Board Thread:Warhammer 40k General Discussion/@comment-6078851-20150628150826/@comment-6078851-20150629143359

thanks for that link supah. my info came from a friend so i couldn't vouch for it but i now know for a fact that the fantasy world is, in actual fact, destroyed :'(

i did mention that a sigmar based warhammer was going to be released: complete rules overhaul, models on round bases, no more regiments, and possibly limited edition. it doesn't sound like a re-boot to me but rather making a 40k-style fantasy game, and that the warhammer fantasy of old, which is older than 40k, is being ended: if the world has been destroyed then it has to be ending. again i can't vouch for this, just passing on what i was told, but i was also told that gw will be ceasing production of the current range of fantasy models and recalling army books. although gw say that if folks still have army books and miniatures that they can feel free to keep playing it... thanks gw, how considerate :P

i'm wondering about 40k though: with the upcoming end times it could well be the end of the galaxy and the story, but not the end of the tabletop game - somewhat similar to what seems to be happening with fantasy. say the apocalypse happens (or the rapture :P), by whatever means, the tabletop game could then be set in, and called, 30k. all the primarch models being released would have a greater use in-game, 30k tech was better so there would be more room to expand the technologies of the imperium and co - more models = more money. and if set in 30k that gives them at least 10,000 years of story to add.

while i love drastic changes to the story, and as much as it may sting i have to give gw some credit for the scale of the change they wrought upon the fantasy world :), i don't want 40k to end in a similar fashion (although it would be the epic-est of epic :P), but i could live with it as long as the tabletop game and miniatures were continually in production.