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Warhammer 40,000 7th Edition Goes On Pre-Order
May 17, 2014 by brennon
The time has come. The grim dark is descending and a new edition of Warhammer 40,00 is now up for Pre-Order by Games Workshop. Will you be reserving your new book and all associated gubbins?
So your choices for the rulebook are that you can either go for the standard set which contains the three hardback books within the slipcase or you can splurge on the Munitorum Edition of the rules which comes with a condensed version of the rules, the rules themselves, a mixture of different reference charts, some coins for marking objectives and the Psychic Power/Objective Cards needed for the game.
Talking of cards you can buy them separately of course. The Psychic Cards come with all the powers you'll be summoning during the new phase of the game and the Tactical Objectives bring a whole new spin to the Maelstrom of War scenarios that are presented alongside the standard ones from 6th Edition.
Last but not least is the Visions of the Dark Millennium art book which is filled with a whole bunch of visual content to get you stocked for Warhammer 40,000. Pretty much this will be your go to coffee table book if you're so inclined.
Do you think you'll be diving into this new edition?
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Studio copy ordered last night, two things…
1) Very impressed with the new e-commerce platform GW have put in, very slick and ‘felt’ like Games Workshop (and I mean in a good way)
2) Will be interesting to see when it arrives!
You had to order a copy?!
lol Yup
They are the ones who should be paying you, or in the very least send you a copy for review
Ummm Games Workshop…..
Will be interesting to know if the fluff/history has moved “forwards” and if any extreme events have taken place!
More interested with the now probable Warhammer Fantasy Reboot !!!
Aye me too, I’m more excited about the rumoured Brettonian release which I think is happening given their appearance in the new Wood Elf teaser trailer (best bit of the entire thing imo lol)
I stopped playing 40K a while back but I was tempted to buy this as it looks very slick… then I saw the price.
Does GW charge these prices because it knows it can and some people will still snap it up? It seems to me that they must… (£200 for the Munitorum Edition!!!).
In a word, yes. It’s what an economist would call Personal Pricing. For example, if you had a book that cost you £10 per unit to produce, and third of your potential audience would pay £15 for it, another third £25, and the other third would pay £30, then on the face of it you should charge £25 as that would make you the most profit. Drop down to £15 and you’d sell more but make less money, go up to £30 and you’d sell less and make less money. But what would make you the most money is selling… Read more »
I hate to say it but £50 is more than reasonable imo for the Rulebook(s) in and of themselves – – anyone who has been to uni knows how horrific text books can cost. Some push towards £100. And they’re never in colour… £200 is a limited edition set. If people buy them, they buy them. They’re not going to turn people off (unless they’re stupid) because they are non-essential. I do question whether someone will actually use the A5 limited edition rulebook given the cost though. And I wonder if any of these buyers actually use them – I… Read more »
There are many people who will look at £200 and just say “how much? Is GW insane?” but I can also predict that the 2000 copies will sell out.
GW do know that there will always people who complain about the prices but also know that there are 2000 people who will buy this edition.
Personally I am just getting the normal version
No
I was going to buy the books, but it now seems that the iBook version contains the complete contents of all three books, (unlike the previous digital version which was just the rules). I already own a few digital codexes and they are a joy to use.
50 quid for the standard version (three hardback books) does not seems too bad. Does anyone know if it is A4 or A5?
Probably A4 for the main books and A5 for the condensed rule book based on their past products.
I’m speechless.
Nice to see the ebook versions out at the same time. The cynical part of me thought they might hold them back til the new starter set to double dip some sales.
Was hoping to put a FW order in this month, think I am going to have to delay that so I can get these ones. Won’t be shelling out £200 though I must admit.
Or invest in a MTG event deck.
I really wish you could just buy the books separately. I’d be interested in picking up the new rulebook just to see how things are going with 40k – barely even played the last edition because none of my friends liked the rules changes very much, so investing in this edition would be a gamble at best. A gamble that, at £50, I’m not going to take.
The other gamble is how long the rules will remain relevant. I feel kinda miffed about shelling out for the big rule book for 6th edition, and only two years later learning that it’s now irrelevant. Technically I should get the new rules in order to keep playing, but I’ll probably give this a pass and grab the mini-version when that’s available instead. This will be the first main rulebook since 2004 that I will be skipping, just because GW have shaken my faith in how long they’re supporting each edition. Previously I thought it was a safe bet that… Read more »
They way they have packaged this up looks ACE, very desirable/collectible looking.
A painted turd is still a turd, so no.
You can put make up on a pig …
£50? I have no interest in the fluff. I read the occasional 40k novel but I don’t care enough about it to deem it as an essential inclusion in the rulebook product. Saying £50 it good for 3 hardback books is neither here nor there – it shouldn’t be in 3 separate books unless you can buy them separately – they’ve made it look more desirable by doing that – more exclusive – and as such it allowed them to sneak the price up a bit higher. I can only assume they have a rabidly loyal fan base (no surprise)… Read more »
To be fair though, and I’m no GW white knight, but the player community at large has been waiting for a split between fluff, the HHHobby and the rules for a long time to come, and now people are bashing what they wanted…
GW not often but at times just can’t win it appears..
It’s not really a split if you can’t buy them separately.
I just hope they have some new artwork and fluff. Very tiring to see the same pictures over 2 editions.
Try 20 years! 🙂
It says in the white dwarf they’re gonna update the mini rule book in dark heresy “soon”.
I mean vengeance…
I have a limited amount of money for my wargaming hobby. I spend less and less each year. So it is likely that I will spend my limited funds on a new game to have new experiences. I am not sure that the GW release will fall into that “new experience” bucket. I can simply continue playing with the current or older rule books. Over the years, I purchased D&D core books about 9 times. And friends have gifted me their old core books. I have enough books to play any edition of D&D and have books to pass around… Read more »
It looks mighty slick. The collectors edition doesn’t interest me whatsoever, especially at that price but for the regular rules set it’s pricey but does look awesome.
Discounters are doing it for £40(ish) delivered which doesn’t seem to bad to me if I can get a good 2 years out of it.
Sure other game systems have their rules given out for free, which is great. I enjoy them immensley (hello Infinity) which gives me enough spare change to sink into GW lol. Flawed thinking for sure but it works for me ;P
It’s annoying that they’ve brought out a new edition so soon after the last one (especially as I’d not got into the rules yet), but the fact it’s now in the rules that you can have “unbound” armies, is awesome, and it means I have more freedom with the minis I’m collecting for my fluffy armies and I don’t have to buy an HQ and Troop choice first in order to have an army to game with (I’ve always bought what I liked and could afford first anyway), which is fantastic. It’s also great that the big book is now… Read more »
I’m looking forward to this edition. I will at this point take anything that is not 6th ed. because the state of it now is a ruined mess imo..
I’ve not played 40k for a while now and at the moment I have no immediate plans to jump back in. I can’t say I got my monies worth out of 6th either as far too many other games saw to that. I’m not shutting the door completely, a lot will depend how the new rules are received by those around me. If it looks to be a good game then I daresay I’ll join in I have 2 large armies and I won’t want to miss any fun. If I don’t, then I’ll wait to see what 8th’s like.… Read more »
If GW took your average home construction sixty-cent fired red brick, 2 1/4″ tall x 8″ long x 3 5/8″, and put their logo on it, then amped it up with sufficient fluff, they could probably sell it for $30.00. The GW community would look upon it with awe, debating the pro’s and con’s of the new brick, and wondering if they could afford one. Those who bought the previous flawed brick for $15.00, which was a ¼” smaller, would lament the now-useless masonry in their possession, and would discard their bricks, as would their friends. Old bricks, after all,… Read more »
Man, really got to get me one of those bricks.
lol
hmmmmmm bricks………..
wow 200 for a rule book ?? that’l attract a lot more teenagers into the hobby.
I’ve spoken before about the cost of the rules, which is only exacerbated by a 2 year cycle, however, the collectors version is worth a comment. I bought the last 2 or 3 collectors versions. 6th colectors was £80 (from memory) and I bought it not because it was limited, but because it as a tangibly better book. No spine cracking and pages falling out, it had better materials, better binding, and for me was worth the extra because of that. Another previous collectors one I have came in a box too like this one.It was less than half the… Read more »
I am waiting for a new starter box, Rumoured as Blood angels Vs Orks, although a GW store manager from Norfolk has told me it’s likely to be DV with a 7th ed mini rulebook instead of 6th….I ******* hope not! My first 40k starter was 4th ed, marines vs Orks, and now my sons are showing a (slight) interest I’m wanting to introduce them with a start box. They like able and red mehreens…. Im always been an ork fan 🙂 £50 for the rules I think is fair, the old book was £35? The new books promise more… Read more »