursuits, morale checks/effects and resolving shooting reactions
assault before shooting

* big units are real roadblocks! Some more examples for the development doctrines One rulebook for all:

- flyer rules are incorporated in the main rules

- narrative rule section that expands core rules: formations, super heavies, gaining experience

* modular rules, core rules can easily be expanded by narratives rules or another expansion set Heroic characters:

- independent characters more powerful, armour save and invulnerable save at the same time

- squad leaders more important, no more 50% rallying threshold, unit can rally as long as squad leader lives

- independent characters can snipe More visceral combat:

- standard cover only 5+ now, Feel No Pain (1) only on 5+

- slow slogging units very vulnerable

* some weapon types are specialized in taking out specific unit
types and are incredible good at doing this (sniper vs. infantry
without armour), but on the other hand ordnance vs flyer isn’t going to
do much streamlined:

- no more random movement at all

- 5 general types of psychic powers

- wound allocation like 4th edition on unit basis, but attacker can
chose every 5th wound to go to a single model (sniper weapon every
second wound)

- artillery is normal immobile vehicle squadron, crew has no other game
purpose than to be a counter for rate of fire and attacks clean up
of combusted rules:

- there are tiers for most of the special rules. Instant Death (2)
circumvents Eternal Warrior (1) for example. Feel No Pain (1) is 5+,
Feel No Pain (2) is 4+ and Feel No Pain (3) is 3+. If no value is given,
the special rule is tier 1.

- no more difference between leadership test and morale test

* terrain rules on a single page, true line of sight,
non-vehicles models are ignored altogether, rules for special terrain
like bunkers, ruins or deathworld mangroves in narrative rule section
less randomness, more strategic options:

- more elaborate reserve rules, can nominate turn of arrvial and has
only small change to arrive earlier or later, or can intervene behind
enemy lines, arrives randomly but can hinder enemy reserves, must be
distributed evenly between turn two and three, later arrivals only
randomly

-no more random game length -no roll for first turn

-deep striking units more than 18” from enemy away don’t scatter, but landing in 6” is much more dangerous

- movement impairing effects from pinning weapons even if morale check
is passed (if roll is above halved Ld), Fearless not immune to this,
but only effected if rolled over full Ld

- more reactions to shooting than going to the ground depending on unit
type and special rules. bikes can evade (3+ cover as same as before,
but cannot assault or shoot next turn), jump troops can fly high,
units with Stealth can attempt to vanish, …"

Quelle: Blood of Kittens

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persuaded my source to give me more (some would say: everything there is ), the following is copy and pasted from hour long icq sessions, so there might be some missing bits, but most of the time, nothing has changed. we all know what unit coherency is, these are not actual rule texts but answers for my questions about the rules
I tried to arrange all fragments in proper order and corrected grammar, but most kudos go to my friend for being helpful while being annoyed of GW

>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>

As I am done with GW forever. I love the miniatures, I like the new rules (been pretty enthusiastic about it), but I hate the company, that makes them. If you knew what I know you would feel the same. GW doesn’t care for their customers one bit. The whole corporal culture is cynical as hell. The managers despise the hobby and all immatures who play it. There is a huge rift in the management and most of the executives that actually play the game have left or are leaving the company right now.

Layout

Pretty crisp and clean

on odd pages there is the normal rule text with examples, on even pages there are the usual diagrams and charts, and small boxes with definitions
Lots of rules that were formerly explained within the text, are now only summarized in the text, the full rules are given in these boxes, you can read the rules text very fast without much detail, there are some boxes that have a name of a rule, but are empty otherwise. I guess that there should be page references to later pages, for example in the terrain rules, there is Torrent of Fire mentioned, the rule is explained much later (in a box), there is an empty box in the terrain section that reads Torrent of Fire however
So you have both: clear rules veterans and easy reading for first-timers
But it seems that there is not much space left for pictures, though

Fundamentals:

characteristic tests as normal,
if unit must make test, it is made by squad leader
vehicles fail every test automatically if they don’t have the value
test on ld is made with single D6 on halved value, vehicles pass these tests automatically
Majority characteristic: characteristic-value with most wounds in unit, if draw, use the higher
Keep track on:
wounds
movement distance
morale condition
everything else can be forgotten between actions

Saves:

4 kind of changes: armour save, cover save, invulnerable save, Feel no Pain
no model can ever make more than two saves or one re-rollable save
normal models can only make one roll or one re-rollable roll
Situation where two rolls are eligible:
- one of the saves is FnP
- model is character
- model is bracing
Feel no Pain (1-3): save on 5+,4+,3+, only negated by AP 1, 2 and wounds that don’t allow armour saves, the only save that every model and not only ICs may take in addition to another save

Actions

The rules make really clear what an unit can do and what not. There is an own chapter for the basic concepts. Every special rule has only to state: can do x, y, z and it is perfectly clear that the unit can still a, b and c
Actions:
- movement: movement in movement phase, sometimes only special types of movement are allowed: advance, surge, flat out, fleet; charge and disembark have to be rules out explicitly
- consolidate moves: every other move, has to be mentioned explicitly
- psychic powers
- shooting
- Reactions
- residual actions: any other action, for example popping smoke
unit is immobile: abbreviation for cannot move, react, make consolidation moves

Reactions

models can react every time the conditions are met
- Going to Ground:
who: non-vehicles, non-monstrous creatures
when: unit is being shot at, before rolls are made
instant effect: -
lasting effect: Suppressed, if not already Suppressed
- Brace:
who: tanks, walkers, monstrous creatures
when: being shot at, before rolls are made
instant effect: one weapon destroyed ignored, two saves for MC like IC
lasting effect: Suppressed, if not already Suppressed
- Flying High:
who: jet pack infantry, jump infantry, jetbikes
when: being shot at
instant effect: count as being flyer for shooting, opposing player can make 6” consolidation move with the unit
lasting effect: Suppressed, if not already Suppressed
- Evade:
who: skimmer, fast non-tanks, jetbikes, bikes, jet pack infantry, jump infantry
when: unit is being rammed or tank shocked and nearly fails morale check
instant effect: on 3+ can make 6” consolidation move, ignores ram if out of the way
lasting effect: -
- Return Fire:
who: (disembarked) units with Overwatch
when: unit is shot at the first time in the phase
instant effect: unit can fire rapid fire and assault weapons with a single shot at attacking unit, range 12”, resolved simultaneously, opposing unit is fearless (2) and stubborn for this purpose
lasting effect: -
- Charge by chance:
who: non-vehicles, walkers
when: Trapped, tank shock
instant effect: charge by chance
lasting effect: -

Terrain:

there are two different things: to be in cover, to be in terrain
every piece of terrain has a footprint, if an unit is this area or touches it, it is in terrain, being in terrain is important for movement and assaults
to decide if a model is in cover, you use true line of sight, cover is usually used for shooting, though some weapons use terrain
terrain is open, impassable, or has any number of the following attributes:
- difficult terrain: unit can only advance through it, if a single model moves through
- dangerous terrain:
units that move through dangerous terrain must make a test
non-vehicles make dangerous terrain test for every model that has actually moved through it at the end of the phase
vehicles must designate a point where they enter the terrain before the movement, than make the test, if vehicle is stunned, immobilized or destroyed, move it to designated point in a straight line
for every failed test, the unit gets a hit
non-vehicles: failed on 1: auto wound on unit, allocated together as Torrent of Fire
vehicles: roll depends on movement distance: advanced = failed on 1, surged = failed on 1-3, flat out = failed automatically, vehicle gets S8 hit against side armour
walker only ever fail on 1
non-vehicle units make only a single dangerous terrain test a turn, vehicles every time they enter a different dangerous terrain
- leveled: must spend movement for vertical advancement, non-walker vehicles and bikes can’t move vertical in leveled terrain
difficult and dangerous terrains are always ignored if the movement isn’t taking place in the own movement phase

Preparation and consolidation phase

These phases are collecting basin for all kinds of action that takes place before the movement or at the end of the turn. The player which turn it is may choose the order of these actions freely.
preparation phase: psychic powers, placing reserves, rallying, joining/ leaving, claiming mission markers
consolidation phase: rallying, consolidation moves, jet pack moves, joining/ leaving, embarking, killing multi-wounded units
consolidation move: moves outside the movement phase (jet pack movement, embarking, joining/leaving, falling back, moves after combat, tank shock evasion …) and moves that are described as consolidation moves are consolidation moves
cannot end in contact with enemy, ignores terrain even if performed in own movement phase, all units are relentless for this movement, can move even if fired heavy weapon, can fire heavy weapon afterwards, doesn’t affect unit speed for being shot at if not stated otherwise
Abandon: If there is more than one model with less than its initial wounds in an unit in the consolidation phase, the owning player must remove all but one as casualty ( ID(3) ). Independent characters are ignored.

movement phase:

Units can stay stationary or move in different speeds. They can advance and use their normal movement or they can surge and double their movement distance. Some units can go flat out or fleet and triple their movement.
Advance: normal movement: every action allowed
Surge: double movement: close combat, consolidate moves, psychic powers, reactions, residual action allowed
Flat out: movement: triple movement: only reactions allowed, use own columns on to hit chart
Fleet movement: triple movement, can charge, count as moving against shooting, cannot forced surge
If the unit goes through difficult terrain it can only advance. No unit can ever go flat out or fleet through terrain.
Forced surge: Units can surge through terrain if they are allowed to go flat out outside terrain this turn. Tanks cannot force surge (except during a ram).
If the unit fails an I-test, terrain is treated as dangerous terrain.
During a charge, every unit can try to surge through. If the I-test is failed, the unit still can only advance. units, that have passed their I-test for the fleet movement, automatically pass this I-test.
Can’t surge if there is another reason for the restriction to advance movement than terrain.
Unit types:
infantry: 6”
beasts/cavalry: 8”, fleet (1)
jump infantry: 8”, ignore terrain*
jet pack infantry: 6”, ignore terrain*, 6” move in consolidation phase
jetbikes: 10”, ignore terrain*, flat out
(eldar jetbike: jetbike with Fleet (2) )
bikes: 8”, flat out, cannot force surge
vehicles: 6”
fast vehicles: 6”, flat out
fast skimmer: 8”, flat out
walker: 6”, treat terrain like infantry
* as long as they don’t start or end in terrain
Fleet (1): infantry, beasts, monstrous creature, jump infantry, jet pack infantry: I-test, if successful, can perform fleet movement, can always advance during disembarkation;
bikes and jetbikes: I-test successful: can make 6” move in consolidation phase
Fleet (2)/Bounding Leap: as Fleet (1), no I-Test required
Random movement: roll a D6: 1-2 unit moves as infantry, 3-4 unit moves as jump infantry but cannot ignore terrain, 5-6 unit moves as beast

Charging:

no model may enter 1” of enemy models unless it charges,
the only difference between a charge and a normal movement is: models may enter 1” of enemy models.
all other movement restrictions apply, unit must stay in coherency, are subject to terrain
charging units can make a forced surge
an unit can charge more than one unit, but must stay in coherency, cannot move closer than 1” to enemy units that are not charged
The units in contact are now locked. If any model moved through terrain, the defending unit can claim to be in terrain in the assault phase, in the assault phase, both unit pile in before trading blows

Charge by chance:

sometimes units are forced to perform a charge in another phase than the movement phase, the charge by chance is a pile in move, as if the charging and defending unit were locked but have lost contact, the defending unit can make a pile in move afterwards (even if it is his phase, the defending player piles in last).
the combat is fought in the next assault phase and no side counts as attacker or being in terrain, no side can use grenades, no further pile in moves occur before the fighting
Movement distance is important for shooting, only the attempted movement in the movement phase counts (other movements do not count, consolidate moves don’t count, even a vehicle that has movement 1” can claim having moved flat out),
can be ‘overridden’ by three events outside movement phase:
fighting in close combat : stationary
become immobile: stationary
falling back: moving

Wounding:

To wound chart:
wound everything at least on 6+
Wound Allocation (cc and shooting):
hit as normal, wound against majority
mark dice that represent special weapons and attacks or roll separately
1. decide whether to use Torrent of Fire or not
2. target’s player allocate wounds to models, beginning with one chosen armour group, if every model in this group has a wound, start with another armour group and so on, if every model in the unit has a wound, start over
—> multiple wounds: count for allocation as as many models as wounds remain
3. pick an unresolved armour group, determine which wounds are directed
4. directed wounds: roll saves for directed wounds, shooting player removes casualties
5. roll all remaining saves of this armour group, owning player removes casualties
6. goto 3

Directed wounds:

there are directed wounds in close combat and long-range combat, casualties from directed wounds are removed by owning player of the attacking unit
Wounds cannot be directed if targeted unit has Shielded USR, Torrent of Fire is used, vehicle diverts its fire or non-vehicle, non-MC unit is in fire corridor
Number of directed wounds: After allocating wounds to an armour group, it is determined if the how many and which wounds are directed as following:
- every attack from an IC in close combat is a directed wound,
- of the remaining wounds, every second wound, beginning with the first, from a Sniper weapon is directed.
- Of the remaining wounds on-sniper wounds, every fifth wound is directed, owning player of the shooting unit decides which wounds are directed
Torrent of Fire/Blows: if torrent of fire is used, the targeted unit is a single armour group, the owning player can choose one model, the whole unit has the same combination of armour saves
During a Torrent of Fire, no wound is directed
Armour group: number of model that share the same combination of saves, for example: 3+ armour save, Feel no Pain (1), no invulnerable save, 6+ cover save that is re-rollable on 1
Shooting:
for determining if a particular model in the unit can shoot, check range and line of sight from this model
cover saves:
fire corridor is measured from squad leader, to the two outermost models in the target unit, if 50% or more models are invisible or partial invisible due to cover or vehicles or monstrous creatures, the unit is in cover,
non-vehicles/MC are invisible for determining cover saves, but if such an unit is in fire corridor, wounds cannot be directed
if unit is covered mostly by fortifications or models are completely invisible: 4+ save
if unit is covered mostly by vegetation: 6+ save
if unit is covered mostly by vehicles or anything else: 5+ save
To Hit chart:
it is the same chart as the wound chart, but with seven columns from 0 till 6
(evasion value in brackets, abbreviates for small chart)
rows:
buildings (0)
stationary vehicles, MC, bikes (1)
stationary infantry, jet pack infantry, jump infantry, beasts // moving vehicles, monstrous creatures (2)
short distance // moving infantry, jet pack infantry (3)
moving bikes, jump infantry, beasts // swarms // flat out vehicles (4)
flat out bikes (5)
flyers, beacons (some narrative missions use beacons) (6)
columns:
BS 1-10
every column is: …. 6+ 6+ 6+ 5+ 4+ 3+ 2+ 2+ 2+ …. but is shifted up or down
I give you the BS value for every column that hits on 3+: 1 // 2 // 3 // 4 // 5 // 6 // 7
if distance from squad leader to target is less than 12”, unit can always change column to short distance column
if a model moves like a different unit type, the initial unit type is still used for the chart
Assault weapon: bonus attack for second close combat weapon if unit has charged
Pistols: model can use it as additional close combat weapon or use its Strength in close combat but gains no bonus for another ccw, if pistol is AP 1,2 or 3, attacks are Rending (2)
Blast (Small) and Blast (Large):
scatter as before
don’t use line of sight for determining cover saves, if majority of unit is in terrain, models get cover saves
marker has infinite height, only in leveled terrain it is two-dimensional
multiple Barrage is used every time when there comes more than one blast marker of the same type from a single shooting unit
Template: if there is a range given in a template weapon’s profile you can place the small end anywhere in this distance
Sniper (1): always wounds on 3+, Pinning, every second wound from a Sniper weapon beginning with the first is a directed wound
Sniper (2): always wounds on 3+, Rending (1), Pinning, every second wound from a Sniper weapon beginning with the first is a directed wound
Pinning: must make a pinning morale check
Tracer: treat every target as stationary
Anti Air: treat targeted flyer as flat out vehicle
Rending (1-3): 6,5+,4+ on to wound roll wound automatically and are AP2 or count as power weapon, D3 extra armour penetration
Poison/Dissolving (X+): as before, for shooting and close combat
Lance (1-3): treat AV as 13,12,11, no modifiers on damage chart ever
Instant Death(1): caused by double strength and other effects, models without Eternal Warrior (1-3) loose all wounds
Instant Death(2): models without Eternal Warrior (2-3) loose all wounds
Instant Death(3): also called removed from play, models without Eternal Warrior (3) loose all wounds
Eternal Warrior(1-3): Immune to Instant Death of same or lower level
Assault Phase:
Engaged model: a model that is in base to base contact with enemy model is called engaged, a model that is in contact with friendly engaged model is also called engaged, so if you have a long queue of models that are all in base to base contact and the first is in contact with enemy, alls are engaged
Pile In Move: consolidation move, 6”, priorities:
- must move as man models as possible in base contact with locked enemy unit
- as many models as possible must end the move engaged with model of unit it is locked in close combat with,
- rest of the model must move as near as possible to engaged models
if it is not possible to bring a single model into contact, the distance is increased with 3” until one model is engaged
At the end of the pile in move, every struggling, still unengaged IC is placed in contact with engaged model of enemy’s choosing.
Pile in after charge:
charging units make Pile In move, than the defending unit makes a Pile in Move

Attacking

Every engaged model can attack. If it is engaged with more than one unit, it can decide freely.
WS majority is used
IC are unit of their own in close combat
Initiative order:
Always strike first/last: unit strikes before I1 or after I10, is not affected by I modifiers, if unit always strikes first and last, it strikes in normal I order
charging unit in terrain: strikes at I1
Power fist: strikes always last
Feint: models can attack in a lower initiative phase if they want
Grenades: unchanged
Resolving combat
unchanged, but no more -1 for under half strength
No retreat:
Fearless units (or units that stay in combat even if they fail their morale check) make normal morale checks after loosing a combat, if failed, can decide nonetheless to stay in close combat, but every model in base to base contact may make a single attack against unit, if a model is in base to base contact with several Fearless units that failed their test, it can make one attack against each unit
Sweeping Advance: normal, unmodified I of squad leader is used
Pile in after combat: all locked units make Pile In moves, order is chosen by the player who’s turn it is, units that are no longer locked and not falling back, make a 3” consolidation move, the unit counts as being stationary

Special rules

distinction between special rules and universal special rules
Some USR and other special or weapon rules have more than one level. If no level is given, the rule is treated as level 1. Only exception: Lance and Fearless are level 2 by default
USR are always conferred to or from joined IC, other special rules not
deployment rules and rules in codices are temporarily lost if not every model in the unit has it, if it is not explicitly stated otherwise
all USR:
Preferred Enemy: as before
Tank Hunter: as before, but it only works against tanks
Counter Attack: as before, negates Furious Charge
Veiled(1): if unit targets veiled unit, must roll 3D6 x 3” over distance or forfeit shooting
Veiled (2-3): 2D6” x 2
Acute Senses/Night Vision(1-3): reroll Veiled roll of equal or lower level
Furious Charge: as before
Hit & Run: as before
Overwatch: can react with returning fire
Move through cover (1): I-Test to ignore terrain
Move through cover (2): ignores terrain
Sworn Brothers/Mindless Slaves: if squad leader is killed, every other model in unit can assume leadership
Rage: must always at least advance and use full distance towards enemy (for example raged infantry must at least move 6”, if decide to surge, must move 12”), if shaken or embarked, ignores the rule
Shielded: as long as one model with this rule remains in target unit, wounds cannot be directed wounds
Slow and purposeful: Relentless; can only surge, if S-test is passed, if unit moves through terrain, it cannot force a surge, units with SaP and Fleet and/or Flat out have Relentless and Random movement instead, negates Preferred Enemy
Shock Troop: always rolls a single D6” under 18” in a deep strike, a hit is a hit
Skilled Rider/Driver/Ranger (1): reroll dangerous terrain tests
Skilled Rider/Driver/Ranger (2): ignore dangerous terrain tests
Stealth (1): +1 on cover save, must take Vanish reaction if unit takes a shooting reaction
Stealth (2-3): +1,+2 on cover save; 6+,5+ in the open, must take Vanish reaction if unit takes a shooting reaction
no USR:
Relentless: always count as stationary for firing weapons
Swarms: use the moving beasts (4) column in the chart regardless of movement or unit type, Blast and Template Weapons cause Instant Death (2) against swarms
Vehicles:
damage chart:
only negative modifiers: -2 glancing, -1 any hit except AP1 and AP – against tanks, -2 AP – against tanks (AP 1 flat +1 gone), -3 hit by blast marker but hole not over vehicle and vehicle is not open-topped (no more halved S for blast markers)
chart unchanged, but if vehicle blows up (6+ on chart), embarked troops and models in D6” get S3 AP – hit, if vehicle blows up embarked troops are Suppressed, if the vehicle is only wrecked they are fine
if a flat out moving vehicle is immobilised (4) or wrecked (5) it blows up (6+) instead and embarked units are Pinned instead of Suppressed.
close combat basically the same:
no close combat resolution against non-walkers, but units can decide to break off and make a 3” consolidation move
hit stationary vehicle automatically, advancing vehicle on 4+, at any other speed and skimmers on 6+
Shooting: stationary: fire all weapons, advance: fire one, surge: no weapon
fast as before: advance and fire all, surge and fire one
every weapon can target different unit, when doing so, cannot cause directed wounds, even with Sniper weapons

Transport:

Fire point: can fire if vehicle has advanced or surged, but only 12” regardless of weapon type, embarked troops are relentless
Embarking: 4” move in consolidation phase in contact towards access point, if squad leader reaches access point, unit is embarked. If not, no move is performed
Disembarking: 4” in movement phase from any access point or base in case of flyers, consolidation move, counts as having moved the same distance category as vehicle, i.e. stationary, advance, surge; no charge
cannot disembark if going flat out or if unit cannot move as fast as vehicle, i.e. cannot disembark at surge speed into cover, as you can only advance in cover
if vehicle was stationary, unit can move normally from access point instead of disembarkation move, can charge
fleeting units can advance from access point instead of making disembarkation move if vehicle advanced or surged

Trapped: if an enemy model is in base to base contact with access point of closed vehicle, access point cannot be used. If every access point is blocked, the unit cannot disembark. If the unit is forced to disembark because the vehicle is destroyed, the unit is placed on the wreck or in the crater. If the unit is forced to disembark for another reason it is destroyed. The units that were in base to base contact with the access points must make a charge by chance on the embarked unit immediately if it can react
Flyers in skimmer or flyer mode and open-topped vehicles are not subject to this rule. If embarked units have to disembark place them as near as possible to the vehicle (wreck) or base

Multiple embarked units: must use different access points, if Trapped, choose access points, respective unit must charge

Skimmer: no more cover save for flat out movement

Squadron: must target the same unit,
if consists of at least two vehicles, one is squadron commander

commander: as long as commanding vehicles exists, every immobile result in squadron on vehicle with weapons left is weapon destroyed instead
rest unchanged, old allocation rules

Lumbering: can only surge if roll of 4+ on D6, if moved not faster than advance: can fire every turret mounted weapons in addition to normally allowed weapons

open topped:
has no further effect than that units can disembark and fire everywhere, no charge advantage, no damage modifier

Tanks
cannot force a surge, even if they are flat out, but can ram
AP 1 and AP – only useful against tanks

Non-tanks:
only non-tanks can force surge through terrain outside of ram
fails I-test automatically, so gets a S8 on 4+

Ramming:
now every tank shock is a ram, a ram is a straight movement with max speed (flat out or surge), if tank cannot go faster than advance, cannot ram
tank can force surge through terrain, but still can’t go flat out through it
only one turn before the movement is possible
three things can happen: tank shock through unit, passing interfering terrain, ramming attack against vehicle or building or impassable terrain
no disembarking or shooting from embarked unit or vehicle is possible after ramming

terrain:
S8 against side on 4+ as normal
Skimmer can choose to fly over terrain or go through. If go over, no tank shock or ram on units in terrain.

Tank shock:
an unit under the vehicle’s path must make a morale check
if it fails, the unit evades headless and is falling back
If check is nearly failed, unit is rolled over
If check passed but not nearly failed, can decide if nothing happens nothing happens as tanks passes by or unit is rolled over
Rolled over: unit can attempt to stop vehicle (like death or glory)
shaken units can’t try to stop
if the tanks presses on, the unit gets D3 S5 hits with Rending (2)
Ram against vehicle/building:
both vehicles deal an automatic hit to the opposing vehicle
the hit is resolved against the side in contact
to calculate the S, take the AV in contact (if it is a tank, always take the front AV) and subtract a modifier
-6 if ramming vehicle has surged
-4 if ramming vehicle moved flat out
impassable terrain and buildings have AV 14 for this purpose and can’t be damaged

Ram against walker
walker can try to stop tank as if rolled over, if vehicle isn’t stopped, impact is resolved as ram, walker cannot charge by chance
if tank would end movement on unit:
may make a 6” special move in any direction but they must try to make place for the tank, if they would be still under the vehicle they may make another 3” move and another and another, until they are 1” away from the tank and in coherency, moves are treated like consolidation moves, but can performed in every situation even if unit is immobile or can’t perform any other action
the evading unit can perform a charge by chance on the vehicle, if it can react, afterwards
comes to halt, if it: touches vehicle, building, impassable terrain, 1” before an unit in close combat or is stunned, destroyed or immobilized, movement distance is reached

Artillery: vehicle, squadron, immobile, AV 10 /10 /10, BS as crew,
no commander
can place one crew counter per artillery, some can have additional crew members
can remove counter to ignore a single crew shaken or stunned result
can fight in cc like a walker, with WS, S, I as the crew, the number of attacks is the number of crew counters plus the number of artillery devices
enemy attacks are resolved solely against the artillery

Flyers:
- can decide every round in the preparation phase: count as fast skimmer or flyer, can decide upon arrival from reserves

flyer mode:
- If flyer is in reserve, it is placed in harry reserve every time, even if it can’t outflank
- Flyers from reserve are place in the the preparation phase on any table edge
- unlike other vehicles, flyers cannot turn as they like
- ignore all terrain, even impassable
- up to 18” movement, no surge, no flat out, one turn anywhere during the movement up to 90 degrees
- must move 12” in straight line in preparation phase, can turn up to 45 degree at the end of the movement,
- must move 12” in straight line in consolidation phase, can turn up to 45 degree at the end of the movement, if reaches table edge or can’t be placed at the end of the turn, flyer is put back in harry reserve, cannot change into skimmer mode
- Flyers can always fire every weapon at a single target, all weapons have AA rule
- no (dis-)embarking, except special drops if unit has Aerial Drop special rule
- if immobilized (4) or wrecked (5), place Blast (Large) marker in random direction in 3D6”, causes S5 (against side armour), place crater
- Embarked troops are destroyed if flyer in flyer mode is wrecked or destroyed. If immobilized, unit is placed in crater, get S5 hit each, Suppressed
- flyers have their own column in the to hit chart, Blast weapons don’t use their marker, use BS to hit, if marker targets another unit and touches flyer, hit is ignored
- barrage and ordnance weapons can fire direct, but must re-roll hits, even if twin-linked, weapons that hit automatically can’t hit flyers, that includes shooting, rift and shock wave psychic powers that hit automatically
- close combat: in contact with base, attacks hit on 6, any other unit than jump infantry, jetpack infantry and jetbikes must re-roll hits
- cannot be rammed, base is treated like unit in close combat

Aerial Drop: flyer with this special rule can disembak units even if in flyer mode, in any phase embarked jump infantry and jet pack infantry can be placed via deep strike on a point, the flyer has moved over in this phase

IC: can roll two saves at the same time,
All wounds from an IC in close combat are directed. count as separate unit in assault phase for dealing damage
joining: 3” move in preparation or consolidation phase, assumes automatically squad leadership
combat: if IC is part of an unit that is in close combat, but isn’t in base to base contact, it is moved into it by the shortest distance

Squad Leader:
You must nominate one model of every unit to be the squad leader, if the unit entry doesn’t make clear which model it is in the first place.

Banner/Icon/Trophy: if squad leader is killed, standard- or icon bearer automatically becomes new squad leader.
If one or more independent characters have joined the unit, one of them automatically becomes new squad leader. If the IC is killed, the normal leader takes over.
Squad leaders can take two saves, all wounds from squad leader in close combat are directed
only applies for initial squad leader.
If the unit must take a characteristic test, use the profile of the Squad leader.
used for all kinds of things
Every time when something is measured from the squad leader, or he has to make a test for the unit, but the unit has no leader anymore, the opposing player can choose one model for this purpose

psychic powers:

Psychic test: morale check to use power, if morale check is failed, no more powers this turn from this psyker

perils: unchanged

power levels: number of psychic powers per player’s turn

power types:

- shooting power: count as firing a weapon, line of sight, BS roll or scatter if blast, fire point needed

- rift power: count as firing a weapon, true line of sight, no BS roll or scatter, only disembarked, targets suffer described effect, wounds from rift powers cause ID (2)

- modifying power: preparation phase, no line of sight or BS roll, no fire point needed, distance from hull, can only target own models inside transport; if target splits during the turn, the psyker’s player can decide on which part the power remains

- aura: preparation phase, psyker and joined unit are effected, if psyker leaves unit, power stays only with psyker, no BS roll, no fire point needed, transport unaffected, sustained power

- shock wave: count as firing a weapon, no line of sight, no BS roll needed, radius from base edge, must be disembarked, units in transports are unaffected

block: psyker in normal condition in 24” of other psyker can attempt to block psychic power, on 5+ blocked, on 1 perils of warp attack (unchanged), if equipped with similar wargear, psyker can decide which to use, only one block attempt per power

passive powers: no need for psychic test, not subject to block, don’t work if unit ‘can’t perform any action’

resonating powers: can stack

sustained powers: if psyker is shaken or engaged in close combat, power is blocked

rampant power: if psyker uses a rampant power, cannot use another power this turn, even with power level 2 or more

force weapon: as before, ID(2)

witchblades: as before, besides: force weapon with ID(1)

Unit conditions:

Morale checks: roll with 2D6 against squad leaders Ld as normal, but result of a failed or passed roll varies from situation to situation i.e. psychic test, pinning test, casualties, and are given for every situation. there is no more: “make a normal morale check”

In some situations a morale check can not only be failed or passed, but also be nearly failed. Nearly failed is if rolled higher than halved LD (rounding up) but below or equal to Ld, modifiers are applied before halving, but there are no more modifiers outside close combat
five usual situations: lost close combat, heavy casualties, pinning, psychic test, rallying
checks due to other fleeing unit is gone

Heavy casualties: made in consolidation phase, 25% casualties or more in a shooting phase: if failed: fall back

Pinning:
if morale check fails, unit is Pinned, if nearly fails, unit is Suppressed

Lost close combat:
unchanged, difference in combat resolution as modifier

- Suppressed:
non-vehicle and non-MCs units cannot move flat out, fleet, force a surge, shoot, use psychic powers, react, if they fail a T-test, they cannot surge and charge
vehicles and MC: can still react and fire a single weapon, cannot ram, (vehicles fail their T-test automatically), vehicles can only voluntarily become suppressed, embarked units in a suppressed vehicle cannot shoot from within
infantry, beasts, unit with swarm get Stealth (1) or level of stealth one up up to 3
if charged: looses suppressed status immediately
if forced to make another morale check: morale check, if nearly failed or failed, unit is Pinned instead of Suppressed

- Pinned: cannot move, shoot, make consolidate moves, use psychic powers, react
infantry, beasts, unit with swarm get Stealth (1) or level of stealth one up up to 3
if charged: looses Pinned status immediately but cannot use defensive grenades and Counter Charge USR and gains no bonus from terrain
if forced to make another morale check: morale check, if nearly failed or failed, unit is Falling Back instead of being pinned

- Falling Back:
in moment of breaking unit immediately makes consolidation move towards own table edge with surge distance, count as having surged for purposes of shooting
can act in subsequent turn as normal, but must attempt to move and simultaneously end their movement not closer to any enemy unit. If they cannot move in the movement phase because of this they are removed from play. Therefore they cannot stay stationary voluntarily or charge an enemy.
They can perform consolidation moves, but cannot end nearer to any enemy unit. Unit cannot react.
if charged: if charging model reaches the unit, unit is destroyed and charge is unsuccessful
if forced to make another morale check: unit is destroyed, does not apply for rallying
if reaches voluntarily or during their initial move the table edge: are removed from play but don’t count as destroyed
- Shaken: abbreviation for Suppressed, Pinned, Falling Back
- Immobile: abbreviation for cannot move, cannot react, cannot make consolidation moves

Rallying: suppressed and pinned units automatically recover in the consolidation phase of their next player’s turn
A falling back unit with squad leader can make a morale check in the preparation phase if there is no enemy unit in 6”. If successful the unit can act normally. If failed, the unit is not destroyed. A falling back unit can embark into a vehicle an rallies immediately. The 3” movement can be towards enemies as long as it end inside the vehicle.

Fearless (1): if any morale check for rallying, casualties, tank shock or in close combat fails, the unit can decide to pass it anyway, Fearless units treat Pinned as Suppressed, treat Falling back as normal condition
Fearless (2): as Fearless (1) but can decide to pass Pinning tests, too

Stubborn: always use the unmodified Ld for morale tests in close combat, Stubborn and Fearless (1-2) units must always choose to pass a morale check

Misc:
swarm = model with swarm rule
there is no special rule for allocating wounds against units with multiple wounds

Mission rules:
3 old types of placement, only one type of mission

Sequence:
place terrain -> decide type of placement -> place mission markers -> decide first turn -> choose stratagems -> put units in reserve ->deploy remaining units -> deploy infiltrating units -> make scout moves

First turn:
roll-off, looser bids a number of strategy points, opponent can raise or bail out, both player can raise the stake until someone bails out. Winner can decide to go first or last
Player that goes first can decide table edge and has to deploy first
The looser can spent the strategy points on stratagems

Placing mission markers: 1 marker is placed as near as possible to the middle of the table, 4 markers are placed in turn, starting with the player that goes first. marker has to be more than 12” away from table edges and other markers
marker use a 60mm base and are impassable terrain, the center marker is flat and doesn’t block line of sight, the players can use every shape they want for the markers they place, as long as it doesn’t overlap the base significantly

Night Fighting: all units Veiled (1)

Scout: 12” move before the game after infiltrators are placed, outflank

Infiltrator: can be placed anywhere outside 18” of enemy models, count as veiled (2) as long as they make no voluntary action

Outflank: nominate side, on 3+ comes from there, on 1-2 from other side

Deep Strike: mishab table as before, place squad leader,
if in 6” of enemy: 3D6” scatter, use arrow on hit symbol, if in 12”: 2D6” hit is hit, in 18”: 1D6”, outside 18”: no scatter
may only advance on turn of arrival, even with fleet or flat out, count always as (advance) moving, charge allowed

Reserves: unit(s), their transport and joined IC count as one unit for all reserve related purposes, but the unit has to start inside the transport and IC has to be in the unit, units can use special deployment options of the vehicle but not vice versa,
1. nominate any number of outflanking units to harry, place them near the table, facing the enemy’s table edge
2. flank guard: nominate half (rounding down) of the remaining units to arrive in turn 2, place them near the table, facing the small table edge
3. rear guard: the rest arrives in turn 3, place them near the table, facing the own table edge
In the preparation phase
when you put an unit in reserve you have to decide upon a deployment method
In preparation phase:
flank guard: from turn 2 on: arrives on 2+
rear guard: arrives in turn 2 on 1, and from turn 3 on on 2+
harrying units arrive on 4+ from turn 2 on
all remaining reserves are arriving on turn 6
for every harrying unit that is in reserve in the enemy’s preparation phase, you can make the enemy reroll one reserve roll
units from reserves are placed in the preparation phase in base to base contact with table edge (if not deep striking), if there is not enough space, placed back in reserves

Victory Points

both armies can collect victory points throughout the game, there are two ways: claim a kill, claim a mission marker at the end of the game turn:

Claim Kill:

every destroyed tank (not vehicle), walker, monstrous creature or independent character is a kill. Every squad leader that is killed is a kill (not counting standards, etc.)
Every kills gives one victory point

Claim Marker:

You check in your own preparation phase if you hold or control a marker. Opponent checks in his preparation phase.
You control a marker, if there is one of your scoring units in 3” of the marker and no enemy scoring unit. If you control a marker you get 3 victory points.
You hold a marker, if you don’t control it, there is one of your non-scoring non-vehicle units in 3” and no enemy unit. If you hold a marker you get 2 victory points.
You start in the preparation phase of the second going player in the second game turn. The player that goes first checks a last time at the end of the game as there is no preparation phase in turn 7.
Vehicles and shaken units are completely ignored. Embarked units only count if transport is open-topped.

Game length:

6 turns

Stratagems:

1 can place automatic turret
immobile BS 3 10/10/10
is equipped with twin-linked weapon
can choose one weapon, that an infantry model from FOC Troop can be equipped with
1 the first or last game turn is night fighting
1 can re-roll one outflanking roll and one deep striking scatter roll per turn
1 can block every psychic power on 6+ even if no psyker in 24”, psykers block on 4+
1 steal the initiative: if going second, roll at the start of the game a D6, on 6 you go first
1 own units use Ld 10 for pinning morale checks
2 one unit for every full 1500 points can get one of the following USR: Tank Hunter, Shielded, Fearless (1), Preferred Enemy, Relentless
2 decide during deployment if rear or flank guard: roll a single reserve roll for all units in chosen guard
2 Mine Field: makes one piece of terrain for every full 750 points dangerous
2 units of both forces that are holding or controlling mission marker have Overwatch USR
3 can make one non-vehicle unit upon deployment scoring
3 enemy deep striking units must subtract 6” from distance to enemy to see how they scatter
2 all weapons of one unit for every full 750 points have the Anti Air and Tracer rule
4 you can switch units from rear guard to flank guard until you roll the first reserve roll,
every unit can decide upon arrival which deployment method it uses: deep strike, normal reserve or outflank,
one unit for every full 1500 points per turn can change its deployment method to one it cannot normally be deployed with
4 All own units count as having surged or moved flat out before the game.
4 all own units are equipped with offensive grenades
6 all enemy units count as being in terrain in their first turn
6 all own units count as Veiled (2) in turn one
6 enemy rear guard and flank guard units roll like harrying units for their arrival
12 Pitch black: Night fighting with Veil (2) during the whole game
12 own units: weapons fired in 6” range count as twin-linked
12 enemy must re-roll successful cover saves
every stratagem can only be taken one time,
for every unspent point, once per game one roll may be re-roll, this cannot be the steal the iniative roll

Narratives rules:

- optional rules: apocalyptic weapons, super heavy vehicles (not much changed, but rules for damaged super heavies for small games), formations
- new deployment types, mostly taken from mission expansion
- new victory conditions
- rules for games with predetermined strategy points for both players
- three sets of additional stratagems: fortifications, deployment options, reinforced buildings
- special terrain: ruins, streets, hell rivers, deathworld mangroves, warp gate, sand pit, orbital landing platform, habitat block
- highly modular: you can mix deployment rule, victory condition, optional rules, available stratagem sets, number of strategy points to spent and special terrain: voila, you have your own mission
EDIT: Definitely have your salt licks on standby. I obviously can't verify any of this, but there it is.
Last edited by Zion : Today at 04:49 AM. Reason: Cleaned up post for sake of readability.

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my source stubbornly refuses to give me all interim codex erratas he was
given. he fears that this can be used to trace him. But I convinced
him that probably everyone involved has at least the space marine
errata.

Here we go:

Codex Space Marines

p.51

And they Shall know Fear: Sworn Brothers, pass rally morale check
automatically, if caught in sweeping advance, fights on and gets No
Retreat hits

p.53

Chapter Banner: counts as as banner for assuming leadership, units in
12” re-roll morale checks for heavy casualties, lost close combat, tank
shock and pinning , rest unchanged

p.55

Nartheticum: Feel no Pain (1)

Company Banner: counts as as banner for assuming leadership, units in
12” re-roll morale checks for heavy casualties, lost close combat, tank
shock and pinning , rest unchanged

p. 56

Librarians have power level 1, Epistolaries 2

p. 57

Smite: shooting power

The Avengers: shooting power

Quickening: modifying power, must target himself, used in preparation phase

Null Zone: shock wave

Might of Titans: modifying power, used at start of assault phase

Gate of infinity: modifying power, used in movement phase

Vortex of Doom: Rift power

p.58

Honour of the Chapter: Fearless (2) and Stubborn

p. 62

Heroic Intervention: can surge on turn of arrival, but not shoot

p. 65

Move Through Cover: Move Through Cover (2)

p. 66

Move Through Cover: Move Through Cover (1)

Sniper Rifle: Sniper (1)

p. 69

Drop Pod Assault: Remaining drop pods are divided between rear guard,
flank guard, cannot harry. Disembarking unit cannot assault even if
unit has fleet.

p. 73

Thunderfire Gun: 1 crew marker, make additional S8, power weapon attack at I 1

Tremor: unit already in cover cannot force a surge

p. 75:

Cerberus Launcher: additionally units disembarking from moving vehicle have Fleet

p. 81

Power of the machine spirit: can fire one more weapon, advanced rules: can still cause directed wounds if diverting fire

Assault vehicle: units disembarking from moving vehicle have Fleet

p. 84

God of War: Fearless (2) for every unit with combat tactics

p. 85

Surprise Attack: no effect without advanced rules in play

Rites of Battle: re-roll any failed morale check for pinning, heavy casualties, tank shock or lost close combat

Talassarian Tempest Blade: Instant Death (1)

Mantle of Suzerain: Fell no Pain (1)

p. 86

Hood of Hellfire: power level 3

p. 87

Feel no Pain: Feel no Pain (1)

p. 88

Eye of Vengeance: controlling player can choose, to which armour group Telion’s wounds go

Stalker Pattern Boltgun: Rending (1)

p. 92

Chapter Tactics: Fleet (1), when disembarked from moving vehicle unit
can advance, but not charge (except from Land raider and Land Speeder
Storm)

The Raven’s Talons: Rending(1)

p. 94

Moondrakkan: can charged even if moves flat out

Moonfang: ID (1)

p. 95

Fearless: Fearless (2) and Stubborn

p.97

Assault Cannon: Rending (1)

p. 98

Master-crafted Weapons: has master-crafted rule

p. 100

Camo Cloaks: Stealth (1)

p.103

Dozer Blades: can re-roll dangerous terrain tests

p.129-143

Chapter Champion, Company Champion and Sergeants are squad leaders,
Servitor units and attack bike squadrons can nominate one model as
squad leader

I have another Q&A session this afternoon. I can probably relay questions. At least I can try. So shoot away.

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- models that have charged already locked unit have I 10 this turn
- Assume leadership: Standard bearers, etc. that assume leadership count as squad leader in all respects (two saves, directed wounds), any other model that assumes leadership only in regard of performing unit actions
- if you deploy in 24” distance from enemy you cannot shoot with 24” weapon or assault with 24” movement
- models must always consolidate out of 1” of vehicle after attacking it, if locked in combat with another unit, vehicles are ignored for pile in moves after combat, must use this pile in move to bring 1” between unit an vehicle, artillery and walkers are obviously exceptions
- swarms have Eternal Warrior (1)
- Seize the initiative: same name, but completely different rule: stratagem, 1 str. point, after the deployment of both force, but before placing infiltrators, roll a D6, on 5+, enemy must place infiltrators in contact with his own table edge, no scout moves allowed
- whole unit or squadron must make the same reaction
- Pistols: got confused by what I though were two contradicting short statements; units with pistols can attack with pistol’s S, AP1,2,3 pistols confer Rending (2) (Rending on 5+), Gets Hot! wounds count against combat resolution,
on charge: can make full attacks
in any other turn: can make single attack, does not get bonus of second ccw, etc.
- if both player agree, the charge movement and pile in move before combat can be made as one move with combined movement distance after the first model was engaged to fasten things up
- Characters: shooting wounds are directed, too
- Advanced rules: evasion value (normal rules: always use short distance), all reactions, Torrent of Fire, Directed wounds, damage chart modifiers for AP, flyer mode, ramming, Stratagems: bidding stays intact but only re-rolls can be taken, unique units, measuring*
* normal rules: can measure anytime you want, advanced: movement: measure full movement distance you want to go, i.e. 6” for a advancing, can’t measure 12” surge distance, anything else: measure distance to target
you play either all advanced rules or none at all
- Hit & Run: still random: 3D6” consolidation move
- Morale checks for casualties: only in enemy’s shooting phase
- witchblade can now cause ID after psychic test like force weapons
- there is a small box for rare movement situations: if infantry unit moves as jump infantry (or any other unit type has movement rules of another unit type), it uses the jump infantry movement rules, but for shooting and close combat it counts as original unit type, so it is still easy to hit, if an unit moves flat out and there is no column in the to hit chart, take the moving column, exotic movements count as ‘moving’ even if faster than flat out move, deep striking units count as ‘moving’ , if units that are immobile arrives from reserves but not via deep strike, they are placed in contact with table edge normally and remain there for the rest of the game, we shall assume the the bunker has decloaked or something similar, units disembarking from deep striking vehicles use the disembarking rules for charging, so no charge unless fleet rule
- Master-crafted: re-roll one to hit roll, if several models attack with master-crafted weapons of the same type, roll the dice together, then re-roll as many dice as there are master-crafted weapons
- if you shoot through interfering models, you cannot snipe
running out out steam because I don’t get the errata info and I have reached even the tiny details of the rules
but I have one big thing left:
- monstrous creatures: 2D6 versus vehicles, ignore armour, move as infantry unless stated otherwise, are ignored for Abandon as ICs, IGNORE TERRAIN WHEN CHARGING

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Fat, massive, toadacious blocks of salt with these, guys. I mean huge. Moon sized. Like, if the moon was the size of the sun, then they would be moon sized blocks of salt that you should take, but they're more like sun-sized blocks of salt. I didn't believe them when I heard them second hand, but here they are.

As we get towards 6th edition, some things are rumored to be changing. White Dwarf is rumored to be going back to what they had before, with more battle reports and painting how-tos and less advertisements. Sisters of Battle is the poster child for the 'White Dwarf Codex' which may be getting more full-on Codices in the future depending on popularity. One such example would be for the Chaos Legions Codex, which would have a core, and then White Dwarf additions for other Legions as the months progress.

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.

Here's a doozy. Fluff changes. (prepare for heavy summary) We're moving on from the 41st millenium into the 42nd. Yup. Here's the rumor: mankind's days are really waning. They're heading down the crapper fast and xenos, especially Necrons, are coming into quite the threat. Well, mankind just doesn't have the power, and now Necrons are threatening Chaos, and the Chaos forces are like 'well wtf guyz'. So, Chaos has to fight across the galaxy against the enemies that mankind were fighting against, perhaps even allying with loyalist forces against a common foe. This will be expanded on in the coming Codices, including Necron and Chaos Legions, which should set up for the big fluff change in 6th edition. Some of the rest sounded more like wish, opinion, and extrapolation; Void Dragon coming up, Primarchs coming back, Emperor's descendants being found by an unnamed portion of the Imperium in order to fight the Void Dragon, etc etc...

Now here are some other things that are founded in reality: 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.

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. It'll have updated stuff for Planetstrike, Cities of Death, etc, perhaps even to make room for more expansions in the future.

Ugh. The person I heard this from is a good friend and reliable source, and the person *he* got this information from is an unnamed employee of a certain facet of our favorite gaming company that deals with items made out of a material that is notorious for melting if exposed to direct sunlight and heat. By the way, all those rule sets that Forgeworld has been making? They may suddenly find themselves approved for regular games.

I honestly feel tainted by a lot of this information. I'll be the first to say that so much of it is so unreal and so uncharacteristic for Games Workshop that it doesn't feel like it could happen at all. Moving the fluff forward? Having superheavies in a regular edition? Making Codex *supplements* exclusively through White Dwarf (and subsequently free a month later on their website like most White Dwarf stuff)? Knocking Space Marines down a notch?

But think about it. 5th edition has been the edition for the Imperium. Imperial Guard, Grey Knights, Space Wolves, Blood Angels, and of course Space Marines have all gotten Codices, and Black Templar and Dark Angels have been FAQ'd to match up. The only xenos forces we've seen have been Orks (which were technically still 4th edition), Tyranids, and Dark Eldar. And now Sisters of Battle are going to be covered. That leaves Tau, Orks (since they weren't really in 5th), Eldar, Chaos Marines, Necrons, and Chaos Daemons left to be covered. NONE of those are imperial forces, so it almost seems like they've been stacking the deck so that they can put a heavier focus on the xenos, which is a prime opportunity to advance the fluff. By advancing the fluff through xenos codices, they can then re-glorify the imperial forces by updating them further into 6th edition after they've figured all that stuff out.

Also, Chaos Marines have been a group of much attention. The Horus Heresy novels, Black Crusade RPG, and features as main villains in many a video game. They have a lot of new fluff that hasn't been explored before, and a lot of new material has been created that has kept them in the limelight, even if they haven't been on the gaming tables. They are Imperial Enemy No. 1. They are a very popular force. To have them suddenly take the spotlight in new fluff in a new edition only makes sense. A force as potent as the Chaos Legions, Legions of marines that number in the thousands, whose leader commands the last Black Fortress (one of the few great weapons against the C'Tan), is a force that can wreak proper havoc again, either in the form of a new Black Crusade, or in the form of a totally different type of war. Thus far, Chaos has seemed content to chill out in their warp homes within the Maelstrom and Eye of Terror, with the 13th Black Crusade being the last great push, and that was solely against the Imperium and anything else that happened to be in the way. There are many an enemy that Chaos can fight besides the waning Imperium, such as the Necron that they abhor for their desire to snuff out the sensation that Chaos enjoys.

There are a lot of other things that simply don't fit. We've already heard rumors about fliers, but the superheavies thing is a stretch. 'One book to rule them all' is a bit of a stretch, as that would cannibalize all of the books that have already been printed. Also, Forgeworld being brought into the fold doesn't make sense either. Though they've been pumping out a lot of new stuff, their business model is built as a boutique, and if they suddenly shift gears to mass-produce their stuff to satisfy the new net lists that come out, then that will completely undo their business model. On the other hand, Games Workshop has kicked metal straight out, so to get all their factories devoted to resin might end up increasing Forgeworld's production as well simply by volume of production.

Anyway, like I said. Salt, salt, salt. Not only am I hearing all of this second-hand, but it's difficult to weed out what's speculation on the speaker's part, and what he intended as rumor. I suppose we'll just see if he's right. The first hint would be Chaos Marines in March 2012 huh?

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>> What did your source say about 6th edition?

He/She wouldn't go into specifics, but said that a lot of what had been said online was true, some of it wasn't entirely correct, and some of it was correct but just worded extremely poorly to a point where it made the rule seem more complex than it actually was or made the rule seem somehow different. He/She said he/she had played games using the new rulebook and said that the games didn't take much longer to complete than they already are, if anything they were making a point that some of the more convoluted rules have been streamlined and some of the rules that were "too basic" got changed as well. He/She said that, if anything, the game feels much more strategic with the new rulebook, though he/she did say that some of the rules take "a bit of getting used to."

EDIT: Codex books won't be invalidated by the new rules apparently, but the new rulebook will come with an FAQ section for each already existing army to clarify any confusion or mix-ups in concern to the new rules.

Also, to those worried about the lack of Imperial releases, my source did say that new models and finecast were coming out over the next year for a few Imperial loyalist armies, including Imperial Guard, and that after Eldar we'd be, and I quote, "sick of Imperial releases."

As for why they chose certain armies over armies that needed it more (Dark Angels, Black Templars, etc), it was apparently due to lore/fluff reasons. Chaos is going to be a major threat come 6th Edition to everyone, not just the Imperium, and apparently they (Chaos) will have a front against the Tau Empire, hence why Tau are getting a release before-hand. The perspective/narrative is also changing apparently and it won't be only or heavily Imperial, he/she said that GW wanted to make some of the other "good" races (Tau Empire, Eldar) feel just as important as the Imperium when it comes to lore/fluff and the fate of the galaxy. This was apparently some of the reasoning behind why Tau Empire and Eldar are getting books before armies like Dark Angels and Black Templars.

As for the actual Tau Empire rules, all my source was willing to say was that a good deal of the rumours currently on the internet about Tau are true, but that some were false or just poorly worded, and that he/she couldn't give out or confirm/deny specifics as he/she "might get in trouble." Apparently, some GW staff are allowed to leak certain details to the public via the internet, but are very specific as to what is allowed to be said by who.

Again, take with a grain of salt.

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Just asked my source about the two Chaos books ghost21 mentioned. He said that Legions was coming first and that Renegades would first get a WD article soon after that and that a new Codex would come out later (about 1-2 years after the WD article).

For those worried that Tau Empire aren't going to be as mean as a post-6th Edition Codex, fear not. From what my source said, the last several Codex books are going to have "the shortest FAQs in the rulebook" as they were "designed with the 6th Edition rules in mind."

Von Dakkadakka

In einem Necronthread auf Warseer habe ich außerdem noch folgendes aufgeschnappt, als es um die Necronsniper ging, im Hinblick auf die (generellen Regeln) der 6. Edition:

Zitat

Units may shoot once immideatly after a deep strike movement.

Rapid fire weapons may be fired twice at max range if shooting unit didn't move that turn, or once at maxrange/twice at 12" if they moved.

Preferred enemy will work on shooting

Take it with a lot of salt, though.

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Das wäre ein enormer Boost für fast jegliche Standardinfanterie! Allen vorran dem normalen Space Marine.
Außerdem würden diese Gerüchte den Necrons gleich nochmal nen Schub verpassen... da würde Erzfeind bei Desis Sinn machen...

Zitat

Out of all the rumors that try and tackle 2012, I would have to say we have a bad mix on our hands. Chaos Legions, Eldar, Tau, Black Templar, Dark Angels, and 6th edition is just too much for one year to handle. So when I see rumors starting to break this down, it just might start becoming a little more logical.

This rumor set starts off with a codex release schedule and then goes into 6th edition rumors. Marik puts a little bit too much into whether or not this source can be trusted, when the information can often speak for itself. "This is a new source take with salt" is all that is needed. Anything longer makes me start to think whether or not the rumor is completely made up, which was my first thought on this one. Instead I am going to attribute this to just lack of confidence and getting to the point. (not meant as an insult Marik if you read this).

via Marik Law
Can't name my source, but this person is a fairly new source to me so please take this with a large helping of salt. I can't even be sure that I can trust this person 100% yet. We'll see if I can trust him if what he said actually comes to pass.

Codex: Necrons (Late October & all November)
Codex: Tau Empire (Early 2012)
6th Edition AND Codex: Legions of Chaos (Mid 2012)
Codex: Eldar (Late 2012)

The following are supposedly to be released in 2013, but I was not given a specific release order. With that said, the following is NOT in order of release.
Codex: Dark Angels (2013)
Codex: Sisters of Battle (2013)

He/She mentioned that there would be a third Codex in 2013, but couldn't give me specifics as to what it was (or was unwilling to at this point in time). He/She mentioned quite a lot of other things as well (6th Edition, narratives, etc), but I don't want to push too much out there when I don't know if I can trust this person yet or not. So again, please take this with a grain (or a spoonful) of salt.

6th Edition via Marik Law
He/She wouldn't go into specifics, but said that a lot of what had been said online was true, some of it wasn't entirely correct, and some of it was correct but just worded extremely poorly to a point where it made the rule seem more complex than it actually was or made the rule seem somehow different. He/She said he/she had played games using the new rulebook and said that the games didn't take much longer to complete than they already are, if anything they were making a point that some of the more convoluted rules have been streamlined and some of the rules that were "too basic" got changed as well. He/She said that, if anything, the game feels much more strategic with the new rulebook, though he/she did say that some of the rules take "a bit of getting used to."

EDIT: Codex books won't be invalidated by the new rules apparently, but the new rulebook will come with an FAQ section for each already existing army to clarify any confusion or mix-ups in concern to the new rules.

Also, to those worried about the lack of Imperial releases, my source did say that new models and finecast were coming out over the next year for a few Imperial loyalist armies, including Imperial Guard, and that after Eldar we'd be, and I quote, "sick of Imperial releases."

As for why they chose certain armies over armies that needed it more (Dark Angels, Black Templars, etc), it was apparently due to lore/fluff reasons. Chaos is going to be a major threat come 6th Edition to everyone, not just the Imperium, and apparently they (Chaos) will have a front against the Tau Empire, hence why Tau are getting a release before-hand. The perspective/narrative is also changing apparently and it won't be only or heavily Imperial, he/she said that GW wanted to make some of the other "good" races (Tau Empire, Eldar) feel just as important as the Imperium when it comes to lore/fluff and the fate of the galaxy. This was apparently some of the reasoning behind why Tau Empire and Eldar are getting books before armies like Dark Angels and Black Templars.

As for the actual Tau Empire rules, all my source was willing to say was that a good deal of the rumours currently on the internet about Tau are true, but that some were false or just poorly worded, and that he/she couldn't give out or confirm/deny specifics as he/she "might get in trouble." Apparently, some GW staff are allowed to leak certain details to the public via the internet, but are very specific as to what is allowed to be said by who.
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Greetings,

I looked around and found no mention of the following thread on Heresy Online
http://www.heresy-online.net/forums/...d.php?t=100338

The claim is that the attached image is from a brainstorming session discussing the release timeframe of 6th edition 40k. While there is no proof of the validity of this document certain interesting things can be inferred from it should it be genuine.

- The release would be a summer release. Which would be odd, since as far as I can remember new editions have always been fall (octobrish?) releases. New strategy or bunk? EDIT : DISREGARD, old age is acting up. 40k 5th and WHFB 8th were also released during summer.

- GW TV ad. Now this would be interesting. Is GW trying to go more mainstream, after the success of things like DoW and Space Marine (go check out those TV ads if you can, pretty funny). This could tie in to the new TV studio that GW HQ has been installing.

- GW TV launch movie (in store only). Is GW trying to get some sort of closed network television going on in it's hobby stores? Again, correlates with what we've been told about the TV studio.

- Launch CD. What could this be?

So there you have it. Keep in mind that it could very well be bunk. And even it is genuine, it could just be ideas that have been floating around without any of them getting picked up.

Oh fun fact, I was wondering about the code name "Project Prisoner". Then the euro coin dropped. It's a reference to the British TV series "The Prisoner". Who's main character was... number 6 Even if it is a hoax, kudos to the reference.

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In der Quelle ist noch ein Bild dazu
http://www.warseer.com/forums/showthread.php?t=322603

Hab das mal aus dem Spährentor kopiert

+++ Meldung verfasst am 07. November 2011 +++ Autor: Torwächter

Seit der 3rd Edition bedeuten Schnellfeuerwaffen, dass man entweder zwei Schüsse auf 12 Zoll abfeuern kann, egal ob in Bewegung oder stationär, oder einen einzelnen Schuss auf 24 Zoll, aber nur solange man stationär bleibt. In der 6. Edition könnte sich das ändern, Gerüchten zufolge soll man in Bewegung entweder einen Schuss auf 24 Zoll oder zwei Schüsse auf 12 Zoll Reichweite abgeben können, und im Stationären zwei Schüsse auf bis zu 24 Zoll Entfernung.

Schnellfeuerwaffen würden somit nun sowohl mobiler werden als auch mehr Feuerkraft aufbieten. Der neue Necron-Codex enthält passenderweise viele Schnellfeuerwaffen, eine Kategorie die bislang eher ein Schattendasein fristete, und dies macht das Gerücht relativ plausibel. Stark von dieser Regeländerung würden neben den (Chaos) Space Marines auch die Tau profitieren, und zufälligerweise stehen die Tau als nächstes und die Chaos Space Marines als übernächstes an.

Quelle: Bell of Lost Souls

Auf Dakka sorgt seit heute Morgen dieser Thread für etwas Aufregung:

http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/list/422519.page

Auf seite 10 findet sich ein noch funktionierender Link siehe unten.
Es handelt sich um eine .rar Datei die 2 pdf enthält und soweit ich das überprüfen konnte keine Viren oä beinhaltet.
Das Passwort lautet: pancake

Sollte es sich um einen Fake handeln, dann ist es einer der aufwendigsten die ich je gesehen habe.
Aber entscheidet selbst was ihr davon haltet.

Grüße
Pheromant

Hier der Link von besagter Seite 10: www.4shared.com/rar/DEqNdglr/warhammer_40k_6th_edition_rule.html

Hier gibts direkt was (von 40 Kings):

6. Edition Gerüchte:

• This is a new statline that works with BS to determine if hit a unit

Evasion (EV)

The Evasion Value indicates how hard it is to hit

the model. The smaller and faster, the better the

Evasion Value of a warrior. This characteristic is

not part of the model’s profile as it depends on

the speed of the model. A moving Tau Fire

Warrior has an Evasion of 3, a stationary Land

Raider tank only an Evasion of 1. This

characteristic is described on page 70.

• Cover Save are now 5+ looks like for many things

• Wound allocation: Back to 4th ed we go! All wounds are distributed
  by armor type, multi-wound models count for as many models as they have
  remaining wounds. Sarge and his special weapon buddies are last to die.

• Running in the movement phase….most of us do this already!

• Instant Death, this is awesome! Instant death is totally changed,
  if your toughness is exceeded by 4 points of strength you take 2 wounds.
  By 5, 3 wounds, etc. Tyranids, rejoice!

• If you double your opponent’s WS, you hit on 2′s in combat!

• If you double your opponent’s WS, you hit on 2′s in combat! If
  their WS is double yours, you hit on a 5, triple, you hit on a 6!

• Rigid saves: sounds like FnP, but is ignored by AP 1,2,3 or instant death attacks. FnP is Rigid 4+

• Removed from play now just means removed as a casualty. Necrons get a break from JotWW!

• Preferred enemy: Shooting and HtH! But like 4th ed, always hit on a
  3+, if normally hitting on a 3+, now hits on a 2+. If you choose to
  shoot at a unit that you have PE against, but don’t, you lost the rule
  for the rest of the game! Now Destroyers with preferred enemy:
  Everything! makes sense!

• Tiers of Eternal Warrior, still reading it, but if you have EW 1, you ignore ID 1, etc. level 3 ignores all ID

• If a unit can be singled out by an attack (JotWW) it becomes it’s own unit. Shielded (USR) ignores that rule.

• Falling back is now your movement + D6″

• some units can cause Terror which triggers a morale check

• Shaken applies to all units now, like pinning for infantry and shaken as now for vehicles

• Broken units automatically fail their morale if they lose a combat.

• Surrounded: if broken and falling back, if you end your move within
  12″ of an unengaged enemy model, the unit is destroyed! Wow!

• Tactical Retreat: If a unit falls off the board, they are removed
  from play but does not count as destroyed. You can choose to leave the
  game and not give up a KP or VPs.

• Immobilized counts for all unit types. Immobile units EV value (evasion) is decreased, usually +1 to hit them.

• Tiered fearlessness: can be pinned or shaken. Nice! Fearless units
  are subject to rules but are better against them. Level 3 fearless
  ignores everything, though. Stubborn the same. Cold Blooded new rule
  allows you to choose to pass or fail. ATSKNF largely remains the same.

• Critical hits: this is a blanket rule that automatically wounds and
  ignores all saves but invulnerable, vehicles take a penetrating hit.
  Triggered by certain attacks and difficult terrain roles, which now are
  on a 6, not a 1.

• new Dense terrain type: can’t see through it at all. If a unit is in it, you ignore this unit for shooting.

• Cover saves now 5+ for all but fortified ruins.

• Skilled Rider now IGNORES difficult terrain checks.

• Airborne rule: units with this rule ignore difficult and dangerous terrain, but still gain a cover save form it.

• Move through cover: run/cruise through difficult terrain.

• Turn phases: Move, Assault, Shoot, Consolidate

• BIG! In order to control a mission objective, you must have it for an ENTIRE turn.

• Turns are defined, things that occur :at the beginning of the turn” are clearly defined.

• Cruise and Combat speed are for all units now, cruising or running
  for infantry, is a straight double movement, no more random roll.

• You cannot shoot before charging anymore. A Charge is a double move.

• Engage action: charge normal movement distance (not double), but can shoot in the following shooting phase

• Flat Out: Triple movement

• Fleet adds 2″ to your movement value!

• Fast rule: shoot twice if stationary, shoot normally after moving or charging

• Rage: can’t remain stationary, must take -1 morale check to not charge enemy unit within 12″

• Alpha Strike: charging into terrain makes defenders I10, charging already engaged unit makes attacker I10

• In HTH, if a template deviates onto combat, each unit under it only takes 1 hit. Can’t target into HtH.

• BIG RULE: No Retreat is now a critical hit for every wound you lost
  combat by (ignores armor) but you can pass a morale check with a -1 for
  every wound you lost combat by. Wow, that levels the playing field, a
  LOT!

• Sweeping advance: if you lose combat and fail a morale, you roll 5+
  and break out of combat or are destroyed. If your In is higher than the
  pursuing unit’s In, you break off on a 4+

• 3″ consolidation

• Hit and Run now only 3″, but can now shoot in the following shooting phase

• Hulk rule: can not attack in HtH

• Intractable rule: cannot be bound in HtH

• All models with a base (infantry, walkers, MCs) do NOT block LOS.
  They grant a 5+ cover unless the squad leader of the firing unit can not
  see the target unit, in which case the save is a 4+

• Look out sarge: a unit can force a cover save to a unit behind it,
  even if normally the target unit would not get a save, but the
  intervening unit takes a critical wound for every save that is passed

• Evasion: 3 base for all units. Massive: Tanks, MCs, GCs, bastions,
  walkers, super-heavies -1 Ev. Stationary -1. Jink +1, Swarm +1, Flyer
  always a 6, point blank (squad leader is within 12″) EV always 3

• Divide fire: if you have the divide fire rule, you can give up a
  shot to shoot all remaining weapons at different targets! A vehicle that
  holds still can do some serious work, but is easier to hit.

• Night Vision now lets you reroll your check unless their stealth is higher than their Night Vision.

• Multi-Targeting: if you have this rule, you can double your shots
  if you hold still!! Wowzers. If you have multi-targeting(3) you can
  shoot three times. If you hold still, you shoot 6 times!

• Overwatch! If an enemy unit ends its move within 12″ of a unit with
  this ability, they can perform a defensive shooting action at them out
  of sequence

• Relentless: can fire as if they held still, rapid fire to 18″ as opposed to 24″

• Tiered stealth: +1. 2. 3 etc.

• Swarms: eternal warrior (1), +1 evade, vulnerable to blasts

• veiled: tiered level 1, 2d6x3 to spot, level 2 2d6x2, level 3 2d6x1.5 to spot.

• Draw Back rule: performed in the consolidation phase, 2d6″ move after shooting: eldar jetbikes

• In the consolidation phase (after shooting) you can join or leave a unit, embark in a vehicle(!), move or regroup.

• You can only regroup if you are not within 12″ of an enemy unit, but if you embark into a vehicle, you automatically regroup.

• Patch up: bye bye wound allocation tricks! If you have more than
  one multi-wound model with a wound, take a wound from one and give it to
  another until only one model remains with less than full wounds! Peace
  out, Draigowing!

• Defensive fire: you can shoot a unit that comes within 12″ out of
  sequence with this rule. Nice! shoot units as they assault you.

• Charge by CHance: sounds like over-watch but for assault. If a unit
  appears within 6″ of the unit with this rule, it can assault that unit.
  Sounds like shooting a transport, blowing up it up, then assaulting the
  unit inside.

• Rapid Fire: tiered rapid fire, if within 12″ you get one extra shot. rapid fire (2) gives 3 shots at 12″, 2 at 18″

• assault weapons count as a secondary close combat weapon in HtH

• Ordnance weapons take 2 fire actions to fire, ordnance barrage take 4 fire actions

• “bomb” type weapons are fired in the movement phase

• grenades can be used as weapons against massive type models (MCs!) or vehicles but your WS is 1

• Directed Hits: attacker chooses what models take the wounds. Stopped by shielding units, or the shielded rule.

• Grenade launchers halve the WS of the defending unit when attacking them with grenades

• ID causes an additional wound even if the str value of the attack
  isn’t high enough to normally cause ID. Eternal warrior block ID if the
  tier is higher.

• master crafted rerolls a miss, multiple master crafted weapons of
  the same type in the same unit reroll one miss per model with the rule
  (speeds things up a lot)

• coarse weapon: only another coarse weapon may grant an additional attack and can’t be directed.

• Blast weapons. Wow! Hit with BS as normal, if you miss, scatter the
  number x 2 (always scatters). So if you hit on a 4, you can only ever
  scatter 4″ max!

• Template weapons: can shoot out 3″ from the firing model unless
  otherwise greater, if it hits the firing point of a vehicle or bastion,
  D3 models inside are hit! Can be fired in the turn you assault, hitting
  D6 times on the target unit at the weapons str and ap.

• blast weapons hit as described above. Any model partially under the
  template gets hit at full strength (even vehicles). If the blast hits a
  vehicle, full strength to armor in firer’s facing. If not on vehicle,
  full strength to armor facing the center of the blast but -3 on the
  damage table.

• Multiple blasts: fire one weapon as “lead.” Resolve where it lands,
  all secondary shots must touch the preceding template and hit as many
  enemy models as possible, moving towards the enemy unit if the shot
  missed. Wow. Faster, and much deadlier.

• Rail Weapons: awesome! Target a model within range, even if not in
  LOS. Roll to hit as with a blast weapon. After final point is
  determined, draw a line between point and firing unit. All units under
  the line take as many hits as models under the line. Holy crap, this can
  rape tanks! A Hammerhead could theoretically hit as many tanks as are
  in a straight line and in range! Models out of LOS get a 4+. Multiple
  rail weapons resolve simultaneously, indirect rail weapons only grant a
  cover save if the unit is in area terrain.

• Barrage: roll to hit as with blast weapon. If target is out of LOS
  you hit with BS, roll the scatter, on a “Hit” you hit. On an arrow you
  scatter double the die roll. On a BS miss, you scatter as normal.

• Bombing is a free action done in the movement phase

• AA weapons always hit target as if it were evade 3

• Entangling weapons cause target to be in difficult and dangerous

• pinning weapons cause cumulative morale checks to be pinned. -1 for each unsaved wound.

• Snipers are finally legit! All sniper weapons are pinning, rending,
  directed hits! Wow, they can choose who they can hit! Finally.

• Targeter: shooting unit makes target count as stationary for EV purposes.

• Twin-linked template weapons increase their range to 6?. Wow, twin flamers now shoot farther instead of rerolling to wound.

• Rapid fire weapons fire like assault weapons now, meaning they can
  always fire once out to max range, and an additional shot if within 12?.
  Nice!

• Force weapons cause ID(2) so they don’t own monstrous creatures anymore. Thank goodness.

• Power weapons now have the parry rule, which grants a 5++ in HtH! Awesome! A reason to take them.

• Monstrous creatures now hit with a weapon that is 2xS, ap 2

• All CCWs are ap6, which means Orks and Gaunts and such get no save from most HtH attacks.

• whitchblades are str7, and can be “chanelled” activated with a ld test, to allow the wielder to reroll any failed invul saves.

• Melta bombs finally have the melta rule and ap!

• Psychic Hood: roll a D6 if within 24?, add mastery level, blocker
  needs to beat defender to stop power. Can’t be used inside a transport.

• Unit Types:

• Infantry: 6? move, 12? run or charge

• Beasts or Calvary: move 7?, charge 21?, run 14?

• Jump Infantry: move 9?, charge or run 18?, deep strike

• Flying Infantry: airborne, move 9?, run or charge 18?, deep strike

• Jet Pack: move 6?, airborne, draw back, deep strike, 12? charge or run

• Bikes: move 8?, charge or run 16?, fast, multi-targeting (1), jink,
  +1 toughness against shooting attacks only, more resistant to ID

• Jetbikes: move like bikes, plus airborne, and draw back for Eldar

• MC’s: massive, monstrous, multi-targeting (2), relentless

• Gargantuan Creatures: 9? move, fearless (3) and a host of other rules

• Ground Vehicle: any vehicle not specified is a ground vehicle, move
  6?, fearless (2), hulk, intractable, multi-targeting(1), relentless

• Skimmer: move 8?, same rules as ground vehicle but also airborne

• Fast Skimmer: same as skimmer but also: jink, fast

• walkers: vehicle, fearless (2), massive, multi-targeting(1), relentless

• artillery: same as above but also crew, crew members are markers
  that represent firing models. take one away every time the vehicle
  suffers an unsaved glancing or penetrating hit.

• Fortifications: same as above bu also hulk and immobile

• Characters

• special rule: covering fire: Character forgoes shooting to allow
  unit to have one directed shot if the unit rolls at least 3, 6?s to hit.

• Characters allow their unit to regroup in the consolidation phase. No mention to minimum unit sizes.

• Characters have directed hit rule in HtH and shooting!

• Characters can either be a squad leader or an IC.

• Squad leaders are really important. They determine characteristic
  tests, facing for shooting at vehicles, seeing if the enemy unit is in
  cover, point blank range, etc.

• If squad leader dies, another model takes his/her place.

• IC’s can not join vehicles or MCs/GCs unless they are of the same unit type.

• Psykers

• Psykers can perform one “power” type action per level of mastery.
  Mastery goes from one to 6. Humans rarely exceed 3, Eldar or Daemons
  rarely exceed 5.

• All psykers level 1 unless specified otherwise. 1 power per level, can’t be duplicate power unless otherwise specified.

• Perils on 2 or 12, critical hit. No mention of rerolling successful invul saves.

• Psyker squads are cleared up. One model counts as using the power.

• Any psyker can attempt to stop a power, works on a 5+ so long as the defender is not in a vehicle and within 24?

• Vehicles

• No vehicles can go up levels in a building anymore, even walkers.

• Terrain checks for every piece of terrain moved through.

• Hitting a Vehicle in HtH is different. If vehicle moves, they are WS10, if they hold still, WS0.

• “Tank” type vehicles get -1 to the damage table. Leman Russ, hoooo!

• Super heavies: -3 on the damage table.

• weapon destroyed is -1 to multi-targeting. Reduced to 0 can only fire one weapon. reuced to -1, can’t shoot.

• Immobilized 2 times = dead.

• Explodes is now d6? radius. All units in range, or that were
  embarked roll a d6 for as many models as were hit. On a 6, the unit
  takes a critical hit. Exploded vehicles leave no debris behind.

• wrecks are a 5+, difficult, dangerous

• hull breach: for every additional stunned or immobilized result in the same phase, the damage is 1 higher. Ouch.

• skimmers that are immobilized hit the ground off their base, and models underneath move out of the way.

• Sqaudrons: any stunned, shaken, immobilized result ignored on a 5+
  with +1 for each vehicle in the squadron. If test is failed, each
  vehicle in the squadron suffers the result.

• smoke=5+ cover

• dangerous terrain=roll d6, on a 6, vehicle suffers penetrating hit. only invul save to stop

• repair rules got WAY better: on a 5+, repairing model removes a
  shaken, stunned, immobile or weapon destroyed result. Or, can boost the
  vehicle with the same role to add a level of multi-targeting!
  Techmairnes and Techpriests just got waaaaay cooler.

Codexupdates: http://www.40kings.de/wp-conte…2012/01/Codex-Updates.pdf

Hier wird die 6te Edi aus den Gerüchten als Testversion bestätigt. Zusätzlich gibt es Infos darüber welche Neuerungen es vermutlich nicht in das fertige Buch schaffen werden.

Quelle: Beasts of War

"The 40K Heretics Rulebook is Real… Only it’s Not!

Yes… you heard that correctly. After a lot of digging and snooping
around the inside of the great citadel (or should that be Citadel) that
is Games Workshop, we have some very interesting news about the
so-called Heretics 40K Rulebook… or the 6th Edition Leak for those with
little flair for the dramatic!

It turns out that this is in fact an actual early version of the 6th
Edition rules… but not quite. Apparently the Design department were let
loose on the 40K system… they were allowed to try anything they fancied…
we’re told that nothing was off the table. This “no-holds-barred”
version was then edited down with the truly unworkable ideas removed and
those that could prove to be exciting or contentious left in to be
play-tested… so was born the Heretics 40K Rulebook!

This version was sent to trusted play-testers. Who like all trusted
minions… were turned by the promise of power… or in this case internet
notoriety and likely splurted the document all over the web!

I actually found this explanation to be not just more plausible (than
the lone gunman theory) but a real breath of fresh air from the ‘Ivory
Citadel’, and to me at least it shows a high level of innovation within
the design team, and also shows that there is no shortage of ideas
knocking around in there.

Word has it the design team had a real blast with this iteration of the
rules (loved it apparently) but spotted alot of potential for asshats to
ruin it for everyone else with unbalanced lists etc.

And there you have the crux of the issue the design team face, they
could probably create a massively fun game at the drop of the hat, and
simple folk like me wold love them dearly for it, but alas there is a
whole other side (some say dark, Darrel says only!) to our hobby and
that is the competitive win at all costs play.

So, fun as they may be, they’re not the final (or indeed likely to be
anything like the complete) rule set for 6th edition… but what were we
told about the actual 6th Edition Rules?

Well some really interesting stuff. For a start here’s what will not be included from the Heretics Rulebook:

Evasion Values are Out – well this was a given… I’m sure every Dark
Eldar player was praying for the day that their skimmers and flyers
didn’t fall over in a stiff breeze, but that’s not all. Our Man in
Havana has told us that Dark Eldar players will be very pleased with the
6th Edition updates.

Could that mean an overhaul of the skimmer rules… could it mean more deadly flyers?

Of course it could mean one, both or neither. However, more robust
transports would make the Dark Eldar much more deadly… so keep your eyes
peeled for more revelations.

The Turn Sequence will remain the same – The biggest shake-up and the
one that would mean a rewrite of Assault weapons and the death of
certain “shooty armies” ( Tao ), was the turn structure that put
charging/melee before shooting. I would say it was unrealistic, but in a
world of extra-terrestrial and supernatural horrors, where mankind has
moved to the stars… that’s probably a bit redundant.

Anyway… the turn structure will remain the same as it is now.

No Unit by Unit Activation – Yup that was pretty disappointing for me,
(but who knows everything we have been told could well be misinformation
too!) I was sooo looking forward to faster more intricate games with
that option.

Gargantuan Creatures will remain with Forge World & Apocalypse Games
– That’s right… probably no supersized tanks and critters for the main
rulebook… but does that mean we won’t get any Aracknarok-sized monsters?

Well it hasn’t been ruled out, and as Land Raiders are already that
size, it’s doesn’t take a genius to think we’ll be getting more big
kits.

In fact that was one of the discussions… we all like to gripe about GW prices.

However, it was explained that GW are investing all the time in new
kits, new moulds, more people (sculpting team is largest its ever been
apparently) and a bigger and better gaming experience… you can take that
at face value if you wish… but if it means more plastic kits (and fewer
Finecast), and more big bad creatures and machines is it worth it?

So who will be writing this new 6th Edition Rulebook I hear you cry?

Well as you can imagine the creation of a new rule set of this scale is a
team effort… but some poor soul has to captain this vessel… so who is
it?

Well… that really is top secret and even we couldn’t get the name (and
you can’t use thumbscrews these days!)… but we did find out who it
isn’t.

So here are a few names who might be involved, but won’t be the lead
writer… Matt Ward, Robin Cruddace and Phil Kelly… but if not one of
them… then who?

Will you need an update to your existing Codex when 6th Edition launches?

We’re told that the new rule book was written to take into account the
latest releases and so there’s no need to post a massive errata.

However, we know that there are many codices that need a revamp. So I’m very sceptical that there will be “no need for an FAQ”.

Although I’m always prepared to be proven wrong.

So, there you go… that was an interesting conversation… and it doesn’t stop there.

We got some more great bits of info that we’ll be able to share with you… but not quite yet… you’ll need to be patient.

However, until then… feel free to speculate all you want… or post a
question. Perhaps we can call a few guys and see if we can get you the
inside track.

Big caveats on this guys, in that while we’re confident that the
contents of the article are accurate you are relying on our sources,
and… well… there could be many ways in which it may not be accurate (not
necessarily deliberate by a source either!) so take it that its just
part of the business these days that while we do our best, there are no
guarantees!

All of that aside, is the Heretics 40K Rulebook good enough, different
enough to warrant a following of its own? (I’m so tempted its unreal!)

BoW Warren"

http://www.belloflostsouls.net…dition-starter-boxed.html
Gerüchte zur Starterbox
Dark Angels vs. Chaos Space Marines

Die Gerüchte zur Starterbox werden konkreter auf BoLS.

Folgendes soll drin sein:

Zitat

Dark Angels:
Terminator Captain
5 Deathwing
Tactical Squad
Ravenwing bikes (3 likely)

Chaos:
Sorcerer
Chosen
Chaos Marine squad
Cultists
Possessed
Dreadnought

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Und es gibt auch neue Gerüchte zur Edition selbst! Von BoLS:

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6th Edition
-Many of the general concepts from magic from Warhammer Fantasy are coming to Warhammer 40,000.
-There will be "lore equivalents"
-Psychic powers will be generated randomly by psykers (like fantasy)
-Entirely new rules for constructing army lists (~Look at Fantasy for hints)
-The FOC may be history

Von Bok:

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Let us start with 6th edition fluff progression.

The Imperium is fracturing and the Space Marines are starting to
separate themselves from the Lords of Terra. The heretical and
xenophobia has gotten to a tipp'ing point causing many chapters to take
actions against the “best wishes” of many in the Imperium.

A discovery of galactic importance has happened.

At a time before right before the Horus Heresy the Emperor had
intrusted Roboute Guilliman in the protection of one Xenos race that was
completely immune the temptations of Chaos and would prove the ultimate
key to the destruction of Chaos. The Horus Heresy ended such plans.
Fast forward today with discovery of these lost correspondences, it is
believed by the Ultramarines and others that the Tau are that lost race.
So now instead of being charge with their destruction the Astartes are
the Tau protectors.

Rules changes

• Every unit gets a 6+ save vs. all Psychic Powers.
• Random Charge Lengths are in
• Pre-measuring is in.
• Random Battle field effects are in.
• All armies can purchase buildings for placement on the battlefield.
• Psychic powers are selected during deployment. (except Grey Knights)
• Deployment and Missions types have doubled.

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Quelle: BoK

Hi,
und was zur Wundverteilung von BoLS

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RUMORED 6th Wound Allocation
Wounds inflicted upon a target unit must be applied in order of closest models to the firing unit, with the owning player getting to assign the individual hits as he sees fit within the legal models selected.

Example
If a 5 man unit suffers 3 wounds (say 2 bolters, and a lascannon), the owning player must assign them to the three models closest to the firing unit (get out your tape measures), but you can assign the lascannon hit to any of the three models who were closest.

Quelle:
http://www.belloflostsouls.net…6th-wound-allocation.html

Die 6. Edition soll unmittelbar bevorstehen:

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esterday I recieved an email and information that Games Workshop is sending out to its stores about the upcoming release of 6th edition! This is news, mostly because it is as close as we can get to a confirmation of all the rumors that 6th edition is on its way.

Check these out.....

A big thanks to the two people below for sending in the information to me, so that we can share it here with the greater community!

via Alex
Just heard this from my local GW, they've been told to remove all 5th edition rulebooks from shelves and sales on May 28th which means 6th could be right around the corner!

via Tatepon
Today gw stores got an email.
in it were orders to remove the 40k rulebook tomorrow (26.05) from the shelves after the shop closes.

it will be removed from the website on the 28th.

additionally theyll have a retail-meeting mid june after which more informations will follow.

furthermore we were told asking customers that it was removed because there will be something new soon and that more info will be released in the near future.

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Zukünftig keine zufällige Spiellänge mehr!

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One thing that effects every single game of 40k in 5th edition is random game lengths. After all, getting to that last objective in the last second without losing life and limb is what wins or loses the game. Today's rumor discusses just that, are random game lengths a thing of the past?

Please remember that these are rumors, and some salt is required.

From the Beasts of War, we have it that the random game length is a thing of the past. At least for the most part, meaning that in most missions there will be a set number of rounds. There may still be a mission or two still sticking around that still incorporates a random game length, but for the most part they are a thing of the past.

Another thing discussed is a mission generator. Now Beasts of War thinks that old leaked 6th edition rule set was indeed an early playtest from GW. In the back of it was a large mission generator, which was a very cool way of generating missions, and there is a lot of hope that we do indeed end up with something like this.

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"Interaktives" Gelände

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Ever thought "Why can't my guardsmen dig in, or add sandbags to the field?", or if "I was really on this field, there would be two bunkers here and here". According the rumors for 6th edition you can.

Please remember that these are rumors.

Via Beasts of War
You will be able to buy terrain. This means that alongside your army you might be bringing some of your favorite terrain pieces with you. Especially armies that can fortify ruins or only get stealth in forests and jungles, this could be invaluable.
Other rumors also bring about mysterious terrain elements. Terrain, you just are not sure what will be there until you enter. I imagine it would be like not knowing if those ruins are dangerous or just difficult until you get into them.

Also are the possibilities of something like Drop-Shipped Terrain. That could be dropped in during the battle or before and scatter onto the field. Mines or some other things might fit into a category like this.

Last but least, we have "Terrain on Fire". You will be able to use flamers to literally set terrain on fire. To add to that, the terrain will burn for some random number of turns. We don't know how this will work or how long it will be in effect. However it does sound like its not an automatic thing to set fire to the ruins. Perhaps there is a toughness or armour value for different ruin types the flamer must reach in order to set the ruins on fire.

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Quelle:
http://natfka.blogspot.de/

Eine Zusammenfassung findet sich zudem bei BoLS http://www.belloflostsouls.net…imminent-and-tidbits.html, die zudem noch folgenden Zusatz hat:

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- Finally there is word that an initial set of 6th product codes will become available for retailer ordering late June, including "new rulebook, templates, dice and either markers or cards for psychic powers" ~hmmm, sounds like WFB magic cards...

Ja krass, scheint tatsächlich zu stimmen, die haben das Regelbuch auch von der GW-Seite genommen