Board Thread:Warhammer 40k General Discussion/@comment-6078851-20150628150826/@comment-6078851-20150706174630

not strictly a theory, more of a personal hope :)

if the story continues beyond the 41st to just take up another status quo then, seriously, what's the point in moving the story at all? the status quo is exactly the reason for the disenfranchising of fans and the air of staleness that pervades the whole franchise. the status quo is what the end times are supposed to rectify, but just having a new status quo 'afterwards' isn't going to freshen up a thing: yeah some cool stuff will happen but then it just goes back to being a stale status quo.

why do you think that ending the story will cause gw financial ruin? 40k's popularity has steadily increased since its inception, but its popularity has increased even though the story hasn't moved an inch (and until recently most folks never thought it would be moved at all) - everyone has been anticipating the 'war at the end of the galaxy' for over 2 decades, but despite nothing being added to the story, and it getting increasingly stale, 40k is more popular than ever. no, ending the story wont ruin gw or the 40k franchise: it will upset many fans (and not ending the story will also upset many), but if it will truly freshen up the franchise, and with an actual conclusion to the story i forsee 40k becoming even more popular. i also don't see an end to the story ruining the story - this is 40k, the major point of the whole setting is the bleakness and seeming futility of it all, and the story ending in such an apocalyptic way is not only fitting to 40k, but has been heavily foreshadowed within the lore since it began.

but, we can only wait and see who gets pleased and who gets disappointed - the end times are getting closer :)

on the fantasy front - gw will be ceasing print of the army books and rulebook but will possibly continue production of the fantasy model range. the age of sigmar sounds like a heroquest or talisman type game, the rulebook is apparently 4 pages long :P, and all army rules will be free to download.