It has been three years so there is a new edition of Warhammer 40,000 coming out. The launch box is Armageddon and includes Pimaris Marines versus Orks.
I’ve been playing 40K since Rogue Trader back in 1990. Or rather, I played the first three editions, and have been buying placeholder sets since then. I haven’t kept up on the painting either. Even though I got the regular and mini starter for eighth edition and the launch boxes for ninth and tenth, I have only painted three Primaris figures – and those were the ones from the model-in-a-month giveaways.
I’m tempted by the launch box for Armageddon, but still have a lot of Ork figures from Rogue Trader, second edition, and Assault on Black Reach that still haven’t been painted. The plastic wierdboy and mekboy would be nice – but I still have a bunch of the old metal ones. I’ve been painting the Primaris as Space Wolves so far, but my son has now declared for Blood Angels, which are not one of the armies in which I was interested.
I was going back and forth about getting the Armageddon launch box or just getting the regular starter set. The $360 price tag certainly has a factor on this. The only thing I really am interested in is the Armageddon Operation Imperator book. They don’t come with a special hardcover rulebook this edition – which is nice as it usually seems to get errataed within two weeks after release.
I tried to get it when it came available for pre-order but it sold out quite quickly. I was going to see if they had any available when they launched at the end of June else I would get the regular starters. But one of the local stores also had a sale on the preorder so I popped in and ordered it from them.
The box doesn’t come with a big fancy launch hardcover rulebook but rather one of the starter softcover rulebook. While I’ll miss the hardcover rulebook, it usually seems to get errata-ed in the first month and, with all of the campaign fluff, is quite big if using as a your standard rulebook.
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