From Dakka

— So Guys I heard from a pretty reliable source that got to sit down with the book for a few minutes here is what I can remember from what was said.

1. 4ed consolidate in to combat is in

2. If you fail to cast a power you can’t cast it the rest of the game (I’ve been informed this is not the case by someone special – thusly everything else is suspect!)

3. Every unit including vehicles will now score

4. Unbound armies may not contest objectives

5. Lords of war are in

6. Escalation and stronghold remain as they are now

7. Vehicles will be harder to kill the chart changes once more.

8. The book will come out in 3 options Art like warhammer visions, Fluff book, and one that only contains rules and that one is about as think as the current SM book.

9.difficult terrain is just -2 inches

10. Wound allocation has changed a bit.not super clear as to how.

11. D-weapons toned down but he was unclear as what that meant so from the sounds of it they will still be super ugly. —

1) Something people have always clamoured to have back in – fine if there is a set distance on it but random consolidation isn’t a great idea and doesn’t “fix” assault; it increases its potential but there’s nothing here hindering shooting.

2) Stupid. Random is bad okay? Sometimes this will have shit all effect – oh look you failed your psychic test Turn 7. Sometimes this is huge – look you failed your psychic test Turn 1 and have useless (thanks to random generation) powers. Your 100 points is now blargh. Sure it makes deathstars less appealing but it’s fucking up stuff it doesn’t need to. Re-rollabling psychic powers will now be important.

3) Moving away from Troops – it’s not a bad concept but look for min/maxing to become hugely popular again. Better if it wasn’t including vehicles or gave bonuses to particular types (i.e. infantry Troops gain X VP > than infantry Elites Y VP > vehicles Z VP, etc.)

4) Unbound armies are therefore useless. Good.

5) No.

6) No.

7) Good but doesn’t mention hull points which is the current issue for light vehicles. If Hull Points stay the exact same, vehicles will still see limited use.

8) Care face.

9) FINALLY. This is the best news ever because its no longer random. Forcing people through difficult terrain now has a consistent effect. Well done.

10) Thanks for that info…

11) Ditto above.