2012 40K Release Schedule

[Learn2Eel]

Will it be Chaos released alongside the flyers or the flyers on August 4th and Chaos later in the month I wonder?

[sleedog1]

hurry up with the spacemarine and chaos marine codexes, thats what i say

[Psychosplodge]

Think about it though, if they're doing full list releases, then surely to keep the revenue up through the entire cycle, they've either got to release more independent characters and small allied contingents with wd rules, or customisation kits like what FW have done for years for space marines and guard.

or they've got to do limited runs of things like space hulk and dreadfleet,

It'll be the most interesting in 12 months or so when they've run through all the main races, I could see a new version of blood bowl or WHquest on the cards...
It definitely makes WD potentially more interesting again...

[symes2012]

anyone suspect a dark angels codex /a chaos codex and the starter set will come out together

[ragnarcissist]

anyone suspect a dark angels codex /a chaos codex and the starter set will come out together

GW wouldnt do this, you make more money by spacing out the dates

[Wildeybeast]

Latest word on the Street:

August:
Flyer Wave 3 models: (Tau, Eldar, Tyranid or Chaos)
Chaos Space Marines

September:
40k Boxed set

October:
Dark Angels

November+:
Hobbit

This sounds like a massive product dump that normally would be spread out over several more months being compressed to maximize sales before The Hobbit arrives.

That leaves no new Warhammer release until January (unless they did it alongside the box set, though that would be unlikely). I would find that rather surprising, though not implausible.

[gendoikari87]

Now is the time to buy black reach on Ebay i'm getting several terminators for 10 bucks for 5 terminators.

[Emerald Rose Widow]

That leaves no new Warhammer release until January (unless they did it alongside the box set, though that would be unlikely). I would find that rather surprising, though not implausible.

It doesn't really surprise me though, especially considering the new release of 6th edition, they wanna capitalize on all the new hype as fast as possible, especially with these new flier rules, I can see them pushing this all out as fast as humanly possible.

[gresha]

With the string of Fantasy outnumbering full Codex's in the last year and a 1/2 I really don't see why pumping out say Chaos Marines, Dark Angels, Eldar and Tau within the next year while getting another 1- 2 Fantasy books (Warriors of Chaos + ?) would be a large issue. I also think that maybe the slow down in 40k books may be because they are looking to put out a decent amount in a short time much like Fantasy in the 2010 (3 40k books / 1 Fantasy book which was out before 8th edition dropped) compared to 2011 (1.5 40k books / 3 Fantasy books)

Fantasy: O&G(2011), Tomb Kings(2011), Ogre Kingdom(2011), Vampire Count(2012), The Empire(2012)
40,000: Grey Knights(2011), Sisters of Battle(White Dwarf 2011), Necrons(2012)

[Learn2Eel]

I hope Chaos are part of the August release, everyone seems to think they are - apart from a few sources. I really can't wait, it just sucks that I am trying to get my Grey Knights up at the moment. Still, I can't wait to go to town with those daemonic dragons!