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We have the goods for you to see right here! The excitement is palpable! Warhammer 40K 8th edition is almost here!Īvailable 17th of June 2017 the new 8th edition will come in the form of a new rulebook and starter box along with other goodies. It's called a business decision.Dark Imperium to be up for pre order June 3rd. However, GW knows they have 40k players by the short and curlies and that they will shell out a measly $25 USD for the rules to their armies. Based on the sheer amount of crankiness from folks who, for instance, refer to the game as "Age of Suckmar," they were correct in assuming convincing folks to switch over would be tough.
#Warhammer 40k 8th edition rulebook and indexes for free#
One thing GW took away from the Chapterhouse lawsuit is that they need to always offer miniatures in their catalog for each unit in the game they can under no circumstances allow other companies to get their foot in the door with offerings for units with no official miniatures.īased on this, are you suggesting that GW should release these 20+ hardcover codices on 40k8 release day, and within a matter of months or weeks begin to offer new versions of the codices that include whatever new miniatures releases that are coming up for each army?Ĭhuck, my guess is GW released the rules online for AoS minis for free because they wanted to make it as easy as possible for a player to switch from Warhammer 8 to AoS. It would be the height of stupidity to release not only a new rulebook and starter set and accompanying accessories, but also 20+ $30 USD-$50 hardcover books on the same day.Īlso I imagine it is safe to say when they do get around to releasing each new codex, there will be a number of new units for each army released concurrently. Games Workshop, like other companies, stagger their releases so as to not overwhelm their customers. Seems like this should be common sense, but let me for the moment go with the old saying that common sense is far from common.
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Maybe you think McDonalds should sell a value meal for $8 USD and then you can upgrade to a shake, a large fry, an extra sandwich and some nuggets for free?Īnd then even if you want everything it is still only $185. If you want everything you pay much more.ĭo you complain because a car costs $18,000 USD but if you want back up cam, moon roof, heated seats and so on it costs $22,000.


If you want to play the game you can pay as little as $25. "So the real cost for 8th Edition is closer to $200 USD USD if you want all of the rules and could be far more." You would think that GW would be praised for this, people not having to wait around to see how their army does, or being out matched right from the beginning by using an out of date list. They can be playing with their index right from the start. No player has to wait to field his army in the new edition. It is a way to get all of the lists out quickly and at a relatively low cost while they ramp up the regular production of the books they make their money from. If the fact that I haven't even been able to but the index I want is any indication because the local store is sold out, then I'm guessing they made a good play with these too. They did a very good job of that.Īge of Sigmar is selling much better than WHFB was in the last few years. They had to provide more content for a better price to get people interested.
#Warhammer 40k 8th edition rulebook and indexes how to#
GW knows how to do it.Īge of Sigmar was a bigger risk than 8th edition 40K. If you want to run a business you have to make money.

I find it almost impossible to believe that people don't get this by now. "And the index books are only temporary."
