Hi all,
After my recap this week, it’s time to dive into another set of predictions. I will try and predict a variety of outcomes for AoS, 40k, 30K and the Old World. I am very excited this year, I have a gut feeling it will be a huge year for the fantasy games!
40K/30K Predictions:
- We know we are getting 8 codexes through the summer of this year, well that continues through the fall fora total of 16 releases. Most of these will be small releases but either the World Eaters or Votann are the big redacted release in the summer (both ranges badly need expansions, and we are due for more chaos.)
- The addition of the Emperor’s Children as a faction will be announced this year.
- The competitive landscape will stay pretty placid this year, though there will be one codex that, briefly, upsets the balance.
- All in all, it will be a modest year for 40k and GW is focused elsewhere.
- They will release a plastic Solar Auxilia box set this year, it will be expensive.
- 30K continues on for the rest of the year much as it has. There may be one more campaign book released, but the pace will slow as GW shifts its facilities towards different product lines.
Fantasy Games:
- The 4th edition of Age of Sigmar comes out in June. This edition will be controversial and will overhaul a number of elements in the game. The Stormcast units will start to see the older models replaced with newer kits and some new lore to explain the shift.
- We will see the Skaven face off against the Stormcast in the release box.
- Alongside massive overhauls of the Skaven range the Slaves to Darkness will see new Darkoath and mounted units. The Chaos Dwarfs and/or the Kurnothi faction will be announced for at least Warcry if not for a full release
- For the Old World we will see two new box sets this year: Dwarfs vs Greenskins in the Summer followed by and Empire vs Empire box in the winter.
- I anticipate the Old World continuing to grow in popularity as players enjoy the new edition. At the same time the community will have a series of balance changes out by the summer, including adding in missing units to the non-core factions.
What do you think? Am I missing anything? What are you expecting out of GW this year?
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