Warhammer 40,000 7th edition
Warhammer 40,000 7th Edition is the newest edition of everybody's favorite wargame. It's basically an extension of the 3rd edition ruleset, as with every edition of the game since 3rd, and, more specifically, it's an extension of the 6th edition ruleset (which it replaced after only two years). Some rumors have suggested that the community should consider it "6th Revised" or "6.5," but Games Workshop stopped using edition numbers with 6th, so we'll probably never know (the errata and FAQ docs specifically refer to the new version as 7th edition). It definitely has big game changers and multiple smaller changes that warrant calling it a new edition. Its fluff also apparently mentions squats as an existing race of abhumans. Wat.
It launched May 24th, 2014.
It's very Warhammer Fantasy, just like Warhammer 40,000 used to be. It's also absolutely busted wide open (just like Warhammer 40,000 used to be); Daemons rule the new Psychic phase, and with the invention of Conjuration it's clear GeeDubs just wants you to buy more daemons.
tl;dr
New rules. Just not very many of them. Expect Unbound armies to be viewed the same way as Double Force Org last edition. Most of the book has remained the same with minor changes that range from good fixes to increased ambiguity to needless to wtf. Introduction of the new Psychic phase is causing the most rage as people learn how to use and abuse it. Here is a general breakdown of what is going down:
- Powergamers are actively trying to break the system succeeding as always. In the next year who knows what new game breaking combos will be found.
- The Neckbeards are raging as per the boring usual.
- The Tournament Players are trying to shoehorn their previous lists from last edition to the current.
- The Garagehammer guys are still in the garage doing their thing.
- The Narrative guys are making their own rules and "forging a narrative".
- The General Player base is stuck in the crossfire being flung from the ani of the Neckbeards and Tournament players.
- G-Dubz are still trying to take your money.