Some sort of 40k End Times hinted at....

[Mr Mystery]

Spinning off into it's own thread.

Check out what GW had to say on their FB feed about the Battle for That Word I Can't Readily Spell, But Is Used In Polite Society To Say 'House', Because Reasons.

[CoffeeGrunt]

Well, The Talon of Horus, specifically ends at the cusp of the 13th Black Crusade with Iskandar telling the Inquisition that the End Times - actual caps in the book - are coming. When the Inquisition ask why he walked right up to their fortress and surrendered himself to tell them, he says it's because it matters not whether they know, they're set to fall anyway.

It's interesting that GW are openly acknowledging the steady fluff advance though. Tau Empire is looking pretty dishevelled and Aun'va is dead, but it seems that the Enclaves are working with the Empire in the darkest hour. The Ad Mech are making deals with the DEldar to fix the Golden Throne. The Ad Mech are ever on the verge of civil war over the nature of the Omnissiah. Leviathan is tearing Baal apart while the greater hive fleet encroaches, Ghazghull is marshaling Ork hordes across the galaxy for the biggest fight ever, and of course it's Smackdown On Cadia with Abaddon giving number thirteen a swing again.

[Mr Mystery]

Really interested to see what happens here.

I'm not expecting a Warhammer style reimagining. Age of Sigmar is great and all, but 40k doesn't need that level of makeover, and it's IP remains one of the strongest out there.

So I'm expecting background shifts only for the most part. No death of the Emperor. No Abaddon becoming the fifth Chaos God, no Eldar suddenly being everywhere. Just a shift in the inter-species dynamics and that. For instance - Baal. We could see the Blood Angels up sticks and relocate to a different world. That'd be a significant advancement, without negating people's collections. And a rejig of the rules - possibly a 40k App to match the AoS App (which is a great boon!)

[Defenestratus]

Well its nice that GW is admitting a 40k end times is incoming.

Hold onto your hats.

[Asymmetrical Xeno]

Just give me an Enslaver plague already ffs :P

[CoffeeGrunt]

I wouldn't mind them doing an End Times on it, because End Times was awesome, and most people seemed to agree. It was what came after End Times that made people mad, and to be fair, I don't blame them.

That said, I'd personally like to see an alternate edition of 40K with a ground-up rebuild. Have it be a distinct format from standard 40K so that the two can exist parallel to one-another.