Warhammer 40K Is Getting a New Edition This Summer

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Games Workshop dropped the news at AdeptiCon last week. Warhammer 40,000 11th Edition is official, and it's coming in June. The new launch box is called Armageddon, and it's Blood Angels versus Orks in what GW is calling their biggest 40K starter set ever.

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What's Happening

The story centers on Armageddon, a planet that's been a major battleground in 40K lore for decades. Commissar Yarrick, one of the most iconic Imperial heroes in the setting, is back to defend it. On the other side, an Ork warleader named Wazdakka Gutsmek is leading the charge as the vanguard for the even bigger threat behind him: Ghazghkull Thraka. Yarrick is getting a new model, and Wazdakka is getting his first dedicated miniature ever after years of being lore-only.

Wazdakka Gutsmek finally gets a proper miniature. Image: Games Workshop A new model for Commissar Yarrick. Image: Games Workshop

What's Changing

The rules are getting some meaningful updates, but the big headline is this: your existing 10th Edition Codex books still work. No hard reset, no forced rebuy. That alone has the community breathing easier.

Beyond that, there are over 70 new detachments that let you mix and match how your army plays. Objective markers are gone, replaced by actual terrain pieces like bunkers and shrines that you fight over. Stratagem stacking is dead, meaning one stratagem per unit per phase. And there are combat tweaks too: you pick charge targets after rolling your dice, and units can disembark from transports straight into a fight.

Blood Angels take on the Orks! Image: Games Workshop

My Take

The 10th-to-11th transition feels different from past edition shifts. GW isn't burning everything down. They're keeping your books valid, adding flexibility with those 70 detachments, and making the game more thematic with terrain-based objectives instead of abstract circles on the table. That's the kind of update that respects the time and money players have already invested.

The Armageddon setting is a solid choice. Yarrick vs. Orks is classic 40K, and giving Wazdakka his first real model after all these years is going to make a lot of Ork players happy.

If you've been thinking about getting into 40K or jumping back in after a break, a new edition starter box is usually the best entry point. We'll have more details as GW reveals the full box contents over the coming weeks.

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